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Matthew Litman / The Forward:
George Santos also lied about his grandparents fleeing anti-Jewish persecution during WWII — Congressman-elect George Santos' emotional narrative of having Jewish grandparents who fled Europe during World War II appears to be untrue, like much of the rest of his campaign biography …
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Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Brazilian database records, historian cast doubt on Santos' claims of Jewish ancestry
Ben Jacobs / Vox:
Did Republican Representative-elect George Santos lie about everything?
Did Republican Representative-elect George Santos lie about everything?
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Jonathan Guyer / Vox:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's unexpected visit to the US, explained — Why Zelenskyy made the surprising trip this week. — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, wearing fatigues, has made a wartime visit to the United States. Wednesday afternoon, he met with US President Joe Biden …
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Live updates: Zelenskyy to visit the White House to meet with Biden, will address Congress
Live updates: Zelenskyy to visit the White House to meet with Biden, will address Congress
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Zelensky Knows the Clock Is Ticking
Zelensky Knows the Clock Is Ticking
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Zelenskyy and Biden kickoff show of unity and force with Oval Office meeting
Zelenskyy and Biden kickoff show of unity and force with Oval Office meeting
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Miranda Green / NPR:
She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative — NPR's David Folkenflik reported this story with Mario Ariza and Miranda Green of Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. — Television news producer Kristen Hentschel …
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Paul Farrell / Daily Mail:
REVEALED: GMA producer was paid thousands of dollars by Florida-based lobbying firm to perform ‘hit job’ interviews on political opponents - 11 years after she had THAT affair with married ‘To Catch a Predator’ host Chris Hansen — A Good Morning America producer is accused of using …
New York Times:
Trump Paid $1.1 Million in Taxes During Presidency, but $0 in 2020, Report Shows — The former president reported a burst of income after entering the Oval Office, but by the end of his term, his tax filings had reverted to large losses, according to data released by a House panel.
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New York Times:
I.R.S. Routinely Audited Obama and Biden, Raising Questions Over Delays for Trump — The revelation that the agency had not audited Donald J. Trump during his first two years in office despite a mandatory presidential audit program raised concerns about potential politicization.
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
I've Seen Trump's Tax Returns and Now You Can, Too
I've Seen Trump's Tax Returns and Now You Can, Too
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
In Testimony, Hannity and Other Fox Employees Said They Doubted Trump's Fraud Claims — On Wednesday, lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems shared some of the strongest evidence yet that some Fox employees knew what they broadcast about the claims was false. — On Nov. 30, 2020 …
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Select Committee to Investigate …:
Release of Select Committee Materials — Washington—Today, the Select Committee made public 34 transcripts of witness testimony that was gathered over the course of the Select Committee's investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Joe Perticone / The Triad:
Ronna Romney McDaniel Might Be in Trouble — The RNC isn't reversing course after the midterms—it's going further to the right. — Hey fam: JVL here. I'm turning today's newsletter over to my new Bulwark colleague, Joe Perticone, who has a fantastic story on the cray-cray at the RNC.
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Florida GOP to hold no-confidence vote in RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel
Florida GOP to hold no-confidence vote in RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene / The Daily Caller:
If Republicans Want To Get Things Done, There's Only One Choice For House Speaker — Editor's note: Big Tent Ideas always aims to provide balancing perspectives on the hottest issues of the day. Below is a column arguing that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy should be elected Speaker when Republicans take the gavel in January.
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Republicans may want George Santos to stick around, despite everything
Republicans may want George Santos to stick around, despite everything
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Mitch McConnell Sets the Script for Lame Duck Spending Omnibus
Mitch McConnell Sets the Script for Lame Duck Spending Omnibus
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John Bowden / The Independent:
Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert blow through Capitol security and refuse screenings before Zelensky speech — Moment occurs as joint session of Congress called to hear Ukrainian leader's address — Biden welcomes Ukrainian president Zelensky to The White House
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Informant warned FBI weeks before Jan. 6 that the far-right saw Trump tweet as ‘a call to arms’ — WASHINGTON — On Dec. 19, 2020, the day that then-President Donald Trump sent a tweet summoning his supporters to a “wild” protest in the nation's capital on Jan. 6, one of the FBI's own …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Sotomayor and Kagan need to think about retiring — The US Senate is a fundamentally broken institution. Democratic judges need to account for that in their retirement decisions. — We have now lived with the consequences of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's late-life arrogance for more than two years.
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Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
If Twitter Fails, They'll Be Free — For some of Twitter's most prolific users, the platform was often a “hellsite.” Now they contemplate a life without it. — The literary critic Fredric Jameson once said it was easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. But what about Twitter?
Carrie Keller-Lynn / The Times of Israel:
'I've done it': Netanyahu announces his 6th government, Israel's most hardline ever — 7 weeks after elections and minutes before deadline, Likud head tells president he's mustered a majority; right-religious coalition set to expand settlements, constrain judiciary
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New York Times:
Two Executives in Sam Bankman-Fried's Crypto Empire Plead Guilty to Fraud — Caroline Ellison, the former chief executive of Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, a founder of FTX, are cooperating in the federal criminal case against Mr. Bankman-Fried. — Two former top executives …
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Wall Street Journal:
Afghanistan's Taliban Ban All Education for Girls — Afghan girls and women have been squeezed out of public and professional life since the Taliban takeover last year — The Taliban banned girls from attending elementary school, effectively instituting a total ban on the education of girls …
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Erin Durkin / Politico:
Trump lawyers target Adult Survivors Act in attempt to invalidate rape lawsuit — NEW YORK — A lawyer for Donald Trump said Wednesday he will try to dismiss a lawsuit by a woman alleging the former president raped her in the 1990s by arguing New York's Adult Survivors Act is unconstitutional …
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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Board Finds Loophole for South Dakota Guv in ‘No Exceptions’ Law — An ethics panel has ruled it can't take action against Kristi Noem for using a state plane to travel to a wedding because it has no authority to determine what state business is. … In dismissing a complaint against South Dakota …
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Charges Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, and Zixiao (Gary) Wang, the former Chief Technology Officer of FTX Trading Ltd. …
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Erika Kinetz / Associated Press:
‘We will find you:’ Russians hunt down Ukrainians on lists — Three days after the first Russian bombs struck Ukraine, Andrii Kuprash, the head of a village north of Kyiv, walked into a forest near his home and began to dig. He didn't stop until he had carved out a shallow pit, big enough for a man like him.
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Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
US Rep. Ferguson voted in Georgia county where he no longer lives, records show — Election laws require voters to use their current address — U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson, a Republican from west Georgia who has raised concerns in the past about election fraud, voted three times this year in Troup County.
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