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Wall Street Journal:
Biden's 2024 Challenge: Taking Down Trump's Poll Numbers — Democrats have struggled to budge voters' views of the former president — WASHINGTON—With President Biden struggling to bring his polling numbers up, he and his fellow Democrats are sharpening their focus on a different task …
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The Atlantic Dedicates Entire Issue to Warning ‘Fascist’ Trump Poses Dire Threat to America: Second Term ‘Will Be Much Worse’ — The Atlantic announced that their first issue of 2024 will focus on what they believe to be the potentially disastrous consequences of Donald Trump returning to the White House.
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Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney, outspoken Trump critic, weighs third-party presidential run — The former congresswoman says she is determined to stop Trump. Other Trump critics think a third-party candidacy could help him. — Liz Cheney, one of the most vociferous critics of Donald Trump in the Republican Party …
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Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
The fear of a looming Trump dictatorship
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Opponents of No Labels and other third-party presidential bids launch ads
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Insists He Was ‘Angry’ and ‘Eating Too Much’ After Jan. 6
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump Will Abandon NATO
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Loyalists, Lapdogs, and Cronies
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United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Comer Releases Direct Monthly Payments to Joe Biden from Hunter Biden's Business Entity — WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released subpoenaed bank records revealing Hunter Biden's business entity, Owasco PC, made direct monthly payments to Joe Biden.
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Washington Post:
Comer mischaracterizes Hunter Biden car payment reimbursement to his dad — The payments Hunter Biden made to his father came two years after the elder Biden had left the vice presidency — As House Republicans move toward a floor vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry against President Biden …
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Dylan Wells / Washington Post:
Four GOP presidential candidates qualify for fourth primary debate — Four Republican candidates will take the stage in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday night, and former president Donald Trump will once again skip the event. — Four Republican candidates will take the stage in Tuscaloosa …
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New York Times:
Republicans Weigh New Debate Rules That Could Lead to More Onstage Clashes
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate anti-Trump GOP see Haley as best hope to avoid disaster
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NBC New York:
Gold bars featured in Bob Menendez bribery case linked to 2013 robbery, records show — The New Jersey businessman told police he was the victim of an armed robbery in 2013, and asked police recover the 22 gold bars stolen from him. Four of those gold bars were found a decade later …
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users — On Friday, genetic testing company 23andMe announced that hackers accessed the personal data of 0.1% of customers, or about 14,000 individuals. The company also said that by accessing those accounts, hackers were also able to access …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Blasts Fox News as ‘TV for Stupid People’ — “It's a disgrace,” Bannon raged over the right-wing network fact-checking Trump's election lies. — Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon tore into Fox News for cutting away from a Donald Trump speech over the weekend and fact-checking …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
SHOCK: Fox News, CNN, MSNBC Shoot Down Prospect of George Santos Hire
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Business Insider:
John Fetterman paid George Santos $343 for a Cameo to troll Bob Mendendez — George Santos was expelled from Congress last week. — Now he's on Cameo. — John Fetterman bought a video from Santos to troll Bob Menendez, who is under investigation for bribery.
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Douglas Soule / Tallahassee Democrat:
'That's authoritarianism': Florida argues school libraries are for government messaging — Public school libraries are “a forum for government speech,” not a “forum for free expression,” according to a legal brief. — Florida's government is arguing that school districts have a First Amendment right to remove LGBTQ books.
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Raw Story, Daily Kos and Saywhat Politics
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
Top Tucker Carlson producer accused of sexually assaulting Fox staffer — A former Fox News staffer is suing the producer — who was fired last spring along with the host — over the alleged assault and the network over alleged sexual harassment and negligence
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
U.S. Treasury Launches Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force — WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the launch of a Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force to marshal Treasury's resources and expertise in a coordinated and streamlined operation to combat the trafficking of illicit fentanyl.
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Emmet Lyons / CBS News:
Elon Musk's X platform fueled far-right riots in Ireland, experts say — Elon Musk's social media platform X has fuelled far-right disinformation in Ireland and played a key role in riots last month in the country's capital Dublin, experts tell CBS News. The violent clashes erupted …
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David Emery / Snopes:
No, Trump Did Not Say 'We've Been Waging an All-Out War on American Democracy' — Trump supposedly spoke of a war against American democracy during a Dec. 2, 2023, campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. … Not long after former U.S. President and current Republican presidential candidate …
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Sean Noone / NewsNation:
Full Survey: Views on GOP candidates, foreign conflicts and more — NewsNation will host the f ourth Republican primary debate on Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. E.T. The debate will be aired and streamed live on all NewsNation platforms. Not sure how to find us on your TV? Use our ChannelFinder app.
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Politico:
House GOP throws a party for former Speaker McCarthy — “Is this a going-away party?” one House Republican asked upon receiving the invitation, hinting at the rampant speculation about his future.
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Political Wire and Raw Story
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Signal:
EXCLUSIVE: School Assigned Girl to Sleep With Boy Who Identifies as Trans Without Parental Notification — FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: An 11-year-old girl was assigned to share a bed with a male student who identifies as a transgender girl while on a cross-country school trip, according to a demand letter sent Monday.
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