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David Zweig / The Free Press:
How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate — The platform suppressed true information from doctors and public-health experts that was at odds with U.S. government policy. — By the time reporter David Zweig got to the 10th floor conference room at Twitter Headquarters on Market Street in San Francisco …
Rachel Alexander / Townhall:
The Dismissal of Kari Lake's Election Lawsuit Shows Voter Disenfranchisement No Longer Matters — Top Columns — Trending on Townhall Media — The One We've Been Waiting For: Twitter Files on COVID-19 Drops — David Zweig thread is ‘the latest and most disgraceful #TwitterFiles yet’ (on rigged Covid debate)
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NBC News:
Four substations attacked in Washington state, leaving thousands without power — Four Washington electricity substations targeted in attack — Four electricity substations in the Tacoma, Washington, area were attacked Sunday, affecting thousands of customers, authorities said.
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
3 power substations vandalized in Washington state, over 14K lost power — No suspects are in custody. — Three power substation facilities were vandalized in Pierce County, Washington, on Christmas morning, knocking out power to more than 14,000 customers, authorities said.
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Washington Post:
Migrants bused from Texas arrive at VP's house on frigid Christmas Eve — Three buses full of migrants arrived at Vice President Harris's residence in Washington from Texas on Christmas Eve amid bitingly cold temperatures, a mutual aid group said, the latest in an influx of newcomers sent to the Northeast by Southern states.
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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.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats, Feeling New Strength, Plan to Go on Offense on Voting Rights — After retaining most of the governor's offices they hold and capturing the legislatures in Michigan and Minnesota, Democrats are putting forward a long list of proposals to expand voting access.
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BBC:
Ukraine war: Drone attack on Russian bomber base leaves three dead — A Ukrainian drone attack on an airbase for bombers in southern Russia has left three people dead, Moscow says. — Air defences shot down the drone near the Engels base, but falling debris fatally wounded three technical staff, the defence ministry said.
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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin's Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City
How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin's Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City
Chang Che / New York Times:
Covid Is Spreading Rapidly in China, New Signs Suggest — Even as official figures from the central government remain low, regional numbers point to explosive outbreaks and overstretched health care systems. — Since China abandoned its restrictive “zero Covid” policy about two weeks ago …
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
January 6 panel's body of work boosts DoJ case against Trump, experts say — Former prosecutors say richly detailed report from Capitol attack committee ‘amounts to a detailed prosecution memo’ — After 18 months of investigating Donald Trump's drive to overturn his 2020 election loss …
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Philip Rotner / The Bulwark:
What the Jan. 6th Report Says About the Fake Electors Scheme — “Freaking Trump idiots want someone to fly original elector papers to the senate President.” — On December 14, 2020, Republican operatives in at least five states—each of which had already officially certified Joe Biden as the winner …
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Digby's Hullabaloo, KLAS and Raw Story
New York Times:
Shelby, One of the Senate's Last Big Spenders, ‘Got Everything’ for Alabama — Senator Richard C. Shelby made the most of his perch on the committee that controls federal spending. Now he's leaving Congress, where his way of doing business is a fading art.
Rasmussen Reports:
‘TwitterGate’? 63% Want FBI's Social Media Activity Investigated — Revelations of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's involvement in social media censorship have raised voter concerns. — A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and Miranda Devine's Laptop …
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Washington Times and Washington Examiner
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Republicans making moves toward entering 2024 primary against Trump — Their actions reflect a growing sense in the GOP that the former president is far from an inevitable nominee — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis just restarted his Google and Facebook ads, targeting a national audience ahead …
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