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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 …
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.
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Special counsel sends Trump subpoena to Ga. secretary of state Raffensperger
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 …
Joshua Green / Washington Post:
Elon Musk Is Ruining Trump's Presidential Campaign
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Former top Twitter official forced to leave home due to threats amid ‘Twitter Files’ release
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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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX  —  Defendant concealed his diversion of FTX customers' funds to crypto trading firm Alameda Research while raising more than $1.8 billion from investors  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission …
CNBC:
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas after U.S. files criminal charges
Matthew Cranston / Australian Financial Review:
FTX's inner circle had a secret chat group called ‘Wirefraud’
Discussion: Molly White and The Morning Hark
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
2022 Review: How Republicans Lost Despite Winning the Popular Vote  —  There were several reasons Republicans struggled to translate votes into seats, including candidate quality and strength in the wrong places.  —  Here's a figure about the 2022 midterm elections that might surprise you …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Allan Smith / NBC News:   West Virginia Republicans hit the ground running to topple Joe Manchin in 2024
Ally Mutnick / Politico:   House GOP reckons with ‘candidate quality’ problem after midterms — and ahead of 2024
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 …
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 …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The midterms should be a stake through the heart of the mobilization myth  —  Turnout was great for Republicans, but they lost most of the key races anyway  —  In recent years, I've become obsessed with making an argument that would have struck people as too obvious to even write about 20 years ago …
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 …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Alicia Wallace / CNN:
Inflation cooled more than expected in November  —  Minneapolis CNN —  Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index cooled considerably in November and is at its lowest level in almost a year.  —  Prices rose 7.1% annually in November, down from 7.7% in October …
Alex Galbraith / News, Orlando Weekly:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ally found dead amid sexual misconduct investigation … A prominent donor and ally of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was found dead in a parking lot in North Florida last week.  —  Jacksonville defense contractor Kent Stermon died of an apparent suicide outside of the Mayport post office on Thursday.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Capitolist
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Putin Skips Annual News Conference, Avoiding Possible Questions on War  —  The December event has offered reporters rare — albeit stage-managed — chances to pose hard questions.  With the war going poorly for Russia, that could have been awkward.  —  It has been an annual ritual …
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Faces Arrest Calls Over ‘Armed’ Jan 6 Comments  —  Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been criticized for remarks she made at a GOP event saying the January 6 insurrection “would've been armed” if she organized it.  —  Greene was speaking as part …
Mississippi State:
MSU Bulldog family, college football community mourns the death of Coach Mike Leach  —  STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University Head Football Coach Michael Charles “Mike” Leach passed away last night (Monday, Dec. 12) at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi …
CNN:
After meager rations in a Russian penal colony, Brittney Griner is welcomed back to the US with a Christmas tree and barbecue  —  Freed from a Russian penal colony and back on American soil, WNBA star Brittney Griner got her first taste of a return to normal life over the weekend at a Texas military facility.
Discussion: The Hill, IJR, New York Post, ESPN, TMZ.com and ABC7
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 …
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.
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
 
 
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Rolling Stone:
Jan. 6 Staffers Prepare for All-Out Republican Assault
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Kavanaugh Holiday Party Appearance Raises Ethics Questions
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