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5:00 PM ET, December 21, 2023

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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
The Supreme Court Did This to Itself  —  The Supreme Court is on a collision course with itself, and it's not clear that the justices even know it.  We are now witnessing a five-car pileup of Trump-slash-Jan. 6 cases that will either be heard by the Supreme Court or land on their white marble steps in the coming weeks.
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Politico:
Trump advisers and Colorado Republicans huddle after shock ruling  —  Republicans in the state are hoping the ex-president will make a swing through in a show of support.  —  Top officials with Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Colorado Republican Party spoke on Thursday …
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 …
Sophia Cai / Axios:
It's not just Trump: How racism shadows the GOP campaign
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and HuffPost
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Putin 'has Trump's number' and still sees him ‘as an asset’, says Fiona Hill
Discussion: Raw Story
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Keep Hoping It's Curtains for Trump. He's Still Center Stage.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Colorado Supreme Court justices face a flood of threats after disqualifying Trump from the ballot
Washington Post:
Christie defies calls to bow out, leaving anti-Trump movement splintered
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden's team weighs how to talk to key voters about Trump
Discussion: The Intercept
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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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Giuliani seeks bankruptcy after $148 million judgment in defamation case
Julian J. Giordano / The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard President Claudine Gay to Submit 3 Additional Corrections, Corporation Says Improper Citations Fall Short of Research Misconduct  —  Harvard President Claudine Gay will request three corrections to her 1997 Ph.D. dissertation in the latest series of updates Gay has submitted amid mounting allegations of plagiarism.
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Harvard Finds More Instances of ‘Duplicative Language’ in President's Work  —  Claudine Gay has faced growing criticism of not only her response to antisemitism on campus but also her scholarship.  —  Harvard University, in the face of mounting questions over possible plagiarism …
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.
NBC News:
No Labels floats the possibility of a coalition government or Congress selecting the president in 2024  —  The group, which is trying to mount a third-party presidential campaign, could block a major party nominee from winning the Electoral College outright.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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.
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 …
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Maybe he was talking about fentanyl?  Some in GOP defend Trump's ‘poisoning the blood’ comments  —  Meanwhile, Democrats draw comparisons to Hitler.  —  Amid the ongoing fallout from former President Donald Trump's comments about immigrants — which have drawn comparisons to Adolf Hitler …
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Vows to Amp Up the Hitler Talk
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: The Hill and Digby's Hullabaloo
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.
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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
 
 
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Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
Catholic women's college reverses plan to admit transgender biological men
ABC News:
High suburban turnout may be the new norm
Discussion: Political Wire
Brad Dress / The Hill:
Comer calls on Pentagon for Osprey information after fatal crash
Discussion: UPI, Axios 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
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
U.S. House quietly investigated separate sex tape scandal
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
A broken immigration system keeps workers out of jobs the U.S. needs to fill
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Federal judge blocks California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places
Tom Lasseter / Reuters:
House Speaker Johnson among US politicians with ancestral ties to slavery
Discussion: The Hill, HotAir, Twitchy and Political Wire
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount Global