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Talking Points Memo:
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 …
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
A Plot To Overturn An American Election  —  A Plot To Overturn An American Election  —  TPM Has Obtained Explosive Evidence Uncovered By The January 6 Select Committee  —  The messages you are about to read are the definitive, real-time record of a plot to overturn an American election.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Talking Points Memo:
Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry's Work To Overturn 2020 Election Included A ‘Cyber Team’ And An Italian Job  —  It had been one week since the 2020 presidential election and three days since news outlets called the race, and Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) was frantically working to reverse President Trump's loss.
Talking Points Memo:
As The 2020 Election Slipped Away, Andy Biggs And Mark Meadows Schemed To Reverse The Vote In Arizona  —  The election-night exchanges between Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Nov. 3, 2020, read like any other conversation between a campaign stakeholder and his ally in a battleground state.
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Former top Twitter official forced to leave home due to threats amid ‘Twitter Files’ release  —  Twitter's former head of trust and safety has fled his home due to an escalation in threats resulting from Elon Musk's campaign of criticism against him, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.
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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 …
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Elon Musk uses QAnon tactic in criticizing former Twitter safety chief
CNBC:
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas after U.S. files criminal charges  — The cofounder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto trading firm FTX was arrested in the Bahamas after the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York shared a sealed indictment with the Bahamian government.
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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 …
Bloomberg:
FTX Bankruptcy Means $73 Million in Political Donations at Risk of Being Clawed Back
Discussion: SHERLOC Exposes
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show  —  “You shut the fuck up,” Chappelle said as the crowd booed the billionaire.  —  Alerts  —  Elon Musk, the billionaire who wants nothing more in life than to be adored by legions of fans, was loudly booed by a crowd …
Joshua Green / Washington Post:
Elon Musk Is Ruining Trump's Presidential Campaign  —  For years, Donald Trump has survived scandal, scorn and defeat and still managed to keep his warlord grip on the Republican Party.  Even this month's epic string of disasters, from his candidates' losses in the midterms and his dinner …
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Washington Post:
Kari Lake was unflinchingly loyal to Trump.  Then her campaign unraveled.  —  Interviews, internal documents and audio show how the former TV news anchor squandered a chance to become Arizona's governor — a defeat that carries warnings for the GOP in 2024  —  PHOENIX — After Kari Lake …
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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
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
Loudoun Superintendent, Spokesman Criminally Indicted Following Rape Coverup  —  Two top officials of a Northern Virginia public school district were indicted Monday for their roles in the handling of a bathroom rape by a skirt-wearing boy after The Daily Wire revealed the apparent coverup last year …
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran execution: Man publicly hanged from crane amid protests  —  Iran executed a second prisoner on Monday convicted over crimes committed during the nationwide protests challenging the country's theocracy, publicly hanging him from a construction crane as a gruesome warning to others.
The Independent:
Dr Fauci hits back at Musk claims he should be prosecuted: ‘Cesspool of misinformation’  —  “I don't pay attention to that,” Dr Fauci says of Mr Musk's recent remarks  —  Dr Fauci urges American people to get vaccinated in final address before retirement
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Red-Pilled Elon Musk Still Loves the Chinese Communist Party
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and KTLA
CBS News:
White House: Marjorie Taylor Greene's latest Jan. 6 comments a “slap in the face” to law enforcement, victims' families  —  Washington — The White House is reacting sharply to comments made over the weekend by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and how the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Greene says Jan. 6 remarks were ‘sarcasm’
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Special counsel sends Trump subpoena to Ga. secretary of state Raffensperger  —  State or local officials in five of the six contested battlegrounds where former president Donald Trump tried to reverse his defeat have received similar subpoenas  —  Special counsel Jack Smith has sent …
Jerusalem Demsas / The Atlantic:
The Obvious Answer to Homelessness  —  When someone becomes homeless, the instinct is to ask what tragedy befell them.  What bad choices did they make with drugs or alcohol?  What prevented them from getting a higher-paying job?  Why did they have more children than they could afford?
Washington Post:
They call him the Eagle: How the U.S. lost a key ally in Mexico as fentanyl took off  —  MEXICO CITY — The small American surveillance plane took off from a Mexican navy base in Baja California and flew high across the Sea of Cortez.  Charting a course for the Sierra Madre mountains …
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Associated Press:
Young voters' enthusiasm for Democrats waned during midterms  —  Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent elections showed signs in November's midterms that their enthusiasm may be waning, a potential warning sign for a party that will need their strong backing heading into the 2024 presidential race.
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Garrett Ross / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Gallego takes another step toward Senate run
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Nuclear fusion: How long until this breakthrough discovery can power your house  —  For the first time in history, US scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain …
Matthew Cranston / Australian Financial Review:
FTX's inner circle had a secret chat group called ‘Wirefraud’  —  Members of the inner circle of power at collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX formed a chat group called “Wirefraud” and were using it to send secret information about operations in the lead up to the company's spectacular failure.
 
 
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Kevin G. Hall / OCCRP:
Hundreds of Members of Extremist Group Oath Keepers Worked for U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Leaked Roster Shows
Tyler O'Neil / The Daily Signal:
BREAKING: Department of Energy Says Sam Brinton ‘Is No Longer a DOE Employee’
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why the Age of American Progress Ended
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
Josh Smith / Reuters:
North Korean cyber spies deploy new tactic: tricking foreign experts into writing research for them
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Supreme Court to resume issuing decisions in courtroom
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