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12:00 PM ET, January 15, 2023

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Washington Post:
Harbor City called George Santos a ‘perfect fit.’ The SEC called the company a fraud.  —  The inside story of the New York congressman and the now-shuttered Florida firm that employed him for more than a year  —  In July 2020, a small Florida-based investment firm announced …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over social media use  —  Court documents reveal reasons for Awad Al-Qarni's arrest - even though rulers are major investors in social media platforms  —  A prominent pro-reform law professor in Saudi Arabia is facing the death penalty …
Jacob Geanous / New York Post:
Hunter Biden asks court to stop love child from taking his sullied surname  —  He doesn't want to give her his bad name.  —  Hunter Biden asked a judge to deny his 4-year-old daughter from taking his surname — claiming it's a lightning rod for criticism and would rob the child of a “peaceful existence.”
Jon Levine / New York Post:
George Santos wore stolen scarf to ‘Stop the Steal’ rally, ex-roommate says  —  Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos wore stolen clothing to an election rally which accused President Biden of stealing the 2020 presidential election, according to a former roommate.
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
George Santos Allegedly Wore a Stolen Scarf to Stop the Steal Rally in 2021  —  The serial fabulist congressman's ex-roommate accused him of wearing pilfered neckwear as he spoke at a pro-Trump event the day before the Jan. 6 attack.  —  Truth-allergic congressman George Santos …
Discussion: Insider, Patch and Crooks and Liars
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The racial reckoning led to lots of talk but little real change  —  A decade of intense Black-led activism, particularly the massive protests after the murder of George Floyd, have led to a society-wide rethinking of America's policies toward Black Americans.
Annie Martin / Orlando Sentinel:
‘Dismay and anxiety’ on college campuses as DeSantis ramps up anti-CRT campaign  —  Yovanna Pineda, hired more than a decade ago to teach Latin American history at the University of Central Florida, rebranded one of her signature courses last fall.  —  Striking references to “dictatorships” …
Discussion: Florida's Voice and WFLA-TV
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Biden classified documents could have national security implications, Schiff says  —  “I'd like to know what these documents were,” Rep. Schiff said on “This Week”  —  Rep. Adam Schiff, a former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that classified documents recently discovered …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Newsbusters
Eric Lach / New Yorker:
How Eric Adams Started Mentoring a Con Man  —  Why did New York's mayor take Lamor Whitehead, a fraudster Brooklyn church leader, under his wing?  —  About a year ago, not long after Eric Adams was sworn in as the mayor of New York, an old friend and church leader named Lamor Whitehead went …
NBC News:
Lax campaign finance rules likely to survive Bankman-Fried scandal  —  If anything could jump-start the stalled effort to reform the role of money in politics, one might think it would be an epic scandal involving an overnight billionaire who suddenly became one of the nation's biggest political donors.
CNN:
Matt Gaetz says George Santos should go through House ethics process but should not be shunned  —  Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said Saturday that fellow Republican Rep. George Santos, the embattled New York congressman who has admitted to lying about parts of his biography and faces federal …
New York Times:
As Russians Steal Ukraine's Art, They Attack Its Identity, Too  —  Russian forces have looted tens of thousands of pieces, including avant-garde oil paintings and Scythian gold.  Experts say it is the biggest art heist since the Nazis in World War II, intended to strip Ukraine of its cultural heritage.
Discussion: Washington Post
Slate:
Kathy Hochul's Terrible Judicial Pick Sends the Exact Wrong Message to Young Lawyers  —  With Chief Judge Janet DiFiore's August resignation from the New York Court of Appeals, Gov. Kathy Hochul had an opportunity to align the state's highest court with the values of a majority of New Yorkers.
Discussion: Gothamist and Politico
Sabbrina Siddiqui / Wall Street Journal:
Additional Documents Marked as Classified Found at Biden's Delaware Residence  —  The discovery is the latest in a series calling into question Biden's handling of classified information  —  Additional documents marked as classified were found at President Biden's Wilmington, Del. …
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