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2:40 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
John Kenneth White / The Hill:
Is this Donald Trump's Joe McCarthy moment?  —  Former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago dinner with anti-Semite and Adolf Hitler admirer Kanye West (now known as Ye) and white supremacist Nick Fuentes, followed by his declaration that the U.S. Constitution should be “terminated” …
Discussion: Raw Story
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CNN:
McCarthy and McConnell on collision course as Congress barrels toward messy finish
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.
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: Frontpage Mag and New York Post
TMZ.com:
‘Ellen’ DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss Dead at 40 by Suicide  —  9:49 AM PT — Ellen DeGeneres just paid tribute to her friend, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, writing, “I'm heartbroken. tWitch was pure love and light.  He was my family, and I loved him with all my heart.  I will miss him.
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Trump Org. was secretly held in contempt for hindering probe  —  Donald Trump's company impeded a grand jury investigation last year by repeatedly failing to turn over evidence in a timely fashion, leading to a secret contempt finding and a $4,000 fine, according to court records made public Tuesday.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Jury Room for the Trump Org Criminal Trial
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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 …
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
Washington Post:
After Bankman-Fried's arrest, Washington seeks answers — and distance  —  The FTX founder had been a darling in the capital until his sudden downfall  —  The sudden arrest of disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried ensnarled Washington on Tuesday, as Democrats and Republicans began …
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
SBF's “dirty money”
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jennifer Calfas / Wall Street Journal:
SEC Charges Eight Influencers in $100 Million Securities Fraud  —  Complaint accuses social-media influencers of engaging in pump-and-dump scheme since at least January 2020  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission charged eight influencers in an alleged $100 million stock-manipulation scheme …
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.”
NBC News:
Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger calls for an end to runoff elections  —  Raffensperger called on the legislature to eliminate general election runoffs.  Georgia is one of only two states that still hold them.  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday called …
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Joshua Jamerson / Wall Street Journal:
Georgia's Brad Raffensperger Calls to End State's General-Election Runoffs
Discussion: Washington Post
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
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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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: Jezebel and Mock Paper Scissors
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
US national included in latest prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia  —  An American Air Force veteran who was captured by Russian forces in Ukraine was included in a prisoner swap between the two warring countries on Wednesday.  —  Suedi Murekezi, a Rwandan-born U.S. national …
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 …
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
Claudia Grisales / NPR:
Criminal referrals could be announced sooner than expected by the Jan. 6 panel  —  The House select panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol could hold what could be its final public meeting on Monday to announce and vote on its plans to issue criminal referrals and other recommendations.
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Jan. 6 committee to vote Monday on criminal recommendations to DOJ from Capitol attack
Discussion: Bloomberg, UPI, CNN and ABC News
Bryan Pietsch / Washington Post:
Oregon governor commutes sentences for state's 17 death row inmates  —  Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) on Tuesday commuted the sentences of all 17 people on the state's death row, changing their punishment from execution to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Gov. Kate Brown commutes sentences of all 17 people on Oregon's death row
 
 
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Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
Iran ousted from U.N. women's commission after U.S. campaign
The Guardian:
Tories make billionaire ex-Mubarak minister senior treasurer
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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