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Washington Post:
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy — A federal jury on Tuesday convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of seditious conspiracy for leading a months-long plot to unleash political violence to prevent the inauguration of President Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jury convicts Oath Keepers leader of seditious conspiracy — A jury has convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of masterminding a plot to violently subvert the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden, finding that he entered into a seditious conspiracy against the U.S. government.
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NBC News:
Two Oath Keepers, including founder, convicted of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 case — WASHINGTON — A federal jury in Washington on Tuesday found Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs, another member of the far-right organization, guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection …
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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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John L. Dorman / Insider:
McConnell says Trump is ‘highly unlikely to ever be elected president’ amid furor over dinner with Kanye West and white supremacist Nick Fuentes
McConnell says Trump is ‘highly unlikely to ever be elected president’ amid furor over dinner with Kanye West and white supremacist Nick Fuentes
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
McCarthy Condemns White Supremacist, Stopping Short of Faulting Trump
McCarthy Condemns White Supremacist, Stopping Short of Faulting Trump
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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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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
‘Is He for Real?’: Warnock Hits Walker in New Ad, but Lets Others Do the Talking — Days before the Georgia Senate runoff election next week, Senator Raphael Warnock's ad shows people watching Herschel Walker's remarks in disbelief, and embarrassment. — Political attack ads often take one of two paths.
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David Gilbert / VICE:
Elon Musk Is Turning Twitter Into a Haven for Nazis — Musk has welcomed neo-Nazis back onto the platform, engaged with them on his timeline, and posted multiple tweets that appeal directly to them. — David Gilbert — Twitter has a problem with white supremacist and neo-Nazi content proliferating …
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Washington Post:
Elon Musk is harming free expression on Twitter, not protecting it
Elon Musk is harming free expression on Twitter, not protecting it
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Why some tech CEOs are rooting for Musk
Why some tech CEOs are rooting for Musk
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Politico:
Mark Meadows ordered to testify in Trump investigation — South Carolina's Supreme Court has unanimously ordered former White House Chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify to an Atlanta-area grand jury investigating Donald Trump's effort to overturn the election in Georgia.
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
US courts ruling in favor of justice department turns legal tide on Trump
US courts ruling in favor of justice department turns legal tide on Trump
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Politico:
Conservatives sharpen their knives as McCarthy works to peel off skeptics — “Knives Out” isn't just playing on screen this week: Conservatives are digging in against Kevin McCarthy before the conclusion of a closed-door fight over consolidating the House GOP leader's power.
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Puck, Washington Examiner and Against the Grain
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Right-Wing Operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman Must Spend Hundreds of Hours Registering Voters After Targeting Black Communities with ‘Despicable’ Robocall Scam — After sending thousands of admittedly fraudulent robocalls to largely Black communities in Cleveland, Ohio …
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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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Raw Story, NewsNation and The Daily Caller
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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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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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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Susan Samples / WOOD-TV:
Testimony: Poll worker admitted to using USB drive — GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A poll worker charged with violating election law admitted he used a personal flash drive to export the electronic poll book at a Gaines Township precinct, according to testimony Monday.
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.
Christopher F. Rufo:
Disney Retreats — Returning CEO Bob Iger moves toward neutrality in the culture war. — In recent years, the Walt Disney Co. has become embroiled in America's culture war. As I have reported, the company has pushed critical race theory in its employee training programs and radical gender ideology in its children's programming.
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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.
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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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 …
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BMWED:
White House Decision to Force Tentative Agreement Does Not Address Rail Industry Disease — The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is deeply disappointed by and disagrees with United States President Joseph R. Biden's statement …
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
Mariel Fernandez / Legal Defense Fund:
LDF Welcomes Tona Boyd as Its New Associate Director-Counsel — HOME - > - News - > - LDF Welcomes Tona Boyd as Its ... Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced that Tona Boyd, who most recently served as Special Counsel and Special Assistant to the President in the White House Counsel's Office …
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 …