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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.
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 …
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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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law but Leaves It in Effect — The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted to evade review in federal court and has been in effect since September. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed …
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Washington Post:
The Supreme Court isn't well. The only hope for a cure is more justices.
The Supreme Court isn't well. The only hope for a cure is more justices.
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Truth and Consequences, Slate and SCOTUSblog
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
The Supreme Court Revived A Constitutional Challenge To Texas's Six-Week Abortion Ban
The Supreme Court Revived A Constitutional Challenge To Texas's Six-Week Abortion Ban
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court says challenge to Texas' near-total ban on abortion can proceed
Supreme Court says challenge to Texas' near-total ban on abortion can proceed
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Appeals court rules against Trump in fight over Jan. 6 committee documents request
Appeals court rules against Trump in fight over Jan. 6 committee documents request
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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
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Ben White / Politico:
Inflation accelerates at lightning pace in new setback for Biden
Inflation accelerates at lightning pace in new setback for Biden
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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.
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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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Becky Morton / BBC:
Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
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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 …
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Bipartisan Report, Mock Paper Scissors and Outside the Beltway
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin barrels toward invading Ukraine, encouraged by Trump — Russian President Vladimir Putin's path toward threatening an invasion of Ukraine is marked by reckless actions. In this move toward defiance of international norms, Putin has been subtly encouraged by former president Donald Trump, a fellow traveler in recklessness.
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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
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
A ‘War on Christmas’ Story
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
William Hartmann, 63, Michigan Official Who Disputed Election, Dies — He refused to certify Joseph Biden's victory over Donald Trump in Detroit but later relented. A foe of Covid vaccines, he was hospitalized with the virus. — William Hartmann, one of two Republican election officials …
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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 …
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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 …
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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HotAir, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Political Wire
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
So You Lost the Election. We Had Nothing to Do With It. — Among Democrats, there is no question that the Democratic Party is sailing in rough waters. Yes, it assembled a winning national majority in the 2020 presidential election, but it has struggled to sustain itself at every other level of government.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Public Life Can't Survive Without a Center — The loudest, most prominent voices in public life are not always the most influential. Some of the people who leave the most profound impact—the ones who actually shape the thinking of a generation—do so quietly. Fred Hiatt, who died earlier this week, was one of those people.
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Inflation Rising at Fastest Pace in Nearly 40 Years, New Data Shows — The U.S. stock market has been on a run, with the S&P 500 up nearly 4 percent so far this week, and more than 25 percent for the year. Fears about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus quickly faded, with stocks regaining lost ground.
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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.
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governor.ny.gov:
Governor Hochul Announces Major Action to Address Winter Surge and Prevent Business Disruption as COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Rise Statewide — Hochul Shares New Yorkers' Frustration with Winter Surge, Says We Do Not Have to Be Here But We Are — Hochul Thanks More than 80% …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Voters who think Trump won are the most enthusiastic to vote in 2022 — (CNN)The Democrats only have a US Senate majority because they were able to win two Senate runoffs in Georgia in January. Those Democratic wins were made possible by lower turnout among Republican-leaning voters …