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7:40 PM ET, January 2, 2023

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New York Times:
Brazilian Authorities Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos  —  A 2008 court case had been suspended because Brazilian law enforcement officials could not find Mr. Santos.  —  When Representative-elect George Santos takes his seat in Congress on Tuesday, he will do so under the shadow …
Discussion: Washington Times
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The Daily Beast:
Teen Romanced by George Santos: He Lied to Me, Too
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY and Raw Story
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Rep. Don Bacon / The Daily Caller:
If McCarthy's Speaker Bid Fails, Democrats Might Have To Be Part Of The Process … I support Kevin McCarthy, but a small handful of people are holding us hostage.  —  The vast majority of the conference knows we can't cave to the few when the demands are unreasonable.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Scott Parkinson / Club for Growth:
Key Vote Alert - House - Speaker Vote  —  The Club for Growth urges all Representatives to vote for a Speaker of the House of Representatives that will provide transformational reforms to the House, build a bold pro-growth legislative agenda, and restore the individual rights and powers of the rank-and-file membership.
Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Gingrich offers searing criticism of Republicans who oppose McCarthy  —  Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) slammed GOP lawmakers who said they plan to oppose Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in his bid for Speaker, calling the conservatives holding out against McCarthy …
Discussion: Raw Story, Just The News and Fox News
Politico:
McCarthy relents on key conservative demand — but uncertainty remains over speaker bid  —  Kevin McCarthy has made perhaps his biggest concession so far to the band of conservatives standing in the way of his path to speaker.  Yet it's not clear if it will be enough to clinch his gavel.
Politico:
Conservatives threaten to withhold critical McCarthy support, hours before speaker vote
Discussion: USA Today
Brendan Buck / New York Times:
A Failed Speaker Vote for Kevin McCarthy Would Be a Historical Event
Eileen Grench / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Bob Good Teases Rival to Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker
Rachael Bunyan / Daily Mail:
'It's going to stink for a while, but I'll fight with all I have got': Tennis world rallies around Wimbledon legend Martina Navratilova, 66, as she reveals ‘double whammy’ of throat and breast cancer diagnosis  — Martina Navratilova, 66, has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
‘This made us all unemployable’: Trump White House aides respond to January 6 in angry text exchange  —  A text exchange between Ivanka Trump's chief of staff Julie Radford and White House aide Hope Hicks reveals their anger over then-President Donald Trump's actions on January 6, 2021 …
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Hope Hicks, Ivanka Aide Fumed at Karlie Kloss' Jan. 6 Tweets
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
A Comprehensive Guide to Why a Ron DeSantis Presidency Would Be as Terrifying as a Trump One  —  His bigoted policies and authoritarian behavior make him just as bad a pick for the top job in Washington.  —  Ron DeSantis has not (yet) said if he will run for president in 2024 …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
New York Times:
Ukrainian Attack Kills 63 Russian Soldiers in East, Moscow Says … A Russian proxy official called the attack in Donetsk a ‘massive blow.’  —  Ukrainian missiles struck a building that housed Russian soldiers in an occupied city in Donetsk early on New Year's Day, according to Russian proxy officials and the Ukrainian military.
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Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Strikes Russian Forces in Donbas in Deadliest Attack in Months
Asta Hemenway / The Daily Beast:
South Carolina Lawmaker Found Drunk in Parked Car on New Year's  —  ‘ASHAMED’  —  South Carolina state Sen. Tom Davis was hit with a public intoxication ticket on New Year's after he was found drunk in a parked car.  The Republican said in a statement that he got in a car after a night of drinking …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Associated Press:   State senator cited for intoxication while in parked car
Rasmussen Reports:
‘Died Suddenly’?  More Than 1-in-4 Think Someone They Know Died From COVID-19 Vaccines  —  Nearly half of Americans think COVID-19 vaccines may be to blame for many unexplained deaths, and more than a quarter say someone they know could be among the victims.
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
White contractors wouldn't remove Confederate statues.  So a Black man did it.  —  RICHMOND — Workers in bright yellow vests circled up in the morning chill.  Some clutched cups of Starbucks coffee, a last comfort before beginning the hard work of dismantling a statue of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill in the middle of an intersection.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Inside the Jan. 6 committee's massive new evidence trove  —  The Jan. 6 select committee has unloaded a vast database of its underlying evidence — emails between Trump attorneys, text messages among horrified White House aides and outside advisers, internal communications among security …
Jessica Piper / Politico:
New data shows the folly of Trump's crusade against early voting  —  If there was any doubt Donald Trump's vilification of early voting is only hurting the GOP, new receipts from the midterm elections show it.  —  Election data from a trio of states that dramatically expanded the ability …
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Harold Hutchison / The Daily Caller:
‘You Can Protect Yourself’: Zeke Emanuel Tells MSNBC Viewers To Mask Up As New COVID Strain Spreads ‘Very Rapidly’  —  A MSNBC guest told viewers Monday that the best way to prevent infection from a new strain of COVID-19 was to use masks, and characterized travel bans as a “delaying” tactic that won't “help.”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, PIX11 and Twitchy
 
 
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Jon Healey / Los Angeles Times:
Californians have a green light to sue the gun industry. How will that work?
Discussion: Big League Politics and Breitbart
Colin Reed / Fox News:
Is Pete Buttigieg's political future grounded forever after Southwest holiday travel disaster?
Mara Altman / New York Times:
Being Short is Better Than We're Told
Discussion: Twitchy
Samuel Petrequin / Associated Press:
EU Parliament starts process to lift 2 lawmakers' immunity
Wall Street Journal:
Ample Jan. 6 Evidence Helps Secure High Conviction Rate in Capitol Riot
 Earlier Items: 
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Whitmer urges both parties to ‘stand up’ to violent rhetoric and threats as she embarks on second term
Discussion: The Hill
Bloomberg:
14 Guards, Inmates Killed as Gunmen Attack a Mexican Border Prison
Emma Freire / Compact Magazine:
The Privatization of Policing  —  David, 26, is shoplifting peanut butter from the Stadium Shopping Center …
USA Today:
Culture wars: House Republicans attack Defense Department for ‘woke’ social policies
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
A Heavily Armed Man Caused Panic at a Supermarket. But Did He Break the Law?
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Lula Becomes Brazil's President, With Bolsonaro in Florida
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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