memeorandum: Rainbow-colored atom t-shirt helped Vegas cops pin luggage theft on Biden's nuclear waste director (Susan Ferrechio/Washington Times)

9:20 PM ET, December 10, 2022

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The ‘Twitter Files’ Is What It Claims to Expose — But it is actually a tool of progressive power. While you were hypnotized by viral memes, a cabal of social-justice STEM majors seized the commanding heights of the attention economy. And they have been using it to bend the mass public to their will.

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

What Are the Politics of Elon Musk? It's Complicated. — Elon Musk has tweeted about political topics regularly since taking over Twitter, often belittling some liberal causes. But what he stands for remains largely unclear. — He has called himself an independent and a centrist, yet “economically right of center, maybe.”

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Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:

We Found the Guys Behind the Hunter Biden Porn That Elon Musk Won't Shut Up About — On the evening of October 24, 2020, a guy who goes by the name Wenyang tweeted a picture of Hunter Biden. Hunter was facing a mirror in what looked like a hotel room, with his penis exposed.

Susan Ferrechio / Washington Times:

Rainbow-colored atom t-shirt helped Vegas cops pin luggage theft on Biden's nuclear waste director — Las Vegas police had been unable to identify the person who stole an expensive piece of luggage from Harry Reid International Airport in July, despite the subject's unique t-shirt with a large rainbow colored atomic nuclear symbol.

Discussion: Just The News

Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:

Non-binary Biden nuke official Sam Brinton caught on camera stealing woman's bag — The rainbow atomic symbol T-shirt should have been a clue. — Sam Brinton, the allegedly sticky-fingered Biden administration nuclear official, was captured on security footage making off with a woman's bag worth …

Discussion: Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy, KLAS and Washington Times

Los Angeles Times:

Violence between L.A. Councilman Kevin de León, activist caught on video, sparks debate — Hours after drawing protesters' ire with his first in-person appearance in two months at a Los Angeles City Council meeting, Kevin de León was involved in a fight with an activist Friday night …

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Steve Liesman / CNBC:

Majority of Americans don't want Biden or Trump to run again in 2024, CNBC survey shows — WATCH NOW — Most voters don't want either Trump or Biden to run again, CNBC survey finds — “No thanks!” — That's how majorities of the public responded when the CNBC All-America Economic Survey asked …

Discussion: The Liberty Loft, The Hill, RedState and Opinion Today

Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Sununu on Trump: 'He's Not Scaring Anyone Out of the Race'

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Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:
Biden approval rating on Main Street rises for first time in presidency

Discussion: Breitbart

BBC:

Nobel Peace Prize: Russian laureate ‘told to turn down award’ — The Russian co-winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize has said Kremlin authorities told him to turn down the award. — Yan Rachinsky, who heads Memorial, said he was told not to accept the prize because the two other co-laureates …

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Washington Post:

Some Hunter Biden allies making plans to go after his accusers — An array of groups is preparing to defend the president's son against an expected GOP onslaught, but they lack a unifying strategy — Hunter Biden's friend and lawyer Kevin Morris was blunt in laying out his thoughts …

Discussion: The Post Millennial, RedState, Raw Story, Washington Times, Fox News and Politico

New York Times:

Kari Lake Sues Arizona's Largest County, Seeking to Overturn Her Defeat — Ms. Lake, who fueled the false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen from Donald Trump, lost the Arizona governor's race by 17,000 votes. — Kari Lake, the losing Republican candidate for governor of Arizona …

Domenico Montanaro / NPR:

Sinema's break with the Democratic Party may not help her as much as she'd like — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has always marched to her own beat. — So it's not shocking that she decided this week she's officially switching from the Democratic Party to be an independent.

David Smith / The Guardian:

Trump was fresh and new during his 2016 campaign. Has his fame fizzled? — The failed ‘red wave’ during the midterm elections marked the beginning of a downward spiral of losses and lost support — Instead of taking off like a rocket over the past three weeks, Donald Trump's bid to win …

Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story, High Plains Blogger and Digby's Hullabaloo

Eric Rogers / Florida Today:

Discipline stirs passions at Brevard School Board meeting but few concrete actions — Please consider supporting local journalism by subscribing to FLORIDA TODAY. — Passions were high Thursday at a special meeting of the Brevard County School Board to address out-of-control discipline problems in Brevard's public schools.

Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Western Journal

Michael Luciano / Mediaite:

‘A Mere Basketball Player’: Newsmax Host Eric Bolling Trashes Brittney Griner After Prisoner Swap — Newsmax host Eric Bolling slammed WNBA star Brittney Griner one day after Russia released her as part of a prisoner exchange. She was detained in February for possession of less than half a gram of hash oil.

Alex Woodward / The Independent:

Former anti-abortion lobbyist testifies to House committee about ‘stealth missionaries’ at Supreme Court — Reverend Robert Schenck's testimony to House Judiciary Committee details years-long attempt to influence conservative justices as nation's high court is scrutnised in ethics hearing

Discussion: Raw Story

Russell Lewis / NPR:

Longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl has died covering the World Cup in Qatar — Longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl died on Friday while covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal at the 2022 World Cup in Doha, Qatar. — As the match was winding down, an NPR reporter witnessed …