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10:20 AM ET, December 19, 2022

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Washington Post:
How Trump jettisoned restraints at Mar-a-Lago and prompted legal peril  —  The inside story of how Trump transplanted the chaos and norm flouting of his White House into his post-presidential life, leading to a criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents that presents potential legal peril
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NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee finalizes criminal referral plan for Trump
Adam Wren / Politico:
'He's Got a Huge Problem'  —  PHOENIX — A few weeks before Election Day, Mike Pence stood in the arid Arizona heat to give a boost to someone who was at that moment locked in a fight for a Senate seat.  —  Pence had been invited by David McIntosh — the president of the conservative Club for Growth and …
New York Times:
Who Is Rep.-Elect George Santos?  His Résumé May Be Largely Fiction.  —  Mr. Santos, a Republican from New York, says he's the “embodiment of the American dream.”  But he seems to have misrepresented a number of his career highlights.  —  George Santos, whose election …
Washington Post:
Elon Musk blamed a Twitter account for a stalker.  Police see no link.  —  The Twitter owner threatened legal action, changed the platform's rules and suspended journalists' accounts after a confrontation involving his security team at a gas station.  But the incident's timing and location cast doubt on a link to the @ElonJet account.
Emma Hurt / Axios:
Scoop: Stacey Abrams campaign in debt after blowout loss  —  After raising more than $100 million in her second bid to be Georgia governor, the Stacey Abrams campaign owes more than $1 million in debt to vendors, two-time campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo confirmed to Axios.
Discussion: HotAir and National Review
CNN:
Veteran CNN investigative journalist Drew Griffin dead at 60  —  Drew Griffin, CNN's award-winning Senior Investigative Correspondent, known for getting even the cagiest of interview subjects to engage in a story, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer, his family said.  He was 60.
Axios:
Scoop: Kevin McCarthy goes on offense in speaker battle … - “Kevin gave them an opportunity to negotiate in good faith,” a McCarthy adviser told me.  — “Now there's going to be more of an effort to expose the craziness of what they're doing.” … - Now, fears are rising …
Discussion: Washington Times
NBC News:
Twitter announces, then quickly retracts ban on promoting other social media  —  Hours after Twitter banned users from promoting accounts on other major social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram and Truth Social, the controversial prohibition vanished from its policy page.
Caitlin Dickson / Yahoo News:
Report reveals offensive items for sale on major e-commerce sites  —  A new report released Monday highlights how major e-commerce platforms continue to profit from selling T-shirts and other items with racist, antisemitic or otherwise offensive slogans — in many cases in direct violation of companies' policies.
Politico:
‘THE central issue’: How the fall of Roe v. Wade shook the 2022 election  —  On May 4, less than 48 hours after a draft opinion was published showing the Supreme Court was poised to end the federal right to abortion, a group of eight strangers gathered around a conference table in the Detroit suburbs to talk about the news.
Associated Press:
Swedish court: Man wanted by Turkey cannot be extradited  —  Sweden's top court on Monday rejected a request to extradite a man wanted by Turkey, saying the crime the person is alleged to have committed is “not criminalized” in the Scandinavian country.  In a statement, the Supreme Court …
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness:
After Halting Rapid Rise in Homelessness, Biden-Harris Administration Announces Plan to Reduce Homelessness 25% by 2025  —  “All In” Is the Most Comprehensive Federal Plan to Systemically Prevent Homelessness and Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Homelessness
Emily Atkinson / The Independent:
Russian actress and poet Vera Polozkova brands Putin the ‘main maniac of 21st century’  —  Speaking from exile, Ms Polozkova said Russia ‘now exists as a totalitarian sect’  —  Related video: Top Ukrainian general says country is preparing for Russian invasion from the north
 
 
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