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9:55 PM ET, December 4, 2021

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New York Times:
CNN Fires Chris Cuomo After New Details on Help He Gave His Brother  —  The cable news network said it had “terminated him, effective immediately,” a move that came four months after Andrew Cuomo resigned as governor of New York.  —  The star anchor Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN on Saturday amid …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN fires Chris Cuomo  —  New York (CNN)CNN said Saturday that anchor Chris Cuomo has been “terminated” by the network, “effective immediately.”  —  The announcement came after an outside law firm was retained to review information about exactly how Cuomo aided his brother …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Chris Cuomo fired by CNN after investigation into aid to brother Andrew Cuomo  —  The primetime host was suspended by the network on Tuesday.  On Saturday night, though, it said a law firm investigation turned up “additional information.”  —  Just four days after announcing …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Poynter, The Hill and NPR
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN fires Chris Cuomo after law firm probes involvement in brother's harassment scandal  —  CNN has fired Chris Cuomo following revelations over his involvement in managing the sexual harassment scandal that forced his brother Andrew to resign as governor of New York.
Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
CNN fires Chris Cuomo
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and TVLine
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:   Federal Scrutiny of Cuomo Widens to His Office's Treatment of Women
Christina Goldbaum / New York Times:
Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation  —  An estimated 22.8 million people — more than half the country's population — are expected to face potentially life-threatening food insecurity this winter.  Many are already on the brink of catastrophe.
CNN:
Acosta: Hard-right Supreme Court poised to turn back clock  —  CNN's Jim Acosta takes a look at the conservative breakdown of the US Supreme Court amidst debate about the nation's abortion and gun rights.  Source: CNN  —  CNN's Jim Acosta takes a look at the conservative breakdown …
Financial Times:
Donald Trump's social media start-up raises $1bn  —  The ex-president's media venture is aimed at challenging the platforms from which he has been banned.  —  Donald Trump's social media start-up has raised $1bn from unidentified investors as the company presses ahead with plans to go public via a Spac merger.
Washington Post:
Assad's tightening grip  —  In an escalating campaign, the Syrian leader and his financially strapped regime have raided and seized dozens of businesses, even targeting those that stuck by him during a decade of war  —  The five Syrians pulled from their homes by secret police on the same night …
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Politico:
Harris allies want her to take the reins as a staff shakeup looms
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Wire
Diana Leonard / Washington Post:
Snow may vanish for years at a time in Mountain West with climate warming  —  Study warns of impending water supply problems due to nearly snowless mountains in about 35 to 60 years  —  A new study provides a glimpse into the future of Western U.S. snow and the picture is far from rosy …
Discussion: Twitchy
Ashley Wong / New York Times:
How a Cream Cheese Shortage Is Affecting N.Y.C. Bagel Shops  —  Supply chain problems that have hit businesses across the country now threaten a quintessential New York treat.  —  Zabar's is running low.  Tompkins Square Bagels is down to sticks.  Pick-a-Bagel has only a few days' supply left.
Bill Adair / Air Mail:
Loving Lies  —  Stephen Glass, the most notorious fraud in journalism, decided he would live by one simple rule: Always tell the truth.  Then he broke that rule  —  PORTRAITS BY SHARON SUH  —  I've never liked liars.  I was a newspaper reporter for 20 years and got so frustrated …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
It's Tough to Deter Putin Once You've Given Him the Pipeline He Wanted  —  God only knows if this unidentified U.S. intelligence official speaking to Sky News is correct...  Russia is planning a military offensive against Ukraine, which could begin as soon as early 2022, according to United States intelligence officials.
Discussion: Sky News, POLITICUSUSA and Politico
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CNN:
Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect arrested after manhunt  —  James and Jennifer Crumbley entered not guilty pleas to all charges against them during their arraignment Saturday morning.  —  The couple “fully intended” to turn themselves in “first thing this morning for arraignment …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
When will the people's House be returned to the people?  Not even Capitol officials know.  —  On Wednesday night, more than 15,000 fans crowded into Capital One Arena to watch the Washington Wizards secure another early-season victory.  On Thursday night, a few thousand concertgoers packed …
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Tucker Carlson Is Completing the Work That Trump Began  —  Earlier this week, Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson, the host of the top-rated news show on cable, rose in defense of the right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.  —  “Jones is often mocked for his flamboyance,” Carlson said …
Eileen O'Grady / Concord Monitor:
‘Teacher Loyalty’ bill would restrict how U.S. history, especially racism, can be discussed in school … Just one year after New Hampshire legislators first introduced a bill that banned the teaching or discussion of “divisive concepts” like systemic racism, another bill will be debated …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Justice Sotomayor drops the S-bomb  —  Stench.  —  Justice Sonia Sotomayor said stench, about her own court, during oral argument Wednesday in the Mississippi abortion case.  Specifically, observing that states were passing ever-stricter abortion laws, explicitly inspired by the court's …
Discussion: The Guardian
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
‘A real fight for our existence’: Massachusetts GOP spirals in Baker exit  —  BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker kept Republicans relevant in deep-blue Massachusetts.  Now his exit has the GOP at each others' throats.  —  Baker announced this week that he wouldn't seek a third term.
New York Times:
Fearing a Repeat of Jan. 6, Congress Eyes Changes to Electoral Count Law  —  Members of the special House committee investigating the Capitol riot are among those arguing for an overhaul of a more than century-old statute enacted to address disputed elections.
Laura Thornton / Washington Post:
Why international election observers would give Wisconsin a failing grade  —  Laura Thornton is director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.  —  On Nov. 10, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Republican state lawmakers proposed a hostile takeover of election management in their state.
Tatyana Turner / Chicago Tribune:
Former Illinois State University football coach who removed Black Lives Matter poster alleges violation of First Amendment rights in lawsuit  —  Kurt Beathard, a former assistant football coach for Illinois State University, is suing the school's head football coach and its former athletic director …
 
 
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Austin Warns Against Over-Hyping Recent Chinese Weapons Tests
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Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Who knew?  Emails reveal the unlikely close friendship between Hunter Biden and Tucker Carlson: President's son wrote Georgetown recommendation …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Politico:
'She's going to lose': Dems brag redistricting dooms conservative Illinois freshman
Roger Kerson / Slate:
Meet the Trump Fanatics Who Have Taken Over Elections in a Critical Swing State
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Pakistan receives $3 billion loan from Saudi Arabia
Joshua Zitser / Insider:
A Trump-loving former KKK leader who was jailed for beating a Black man is running for office as a Republican in Georgia, report says
Washington Post:
Friends who attended anime convention with man who contracted omicron have tested positive for coronavirus, health official says
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Marcus Lamb died of covid-19 after his network discouraged vaccines. But some Christian leaders don't want to talk about it.
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

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Ben Jacobs / Slate:
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