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Emma Hurt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump-backed Perdue says he wouldn't have certified Georgia 2020 results  —  Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue wouldn't have signed the certification of the state's 2020 election results if he had been governor at the time, the former Senate Republican told Axios.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC Interview: Inside Perdue's plan to defeat Kemp in 2022
Discussion: Forbes
James Salzer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
GOP hopefuls in 2022 want to eliminate state income tax
Discussion: New York Magazine
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Mark Meadows sues House January 6 committee  —  Meadows says Covid-19 made Trump so weak he couldn't hold a briefcase  —  (CNN)Former Trump White House chief of Staff Mark Meadows is suing the House select committee investigating January 6 and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Politico:
Meadows sues Pelosi, Jan. 6 panel and its members  —  Mark Meadows, facing the looming prospect of criminal contempt of Congress charges, is suing to block a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee, arguing that it unconstitutionally intrudes on former President Donald Trump's powers to invoke executive privilege.
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Pence does not commit to cooperating with Jan. 6th congressional committee
Discussion: Washington Examiner
BBC:
Sanna Marin: Finland's PM sorry for clubbing after Covid contact  —  Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologised for going clubbing after coming into close contact with a Covid-19 case.  —  Sanna Marin went on a night out in Helsinki on Saturday, hours after her foreign minister had tested positive.
David Brooks / The Atlantic:
What Happened to American Conservatism?  —  I fell in love with conservatism in my 20s.  As a politics and crime reporter in Chicago, I often found myself around public-housing projects like Cabrini-Green and the Robert Taylor Homes, which had been built with the best of intentions but had become nightmares.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Won't Let America Go.  Can Democrats Pry It Away?  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  Do you believe, as many political activists and theorists do, that the contemporary Republican Party poses a threat to democracy?
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
'It's just crazy': 12 major cities hit all-time homicide records  —  “It's worse than a war zone around here lately,” police official said.  —  At least 12 major U.S. cities have broken annual homicide records in 2021 — and there's still three weeks to go in the year.
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Washington Post:
Low-profile heiress who ‘played a strong role’ in financing Jan. 6 rally is thrust into spotlight  —  Eight days before the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, a little-known Trump donor living thousands of miles away in the Tuscan countryside quietly wired a total of $650,000 to three organizations that helped stage and promote the event.
Discussion: CREW and Raw Story
Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Hillary Clinton chokes up as she reads parts of the victory speech she hoped to deliver in 2016  —  For the first time, Hillary Clinton is sharing the speech she would have made if she had won the 2016 presidential election.  —  The former first lady and secretary of state grows emotional …
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Hispanic Voters Now Evenly Split Between Parties, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Republicans have made rapid gains among a crucial voting demographic that has long favored Democrats  —  The nation's large and diverse group of Hispanic voters is showing signs of dividing its support between Democrats …
Greg Pollowitz / Twitchy:
Meet Craig Tamanaha, the 49-year-old arrested for allegedly setting fire to the Fox News Christmas tree  —  World, meet Craig Tamanaha, the 49-year-old homeless man who allegedly set fire to the Fox News Christmas tree this morning:  —  The suspect is identified as 49-year-old Craig Tamanaha …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
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Mike Ives / New York Times:
Fox News Christmas Tree Catches Fire in Manhattan
William Neuman / New York Times:
De Blasio Fought for 2 Years to Keep Ethics Warning Secret.  Here's Why.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio was warned that he created an “appearance of coercion and improper access” by directly contacting donors who had business before the city.  —  When Bill de Blasio was first elected mayor of New York …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Pfizer:
Pfizer and BioNTech Provide Update on Omicron Variant  — Preliminary laboratory studies demonstrate that three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine neutralize the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529 lineage) while two doses show significantly reduced neutralization titers
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Biden to award three Medals of Honor for combat actions in Iraq, Afghanistan  —  The Biden administration is planning to award Medals of Honor to three U.S. soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to people familiar with the matter, a group that includes the first Black service member …
Discussion: Fox News
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Haley Britzky / Task & Purpose:   Alwyn Cashe to finally receive posthumous Medal of Honor for Iraq War heroism
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin quietly discusses Senate rules changes with Republicans  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), a key Democratic holdout on reforming the filibuster, is discussing small changes to Senate rules with Republicans.  —  Manchin's discussions with GOP colleagues — which haven't been previously reported …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Times
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:   GOP working to lock down votes on McConnell debt deal
Will Doran / Raleigh News & Observer:
NC gerrymandering lawsuits delay 2022 election primary  —  North Carolina's 2022 primary election must be delayed — as gerrymandering lawsuits play out that could lead to redrawn districts — the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.  —  It's a win for the liberal voters and groups …
Discussion: Politico, NPR and CNN
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Cawthorn ‘likely’ violated rules by bringing candidate on House floor
Discussion: Raw Story
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Former President Trump On Boris Johnson's Woes, Sidney Powell's Dough And More  —  Former President Trump joined me this morning:  —  Audio:  —  12-08hhs-trump  —  Transcript:  —  HH: I'm joined now by former president of the United States, Donald Trump.  Mr. President, good morning.
Adam Beam / Associated Press:
California plans to be abortion sanctuary if Roe overturned  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With more than two dozen states poised to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court gives them the OK next year, California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature on Wednesday revealed a plan to make the state a …
Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Five key takeaways from Jussie Smollett's trial  —  News that actor Jussie Smollett had been the victim of a vicious racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago on Jan. 29, 2019, quickly made national headlines.  —  Celebrities and politicians rallied behind the openly gay actor …
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Amid Legal Jeopardy, Jussie Smollett Is Shopping New Projects
Discussion: Breitbart
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
The Coronavirus Attacks Fat Tissue, Scientists Find  —  The research may help explain why people who are overweight and obese have been at higher risk of severe illness and death from Covid.  —  From the start of the pandemic, the coronavirus seemed to target people carrying extra pounds.
James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
Torrance police traded racist, homophobic texts.  It could jeopardize hundreds of cases  —  The caption read “hanging with the homies.”  —  The picture above it showed several Black men who had been lynched.  —  Another photo asked what someone should do if their girlfriend was having an affair with a Black man.
Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far  —  NEW YORK (AP) — More than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated, the chief of the CDC said Wednesday.
Discussion: HotAir, Fox News and Political Wire
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Believe it or not, Fox News once knew shame  —  It wasn't so very long ago that Fox News had some standards for what was unacceptable.  —  In 2008, a Fox host named E.D. Hill suggested that a playful fist bump between Barack and Michelle Obama looked like a “terrorist fist jab.”
Discussion: Mercury News and Twitchy
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Texas school district pulls 400 books from library shelves for review after legislator's inquiry  —  Texas school librarians reviewing hundreds of books for ‘obscene or vulgar text’  —  A Texas school district pre-emptively pulled more than 400 books from its libraries for review following an inquiry from a Republican state lawmaker.
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury:
Youngkin pledges to pull Virginia from carbon market by executive order  —  Governor's authority to withdraw from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative disputed  —  Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin is pledging to use executive action to pull Virginia out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Alliance …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Backroom defense bill lets dictators and kleptocrats off the hook  —  The most important national security legislation of the year has just been mismanaged so badly, it could end up letting some international bad guys escape accountability for some pretty horrible abuses and crimes.
Eric Garcia / MSNBC:
Tracing America's Covid vaccine conspiracies to autism fearmongering  —  Anti-vaxxers are now melding with anti-democratic extremists.  But this movement's roots can be traced to men like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and their autism falsehoods.  —  Last week, the Centers for Disease Control …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Rachael Rollins Confirmed As Massachusetts' Historic Top Federal Prosecutor  —  Every Republican senator opposed her.  But the Boston district attorney will now be the state's first Black woman to serve as U.S. attorney.  —  Senate Democrats on Wednesday narrowly confirmed Rachael Rollins …
Davis Winkie / Army Times:
Death, drugs and a disbanded unit: How the Guard's Mexico border mission fell apart  —  On the evening of Sept. 10, a soldier deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border slid a manifesto under each door in his brigade headquarters and then slipped away.  —  The frustrated Army National Guardsman assigned …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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John F. Trent / Bounding Into Comics:
Wil Wheaton Calls Dave Chappelle A “Bigot” And “Piece Of S***” After Netflix Announced The Comedian Will Headline ‘Netflix Is A Joke Festival’
Discussion: Twitchy
Jon Emont / Wall Street Journal:
Not Vaccinated? In Singapore, You'll Pay for Your Own Covid-19 Treatment
Discussion: HotAir
Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business:
Historic blunder?! State moves to protect Penn Station and MSG, jeopardizing redevelopment
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
I Was the Only Man Allowed Into Joanna Coles's Power 100 Lunch. (Well, Just for Cocktails.)
Benjamin Wittes / The Bulwark:
Fred Hiatt, the Washington Post, and America's Moral and Political Seriousness
Discussion: Overtime
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
The Crocodile Tears of Conservatives
KFF:
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New York Times:
Beijing Silenced Peng Shuai in 20 Minutes, Then Spent Weeks on Damage Control
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

 
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