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Steve Contorno / CNN:
DeSantis proposes a new civilian military force in Florida that he would control — St, Petersburg, Florida (CNN)Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to reestablish a World War II-era civilian military force that he, not the Pentagon, would control. — DeSantis pitched the idea Thursday …
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Washington Examiner, The Stranger, Twitchy, Zandar Versus The Stupid, RedState, The Hill and Raw Story
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
It's Different When Ron DeSantis Does It: CNN Edition — There's some choice DeSantis Derangement Syndrome on CNN this morning. Check out this headline: … Gosh! A “civilian military force in Florida that he would control”! That sounds terrifying — especially when paired with the piece's artwork …
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Twitchy and CNN
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Eastman takes the Fifth with Jan. 6 committee — John Eastman, the attorney who helped former President Donald Trump pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election, has asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, according to a letter he delivered …
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Insider, Raw Story, Mother Jones and Citizens of the American …
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Raheem J. Kassam / The National Pulse:
John Eastman's Lawyers Just Destroyed the Jan 6 Committee and Its ‘Subpoenas’.
John Eastman's Lawyers Just Destroyed the Jan 6 Committee and Its ‘Subpoenas’.
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Washington Post and Rolling Stone
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Job growth disappoints in November, with a gain of just 210,000, despite high hopes — November job growth falls far short of expectations, unemployment rate hits 4.2% — The U.S. economy created far fewer jobs than expected in November, before a new Covid threat created a scare that growth …
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HotAir, Fox Business, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Conservative Brief, The Daily Caller, CNN, The Federalist, Mediaite and Twitchy
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Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
‘Dramatic improvement’: Biden pumps up disappointing November jobs report
‘Dramatic improvement’: Biden pumps up disappointing November jobs report
David Harrison / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Added Just 210,000 Jobs in November
U.S. Added Just 210,000 Jobs in November
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The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Biden warns Russia's Vladimir Putin against Ukraine invasion — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to make it “very, very difficult” for Russian President Vladimir Putin to take military action in Ukraine, saying his administration is putting together a comprehensive set of initiatives to curb Russian aggression.
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Washington Examiner, CNN, Bloomberg, The Hill, Agence France-Presse and Political Wire
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Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware … Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter.
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The Times of Israel, The Nation and Political Wire, more at Techmeme »
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Supreme Court's End Game on Abortion — There are many reasons for dismay over the Supreme Court argument in the Mississippi abortion case, but it was the nonstop gaslighting that really got to me. — First there was Justice Clarence Thomas, pretending by his questions actually …
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Juliette Masch Writes, Morning Shots and The Hill
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Overruling ‘Roe’ likely wouldn't generate the female backlash that feminists expect
Overruling ‘Roe’ likely wouldn't generate the female backlash that feminists expect
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alicublog, The Daily Beast, Politics and History and Los Angeles Blade
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
Amy Coney Barrett's Adoption Myths — “They're co-opting our lives and our stories.” — Twice in oral arguments this week for the abortion case that could overturn Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked pro-choice advocates: Would banning abortion be so bad if women …
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Elizabeth Spiers / New York Times:
Amy Coney Barrett Doesn't Understand the Trauma of Adoption — Ms. Spiers, a Democratic digital strategist, was adopted as an infant. — On Wednesday, as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from state attorneys seeking to uphold Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban …
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Men Yell at Me and Patterico's Pontifications
John Wright / Raw Story:
‘Bags and bags’ of money found stashed in bathroom wall at Joel Osteen's megachurch: report — A plumbing repair at televangelist Joel Osteen's megachurch in Houston reportedly led to the discovery of “bags and bags” of cash and checks in a bathroom wall. — The discovery came several years …
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Click2Houston.com, BizPac Review, Reason, Todd Starnes, TheBlaze, Washington Examiner and ABC13
UnHerd:
Video15:08 Inside Australia's Covid internment camp — Freddie Sayers spoke to Hayley Hodgson, who has returned from a 14-day detention — Hayley Hodgson, 26, moved to Darwin from Melbourne to escape the never-ending lockdowns — only to find herself locked up in a Covid Internment Camp without even having the virus.
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YouTube, Connecting Thoughts, Louder With Crowder, The Federalist, Twitchy and BBC
Washington Post:
Parents of Michigan high school shooting suspect charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter — Prosecutors said Friday they would file charges against the parents of the student accused of fatally shooting classmates at a Michigan high school. — James and Jennifer Crumbley …
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The Daily Beast and New York Post
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Murray Waas / The Guardian:
Sidney Powell filed false incorporation papers for non-profit, grand jury finds — Trump's lawyer falsely claimed two men as fellow directors of Defending the Republic in an apparent effort to attract donors — A federal grand jury investigating Donald Trump's former attorney Sidney Powell …
Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times:
A drama professor told students they got their feelings hurt too easily. They decided to fight back — It all started with a misunderstanding. — A Black theater student at Coastal Carolina University told a visiting drama teacher she wanted to connect with nonwhite students …
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Althouse
medRxiv:
Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of the Omicron variant in South Africa — Juliet R.C. Pulliam, Cari van Schalkwyk, Nevashan Govender, Anne von Gottberg, Cheryl Cohen, Michelle J. Groome, Jonathan Dushoff, Koleka Mlisana, Harry Moultrie
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Red Queen
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene aren't fringe. They're leading indicators. — In the past week or so, some of the most notorious hard-right Republican members in the House have been under fire for anti-Muslim bigotry. So they and their media allies have now hatched a creative new defense for it:
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Media Matters for America, Wolf and Mother Jones
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Axios:
Burnout, money, concern drive Harris turnover — Burnout, better opportunities and concern about being permanently branded a “Harris person” is driving some of the turnover in Vice President Kamala Harris's office, people familiar with the situation tell Axios.
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Fox News, Breitbart, Insider, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, CNN and The Guardian
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
Epstein visited the White House on 14 separate days and stopped by twice in one day on three occasions during Bill Clinton's first term — The disclosure puts renewed scrutiny on Clinton's friendship with Epstein, who was known to have flown the former president on his private jet …
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Breitbart, National Review, New York Post, The Western Journal, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Summit News, cryptogram and Political Wire
American Greatness:
Why I Can't Support Trump, the GOP, or Conservatism, Inc. Anymore — How many disappointments, betrayals, and failed promises do people need to endure before they say, “Never again?” — That the “woke” are anything but awake is a fact that needs no underscoring for readers of this website.
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The Howard Beale Society …
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Alec Baldwin on ‘Rust’ shooting: 'Someone is responsible ... but I know it's not me' — Actor spoke with George Stephanopoulos for an exclusive interview on ABC, Hulu. — On the morning of Oct. 21, Alec Baldwin had an epiphany. — Sitting in a church pew on the set of “Rust,” …
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Washington Examiner, HotAir, The Reload, USA Today, Ace of Spades HQ, Vanity Fair, The Western Journal, Mediaite, Breitbart, Who the Hell Is Jim Treacher?, TheBlaze, Variety, Fox News, The Wrap, New York Post, KTLA, Twitchy, CBS News, Townhall, Rolling Stone, The Daily Caller and Insider
American Prospect:
As Buttigieg Eyes a Presidential Run, His DOT Is Floundering — The transportation secretary has a major role to play in easing the supply chain crisis. Pete Buttigieg isn't doing the job. — The transportation secretary has had very little to say about actual transportation policy during this crisis.
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Eschaton
Axios:
McConnell: No legislative agenda for 2022 midterms — Mitch McConnell has told colleagues and donors Senate Republicans won't release a legislative agenda before next year's midterms, according to people who've attended private meetings with the minority leader.
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New York Magazine, Mock Paper Scissors and Political Wire
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds could release ‘alternative’ Mueller report soon — An unpublished investigative compilation sometimes referred to as the “Alternative Mueller Report” has been located in Justice Department files and could be released soon, according to a letter filed in federal court Thursday.
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Insider, Meaning In History and Raw Story
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Crisis averted after conservatives cave — DRIVING THE DAY — NO SHUTDOWN — Congress avoided a government shutdown after Senate conservatives dropped their demands to nix President JOE BIDEN's vaccine mandates in the funding bill — and Senate Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER gave them a way out.
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Washington Examiner, ABC News, Regular Order and The Federalist
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
North Dakota school superintendent slams critical race theory, calls to teach ‘Christian heritage’ — A North Dakota school district superintendent sent an email that says racial injustice is being pushed by a “political ideology,” called for a “Christ centered Republic” and deemed critical race theory …
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Grand Forks Herald and POLITICUSUSA
Andrew Fedorov / Off the Record:
Anti-Woke-Off Breaks Out at Harper's — Publisher and president John R. MacArthur considers Walter Kirn's accusation that the magazine terminated him to appease young leftists an outlandish slur — An epistolary anti-woker-than-thou standoff over Harper's was sparked by just 23 words …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Trump Conspiracy Is Hiding in Plain Sight — Antebellum pro-slavery radicals spoke freely of secession and violence; Democratic Party paramilitaries planned their attacks on Reconstruction governments in public view; and the men who codified segregation into Jim Crow did so in the open.
Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Democrats, Not Republicans, Need to Defuse the Culture Wars — It's not exactly a secret the Republicans are running hard against the Democrats on sociocultural issues like crime, immigration, ideology in the schools and cancel culture. Their strategy is to combine attacks …
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New York Magazine, Townhall and Bloomberg
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The U.S. has added nearly 1 million more jobs in 2021 than initially reported — The economic news that came first thing Friday morning was not what President Biden had hoped: the country added only 210,000 jobs in November, well below expectations and below the pace needed to replace the jobs lost since the start of the pandemic.