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3:00 PM ET, December 1, 2023

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Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
George Santos Accused Of Stealing House Member's Personal Credit Card Info  —  GOP Rep. Max Miller of Ohio made the allegation not long before Santos was expelled from Congress.  —  Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) accused his now-former GOP colleague George Santos of stealing his and his mother's …
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NBC News:
House votes to expel indicted Rep. George Santos from Congress  —  The New York Republican is now just the third lawmaker since the Civil War to be expelled from the House of Representatives.  —  WASHINGTON — The House voted overwhelmingly to expel indicted Rep. George Santos on Friday …
Eli Okun / Politico:
Playbook PM: Bye George  —  REMEMBERING SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR — The first woman to ascend to the Supreme Court died today at 93, the end of a remarkable life that broke down barriers for women in the legal field and altered the course of American history with crucial swing votes on the court.
Discussion: Associated Press
Politico:
Steve Scalise reveals what's really happened since McCarthy's fall  —  The House Majority Leader illuminates what happened behind closed doors after Kevin McCarthy's ousting as well as what to expect next on impeachment; why he will vote against expelling George Santos; and how Speaker Mike Johnson …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
House Expels George Santos From Congress in Historic Vote
Washington Post:
How each House member voted on expelling George Santos from Congress
CNN:
House votes to expel Santos from Congress in historic vote
Axios:
Rep. George Santos expelled from Congress in historic vote
Kyle Stewart / NBC News:
Rep. George Santos may be expelled from the House — what happens next?
NBC News:
Sparks flew behind the scenes at the Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom debate  —  While the candidates said they were happy to keep debating for longer than 90 minutes, an intervention from the California governor's wife put a stop to it.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and California Gov. Gavin Newsom …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Newsom camp: Hannity, DeSantis cheated.  They dispute the charges.  —  The messy prime-time event outside Atlanta between Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis didn't end when the Fox News cameras stopped.  Newsom's team says DeSantis and Fox broke several rules.  —  ALPHARETTA, Georgia — So much for that Newsom-Hannity bromance.
Washington Post:
Trump can be held civilly liable in Jan. 6 riot, judges rule  —  Donald Trump can be held civilly liable for the actions of the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, an appeals court ruled Friday in a long-awaited decision that could clear the way for lawsuits seeking financial damages from the former president.
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Politico:
Trump may be sued over Jan. 6 incitement claims, appeals court panel rules  —  The three-judge panel turned aside Trump's sweeping argument that nearly all speech and conduct by an incumbent president should be shielded from lawsuits.  —  Donald Trump can be sued over claims that he incited violence …
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Sandra Day O'Connor, pathbreaking woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93
Reuters:
Walmart says it is not advertising on social platform X  —  Walmart (WMT.N) said on Friday it is not advertising on social media platform X, one of the latest brands to say it has dropped the Elon Musk-owned site.  —  “We aren't advertising on X as we've found other platforms to better reach our customers …
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New York Times:
Advertisers Say They Do Not Plan to Return to X After Musk's Comments  —  Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times's DealBook Summit.  —  Advertisers said on Thursday that they did not plan to reopen their wallets anytime soon with X …
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Biden Wants to Abolish the Fees Trump Charges at His Resorts  —  In going after Donald Trump's business practices, Joe Biden is combining a hit on his opponent with a boost of his own economic record. … Biden resorts to a fresh Trump attack  —  Ahead of the 2024 election …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's campaign thinks it's getting a surprise assist from Dean Phillips
Discussion: CNN
New York Times:
Israel Knew Hamas's Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago  —  A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail.  Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings.  —  Israeli officials obtained Hamas's battle plan for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack …
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Politico:
Playbook: Steve Scalise unpacks the House GOP
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:   Why Rep. Jared Moskowitz gave Biden a ‘10 out of 10’ on Israel
Axios:
Behind the Curtain — Scoop: The Trump job applications revealed  —  We told you in a “Behind the Curtain” column last month that Trump allies are pre-screening the ideologies of thousands of potential appointees and employees in case he wins back the White House.
Forbes:
Why Cornel West Is Broke  —  Newly uncovered divorce filings reveal allegations of a “secret life” and help explain why the presidential candidate, who has earned millions of dollars over the years, has hardly anything left.  —  Cornel West has been a fixture of American society for more than three decades …
New York Times:
DeSantis Super PAC Suffers Another Big Staff Loss, This Time Its Chairman  —  The departure of Adam Laxalt, a longtime friend of the Florida governor, is the latest shake-up inside Never Back Down as it faces questions over the group's strategy and spending.
 
 
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Democratic Senate Candidates Relish Chance to Run on Obamacare After Trump Floats Repeal
Discussion: Political Wire
Will Doig / The Daily Beast:
Sandra Day O'Connor, the First Woman on the Supreme Court and a Plainspoken Westerner, Is Dead at 93
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
The White House ran afoul of the Hatch Act after initial warning, government watchdog says
Discussion: HotAir and The Hill
Washington Post:
DeSantis calls for resignation of embattled Florida GOP chairman
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Bogus Historians Who Teach Evangelicals They Live in a Theocracy
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
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Financial Times:
Similarweb: Bluesky app usage in the US and UK grew ~300% to 3.5M DAUs after Nov. 5; Threads now has 1.5x Bluesky's DAUs in the US, down from 5x before Nov. 5

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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