Christmas Eve Links and Open Thread

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  • Out# video: Is shutdown flap a
    game of semantics and politics?
  • The fakest fake news of 2018.  Baby boom.  The
    Boston Pops.
  • Betsy watches CNN’s ‘terrible media show‘ so you don’t have to.
  • Global affairs correspondent Elise Labott leaving CNN.  
    Lisa Ono.
  • The story behind Jesse Watters and ‘mom texts’.  The Odd Couple.
  • Russell: Replace the Santa myth with the true story of St Nicholas.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Red Mystery Matter…

Updated 2:28 pm  Use our valuable bandwidth to post your cable news comments in today’s open thread.