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11:20 AM ET, December 13, 2022

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CNBC:
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried charged with campaign finance violations in criminal indictment  — Federal prosecutors accused FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who made nearly $40 million in political contributions in the 2022 election cycle, with violating multiple campaign finance laws.
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CNBC:
Sam Bankman-Fried criminal charges unsealed: Conspiracy to defraud the U.S., wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering  — Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York unsealed eight separate charges against disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, including several counts of conspiracy and fraud.
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 …
CNBC:
Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested following FTX collapse.  Here's what happens next  — Following his arrest in Bahamas on Monday, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces the potential of a lengthy prison sentence.  — FTX collapsed last month following a liquidity crunch at the crypto exchange.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX
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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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
House GOP reckons with ‘candidate quality’ problem after midterms — and ahead of 2024  —  Lackluster candidates nearly cost Republicans what once looked like a can't-miss House majority.  Inside the party, discussions about how to keep that from happening again in 2024 have already started.
Discussion: Raw Story
Allan Smith / NBC News:
West Virginia Republicans hit the ground running to topple Joe Manchin in 2024  —  Joe Manchin is among the last of a dying breed — a Democratic senator representing a deep red state.  He's managed to hang on time and time again in West Virginia by bucking his party on key votes and building a reputation as a centrist.
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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Talking Points Memo:
Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry's Work To Overturn 2020 Election Included A ‘Cyber Team’ And An Italian Job
Discussion: Raw Story
Talking Points Memo:
As The 2020 Election Slipped Away, Andy Biggs And Mark Meadows Schemed To Reverse The Vote In Arizona
Discussion: Raw Story
Rolling Stone:
Jan. 6 Staffers Prepare for All-Out Republican Assault
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Political Wire
Kayla Gogarty / Media Matters for America:
Anti-LGBTQ hate has increased on Twitter since Elon Musk officially acquired the company … Elon Musk officially acquired Twitter on October 27 and tried to reassure advertisers and civil rights leaders that the platform wouldn't “become a free-for-all hellscape” and would “continue to combat hate & harassment.”
Discussion: Bloomberg and Twitchy
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Ken White / The Popehat Report:
Goodbye, Twitter  —  Everything Ends, And That's Okay.  —  Today I was thinking of all the websites I've spent time on, and the people I've met there.  —  I messed around on the internet in the days of screeching dial-up modems, but I didn't really start to contribute regularly to online communities until 1995 or so.
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 …
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 …
Brittany Trang / STAT:
Covid vaccines averted 3 million deaths in U.S., according to new study  —  This Wednesday will mark two years since nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first person in the U.S. to receive a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial.  A study released Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund shows …
Discussion: CNN and Commonwealth Fund
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Marty Makary / Wall Street Journal:
The Exaggeration of Long Covid
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Washington Post caught stealth-editing report that initially labeled Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss ‘conservative’  —  Taibbi, Weiss have reported this month on Twitter files released by new CEO Elon Musk  —  Recent release of ‘Twitter files’ reveals employees were ecstatic over Trump ban
Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
CPI Report Shows U.S. Inflation Eased in November  —  Price increases have eased this fall from a four-decade high earlier in year, while Federal Reserve continues to move aggressively  —  Consumer prices rose last month at the slowest 12-month pace since December 2021 …
New York Times:
Mass Migrant Crossing Floods Texas Border Facilities  —  The arrival of up to 1,000 migrants, the latest big group to have crossed the border, was one of the largest single crossings in recent years in West Texas, which has seen a surge in migration.  —  EL PASO — After nightfall on Sunday …
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 …
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 …
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Financial Times:
Military briefing: escalating air war depletes Ukraine's weapons stockpile
Discussion: Albuquerque Journal
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
The Worst Job In Washington?  Dems Struggle To Find Senate Campaign Head  —  Kyrsten Sinema's party switch is only making the hardest job in American politics worse.  —  The only thing harder than protecting Democrats' 51-seat majority during the 2024 election cycle might be finding a senator willing to take on the job.
Ellen Milligan / Bloomberg:
UK Unveils Crackdown on Asylum Claims Amid Immigration Row  —  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled plans to tackle the UK's swelling backlog of asylum claims including making it harder for arrivals from Albania to stay in Britain.  —  The premier unveiled a five-point plan to bear down on what he called …
Rasmussen Reports:
Amnesty?  Many Voters Think It Would Make Immigration Problem Worse  —  Congress is reportedly considering an amnesty for illegal immigrants, but a plurality of voters believe this would only worsen the current border crisis.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Breitbart
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
10 years after Sandy Hook shooting, gun safety movement highlights major wins  —  WASHINGTON — What a difference a decade makes for America's gun laws.  —  Just months after a horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School shocked the country in 2012, the gun violence prevention movement suffered …
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.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
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.
 
 
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office Announces the Seizure of 55 Domain Names that Violated Copyrights by Illegally Live Streaming the World Cup
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Project Veritas Says It Provided $20,500 in ‘Excess Benefit’ to Its Founder
Wendell Husebø / Breitbart:
Poll: 71% Say Accurate Reporting of Hunter's Laptop Could Have Altered 2020 Election
Discussion: Daily Mail and Wall Street Journal
Alex Galbraith / News, Orlando Weekly:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ally found dead amid sexual misconduct investigation
Discussion: Raw Story and The Capitolist
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Faces Arrest Calls Over ‘Armed’ Jan 6 Comments
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Another Covid Christmas — with RSV and flu, too
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Kevin G. Hall / OCCRP:
Hundreds of Members of Extremist Group Oath Keepers Worked for U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Leaked Roster Shows
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why the Age of American Progress Ended
BBC:
Bali sex ban: Indonesia tourists won't be charged under law
Discussion: Raw Story
The Independent:
Dr Fauci hits back at Musk claims he should be prosecuted: ‘Cesspool of misinformation’
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
Sources: CoinDesk owner Bullish fired three editors, including EIC Kevin Reynold, amid controversy over forcing editors to take down an article on Justin Sun

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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