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Politico:
National Archives: Meadows may not have stored all Trump-era records ‘properly’ — Mark Meadows and the National Archives are in talks over potential records he did “not properly” turn over from his personal phone and email account, the presidential record-keeping agency confirmed Thursday.
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Politico:
Appeals court denies Trump effort to block White House records from Jan. 6 investigators — A federal appeals court panel has thrown out former President Donald Trump's effort to stop congressional Jan. 6 investigators from obtaining his White House records, delivering a forceful rejection …
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CNBC, NBC News, Associated Press, BuzzFeed News, Insider, Slate, UPI, Bipartisan Report, Metro.co.uk, New York Post, Reason, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze, Mother Jones and Mediaite
CNN:
January 6 committee gets Meadows texts, emails with ‘wide range’ of people while attack was underway — Mark Meadows sues January 6th committee and Nancy Pelosi — (CNN)Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows provided the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot …
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, CNBC, The Editorial Board, Bloomberg, NPR, Bipartisan Report, emptywheel, Mother Jones, IJR and The Federalist
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to keep January 6 documents from House committee
Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to keep January 6 documents from House committee
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New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, CBS News, Bloomberg, Roll Call, Law & Crime, NPR, Al Jazeera, Raw Story, Forbes, Associated Press and National Review
Washington Post:
New York attorney general seeks Trump's deposition as part of civil fraud investigation — New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking a deposition from former president Donald Trump early next year as part of her investigation into potential fraud inside the Trump Organization, according to people familiar with the matter.
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New York Times:
New York A.G. to Subpoena Trump to Testify in Fraud Investigation — The move by the attorney general, Letitia James, comes at a critical moment in a criminal inquiry into the former president, who could try to block the demand. — The New York State attorney general, Letitia James …
Reuters:
Georgia Republicans purge Black Democrats from county election boards — Protesters filled the meeting room of the Spalding County Board of Elections in October, upset that the board had disallowed early voting on Sundays for the Nov. 2 municipal election. A year ago, Sunday voting …
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Substack
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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Birds Aren't Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory. — Peter McIndoe, the 23-year-old creator of the viral Birds Aren't Real movement, is ready to reveal what the effort is really about. — In Pittsburgh, Memphis and Los Angeles, massive billboards recently popped up declaring, “Birds Aren't Real.”
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Senate Clears Last Major Hurdle to Raising Debt Ceiling — Fourteen Republicans joined Democrats in voting to take up legislation that would pave the way for Congress to raise the debt ceiling by a simple majority vote, skirting a filibuster. — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday cleared away …
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CNN:
McConnell-McCarthy divide grows as Trump aims to keep his grip on GOP
McConnell-McCarthy divide grows as Trump aims to keep his grip on GOP
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Axios, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and Washington Post
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham warns GOP about Trump's wrath on debt vote
Graham warns GOP about Trump's wrath on debt vote
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Raw Story, BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, Insider, HotAir and Todd Starnes
Enes Kanter Freedom / The Atlantic:
Why I Became an American — When I first arrived in the United States, I had to adjust to a new language, new norms, and new traditions. But I was perhaps most stunned by a simple comment a teammate made. He criticized President Barack Obama, which I feared could have landed him in prison.
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Overtime, HotAir, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Enes Kanter Freedom's Political Awakening
CNN:
Actor Jussie Smollett found guilty of lying to police in hate crime hoax — Get caught up on the Jussie Smollett saga — Chicago (CNN)Actor Jussie Smollett has been found guilty on five of six felony counts of disorderly conduct for making a false report to Chicago police that he was the victim …
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Chicago Tribune, Reuters, Washington Examiner, NBC News, Associated Press, NBC Chicago, Variety, WTOP News, TheGrio, Page Array, Snopes.com, Patterico's Pontifications and The US Sun
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Jussie Smollett is part of a larger trend of fake hate crimes
Jussie Smollett is part of a larger trend of fake hate crimes
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The Federalist
Joe Kinsey / OutKick:
OutKick Exclusive: Penn Trans Swimmer's Teammate Speaks Out As Lia Thomas Smashes More Records … While University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who spent three years at the Ivy League school swimming as a male, has been busy smashing female pool records …
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The Daily Beast, New York Post, The Daily Caller, The Clay Travis & …, The Daily Wire and The Western Journal
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Get them ready now’: Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon discuss plan to take over government with ‘shock troops’ — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday talked with conservative broadcaster Steve Bannon about a plan to use “4,000 shock troops” to take over the jobs of federal government employees.
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YouTube, POLITICUSUSA and Mediaite
New York Post:
Fox Christmas tree arson suspect released without bail — The arsonist who allegedly torched the Fox News Christmas tree was freed after his arraignment Wednesday night because his charges were not eligible for bail under new liberal reform laws. — “I didn't do it!” suspect Craig Tamanaha …
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RedState, Twitchy, CITIZEN STRINGER, The Wrap, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, The Daily Wire, The Western Journal, TheBlaze, Breitbart, Ace of Spades HQ, YouTube, HotAir, Townhall, Fox News, National Review and Deadline
Jeanne Kuang / Kansas City Star:
Laclede County, MO Health Department stops COVID work — The local health department of a rural southern Missouri county is halting its COVID-19 response efforts after Attorney General Eric Schmitt wrote agencies this week demanding they drop mitigation measures.
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The Daily Beast, Springfield News-Leader and Missouri Independent
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Big Law Firms Promised to Punish Republicans Who Voted to Overthrow Democracy. Now They're Donating to their Campaigns — But less than a year later, they're back to business as usual — WASHINGTON — In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection, some of the country's biggest law firms …
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 ‘Agent Provocateur’ Is A Big Tucker Fan And An Amateur Cardinals Mascot — “If I'm wrong, so be it, bro,” Carlson's guest said after he'd told Fox News viewers that the St. Louis baseball booster was “clearly a law enforcement officer.”
Bloomberg:
That Cream Cheese Shortage You Heard About? Cyberattacks Played a Part — Hackers shut down the biggest cheese manufacturer during peak demand — The cream cheese shortage wreaking havoc on bagel shops and bakeries is, in part, due to a cyberattack on the biggest U.S. cheese manufacturer.
Rachel Gutman / The Atlantic:
The Pandemic of the Vaccinated Is Here — Even before the arrival of Omicron, the winter months were going to be tough for parts of the United States. While COVID transmission rates in the South caught fire over the summer, the Northeast and Great Plains states were largely spared thanks …
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Florida Politics, Washington Examiner and Axios
Robert J. Shapiro / Washington Monthly:
It's a Biden Boom—and No One Has Noticed Yet — If the current high levels of economic, job, and income growth continue, the 2020 midterms could look different than most are predicting. — While many people are uncomfortable communicating bad news, Democrats have a problem these days talking …
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The Supply Times, Political Wire, RedState and POLITICUSUSA
Southern Poverty Law Center:
How Cryptocurrency Revolutionized the White Supremacist Movement — White supremacists embraced cryptocurrency early in its development, and in some cases produced million-dollar profits through the technology, reshaping the racist right in radical ways, a Hatewatch analysis found.
New York Times:
Event Planner Working on Bob Dole's Funeral Is Let Go for Jan. 6 Ties — Tim Unes was helping to plan memorial events for Mr. Dole when it came to light that he had been subpoenaed by the committee investigating the Capitol riot. — WASHINGTON — The Elizabeth Dole Foundation has cut ties with Tim Unes …
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Mediaite, CNN, The Federalist, The Hill and Insider
Miami Herald:
Faculty, researchers say UF giving in to political pressure — OPINION AND COMMENTARY — Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. — BY THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD
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The Hill, Daily Kos and Lawyers, Guns & Money
United States Capitol Police:
USCP Arrest Capitol Hill Staffer for Carrying a Gun — This morning at approximately 7:40 am, our officers in the Longworth Building spotted the image of a handgun in a bag on the x-ray screen. — The man was tracked down four minutes later and arrested.
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NBC News, Washington Post, Twitchy, The Daily Caller, USA Today, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, CBS News, Insider, CITIZEN STRINGER and WTOP News
Christopher Rowland / Washington Post:
Long covid is destroying careers, leaving economic distress in its wake … Before the coronavirus ruined her plans, Tiffany Patino expected to be back at work by now. She and her boyfriend intended to move out of a basement in suburban Maryland, where his grandmother lets them stay for free …
Brooke Kato / New York Post:
Wil Wheaton apologizes for past homophobia, criticizes Dave Chappelle — After condemning Dave Chappelle's remarks about transgender people in his most recent Netflix special, actor Wil Wheaton has apologized for his own past homophobia. — “For much of my teen years, I was embarrassingly homophobic …
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Wil Wheaton, The Daily Caller, RedState and Ace of Spades HQ
Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
The Democrats' Hispanic Voter Problem — It's Not As Bad As You Think—It's Worse — The Democrats are steadily losing ground with Hispanic voters. The seriousness of this problem tends to be underestimated in Democratic circles for a couple of reasons: (1) they don't realize how big the shift is …
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HotAir, The Atlantic, Campaign Update, spectatorworld.com, Latino Rebels, Townhall, BizPac Review and Page Array
Antoinette DelBel / WTKR-TV:
Boat in Yorktown parade disqualified for controversial political message — YORKTOWN, Va. - A boat that was awarded first place in the annual Yorktown Lighted Boat Parade has now been disqualified after many expressed concerns over its messaging. — The parade took place on the York River downtown on Saturday, December 4, 2021.
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Hampton Roads Daily Press, Washington Free Beacon, Boston.com, The Daily Caller, New York Post and Fox News
Washington Post:
Here comes the next phony GOP attack on the Biden agenda — In their effort to derail President Biden's agenda, Republicans have thrown an extraordinary array of lurid and absurd attacks at the provisions that comprise the Build Back Better proposal. One of their biggest arguments of all is that BBB will spend us into oblivion.
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Wall Street Journal
Bryan Anderson / Associated Press:
North Carolina's Mark Walker staying in Senate race, for now — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker will remain in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race for the remainder of the year and spend the next few weeks mulling a run for a Greensboro-area U.S. House seat …
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The Hill
Lew Blank / Data For Progress:
Political Elites Are More Supportive of Progressive Policies Than the Average Voter — By Alexander C. Furnas, Ph.D. and Timothy M. LaPira, Ph.D. — Progressives often argue Democratic insiders are too moderate or conservative, and that the personal political preferences of these elite actors prevents …
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
New York City poised to become the largest municipality in the U.S. to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections — NEW YORK — The city council here will vote on a measure Thursday that would allow immigrants who are not U.S. citizens to vote for mayor and other key municipal positions …
Abigail Shrier / The Truth Fairy:
What I told the students of Princeton — I was so honored tonight to be hosted by the Princeton Tory, the Witherspoon Institute and the Tikvah Fund. The undergraduates I met tonight were clear sighted and brilliant and astonishingly well read. There's so much on their shoulders.
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The Tracinski Letter, Precipice, Washington Examiner and Unreported Truths
Brian Kahn / Gizmodo:
Republicans' New Obsession Is Fighting ‘Woke Capitalism’ — Model legislation that could soon spread to conservative legislatures around the country would blacklist companies that want to end fossil fuel use. — Alerts — After a test run in Texas, Republicans' new strategy to throw a lifeline to fossil fuels is going national.
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Common Dreams
Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Alabama lawmakers file bill mirroring Texas' fetal hearbeat, $10K ‘bounty’ abortion law — Nearly two dozen Republican state lawmakers filed a bill mirroring a Texas law banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy and allowing anyone to sue a woman who has an abortion for $10,000.
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HuffPost and LifeNews.com
Gabe Kaminsky / The Federalist:
Exclusive: Ibram X. Kendi Raked In $45K From University Of Wisconsin, Made School Delete Lecture — Kendi spent three-and-a-half hours at the state-run university, making about $207 per minute. — Prominent critical race theorist Ibram X. Kendi was paid nearly $45,000 by the University …
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The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner