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7:50 AM ET, December 27, 2023

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Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Trump shares cryptic ‘dictatorship’ word cloud on Truth Social  —  It's not the first time Trump has called himself a dictator, but it's the first time he's said it via word cloud.  —  Voters surveyed by the Daily Mail described former President Donald Trump's political goals as “corruption,” “revenge” and “dictatorship.”
Discussion: Axios, Daily Mail, Althouse and Twitchy
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Rob Crilly / Daily Mail:
Voters describe their 2024 choice between a Trump second term and a Biden second term as a choice between REVENGE or NOTHING in Daily Mail poll  — JL Partners asked 1000 voters for a word to sum up Biden and Trump's plans  — The results suggest the nation has a bleak view of the 2024 candidates
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
2024 wild card: A banner year for third-party candidates
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and Vox
NBC News:
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign stops all TV ad spending less than a month before Iowa and New Hampshire  —  A spokesperson for the GOP candidate's presidential campaign said it has “the ability to be nimble and hyper targeted” in ad spending going forward.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy's presidential campaign …
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Debra Kahn / Politico:
Ramaswamy campaign stops TV ad spending  —  The biotech entrepreneur's campaign for the Republican nomination has been sputtering in recent months.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy's presidential campaign has ceased spending on television advertising ahead of next month's Republican presidential contests, NBC News reported Tuesday.
Discussion: The Messenger, DNyuz and Mediaite
Danika Fears / The Daily Beast:
Melania Thinks It's Time to ‘Leave Her Mark on History’  —  OUT OF THE SHADOWS  —  Melania Trump is reportedly ready for her moment in the spotlight.  The former first lady, who's made only a handful of public appearances since Donald Trump left office, was reportedly encouraged by her …
Alex Wickham / Bloomberg:
Hunt to Announce UK Budget March 6 as Tories Push for Giveaways  — Treasury announces budget date in emailed statement Wednesday  — Timing gives Conservatives leeway over when to call election  —  Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will announce the UK's next budget on March 6 …
Discussion: Politico
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
1st Amendment claim struck down in Project Veritas case focused on diary of Biden's daughter  —  Criminal prosecutors may soon get to see over 900 documents pertaining to the alleged theft of a diary belonging to President Joe Biden's daughter after a judge rejected the conservative group Project Veritas' First Amendment claim.
Wall Street Journal:
The DEI Rollback of 2023  —  States start to limit programs that sow racial and political division.  —  The diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) bureaucracy on campus has proliferated in recent years, but there are signs it's finally meeting resistance.  The latest good news is from Wisconsin …
Bloomberg:
Schaeuble, German Minister and Fiscal Guardian, Dies at 81  — Schaeuble oversaw balanced budgets, helped in reunification  — Merkel appointed him as German finance minister in 2009  —  Wolfgang Schaeuble, who helped forge German reunification before being toppled from party leadership …
Discussion: Reuters and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Prosecutors oppose Sen. Bob Menendez's effort to delay May bribery trial until July  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday urged a judge to reject U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's request to delay his bribery trial scheduled for next spring by two months, until July.
New York Times:
After Nashville School Shooting, Parents Push for Gun Control Action  —  A group of parents reeling from a mass shooting at their children's private Christian school believed no one was in a better position to persuade the G.O.P. to enact limited gun control.  —  Mary Joyce told herself she would be kind, just as she always had been.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
U.S. strikes Iran-backed militias in Iraq after troops are wounded in drone attack  —  U.S. forces launched retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq on Monday after a drone attack that injured three service members, the Pentagon said, the latest response to dozens …
Associated Press:
Israeli military says Gaza ground offensive has expanded into urban refugee camps  —  Gaza's more than 54,500 wounded include a growing number of amputees.  Health officials say overwhelmed hospitals at times had to amputate limbs, which in normal times could have been saved.
Jake Swearingen / Business Insider:
An avalanche of money is coming to kick Lauren Boebert out of Congress  — Lauren Boebert was nearly unseated in 2022 by Adam Frisch, a Democrat who's running again in 2024.  — He's raised more money than all but two members of Congress and the most of any nonincumbent.
 
 
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Ohio grand jury to decide whether to charge woman who miscarried for ‘abuse of a corpse’
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Will Trump provoke a crisis of legitimacy for the US supreme court?
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