By Stephen Losey @ MilitaryTimes.com, Dec. 17

Russia is positioned to quickly defeat forward-deployed U.S. and NATO forces and grab land before reinforcements could arrive, according to a new paper from the Atlantic Council, an international affairs think tank.

“We believe that no matter what state you live in, Democrat or Republican, you should have a fair voice in our elections. Your vote is your voice.”

By Bryan Lowry @ mcclatchydc.com, Dec. 13

Very detailed, makes a very convincing case, basically the reporter is acting like the House whip, checking out who missed what recent voting and where they will be when a vote could be and then summing up with a word or two about how Even if the House takes a symbolic vote in favor of the $5 billion for a border wall, the package would have a difficult time passing the Senate.

By Ernesto Londono @ NYTimes.com, Dec. 15

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Even Paraguay’s antidrug chief couldn’t believe what was happening.

In October, officials there said they had foiled a plot to deploy a car bomb packed with 187 pounds of explosives to free a jailed drug lord. Days later, heavily armed men threatened in a video to kill the country’s attorney general. “There is a price on your head,” the men warned.  Then came two chilling murders: A lawyer who represented drug king pins was assassinated as she stepped out of a meeting, and a young woman was stabbed to death with a dinner knife while visiting a drug trafficker in prison.