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2:15 PM ET, December 15, 2021

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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
During January 6 Hearing, Schiff Doctored Text Messages Between Mark Meadows And Rep. Jim Jordan  —  Democrat Adam Schiff doctored text messages between Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan during Monday's Jan. 6 hearings, an investigation by The Federalist shows.  —  Oops, he did it again.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
Gone Too Far  —  The Capitol riot happened because President Donald Trump simply lied, and lied, and lied.  —  s cable television broadcast the scenes of Trump supporters breaking past police lines and even smashing their way into the Capitol on January 6, the president's son, Donald Trump Jr. …
Angie Drobnic Holan / PolitiFact:
The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance  —  Shortly after 2 p.m. on Jan. 6, supporters of President Donald J. Trump breached the U.S. Capitol, turning the seat of American democracy into the scene of an unforgettable crime.
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Fox News hosts blast House committee for releasing their Jan. 6 text messages to Meadows  —  House finds Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress as Fox News hosts respond to release of text messages  —  Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham lashed out at the Jan. 6 committee Tuesday night …
National Archives:
JFK Assassination Records - 2021 Additional Documents Release  —  Have a question about JFK Assassination Records?  —  Ask it on HistoryHub!  —  The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is processing previously withheld John F. Kennedy assassination-related records to comply …
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Katie Bo Lillis / CNN:
Biden administration releases previously classified JFK assassination documents
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Democrats push Manchin on ‘nuclear option’ for voting rights
Discussion: Washington Post and Insider
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
WaPo analyst: Time to face the possibility that Biden loses on BBB
Discussion: Washington Post
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
One year of ‘President Manchin’: For the Democratic agenda, all roads go through West Virginia
Discussion: Associated Press
Reuters:
The military-intelligence veterans who helped lead Trump's campaign of disinformation  —  After Donald Trump lost the White House, ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and three other current and former U.S. Army officers challenged the vote's legitimacy and pushed baseless conspiracy claims.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dylan McGuinness / Houston Chronicle:
Former Houston cop who thought A/C repairman was a voter fraud mastermind indicted on felony assault charge  —  A Harris County grand jury on Tuesday indicted former Houston police captain Mark Aguirre on an assault charge after he was accused of running a man off the road and pointing to a gun …
Discussion: Off the Kuff and Political Wire
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ABC13:   Ex-HPD captain indicted for aggravated assault in bizarre voter fraud conspiracy case
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Pelosi rejects stock-trading ban for members of Congress: ‘We are a free market economy.  They should be able to participate in that’  — Speaker Pelosi rejected the idea of banning members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks.  — “We are free market economy.
Discussion: HotAir
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Build Back Better would make Biden's annus horribilis even worse  —  At the end of his year of Old Testament afflictions — the political equivalent of Job losing his camels and acquiring boils — President Biden might be muttering: Job was at least spared Sens. Joe Manchin III and Kyrsten Sinema.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Most Americans ‘Worn Out’ By Covid  —  Public officials' Covid ratings down; dip in support for mandates  —  West Long Branch, NJ - A majority of Americans say they feel “worn out” by how Covid has impacted their daily lives, and nearly half feel “angry” about it.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Rang in Birthday by Inflating Golf Club's Value by $42 Million  —  The then-president celebrated his 71st birthday by inflating the value of his New York golf course by $42 million.  That's now under investigation.  —  A small town north of New York City is now openly confirming …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
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Jerusalem Post:
Israel to halt natural gas search, focus on renewable energy - Energy Minister  —  Energy Minister Karin Elharrar announced on Wednesday that the search for offshore natural gas fields will be halted at least until the end of 2022.  —  Israel will halt its natural gas search and production …
Phil Mattingly / CNN:
Biden set to surpass Trump in first-year judicial nominees; a window into a major Democratic push  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden will soon announce his latest wave of nine judicial nominees, according to a White House official, capping a year where the selections — and an effort to establish …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Yarimar Bonilla / New York Times:
The ‘West Side Story’ Remake We Didn't Need  —  Ms. Bonilla is the director of Centro, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, and a professor of anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate Center.  —  I have to confess that I never saw the original “West Side Story.”
Discussion: The Stranger
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Frisco mayor: By golly, what this city needs is “aggressive” policing instead of “bull****”  —  Defund in haste, repent at leisure.  As disenchantment falls on residents of a city that was last seen as enchanting decades ago, its mayor has had an epiphany about defunding its police.
Washington Post:
This block used to be for first-time homebuyers.  Then global investors bought in.  —  LA VERGNE, TENN. — The homes on Tammy Sue Lane aren't fancy.  Modest in size and clad in vinyl siding, the houses were priced below $200,000 when most were built about 15 years ago …
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Edelman's dirty PR  —  Public relations is in the midst of a climate reckoning.  In the last few months, more than 210 advertising agencies and 600 independent creatives have signed the Clean Creatives pledge, promising to never create marketing for the fossil fuel industry.
Zach Cunning / Heartland Signal:
GOP gubernatorial candidate's campaign video celebrates Minnesota with stock images from Eastern Europe  —  In a recent campaign video by Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. Scott Jensen, worldly stock footage abounds.  The clips purport to be from all over the state …
Tom Jones / Poynter:
A behind-the-scenes look at PolitiFact's ‘Lie of the Year’  —  PolitiFact editor-in-chief Angie Drobnic Holan shares why lies about Jan. 6 are this year's pick for ‘Lie of the Year.’  —  We live in a time when misinformation is rampant.  Politicians lie.  Cable news pundits twist the truth to fit their agenda.
Discussion: CNN
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Hillary 2024?  Given the competition, she may be the Dems' best hope  —  There may be a rematch coming in the 2024 race for the White House.  But we're not talking (God help us) Biden-Trump II.  —  Instead, 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is an interesting prospect to consider …
Discussion: HotAir and The Western Journal
Elizabeth Warren / The Boston Globe:
Expand the Supreme Court  —  I don't come to this conclusion lightly or because I disagree with a particular decision; I come to this conclusion because I believe the current court threatens the democratic foundations of our nation.  —  This month, a majority of justices …
Dionne Johnson / KLFY-TV:
Lafayette City Judge Michelle Odinet responds to use of racial slurs in home video following burglary  —  LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet confirmed with News 10 that over the weekend she and her family were victims of an armed burglary at their home in the upscale area of Bendel Gardens.
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Republicans Who Assailed Biden's Stimulus Bill Are Embracing the Money  —  Republican governors who criticized the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill as wasteful are championing state projects funded by the money.  —  WASHINGTON — At her annual budget address this month, Gov. Kristi Noem …
Discussion: Washington Post and Vanity Fair
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
‘Senator Karen’: Elon Musk just destroyed Elizabeth Warren  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren made the mistake on Tuesday of going after Tesla CEO and eccentric billionaire Elon Musk.  He promptly destroyed her in response.  —  The conflict began when the progressive politician and “tax the rich” …
Tyler O'Neil / Fox News:
DeSantis takes aim at CRT training in schools and corporate America  —  DeSantis' administration moved against critical race theory in schools; now the governor is broadening his efforts  —  DeSantis: Americans are rebelling against the Democratic Party  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Derek Chauvin Pleads Guilty to Violating George Floyd's Rights  —  The guilty plea is likely to lengthen the imprisonment of Mr. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer who is already serving a prison sentence of 22 and a half years for murder.  —  ST. PAUL, Minn. …
 
 
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Peter Hasson / Fox Business:
NFL funding ‘defund the police’ groups through ‘Inspire Change’ program
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Houston Keene / Fox News:
White House hangs up on Rick Scott as senator calls about tortured Cuban human rights activist
Discussion: Raw Story
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
'They're sick of masks': Democratic governors fight Covid fatigue
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Post
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Blinken cuts short trip to Southeast Asia after member of his entourage tests positive for coronavirus
Keith E. Whittington / Washington Post:
The intellectual freedom that made public colleges great is under threat
Discussion: Reason
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Jonathan D. Salant / New Jersey Online:
Menendez slips, fractures shoulder in rush to get to U.S. Senate floor for vote
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden at a Holiday Celebration for the Democratic National Committee
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Five Republican governors seek vaccine exemptions, escalating a fight with the Pentagon.
Discussion: The Daily Wire and Political Wire
T. Becket Adams / And another thing:
That Dana Milbank column is even dumber than you think
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Executes People for Watching K-Pop, Rights Group Says
Discussion: UPI and TheBlaze
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B
 
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