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Wall Street Journal:
Garland to Name Special Counsel to Determine Whether Trump Should Face Charges  —  A formal announcement would come days after Mr. Trump announced another bid for the presidency  —  WASHINGTON-Attorney General Merrick Garland will appoint a special counsel to determine whether former President Donald Trump …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says he 'won't partake' in special counsel investigation, slams as ‘worst politicization of justice’  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed former DOJ official Jack Smith to lead Trump investigations regarding records held at Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 6  —  AG Garland to appoint special counsel in Trump Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 6 probes
New York Times:
Jack Smith, named as special counsel, has a long history as a career prosecutor.  —  The attorney general announced his decision to name Jack Smith, the former head of the Justice Department's public integrity section, to to job just days after former President Donald J. Trump announced that he would seek the White House again in 2024.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Attorney General Merrick Garland names Jack Smith special counsel in Trump criminal probes  — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland named former federal prosecutor Jack Smith special counsel for two criminal investigations by the Department of Justice of former President Donald Trump.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump or Biden?  How About Neither?  —  Walking away from the presidency is like giving up the car keys because you're too old to drive safely.  —  Joe Biden and Donald Trump: Please do the country a service and don't run for president in 2024.  America is in gridlock over the both of you …
Discussion: Fox News and Vanity Fair
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Who is Jack Smith, the special counsel investigating Donald Trump?  —  Who is Jack Smith?  AG Garland calls special counsel an ‘impartial and determined prosecutor’  —  WASHINGTON — Jack Smith, the newly named special counsel in the Trump investigations, most recently served as the chief prosecutor …
Discussion: Insider, Washington Post and Raw Story
U.S. Department of Justice:
Appointment of a Special Counsel  —  Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced today the appointment of former career Justice Department prosecutor and former chief prosecutor for the special court in The Hague, Jack Smith, to serve as Special Counsel to oversee two ongoing criminal investigations.
Associated Press:
Garland names special counsel to lead Trump-related probes
CNN:
DOJ announces special counsel for Trump-related Mar-a-Lago and January 6 criminal investigations
Yoel Roth / New York Times:
I Was the Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter.  This Is What Could Become of It.  —  Earlier this month, I chose to leave my position leading trust and safety at Elon Musk's Twitter.  —  As the company's head of policy, my teams were responsible for drafting Twitter's rules and figuring …
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New York Times:
Elon Musk's Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave  —  Mr. Musk sent emails on Friday asking to learn about Twitter's underlying technology as key infrastructure teams have been decimated.  —  Elon Musk sent a flurry of emails to Twitter employees on Friday morning with a plea.
The Verge:
Hundreds of employees say no to being part of Elon Musk's ‘extremely hardcore’ Twitter  —  Musk gave Twitter staff a deadline to say if they are staying for his cultural reset of the company.  And right on deadline, the farewell emojis started pouring into Twitter's Slack.
Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
Trump tweeted an image from a spy satellite, declassified document shows  —  Three years ago, Donald Trump tweeted an image that left intelligence experts gobsmacked.  —  The picture was of a rocket that had exploded on a launch pad deep inside of Iran.  It was so crisp, that some initially thought …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Law & Crime
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Key Evangelical Figures Turn On Trump: ‘He Used Us’  —  One ripped the ex-president for acting “like a little elementary schoolchild.”  Another warned that if the GOP turns to him in 2024, “we will get destroyed.”  —  Key evangelical figures who previously supported Donald Trump are backing off …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP megadonor Mercer family has no plans to boost Trump's 2024 campaign as former president loses more allies
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Democrat Adam Frisch concedes to Lauren Boebert in nail biter House race  —  Democrat Adam Frisch conceded on Friday to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in the race for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, saying that an expected recount was unlikely to change the outcome of the election.
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Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Republican Boebert's tight race likely headed to recount
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Capitol rioter who said he wanted Trump's ‘approval’ gets three years in Jan. 6 case  —  WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump fan who was convicted on all counts after telling jurors that he thought he was “following presidential orders” when he stole a liquor bottle and a coat rack from the U.S. Capitol …
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C. Ryan Barber / Insider:   A federal judge compared the January 6 mentality to ‘Nazi Germany’ at the sentencing of a Capitol rioter
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Do not become numb’: Prosecutors close seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers
New York Times:
Justice Department Said to Investigate Ticketmaster's Parent Company  —  The inquiry predates the botched presale of Taylor Swift tickets this week and is said to focus on whether Live Nation has abused its power in the live music industry.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened …
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Dems get in array on future leadership after Pelosi departs  —  House Democrats are increasingly likely to elect their troika of top leaders for the next Congress without any major confrontation, ensuring a show of unity as they enter the minority.  —  And it didn't happen without some work …
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Andy Biggs / American Greatness:
I Cannot Vote for Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker  —  It is time to make a change.  —  During this midterm campaign, I attended hundreds of events in my district, around Arizona, and around the country.  The issue I was asked about most often was whether I or the Republicans in the House …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge punts Psaki social-media subpoena fight  —  A federal magistrate judge in Virginia openly scoffed Friday at White House press secretary Jen Psaki's efforts to escape a deposition in a suit over alleged pressure on social media firms to censor posts on topics like Covid-19 vaccines and election fraud.
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CBS News:
Judge rejects former White House press secretary Jen Psaki's effort to quash subpoena
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Reuters:
A gender imbalance emerges among trans teens seeking treatment  —  USA-TRANSYOUTH/TOPSURGERY  —  Adolescents assigned female at birth account for a significant majority of minors receiving gender-affirming care, including top surgery, fueling debate about the influence of peer groups and social media.
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Steve Schmidt's Ex-Wife Says He Owes Her Over $100K and Wants Him Jailed for Contempt  —  Court docs reveal messy divorce now involves political operative's ritzy golf club membership  —  The ex-wife of Steve Schmidt, the disgraced Lincoln Project cofounder, has asked a Utah court to hold …
Erin Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal:
Law School Accrediting Panel Votes to Make LSAT Optional  —  Legal education community has been divided over testing requirement and its impact on diversity in admissions  —  An American Bar Association panel voted Friday to drop a requirement that law school applicants take the LSAT …
Wall Street Journal:
Wife of Sen. Bob Menendez Draws Scrutiny in Federal Probe  —  Investigators are examining whether Nadine Arslanian received gifts or services from individuals who sought favors from New Jersey's senior senator  —  Federal prosecutors investigating U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez are examining whether …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Post Takes Aim at Trump, and Hits a Nerve  —  The paper's increasingly harsh coverage has gotten the news media and political worlds talking about whether the Murdoch media empire has broken permanently from the former president.  —  Since Election Day last week …
Discussion: Insider and The Daily Beast
 
 
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Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
Dozens of court docs relating to eight of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's associates …
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Los Angeles Times:
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Bloomberg:
Trump Ordered His Companies to Fight Criminal Tax Fraud Case
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Financial Times:
‘A remarkable job’: how Russia and China buckled in the face of a united G20
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David Byler / Washington Post:
No, gerrymandering didn't cost Democrats the House
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Stephen Caruso / Spotlight PA:
The Democratic takeover of the Pa. House will be a little messy to start. Here's why.
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Constitutional amendment on abortion appears doomed
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Lauren Boebert's double-barreled blasphemy
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