\nHolding back tears, former President George W. Bush closes the eulogy for his father, former President George H.W. Bush: \u201cYour decency, sincerity and kind\u00a0soul will stay with us forever\u2026 The best father a son or\u00a0daughter could have.\u201d t.co\/5rlRUNfa0P<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Z4BhpZEt3s<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 CNN (@CNN) December 5, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n
MADDOW AND O\u2019DONNELL<\/strong>. What was Flynn\u2019s motivation to lie: \u201cIt\u2019s the best explanation we have so far, that it is all one project \u2014 this Russian interference in our election, the Trump attempt to do business in Russia by building a Trump Tower in Moscow, and the reveal that we got on that last week through Michael Cohen, that that, as you described Friday night, is the big project in which everyone had to lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
FENTANYL<\/strong>. U.S. and China come to agreement over highly-addictive synthetic opioid<\/a>: \u2018China and the United States released individual statements regarding the bilateral agreement about the ongoing trade war between them, and both said they had found some common ground on further regulating the drug fentanyl. \u201cVery importantly, President Xi, in a wonderful humanitarian gesture, has agreed to designate Fentanyl as a Controlled Substance, meaning that people selling Fentanyl to the United States will be subject to China\u2019s maximum penalty under the law,\u201d White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.\u2019<\/p>\n
STORMY WEATHER<\/strong>. Michael Avenatti bows out of 2020 presidential race<\/a>.<\/p>\n
BONE SPURS?<\/strong> Trump enlisted motorcade to take him 250 yards across the street<\/a>.<\/p>\n
$300K<\/strong>. Bernie Sanders\u2019 private jet service tab for Democrat stump tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n
STOCK MARKET<\/strong>. Trump\u2019s lying crashed it, says NYT reporter Maggie Haberman.\u00a0\u201cHe is very fortunate the markets are closed today because I cannot imagine what that would be like again for another series of hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
TURNER PRIZE<\/strong>. Gay Scottish artist wins prestigious art award<\/a>: \u2018An openly gay<\/a> Scottish artist who celebrated queer lives in a short film shot on an iPhone won Britain\u2019s prestigious Turner Prize Tuesday.\u00a0Scotland\u2019s Charlotte Prodger came out on top at a glitzy reception at London\u2019s Tate Museum for a 33-minute visual compilation called BRIDGIT.\u00a0The jury said Prodger\u2019s work \u201cmeanders through disparate associations ranging from JD Sports and standing stones to 1970s lesbian<\/a> separatism and Jimi Hendrix\u2019s sound recordist.\u00a0\u201cHer work explores issues surrounding queer identity, landscape, language technology and time.\u201d The 44-year-old Glasgow-based artist \u2014 dressed in a simple white T-shirt for the occasion \u2014 said she felt \u201cquite overwhelmed\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n
JOANNE SPATARO<\/strong>. Coming out to the dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n
OCASIO-CORTEZ<\/strong>. I\u2019ll pay my interns at least $15 an hour.<\/p>\n
\nTime to walk the walk.<\/p>\n
Very few members of Congress actually pay their interns. We will be one of them. t.co\/BuKCDSai0K<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 5, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong>. \u201cLeaning tower\u201d residents pitch $100M fix to city<\/a>: \u2018The 58-story skyscraper sits on a 10-foot-thick concrete mat foundation held in place by 950 reinforced concrete piles, which are driven deep into the ground. Since its opening in 2009, the building has sunk 18 inches, leans 14 inches to the west and 6 inches to the north \u2014 leading residents to worry about its safety, particularly in an earthquake-prone city like San Francisco. It\u2019s become known as the city\u2019s Leaning Tower of Pisa.<\/p>\n
AMAZON<\/strong>. Trump panel recommends changes that could increase Amazon\u2019s costs with the USPS<\/a>: \u2018The US Postal Service should have the flexibility to raise shipping rates for certain packages, according to sweeping reforms recommended by a Trump administration task force. Those changes would increase costs for\u00a0Amazon\u00a0and other internet retailers.<\/p>\n
BOY ERASED<\/strong>. Nicole Kidman wins Best Supporting Actress at AACTA Awards 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n
VIRGINIA<\/strong>. Gay conversion therapy survivor fights practice in Virginia:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
HUMP DAY HOTTIE<\/strong>. Lyle Chan.<\/p>\n
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INTERVIEW OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Owen Jones tlks to Lloyd Russell-Moyle, the British MP who recently came out as HIV-positive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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