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12:40 PM ET, December 14, 2022

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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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Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
DeSantis forms panel to counter CDC, a move decried by health professionals  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he is forming a new state committee to counter policy recommendations from federal health agencies — a decision that medical professionals …
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis outflanks Trump on the right with his call for Covid vaccine probe
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John Kenneth White / The Hill:
Is this Donald Trump's Joe McCarthy moment?
Discussion: Raw Story
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
What you need to know about the Jan. 3 speaker vote
Discussion: Breitbart
Reuters:
The supply chain that keeps tech flowing to Russia  —  In March this year, a new firm appeared in Turkey's corporate registry.  Azu International Ltd Sti described itself as a wholesale trader of IT products, and a week later began shipping U.S. computer parts to Russia.
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NBC News:
Florida pastor and his son are arrested in alleged $8 million Covid scam  —  A Florida pastor and his son were arrested Wednesday on charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $8 million in federal Covid relief funds and attempting to use some of the money to buy a luxury home near Walt Disney World.
Discussion: NBC New York
Bloomberg:
In 60 Seconds Before CPI Hit, Heavy Trading Drove Mystery Rally  —  Karine Jean-Pierre, the press secretary for President Joe Biden, quickly brushed off the question when it came in toward the end of her daily press conference Tuesday.  No, she said, there was no chance that anyone …
Discussion: New York Post
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 …
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Associated Press:
Ukraine: Russian strikes thwarted, wreckage hits buildings  —  Ukrainian authorities said they thwarted a Russian attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region Wednesday as their air defense system intercepted and destroyed 13 explosive-laden drones, although wreckage from some of them damaged five buildings.
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Washington Post:
Pentagon preparing to send Patriot missile system to Ukraine
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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Washington Post:
Texas attorney general's office sought state data on transgender Texans  —  HOUSTON — Employees at the Texas Department of Public Safety in June received a sweeping request from Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton's office: to compile a list of individuals who had changed their gender …
Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Jan. 6 committee to vote Monday on criminal recommendations to DOJ from Capitol attack  —  The recommendations and final report will culminate 18 months of an investigation into what led to the worst attack on the Capitol in 200 years and what happened that day.
Discussion: Bloomberg, UPI, CNN and ABC News
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Jury Room for the Trump Org Criminal Trial  —  Jurors thought a Trump Organization lawyer was insulting.  They knew the employees were liars.  And the defense team's jingle fell flat. … To avoid letting their personal feelings toward Donald Trump cloud their judgment …
Discussion: Raw Story
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TMZ.com:
‘Ellen’ DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss Dead at 40 by Suicide  —  Stephen “tWitch” Boss, the famed DJ on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show, is dead ... and TMZ has learned it appears to be a suicide.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us Stephen's wife Allison Holker ran into an LAPD station Tuesday …
Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans have little appetite for Biden-Trump rematch in 2024  —  There's little appetite for a 2020 rematch in the coming presidential election, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as majorities of registered voters within each party say they'd rather see someone new nominated in 2024.
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Antiabortion movement seeks to jail people for ‘trafficking’ illegal pills  —  Six months after their Supreme Court victory, conservatives complain that strict new laws are not being sufficiently enforced  —  The largest anti abortion organization in Texas has created a team of advocates assigned …
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Don't Have a ‘Candidate-Quality Problem,’ They Have a Crazy-People Problem … The most consistent theme articulated by the Republican Establishment in response to the midterm elections is a determination to solve what Mitch McConnell euphemistically called its “candidate-quality problem.”
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Hunter Biden's Laptop and 2020's First Big Lie  —  Our national press outlets need a ‘Team B’ approach to the story.  —  When you say the Hunter Biden laptop story was real, Democrats and their media allies respond that the private embarrassments of Hunter Biden aren't news.
Discussion: Instapundit
The Guardian:
Tories make billionaire ex-Mubarak minister senior treasurer  —  Mohamed Mansour, who served under Egyptian autocrat, given role fundraising in run-up to election  —  The Conservatives have appointed an Egyptian-born billionaire and former minister under the Hosni Mubarak regime …
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Tesla Investors Voice Concern Over Elon Musk's Focus on Twitter  —  Supporters of Tesla and Musk are asking questions about who is running the electric-vehicle maker  —  Elon Musk's Unconventional Management Style: Former Employees Share Stories  —  Created with sketchtool.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate Dems prepare to join the investigative fray  —  Senate Democrats finally have subpoena power, and they're ready to use it.  —  Though their target list is still under discussion, Democrats in the upper chamber have made clear that they intend to use their investigative authority …
Joshua Jamerson / Wall Street Journal:
Georgia's Brad Raffensperger Calls to End State's General-Election Runoffs  —  Secretary of state reverses his position on how to declare victors in close contests  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called on state lawmakers to eliminate its general-election runoff …
Politico:
December spending gloom falls on GOP: 'I'm so disgusted'  —  Republicans' post-midterm divisions are running right into Congress's mad dash toward a year-end government spending deal.  —  Even as congressional negotiators pushed toward an agreement that was broadly unveiled Tuesday night …
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Oligarch Vladimir Potanin, Nornickel Shareholder, Faces U.S. Sanctions  —  Washington won't sanction metals giant Norilsk Nickel, officials say  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. is moving to impose sanctions on one of Russia's wealthiest men, Vladimir Potanin, as well as on some of his financial companies …
 
 
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Ex-national security adviser says Russians were willing to free Paul Whelan under Trump
Discussion: IJR, Breitbart and Political Wire
Noah Kirsch / The Daily Beast:
Musk Didn't Even Vote in Midterms He Cared So Much About
Edward Ring / American Greatness:
The Wasteland of Leftist Compassion
Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pat Toomey didn't change in his 12 years as a senator. The GOP did.
Discussion: Fox News
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Exclusive: Bari Weiss reveals business plan for buzzy new media startup
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Biden braces for potentially 14,000 migrants a day
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Republicans Need a Reckoning
New York Times:
Despite Modest GOP Gains, Democrats Maintain Grasp on Suburbs
Discussion: Opinion Today
Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Gov. Kate Brown commutes sentences of all 17 people on Oregon's death row
Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Biden signs gay marriage law, calls it ‘a blow against hate’
 

 
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI unveils o3 and o3-mini, trained to “think” before responding via what OpenAI calls a “private chain of thought”, and plans to launch them in early 2025

Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO
 
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