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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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Balloon Juice
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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.
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Washington Examiner
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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Techdirt, Twitter is Going Great!, RedState, Newsbusters, Washington Examiner, Insider and Washington Times, more at Techmeme »
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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 …
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Fox News, RedState, The Federalist, Ace of Spades HQ, The Daily Beagle, Unreported Truths, The Western Journal, Instapundit and Twitchy
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 Examiner and Weasel Words of Wisdom
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Why The White House isn't stressed about Elon Musk's Twitter — Joe Biden's White House is less concerned about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter than many Democrats, officials said in recent interviews. — That's because Biden's team believes Twitter is largely valuable for just two things:
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Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Vanity Fair and Praxis Of Evil
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 …
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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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, New Republic, Vanity Fair, Raw Story, In Broad Daylight, Political Wire and The Hill
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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Senators say Bankman-Fried is refusing subpoena to testify about FTX collapse — Lawyers for FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried have refused to accept a subpoena for the disgraced cryptocurrency magnate to appear before the Senate Banking Committee, the Democratic and Republican leaders of the panel said Monday.
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CNBC, The Block, Politico and Just The News
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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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NBC4 Washington, Washington Examiner and WRIC-TV
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Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
Former Loudoun County Superintendent Indicted over Handling of Sexual-Assault Cases
Former Loudoun County Superintendent Indicted over Handling of Sexual-Assault Cases
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Washington Free Beacon, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, RedState, Ace of Spades HQ and Just The News
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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Fox News, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, The Mahablog, Slate, Forbes, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Hill, New Republic and HuffPost
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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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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.
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 …
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CNBC, CNN, NBC News, Associated Press, New York Post, Raw Story, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Western Journal and Mediaite
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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American Everyman
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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?
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New York Times, Los Angeles Times and CNN
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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The Daily Signal, The Daily Caller, Forbes, New York Post, HotAir, The Hill, FiveThirtyEight, Washington Examiner, Just The News and Washington Times
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Garrett Ross / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Gallego takes another step toward Senate run
POLITICO Playbook PM: Gallego takes another step toward Senate run
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Raw Story
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Scott Stringer Sues for Defamation Over Sexual Assault Claim — Mr. Stringer, the former New York City comptroller, said that a woman's claims of sexual assault were lies and caused “irreparable harm” as he ran for mayor. — Nearly 20 months after allegations of unwanted sexual advances derailed …
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New York Magazine and New York Post
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Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
NYC politician sues woman who accused him of sexual assault
NYC politician sues woman who accused him of sexual assault
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Bloomberg
New York Times:
Styles's 93 Most Stylish ‘People’ of 2022 — Or is it Styles-ish? Either way, when anthropologists look back on this year, they'll be glad to have this list. — By The Styles Desk — High and low. Fun and serious. Curious and open-minded. Reveling in characters. Appreciating the material world.
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HotAir, The Hill, RedState, The Daily Caller and IJR
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Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Pete Buttigieg often flies on taxpayer-funded private jets, flight data show — Biden Cabinet member has taken at least 18 flights on taxpayer-funded private jets, despite calls to curb carbon emissions — Pete Buttigieg: We will be proud when America ‘leads the way’ into EV future
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.