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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden — Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department's decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
We haven't seen a pardon as sweeping as Hunter Biden's in generations — The “full and unconditional” pardon is aimed at protecting the president's son from future prosecution by the Trump Justice Department. — Hunter Biden's pardon looks a lot like Richard Nixon's.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Filmmaker apologizes after falsely accusing Georgia man of election fraud — Your daily jolt of news and analysis from the AJC politics team … The producer of a documentary that falsely accused a metro Atlanta man of committing election fraud during the 2020 election has issued …
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Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
On pardons, smartglasses, an authoritarian administration, and a case of the Cyber Mondays
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NBC News:
President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden
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Associated Press:
Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Pete Hegseth's Secret History — A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump's nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Doubles Down on Defiance After the Collapse of the Matt Gaetz Selection
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
We're Entering a World Where the Rule of Law Is Turned Inside Out
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George Packer / The Atlantic:
The End of Democratic Delusions — The Trump Reaction and what comes next — the roosevelt republic—the progressive age that extended social welfare and equal rights to a widening circle of Americans—endured from the 1930s to the 1970s. At the end of that decade …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Why They Lost — In the past few days, four of the senior officials who directed Kamala Harris's presidential campaign spoke with me about how the race unfolded, from the chaotic first weeks after President Joe Biden's sudden withdrawal until the final hours of Election Day.
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Geraldo Rivera Slaps Trump Supporters With A Reality Check After Biden's Pardon — The former Fox News host and one-time Trump pal pointed out a double standard. — LOADING — Former Fox News host Geraldo Rivera pointed to the double standards of Donald Trump backers on Sunday …
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Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
Trump taps Massad Boulos, another in-law, as adviser on Middle East
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Swalwell tells Trump supporters to ‘sit out’ criticizing Biden pardon
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Even its creator now admits that ‘2000 Mules’ is discredited — The damage has already been done. — As Election Day 2022 approached, elections officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, were grappling with an unanticipated problem. Voters returning ballots to official drop boxes were being harassed and confronted.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
MAGA Filmmaker Trump Praised Admits 2020 Election Fraud Doc Was B.S.
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republicans don't care if women die from abortion bans — but they don't want you to know about it — Women will keep dying, but the GOP is working hard to destroy the evidence — After the Supreme Court ended federal abortion rights in 2022, there was a robust debate between pro …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The expert class is failing, and so is Biden's presidency — As Sean Trende pointed out on X, it hasn't exactly been the best century for the expert class. Begin with the response to September 11 — the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, which were supported by bipartisan majorities.
New York Times:
Trump Wants to Shake Up Health Care. Many Americans Don't Mind. — Some voters galvanized by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again” said they believed the health establishment was dismissive and even corrupt. — As a nature-loving physical therapist in Boulder …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Schumer Presses for F.B.I. Checks and Senate Consideration of Trump Nominees — In a letter, the Democratic leader said members of his party would work with Republicans to consider the president-elect's nominees — but asserted they should undergo traditional Senate vetting.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Picked Patel For FBI After Some Aides Warned It Could Backfire
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Are progressive groups sinking Democrats' electoral chances? — The debate, explained. … What ails the Democratic Party? Since Kamala Harris's defeat, several Democrats and center-left commentators have pointed the finger at one culprit: “the groups.”
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emptywheel:
America Just Failed the Test of Responding to Trump's Politicized Prosecutions — Let's imagine that, two years from now, Pam Bondi rolls out charges against some onetime adversary of Donald Trump. To the extent that journalists will still be employed and reading court filings …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump press secretary pick removed post praising Pence on January 6, then ran for Congress as an election denier — Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming White House press secretary, deleted two social media posts she shared after the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol …
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
Trump is targeting protections for almost 1 million legal immigrants — Temporary Protected Status shields thousands of immigrants from deportation. Trump wants to end it. … President-elect Donald Trump has long sought to end deportation protections for immigrants …
Emma Bowman / NPR:
Most Black Friday shoppers bagged their deals online this year, with record spending — Many shoppers on Black Friday ditched the mall crowds the day after Thanksgiving and spent more money online than ever before. And big retailers relied on deep discounts to draw in sizeable traffic.
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Kash Problems / Status:
Kash Problems — As Trump stuffs his second administration with radicals, the news media has failed to adequately illuminate for the public the disturbing nature of the appointees.
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