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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Donald Trump banned from Colorado ballot in historic ruling by state's Supreme Court  —  A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause and removed him from the state's …
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is barred from Colorado's 2024 primary ballot, the state Supreme Court rules  —  In a historic decision Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court barred Donald Trump from running in the state's presidential primary after determining that he had engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
NBC News:
Colorado Supreme Court kicks Trump off the state's 2024 ballot for violating the U.S. Constitution  —  The ruling marks the first time a 14th Amendment challenge to Trump's candidacy has been successful.  —  In a bombshell decision, Colorado's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from 2024 ballot, pauses ruling to allow appeal  — Lawsuits in a slew of states have sought to block Donald Trump from appearing on ballots for the 2024 presidential election.  — The suits argued that Trump should be barred from ballots …
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Will the U.S.Supreme Court Keep Donald Trump Off the Ballot ?  Some Initial Thoughts  —  I am traveling and so I offer only some brief and initial thoughts here about what the United States Supreme Court may and should do in light of the Colorado Supreme Court's determination that Donald Trump …
Discussion: Reason
Olivia Alafriz / Politico:
GOP rallies around Trump after Colorado ballot ruling  —  Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel blasted the ruling as “election interference” in a post on X, writing that the party's legal team “looks forward to helping fight for a victory.”  —  Republicans rallied around Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump is disqualified from presidency for Jan. 6 riot
Isabella Murray / ABC News:
Trump ineligible to run for president in Colorado because of Jan. 6, court rules in historic move
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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Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
Over 170 of Jeffrey Epstein's high-profile associates will be NAMED in court documents set to be unsealed in the first days of 2024
Calder McHugh / Politico:
'Trump Knows What He's Doing': The Creator of Godwin's Law Says the Hitler Comparison Is Apt  —  The internet legend explains why the Biden campaign isn't wrong to compare Trump to Hitler.  —  Any time people start fighting on the internet, someone will inevitably reach for the Hitler comparison.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
GOP rep: Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric wasn't anti-immigrant
Federal Trade Commission:
Rite Aid Banned from Using AI Facial Recognition After FTC Says Retailer Deployed Technology without Reasonable Safeguards  —  FTC says Rite Aid technology falsely tagged consumers, particularly women and people of color, as shoplifters; Ban will last five years
Discussion: The Verge and CBS News
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Rite Aid banned from using AI facial recognition to curb shoplifting
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Tucker Carlson rips DeSantis' political operation as ‘nastiest’ and ‘stupidest’ he's seen  —  A member of DeSantis' team appeared to respond with a jab at Donald Trump's campaign.  —  Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson lit into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' allies during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest …
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
DeSantis swipes at Trump over missed filing deadline in call for Chip Roy challenger
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Iowa Gov. Reynolds, with DeSantis, takes aim at Trump over ‘misleading’ TV ad
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge again turns over Rep. Perry's phone records to DOJ Jan. 6 probe  —  A federal judge turned over 75 percent instead of 90 percent of records the FBI seized from Perry's phone, after a U.S. appeals court set a new precedent defining limits on Congress's immunity from criminal investigation
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel offers Hamas one-week pause in fighting as part of a new hostage deal  —  Israel is offering to pause the fighting in Gaza for at least one week as part of a new deal to get Hamas to release more than three dozen hostages the terror group is holding, two Israeli officials and another source …
Dan Merica / The Messenger:
Pay Dispute Between James Craig Campaign, Former Staffers Renders Website Blank  —  Craig, one candidate in a growing field of Republicans running for Senate in Michigan, said he was unaware of any pay dispute involving his campaign  —  A pay dispute between Michigan Senate candidate James Craig's campaign …
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for Capitol riot plot  —  A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol nearly three years ago.
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New York Times:
Proud Boys Member Who Helped Prosecution Sentenced in Jan. 6 Attack
Discussion: Axios
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Senate confirms top military nominees, ending Tuberville's hold over promotions  —  Eleven nominees were confirmed.  —  The Senate on Tuesday confirmed nearly a dozen nominees for top military posts on Tuesday night, marking the end of Sen. Tommy Tuberville's remaining holds over senior promotions.
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Politico:
Tuberville may drop remaining holds on military nominations, citing end of the year
Lyubov Pronina / Bloomberg:
EU Clinches Long-Sought Pact on Contentious Migration Rules  —  The European Union reached an agreement on an overhaul to its rules for tackling immigration crises as it seeks to streamline asylum procedures and boost returns of people who fail to obtain the right to stay in the bloc.
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Prominent transgender activist tied to top Pennsylvania Dems charged with raping two underage boys  —  Kendall Stephens, 37, has appeared at events with several prominent Pennsylvania Democrats  —  A prominent transgender LGBT activist in Philadelphia who campaigned for and endorsed several top Democrats …
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
Ben Kochman / New York Post:
It's me, Don!  Post reporter falsely tagged as Judge Engoron's ‘son’ at Trump's fraud trial  —  Donald Trump keeps sharing a photo on social media featuring a bright-red arrow pointing at the head of a bearded man at his civil fraud trial — claiming he is the son of the judge.
Joyce Lupiani / WAGA-TV:
Counsel withdraws for former Kanye West publicist, Trump co-defendant Trevian Kutti  —  Trevian Kutti (Fulton County Sheriff's Office)  —  FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - The attorneys representing Trevian Kutti, a co-defendant of Donald Trump and former publicist for Kanye West, have filed a motion to withdraw as counsel of record.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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The Messenger:
Trump Georgia Co-Defendant's Lawyers File Notice to Withdraw from RICO Case
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Matt Berg / Politico:
Why politicians keep adding caveats to ‘cease-fire’
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Vivian Jones / The Tennessean:
Tennessee Republican files bill aimed to ban pride flags, trans flags in public schools
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Sky Palma / Raw Story:
Turning Point USA conference-goers yell hate slurs at Black and gay GOPer: video
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Reuters:
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Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
GOP Lawmaker: Congressional Colleagues ‘Compromised’ on Jeffrey Epstein Flight Logs
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