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2:20 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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John Santucci / ABC News:
Trump allegedly pressured Michigan election workers not to certify 2020 vote: Report
Discussion: Raw Story and acecomments.mu.nu
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia officials ask FBI to investigate emails from pro-Trump election skeptic
Discussion: Raw Story and The Messenger
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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Associated Press:
Biden is pardoning thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
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 …
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 …
Washington Post:
Pro-DeSantis super PAC cancels ads in Iowa and New Hampshire  —  It's the latest shift for the organization, which now says it is “laser focused” on its ground game in early states.  —  Never Back Down, the embattled super PAC supporting Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis …
Discussion: Washington Times
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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
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 …
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
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:
Politico:
Trump allies and MAGA luminaries move to kill off the Haley-for-VP buzz  —  Haley's rise has prompted speculation she'd be a logical running mate for Trump.  —  Donald Trump's allies, MAGA media influencers and even his son are sending the Republican frontrunner a message as he begins …
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
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
Nicole Narea / Vox:
The US may be flouting its own laws by sending unrestricted aid to Israel  —  US law limits aid to countries that violate human rights.  Here's why it isn't applied to Israel.  —  The recent high-profile killings of three Israeli hostages, two women in a Gaza church, and 11 unarmed Palestinian men …
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
Wall Street Journal:
How Putin's Right-Hand Man Took Out Prigozhin  —  Nikolai Patrushev, a top ally of the Russian leader for decades, put in motion the assassination of the mutinous chief of the Wagner mercenary group  —  On the tarmac of a Moscow airport in late August, Yevgeny Prigozhin waited …
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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Peter White / Deadline:
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