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10:55 AM ET, December 14, 2023

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Greg Walters / VICE:
Trump Got a Big Sign the Supreme Court Doesn't Have His Back  —  Donald Trump may have handpicked three members of the Supreme Court's conservative majority.  That doesn't mean they are doing him any favors.  —  Former President Donald Trump has tried every legal trick in the book to postpone …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Pulls Ahead in Michigan as Union, Women Voters Sour on Biden  —  Biden now trails Trump in seven swing states on economic concerns, the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult Poll shows.  —  Donald Trump has pulled ahead of President Joe Biden in must-win Michigan as voters remain pessimistic …
Carlos Lozada / New York Times:   Liz Cheney's Checkered History
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Lawyer Fani Willis calls proposed pause on Trump's election case ‘silly notion’
Liz Cheney / Wall Street Journal:
Checks and Balances Won't Stop Trump
Discussion: The Bulwark and Raw Story
Politico:
Playbook: The politics that could make or break a border deal  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WHAT YOUR MEDIA FRIENDS ARE TEXTING ABOUT — The Economist's James Bennet is out with a very buzzy, nearly 17,000-word piece on the culture war roiling …
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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.
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Senate Passes Defense Bill, Steering Clear of Far-Right Policy Dictates  —  The $886 billion legislation is the product of bipartisan negotiations between the House and Senate in which right-wing restrictions on abortion, transgender care and diversity initiatives were jettisoned.
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Baseless House Republican Impeachment Stunt  —  The American people need their leaders in Congress to take action on important priorities for the nation and world.  —  On Tuesday, I met with the President of Ukraine, who is leading his people in a battle for freedom against Russian aggression.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Why Hunter Biden went public: “I need to call out their lies”  —  After mostly lying low for years, Hunter Biden is publicly hitting back at Republicans — a more aggressive approach he believes will help him and President Biden, according to people familiar with his team's thinking.
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Politico:
Behind Hunter Biden's unexpected appearance: A surprising ally and a heads-up to his dad
Stephen Neukam / The Messenger:
Jamie Raskin Rails Against Republicans at Hunter Biden-less Deposition (Exclusive)
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani now won't testify in defamation trial brought by former Georgia election workers  —  Former Donald Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani will no longer testify in his defamation damages trial over how much he should pay two Georgia election workers millions of dollars in damages …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
It's the Beginning of the Disastrous End for Rudy Giuliani
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Is it time for a second look at Kamala Harris?  —  With Biden's polling worse than ever, the Kamala question deserves a serious answer.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Speaking at a fundraiser in Massachusetts last week, Joe Biden reportedly said that “If Trump wasn't running, I'm not sure I'd be running, but we cannot let him win.”
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: McCarthy eyes AI for new career, can imagine working with Musk … The ornate first-floor room was Rep. Nancy Pelosi's hideaway, before the GOP evicted her to make room for McCarthy after he lost the gavel.  — “AI is where California is going to come back,” he added.
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post:
GOP critics decry ‘regulatory harassment’ as FCC denies Elon Musk's Starlink $900M in subsidies  —  Republican critics raged after the Federal Communications Commission rejected nearly $900 million in subsidies for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service - a move they decried as a vindictive play by the Biden administration.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter with ‘Foxmania’ pleads guilty to felony Capitol attack charge  —  “You want war?”  Anthony Alexander Antonio shouted during the Jan. 6 attack.  “We got war. 1776 all over again.”  —  WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 defendant whose attorney said was infected with “Foxmania” …
New York Times:
Pro-China YouTube Network Used A.I. to Malign U.S., Report Finds  —  Content from at least 30 channels in the network drew nearly 120 million views and 730,000 subscribers since last year.  —  In a faintly stilted tone and with slightly awkward grammar, the American-accented voice on YouTube …
Business Insider:
Trump fraud-trial judge evacuated from Manhattan courthouse soon after testimony ends  — The Trump fraud trial is nearing its end in a lower Manhattan courthouse.  — More than 10 weeks of testimony wrapped on Wednesday with a verdict expected in a month.
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
Jeff Kosseff / New York Times:
Social Media Is a Mess.  Government Meddling Would Only Make It Worse.  —  This term, the Supreme Court will reconsider America's laissez-faire approach to regulating the internet, and in doing so it will address vital and new First Amendment questions.  Can states stop social media sites from blocking certain content?
 
 
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Max Burns / The Hill:
Bush v. Gore destroyed us
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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
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Refusal to Fund Ukraine's Defense Is an Absolute Scandal
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
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