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2:40 PM ET, December 13, 2023

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NBC News:
Federal appeals court denies Trump's presidential immunity defense in E. Jean Carroll case  —  The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Trump's lawyers waited too long - three years - to try to use the defense for his upcoming civil trial.  —  A federal appeals court on Wednesday shot …
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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Trump Said Too Much Too Soon  —  DONALD TRUMP HAS CHOSEN to make “dictator” his brand.  No one made him do it.  But the fact that he did, eleven months before the election, is a good thing.  —  Trump's plans to destroy our foundational checks and balances and rule as a king hadn't penetrated …
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
The Messenger:
Trump Tries to Slow Down Appeals Court Review on ‘Presidential Immunity’  —  The former president's lawyers cited ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ in a court filing on Wednesday arguing against a speedy briefing schedule … “The prosecution has one goal in this case: To unlawfully attempt to try …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:   Glenn Youngkin praises Trump on economy, downplays ‘dictator’ fears
Alexander Ward / Politico:
Trump considers overhauling his approach to North Korea if he wins in 2024
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
CNN:
Hunter Biden flouts subpoena for closed-door testimony, demanding to testify publicly: ‘I am here’  —  President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden defied Republican investigators' subpoena for closed-door testimony, demanding to testify publicly Wednesday.  —  In his first public statement since …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House Set to Approve Biden Impeachment Inquiry as It Hunts for an Offense  —  Republicans are pushing forward with a formal investigation even though their yearlong scrutiny of the president and his family has turned up no proof of high crimes or misdemeanors.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Hunter Biden, Defying Deposition Subpoena, Again Offers Public Testimony  —  The president's son appeared at a news conference at the Capitol as House investigators awaited him at a private session he declined to attend.  —  Hunter Biden, the president's son, appeared on Capitol Hill …
Washington Post:
Hunter Biden defies subpoena as House GOP plans vote on impeachment inquiry
Politico:
Supreme Court will review scope of obstruction law that Trump is charged with breaking  —  The case calls into question prosecutors' handling of an Enron-era obstruction law to punish those who stormed Congress.  —  The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that could derail hundreds …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
December 12, 2023  —  Last night, Special Counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tom Krisher / Associated Press:
Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles sold in US to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot  —  Tesla is recalling nearly all vehicles sold in the U.S., more than 2 million, to update software and fix a defective system that's supposed to ensure drivers are paying attention when using Autopilot.
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Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal:
Tesla to Recall More Than Two Million Vehicles Over Autopilot Safety Concerns
Discussion: Semafor, Wired and The Verge
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court will decide access to key abortion drug mifepristone  —  The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will decide this term whether to limit access to a key abortion drug, returning the polarizing issue of reproductive rights to the high court for the first time since …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court agrees to hear showdown over abortion pill access  —  In a high-stakes legal battle, the Biden administration is defending federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, including a recent move to make it available by mail.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday took …
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Contraception is a winning issue, conservative strategists tell GOP  —  Former Trump confidante Kellyanne Conway and other strategists are citing poll data showing strong demand among GOP voters for birth control after the fall of Roe.  —  Kellyanne Conway is going to Capitol Hill on Wednesday …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
André Braugher Dies: Star Of ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ & Other Series And Films Was 61  —  Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film  — VIBE Editor-In-Chief Datwon Thomas Takes Executive Producer, Talent Post At Dick Clark Productions  — Mort Engelberg Dies …
Kerry Breen / CBS News:
NASA rover unravels history of lake on Mars that grew up to 22 miles wide, 100 feet deep  —  NASA's Perseverance rover has learned new data about a major crater on Mars, teaching researchers and astronomers about how the structure was formed and when water was present on the planet.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
US agency will not reinstate $900 mln subsidy for SpaceX Starlink unit  —  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday reaffirmed its 2022 decision to deny SpaceX satellite internet unit Starlink $885.5 million in rural broadband subsidies.  —  The FCC said the decision impacting …
Politico:
Playbook: A protest that should worry Biden and Harris  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  IT'S A WRAP — “Climate summit makes ‘historic progress’ — but the world still can't quit oil,” by Karl Mathiesen, Zia Weise, Zack Colman …
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
US targets Hamas finances with new sanctions  —  The Treasury Department has imposed an additional round of sanctions aimed at Hamas.  —  Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said the latest rounds of sanctions will target eight Hamas officials and facilitators who have …
Discussion: Reuters, Voice of America and Bloomberg
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Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Fani Willis Responds to GOP Backlash to Trump Case: ‘They Want to Come Up With This Foolishness’  —  ‘They worry the hero is treated the same as everybody else,’ the Fulton County, Georgia district attorney said  —  Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis is speaking up amid pushback …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
We Were Told Biden Is Secretly Running the DOJ.  Why Is His Son Being Charged? … It has long been an article of faith on the right that Attorney General Merrick Garland is prosecuting Donald Trump because President Biden wants him to.  Even the Trump-skeptical corners …
Discussion: PJ Media, RedState and Breitbart
Paul Demko / Politico:
‘Thank God they walked out’: Oregon's partisan divide highlights heightened animosity in statehouses  —  Republicans lawmakers in Oregon are banned from running for reelection after staging a six-week protest over guns, abortion and transgender issues.  —  Ten Oregon Republican senators …
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Inside the Troll Army Waging Trump's Online Campaign  —  A team of meme-makers has been flooding social media with pro-Trump posts riddled with sexist and racist tropes.  Donald Trump is cheering them on.  —  The video, called “Let's Get Ready to Bumble,” is a slick mash …
The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep. Mike Garcia Secretly Sold Boeing Stock Ahead of Damning Report  —  A Republican lawmaker sold up to $50,000 of Boeing shares just before a committee he was on released a damning report about Boeing—and then he blew the deadline to report it.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Emanuel Fabian / The Times of Israel:
Ten soldiers, including two senior officers, killed in Gaza fighting and deadly ambush  —  9 troops of Golani Brigade, Air Force's Unit 669, killed in one of the deadliest incidents of ground offensive so far, taking toll to 115; combat engineer killed in separate clash
 
 
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Lie At The Heart Of The College Free-Speech Debate Is That Free Speech Exists On Campus
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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
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Kylie Mason / My Florida Legal:
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Scoop: House Freedom Caucus compares Mike Johnson to John Boehner
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