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4:00 PM ET, December 26, 2022

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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)
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.
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.
WJLA-TV:
More migrants dropped off outside VP Kamala Harris' home on Christmas Eve in frigid temps
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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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin's Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City
Discussion: El País and Forbes
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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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Freddy Brewster / Los Angeles Times:
Emails reveal Sam Bankman-Fried's courtship of federal regulators
Julie Wernau / Wall Street Journal:
FDA Fast-Tracks Review of Overdose Drug Naloxone for Use Without Prescription
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Christine Chung / New York Times:
They Traveled From South Korea. They Got Stranded Near Buffalo.
ABC News:
3rd case brought by DeSantis' election police dismissed
Discussion: Florida Politics
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Quentin Young / Colorado Newsline:
Trump attorney Jenna Ellis of Colorado under investigation for alleged misconduct
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

 
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