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11:35 AM ET, December 17, 2022

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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 …
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
Democratic lawmakers are looking for the exits in case Twitter implodes
Washington Post:
Musk's suspension of journalists on Twitter spurs U.S., international condemnation
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
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Plans Vote on Referring Trump for Insurrection and Other Charges  —  The committee also was expected to recommend charging the former president with obstructing an official proceeding of Congress and defrauding the American people.  —  WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating …
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Politico:
Jan. 6 panel to vote on urging DOJ to prosecute Trump on at least three criminal charges
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Exclusive: January 6 panel considering Trump referral to justice department for obstruction of Congress
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
Discussion: DNyuz, Summit News and National Review
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 …
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
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 16  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Russian forces conducted their ninth large-scale missile campaign …
Discussion: HotAir and Raw Story
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: The Hill
Financial Times:
David Cameron lands teaching job at Abu Dhabi university  —  Former UK prime minister will lecture students on ‘practising politics and government in the age of disruption’  —  David Cameron, Britain's former prime minister, is returning to public life with a new job teaching politics at a university in the Gulf state of Abu Dhabi.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tax Returns May Be Released After House Panel Meets Tuesday  —  Ways and Means Committee has access to Trump records from IRS  —  WASHINGTON—The House Ways and Means Committee scheduled a closed-door meeting for Tuesday at which lawmakers are likely to review former President Donald …
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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
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  — Following the second meeting of California's reparations task force, video shows one of the speakers warning of repercussions if payments weren't made
Wall Street Journal:
The Chechen Warlord Who Does Putin's Dirty Work in Ukraine  —  Ramzan Kadyrov, once an anti-Russian rebel, now gets billions from Moscow and plays a key role in the war  —  At the start of the war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov …
Discussion: TASS
Richard Sima / Washington Post:
Self-esteem of sports fans is linked to their team, research shows  —  Winning or losing not only changes how fans dress, but also how they talk about their team  —  Sports fans, especially at the World Cup, use their clothes and colors to show their team identity.
William J. Broad / New York Times:
J. Robert Oppenheimer Cleared of ‘Black Mark’ After 68 Years  —  The physicist and architect of the American atomic bomb was stripped of his security clearance in 1954 after what is now called a flawed investigation.  —  The Secretary of Energy on Friday nullified a 1954 decision to revoke …
 
 
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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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