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11:00 PM ET, January 12, 2023

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Associated Press:
Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54 after hospitalization  —  Lisa Marie Presley — the only child of Elvis Presley — died Thursday after being hospitalized earlier that day, her mother said in a statement.  The singer was 54.  —  “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news …
Fox News:
Democrat suggests classified docs in Biden's home, office may have been ‘planted’ after second batch found  —  ‘Things can be planted in places and then discovered conveniently.  That may be what has occurred here,’ Rep. Johnson told Fox  —  Rep. Hank Johnson suggests classified docs …
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New York Times:
Garland Appoints Special Counsel to Investigate Handling of Biden Documents
New York Times:
Biden says he takes classified documents seriously and is cooperating with the Justice Department.
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Garland Names Special Counsel to Oversee Biden Documents Probe
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Second Set of Classified Documents Were Found at Biden's Wilmington Home, White House Says
Charles R. Davis / Insider:
Republican candidate's wife arrested, charged with casting 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election  — Kim Phuong Taylor was arrested Thursday and accused of multiple counts of voter fraud.  — According to prosecutors, Taylor cast 23 fraudulent votes for her husband in the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Department of Justice:
Woman Arrested for Voter Fraud Scheme
Discussion: Washington Times
New York Times:
The Mysterious, Unregistered Fund That Raised Big Money for Santos  —  A review of records and newly uncovered documents reveals that efforts to elect George Santos may have run afoul of campaign finance rules.  —  A month before George Santos was elected to Congress, one of his large donors received …
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Mother Jones:   Another Santos Money Mystery: He Struck a Curious Business Deal With a Veteran GOP Operative
Brandon Sapienza / Bloomberg:
Gemini Co-Founder Tyler Winklevoss Calls SEC Lawsuit ‘Disappointing’  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission's action against Gemini and Genesis is “disappointing” and “totally counterproductive,” says Genesis co-founder Tyler Winklevoss, in his first comments on Twitter since …
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Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
Crypto firms Genesis and Gemini charged by SEC with selling unregistered securities
Discussion: Bloomberg
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
SEC Charges Genesis and Gemini for the Unregistered Offer and Sale of Crypto Asset Securities through the Gemini Earn Lending Program
Sarah Wynn / The Block:
SEC charges Gemini and Genesis with unregistered securities offering
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Fox News:
Former Biden assistant questioned by law enforcement over classified docs repeatedly appeared in Hunter emails  —  Hunter Biden recommended that his father hire Kathy Chung to be his executive assistant in 2012  —  Rep. James Comer on Biden think tank's potential ties to China: ‘This is unprecedented’
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Washington Free Beacon:
Hunter Biden Lived at Biden Home Where Classified Documents Were Stashed, Records Show
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Delays Trial by Ghosting His Own Lawyers  —  Bannon had a pre-trial hearing Thursday, but threw the judge some curveballs.  —  Lawyers revealed in court on Thursday that far-right media figure Steve Bannon has, for months now, ghosted his legal team—a tactic that has managed …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:   Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon seeks to change attorneys in fundraising fraud case
Insider:
Steve Bannon has ghosted his ‘We Build The Wall’ defense lawyers for months in what prosecutors call a delay tactic
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Barro / Very Serious:
Gas Stoves Should Be a Matter of Individual Choice  —  Appliances are important, and politicians and the public need to be brought in on sweeping regulation.  —  Dear readers,  —  Douglas has written in with a timely question: … “There is this misconception that if you want to do fine-dining kind …
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Axios:
Right's new fight: Gas stoves
Rodric Hurdle-Bradford / Raw Story:
‘Lost their minds’: Missouri Dems cry foul over GOP-proposed dress code for female state lawmakers  —  The Missouri House of Representatives has started off 2023 receiving scrutiny nationwide as they have debated the proper attire that women legislators should wear when they are on the floor …
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:   Missouri Republicans adopt stricter House dress code — but just for women
NBC News:
‘Rick and Morty’ co-creator Justin Roiland faces felony domestic violence charges  —  Justin Roiland, the star and co-creator of the animated comedy series “Rick and Morty,” has been charged with felony domestic violence in Orange County, California, in connection with a 2020 incident …
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump: Special counsel Jack Smith might ‘turn out to be a criminal’  —  Donald Trump is lashing out at special counsel Jack Smith in increasingly hysterical ways.  These are not the actions of someone expecting exoneration.  —  Immediately after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith …
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Teacher and cousin of Black Lives Matter founder ‘Tased to death’ by LAPD  —  ‘He needed help and was killed,’ says Patrisse Cullors, as police are seen repeatedly using stun gun on him after traffic accident  —  A cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors was killed …
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Exclusive: Alex Jones Phone Dump Reveals Text Convos With Tucker Carlson  —  “Everyone who thought it was fine that they deplatformed Alex Jones will look like a f**king moron,” Tucker Carlson told the Infowars boss in a text.  —  In early March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic began …
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
This TikToker Accused Local Cop of Racial Profiling.  Then He Pulled Her Over.  —  Charlotte Carter's extremely coincidental run in with an officer in Chesterfield, Virginia has since gone viral. … A racial justice advocate who compiled damning data on her local police ticketing people of color …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Alabama governor declares state of emergency as tornadoes sweep through state  —  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) declared a state of emergency for six counties after severe storms pummeled the state Thursday.  —  Ivey issued a state of emergency for Autauga, Chambers, Coosa, Dallas …
Politico:
Why Japan is the latest ally moving Biden's way  —  When President Joe Biden sits down with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, it will mark a major tete-a-tete that could have profound implications for U.S. policy toward a critical part of the globe.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
How Democrats can flip the script on the GOP's ‘weaponization’ subcommittee  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) won't make the same blunder that Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) made when he pulled all of his party's members off the House Jan. 6 select committee.
Discussion: Bulwark+, The Nation, Raw Story and CBS News
Chris Morris / Fast Company:
The seismic shift that has brands like Sony and Sennheiser disrupting the hearing aids market  —  Once the Food and Drug Administration announced last August that it would let some hearing aids be sold over the counter for the first time, it seemed clear that the technology would be all over the Consumer Electronics Show this year.
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Progressives eagerly await their chance to harass McCarthy  —  Kevin McCarthy's concessions to conservatives did more than win him the speaker's gavel — they empowered House progressives to wreak havoc.  And they're eager to mess with him.  —  Republicans' new rules allow just one member …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Sam Fleming / Financial Times:
Sweden discovers biggest rare earths deposit in EU  —  Lapland mine could help reduce Europe's dependence on China imports  —  Sweden's state-owned mining company LKAB has said it has discovered Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals.  The discovery bolsters the continent's ambition …
Steve Neavling / News & Views, Detroit Metro Times:
Trump's fake electors sued in Michigan, adding to their legal troubles  —  The Republican electors are accused of using fraudulent documents to try to subvert the outcome of the election … Sixteen Michigan Republicans who posed as presidential electors and falsely declared that Donald Trump won …
Tyler O'Neil / The Daily Signal:
Not Just Misinformation: In Emails to White House, Facebook Admits Suppressing ‘Often-True Content’ on COVID-19 Vaccines  —  Facebook told an official at the Biden White House that the Big Tech company not only suppressed misinformation but took action against the “virality” of “often-true content” regarding the COVID-19 vaccines.
Discussion: Missouri Independent
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Biden beats Trump, marginally trails DeSantis in new GOP poll  —  Florida Gov. DeSantis is emerging as a bigger potential threat to President Biden than former President Trump, polls indicate.  —  Though he's not as well-known to voters overall, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is emerging …
Discussion: Breitbart, Washington Post and Slate
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Biden admin dealt blow by Sixth Circuit ruling against vaccine mandate in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee  —  Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Republican running for governor, brought the Kentucky lawsuit in 2021.
Discussion: Reason and Associated Press
 
 
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CBS News:
Lisa Marie Presley hospitalized after suffering cardiac arrest
Discussion: NBC News
Washington Post:
A Yorkie was dognapped. A man who hunted al-Qaeda came to the rescue.
Politico:
Justice Department reveals it has Jan. 6 select committee files that the panel opted not to release to the public.
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Nagourney / New York Times:
The wife of a jailed Russian opposition leader urges he be given medical treatment.
Discussion: The Moscow Times and UPI
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Lords of war’: DOJ lays out case that Proud Boys leaders led Capitol breach
 Earlier Items: 
David Strom / HotAir:
I can't unhear this, so I share the pain with you
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Exxon Scientists Predicted Global Warming, Even as Company Cast Doubts, Study Finds
NBC News:
Rep. George Santos says he'll resign if ‘142 people’ ask him to
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
First on CNN: US Navy veteran released from Russian custody
 

 
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Decrypt:
Eighteen GOP state AGs sue the SEC and its commissioners, including Gary Gensler, alleging crypto regulatory overreach without Congressional authorization

Michael Kan / PCMag:
OpenAI makes the ChatGPT desktop app for Windows available to all users, following an October release limited to paying ChatGPT subscribers

Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg:
Ant Group's profit grew ~193% YoY in the June quarter to $1.05B, reversing a year-long decline as it regains its footing from the Chinese government crackdown
 
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