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8:15 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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John Sexton / HotAir:
Washington Post Editorial Board: The Supreme Court Should Toss the Colorado Decision  —  People (including our own Ed Morrissey) have been saying this since the decision appeared Tuesday but I'm still a bit surprised to see the Washington Post's editorial board making the same case.
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 …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
New Trump Cases Shadowed by Rocky Relationship With Supreme Court  —  Though he appointed three justices, his administration had the worst track record before the justices since at least the 1930s.  —  “I'm not happy with the Supreme Court,” President Donald J. Trump said on Jan. 6, 2021.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Colorado Ruling Calls the Originalists' Bluff
Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court showdown with Trump
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Keep Hoping It's Curtains for Trump. He's Still Center Stage.
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.
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Giuliani seeks bankruptcy after $148 million judgment in defamation case
Aneeta Mathur-Ashton / The Messenger:
Young Voters Overwhelmingly Support Biden Over Trump, Finds Economist/YouGov Poll  —  The poll comes amid a series reports of low approval ratings among the younger generation for Biden, spurred by his administration's handling of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict
Discussion: BizPac Review and The Hill
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US Department of Justice:
New Hampshire Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill Three Presidential Candidates  —  For Immediate Release  —  A New Hampshire man has been indicted in connection with sending threatening text messages to three presidential candidates.  —  Tyler Anderson, 30, of Dover …
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Olivia Alafriz / Politico:
N.H. man indicted after allegedly sending death threats to presidential candidates
Discussion: WHDH-TV
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
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote  —  Then-President Donald Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed …
Discussion: The Messenger
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.
Heather Bellow / The Berkshire Eagle:
The police officer who searched for a book in a Great Barrington classroom also used a body camera.  The ACLU has ‘deep concerns’  —  GREAT BARRINGTON — The plainclothed police officer who entered an eighth grade classroom to search for a book wore a body camera and recorded the incident, leading to more legal questions and concerns.
The Messenger:
Jack Smith Swings Back at Trump in Push to Start Working on South Florida Jury Questionnaire  —  The special counsel's office on Thursday doubled down on its call for Judge Cannon to set an important Feb. 2 deadline that can kickstart the vetting of potential jurors
Discussion: Raw Story and Sun-Sentinel
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Khashoggi's widow wins political asylum in the United States  —  The decision may be the last act in a tragic chain of events that began in 2018, when Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled and dismembered in Turkey  —  Jamal Khashoggi's widow, who went into hiding after The Washington Post columnist …
Discussion: New York Times and The Messenger
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Whole Foods Workers Have No Protected Right To Wear Black Lives Matter Gear, Judge Rules  —  An administrative law judge didn't buy the argument that wearing BLM clothing on the job was part of advocating for a better workplace.  —  LOADING  —  A National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Wednesday …
Discussion: New York Times
Janet Lorin / Bloomberg:
Harvard Financial Pain Grows as Blavatnik Joins Donor Revolt  — Billionaire pauses gifts to school amid antisemitism furor  — University is still richest in US with $51 billion endowment … His family foundation has given at least $270 million to Harvard, but it's pausing donations …
The White House:
Statement from National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard on U.S. Steel  —  The President believes U.S. Steel was an integral part of our arsenal of democracy in WWII and remains a core component of the overall domestic steel production that is critical to our national security.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner visit Israel to meet with leaders, families of hostages  —  Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner traveled to Israel to meet with political leaders and families of those kidnapped during Hamas' Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.  —  “It's important to see with one's own eyes …
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
 
 
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Hayley Smith / Los Angeles Times:
November shatters global temperature records, marking 6 record-warm months in a row
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Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
Catholic women's college reverses plan to admit transgender biological men
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Maybe he was talking about fentanyl? Some in GOP defend Trump's ‘poisoning the blood’ comments
ABC News:
High suburban turnout may be the new norm
Discussion: Political Wire
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Gilad Edelman / The Atlantic:
The English-Muffin Problem  —  A simple explanation for economic discontent
Discussion: The Hill and Digby's Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
12 states where the fate of abortion rights could be on 2024 ballots
Discussion: Political Wire and WFLA-TV
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Putin 'has Trump's number' and still sees him ‘as an asset’, says Fiona Hill
Discussion: Raw Story
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