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2:45 PM ET, December 21, 2023

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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Jordan expands probe into Smith's handling of Trump cases  —  House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) expanded his probe into special counsel Jack Smith, asking him to turn over all documents and records related to his prosecutions of former President Trump.
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Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court showdown with Trump  —  The Supreme Court is stuck with Donald Trump, whether the justices like it or not. … - Almost no one in politics has managed to escape that maelstrom undamaged, and that's bad news for the court at a time when its seams are more visible than they've been in decades …
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 …
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.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Colorado Supreme Court justices face a flood of threats after disqualifying Trump from the ballot
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Keep Hoping It's Curtains for Trump. He's Still Center Stage.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Supreme Court Did This to Itself
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
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy protection, lists more than $100 million in debts  — Rudy Giuliani filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York.  — The former New York City mayor listed debts that include a recent nearly $150 million civil judgment …
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Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York after defamation case  —  Rudy Giuliani has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York, one day after a federal judge ruled that he must immediately pay the $148 million he owes two Georgia women he falsely accused of helping to steal the 2020 election.
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Judge says Rudy Giuliani must pay $148 million judgment immediately
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
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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: The Hill, HuffPost and Raw Story
Rolling Stone:
Trump Vows to Amp Up the Hitler Talk
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden's team weighs how to talk to key voters about Trump
Discussion: The Intercept
Shauneen Miranda / Axios:
Biden campaign compares Trump to Hitler in quotes graphic
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Fetterman, Breaking With the Left on Israel, Rejects ‘Progressive’ Label  —  The Pennsylvania senator, who has angered liberal Democrats with his staunchly pro-Israel stance and position on immigration, assailed the left and said he no longer considers himself a progressive.
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.
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Scoop: Mike Johnson urges Biden to unleash executive actions on border security … - Johnson argued Biden should reimplement Trump administration policies such as resuming construction of the border wall and ending the use of parole programs that release people who've crossed the border.
Gilad Edelman / The Atlantic:
The English-Muffin Problem  —  A simple explanation for economic discontent  —  The economy is hot, but the people are bothered.  Americans think the country is in dreadful economic shape despite strong wage growth, low unemployment, and steadily declining inflation.  We know this from survey after survey.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Politico:
Schiff riding high amidst scramble for 2nd place in CA Senate race  —  Morning Consult poll reveals Rep. Adam Schiff as a clear leader in the race with Republican Steve Garvey and Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee tied for second place.  —  LOS ANGELES — Rep. Adam Schiff holds …
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.
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Associated Press:
Top Hamas leader arrives in Cairo for talks on the war in Gaza in another sign of group's resilience
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
 
 
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Harvard Finds More Instances of ‘Duplicative Language’ in President's Work
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Comer calls on Pentagon for Osprey information after fatal crash
Discussion: Axios, UPI and Wall Street Journal
Washington Post:
12 states where the fate of abortion rights could be on 2024 ballots
Discussion: Political Wire and WFLA-TV
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
A broken immigration system keeps workers out of jobs the U.S. needs to fill
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Tom Lasseter / Reuters:
House Speaker Johnson among US politicians with ancestral ties to slavery
Discussion: The Hill, Twitchy, HotAir and Political Wire
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount Global
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV
 
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