There are multiple reports late on Monday night that the city of Aleppo has finally fallen to Syrian forces, and that the rebel resistance is in its “last moments”.
Syrian general says Aleppo offensive in final stages https://t.co/7ECbgFIV4r via @Reuters
— Trine Daely 🌻🙏💙💛🫶🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@TrineDaely) December 13, 2016
Monitor claims rebels have withdrawn from most of Aleppo – Assad has won https://t.co/DTRJzYvTGF
— S News (@SumUpNews) December 13, 2016
Rescue services in Aleppo issue desperate call for help https://t.co/eaGFhFBEMk via @SBSNews
— Zoë Angela 🌻 (@misszoeangela) December 13, 2016
"And on Monday night, the phones of most civilians contacted by The Washington Post appeared to have fallen silent.” https://t.co/Lkhbogu83B
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) December 13, 2016
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns of "atrocities" taking place in besieged Aleppo in recent hours https://t.co/O78pK9TKYp
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) December 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/leaveamarc/status/808477394113888257
Residents in one Aleppo neighbourhood say Syrian forces executed as many as 70 people over alleged links to rebels https://t.co/jp6UO7FqlC pic.twitter.com/bXnD8Ny3V2
— Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) December 12, 2016
The final fall of Aleppo could be just hours away https://t.co/XNBM7RdiXE
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) December 12, 2016
People in eastern Aleppo are posting what may be their final goodbyes as the Syrian Army advances pic.twitter.com/1RCFIYQBmL
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) December 13, 2016
'They either have to surrender or die': Syrian general says Aleppo offensive in final stages. https://t.co/uOFufG35gz pic.twitter.com/32jWJNU3D6
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 12, 2016
THE GUARDIAN FRONT PAGE: ''This is a final distress call to the world. Save Aleppo'' #skypapers pic.twitter.com/gjjzNNtJGL
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 12, 2016
That the Morning Star should describe the Aleppo catastrophe as a "liberation" tells you everything about the degeneracy of the far left.
— David Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) December 12, 2016
When the videos & images stop coming out of Syria, you should be terrified. It means that the public genocide has become private once more.
— Lina Sergie Attar (@AmalHanano) December 12, 2016
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WORLD
North Korea poses a clear and present danger https://t.co/XVN0SZcwQR via @FT
— Victor Mallet (@VJMallet) December 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/808466518749151232
The poles just lost a chunk of polar sea ice bigger than India https://t.co/fA3MBqBmlw pic.twitter.com/Ub95lQxbbQ
— World Economic Forum (@wef) December 13, 2016
"Brightest supernova ever" was actually a monster black hole ripping apart a star https://t.co/Cdmhw18wAE pic.twitter.com/dUUFcxcBLz
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 13, 2016
“spaghettified” huh?…
Happy Winter, everyone! May your lives be touched by His noodly appendages!
R'amen!#FSM pic.twitter.com/70L4GVO0u2— SciStrike (No🍍on 🍕) (@RealSciStrike) December 7, 2016
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AMERICA IN TRANSITION
BREAKING: Trump says he will announce pick for Sec. of State tomorrow morning. https://t.co/Z8KtXuw4md
— CNBC (@CNBC) December 13, 2016
Boosters backing Rex Tillerson for State have something in common: a financial stake in the outcome https://t.co/hstbJgRqqG pic.twitter.com/BFPNtCre4D
— POLITICO (@politico) December 13, 2016
Top Trump ally: Trump interviewed Romney just to "torture" himhttps://t.co/WcWiMfiMOC pic.twitter.com/x9xHRJiTpf
— The Hill (@thehill) December 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/BCAppelbaum/status/808478013587333120
Silicon Valley prepares to make peace with Donald Trump https://t.co/ey1YRvuCxk pic.twitter.com/Gzr53CT8yp
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 13, 2016
U.S. intelligence officials say Russian hacks “prioritized” Democratic Party and nominee Hillary Clinton https://t.co/k3n7PvUjIQ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/DRUDGE_REPORT/status/808467760183246848
Trump considers moving U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem a ‘very big priority’ https://t.co/RzG2mf7jIY
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 13, 2016
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BUSINESS
The F-35 program made up 20 percent of Lockheed’s total 2015 revenue of $46.1 billion. https://t.co/7k0DKMNcEu
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 12, 2016
WOW: @cbouzy: Someone started dumping Lockheed Martin stock just before Trump's tweet: Tweet was 8:26 AM EST, LMT dumping started 8:20 AM pic.twitter.com/43hyxd1s5E
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) December 12, 2016
Boeing 777 production rate cut reflects steep sales drop https://t.co/TuyctD4tdP pic.twitter.com/nmA1Cxtt9R
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 13, 2016
America's first (and perhaps last) offshore wind farm is finally online: https://t.co/gdzm9krW0Q pic.twitter.com/wSLoBgYciD
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) December 13, 2016
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MEDIA
Sterling pre Brexit: $1.48
Murdoch backs Brexit
Sterling post Brexit: $1.26
Murdoch saves $2.5bn on Skyhttps://t.co/AsyW7ceSIx— Paul Johnson (@paul__johnson) December 12, 2016
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CULTURE
26% of American adults say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year: https://t.co/hO5LzlE0sX pic.twitter.com/Y7tVTcoYgt
— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) December 13, 2016
About 1 in 6 American adults reported taking at least 1 psychiatric drug https://t.co/qEfFLwsjVO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 13, 2016
meanwhile…
Here are the 2017 Golden Globes nominees https://t.co/k1LeFBbDEn
— TIME (@TIME) December 13, 2016
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SPORTS
Nike joins the quest for a sub two-hour marathon: https://t.co/cIZQa7gYxV pic.twitter.com/jSaSH3h9Y1
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) December 13, 2016
Frito-Lay to sit out Super Bowl LI, ending 10-year big-game run https://t.co/ZsaY5ehe10 pic.twitter.com/WoDBpXU0ac
— Ad Age (@adage) December 13, 2016
The Overnight Note 