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8:20 AM ET, December 29, 2023

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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.
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Maine.gov:
Maine Secretary of State Decision in Challenge to Trump Presidential Primary Petitions  —  Secretary of State Shenna Bellows issued the attached decision regarding three challenges brought by Maine voters to the nomination petition of Donald J. Trump, for the Republican primary for the President of the United States.
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Maine strips Trump from the ballot, inflaming legal war over his candidacy  —  Activists and voters have filed numerous lawsuits around the country claiming the former president is barred from office under the “insurrection clause.”  —  Maine's top election official ejected former President Donald Trump …
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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Urged to Move Fast on Trump's Ballot Eligibility  —  The Colorado Republican Party asked the justices to decide its appeal by Super Tuesday.  The voters who won in the Colorado Supreme Court want to move even faster.  —  The Supreme Court was asked on Thursday to fast-track …
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Rivals Criticize Maine Decision in His Defense  —  Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy were quick to take swipes at the secretary of state's ballot decision, while the state's congressional delegation appeared split on the matter.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump's rivals …
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Colorado to include Trump on 2024 primary ballot as state GOP appeals to Supreme Court
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
'She's toast': Republicans of color disappointed by Haley's slavery misstep  —  Among other points of frustration is the sense that the GOP candidates still can't seem to talk about the horrors of slavery.  —  Republicans of color said on Thursday they were dismayed by Nikki Haley's initial refusal …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Nikki Haley's Slavery Gaffe Shows How Scared She Is of MAGA Republicans
Washington Post:
Nikki Haley acknowledges Civil War ‘about slavery’ after facing backlash
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 …
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” …
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Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Federal judge accepts redrawn Georgia congressional and legislative districts that will favor GOP
Alex Morales / Bloomberg:
Sunak's Approval Rating Hits Record Low Among UK Conservatives  — Premier's rating falls to minus 26.5 as Cabinet also flags  — British prime minister must hold election within 13 months  —  Rishi Sunak's approval rating among members of his own Conservative Party ended 2023 on a record low …
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
New York Times:
‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7  —  A Times investigation uncovered new details showing a pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality against women in the attacks on Israel.  —  At first, she was known simply as “the woman in the black dress.”
Associated Press:
Wisconsin university chancellor says he was fired for producing and appearing in porn videos  —  Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said Thursday that the school's governing board fired him because members were uncomfortable with him and his wife producing and appearing in pornographic videos.
Al Jazeera:
Elon Musk's X loses court bid to block California content moderation law  —  US District Judge William Shubb rules that legislation's disclosure rules are not ‘unjustified or unduly burdensome’.  —  Elon Musk's X has lost a bid to block a California law that forces social media companies …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
DeSantis says he will fire special counsel Jack Smith on ‘day one’  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said in a Thursday interview that, if elected president, he would fire special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two indictments against former President Trump, on “day one” of his hypothetical term in office.
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.
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Adam Frisch on Boebert switching districts: Proves she ‘is only in politics for herself’
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Sen. Rick Scott says home was ‘swatted’ while he was at dinner with his wife
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9-year-old asks Nikki Haley if she would pardon former President Trump, ‘I would’
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Blame democracy's woes on the GOP or ‘tyranny of the minority’? Try the voters.
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Wall Street Journal:
How an Israeli Airstrike on a Hamas Commander Also Killed Scores of Civilians
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
America has a life expectancy crisis. But it's not a political priority.
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The conservative pin-up calendar is harmless kitsch, not pornography
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