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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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HotAir, Washington Examiner, Twitchy, Digby's Hullabaloo, The Stranger, 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
Mike Martindale / Detroit News:
Oakland County fugitive team searching for parents of Oxford High suspect — Pontiac — The Oakland County Fugitive Apprehension Team is searching Friday for the parents of an Oxford High teenager charged in Tuesday's school shooting after the couple stopped responding to their attorney, according to authorities.
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The Daily Beast and New York Post
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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 Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Parents of suspected Michigan high school shooter are charged with involuntary manslaughter
Parents of suspected Michigan high school shooter are charged with involuntary manslaughter
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Townhall, Mercury News, WTOP News, CBS Detroit, KTLA, CBS News and NBC10 Philadelphia
Detroit Free Press:
Parents of Oxford school shooting suspect charged with involuntary manslaughter
Parents of Oxford school shooting suspect charged with involuntary manslaughter
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WDIV-TV, CNN, Detroit News, The Western Journal, New York Post, Raw Story, Insider and UPI
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Facing Charges, Parents of Michigan Shooting Suspect Are Now Fugitives
Facing Charges, Parents of Michigan Shooting Suspect Are Now Fugitives
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Associated Press, HotAir, Mother Jones and Boston.com
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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POLITICUSUSA, Insider, Washington Examiner, 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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Insider, Washington Post and Rolling Stone
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, The Bulwark and The Hill
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Kyle Tharp / FWIW:
Where are the alarm bells? — Many of us listened in horror on Tuesday, as Donald Trump's Supreme Court openly deliberated reversing Roe v. Wade. That horror, however, did not translate into significant engagement on top pro-abortion posts online. As conservative media personalities …
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, Los Angeles Blade and Mediaite
New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Scientists Say Omicron Is Spreading Faster in South Africa Than Any Other Variant — The new research indicates that the variant can spread more easily than Delta, which was previously the most contagious version of the virus. Omicron has been found in at least six states, mostly among travelers.
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Department of Health, Louisiana Illuminator, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Boston.com, Florida Phoenix and ABC7
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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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Todd Starnes and ABC13
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Click2Houston.com:
Plumber discovers money, checks in wall of Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church years after $600K burglary — The 500 envelopes full of cash and checks were found behind a loose toilet as workers moved insulation out of the wall. — Re'Chelle Turner, Reporter, Houston
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The Hill, BizPac Review, New York Post, Reason, UPI, TheBlaze, NBC Chicago, Washington Examiner and Orange County Register
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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Political Junkie
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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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The Daily Caller, Men Yell at Me and Patterico's Pontifications
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, The Western Journal, Breitbart, CNN, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze, Conservative Brief, Twitchy, The Federalist and Mediaite
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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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National Review, Reason, New York Times and The Daily Caller
Scott Horsley / NPR:
Hiring slowed sharply in November, even before omicron, with 210,000 jobs added
Hiring slowed sharply in November, even before omicron, with 210,000 jobs added
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New York Times and Al Jazeera
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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Washington Post, CNN, Forbes, The Verge, Slate, Gizmodo, Al-Monitor, The Daily Caller, The Times of Israel, The Nation, The Guardian and Political Wire, more at Techmeme »
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, The Federalist, Louder With Crowder and Twitchy
Associated Press:
Kremlin: Putin to seek guarantees over Ukraine from Biden — MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin said Friday that President Vladimir Putin will seek binding guarantees precluding NATO's expansion to Ukraine during a planned call with U.S. President Joe Biden, while the Ukrainian defense minister warned …
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Defense One, One America News Network, The National Interest and Al Jazeera
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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 …
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Koch Industries buys GOP Senate candidate's company — A division of industrial giant Koch Industries has bought Senate hopeful Jim Lamon's company, likely providing a cash infusion for the Arizona Republican as he pours huge sums of his own money into the race.
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, RedState, Breitbart, Insider, IJR, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, CNN and The Guardian
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
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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Politico, DownWithTyranny! and The Howard Beale Society …
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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ABC News, Media Matters for America, Wolf, Raw Story and Mother Jones
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
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 …
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, New York Post, National Review, The Gateway Pundit, Summit News, The Western Journal, RedState, cryptogram and Political Wire
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Western negotiators tell Iran new nuclear proposals are “not serious” — The nuclear negotiators for the E3 - France, Germany and the U.K. - told Iranian negotiators in coordination with the U.S. that the opening proposals they presented in Vienna nuclear talks this week were unserious and unacceptable …
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Washington Free Beacon, Washington Examiner, The New Arab, Diplomatic, and The Times of Israel
David Gilbert / VICE:
Tucker Carlson Asked Hunter Biden to Help His Son Get Into College — The email exchange was leaked as a part of the ongoing civil war inside QAnon. — DG — A leaked copy of an email exchange between Hunter Biden and Tucker Carlson suggests that the Fox News host once asked …
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Vanity Fair and Mediaite
CNN:
US Capitol rioter ‘sought to physically remove’ Pelosi and McConnell, prosecutors say — (CNN)Justice Department prosecutors say they have evidence that an alleged rioter who brought a gun to the US Capitol on January 6 was targeting both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Raw Story