**Evo Morales Says He Is 'Absolutely Convinced' US Led Coup in Bolivia to Exploit Lithium Reserves**
*by NotSmokinReefer (<https://redd.it/eg7dlt>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/25/evo-morales-says-he-absolutely-convinced-us-led-coup-bolivia-exploit-lithium

**Trump Ditched The Church Where He Was Wed To Attend Evangelical Xmas Eve Service**
*by Pineapple__Jews (<https://redd.it/eg7e42>)*
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-church-evangelical-service-christimas-eve

**Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALS Who Turned In Edward Gallagher**
*by Mateony (<https://redd.it/eg7jsx>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/us/navy-seals-edward-gallagher-video.html

**Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALS Who Turned In Edward Gallagher**
*by 004A (<https://redd.it/eg7l06>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/us/navy-seals-edward-gallagher-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

**Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALS Who Turned In Edward Gallagher**
*by lightninhopkins (<https://redd.it/eg7n2y>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/us/navy-seals-edward-gallagher-video.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

**Joe Biden Still Can’t Answer Basic Questions About Hunter and Burisma**
*by OptimusInferno (<https://redd.it/eg7s3y>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/joe-biden-hunter-burisma-axios-iowa-disqualifying.html

**Trump Won’t Say Whether Putin Influenced His View on Ukrainian Interference in 2016 Election**
*by Pineapple__Jews (<https://redd.it/eg7ze3>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/trump-wont-say-whether-putin-swayed-his-view-of-ukraine.html

**Ex-Wh Ethics Lawyer Slams McConnell, Says Senator Thinks He's 'A Judge Impaneling An All-White Jury For A Klansman Trial'**
*by Plymouth03 (<https://redd.it/eg80fm>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-wh-ethics-lawyer-slams-mcconnell-says-senator-thinks-hes-judge-impaneling-all-white-jury-1479311

**Longtime campaign aide vows Sanders will continue to combat political establishment as president**
*by AvailableWrongdoer (<https://redd.it/eg80zk>)*
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/475943-longtime-campaign-aide-vows-sanders-will-continue-to-combat-political-establishment-as-president

**Look beyond the current smoke. Medicare For All is coming**
*by Plymouth03 (<https://redd.it/eg870q>)*
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2019/12/26/opinion-look-beyond-current-smoke-medicare-all-coming/2733365001/

**With U.S. Help No Longer Assured, Saudis Try a New Strategy: Talks (Worried that they can no longer count on American defense, the Saudis have begun talking to their enemies to cool conflicts in the region.)**
*by Ronnie3d (<https://redd.it/eg8uql>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/world/middleeast/saudi-iran-qatar-talks.html

**Despite Iowa poll average showing Sanders in solid 2nd, CNN uses old poll to show him in 4th**
*by JLBesq1981 (<https://redd.it/eg8vcl>)*
https://www.salon.com/2019/12/27/despite-iowa-poll-average-showing-sanders-in-solid-2nd-cnn-uses-old-poll-to-show-him-in-4th/

**Buttigieg's Small-Dollar Contest Seen as 'Cynical Ploy' to Lower Average Donation Amount**
*by rommelo (<https://redd.it/eg8vxy>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/26/buttigiegs-small-dollar-contest-seen-cynical-ploy-lower-average-donation-amount?fbclid=IwAR1GqnmDyM27XPIvb5nJ9hlGZLTEE1sgrjq5-xEfiVV8U3T0bTM8XXUXn14

**Voters want change, not centrism**
*by CharyBrown (<https://redd.it/eg8yh2>)*
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/12/26/voters-want-change-not-centrism/2752368001/

**Trump blames Justin Trudeau for being cut from ‘Home Alone 2’ in Canada**
*by CharyBrown (<https://redd.it/eg998m>)*
https://nypost.com/2019/12/26/trump-blames-justin-trudeau-for-being-cut-from-home-alone-2-in-canada/

**2019: the year US foreign policy fell apart**
*by newnemo (<https://redd.it/eg9e3f>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/27/2019-the-year-us-foreign-policy-fell-apart-donald-trump

**In 2019, China’s international reputation took a battering (South China Morning Post article)**
*by Kleroterian (<https://redd.it/eg9els>)*
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3043543/china-cannot-just-rely-its-economic-might-silence-growing-army

**Experienced State Department diplomats are getting the Trump treatment and shown the door**
*by FOKOSW (<https://redd.it/eg9ews>)*
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/12/27/trump-state-department-senior-foreign-service-politics-column/2748621001/

**Mitch McConnell should not favor loyalty to Donald Trump over U.S. Constitution, law professor says in top Kentucky newspaper**
*by JLBesq1981 (<https://redd.it/eg9pa3>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-trump-impeachment-louisville-courier-journal-1479228

**Bernie Sanders resurgence has Democrats asking: could he actually win? | Two months ago the Vermont senator had a heart attack and trailed Warren in the polls – now he’s bearing down on Biden**
*by BOOFIN_FART_TRIANGLE (<https://redd.it/eg9qnj>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/27/bernie-sanders-resurgence-democrats-2020-election

**Intel probe puts CIA’s Haspel in a bind**
*by Mamacrass (<https://redd.it/eg9rgf>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/27/intel-probe-cia-gina-haspel-089834

**AOC for president? The buzz has begun**
*by CharyBrown (<https://redd.it/eg9rts>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/27/aoc-president-sanders-089617

**Mitch McConnell's White House coordination admission was a "big tactical error," MSNBC host says**
*by JLBesq1981 (<https://redd.it/eg9sm4>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-white-house-coordination-admission-big-tactical-error-1479315

**Former Vice President Joe Biden courts the 'reasonable Republican dad'**
*by Gopiajaan (<https://redd.it/eg9svs>)*
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6118363521001#sp=show-clips

**Betsy DeVos: the billionaire Republican destroying public education**
*by Fr1sk3r (<https://redd.it/eg9v3p>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/27/betsy-devos-trump-republicans-education-secretary

**Trump’s New Legal Adviser Is an Anti-LGBT, Fox News-Ready Bomb Thrower**
*by qdude1 (<https://redd.it/eg9wkw>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-new-legal-adviser-jenna-ellis-is-an-anti-lgbt-fox-news-ready-bomb-thrower?ref=home

**Trump outs Ukraine whistleblower via tweet because of course he did. Panic sets in and trump ignores his advisors. No response from Melania to "Be Best" and quit his bullying.**
*by rendered_lurker (<https://redd.it/eg9xg5>)*
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-retweets-attack-article-that-names-alleged-whistleblower-1.8321701

**Mitch McConnell's Big Mistake Defending Donald Trump? Listening To Him.**
*by oapster79 (<https://redd.it/eg9xv6>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnells-big-mistake-defending-donald-trump-listening-to-him

**Trump bullying, scapegoating is decimating U.S. foreign service**
*by tima101 (<https://redd.it/eg9zt9>)*
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-bullying-scapegoating-is-decimating-u-s-foreign-service-75733573937

**Pelosi “has the right” to submit Trump to an “involuntary evaluation": Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee**
*by qdude1 (<https://redd.it/eg9zzb>)*
https://www.salon.com/2019/12/27/pelosi-has-the-right-to-submit-trump-to-an-involuntary-evaluation-yale-psychiatrist-bandy-lee/

**Trump Retweets Article Outing Name of Alleged Ukraine Whistleblower**
*by Mamacrass (<https://redd.it/ega2q8>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/27/trump-retweets-article-outing-name-alleged-ukraine-whistleblower

**Democratic insiders: Bernie could win the nomination**
*by ubaidtariq (<https://redd.it/ega2ye>)*
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2019/12/26/can-bernie-sanders-win-2020-election-president-089636

**Trump warns Republicans will "remember" this impeachment process when a Democrat is president**
*by qdude1 (<https://redd.it/ega2z8>)*
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/impeachment-trump-he-warns-republicans-will-remember-this-impeachment-process-when-a-democrat-is-president/

**Immigration judges quit in response to administration policies**
*by nclobo (<https://redd.it/ega4g1>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/27/politics/immigration-judges-resign/index.html

**Matt Shea Plotted Insurrection to Form Christian State**
*by Mamacrass (<https://redd.it/ega5yj>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/matt-shea-christian-terrorism-washington-report-ammon-bundy.html?fbclid=IwAR2xrSOO-l_HmcPBRuwT_3aFAxJCSMduBGYBWnTwLw_E665N2FWiZlAP1OE

**Home Alone 2: Donald Trump scene cut in Canada, angering supporters**
*by Star-spangled-Banner (<https://redd.it/ega7ku>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/27/home-alone-2-trump-scene-cut-in-canada-angering-supporters

**Republicans fume over Dem threat of new impeachment articles: ‘Time to cut them off’**
*by Nawaao (<https://redd.it/ega8ja>)*
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-fume-over-dem-threat-of-new-impeachment-articles-time-to-cut-them-off

**How Oil Companies Avoided Environmental Accountability After 10.8 Million Gallons Spilled**
*by Bolinas99 (<https://redd.it/egaa3v>)*
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-oil-companies-avoided-environmental-accountability-after-10.8-million-gallons-spilled

**GOP Lawmaker Plotted Insurrections to Establish Christian State**
*by Mamacrass (<https://redd.it/egabgj>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/matt-shea-christian-terrorism-washington-report-ammon-bundy.html?fbclid=IwAR2xrSOO-l_HmcPBRuwT_3aFAxJCSMduBGYBWnTwLw_E665N2FWiZlAP1OE

**Sanders Polling Surge Forces Democratic Establishment to Take Him Seriously**
*by Splodey_Dope (<https://redd.it/egacje>)*
https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-polling-surge-forces-democratic-establishment-to-take-him-seriously/

**Bernie Sanders Explains Why Low Unemployment Doesn’t Mean Americans Are Better Off | Even as more Americans have jobs, many of these pay low wages, making it hard for families to get by.**
*by SetMau92 (<https://redd.it/egaer5>)*
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e051b6ee4b0b2520d13706d