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TOP NEWS

• Uber said it recorded over 3,000 sexual assaults, 235 rapes and 19 fatal physical assaults on rides in 2018

• November U.S. jobs report was very strong. Payroll employment rose by 266,000 in November; unemployment rate changes little at 3.5%. Strong upward revisions for September and October. Wage growth hit 3.1%

• For the third time since the bill was introduced, the White House has ordered a senator to block a resolution to acknowledge Turkey’s genocide of Armenians.

THE ELECTION

• Buttigieg won’t discuss his McKinsey years, so others filled in the blanks

• The Dem debate over free college

• Biden says AOC does not represent direction of his party

THE COMMENT

“What is certain is that a major massacre happened in Iran by government forces and they are doing everything to hide it and not let the truth be known. What we need more than anything else right now is a broad international community demand for details and the extent of this massacre to be investigated.” - Brian Hook, the special representative for Iran at State Department

THE STRANGEST

• Nestlé cannot claim bottled water is ‘essential public service’, court rules

THE AV ROOM

• Q-TIP IS A BEAST

• PAUL MOONEY OUTTAKES FROM CHAPPELLE’S SHOW

• THE SPECTACULAR RISE AND FALL OF WEWORK