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CNN:
McCarthy and McConnell on collision course as Congress barrels toward messy finish  —  House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy took to Fox News primetime last week and dinged his counterpart across the Capitol: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell.  —  Republicans are “wrong” if they want to cut …
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New York Times:
Despite Trump's Lobbying, McCarthy's Speaker Bid Remains Imperiled on the Right  —  Representative Kevin McCarthy is dealing with a group of right-wing detractors who appear impervious to negotiation, and who have yet to be moved even by the entreaties of the former president.
New York Times:
Despite Modest GOP Gains, Democrats Maintain Grasp on Suburbs  —  A New York Times analysis of suburbs surrounding 25 of the largest U.S. cities shows that in the midterms, Republican gains did not roll back Democratic Trump-era inroads.  —  MARIETTA, Ga. — Suburban voters famously rejected …
Discussion: Opinion Today and DNyuz
Jordain Carney / Politico:   Senate Dems prepare to join the investigative fray
Politico:
December spending gloom falls on GOP: 'I'm so disgusted'
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Ron DeSantis Holds Early Lead Over Donald Trump Among GOP Primary Voters, WSJ Poll Shows  —  The former president's standing among Republican voters has fallen after candidates he promoted lost in midterm elections  —  Republican primary voters have high interest in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis outflanks Trump on the right with his call for Covid vaccine probe  —  For about a year, Donald Trump's confidants, advisers and boosters have worried that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was positioning himself to get to the right of the former president over the issue of Covid vaccines.
Talking Points Memo:
Inside Team Trump's Chaotic Attempts To Overturn The 2020 Vote In Georgia  —  It was Nov. 5, 2020.  Votes were still being counted in the presidential race, but it was looking increasingly grim for President Donald Trump.  Mark Meadows, Trump's White House chief of staff, had an idea to turn things around.
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Talking Points Memo:
Texts Reveal Four Trump Allies Mixed Requests For Pardons With Big Lie Boosterism  —  The text messages Mark Meadows turned over to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack show how frantically former President Trump and his allies worked to reverse the results in the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Norman Responds To TPM Revelations Of His Call For ‘Marshall Law’: Texts Came From ‘Source Of Frustration’
Washington Post:
Pentagon preparing to send Patriot missile system to Ukraine  —  Amid Russian bombardment of the energy grid, the U.S. is set to provide its most advanced air defense system  —  The Pentagon is preparing to send the Patriot missile system to Ukraine, senior U.S. officials said Tuesday …
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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
7 charged, including 2 US residents, in scheme to smuggle sniper ammo to Russia
New York Times:
Musk Shakes Up Twitter's Legal Team as He Looks to Cut More Costs  —  Twitter has stopped paying rent on offices and is considering not paying severance packages to former employees, among other measures.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Over the past two weeks, Elon Musk has shaken up Twitter's legal department …
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NBC News:   Elon Musk says he can stop child exploitation on Twitter. So far, he's axed jobs and pushed out watchdogs.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill to ban TikTok nationwide  —  Bipartisan lawmakers introduce bill to ban TikTok  —  WASHINGTON — A group of lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban TikTok in the U.S., following warnings from the FBI director …
New York Times:
Trump Organization Was Held in Contempt After Secret Trial Last Year  —  The company was fined $4,000 after failing to turn over documents.  The case is one of several in which investigators have found the ex-president or his company loath to hand over papers.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Jury Room for the Trump Org Criminal Trial
Discussion: Raw Story
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Tesla shares have fallen 28% since Elon Musk took over Twitter, lagging other carmakers  — Tesla stock is faring poorly since CEO Elon Musk bought Twitter.  — Musk sold billions of dollars' worth of his Tesla holdings to finance the Twitter takeover and has been embroiled in controversy ever since.
Washington Free Beacon:
Handcuffed SBF Does a Final Favor for Democratic Allies  —  What a happy coincidence for Democrats that, hours before the alleged crypto criminal Sam Bankman-Fried was due to testify before the House Financial Services Committee, he was arrested in the Bahamas.
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
House GOP pushes members to vote against short-term funding bill  —  House GOP leadership is urging Republicans to vote against a short-term government funding bill lawmakers are hoping to quickly pass ahead of a looming shutdown deadline.  —  House Minority Whip Steve Scalise's (R-La.) …
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Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Gov. Kate Brown commutes sentences of all 17 people on Oregon's death row … - Jesse Caleb Compton, a Springfield methamphetamine user who was convicted of killing Tesslyn O'Cull, the 3-year-old daughter of his live-in girlfriend.  The girl's body, found in a shallow grave in 1997 …
Céline Gounder / Fútbol with Grant Wahl:
A note from Grant's wife, Céline Gounder  —  First and foremost, on behalf of myself and our family, I want to express our deepest gratitude for the outpouring of support, love, and sympathy from around the world.  This continues to be a very difficult and painful time as we grieve a beloved husband, brother, and friend.
ESPN:
Attorneys demand removal of ex-Washington cheerleader images  —  The attorneys for more than three dozen former Washington Commanders employees demanded the removal of “sexualized and salacious photographs” of the organization's former cheerleaders from any congressional records.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Republicans Need a Reckoning  —  This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture.  Sign up for it here.  —  The pretense that the seditionists in the GOP …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Biden braces for potentially 14,000 migrants a day  —  The possibility of 14,000 migrant crossings a day is pushing the Biden administration toward a new rule that would severely limit migrants' ability to qualify for asylum at the southern border, Axios has learned.
 
 
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Reuters:
The supply chain that keeps tech flowing to Russia
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