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Reuters:
Kanye West publicist pressed Georgia election worker to confess to bogus fraud charges  —  Weeks after the 2020 election, a Chicago publicist for hip-hop artist Kanye West traveled to the suburban home of Ruby Freeman, a frightened Georgia election worker who was facing death threats …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Kanye West, Donald Trump and the effort to overturn the 2020 results in Georgia  —  On the afternoon of Jan. 2, 2021, President Donald Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a futile, last-ditch attempt to reverse his electoral loss in the state precisely two months prior.
Reuters:
Two election workers break silence after enduring Trump backers' threats  —  Death threats from angry Trump supporters forced Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman, a 62-year-old grandmother, to flee her home of 20 years.  Some messages called for her hanging; one urged people to “hunt” her.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump blasts Netanyahu for disloyalty: “F**k him”  —  Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu were the closest of political allies during the four years they overlapped in office, at least in public.  Not anymore.  “I haven't spoken to him since,” Trump said of the former Israeli prime minister.
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Associated Press:
Trump slams Israel's Netanyahu for congratulating Biden  —  “Nobody did more for Bibi.  And I liked Bibi,” Trump said.  “But I also like loyalty... Bibi could have stayed quiet.  He has made a terrible mistake.”  —  JERUSALEM — Former President Donald Trump lashed out with profanity …
Discussion: Ynetnews, Raw Story and Algemeiner.com
Washington Post:
Judge says Texas abortion law's enforcement mechanism unconstitutional  —  The enforcement mechanism for Texas's abortion ban, which is the most restrictive in the nation and effectively outlaws the procedure, violates the Texas constitution, a state judge ruled Thursday.
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Washington Post:
The Supreme Court isn't well. The only hope for a cure is more justices.
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
The Supreme Court Revived A Constitutional Challenge To Texas's Six-Week Abortion Ban
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Court won't stop Texas abortion ban, but OKs clinics' suit
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says Texas abortion providers may proceed with challenge of six-week ban, leaves law in effect for now
Discussion: Fox News and SCOTUSblog
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation surged 6.8% in November, even more than expected, to fastest rate since 1982  — Inflation rose 6.8% from a year ago in November, slightly higher than estimates according to the consumer price index released Friday.  — Excluding food and energy, the CPI increased 4.9%, in line with expectations.
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Prices climbed 6.8% in November compared with last year, largest rise in nearly four decades, as inflation spreads through economy  —  Over the past few weeks and months, policymakers at the Federal Reserve and White House have backed away from the message that inflation is just temporary
Ben White / Politico:
Inflation accelerates at lightning pace in new setback for Biden
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Inflation Rising at Fastest Pace in Nearly 40 Years, New Data Shows
Discussion: HotAir
Politico:
Trump campaign lawyer authored two memos claiming Pence could halt Biden's victory  —  A Donald Trump campaign lawyer wrote two legal memos in the week before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack that claimed then-Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to refuse to count presidential electors …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
What can happen to Mark Meadows and other Trump advisers who are ignoring Jan. 6 subpoenas?
Discussion: Reuters, Bipartisan Report and CNN
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Appeals court rules against Trump in fight over Jan. 6 committee documents request
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Covid Malaise  —  Why do Americans say the economy is in rough shape?  Because it is.  —  Offices remain eerily empty.  Airlines have canceled thousands of flights.  Subways and buses are running less often.  Schools sometimes call off entire days of class.  Consumers waste time waiting in store lines.
Discussion: HotAir
Garry Kasparov / The Dispatch:
From Tucker with Love  —  The best thing that could be said about Tucker Carlson's love letter to Vladimir Putin on his show Tuesday is that it didn't sound any better in the original Russian.  It sounded much more like a work of translation than anything original, because we've been hearing it all from Russian state TV for years.
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Washington Post:
British High Court rules in favor of U.S. extradition of Julian Assange  —  LONDON — A British High Court ruled Friday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face charges of violating the Espionage Act.  —  The 50-year-old Australian will remain …
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CBO Publications:
Budgetary Effects of Making Specified Policies in the Build Back Better Act Permanent  —  This letter responds to a request from Senator Graham and Congressman Jason Smith for a projection of the budgetary effects, including the effects on interest costs, of a modified version of H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act.
Discussion: Bloomberg and National Review
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Manchin alert: CBO reports BBB would add $3 *trillion* to deficit when gimmicks stripped out
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Kate Marino / Axios:
1 big thing: OG meme hype dies down  —  GameStop and AMC are shedding that unprecedented Reddit day-trader chatter and those eye-popping stock swings — two defining factors for the meme stock cohort, Axios' Courtenay Brown writes.  —  Why it matters: The hype for the OG meme stocks …
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Kate Marino / Axios:
Economist group touts Build Back Better as inflation offset
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Democrats
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump's White House Passed Around a PowerPoint on How to End American Democracy  —  The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol on Thursday released slides from a PowerPoint calling for former President Trump to declare a national security emergency in order …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
‘We will not be defeated’: 36 hours of Fox News covering its own Christmas tree fire  —  A man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to the giant tree in Manhattan.  It became a major story.  —  For more than 36 hours after a 50-foot-tall Christmas tree outside Fox News's Manhattan headquarters …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
A ‘War on Christmas’ Story
Karen Zraick / New York Times:
11 Million New Oysters in New York Harbor (but None for You to Eat)  —  The oysters, which act as nonstop water filters, were added to the Hudson River as part of an ongoing project to rehabilitate the polluted waterways around the city.  —  The restoration of New York Harbor has reached …
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Vax Republican Who Denied Michigan Election Certification Dies of COVID  —  R.I.P.  —  A local Michigan Republican official who refused to certify Joe Biden's presidential victory in his county and who vehemently opposed vaccines has died of COVID-19.
Discussion: Bipartisan Report
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
William Hartmann, 63, Michigan Official Who Disputed Election, Dies
New Yorker:
The Secret History of the U.S. Diplomatic Failure in Afghanistan  —  A trove of unreleased documents reveals a dispiriting record of misjudgment, hubris, and delusion that led to the fall of the Western-backed government. … On April 14th, President Joe Biden ended the longest war in United States history …
Discussion: Political Wire
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Public view on Biden's handling of Covid and the economy takes another hit, CNBC survey shows  — President Joe Biden's overall approval rating stabilized at a low level of 41%, according to the CNBC All-America Survey.  — Biden's approval rating on handling the economy and dealing with the coronavirus both declined.
 
 
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Cdcmmwr / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant — United States, December 1-8, 2021
Discussion: Bloomberg
Paul Berger / Wall Street Journal:
Southern California's Container-Ship Backlog Moves Farther Out to Sea
Jim Newell / Slate:
Democrats Could Have Gerrymandered Away a GOP Seat. Why Didn't They?
Isabelle Kirk / YouGov:
Boris Johnson's favourability has dropped to an all-time low
George F. Will / Washington Post:
If Trump runs in 2024, he may find Chris Christie ready to rumble
Discussion: Raw Story and Press Watch
Tom Porter / Insider:
Trump's allies are trashing Mitch McConnell for reaching a deal with Democrats to avert a catastrophic debt-ceiling default
Discussion: Raw Story
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
So You Lost the Election. We Had Nothing to Do With It.
Discussion: NBC News and New Republic
 Earlier Items: 
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
AOC's latest rant about law enforcement actually makes a good point
Discussion: Instapundit
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Needs to Get Serious
Discussion: Deseret News
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Fred Hiatt Believed in Decency, so He Worked to Protect It
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Trump-Backed Mo Brooks Shakes Up His Struggling Alabama Senate Campaign
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Politico:
McCarthy's proxy voting opposition could reshape the House
Discussion: Slow Build
CNN:
GOP senators and Manchin in talks to work around Cruz's ambassador blockade
Associated Press:
Reality TV's Josh Duggar convicted of child porn possession
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership

 
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