Friday Links and Open Thread

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  • The Five video: Shutdown looms in
    standoff over border wall.
  • Thursday’s numbers: Maddow-Chris Cuomo-O’Donnell 1-2-3.
  • 2018: The year Chris Cuomo embraced violence and blacklists.
  • CNN retracts two journalism awards given to a serial fabricator.
  • Top bond trader refuses to appear on CNBC after Cramer insult.
  • With his latest EP,  Scarborough enlists in the War on Christmas.
  • No poll, no source: CNN’s Stelter declares Trump ‘untrustworthy‘.
  • Audio: Chris Wallace and Kilmeade talk Trump bashing and more.
  • Morning Joe moonlighting.  Fear not, Tucker.  
    Katherine McPhee.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter, part four…

Updated 6:41 pm  Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.