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1:40 PM ET, December 22, 2023

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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 …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia officials ask FBI to investigate emails from pro-Trump election skeptic  —  Georgia officials have asked the FBI to investigate a series of emails a Texas activist sent members of the State Election Board demanding an investigation into Georgia's 2020 election, according to three people familiar with the situation.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Messenger
John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump allegedly pressured Michigan election workers not to certify 2020 vote: Report  —  Details have emerged from a previously unknown phone call.  —  Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Dec. 16, 2023, in Durham, N.H.  —  A Michigan newspaper is reporting …
Discussion: Raw Story and acecomments.mu.nu
Washington Post:
Biden economic adviser sees ‘a glimmer of evidence’ Americans feel better about the economy
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
The White House:
A Proclamation on Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana, Attempted Simple Possession of Marijuana, or Use of Marijuana  —  In Proclamation 10467 of October 6, 2022 (Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana), I exercised my authority under …
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NBC News:
Biden to issue pardons for certain marijuana offenses  —  The president will also commute the sentences of 11 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, the White House said.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation to pardon certain marijuana offenses Friday …
Associated Press:
Biden is pardoning thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
Michael Barfield / Florida Center …:
Police have recovered second Ziegler sex video, sources say  —  A sex video involving Sarasota School Board member Bridget Ziegler and an unidentified woman has been recovered by police as part of the ongoing criminal investigation of a rape allegation made against Bridget's husband …
Abené Clayton / The Guardian:
California town proposes ban on Pride, Black and women's history celebrations  —  Far-right council members in Huntington Beach introduce agenda item to switch focus to US wars and America's independence  —  The southern California city of Huntington Beach, a bastion of conservative voters …
Discussion: Raw Story and Los Angeles Times
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Joe Rogan Corrected On-Air for Blaming Trump Gaffe on Biden  —  The podcaster was caught off guard by a live fact-check from his own team that revealed it was Trump—not Biden—who made the gaffe in question.  —  Joe Rogan has done it again.  But this time, even his own producers couldn't help …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis' super PAC cancels remaining ad reservations as another group aims to fills the void  —  Never Back Down, which has been the main outside group backing DeSantis, will focus on its field operation, while Fight Right will handle TV ad spending.  —  Never Back Down …
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Politico:
Democrats sue New Hampshire over GOP-backed election law  —  President Joe Biden's campaign is supporting the legal challenge, which was first shared with POLITICO.  —  The Democratic National Committee is suing New Hampshire officials over a Republican-backed election law that it claims …
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Mary Ilyushina / Washington Post:
Raunchy celebrity party in Russia draws outrage over ‘nude illusion’ theme  —  RIGA, Latvia — A raunchy celebrity-filled party in Moscow has drawn the ire of Russian politicians and fervent Christian Orthodox activists who are urging law enforcement to punish the event's guests and organizers …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioters the far right claimed were antifa keep getting unmasked as Trump supporters  —  Misinformation about the Capitol attack continues to go viral on the right, but the claims are slowly getting debunked, federal case by federal case.  —  WASHINGTON — In nearly three years since …
Discussion: Raw Story and Reason
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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Chris Cameron / New York Times:   Man Accused of Ramaswamy Death Threat Is Charged With Threatening Christie
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Man Indicted for Allegedly Texting Death Threats to 3 GOP Candidates
Discussion: Associated Press, WHDH-TV and Raw Story
Darren Samuelsohn / The Messenger:
Former Trump DOJ Official Jeff Clark Loses Fight to Halt His Georgia RICO Case Pending Appeal  —  A three-judge panel that included a pair of Trump appointees ruled on Thursday that Clark ‘cannot show any chance of success on the merits’  —  Donald Trump's co-defendant and ex-Justice …
Discussion: Raw Story and Outside the Beltway
Adam Entous / New York Times:
Hunter Biden Text Cited in Impeachment Inquiry Is Not What G.O.P. Suggests  —  A 2019 message from the president's son alluded to giving his father half his salary.  The back story offers unflattering insights into the Biden family but does not support assertions of corruption.
Discussion: IJR, Fox News and Raw Story
Politico:
Crisis communicators face blowback after disastrous college hearing  —  Who got paid to give advice on one of the most disastrous public relations moments in modern memory?  —  The appearance of three elite university presidents on Capitol Hill this month to testify about campus antisemitism …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
When her family needed money, Nikki Haley found a lucrative path  —  The candidate's public policy positions — hawkish and pro-business — created well-paid private opportunities when she abruptly resigned from government in 2018  —  Nikki Haley was representing the United States on the world stage …
Discussion: Raw Story
Russell Contreras / Axios:
U.S.-Mexico border closures could cost billions … - Republicans say the Biden administration needs to do more to address the issue, and former President Trump says he is “closing the border” as one of his first acts if he returns to office. … - After railway operations in Eagle Pass and El Paso …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Biden Ends 2023 With 39% Job Approval  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden's job approval rating is 39%, marking a slight improvement from the 37% low points in October and November but the fifth time his rating is below 40% in 2023.  —  ###Embeddable###
Discussion: NewsNation, The Messenger and The Hill
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
A Forgotten Chapter of Abortion History Repeats Itself  —  Much of the country no doubt watched in amazement last week as a woman with a doomed pregnancy was forced to flee her home state, Texas, to get the abortion her doctors deemed necessary to protect her future ability to bear children.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Biden kept at distance from McConnell on border deal talks  —  President Biden has kept a distance from Senate negotiations on a border deal critical to securing congressional aid to Ukraine, even as GOP lawmakers repeatedly called for him to enter the talks.
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Former President Donald Trump On President Biden, Support for Israel, The War In Ukraine, Campaign 2024, and What a Second Trump Term Would Look Like  —  Former President Trump Donald Trump joined me this morning:  —  Audio:  —  12-22hhs-trump  —  Transcript:
 
 
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