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8:20 PM ET, December 13, 2023

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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Exclusive: Recordings describe 2020 Oval Office photo-op where Trump was briefed on fake electors and January 6  —  Before a group of supportive lawyers entered the Oval Office for a photo-op with then-President Donald Trump in December 2020, they were given a clear instruction …
Discussion: The Messenger, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
It's a ‘silly notion’ that Trump's Georgia case should pause for the election, Willis tells the AP  —  ATLANTA (AP) — The district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia says she has a duty to file charges against anyone who violates the law and that it's a …
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 …
Liz Cheney / Wall Street Journal:
Checks and Balances Won't Stop Trump  —  The Constitution's protections won't be able to block his abuses of executive power.  —  As we approach the 2024 primaries, some Republicans have begun arguing that the checks and balances constructed by the framers of our Constitution …
Discussion: The Bulwark and Raw Story
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
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Fani Willis Responds to GOP Backlash to Trump Case: ‘They Want to Come Up With This Foolishness’
Reuters:
Biden impeachment inquiry authorized by House Republicans, despite lack of evidence  —  The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to formally authorize its ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, as Republicans unite behind the effort even though they have yet to find evidence of wrongdoing by the Democrat.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A revealing exchange on the GOP's speculative impeachment inquiry  —  It's perhaps a little too simplistic to cast the impeachment inquiry of President Biden, which the House will vote to formalize Wednesday, as a “Seinfeld”-ian impeachment “about nothing.”  —  Republicans have at the very …
Bloomberg:
Republican Senators Say They're Weighing Biden's Immigration Offer  —  President Joe Biden has offered changes to US border policy that raises the prospects of a bipartisan deal on immigration and aid to Ukraine, Republican senators said Wednesday.  —  Republicans met behind closed doors …
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Examiner
Billy House / Bloomberg:
House Republicans Authorize Biden Impeachment Inquiry
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:
Hunter Biden, Defying Deposition Subpoena, Again Offers Public Testimony
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Hunter Biden will not sit for deposition by GOP, says father not ‘financially’ involved in his business
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.
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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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Fox Board Member Paul Ryan Slams Trump, Hails Cheney and Kinzinger: 'Trump's Not a Conservative, He's an Authoritarian Narcissist'  —  Former House Speaker Paul Ryan tore into Donald Trump in a recent interview, denouncing the former president as an “authoritarian narcissist,” …
Discussion: The Hill
Sid Garcia / ABC7:
Protest calling for cease-fire in Gaza shuts down SB 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles  —  The CHP says 75 people were arrested.  —  A protest on the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles prompted a shutdown of southbound lanes as demonstrators called for a cease-fire in Gaza.  —  KABC
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
James LaPorta / The Messenger:
One US Marine Dead, Dozen More Hospitalized After Training Accident in California  —  The Marines were traveling in an amphibious combat vehicle, designed to operate on the sea and on land, at the time of the accident  —  A United States Marine is dead while more than a dozen others were taken …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. delaying sale of M16 rifles to Israel over settler violence  —  The Biden administration is again holding up the licenses for selling more than 20,000 U.S.-made rifles to Israel over concerns about attacks by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, two U.S. officials told Axios.
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 …
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Refusal to Fund Ukraine's Defense Is an Absolute Scandal  —  MAGA Republicans are Vladimir Putin's best friends, and they work against the U.S.' national security. … The damage has been done.  The message has been sent.  —  Russia's fifth column, also known as the MAGA Republicans …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Carnegie Mellon Student Sues Over Prof's ‘Cruel Campaign of Antisemitic Abuse’  —  Yael Canaan says her architecture instructor at one point suggested she ponder “what Jews do to make themselves such a hated group.”  —  A Carnegie Mellon University architecture student says she was subjected to a …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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 …
US Department of Justice:
Former global diversity executive at Facebook pleads guilty to defrauding company out of more than $4 million  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia  —  ATLANTA - Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a former global diversity executive at Facebook …
 
 
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Fox News:
Democrat senator blasts ‘failure’ of university leaders to protect Jewish students, asks Biden admin to review
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
NAACP Leader Blasted After Calling Migrants Rapists, Savages
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Holds Rates Steady and Sees Cuts Next Year
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Lie At The Heart Of The College Free-Speech Debate Is That Free Speech Exists On Campus
The Guardian:
Revealed: House speaker did little to fight toxic ‘burn pit’ his father campaigned against
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Kerry Breen / CBS News:
NASA rover unravels history of lake on Mars that grew up to 22 miles wide, 100 feet deep
Washington Post:
Monumental, Youngkin announce deal to move Caps, Wizards to Virginia
Gayla Cawley / Boston Herald:
Boston City Hall roiled by email party invitation for ‘electeds of color’ sent to all
The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep. Mike Garcia Secretly Sold Boeing Stock Ahead of Damning Report
Discussion: Raw Story
Emanuel Fabian / The Times of Israel:
Ten soldiers, including two senior officers, killed in Gaza fighting and deadly ambush
Alexander Ward / Politico:
Trump considers overhauling his approach to North Korea if he wins in 2024
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
 

 
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