Interesting 2020 @jbouie argument: "Black candidates may have the strategic advantage in the Democratic primary. Not because they’ll automatically win black voters, but because they won’t have to demonstrate the same social solidarity" https://t.co/gtCsmJznh1

As stock markets decline, President Trump increasingly has fixated on blaming one man: Federal Reserve chairman Jerome H. Powell.

As for the markets, well, they're worried about Mr. Trump.https://t.co/FNzEaubfQp

— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) December 24, 2018

#Turkey massing troops on #Syria-n border near Kurdish-held Manbij https://t.co/d7dk6u4mCn

Excellent round-up-Everyone’s a Curator. That’s Not (Always) a Bad Thing. By @alinacohen https://t.co/tTrgoPGqpi via @artsy

Here are the best books of 2018, as selected by New York Times staff critics

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 17, 2018

#Nicaragua: Police shut down TV station critical of Ortega government and arrest director on terrorism charges #SOSNicaraguahttps://t.co/kvEhLbdcdp

The President of the United States should not be discussing any criminal case in which he has been implicated with the Acting Attorney General.

This is wrong, unethical and eviscerates post-Watergate policy. Whitaker should not need an ethics opinion to know this is inexcusable. https://t.co/CTRiv4k6Xg

Please read this powerful, heart-wrenching piece from recent Nobel Laureate @DenisMukwege on how the DRC govt - and international apathy - are pushing his beloved Congoless homeland to the brink of chaos... https://t.co/ghO2KbS2nY

Taliban greets Pentagon's withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan with cries of victory. https://t.co/FniypD4YSI

— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 21, 2018