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10:05 AM ET, December 19, 2022

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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 …

Discussion: DNyuz, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story

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.

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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

Discussion: Insider, Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, HuffPost and PoliticusUSA

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and The Guardian

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

Trump Faces a Week of Headaches on Jan. 6 and His Taxes — The House panel investigating the Capitol attack is set to release its report and may back criminal charges against the former president, while a separate committee could decide to release his tax returns.

Discussion: The Hill, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, Raw Story, Associated Press, ABC News, Letters from an American, The Guardian and Bloomberg

NBC News:

Jan. 6 committee finalizes criminal referral plan for Trump — WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee met Sunday to finalize its plans to issue at least three criminal referrals for former President Donald Trump, NBC News has learned exclusively. — The committee, gathering publicly Monday …

Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee to vote on referring Trump for criminal charges

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Axios:
Scoop: GOP shadow committee re-emerges for Jan. 6 report

Discussion: Washington Examiner, American Greatness, RedState, Vanity Fair, The Hill, NBC News and Raw Story

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: National Review

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

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.

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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.

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

Miranda Devine / New York Post:

Democrats like Adam Schiff are scrambling to save censorship — Adam Schiff popped up on CNN's “State of The Union” show Sunday morning to issue barely veiled threats to Elon Musk for trying to restore free speech on Twitter. — Ostensibly, the lame duck chairman of the House Intelligence …

Discussion: CNN, American Thinker, DNyuz, The Daily Caller and RedState

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 …

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