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Mark Meadows Exchanged Texts With 34 Members Of Congress About Plans To Overturn The 2020 Election  —  The Messages Included Battle Cries, Crackpot Legal Theories, And ‘Invoking Marshall Law!!’  —  White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows exchanged text messages with at least 34 Republican members …
Talking Points Memo:
As The 2020 Election Slipped Away, Andy Biggs And Mark Meadows Schemed To Reverse The Vote In Arizona
Discussion: Raw Story
Talking Points Memo:
Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry's Work To Overturn 2020 Election Included A ‘Cyber Team’ And An Italian Job
Discussion: Raw Story
Rolling Stone:
Jan. 6 Staffers Prepare for All-Out Republican Assault
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Political Wire
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
2022 Review: How Republicans Lost Despite Winning the Popular Vote  —  There were several reasons Republicans struggled to translate votes into seats, including candidate quality and strength in the wrong places.  —  Here's a figure about the 2022 midterm elections that might surprise you …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
House GOP reckons with ‘candidate quality’ problem after midterms — and ahead of 2024  —  Lackluster candidates nearly cost Republicans what once looked like a can't-miss House majority.  Inside the party, discussions about how to keep that from happening again in 2024 have already started.
Discussion: Raw Story
Allan Smith / NBC News:
West Virginia Republicans hit the ground running to topple Joe Manchin in 2024  —  Joe Manchin is among the last of a dying breed — a Democratic senator representing a deep red state.  He's managed to hang on time and time again in West Virginia by bucking his party on key votes and building a reputation as a centrist.
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council  —  Meanwhile, a former top Twitter official fled his home amid attacks following Musk tweets  —  Twitter on Monday night abruptly dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the latest sign that Elon Musk is unraveling years of work and institutions created …
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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Elon Musk uses QAnon tactic in criticizing former Twitter safety chief  —  Elon Musk escalated his battle of words with previous managers of Twitter into risky new territory over the weekend, allying himself with far-right crusaders against a purported epidemic of child sex abuse and implying …
Joshua Green / Washington Post:
Elon Musk Is Ruining Trump's Presidential Campaign
New York Times:
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas  —  A statement by the government of the Bahamas said Mr. Bankman-Fried was arrested after prosecutors in the United States filed criminal charges.  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX …
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CNBC:
Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested following FTX collapse.  Here's what happens next  — Following his arrest in Bahamas on Monday, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces the potential of a lengthy prison sentence.  — FTX collapsed last month following a liquidity crunch at the crypto exchange.
CNBC:
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas after U.S. files criminal charges
Matthew Cranston / Australian Financial Review:
FTX's inner circle had a secret chat group called ‘Wirefraud’
Discussion: Molly White and The Morning Hark
Susan Page / USA Today:
Trump in trouble: Republican support for his 2024 bid falls amid political, legal setbacks  —  By double digits, GOP voters prefer DeSantis as the 2024 presidential nominee  —  Republican support for Donald Trump's presidential bid in 2024 has cratered, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds …
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX  —  Defendant concealed his diversion of FTX customers' funds to crypto trading firm Alameda Research while raising more than $1.8 billion from investors  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission …
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Fallen Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in the Bahamas and Indicted in U.S., as Authorities Denounce His Crypto ‘House of Cards’
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The midterms should be a stake through the heart of the mobilization myth  —  Turnout was great for Republicans, but they lost most of the key races anyway  —  In recent years, I've become obsessed with making an argument that would have struck people as too obvious to even write about 20 years ago …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why the Age of American Progress Ended  —  The Scourge of All Humankind  —  If you were, for whatever macabre reason, seeking the most catastrophic moment in the history of humankind, you might well settle on this: About 10,000 years ago, as people first began to domesticate animals and farm …
Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
CPI Report Shows U.S. Inflation Eased in November  —  Price increases have eased this fall from a four-decade high earlier in year, while Federal Reserve continues to move aggressively  —  Consumer prices rose last month at the slowest 12-month pace since December 2021 …
CNN:
After meager rations in a Russian penal colony, Brittney Griner is welcomed back to the US with a Christmas tree and barbecue  —  Freed from a Russian penal colony and back on American soil, WNBA star Brittney Griner got her first taste of a return to normal life over the weekend at a Texas military facility.
Discussion: The Hill, IJR, New York Post, ESPN and TMZ.com
Alex Galbraith / News, Orlando Weekly:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ally found dead amid sexual misconduct investigation … A prominent donor and ally of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was found dead in a parking lot in North Florida last week.  —  Jacksonville defense contractor Kent Stermon died of an apparent suicide outside of the Mayport post office on Thursday.
Discussion: Raw Story
Marty Makary / Wall Street Journal:
The Exaggeration of Long Covid  —  Lingering symptoms after a respiratory infection are common.  Most cases are too mild to worry about.  —  1x  —  Long Covid is real.  I have reliable patients who describe lingering symptoms after Covid infection.  But public-health officials …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
The Worst Job In Washington?  Dems Struggle To Find Senate Campaign Head  —  Kyrsten Sinema's party switch is only making the hardest job in American politics worse.  —  The only thing harder than protecting Democrats' 51-seat majority during the 2024 election cycle might be finding a senator willing to take on the job.
Mississippi State:
MSU Bulldog family, college football community mourns the death of Coach Mike Leach  —  STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University Head Football Coach Michael Charles “Mike” Leach passed away last night (Monday, Dec. 12) at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi …
Discussion: USA Today, The Daily Caller and UPI
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Putin Skips Annual News Conference, Avoiding Possible Questions on War  —  The December event has offered reporters rare — albeit stage-managed — chances to pose hard questions.  With the war going poorly for Russia, that could have been awkward.  —  It has been an annual ritual …
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Faces Arrest Calls Over ‘Armed’ Jan 6 Comments  —  Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been criticized for remarks she made at a GOP event saying the January 6 insurrection “would've been armed” if she organized it.  —  Greene was speaking as part …
Tom Wilson / Financial Times:
Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes  —  Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels  —  US government scientists have made a breakthrough in the pursuit of limitless, zero-carbon power by achieving …
Tyler O'Neil / The Daily Signal:
Sam Brinton Out at Department of Energy After Alleged Bag Theft, Questions About ‘Conversion Therapy’ Story  —  The U.S. Department of Energy appears to have parted ways with Sam Brinton, the nonbinary Biden administration nuclear official who is facing charges for allegedly stealing two pieces of luggage at two separate airports.
Ellen Milligan / Bloomberg:
Sunak Unveils Crackdown on Asylum Seekers Amid Immigration Row  —  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled plans to tackle the UK's swelling backlog of asylum claims including making it harder for arrivals from Albania to stay in Britain.  —  The premier unveiled a five-point plan to bear down on what he called …
Discussion: Associated Press
Lydia Wheeler / Bloomberg Law:
Kavanaugh Holiday Party Appearance Raises Ethics Questions  —  US Supreme Court justices don't often seem too concerned about appearances.  —  Politico reported that Justice Brett Kavanaugh attended a private holiday party on Friday night at the home of Matt Schlapp, who is chairman …
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Nolan D. McCaskill / Los Angeles Times:
Feinstein says she won't step down early from Senate  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Monday she has every intention of serving the remainder of her Senate term and is still deliberating whether to retire in 2024.  —  The latest comments from California's senior senator echo what she has previously said on the topic.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
 
 
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Dr Fauci hits back at Musk claims he should be prosecuted: ‘Cesspool of misinformation’
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