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11:55 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 …
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Trump Broadly Favored in GOP Primary  —  Democrats back Biden but with little enthusiasm  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Former President Donald Trump enjoys widespread support among an enthusiastic and motivated base of potential Republican primary voters in Michigan, according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University-Washington Post Poll.
Carlos Lozada / New York Times:
Liz Cheney's Checkered History  —  Deep in her new book, “Oath and Honor,” Liz Cheney points out that the likeness of Clio, the Greek muse of history, is found in the Capitol's National Statuary Hall.  “Clio is depicted riding in the chariot of time, making notes in the book in her hand,” …
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
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Senate Passes Defense Bill, Steering Clear of Far-Right Policy Dictates
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Baseless House Republican Impeachment Stunt
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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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden has his own shell company and complicated friends  —  Rep. James Comer, a multimillionaire farmer, boasts of being one of the largest landholders near his rural Kentucky hometown, and he has meticulously documented nearly all of his landholdings …
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
James Bennet / The Economist:
When the New York Times lost its way  —  America's media should do more to equip readers to think for themselves  —  Are we truly so precious?  " Dean Baquet, the executive editor of the New York Times, asked me one Wednesday evening in June 2020.  I was the editorial-page editor of the Times …
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” …
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.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Biden campaign names top voter turnout operative as chief of staff  —  Sara Schreiber's hiring comes as Biden's campaign staffs up at headquarters and in battleground states.  —  Joe Biden's campaign is installing a top voter turnout operative as its chief of staff.
Discussion: Journal Sentinel and The Messenger
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Navy officer serving prison sentence in Japan for fatal crash returning to US, family says  —  A Navy officer who has been serving a prison sentence in Japan over a car crash that killed two people has been transferred into U.S. custody and is being returned to the United States.
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
New York Appeals Court Rejects Trump's Challenge of Gag Orders  —  After 11 weeks of proceedings, Trump's civil fraud trial ended on Wednesday, and he's been under a gag order since Oct. 3  —  A New York appellate court on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump's attempt …
Discussion: Axios, Mediaite, Raw Story and NBC News
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 …
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.
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,” …
 
 
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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
Sid Garcia / ABC7:
Protest calling for cease-fire in Gaza shuts down SB 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Refusal to Fund Ukraine's Defense Is an Absolute Scandal
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Carnegie Mellon Student Sues Over Prof's ‘Cruel Campaign of Antisemitic Abuse’
Discussion: Fox News and Bloomberg
James LaPorta / The Messenger:
One US Marine Dead, Dozen More Hospitalized After Training Accident in California
 

 
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