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12:30 PM ET, December 11, 2023

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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Donald Trump holds overwhelming lead; Ron DeSantis edges ahead of Nikki Haley  —  A new nationally renowned Iowa Poll shows that a shrinking field has only made Donald Trump's lead grow as Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis fail to capitalize on powerful endorsements
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Sam Sutton / Politico:
Wall Street donors dreamed of a Trump alternative.  Now they're waking up.  —  Setting aside Trump's recent noodling on what he could accomplish in a one-day dictatorship, markets are increasingly wary of how U.S. political disruptions can ripple across the global financial system.
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Iowa poll: Trump surpasses 50% support ahead of first GOP contest
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Still Annoyed at Biden, New Hampshire Democrats Gear Up to Help Him  —  Despite being bumped down the presidential calendar, Democrats in the state are planning a write-in campaign for the president, who won't be on New Hampshire primary ballots.  —  New Hampshire Democrats were furious …
Discussion: Axios
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Has Found a Dangerous Workaround to Gag Orders  —  Donald Trump will have a number of opportunities to violate gag orders in the coming months.  He may have just found a dangerous loophole.  —  Donald Trump is, once again, outmaneuvering the American court system.
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Eleanor Watson / CBS News:
Air Force watchdog finds alleged Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira's unit “failed” to take action after witnessing questionable activity  —  The Air Force inspector general found that individuals in alleged Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira's unit failed to take proper action after at least four separate security incidents.
Discussion: ABC News
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Air Force disciplines 15 for ‘lack of supervision’ after massive leak of classified docs  —  The Air Force inspector general cited a ‘lack of supervision’ and ‘culture of complacency’ in the leak of classified documents.  —  WASHINGTON - The Air Force disciplined 15 members of the National Guard …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Washington state ‘conversion therapy’ ban  —  Over the objection of three conservatives, the court left in place a state law that bars therapists from counseling minors to change sexual orientation or gender identity, a practice favored by some conservatives.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Organized journalistic crime  —  On July 19, the Washington Post Editorial Board published an impassioned column calling for an aggressive national response to organized retail crime (ORC).  The Editorial Board described ORC as “the term security specialists use to distinguish planned …
Hailey Monaco / KTVQ-TV:
‘It was chaos’: Witness recounts seeing vehicle drive through religious group in downtown Billings  —  BILLINGS — The Billings Police Department on Sunday released more information regarding the arrest of 55-year-old Genevienne Rancuret after she allegedly drove a vehicle through a religious group …
Sabrina Siddiqui / Wall Street Journal:
Majority of Americans Back Israel as Democrats Split Over War With Hamas, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Republicans and independents are more sympathetic to Israelis than Palestinians; Biden gets low marks for handling of conflict  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. public opinion remains favorable toward Israel …
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
NBC News demands Trump campaign take down fake clip of reporter  —  The Scoop  —  NBC News has demanded that Donald Trump's campaign remove a video that includes audio deceptively edited to seem like it comes from an NBC correspondent after the third presidential debate, two people familiar with the exchange told Semafor.
Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Key McConnell ally makes endorsement in crucial swing state race that could flip Senate red  —  Arizona Senate race expected to be one of most closely watched of 2024 election cycle  —  EXCLUSIVE: A key ally of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has decided which candidate …
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” …
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Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost:
Antony Blinken Defends Lone U.S. Veto On UN Cease-Fire Resolution For Gaza
Discussion: Politico and RedState
 
 
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Washington Post:
Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus in Lebanon attack
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Texas abortion case blows up the abortion ban rationale
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Admin Pays Anti-Israel Group That Spreads Lies About Gaza War To Fight ‘Disinformation’
Discussion: Instapundit
Christian Toto / Hollywood in Toto:
‘SNL’ Goes ‘Republicans Pounce’ Route on Ivy League Presidents
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Argentina Restricts Dollar Access Until Milei Unveils Policies
Discussion: BBC, Buenos Aires Times and Reuters
Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson Is Launching His Own Streaming Service
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed. Instead, They Were Reborn.
Discussion: Bearing Arms and Sacramento Bee
The Hill:
‘Morally, this is obscene’: GOP divided over stripping compensation for radiation victims from NDAA
Discussion: Business Insider
 

 
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Richard Deitsch / New York Times:
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”

 
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