memeorandum: How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin's Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City (Jeffrey Gettleman/New York Times)

2:20 PM ET, December 25, 2022

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Noah Gray / CNN:

More migrants dropped off outside vice president's home in freezing weather on Christmas Eve — Several busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris' residence in Washington, DC, on Christmas Eve in 18 degree weather late Saturday.

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Daily News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, UPI, New York Post, Insider, alicublog, ImmigrationProf Blog, Althouse and Just The News

WJLA-TV:

More migrants dropped off outside VP Kamala Harris' home on Christmas Eve in frigid temps — A group of migrants were dropped off outside Vice President Kamala Harris' D.C. home on Christmas Eve — as temperatures dropped into the teens, according to a

Discussion: Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Post Millennial, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, Balloon Juice, The Hill and ImmigrationProf Blog

New York Times:

Arizona Judge Rejects Kari Lake's Effort to Overturn Her Election Loss — Kari Lake, a Republican who was defeated by Katie Hobbs in the Arizona governor's race, had made false election claims the centerpiece of her campaign. — A state judge on Saturday rejected Kari Lake's last-ditch effort …

Discussion: Al Jazeera, Law & Crime and CBS News

Washington Post:

Judge rules against Kari Lake in bid to overturn Arizona election results — The defeated GOP candidate for Arizona governor claimed that illegal voting and printer malfunctions had cost her the November election — An Arizona judge on Saturday rebuffed an effort by Kari Lake …

Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:

Lake loses suit over her defeat in Arizona governor's race — PHOENIX — A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake's challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor's race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, rejecting her claim that problems with ballot printers at some polling places on Election Day were the result of intentional misconduct.

Discussion: Axios, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Election Law Blog, Raw Story, Mediaite, Arizona Mirror, UPI, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Bloomberg, Fox 8 Cleveland WJW, The Gateway Pundit and Politico

Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:

How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin's Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City — A partisan cell in Kherson spied on, undermined and even hunted down Russian soldiers. Now that Vladimir V. Putin's forces are gone, people feel free to talk — and to brag a little. — Jeffrey Gettleman …

Discussion: Forbes

Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:

Twitter brings Elon Musk's genius reputation crashing down to earth — Musk's intense focus on his social media company purchase has devolved into the culture wars. Meanwhile, Tesla is tanking. — Elon Musk was speechless. — The Twitter CEO was on a live audio chat Tuesday night …

Discussion: The Guardian and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »

Quentin Young / Colorado Newsline:

Trump attorney Jenna Ellis of Colorado under investigation for alleged misconduct — Jenna Ellis, the Colorado attorney who represented former President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn the 2020 election, is under investigation by the Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel.

Discussion: Raw Story

A.J. Katz / Adweek:

This Week with George Stephanopoulos Executive Producer Dax Tejera Dies — Some very, very sad news to report on Christmas Eve. Dax Tejera, the executive producer of ABC This Week with George Stephanopoulos, has died from a heart attack. — He was only a few weeks shy of his 38th birthday.

Discussion: The Hill, New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, The Wrap and Deadline

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China:

Maintain a Global Vision,Forge Ahead with Greater Resolve and Write a New Chapter in Major-Country Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics — Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee — State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of — At the Symposium on the International Situation and

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New York Times:

Putin Wants Fealty, and He's Found It in Africa — The Russian president has unleashed a new disorder on the world with his war in Ukraine, and the Central African Republic may be its ultimate expression. — BANGUI, Central African Republic — In early March, as Russia's invasion …

CNN:

January 6 panel's criminal referrals are ‘worthless,’ Trump lawyer says — The January 6 committee's criminal referrals to the Justice Department, urging the prosecution of Donald Trump, are “worthless,” one of the former president's lawyers told CNN on Saturday.

Discussion: The Hill, more at Mediagazer »

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

McConnell team raised worries about attack on Biden inauguration, ex-NSA O'Brien told Jan. 6 committee — Two days after pro-Donald Trump rioters attacked the Capitol, then-national security adviser Robert O'Brien got a call from Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and an aide who asked …

Discussion: The Post Millennial

Kenneth Li / Reuters:

Twitter restores suicide prevention feature after Reuters report — Twitter Inc restored a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, after coming under pressure from some users and consumer safety groups over its removal.