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4:10 PM ET, December 11, 2023

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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Special Counsel asks Supreme Court to immediately decide Trump immunity question  —  A federal judge had rejected former President Donald Trump's immunity claim over his prosecution in election interference case.  —  WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court …
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Politico:
Jack Smith asks Supreme Court to keep Trump trial on track  —  Without the Supreme Court's swift intervention, Trump's federal election-subversion trial could be indefinitely delayed, the special counsel warned.  —  Special counsel Jack Smith is urging the Supreme Court …
Discussion: Roll Call and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Special Counsel Asks Supreme Court to Decide Whether Trump Is Immune From Prosecution  —  The request was unusual in two ways: Jack Smith asked the justices to rule before an appeals court acted, and he urged them to move with exceptional speed.  —  Jack Smith, the special counsel prosecuting …
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.
Associated Press:
Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump tests federal gag order with attack on Bill Barr: ‘He was a coward’
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
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: Forbes and Raw Story
NBC News:
Iowa poll: Trump surpasses 50% support ahead of first GOP contest
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Texas abortion case blows up the abortion ban rationale  —  Abortion rights activists, medical professionals and ordinary women warned the Supreme Court in advance of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision: Legislatures cannot dictate medical decisions without creating horrendous injustices and medical travesties.
Discussion: Eschaton
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CNN:
House Speaker Mike Johnson pursues impeachment strategy he once said could cause ‘irreparable damage’ to the country  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson is pursuing an impeachment strategy against President Joe Biden that he once said could cause “irreparable damage” to the country when Democrats sought …
Discussion: IJR, Raw Story and BizPac Review
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Stephen Neukam / The Messenger:
House to Vote on Impeachment Probe Wednesday
Discussion: CNN and Digby's Hullabaloo
US Department of Justice:
Dover Man Arrested and Charged with Threatening to Kill a Presidential Candidate  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire  —  CONCORD - A Dover man has been arrested and charged in connection with sending text messages that threatened a presidential candidate …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
New Hampshire man charged with death threat to Vivek Ramaswamy
Washington Post:
Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus in Lebanon attack  —  DHEIRA, Lebanon — Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an October attack in southern Lebanon that injured at least nine civilians in what a rights group says should be investigated as a war crime …
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Matt Berg / Politico:
US ‘concerned’ about reports that Israel used white phosphorous, Kirby says
Discussion: The Messenger and Reuters
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill leaving X after Alex Jones account reinstated  —  Prominent civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill announced she is leaving X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, due to the Elon Musk-owned platform reinstating far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's account.
CNN:
CNN Polls: Trump leads Biden in Michigan and Georgia as broad majorities hold negative views of the current president  —  Former President Donald Trump has the upper hand over President Joe Biden in two critical battleground states - Michigan and Georgia - with broad majorities …
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 …
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani defamation damages trial set to begin in DC  —  Rudy Giuliani's defamation damages trial is set to begin Monday as the court considers the monetary damages the former Donald Trump attorney must pay two election workers.  —  The trial, which is expected to last four days …
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 …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Big Picture
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 …
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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.
 
 
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Karl Mathiesen / Politico:
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Elias J. Schisgall / The Harvard Crimson:
As Harvard's Governing Boards Meet, More than 650 Faculty Urge Against Gay's Removal, Citing University Independence
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Still Annoyed at Biden, New Hampshire Democrats Gear Up to Help Him
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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Key McConnell ally makes endorsement in crucial swing state race that could flip Senate red
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