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7:30 PM ET, December 15, 2023

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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Jury Orders Giuliani to Pay $148 Million to Election Workers He Defamed  —  Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, wrongfully accused by Rudolph W. Giuliani of having tried to steal votes from Donald J. Trump in Georgia, were awarded the damages by a federal court in Washington.
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Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148M to Georgia poll workers  —  Rudy Giuliani must pay two Georgia poll workers who sued him for defamation $148 million after he falsely accused them of helping to steal the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump.  Show more  —  Live coverage contributors 8
Aneeta Mathur-Ashton / The Messenger:
'I Don't Regret a Damn Thing,' Says Giuliani After Major Defamation Loss  —  ‘The absurdity of the number underscores the absurdity of the entire proceedings,’ he scoffed  —  Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Friday just minutes after he was ordered to pay $150 million …
NBC News:
Rudy Giuliani trial live updates: Jury resumes deliberations in defamation damages case
CNN:
The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under Trump  —  A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Donald Trump's presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials …
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New York Times:
Material From Russia Investigation Went Missing as Trump Left Office  —  A binder given to the Trump White House contained details that intelligence agencies believe could reveal secret sources and methods.  —  Material from a binder with highly classified information connected to the investigation …
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Politico:
House GOP reeling after a top recruit blasts Trump on tape  —  In a must-win Ohio race, one Republican candidate is facing allegations of stolen valor — and now another is inviting the former president's wrath by bashing him.  —  House Republicans are scrambling to fix …
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
GOP tries to weed out extreme Senate prospects — with Trump's OK
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Behind the Scenes at the Dismantling of Roe v. Wade  —  On Feb. 10 last year, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. showed his eight colleagues how he intended to uproot the constitutional right to abortion.  —  At 11:16 a.m., his clerk circulated a 98-page draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
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Cockburn / The Spectator World:
Please stop taking nudes in the halls of Congress  —  The so-called hallowed Halls of Congress play host to a plethora of indecent acts every day — but one staffer for Senator Ben Cardin is taking it to new levels.  —  The public Twitter account of the audacious young “twink” …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
What's Driving Former Progressives to the Right?  —  In a new essay in the progressive magazine In These Times, the writers Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet grapple with the contemporary version of an old phenomenon: erstwhile leftists decamping to the right.  There have been plenty …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and slacktivist
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Progressives Worry About So Many Former Comrades Drifting to the Right
Discussion: Twitchy
Politico:
Judges dubious of Mark Meadows' bid to avoid facing charges in Georgia state court  —  The former White House chief of staff is charged alongside Donald Trump with a conspiracy to tamper with the 2020 election in Georgia.  —  A federal appeals court panel took a skeptical stance Friday toward …
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Bloomberg:
Ex-Trump Aide Mark Meadows Wants Georgia Election Case Moved to Federal Court
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Melania Trump Welcomes You to America, for Some Reason  —  Her husband is accused of swiping Archives property.  But she's set to star in a winning photo op.  —  For two years, the National Archives stalked Donald Trump over secret presidential records he's accused of purloining.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side  —  Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has drawn fire from progressives over his fierce support for Israel and broken with immigration advocates with his support for curtailing migration.
Andrew Keh / New York Times:
He Was Set to Play Santa.  His Views on the Middle East Got in the Way.  —  Ken Dorph had grown out his white beard, but a tense discussion of the Israel-Hamas war at a local synagogue led to complaints that cost him the gig.  —  In the months since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war …
Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story
Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
As Student Loan Collections Restart, Millions Are Not Yet Paying  —  After a pandemic freeze, 22 million people received their first bill in years in October — and around 60 percent paid, the government said.  —  Just over half of the millions of borrowers who received …
Discussion: Politico and ED.gov Blog
NBC News:
Rep. Elise Stefanik files complaint against judge who has ruled in Jan. 6 and Trump cases  —  The New York Republican and staunch Trump ally is asking for an ethics investigation, arguing the judge has engaged in “highly inappropriate political speech.”  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Elise Stefanik …
TMZ.com:
Kanye West Goes On Unhinged Rant, ‘Jesus Christ, Hitler, Ye!  Sponsor That!!’  —  KANYE WEST UNHINGED RANT IN VEGAS ... ‘Jesus Christ, Hitler, Ye!  Sponsor That!!!’ … Kanye West is apparently in the grips of a serious mental health episode ... that's the only conclusion to draw from his furious rant …
Andrew Perez / The Lever:
Billionaires Are Bankrolling Judges' Luxury Travel  —  Two deep-pocketed conservative organizations paid to send federal judges on 251 trips in 2021 and 2022 — far more than any other source.  —  In 2021 and 2022, two conservative, billionaire-funded legal interests sent more than 100 federal judges …
Discussion: Jacobin
Associated Press:
Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher in Virginia gets 2 years in prison for child neglect  —  The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for felony child neglect, nearly a year after her son used her gun to critically wound the educator.
Politico:
GOP pushes Speaker Johnson to start picking sides in its endless battles  —  Refereeing House Republicans' clashes is like “drinking from Niagara Falls” for their new leader, as one lawmaker put it.  But pressure is mounting on the speaker to be more assertive.
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Senate Staffer Caught Filming Gay Sex Tape In Senate Hearing Room (GRAPHIC)  —  Leaked amateur pornography shows a congressional staffer having anal sex with an unknown man in the Senate hearing room, video obtained by the Daily Caller shows.  —  The alleged staffer can also be seen …
Politico:
Cornel West thinks Biden won't make it to the general election  —  The independent candidate rejected the idea he could be a “spoiler” for Biden in an exclusive meeting with POLITICO.  —  Cornel West doesn't think Joe Biden will make it to the general election.
 
 
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Two-month battle to replace ex-Rep. George Santos could cost $20 million
Alex Nguyen / The Daily Beast:
Florida Proud Boys Member Sentenced to 5 Years for Jan. 6
Discussion: Raw Story and The Messenger
Claudia Aoraha / Daily Mail:
Chicago's progressive Mayor Brandon Johnson announces plans to ax Windy City's high-achieving selective-enrollment high schools to boost ‘equity’ despite promising …
Pew Research Center:
2. Assessments of Joe Biden
Discussion: PJ Media and IJR
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Ian Ward / Politico:
The Crazy Conservative Scheme to Make Trump Look Normal: Rehabilitate Nixon
Discussion: RedState and nationalinterest.org
BBC:
Hungary blocks €50bn of EU funding for Ukraine
Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
GOP Sen. Mullin Says Biden ‘May Not Be Impeachable’ Because He Wasn't in Office at the Time of Accused Indiscretion
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Mediaite
CBS News:
Ukraine councilor detonates grenades at meeting, wounding 26, in attack captured on video
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
What Trump has already taken from us
Discussion: HotAir and The Bulwark
CDC:
Urgent Need to Increase Immunization Coverage for Influenza, COVID-19, and RSV and Use of Authorized/Approved Therapeutics in the Setting of Increased …
 

 
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Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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