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1:20 AM ET, January 4, 2024

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Washington Post:
Trump asks Supreme Court to keep his name on Colorado ballot  —  Former president, who is the 2024 GOP frontrunner, is also appealing a Maine official's decision to bar him from the ballot in that state  —  Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to ensure he can appear …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Keep Him on Colorado Ballot
Claudine Gay / New York Times:
Former Harvard President Claudine Gay: This Is About More Than My Mistakes  —  On Tuesday, I made the wrenching but necessary decision to resign as Harvard's president.  For weeks, both I and the institution to which I've devoted my professional life have been under attack.
Rebecca Reynolds / Associated Press:
FBI calls bomb threats that led to brief lockdowns and evacuations of some state capitols a hoax  —  A bomb threat emailed to officials in several states early Wednesday briefly disrupted government affairs and prompted some state capitol evacuations, but no explosives were found …
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NBC News:
State Capitols evacuated after bomb threats
Washington Post:
Florida surgeon general calls for halt on mRNA covid vaccines, citing debunked claim  —  Florida's top health official called for a halt to using mRNA coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday, contending that the shots could contaminate patients' DNA — a claim that has been roundly debunked …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Florida Department of Health:
Florida State Surgeon General Calls for Halt in the Use of COVID-19 Mrna Vaccines  —  Contact:  —  Communications Office  —  NewsMedia@flhealth.gov  —  850-245-4111  —  Tallahassee, Fla. — On December 6, 2023, State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo sent a letter to the United States Food …
Donald Trump / Des Moines Register:
This is how I will end Joe Biden's border disaster on day one  —  We do not have time for on-the-job training.  Unlike every other candidate, with me, there is no question.  I promise you that I will get this job done.  —  The most urgent task facing the next president …
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CNN:
House committee to formally begin impeachment proceedings against Biden Homeland Security chief over border policies
Sheridan Bass / Committee on Homeland Security:
MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Green Announces First Hearing as Part of Impeachment Proceedings Against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Associated Press:
Harvard president's resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges: plagiarism  —  (Jan 02) (AP video by Rodrique Ngowi) (AP production by Javier Arciga)  —  American higher education has long viewed plagiarism as among the most serious of offenses.
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Ian Ward / Politico:
We Sat Down With the Conservative Mastermind Behind Claudine Gay's Ouster
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Powerful donors managed to push out Harvard's Claudine Gay. But at what cost?
Discussion: The Root
Jacob Shamsian / Business Insider:
The names of more than 170 Jeffrey Epstein associates were just revealed in unsealed court documents.  Here's what we know.  — The names of more than 170 Jeffrey Epstein associates were just unsealed.  — Powerful associates like Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, Glenn Dubin, and Jean Luc Brunel are in the documents.
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CNN:
Epstein-linked John Does are about to be named publicly.  Here's what we know  —  New York CNN —  Newly unsealed documents from a lawsuit connected to accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein will begin to be released Wednesday afternoon, by order of a federal judge in New York.
Brynn Tannehill / New Republic:
The Polls Prove It: Many Republicans Love Fascism  —  It is no longer controversial to speak plainly about the authoritarian shift of the Republican Party, led by Donald Trump.  Hillary Clinton was dragged in 2016 for saying, “You could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the basket …
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert Downen / The Texas Tribune:
Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores accused of cribbing others' pictures of Mexican food as her own cooking  —  Flores, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez for her old seat, is being accused of routinely stealing stylish photos of Mexican campfire cooking and passing them off as her own idyllic life on a ranch.
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Former Rep Says it Wasn't Her ‘Intention to Mislead’ by Posting Stolen Food Pics
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Justice Department sues Texas over state's new border security law
The White House:
A Joint Statement from the Governments of the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom  —  Recognizing the broad consensus as expressed by 44 countries around the world on December 19, 2023 …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
A Constitution-flouting ‘authoritarian’ is already in the White House  —  Overcaffeinated Cassandras continue to forecast an “authoritarian” and anti-constitutional Donald Trump dictatorship.  They are mistaken about the near future because, among other reasons, they misread the recent past.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep Calls Jesse Watters a ‘Fucking Hack,’ Claims Fox News Canceled Interview in Retaliation  —  Crenshaw brought up Watters' past infidelity and blasted him as a “f*cking clown” after the Fox star suggested he may have been involved in unethical stock transactions.
Discussion: Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Mediaite
NBC News:
Florida man arrested and accused of threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell and his kids  —  Prosecutors say a 72-year-old man from Greenacres left voicemail messages that included threats to “come after you and kill you” and “come and kill your children.”  —  A Florida man was arrested Wednesday …
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
 
 
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Fox News:
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