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1:10 PM ET, December 17, 2022

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New York Times:
Putin's War: The Inside Story of a Catastrophe … Russian soldiers go into battle with little food, few bullets and instructions grabbed from Wikipedia for weapons they barely know how to use.  —  Russian soldiers go into battle with little food, few bullets and instructions grabbed …
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Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 16
Discussion: HotAir and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
The Chechen Warlord Who Does Putin's Dirty Work in Ukraine
Discussion: TASS
NBC News:
Musk cheerleaders and conservative influencers criticize journalist suspensions from Twitter  —  Twitter, Elon Musk suspend several journalists from the platform  —  Some of Elon Musk's biggest cheerleaders, alongside some conservative influencers, are condemning Twitter's decision Thursday …
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Washington Post:
Musk's suspension of journalists on Twitter spurs U.S., international condemnation
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
Democratic lawmakers are looking for the exits in case Twitter implodes
Wall Street Journal:
Republican Party Masochists in Congress  —  GOP division and disarray on Capitol Hill bode ill for the next two years.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: Free Speech and the Push to Shut You Up  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x
Discussion: Raw Story and DNyuz
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Twitter's top ranks riddled with ex-FBI employees  —  Twitter's top ranks were riddled with ex-FBI agents and executives, stitching the company even closer to the federal agency now under fire for leaning on Twitter to meddle in the 2020 elections.  —  More than a dozen former feds flocked …
Steven Mintz / Inside Higher Ed:
What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?  —  Reflections on the end of history ... and the academic study of the arts, literature and philosophy.  —  The December 2022 issue of Jacobin, which bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
No alien life discovered on Earth, Pentagon says, but search deepens  —  A new office within the Defense Department is evaluating recent reports of unexplained phenomena and is planning to look at accounts dating back decades  —  A new office at the Pentagon is scrutinizing hundreds of reports …
Discussion: Cyprus Mail, ABC News, DNyuz, CNN and CBS News
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Associated Press:
Pentagon's UFO office has received hundreds of new reports
Discussion: The Drive
Talking Points Memo:
Scenes From The Meadows Texts Show The Diverse Cast Of Characters Who Chimed In On Efforts To Overturn The Election  —  When businessman Marty Davis made his way into the Oval Office in mid-December 2020, he brought a blanket for former First Lady Melania Trump.
Justin Davidson / Curbed:
Can the Hochul-Adams New New York Actually Happen?  —  New York should be roaring back by now, and in some ways it has.  In the last few months, I've attended crowded museums and sold-out concerts, shouted over diners at the next table, stood hip-to-hip in crowded subway cars …
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Brittney Griner and the Role of Race in Diplomacy  —  Griner's release recalls the lessons of the effort to free Robert Goodman, an African American Navy navigator, from Syria.  —  Thirty-nine years ago this month, an African American Navy bombardier-navigator named Robert Goodman was taking part …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
House Committee Takes Step Toward Potential Release of Trump's Tax Data  —  The Ways and Means Committee announced a closed-door meeting next week at which it may vote to disclose the information.  —  WASHINGTON — A House committee is expected to vote on Tuesday on whether to make public six years …
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Department of Justice:
Georgia Man with Ties to White Supremacist Organization Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Racially Motivated Shootings  —  A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime and a firearms violation for shooting into two Clayton County convenience stores in an attempt to kill …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Ex-lawmakers request ethics probes into sitting members of Congress linked to Jan. 6  —  More than 30 former House lawmakers are calling for ethics investigations into sitting members of Congress “who played a role” in the events on the day of and before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol …
Politico:
Jan. 6 panel to vote on urging DOJ to prosecute Trump on at least three criminal charges  —  The Jan. 6 select committee is preparing to vote on urging the Justice Department to pursue at least three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, including insurrection.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Plans Vote on Referring Trump for Insurrection and Other Charges
Wall Street Journal:
Big Cities in Swing States Saw Declines in Midterm Voting  —  Democrats say low turnout in Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia points to problems in future elections  —  Big cities faltered this year in producing the large vote totals that Democrats have traditionally relied on for election wins …
Ian James / Los Angeles Times:
Growing fears of ‘dead pool’ on Colorado River as drought threatens Hoover Dam water  —  The Colorado River's largest reservoirs stand nearly three-quarters empty, and federal officials now say there is a real danger the reservoirs could drop so low that water would no longer flow past Hoover Dam in two years.
P.C. Robinson / New Jersey Hills:
Mendham Twp.  Committee ballots, filed by Dems and questioned by Republicans, include one from GOP incumbent's daughter  —  MENDHAM TWP.  - Morris County Republicans Thursday said they would soon file a lawsuit contesting the results of the Nov. 8 election in which Republican Township …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Akilah Johnson / Washington Post:
Can politics kill you?  Research says the answer increasingly is yes.  —  As the coronavirus pandemic approaches its third full winter, two studies reveal an uncomfortable truth: The toxicity of partisan politics is fueling an overall increase in mortality rates for working-age Americans.
Discussion: Opinion Today
 
 
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David Cameron lands teaching job at Abu Dhabi university
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Self-esteem of sports fans is linked to their team, research shows
Paul Farrell / Daily Mail:
'Comply or it's going to be a serious backlash:' Activist demanding $800,000 for every black resident issues warning to California's reparations task force
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
DeSantis May Snub Big Tech Inaugural Donations, Strategists Say
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CBS News:
Felony charges filed against father of Highland Park shooting suspect
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Transgender athletes score legal victory in Connecticut case
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