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10:20 PM ET, December 21, 2023

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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.
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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.
Politico:
Trump advisers and Colorado Republicans huddle after shock ruling
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
New Trump Cases Shadowed by Rocky Relationship With Supreme Court
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Colorado Ruling Calls the Originalists' Bluff
Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court showdown with Trump
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Axios, NBC News, The Hill and New York Post
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Man Accused of Ramaswamy Death Threat Is Charged With Threatening Christie  —  Tyler Anderson of New Hampshire was charged on Wednesday with threatening the lives of Chris Christie and another unnamed presidential candidate.  —  A New Hampshire man who was charged with threatening …
Olivia Alafriz / Politico:
N.H. man indicted after allegedly sending death threats to presidential candidates
Discussion: UPI and WHDH-TV
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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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
Yasmine Salam / NBC News:
Palestinian support for ‘armed struggle’ is rising as Gaza death estimate tops 20,000  —  “You cannot kill people into liking you,” a policy analyst said in response to a recent poll.  —  As the death toll in Gaza reached an estimated 20,000 on Thursday, the majority of them women and children …
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart, Al Jazeera, NPR, Press Herald and WBUR
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 …
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.
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
CBS News:
Judge keeps Chris Christie off Maine's Republican primary ballot  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's latest attempt to get on the Maine Republican presidential primary ballot failed Thursday after his campaign tried to recover from a surprising setback in the Super Tuesday state.
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
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.
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 …
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.
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
John Schneider Probe Opened By Secret Service After ‘Dukes Of Hazzard’ Star Urges Public Hanging Of Joe Biden  — Vin Diesel's Ex-Assistant Sues ‘Fast & Furious’ Star For Sexual Battery & Retaliation; Read Full Complaint  — ‘Warnamount’ Merger Talk Confounds Investors And Industry …
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content … More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it's “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” and now they have an answer straight from co-founder Hamish McKenzie: … While McKenzie offers no evidence to back these ideas …
 
 
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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Whole Foods Workers Have No Protected Right To Wear Black Lives Matter Gear, Judge Rules
Hayley Smith / Los Angeles Times:
November shatters global temperature records, marking 6 record-warm months in a row
Discussion: MIT Technology Review
The White House:
Statement from National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard on U.S. Steel
Washington Post:
The case of al-Shifa: Investigating the assault on Gaza's largest hospital
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Maybe he was talking about fentanyl? Some in GOP defend Trump's ‘poisoning the blood’ comments
 Earlier Items: 
ABC News:
High suburban turnout may be the new norm
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
Over 570K people in Gaza starving due to war fallout: UN report
Gilad Edelman / The Atlantic:
The English-Muffin Problem  —  A simple explanation for economic discontent
Discussion: The Hill and Digby's Hullabaloo
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