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4:30 PM ET, December 28, 2023

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Politico:
Haley blames a ‘Democratic plant’ for Civil War question that tripped her up  —  The former South Carolina governor also said that the war was, indeed, about slavery.  —  Hours after declining to do so, Nikki Haley said on Thursday morning that she believed slavery was, indeed, the cause of the Civil War.
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Nikki Haley, asked what caused the Civil War, leaves out slavery.  It's not the first time  —  Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked Wednesday by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn't mention slavery in her response — leading the voter to say he was “astonished” by her omission.
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Nikki Haley's Slavery Gaffe Shows How Scared She Is of MAGA Republicans  —  In the dumbest of enforced errors, the GOP primary challenger fumbled an easy question about the Civil War, then tried to blame it on a “Democratic plant.” … We're just over two weeks out from the first votes …
Washington Post:
Nikki Haley acknowledges Civil War ‘about slavery’ after facing backlash
Politico:
Haley declines to say slavery was cause of Civil War
Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Federal judge accepts redrawn Georgia congressional and legislative districts that will favor GOP  —  A federal judge on Wednesday accepted new Georgia congressional and legislative voting districts that protect Republican partisan advantages, saying the creation of new majority-Black voting districts solved …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Rep. Lucy McBath to switch districts due to Georgia redistricting  —  Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) announced Thursday that she will pursue election in Georgia's 6th District in 2024 after a federal judge approved a GOP-led redistricting plan, which changed her current 7th District seat to favor Republicans.
Discussion: New York Times
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Federal judge upholds Georgia's Republican redistricting plan  —  Democrats unlikely to gain a U.S. House seat under new maps  —  A federal judge upheld Georgia's new political districts that preserve Republican power, ruling Thursday that state legislators “fully complied” …
Discussion: Roll Call
PhillyBurbs:
Bucks County mom behind conservative school movement charged with assault, giving teens alcohol  —  Chris Ullery Bethany RodgersUSA TODAY NETWORK  —  A former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor candidate and outspoken voice in the conservative “parental rights” school movement has been charged …
Will Carless / USA Today:
Ex-GOP student leader's links to Jan. 6 Capitol riot and a neo-Nazi web site  —  The young man is seen running with the crowd of Trump supporters toward the U.S. Capitol early in the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021.  He wears a thigh-length dark blue coat, his face almost fully covered with a mask.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   Jan. 6 riot suspect revealed as Trump administration employee who praised Hitler: report
Chris Harris / The Messenger:
Seattle Supporters Watch Black Lives Matter Garden Leveled After It Was Overrun by Drug Users, Homeless  —  The garden was established by community organizers and demonstrators during the summer of 2020, to memorialize those individuals of color who have been killed with police bullets
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Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times:
City removes Seattle's Black Lives Matter memorial garden  —  Seattle Parks and Recreation workers used construction vehicles Wednesday morning to remove a community garden that was originally planted in Cal Anderson Park spontaneously, as part of 2020's Black Lives Matter protests.
Tiana Lowe Doescher / Washington Examiner:
The conservative pin-up calendar is harmless kitsch, not pornography  —  In the dumbest possible online nontroversy that has been branded #Calendargate, a handful of conservatives — and disproportionately, conservative women — are apoplectic over a calendar featuring photo shoots of various right-wing bloggers and “influencers.”
Discussion: Mediaite and Twitchy
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Colorado Republican Party Says It Asked Supreme Court to Keep Trump on Ballot
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Trump ballot ban appealed to US Supreme Court by Colorado Republican Party
CNN:
Colorado GOP asks US Supreme Court to overturn ruling disqualifying Trump from 2024 ballot
Washington Post:
India targets Apple over its phone hacking notifications  —  NEW DELHI — A day after Apple warned independent Indian journalists and opposition party politicians in October that government hackers may have tried to break into their iPhones, officials under Prime Minister Narendra Modi promptly took action — against Apple.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Sanders tests positive for COVID-19 during Senate break as infections rise nationally  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Thursday he tested positive for COVID-19, amid a nationwide spike in infections.  —  The 82-year-old Sanders, in a post on the social media platform X …
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Biden administration warns Texas it will sue if state implements strict immigration law  —  The Biden administration on Thursday warned Texas that it will sue the state if it implements a strict immigration law known as SB4 that would empower state and local law enforcement officials to arrest …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Christie says Trump will ‘burn America to the ground’  —  Chris Christie is stepping up his rhetoric attacking GOP presidential frontrunner and rival former President Trump, releasing a new ad declaring Trump will “burn America to the ground.”  —  Christie, the former New Jersey governor …
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Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Knew Carter Was in Trouble in 1979.  Now He's in the Same Boat.  —  Both presidents faced inflation and foreign-policy challenges as they sought a second term  —  WASHINGTON—When an unpopular Democratic incumbent president was struggling to build support for a second term …
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Washington Post:
As Haley climbs in the polls, she confronts attacks criticized as sexist
Discussion: The Messenger
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
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