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12:40 PM ET, December 12, 2022

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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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Washington Post:
U.S. to announce fusion energy ‘breakthrough’  —  Scientists hit a key milestone in the quest to create abundant zero-carbon power through nuclear fusion.  But they still have a long way to go.  —  The Department of Energy plans to announce Tuesday that scientists have been able …
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:
Discussion: Praxis Of Evil
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Semafor:
Media Newsletter 12/11  —  Of course the “Twitter files” are a story.  Elon Musk's selective release of internal correspondence has shed some light on how Twitter clamped down on voices it deemed extreme and misleading, mostly on the right and far right.  Less interesting leaks from Facebook made front pages for years.
Discussion: Mediaite, IJR and NBC News
Peter Laffin / Washington Examiner:
The ‘Twitter Files’ are the final nail in the media's credibility
CNN:
Special Counsel Smith speeds ahead on criminal probes surrounding Trump  —  Newly-appointed special counsel Jack Smith is moving fast on a pair of criminal probes around Donald Trump that in recent months have focused on the former president's state of mind after the 2020 election …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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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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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.
Washington Post:
How a Trump-allied group fighting ‘anti-white bigotry’ beats Biden in court  —  America First Legal was founded last year by Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump's immigrant family separation policy  —  The deal in early 2021 was hailed by advocates for Black farmers as the most significant piece …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
How Kari Lake's campaign to be the Trump of 2022 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 rode former president …
Eric Lichtblau / The Guardian:
Biden faces growing pressure to drop charges against Julian Assange  —  Biden faces a renewed push, domestically and internationally, to drop charges against Assange, who is languishing in a UK jail  —  The Biden administration has been saying all the right things lately about respecting …
Washington Post:
Cause of death: Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America  —  During the past seven years, as soaring quantities of fentanyl flooded into the United States, strategic blunders and cascading mistakes by successive U.S. administrations allowed the most lethal drug crisis in American history …
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.
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 …
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Inside the secret $32M effort to stop ‘Stop the Steal’  —  A pair of progressive organizations operating in complete secrecy spearheaded a $32 million campaign during the midterms to push back against former President Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” movement.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Red-Pilled Elon Musk Still Loves the Chinese Communist Party … A decade ago, Elon Musk was an object of contempt for conservatives.  Tesla was “a prodigious harvester of government favors and handouts,” complained Phil Kerpen of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.
Discussion: The Hill, Fortune, Axios and KTLA
Ronald J. Deibert / Foreign Affairs:
The Autocrat in Your iPhone … In the summer of 2020, a Rwandan plot to capture exiled opposition leader Paul Rusesabagina drew international headlines.  Rusesabagina is best known as the human rights defender and U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient who sheltered more than 1,200 Hutus …
Popular Information:
How to ban 3600 books from school libraries  —  This year, at least 102 books have been removed from the shelves of school libraries in Clay County, Florida.  Many of these books were pulled at the request of one man: Bruce Friedman.  A conservative activist and longtime resident of New York, Friedman moved to Clay County this May.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Schwellenbach / Project On Government Oversight:
Hundreds of Oath Keepers Have Worked for DHS, Leaked List Shows  —  Homeland Security Secretary Says Violent Extremists Should Have “No Place” in Department  —  This investigation was produced in partnership with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Trump who?  GOP senators rave over a potential Tim Scott presidential run.  —  Joni Ernst is “very excited” about a potential Tim Scott presidential run.  John Cornyn would “advise him to go for it.”  And John Barrasso said it “doesn't get any better than Tim Scott.”
Discussion: New York Post
New York Times:
Why Some Hasidic Children Can't Leave Failing Schools  —  Parents who try to withdraw their children from yeshivas over a lack of secular education often cannot do so, hampered by social pressure and a rabbinical court system.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times …
Washington Post:
Japan to buy Tomahawk missiles in defense buildup amid fears of war  —  TOKYO — Alarmed by increasing security threats and the risk of war in the Indo-Pacific, Japan will seek to purchase hundreds of U.S.-built Tomahawk cruise missiles as part of a major defense buildup unprecedented in the postwar period …
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Is a Far-Right Activist  —  If there's one tweet that will tell you everything you need to know about Elon Musk, it's this one from early this morning: … In five words, Musk manages to mock transgender and nonbinary people, signal his disdain for public-health officials …
Los Angeles Times:
Karen Bass sworn in as Los Angeles mayor, the first woman to hold the office  —  After 241 years, the nation's second-largest city has its first female mayor.  —  Karen Bass was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris as Los Angeles' 43rd mayor Sunday afternoon, with thousands …
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
The Great Delusion Behind Twitter
Discussion: Althouse
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Let's make a deal: White House ready to bargain over expanded Child Tax Credit
Discussion: Reason
Bloomberg:
Japan to Join US Effort to Tighten Chip Exports to China
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. Justice Dept is split over charging Binance as crypto world falters, sources say
Philip Caldwell / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Admin Buys U.S. Navy Luxury Bidet Equipped With ‘Effective Enema Function’
The Bulwark:
Should an Election Denier Be Speaker of the House?
Discussion: Raw Story
New Orleans Times-Picayune:
The Road Home program shortchanged low-income homeowners in Louisiana. New data proves it.
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Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Massachusetts recount flips state house election to Democrat by one vote
Discussion: The Western Journal
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Bursting the ‘unity speaker’ bubble
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Thousands of Teens Are Being Pushed Into Military's Junior R.O.T.C.
New York Times:
Confidential Records Show a Saudi Golf Tour Built on Far-Fetched Assumptions
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumps 35%+ after hours
 
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