memeorandum: I am a Gen Z Republican and my time in the trenches taught me this about 2024 (Karoline Leavitt/Fox News)

10:05 AM ET, December 20, 2022

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

A Diminished Trump Meets a Damning Narrative — Former President Donald Trump's current woes extend beyond the report by the House Jan. 6 committee, but the case the panel laid out against him further complicates his future. — As the summer and the House Jan. 6 committee's hearings began …

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:

The Jan. 6 committee just lowered the boom on Trump. Now the ball is in DOJ's court. — Donald Trump cannot pass off the House Jan. 6 select committee's final report as mere partisan opinion. His criminal liability is based on a mound of evidence, as the committee meticulously detailed.

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Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: What's next for the talented Mr. Santos? — With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — JUST POSTED —A major scoop from Heidi Przybyla, POLITICO's national investigative correspondent: “Longtime judicial activist LEONARD LEO appears to have helped facilitate …

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

DOJ cares about the evidence, not the criminal referrals — The historic criminal referral the House Jan. 6 committee issued urging the Justice Department to pursue charges against President Donald Trump is unlikely to sway many minds among prosecutors already pursuing multiple investigations, former DOJ officials said.

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Many Senate Republicans aren't protecting Trump after Jan. 6 panel's nod to criminal charges — Senate Republicans are stepping out of the way of the House Jan. 6 committee's recommendation that the Justice Department prosecute former President Trump for crimes related to the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, HuffPost, New York Post, Insider, Raw Story, Deep Midwest, Washington Times, WPRI-TV, Just The News and TMZ.com

Wall Street Journal:

The Jan. 6 Inquiry's Not-So-Grand Finale — Criminal referrals of Trump add nothing but political complication. — By The Editorial Board — The House Jan. 6 committee decided Monday that the best way to cap its 18 months of work would be a political gesture.

Stephen Kruiser / pjmedia.com:
The Morning Briefing: J6 Commies Opt for Weaponizing Trump With Political Martyrdom

Discussion: One America News Network

Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee summary: Ivanka Trump not ‘forthcoming’; Giuliani changed tone on stolen election during deposition

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Politico:
The Jan. 6 committee's big reveal hasn't happened yet

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Raw Story and NBC News

New York Times:
George Santos Dodges Questions as Democrats Label Him ‘Unfit to Serve’

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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
George Santos responds to report that accused him of misrepresenting credentials on campaign trail

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Jan. 6 report will draw blood even if Trump faces no charges

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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
How Jan. 6th Committee's Revelations of Interference in Their Investigation Can Enable the Special Counsel

Discussion: New York Times, Civil Discourse …, Occupy Democrats, HuffPost, Raw Story, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Insider and Mediaite

J.D. Capelouto / Semafor:
Secret Service seized 269 knives from Trump supporters hours before Jan. 6 attack

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Brian Witte / Associated Press:
Hogan: Trump at ‘lowest point ever’ on day of Jan. 6 report

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Magazine, The American Independent, Breitbart, DNyuz, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and The Guardian

Karoline Leavitt / Fox News:

I am a Gen Z Republican and my time in the trenches taught me this about 2024 — Republicans failed during midterms on issues that Gen Z cares about. — New Hampshire congressional candidate Karoline Leavitt: American dream ‘never been more unattainable’

Wall Street Journal:

Sam Bankman-Fried's Lawyers Hash Out His Transfer to U.S. After Confusion in Court — The FTX founder has agreed to be extradited, with lawyers drafting documents, according to a person familiar with the matter — Watch: Sam Bankman-Fried Closer to Extradition After Bahamas Hearing

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Wall Street Journal:

The Stanford Guide to Acceptable Words — Behold the school's Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative. — By The Editorial Board — WSJ Opinion: Free Speech and the Push to Shut You Up — YOU MAY ALSO LIKE — Created with sketchtool. — Parodists have it rough these days …

Discussion: Twitchy

John Solomon / Just The News:

DOJ snooped on House Intelligence Committee investigators during Russia probe, subpoenas show — In an extraordinary intrusion on congressional oversight, the Justice Department used grand jury subpoenas to secretly obtain the personal email and phone data of at least two top House Intelligence …

Discussion: American Greatness and DNyuz

Roll Call:

Omnibus text delayed over FBI headquarters issue — Release of a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package with all manner of unrelated add-ons was taking longer than expected, with text still being finalized Monday evening. — The chief holdup appeared to be language Democrats …

Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and DNyuz

Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Lawmakers unveil bill to avoid gov't shutdown, boost Ukraine

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Washington Post:
Lawmakers put Electoral Count Act, crafted as response to Jan. 6, in omnibus bill

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Washington Post:

Chief justice temporarily keeps pandemic-era Title 42 border policy in place — GOP governors have asked Supreme Court to stop Biden administration from allowing all border crossers to seek asylum — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Monday temporarily left in place a pandemic-era policy …

Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Title 42 to remain in place for now as Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily freezes order meant to end it

Associated Press:
Suspense builds at border over future of US asylum rules

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:

An ‘Imperial Supreme Court’ Asserts Its Power, Alarming Scholars — Several new studies document the current court's distinctive insistence on its dominance and the justices' willingness to use procedural shortcuts to achieve it. — WASHINGTON — The conventional critique of the Supreme Court …

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Washington Post:

Post Politics Now: Another headache for Trump as House panel weighs release of tax returns — Today, the House Ways and Means Committee is meeting to decide whether to publicly release six years of former president Donald Trump's federal tax returns that it obtained after a lengthy court battle.

Discussion: The Hill, The Guardian, USA Today, Political Wire and Raw Story

CNN:
House Ways and Means Committee to meet on future of Trump's tax returns

Discussion: DNyuz, CBS News and Raw Story

Bloomberg:

Explosion Reported at Russian Pipeline Bringing Gas to Europe — An explosion was reported at a Russian gas pipeline that goes to Ukraine for further supplies to Europe. — The blast occurred at the section of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod link, according to Russian media reports on Tuesday …

Discussion: Empire, Communication …

Punchbowl News:

12/20/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … THIS DECISION HELPS ROUND OUT JEFFRIES' LEADERSHIP TABLE FOR HIS FIRST STINT ATOP THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. — DELBENE HAS BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR A DECADE AND MOST RECENTLY CHAIRED THE NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION, A GROUP OF CENTRIST AND MODERATE DEMOCRATS.

Discussion: Breitbart

Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:

Postal Service will electrify trucks by 2026 in climate win for Biden — Agency plans to spend almost $10 billion for 66,000 electric vehicles and related infrastructure — The U.S. Postal Service will buy 66,000 vehicles to build one of the largest electric fleets in the nation …

Jake Pearson / New York Magazine:

For 11 years, Karl Ashanti defended the NYPD in civil-rights cases. Then he was arrested for a crime he didn't commit. — By the time Karl Ashanti neared his office in the New York City Law Department's headquarters in March 2018, the police were shutting down Park Place.