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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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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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PoliticusUSA, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Balloon Juice
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.
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Raw Story
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.
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Raw Story
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Alexandra Pelosi's ode to her mother — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — During an early 2020 congressional recess, in the heat of DONALD TRUMP's bungled pandemic response, NANCY PELOSI listened from home as Vice President MIKE PENCE spoke …
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The Guardian, New York Times and Vanity Fair
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 …
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Fox News, RedState, The Federalist, The Daily Beagle, Ace of Spades HQ, Unreported Truths, Twitchy, The Western Journal and Instapundit
Joshua Green / Washington Post:
Elon Musk Is Ruining Trump's Presidential Campaign
Elon Musk Is Ruining Trump's Presidential Campaign
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Washington Times, Washington Examiner and TASS
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Former top Twitter official forced to leave home due to threats amid ‘Twitter Files’ release
Former top Twitter official forced to leave home due to threats amid ‘Twitter Files’ release
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Techdirt, Fox News, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Wrap, Washington Press, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, Twitter is Going Great!, Newsbusters, The Klique, RedState and Washington Examiner
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:
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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CNBC:
Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested following FTX collapse. Here's what happens next
Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested following FTX collapse. Here's what happens next
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The Block, Ace of Spades HQ and Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
Matthew Cranston / Australian Financial Review:
FTX's inner circle had a secret chat group called ‘Wirefraud’
FTX's inner circle had a secret chat group called ‘Wirefraud’
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The Morning Hark
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 …
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Chicago Boyz
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 …
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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 …
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Mock Paper Scissors
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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Reuters:
Nigerian Army massacred children in its war against Islamist insurgents, witnesses say — More than 40 soldiers and civilians told Reuters they witnessed the Nigerian military kill children or saw children's corpses after a military operation. Estimates totaled in the thousands.
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Breitbart, Solomon's Brief, The Daily Caller and Al Jazeera
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.
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 …
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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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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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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Fox News, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Liberty Loft, Just The News, RedState and Ace of Spades HQ
Rolling Stone:
Jan. 6 Staffers Prepare for All-Out Republican Assault — As Republicans promise to investigate the investigation, staffers are looking to lawyer up — and preparing for their work lives to be turned upside down … As the committee readies its final report, staff are also preparing …
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The Hill, Raw Story and Political Wire
Politico:
Another Covid Christmas — with RSV and flu, too — GHOSTS OF HOLIDAY SEASONS PAST — State health officials are concerned that a unique mix of viral outbreaks could make for a hard holiday season, Megan reports. — Public health experts are urging people to get vaccinated against the flu …
Kevin G. Hall / OCCRP:
Hundreds of Members of Extremist Group Oath Keepers Worked for U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Leaked Roster Shows — More than 300 people identifying themselves as current or former employees of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or affiliated agencies appeared …
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Rolling Stone, Raw Story and Common Dreams
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.
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Political Wire
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 …
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Cafe Hayek