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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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Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
New York Attorney General Letitia James Ends Gubernatorial Bid  —  Democrat says she will seek second term as state's top prosecutor  —  New York State Attorney General Letitia James said Thursday that she was dropping her bid for governor and will seek another term in her current office.
Discussion: CNBC and Associated Press
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 …
New York Times:
Letitia James Drops Out of N.Y. Governor's Race  —  The move by the state attorney general, which instantly upended the high-profile race, seemed to solidify the front-runner status of the Democratic incumbent, Gov. Kathy Hochul.  —  Letitia James, the attorney general of New York …
Discussion: The Root
Axios:
Inside Trump's hunt for “disloyal” Republicans  —  Donald Trump and his associates are systematically reshaping the Republican Party, working to install hand-picked loyalists across federal and state governments and destroy those he feels have been disloyal, sources close to the former president tell Axios.
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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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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 …
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.
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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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Democrats Are Losing the Culture Wars  —  Maybe Bill Clinton got a few things right after all.  —  For years, Democrats have rarely cited Clinton and the centrist New Democrat movement he led through the '90s except to renounce his “third way” approach to welfare, crime, and other issues as a violation of the party's principles.
Discussion: Breitbart
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.”
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
America is still a dangerous nation  —  Russia and China risk confusing the US public's sullenness for permanent resignation  —  The US under Joe Biden is in irreversible decline and has lost its will to power.  That, in essence, is the Chinese government's view of America today.
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Associated Press:
Talks on Ukraine would pose challenge of their own for Biden
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.”
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 …
Discussion: The Hill, Insider and Political Wire
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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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Income is up, but Americans focus on inflation
Discussion: Political Wire
Kate Aronoff / New Republic:
Biden's Democracy Summit Is Dumb  —  “This is a moment to try to refocus our fellow citizens on what makes us exceptional,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Politico's James Traub of the White House's two-day Summit for Democracy, kicking off Thursday.
Ed Pearce / KOLO-TV:
Search for January 6th suspect ends on Peavine Mountain  —  RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -Among the faces captured on video January 6th, battling capitol police, trashing the nation's capitol was a 34 year old Winnemucca man, Josiah Kenyon.  —  The FBI charged Kenyon with, among other crimes, assaulting a capitol police officer with a table leg.
Discussion: Mercury News, Insider and Raw Story
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
A new poll finds major warning signs for Biden and fellow Democrats  —  Americans don't feel the direct payments or expanded child tax credits doled out earlier this year helped them much, according to the latest NPR/Marist poll, and they don't see Democrats' signature legislation as addressing their top economic concern — inflation.
Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
A GOP senator suggested gargling mouthwash to kill the coronavirus.  Doctors and Listerine are skeptical.  —  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) recommended mouthwash as a treatment for the coronavirus during a town hall meeting Wednesday, immediately drawing criticism for suggesting gargling would offer protection.
Lillianna Byington / Bloomberg Government:
Amtrak to Cut Service as Workforce Shrinks on Shot Refusals  — Fewer trains to operate on Amtrak's long-distance routes  — Reduction will start in January, could be resolved by March  —  (Adds service restoration timeline in sixth paragraph.)  —  Amtrak expects it won't have enough employees …
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic:
The Great (Fake) Child-Sex-Trafficking Epidemic  —  A poster in the window of Cahoots Corner Cafe—great potatoes, good coffee—advertised a family event at the Oakdale, California, rodeo grounds.  There would be food trucks, carnival games, live music, a raffle, and the opportunity to support the cause of “freeing child sex slaves.”
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 …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House Republican announces positive COVID-19 test hours after managing floor debate  —  Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) announced Wednesday evening that he tested positive for COVID-19 and has “mild symptoms,” just hours after he spent a considerable amount of time on the House floor managing debate …
Discussion: Political Wire
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Donor Allegedly Used Embezzled Money To Support The Former President's Campaign And Lead A Lavish Lifestyle  —  Richard Kofoed, a serial entrepreneur from California, looks like a big shot on social media.  One photo shows him sipping rare bourbons, including Old Rip Van Winkle and George T. Stagg …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Biden cancels oil while Americans suffer and the world laughs  —  OPINION:  —  It has been quite a transition for America, from being the world's self-sufficient No. 1 oil producer to begging horrible foreigners to pump more fossil fuels.  But by God, President Biden did it.  With ease.
Discussion: Politico and Los Angeles Times
Rachel Louise Ensign / Wall Street Journal:
How to Lose $2 Billion in 10 Years: Unpaid Bills Pile Up for Former Hedge-Fund Star  —  Philip Falcone is in a decadelong battle with the many people he owes money.  They include ex-employees, a law firm and limo companies.  —  Philip Falcone was worth more than $2 billion a decade ago.
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Fried campaign tries to smack down ethics charges  —  Hello and welcome to Wednesday.  —  Jumping out front — Nikki Fried is going to get some bad news today, but her campaign is trying to get out ahead of the story.  —  Findings — The Florida Commission on Ethics will announce …
Discussion: Fox News and Tampa Bay Times
BBC:
New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations  —  New Zealand will ban the sale of tobacco to its next generation, in a bid to eventually phase out smoking.  —  Anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime, under a law expected to be enacted next year.
Laura He / CNN:
Evergrande has defaulted on its debt, Fitch Ratings says  —  Hong Kong (CNN Business)Evergrande, the embattled Chinese property developer, has defaulted on its debt, according to Fitch Ratings.  —  The credit ratings agency on Thursday downgraded the company and its subsidiaries to …
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Did Anyone Even Look at the Massive Defense Budget Before Passing It?  —  By an overwhelming margin, the House passed a bill to spend $778 billion on defense next year, $25 billion more than what President Joe Biden had requested.  The Senate is expected to second the motion within days.
Politico:
Progressives get rolled on Pentagon policy  —  Democrats had big plans this year when they took full control of Washington, D.C. — before political reality got in the way.  For proof, look no further than this year's Pentagon policy bill.  —  The compromise National Defense Authorization Act …
Tim McMillan / Washington Examiner:
The government's real problem with UFOs  —  UFOs, or, as the Defense Department now terms them, “unidentified aerial phenomena,” or UAP, have become big news inside the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill.  —  In June, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released an unclassified …
 
 
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Jonathan Franklin / NPR:
D.C. council renames the street in front of the Saudi embassy after Jamal Khashoggi
Harriet Alexander / Daily Mail:
CNN's Don Lemon is blasted for literally SINGING Biden's praises over five cents drop in gas prices after White House had secret meetings with journalists begging for better press
Discussion: HotAir
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Flush with cash, states planning big cuts to taxes
Max Burns / The Hill:
Biden is delivering the fastest economic recovery in history. Why hasn't anyone noticed?
Discussion: CNBC
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
FBI may shut down police use-of-force database due to lack of police participation
Matthew Karnitschnig / Politico:
Olaf's frozen foreign policy
Discussion: Jacobin and The Daily Wire
David Harrison / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 184,000
 Earlier Items: 
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
How political advertisers skirted Facebook's rules in 2020 — and got away with it
Discussion: Knight First Amendment … and NPR
American Greatness:
January 6 Police Beating Victim Speaks: ‘I Could Have Died’
Washington Free Beacon:
NEVER FORGET: All the Libs Who Fell for the Jussie Smollett Hate Crime Hoax
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The First Rule of the Democracy Club? Be a Damn Democracy.
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
The Sublime Spectacle of Yoko Ono Disrupting the Beatles
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Mike Lindell Supports Fans' Push to ‘Bombard’ Supreme Court
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Abigail Shrier / The Truth Fairy:
What I told the students of Princeton
Discussion: Unreported Truths
 

 
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