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10:55 AM ET, January 4, 2024

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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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The Daily Beast:
The True Danger of Florida Surgeon General's Bogus mRNA Claims  —  Dr. Joseph Ladapo seems confused about the differences between DNA and mRNA vaccines. … This week, Florida's Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo took the drastic step of calling for a halt to the administration of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines …
Florida Department of Health:
Florida State Surgeon General Calls for Halt in the Use of COVID-19 Mrna Vaccines
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Chicago in January with flip flops  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) says he has transported 95,000 migrants from the Texas border to New York, Washington, DC, and other cities.  On New Year's Eve, Abbott flew hundreds of migrants …
Discussion: Daily Mail
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Punchbowl News:
1/4/24 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … House Republicans seem to be itching to have a fight over border security as part of the government funding debate heading into the Jan. 19 and Feb. 2 shutdown deadlines.  Back in Washington, Senate negotiators and the Biden administration …
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
A Skeptic of the G.O.P.'s Hard Immigration Line Becomes Its Champion
Sheridan Bass / Committee on Homeland Security:
MEDIA ADVISORY: Chairman Green Announces First Hearing as Part of Impeachment Proceedings Against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Justice Department sues Texas over state's new border security law
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Received Millions From Foreign Governments as President, Report Finds  —  House Democrats released evidence that the former president took in at least $7.8 million from foreign entities while in office, engaging in the kind of conduct the G.O.P. is grasping to pin on President Biden.
Discussion: The Hill, USA Today and HuffPost
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
A Constitution-flouting ‘authoritarian’ is already in the White House
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
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.
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Texas, where women are less important than a fetus  —  Texas doesn't care if pregnant women die.  That comes as no surprise in the post-Dobbs abortion landscape.  But it's worth noting when the state's unceasing cruelty is aided and abetted by federal judges.  —  Need something to talk about?
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Fifth Circuit just made it even more dangerous to be pregnant in a red state  —  The Trumpiest court in America just tried to neutralize a federal law requiring most hospitals to provide medically necessary abortions.  —  On Tuesday, a notoriously right-wing federal appeals court attempted …
Kelly Maricle / who13.com:
LIVE: Law enforcement respond to Perry High School on reports of shooting  —  PERRY, Iowa — A news conference has been scheduled to release information about a reported school shooting at Perry High School Thursday morning.  —  Sgt. Alex Dinkla with the Iowa State Patrol said the briefing …
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
Matthew Kaminski / Politico:
‘Beyond Crazy’: The Liberal Jew Mugged by a Post-Oct. 7 World  —  French rabbi Delphine Horvilleur says the antisemitism in the U.S. following Hamas' attack on Israel is not so surprising — and all too familiar.  —  SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT, France —  “If I had been given one dollar …
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 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump lawyers' doozy of a filing on voter fraud  —  Prosecutors have repeatedly described Donald Trump's false claims of voter fraud in 2020 as effectively manufacturing a pretense for illegally overturning the election.  Special counsel Jack Smith said in his indictment of the former president …
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Washington Post:
Trump asks Supreme Court to keep his name on Colorado ballot
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Keep Him on Colorado Ballot
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Rebecca Reynolds / Associated Press:
FBI calls bomb threats that led to brief lockdowns and evacuations of some state capitols a hoax
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Progressive group files FEC complaint against Phillips campaign  —  A progressive watchdog organization has filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), alleging his presidential campaign improperly coordinated with a super PAC.
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: Salon and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Biden administration announces $162 million to expand computer chip factories in Colorado and Oregon  —  It's the second funding announcement tied to the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, which provides more than $52 billion to boost the development and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States.
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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Emily Peck / Axios:
Factory construction spending booms under Biden
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden campaign previews Jan. 6-focused speech with new TV ad
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
New Jersey Used COVID Relief Funds to Buy Banned Chinese Surveillance Cameras
Biden Campaign Staff for Ceasefire Now:
Dear President Biden, we need a ceasefire now.
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