memeorandum: We're Thankful for Our Abortions — Many people who have abortions celebrate their experience. (Nikiya Natale/The Nation)

9:20 PM ET, November 24, 2022

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Julian Borger / The Guardian:

Iranian advisers killed aiding Russians in Crimea, says Kyiv — Top security official says Tehran military personnel in occupied areas will be ‘targeted’ — Ukraine's top security official has confirmed that Iranian military advisers have been killed in Crimea, and warned that any other Iranians …

Financial Times:

Zelenskyy vows Ukraine will withstand Russian attacks on power networks — ‘We must return all lands,’ Ukrainian president tells the FT — Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia's new strategy to destroy Ukraine's infrastructure and plunge it into darkness would not weaken the country's resolve …

Gaia Pianigiani / New York Times:
Pope Francis compares Russia's war against Ukraine to a devastating Stalin-era famine.

Discussion: The Hill, Political Wire, The Daily Register, Associated Press and Washington Examiner

Nathaniel Herz / Washington Post:

Lisa Murkowski and Mary Peltola win Alaska races, defeating Trump-backed opponents — Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola on Wednesday became the first Alaska Native to win a full term in Congress, securing reelection along with Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who both defeated challengers endorsed …

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Sarah Palin Loses as the Party She Helped Transform Moves Past Her

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story and Eschaton

Steven Shepard / Politico:
Murkowski, Peltola win in Alaska

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:

‘Opening the gates of hell’: Musk says he will revive banned accounts — The Twitter chief says he will reinstate accounts suspended for threats, harassment and misinformation beginning next week — Elon Musk plans to reinstate nearly all previously banned Twitter accounts …

Discussion: CBS News, KEYT-TV, The Gateway Pundit, New York Daily News, Fortune, The Western Journal, TheBlaze and The Post Millennial, more at Techmeme »

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:

There is a growing shadow campaign to defend Joe Biden from House Republicans — WASHINGTON — As Republicans prepare to use their new House majority to probe the Biden administration and the business dealings of the president's son Hunter, Democrats are assembling a constellation of groups to respond.

Discussion: Politico and Raw Story

Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
White House likely to honor some GOP probes but not those on Hunter

Discussion: The Daily Caller and Newsbusters

Molly Crane-Newman / New York Daily News:

E. Jean Carroll sues Donald Trump for alleged 1990s rape under New York Adult Survivors Act — The writer E. Jean Carroll sued Donald Trump for allegedly raping her in the 1990s just after midnight Thursday as a New York law took effect opening a window for sex assault victims to sue their alleged assailants.

Discussion: Reuters, Insider, Forbes, Associated Press and Washington Examiner

John Nichols / The Nation:

FDR Served Up a Critique of Capitalism With His Thanksgiving Proclamations — The 32nd president regularly decried “greed and selfishness and striving for undue riches.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt wasn't a socialist. But, like Abraham Lincoln before him, the 32nd president enjoyed …

David E. Sanger / New York Times:

US Confronts Iran on Protests, Ukraine and Nuclear Enrichment — The Biden administration has imposed new sanctions on Tehran and expressed support for protesters, as the Iranian government aids Russia in the Ukraine war and continues nuclear enrichment. — Over the past few days …

Discussion: Al-Monitor, U.S. Department …, Political Wire, Human Rights Watch, CNN, Al Jazeera, The Hill, The Times of Israel and United States Department …

James Bickerton / Newsweek:

Herschel Walker Committed ‘Election Fraud’ With Texas Residence: Analysts — Herschel Walker has been accused of committing “election fraud” following reports he received a primary residence tax exemption for his home in Dallas, Texas, whilst running for the Senate in Georgia.

Discussion: Raw Story, Vanity Fair, HuffPost, The Hill and CNN

Amelia Gentleman / The Guardian:

‘An explosion’: what is behind the rise in girls questioning their gender identity? — As the NHS reviews gender referrals, parents, clinicians and young people reveal the social, medical and emotional challenges they face — Earlier this year, a team of NHS researchers was asked …

Discussion: The Post Millennial

Ben Samuels / Haaretz:

Trump Hosts Holocaust Revisionist Nick Fuentes and Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago — Fuentes and West are the latest figures with known histories of extremism and explicit antisemitic remarks to meet with Trump since he announced his 2024 presidential candidacy earlier this month

Discussion: PinkNews, Raw Story, The Daily Beast, Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and New York Post

Nikiya Natale / The Nation:

We're Thankful for Our Abortions — Many people who have abortions celebrate their experience. Here's why my colleagues and I at We Testify are thankful. — This time of year is... complicated. For many people, this season calls for reflection and gratitude.

Discussion: RedState, Fox News, New Jersey Online, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Oregonian, Arizona Daily Independent and Metro.co.uk

Wall Street Journal:

Jeffrey Epstein Accusers Sue Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan — Lawsuits claim banks facilitated sex trafficking and ignored red flags — Women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse are suing Deutsche Bank AG DB 1.62%increase; green up pointing triangle and JPMorgan Chase JPM 1.07%increase …

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Brad Dress / The Hill:

Russia's parliament passes law banning ‘gay’ and ‘pedophilia’ propaganda — Russia's lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a new law banning all forms of “gay propaganda,” as well as the “propaganda of pedophilia and sex change” among adults. — The bill passed unanimously …