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Zachary Donnini / Decision Desk HQ:
The US House Was Biased Toward Democrats in 2022: Why Republicans Are Developing a Geography Problem — In the 2012 Presidential Election, Democrat Barack Obama decisively defeated Republican Mitt Romney. Obama won 332 electoral votes and the national Presidential popular vote by nearly 4%.
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The American Independent, Washington Examiner, The Hill and National Review
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Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
In Legislative Elections, Democrats Defied Recent History — The GOP's seat gains are minuscule by the standards of past midterms, a state-by-state analysis by Bolts finds. And only Democrats flipped chambers. — The Capitol Dome in Lansing, Michigan, where Democrats have won majorities …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dem dreams of a ‘real’ majority hinge on Georgia
Dem dreams of a ‘real’ majority hinge on Georgia
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Record 301K early votes cast in one day in Georgia runoff for US Senate
Record 301K early votes cast in one day in Georgia runoff for US Senate
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
The inside story of Trump's explosive dinner with Ye and Nick Fuentes — Just two days before Thanksgiving, Donald Trump was planning to have a private, uneventful dinner with an old friend: Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. — The two had arranged to break bread Tuesday night …
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Semafor:
‘Immoral,’ ‘Disgusting,’ ‘Ass Clown’: Republicans rage against Trump's antisemitic dinner party — Sign up for Semafor Principals: An insider's guide to power in D.C. — Your Email addressSign Up — Donald Trump faced a deluge of criticism from across the Republican party spectrum …
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Jason D. Greenblatt / CNN:
Former Trump White House envoy: Dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes should not have happened
Former Trump White House envoy: Dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes should not have happened
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Philip Klein / National Review:
Trump's Reckless Dinner with Kanye Is a Window into a Second Term
Trump's Reckless Dinner with Kanye Is a Window into a Second Term
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Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Trump's Jewish Allies Denounce Dinner With Kanye West and Nick Fuentes
Trump's Jewish Allies Denounce Dinner With Kanye West and Nick Fuentes
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.
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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 …
Sen. Rick Scott / Washington Examiner:
Washington liars will not stop us from rescuing America
Washington liars will not stop us from rescuing America
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CNN:
Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker described himself as living in Texas during 2022 campaign speech — Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, facing renewed and growing questions about his residency in the final week of the runoff campaign, described himself during …
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Political Wire, Insider, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, The Hill, The Moderate Voice, Washington Examiner and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Elon Musk is harming free expression on Twitter, not protecting it — “Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Elon Musk tweeted after he posted the results of an unscientific poll showing respondents favor allowing former president Donald Trump to return to Twitter. The Latin phrase, roughly translating to …
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David Gilbert / VICE:
Elon Musk Is Turning Twitter Into a Haven for Nazis
Elon Musk Is Turning Twitter Into a Haven for Nazis
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Los Angeles Times and Althouse
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Why some tech CEOs are rooting for Musk
Why some tech CEOs are rooting for Musk
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Associated Press:
Students sent home, police on patrol as China curbs protests — Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades.
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Chris Buckley / New York Times:
With Intimidation and Surveillance, China Tries to Snuff Out Protests
With Intimidation and Surveillance, China Tries to Snuff Out Protests
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
A Letter to the DeSantis Fan-Boys From a Real Never Trumper — Level-setting on the New Precious. — In 2024, the chosen one will be Gov. Ron DeSantis. It has thus been decreed by the old-guard members of Conservative Inc. Or at least the ones calculating enough to have survived the MAGA takeover.
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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.
Carlos Lozada / New York Times:
Mike Pence Is Having a Moment He Doesn't Deserve — Mike Pence had a go-to line during his time as vice president of the United States. When his boss would ask him to carry out some task or duty — say, take an overseas trip or run the response to a pandemic — Pence would look President Trump in the eye …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Democrats prepare to upend presidential primary calendar — The list of states with the biggest say in Democratic presidential contests could get a big shake-up this week. — A flurry of public and private lobbying to reformat the longtime early-state lineup of Iowa, New Hampshire …
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Washington Examiner, Iowa politics with Laura Belin and The Daily Beast
Anuj Chopra / The Guardian:
‘The Godfather, Saudi-style’: inside the palace coup that brought MBS to power — Not long ago, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Nayef, was all set to assume power. But his ambitious young cousin had a ruthless plan to seize control for himself — he Saudi prince was detained all night.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Congressional Leaders Say They Will Act to Prevent Rail Strike — Democratic and Republican leaders prepared to intercede as President Biden warned the prospect of a strike next month had put the U.S. economy “at risk.” — WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress vowed …
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Washington Post:
As rail strike deadline nears, Biden calls on Congress to intervene
As rail strike deadline nears, Biden calls on Congress to intervene
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New York Times:
New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily — Mayor Eric Adams directed city agencies, including the Police Department, to take people who appear mentally ill and seem likely to harm others to hospitals for psychiatric care. — Mayor Eric Adams announced …
Morgan Meaker / Wired:
Layoffs Have Gutted Twitter's Child Safety Team — Just one person remains to enforce the company's ban on child sexual abuse content across Japan and the Asia Pacific region. — Removing child exploitation is “priority #1”, Twitter's new owner and CEO Elon Musk declared last week.
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Reuters:
The yuan's the new dollar as Russia rides to the redback — Chinese entrepreneur Wang Min is delighted about Russia's embrace of the yuan. His LED lights company can price contracts to Russian customers in yuan rather than dollars or euros, and they can pay him in yuan. It's “win-win”, he says.
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New York Times:
Russian Retreat Reveals Signs of an Atrocity in a Ukrainian Village — In the southern Kherson region, the pattern seen in eastern Ukraine is repeating: The withdrawal of Russian forces yields evidence of possible war crimes. — PRAVDYNE, Ukraine — First came small pieces of bone.
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Washington Post:
Three weeks after election, Arizona remains in turmoil over results — Cochise County flouted a Monday deadline to certify the results, while officials in Maricopa County faced threats for following through on that duty — PHOENIX — As elected officials in Arizona's most populous county met …
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NBC News:
Arizona secretary of state sues GOP-controlled county over refusal to certify election results
Arizona secretary of state sues GOP-controlled county over refusal to certify election results
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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 …
Lizzie Presser / New York Times:
She Wasn't Ready for Children. A Judge Wouldn't Let Her Have an Abortion. — As abortion access dwindles, America's ‘parental involvement’ laws weigh even more heavily on teenagers — who may need a court's permission to end their pregnancies. — To hear more audio stories from publications …
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Everybody Hates Liz Cheney — Pimped by Democrats, used by the news media, abandoned by Republicans, and disliked by the public, Cheney, like her father, might have managed to tick off almost everyone on her way out the door. — It wasn't supposed to end this way.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Anthony Ornato, a Key Jan. 6 Witness, to Speak With House Panel
Anthony Ornato, a Key Jan. 6 Witness, to Speak With House Panel
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