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9:10 AM ET, November 29, 2022

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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Trump's Jewish Allies Denounce Dinner With Kanye West and Nick Fuentes  —  Supporters who looked past the former president's admirers in bigoted corners of the far right, and his own use of antisemitic tropes, now are drawing a line.  “He legitimizes Jew hatred and Jew haters,” says one.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The GOP's sickness is far worse than a ‘Trump problem’  —  No one is buying the idea that Donald Trump's dinner last week at Mar-a-Lago with antisemite and white nationalist Nick Fuentes was some sort of aberration — even if Trump's claim is true that Fuentes showed up unannounced in the company of rapper …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Antisemitism's March Into the Mainstream  —  Tom Stoppard's wrenching drama “Leopoldstadt,” which I recently saw on Broadway, begins in 1899 at a Christmas party in the Vienna apartment of Hermann Merz, a prosperous and assimilated Jewish businessman, who is married to a Catholic and nominally converted.
NBC News:
Republican criticism of Trump builds after his dinner with a white supremacist  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is embroiled in another controversy, and this time some Republicans on Capitol Hill are less willing to defend him.  —  After he dined with the notorious white supremacist Nick Fuentes …
John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
Let's Play ‘Secret Hitler’
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Counties in Arizona, Pennsylvania fail to certify election results by legal deadlines  —  Two counties in a couple of swing states turned what is usually an uneventful step in the election process into a political flashpoint on Monday.  —  Officials in rural, Republican-controlled Cochise County …
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NBC News:
Arizona secretary of state sues GOP-controlled county over refusal to certify election results
Sara Dorn / Forbes:
Trump, Kari Lake Amplify Unfounded Claims Of Election Malfeasance In Arizona As Certification Deadline Nears
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Herschel Walker Only Recently Stopped Renting Out Georgia Home He Claims as His Residence  —  Records show the Senate hopeful—who's facing fresh questions about his Georgia residency—rented out his Atlanta home just before launching his campaign.  —  When he launched his campaign …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
On the Georgia Trail: Herschel Walker silent on white supremacist's visit to Mar-a-Lago  —  CUMMING — Herschel Walker quoted Ricky Bobby from the movie “Talladega Nights.”  And the Republican Georgia Senate candidate reminded supporters that the University of Georgia will play football …
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Georgia runoff, by the numbers  —  Here we are again— the final days beforethe Georgia Senate runoff election.  Early voting kicked off over the weekend as Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker make their final pitches to voters.  —  Here are some numbers …
Washington Post:
Elon Musk says Apple threatened to remove Twitter from App Store  —  In a series of tweets, the billionaire says Apple also has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter  —  Elon Musk on Monday went on a tear against Apple, Twitter's top advertiser, after he said the company threatened to block …
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Why some tech CEOs are rooting for Musk  —  They're skeptical of their workers, too.  PLUS: New details on Musk's ‘general amnesty’ for banned Twitter users  —  and Zoë Schiffer  —  After a long weekend away, today let's talk about the largely positive reception that Elon Musk's radical remaking …
Washington Post:
As rail strike deadline nears, Biden to call on Congress to intervene  —  Railroad workers would need to ratify union contracts before a Dec. 9 strike deadline to avert a rail shutdown, renewing pressure on Congress and the White House to intervene  —  With less than two weeks until …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Why ‘Union Joe’ put the screws to rail workers
Allie Griffin / New York Post:
Non-binary Biden nuclear official charged with stealing woman's $2.3K luggage at airport  —  A Biden administration employee - and one of the federal government's first gender non-binary officials - has been accused of stealing a travelor's luggage from the Minneapolis airport in September.
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Anthony Gockowski / Alpha News:
Controversial energy official charged with stealing woman's luggage at MSP
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
US courts ruling in favor of justice department turns legal tide on Trump  —  The ex-president's supporters will no longer be able to avoid testifying before grand juries in Washington DC and Georgia  —  spate of major court rulings rejecting claims of executive privilege and other arguments …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Immunity Claim in 2020 Civil Rights Suit Rejected by Judge
Discussion: CNN
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC commissions ‘review’ of party tactics after disappointing midterm  —  The Republican National Committee is launching a review of the party's performance in the midterm election and bringing on a team of outside advisers to help guide strategy, as the GOP reckons with its disappointing performance in the election.
Discussion: CNN, RedState and Insider
Gabriel Rinaldi / Politico:
Germany plans overhaul of immigration system, citizenship laws  —  BERLIN — In a new effort to attract talented foreign workers to the country, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced plans to reform Germany's immigration system and citizenship laws.  —  On Monday, Scholz reiterated his backing …
Discussion: Euractiv and ImmigrationProf Blog
James Crisp / Telegraph:
Netherlands to close up to 3,000 farms to comply with EU rules  —  Government tries to cut down on nitrogen pollution in a move set to reignite tensions with farmers who say the industry is unfairly targeted  —  The Dutch government plans to buy and close down up to 3,000 farms near …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Even Pat Boone Is Praying Trump Doesn't Run Again  —  The singer, who knows a thing or two about extreme views, thinks the ex-president has gone too far. … Pat Boone—as in the long-ago teen idol, Hollywood heartthrob, and 1960s-era TV star turned right-wing activist and evangelical celebrity …
Discussion: Raw Story
Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Rick Scott slams McConnell and GOP leadership for ‘compromising our principles’  —  Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) defended his decision to release a 12-point midterm agenda earlier this year and promised his leadership challenge to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is just the beginning …
Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch:
Aren't You Embarrassed? … It's become immensely embarrassing to be a conservative in the United States.  —  Many of us have coped with that embarrassment by reregistering as independents.  A few found it so intolerable that they changed their views on policy altogether.
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
An S.B.F. Ally in the Barrel  —  Sean McElwee, the ur-connected political operative, is the latest to get singed by the FTX scandal following a no-confidence vote at Data for Progress.  His exit speaks volumes, not only about Sam Bankman-Fried, but about the power of social media contagion.
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Elon Musk and the hardcore cult of Diet Coke  —  Elon Musk, the world's richest human, might be completely unrelatable in most ways — who among us can buy a $44 billion company on a whim or build a rocket ship to Mars because they liked reading science fiction as a kid?
Discussion: New York Post, Twitchy and Slate
 
 
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Florida is no longer a swing state. That's good news for U.S. foreign policy.
Discussion: Political Wire
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
The GOP's path to dumping Trump will be torturous
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Miguel Almaguer remains absent from NBC since stunning Paul Pelosi attack report was mysteriously retracted
Associated Press:
Students sent home, police on patrol as China curbs protests
Landon Mion / Fox News:
Virginia Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin dead at 61 after battle with colorectal cancer
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Indiana Man Arrested on Felony Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Discussion: Wired UK
NBC News:
Ex-Virginia trooper dies in shootout after killing family of teen he had catfished, police say
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk's Boring Company Ghosts Cities Across America
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