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4:40 PM ET, December 19, 2023

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Politico:
Playbook: Dropping the H-bomb on 2024  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  NEW NYT/SIENA POLL — Among registered voters: Trump beats Biden, 46% to 44%.  Among likely voters: Biden beats Trump, 47% to 45%.  Toplines ... Crosstabs
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New York Times:
Poll Finds Wide Disapproval of Biden on Gaza, and Little Room to Shift Gears  —  Opinion is split between those wanting the war to end and those pressing for a definitive Israeli victory, and the divide is starkest among older and younger generations.  —  Opinion is split between those wanting …
Politico:
Why Biden's campaign keeps linking Trump to Hitler  —  The Biden campaign warns that Trump's rhetoric — from “vermin” to “poisoned” blood — could reflect history repeating.  —  Comparing your political opponent's words to Adolf Hitler's used to be controversial.
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump team data suggests clinching GOP nomination by March
Discussion: NBC News and The Bulwark
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Don't Give In to Political Despair. Trump Is Too Great a Threat.
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Must Do What the GOP Won't in Battling Trump's Racism
ABC News:
Federal judge orders documents naming Jeffrey Epstein's associates to be unsealed  —  More than 150 people are expected to be identified in early January.  —  Jeffrey Epstein attends Launch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005.  —  A federal judge in New York has ordered …
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Ben Feuerherd / The Messenger:
Nearly 200 People Tied to Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein Will Be Publicly Named in New Year: Judge  —  The names of at least two journalists are among those that will be revealed, according to the documents  —  The names of nearly 200 people connected to pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BOOM: Judge Orders Over 100 of Child Predator Jeffrey Epstein's High Profile Associates to Be Revealed in Next 14 Days - Several Names Linked to Epstein are Emerging - Will Bill Clinton and Bill Gates Be Mentioned?  —  UPDATE: The Gateway Pundit's legal counsel provided us with this statement on Monday's development in the Epstein case.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Biden resists his age limitations, causing tension  —  President Biden's reluctance to acknowledge his physical limitations at age 81 is causing some tension on his team, as senior aides and First Lady Jill Biden push him to rest more and be vigilant about his health going into 2024.
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Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Biden eulogizes Sandra Day O'Connor as a ‘pioneer’
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Knew It: The Real Problem? POTATUS Is Just Too Gosh Darn Energetic for His Own Geriatric Good
Discussion: Washington Examiner
The Messenger:
Trump Georgia Co-Defendant's Lawyers File Notice to Withdraw from RICO Case  —  Defense lawyers for Trevian Kutti, the former publicist for the rapper known as Kanye West, on Monday night filed notice they want to drop their client in the Fulton County case  —  JWPlayer
Discussion: Raw Story
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Joyce Lupiani / WAGA-TV:
Counsel withdraws for former Kanye West publicist, Trump co-defendant Trevian Kutti
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Doug Smith / Los Angeles Times:
$750 a month, no questions asked, improved the lives of homeless people  —  For L.A. Times Subscribers  —  If 100 homeless people were given $750 per month for a year, no questions asked, what would they spend it on?  —  That question was at the core of a controlled study conducted …
Discussion: Fox Business
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Prosecutors eyed obstruction charges months before Jack Smith took over Trump case  —  A newly unsealed court document underscores the Justice Department's long pursuit of evidence to support the obstruction allegations now lodged against Trump.  —  Months before special counsel Jack Smith took …
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Scrambling to Block One Particular Expert Witness in His New E. Jean Carroll Case  —  Donald Trump's lawyers want to bar the same expert witness who came up with a hefty calculation in Rudy Giuliani's defamation case from testifying in a new E. Jean Carroll lawsuit.
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
GOP Lawmaker: Congressional Colleagues ‘Compromised’ on Jeffrey Epstein Flight Logs  —  The Tennessee congressman said Marsha Blackburn was ‘snubbed’ when trying to subpoena the flight records for the infamous ‘Lolita Express’  —  Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., is accusing colleagues of being …
Discussion: Mediaite
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Florida was supposed to be the future of the GOP — now the state party is in shambles  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis grasps desperately for attention, as the state party chair is pushed out after a rape allegation  —  It may seem hard to believe right now, but this time last year …
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida Politics
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Reuters:
Mexico to challenge Texas' new ‘inhumane’ migration law, president says  —  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday said his government was preparing to challenge a new Texas law allowing state law enforcement to arrest suspected migrants, which he called “inhumane.”
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Uriel J. García / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill making illegal immigration a state crime
Politico:
Tuberville may drop remaining holds on military nominations, citing end of the year  —  Chuck Schumer has said he plans to bring up the four-star military promotions this week.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Emily Mae Czachor / CBS News:
Body found in Kentucky lake by fishermen in 1999 identified as fugitive wanted by FBI  —  Nearly a quarter century after fishermen discovered a body chained to the bottom of a lake in western Kentucky, authorities say advanced forensic testing helped identify the remains as a fugitive wanted by the FBI in the late 1990s.
Discussion: KTLA, NBC News, The Messenger and Fox News
 
 
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