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10:50 AM ET, December 21, 2023

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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Colorado Supreme Court justices face a flood of threats after disqualifying Trump from the ballot  —  The latest round of threats fits a familiar pattern: Trump faces a legal setback, and officials face threats.  —  In the 24 hours since the Colorado Supreme Court kicked former President Donald Trump off …
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
It's not just Trump: How racism shadows the GOP campaign  —  Donald Trump is getting headlines for saying immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.”  But for months the GOP race for president has been shadowed by xenophobia, as some candidates or those backing them have embraced racist and white nationalist themes.
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Washington Post:
How Rep. Jamie Raskin sees the Colorado Supreme Court ruling  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  Winter is no longer coming — it's here.  Today is the shortest day of the year.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Was this forwarded to you?  Sign up here.  Thanks for waking up with us.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Keep Hoping It's Curtains for Trump.  He's Still Center Stage.  —  As Donald Trump faces a new threat to his political future, this time over the question of ballot eligibility, Democrats again find themselves looking toward American institutions to stop him.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Colorado Ruling Calls the Originalists' Bluff  —  The disqualification of Donald Trump challenges the Supreme Court's conservatives to follow through on their stated beliefs.  —  The Colorado Supreme Court has left the justices of the United States Supreme Court in the very uncomfortable position …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Putin 'has Trump's number' and still sees him ‘as an asset’, says Fiona Hill  —  Former White House Russia expert argues in a podcast why Moscow is eager for the ex-president to return  —  Vladimir Putin has had Donald Trump's “number for some time ... knows how to manipulate him” …
Discussion: Raw Story and Balloon Juice
Mike Memoli / NBC News:   Biden's team weighs how to talk to key voters about Trump
Rolling Stone:
Trump Vows to Amp Up the Hitler Talk
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Put Off Hearing Case on Immunity Claim
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Colorado GOP threatens to withdraw from or ignore state's presidential primary if Trump isn't on the ballot
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Colorado Secretary Of State ‘Extremely Concerned’ About Pro-Trump Violence
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
President Biden, in wake of Colorado ruling, says Trump ‘no question’ supported an insurrection
Rcabello / Lieutenant Governor:
Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis Calls for Secretary of State Weber to Explore Legal Options to Remove Former President Donald Trump from California's 2024 Presidential Primary Ballot
Paul Rosenzweig / The Bulwark:
A Need for Speed: SCOTUS Should Move Fast on Trump Immunity Claim
Discussion: Raw Story
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
‘I will beat him fair and square,’ Nikki Haley says after Colorado court disqualifies Trump
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Haley Ties DeSantis For First Time In GOP Primary, While Trump Still Dominates, With Biggest Lead To Date, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds …
Associated Press:
Federal judge blocks California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places  —  A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places, ruling that it violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution …
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:   California law that would ban guns from most public places blocked by federal judge
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
A broken immigration system keeps workers out of jobs the U.S. needs to fill  —  North Dakota's hospitals are desperate for nurses, but backlogs and other problems in immigration agencies block the way  —  BISMARCK, N.D. — The leaders of Sanford Medical Center had waited all summer to learn …
Will Steakin / ABC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson and daughter were profiled attending ‘purity ball’ in 2015 German TV news segment  —  The unearthed segment is the latest example of Johnson's deeply held views.  —  A still image from a 2015 German news segment featuring Mike Johnson and his family.
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
U.S. House quietly investigated separate sex tape scandal  —  The Scoop  —  The high-profile Senate sex scandal that rocked Washington, D.C. this month, was, in fact, the time in less thantwo years that sexually explicit videos filmed in the U.S. Capitol prompted an investigation.
Joint Chiefs of Staff:
Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.'s Video Teleconference with People's Liberation Army of China Chief of the Joint Staff Department Gen. Liu Zhenli  —  Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Public Affairs  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. …
Washington Post:
12 states where the fate of abortion rights could be on 2024 ballots  —  Voters in about a dozen states in 2024 could decide the fate of abortion rights with constitutional amendments on the ballot in a pivotal election year — including in several battlegrounds that will be key to deciding …
Discussion: Political Wire and WFLA-TV
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
The NRA Is at Rock Bottom—And 15 Years of Tax Filings Tell the Story  —  Years of NRA tax returns obtained by The Daily Beast show that the gun group's revenue has been falling for years.  And last year was the NRA's weakest fundraising year since 2008. … Pay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter nabbed in Bumble dating app sting pleads guilty to assaulting officers  —  Andrew Taake was turned in by a Bumble user who used the dating app to try to illicit confessions from Donald Trump supporters who took part in the Capitol attack.  —  WASHINGTON — Nearly three years ago …
 
 
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Tom Lasseter / Reuters:
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Discussion: Raw Story
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
42 percent of GOP Iowa caucusgoers say ‘poisoning the blood’ remarks make them more likely to support Trump: poll
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and Political Wire
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
House Republicans land last-minute Ohio recruit for key House race
Reese Gorman / Washington Examiner:
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CNN:
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Discussion: Raw Story
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