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2:10 PM ET, December 29, 2023

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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Why Trump May Find Himself in Jail Sooner Than He Thinks  —  Donald Trump is doing his best to delay as many cases as possible.  But there's a simple reason Trump may find himself behind bars sooner than he thinks: Trump himself.  —  The countdown is on for Donald Trump's D.C. trial in March.
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
John Dean: 'Trump's in trouble' after Maine ruling  —  Nixon White House attorney John Dean said Thursday he believes the Maine decision to remove former President Trump from the ballot will be difficult to overturn, calling it “very solid.”  —  Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) …
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Donald Trump removed from Maine primary ballot by secretary of state  —  Maine barred Donald Trump from the primary ballot Thursday, making it the second state in the country to block the former president from running again under a part of the Constitution that prevents insurrectionists from holding office.
Donald J. Trump For President 2024:
Trump Campaign Statement on Maine Secretary of State Ruling  —  “The Maine Secretary of State is a former ACLU attorney, a virulent leftist and a hyper-partisan Biden-supporting Democrat who has decided to interfere in the presidential election on behalf of Crooked Joe Biden.
Debra Kahn / Politico:
Deep blue California keeps Trump on the presidential ballot
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Maine strips Trump from the ballot, inflaming legal war over his candidacy
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Elder reacts to states barring Trump from ballot: 'It's going to set the country on fire'
Maine.gov:
Maine Secretary of State Decision in Challenge to Trump Presidential Primary Petitions
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Urged to Move Fast on Trump's Ballot Eligibility
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Michael Cohen Used Fake Cases Cited by A.I. to Seek an End to Court Supervision  —  Donald Trump's former fixer had sought an early end to court supervision after his 2018 campaign finance conviction.  He enlisted the help of Google Bard.  —  Michael D. Cohen, the onetime fixer …
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Ohio's Republican governor vetoes trans care restriction and sports ban  —  Gov. Mike DeWine is one of only a few Republican governors to veto a restriction on transition-related care for minors or a ban on trans student athlete participation.  —  Ohio's governor vetoed a bill Friday …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Democrats go after GOP's ‘anti-history record’ with billboard ads  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has launched four billboards in Iowa attacking Republican presidential candidates for their “anti-history record” as they spend the weekend campaigning in the Hawkeye state.
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Brakkton Booker / Politico:
'She's toast': Republicans of color disappointed by Haley's slavery misstep
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Public Christian schools?  Leonard Leo's allies advance a new cause  —  A tight-knit group of activists tied to Leo's non-profit network are rallying around an Oklahoma effort to create a public Catholic school.  —  POLITICO illustration by Emily Scherer/Photos by AP, Getty Images, iStock
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
New York Times:
After Rise in Murders During the Pandemic, a Sharp Decline in 2023  —  The country is on track for a record drop in homicides, and many other categories of crime are also in decline, according to the F.B.I.  —  Detroit is on track to record the fewest murders since the 1960s.
Marley Jay / NBC News:
The ‘wealth transfer’ from boomers won't save Gen X and millennials  —  Experts say baby boomers will give more than $50 trillion to their heirs.  But for many, health care costs will claim the bulk of that wealth.  —  The story goes that baby boomers are going to give tens of trillions …
Mary Kekatos / ABC News:
7 of the biggest medical breakthroughs in 2023  —  There were major breakthroughs in Alzheimer's and sickle cell treatment.  —  From the first-ever RSV vaccines to the first drug fully approved to treat Alzheimer's disease, here are seven of the biggest medical breakthroughs in 2023.
NBC News:
Russia unleashes huge barrage of drones and rockets on Ukraine  —  Cities across the country were hit in what Kyiv said was one of the biggest aerial attacks of the war.  —  Russia unleashed rockets and drones throughout Ukraine early Friday, damaging schools, hospitals and homes across …
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
New Year's resolutions for the media (and those who love to hate us)  —  A new year is coming, but many of the same old problems plague journalism.  So as we plow into 2024, join me in my intermittent tradition: New Year's resolutions for the news media.  This election-year edition includes …
 
 
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Alex Morales / Bloomberg:
Sunak's Approval Rating Hits Record Low Among UK Conservatives
Al Jazeera:
Elon Musk's X loses court bid to block California content moderation law
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
DeSantis says he will fire special counsel Jack Smith on ‘day one’
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Associated Press:
Wisconsin university chancellor says he was fired for producing and appearing in porn videos
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Nina Burleigh / New Republic:
Biden's Other Formidable Opponent in 2024
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Sen. Rick Scott says home was ‘swatted’ while he was at dinner with his wife
CNN:
Exclusive: Recordings, emails show how Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC in final push to overturn 2020 election
New York Times:
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