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8:45 PM ET, December 3, 2022

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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
No, You Do Not Have a Constitutional Right to Post Hunter Biden's Dick Pic on Twitter  —  Elon Musk and Matt Taibbi's First Amendment follies.  —  While normal humans who denied Republicans their red wave were enjoying an epic sports weekend, an insular community of MAGA activists …
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Kristen Holmes / CNN:
Trump calls for the termination of the Constitution in Truth Social post  —  Former President Donald Trump called for the termination of the Constitution to overturn the 2020 election and reinstate him to power Saturday in a continuation of his election denialism and pushing of fringe conspiracy theories.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's pre-runoff message: Terminate the Constitution  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  DONALD TRUMP, the former president and the person that polls show is still the most likely GOP presidential nominee in 2024 …
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Raw Story
David French / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson Don't Understand the First Amendment  —  Last night, Matt Taibbi, an independent journalist, wrote a lengthy Twitter thread he called “THE TWITTER FILES.”  The thread purported to expose how Twitter made the decision to dramatically suppress discussion of the contents …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Elon Musk's promised Twitter exposé on the Hunter Biden story is a flop that doxxed multiple people … Free-speech crusader Elon Musk isn't happy with Twitter's years-old decision to suppress a news story about Hunter Biden's laptop just ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Who is Vijaya Gadde, the Twitter exec involved in censoring Post's Hunter Biden laptop bombshell?  —  One of the high-level Twitter executives who reportedly played “a key role” in the company's decision to censor The Post's bombshell story on Hunter Biden's laptop has a long history of being accused of suppressing conservative voices.
New York Times:
Two Trump-Appointed Judges Rebuke a Third for Bending the Law in His Favor  —  The reversal of a district judge's intervention in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation shows the complexity of former President Donald J. Trump's judicial legacy.  —  WASHINGTON — A scathing decision on Thursday …
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Note to Readers  —  It's about to get weird in here.  An appeal for your patience  —  Dear TK Readers:
Brian Fung / CNN:
Released Twitter emails show how employees debated how to handle 2020 New York Post Hunter Biden story
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Georgia Senate runoff smashes early voting records — and attracts new voters  —  ATLANTA — Georgia has set new records for early voting again as the two Senate candidates blitz the state ahead of Tuesday's runoff election.  And the contest is drawing new voters, too.
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
The Twenty-Seven Most Embarrassing Reactions to Taibbi Thread About Twitter Censoring Hunter Biden Tweets  —  Construct Tweet: [Say formerly respected or once great, etc.] Matt Taibbi [call it PR or comms or like that] for the [world's richest man, the richest person in the world, so on].
Discussion: Twitchy and The Daily Caller
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Druggings, Deaths and Robberies Put New York's Gay Community on Edge  —  At first, the men's deaths were treated as overdoses, until tens of thousands of dollars were found drained from their bank accounts.  —  Julio Ramirez died in the back seat of a taxi in April after he left a popular gay bar in Manhattan with a group of men.
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Senate plots pro-pot move for lame-duck  —  A bipartisan group of senators plans to attach significant marijuana legislation to “must-pass” year-end bills, Axios has learned. … - In an email reviewed by Axios, the Justice Department said it would be able to implement the revised legislation.
Frank Figliuzzi / MSNBC:
Donald Trump ought to face the same charges the Oath Keepers did  —  Tuesday's convictions of five Oath Keepers — including founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes and top deputy Kelly Meggs who were found guilty of the gravely serious charge of seditious conspiracy — may seem like game-winning goals …
Josh Glancy / The Spectator World:
Please America, don't get into soccer  —  Embracing the beautiful game would be the beginning of the end of American greatness  —  Americans are truly excellent at four things: ingenuity, marketing, making chicken wings and inventing their own sports.  The first three, of course …
Discussion: Sports Illustrated
Washington Post:
Democratic governors riding high on election results as 2024 looms  —  The November midterms broadened the party's bench for potential presidential contenders, though none have said they would challenge Biden if he runs.  —  NEW ORLEANS — As Democratic governors descended on the Ritz-Carlton Hotel …
 
 
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Iranian athlete's family home demolished by officials, media outlet says
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Wall Street Journal:
Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
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