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New York Times:
Here's what to know about Brazil's presidential election. — Here's what to know about the protest fueled by false claims of electoral fraud. — Thousands of supporters of Brazil's right-wing former president, Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the country's Congress, Supreme Court and presidential offices …
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Washington Post:
Bolsonaro backers storm congress, court, presidential office in Brazil's capital — BRASILIA — Thousands of radical backers of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro breached and vandalized the presidential office building, congress and the Supreme Court on Sunday …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Texas Democrat calls for US authorities to extradite Bolsonaro back to Brazil — Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) called on the Biden administration and local authorities in Florida on Sunday to send back to Brazil its former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, whose supporters stormed the country's Congress and Supreme Court.
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Associated Press:
Pro-Bolsonaro crowd storms Brazil's Congress, other sites — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital on Sunday, a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival …
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CNN:
Bolsonaro supporters breach security barriers, break into Brazilian Congress and presidential palace — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday breached security barriers set up by the Armed Forces and gained access to key buildings for each of the three branches of government …
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TMZ.com, Washington Post and Forbes
Adriano Machado / Reuters:
Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil presidential palace, Congress, Supreme Court — Supporters of Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court, in a grim echo of the U.S. Capitol invasion two years ago by fans of former President Donald Trump.
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CIVIL AND GLOBAL DEFENSE, The Brazilian Report and The Daily Caller
George Wright / BBC:
Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazilian Congress
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Mother Jones, Occupy Democrats, The Hill, Payday Report, Joining the Dots and RedState
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Prepare New Rules, but Fixing Congress Isn't So Easy — History suggests that the procedural plans of the new House Republican majority are likely to lead to more gridlock and legislative instability, not less. — WASHINGTON — Smarting after a dozen years under iron-fisted Republican rule …
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The Daily Caller, Mother Jones and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Associated Press:
McCarthy's next big task: Win GOP support for House rules — After an epic 15-ballot election to become House speaker, Republican Kevin McCarthy faces his next big test in governing a fractious, slim majority: passing a rules package to govern the House. The drafting and approval of a set …
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Fox News, RedState, Boston Herald, USA Today, CBS News, The Guardian and The Hill
Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The clock starts ticking on McCarthy's speakership
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Breitbart, Mock Paper Scissors, Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg, more at Mediagazer »
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
The speaker fight is over but the chaos is just beginning
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Raw Story, Washington Times, Fox News, The Hill and Washington Post
Bart Barnes / Washington Post:
Bernard Kalb, journalist and commentator, dies at 100 — He resigned in 1986 as State Department spokesman to protest a government disinformation campaign — Bernard Kalb, a journalist and author who covered global affairs and later cast a critical eye on the media as a commentator for CNN …
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Associated Press, CNN, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
A Lecturer Showed a Painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She Lost Her Job. — After an outcry over the art history class by Muslim students, Hamline University officials said the incident was Islamophobic. But many scholars say the work is a masterpiece. — Erika López Prater …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and WOID
Washington Post:
New variant XBB.1.5 is ‘most transmissible’ yet, could fuel covid wave … Three years after the novel coronavirus emerged, a new variant, XBB.1.5, is quickly becoming the dominant strain in parts of the United States because of a potent mix of mutations that makes it easier to spread broadly …
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Mercury News and who13.com
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
What we know about the XBB.1.5 COVID variant sweeping the Northeast
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Instapundit and Japan Times
Rebecca Chace / New York Times:
Russell Banks, Novelist Steeped in the Working Class, Dies at 82 — He brought his own sometimes painful blue-collar experiences to bear in acclaimed stories exploring issues of race, class and power in American life. — Russell Banks, whose vivid portrayals of working-class Americans grappling …
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Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News
New York Times:
House Republicans Preparing Broad Inquiry Into F.B.I. and Security Agencies — Republicans plan to create a special subcommittee, led by a Trump ally, with a mandate to scrutinize open criminal investigations and classified intelligence. — WASHINGTON — Newly empowered House Republicans …
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CNN, Mother Jones, PoliticusUSA, Fox News and Politico
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Ukraine sees ‘year of victory’ but decisive defeat of Russia won't be easy — LONDON — With upgraded weaponry on the way, Western resolve holding firm, and the Ukrainian army continuing to outmaneuver and outwit Russia's flailing military, Ukraine's promised “year of victory” is off to a good start.
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Foreign Policy
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Céline Gounder / New York Times:
Grant Wahl's Death Isn't a Tool for Covid Vaccine Disinformation Spreaders — Dr. Gounder is an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist. She is the widow of the sports journalist Grant Wahl. — It was the end of the workday on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.
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