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8:05 AM ET, December 11, 2023

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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Trump the ‘human gumball machine’ will ‘impose his will’ on the nation if elected, Romney says  —  “A thought or a notion comes in and it comes out of his mouth.  There's not a lot of filter that goes on,” he said of Trump.  —  Some Republicans have read former President Donald Trump's comment …
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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
'America doesn't want' retribution from Trump, McCarthy says  —  “What President Trump needs to do in this campaign, it needs to be about rebuilding, restoring, renewing America.  It can't be about revenge,” McCarthy said.  —  Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has officially pledged …
Marcia Kramer / CBS News:
Former Rep. George Santos says no shortage of corruption in Congress after his expulsion on “The Point with Marcia Kramer”  —  The Point  —  George Santos has left the U.S. House of Representatives, but apparently not the public arena.  He's making personalized videos on Cameo …
NBC News:
In a reversal, Donald Trump says he will not testify in his own defense in New York fraud trial  —  Trump was scheduled to take the stand Monday as the months-long $250 million civil fraud trial against him and his company enters its final week.  —  In an 11th hour reversal …
Jason Beeferman / Politico:
Trump defends dictator comments amid NYC soiree filled with MAGA diehards  —  At an event with key figures within the MAGA movement, the former president repeated comments that he wants to be a dictator on “day one.”  —  NEW YORK — The chairman of an Austrian political party founded by ex-Nazis …
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Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson Is Launching His Own Streaming Service  —  ‘Tucker Carlson Network’ is expected to go live on Monday and cost $9 a month  —  Tucker Carlson is launching his own subscription streaming service, people familiar with the matter said, the former Fox News host's official foray …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
As Fury Erupts Over Campus Antisemitism, Conservatives Seize the Moment  —  Republicans have been attacking elite universities for years.  After a tense congressional hearing last week, many on the left are joining them.  —  For years, conservatives have struggled to persuade American voters …
Washington Post:
Less appetite — and opportunity — to serve as fake Trump electors in 2024  —  Amid a growing number of criminal investigations into the 2020 election, some who once cast electoral college votes for the former president say they would not do it again  —  Republican Party activist Ken Carroll thought …
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
George Santos earning so much on Cameo, he picks up tab for political pals while hanging with Rep. Lauren Boebert in NYC  —  George Santos is making so much dough on Cameo — he picked up the tab for his political pals on Saturday night.  —  The ousted pol was hanging with “ball of energy” …
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed.  Instead, They Were Reborn.  —  Communities across the U.S. are fueling a secondary arms market by giving seized and surrendered guns to disposal services that destroy one part and resell the rest.  —  When Flint, Mich., announced in September …
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The Hill:
‘Morally, this is obscene’: GOP divided over stripping compensation for radiation victims from NDAA  —  The exclusion of a measure to extend compensation for people exposed to radiation from U.S. nuclear testing from the annual defense bill this week marked yet another fracture in the Republican conference.
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