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8:50 AM ET, December 12, 2024

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Wall Street Journal:
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump's Inaugural Fund  —  President-elect had blasted the tech tycoon during the presidential campaign, but ties have been improving  —  Meta Platforms has donated $1 million to president-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund …
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Costas Pitas / Reuters:
Trump picks hardline Republican Kari Lake to lead Voice of America  —  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was picking Kari Lake, a former news anchor and a hardline Republican who failed to win an Arizona Senate seat last month, to be the director of U.S. government-funded media outlet Voice of America.
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Trump Chooses Kari Lake to Lead Voice of America  —  Ms. Lake, a former TV news anchor turned right-wing firebrand who has called journalists “monsters,” would be in charge of a federally funded news outlet with a huge global audience.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday night chose Kari Lake …
Leo Sands / Washington Post:
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1M to Trump inauguration fund  —  Meta's donation comes weeks after Mark Zuckerberg met President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, as the Facebook founder seeks to mend ties with the right.  —  Meta donated $1 million to the inauguration committee …
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Clemency for Nearly 1,500 Americans  —  Today's announcement will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed on home confinement and will pardon 39 individuals convicted of non-violent crimes  —  Today, President Biden announced …
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency  —  President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes.
Patrick Smith / NBC News:
Biden to commute sentences of 1,500 ‘non-violent’ offenders, in the biggest single-day act of clemency to date  —  “America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” the president said in a statement Thursday.  —  President Joe Biden will commute the sentences …
Discussion: USA Today
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Providing Clemency for Nearly 1,500 Individuals on Home Confinement and Pardons for 39 Individuals Convicted of Non-Violent Crimes  —  America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances.  As President, I have the great privilege …
Discussion: USA Today
Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Commute Sentences of 1,500 People
Discussion: Axios and Washington Post
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office  —  President-elect Donald Trump has said he will nominate Kash Patel as FBI director, sending a message to Christopher A. Wray that he should resign or prepare to be fired.  —  FBI Director Christopher A. Wray announced Wednesday …
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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
A Scandalous Resignation  —  When Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, in 2017, I was about to drive my daughter and some of her friends to a soccer tryout.  I remember that the news came moments before we left; once we arrived, I sat on a bench next to the soccer field …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Chris Wray folds like cheap suit.  Don't be Chris Wray.  —  The FBI director obeys in advance. … 🚔  —  FBI Director Christopher Wray became the latest public official to remove his own spine and dissolve into a puddle of genuflecting goo for the greater glory of MAGA …
Discussion: Deseret News and The Hill
Benjamin Wittes / Default:
The Situation: Chris Wray Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Kash Patel
New York Times:
Christopher Wray Says He'll Step Down as F.B.I. Director
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump invites China's Xi Jinping to inauguration  —  President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month, multiple sources told CBS News, and inauguration officials are making plans for additional foreign dignitaries to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Manchin, Sinema block Democratic control of NLRB  —  The Senate on Wednesday blocked Lauren McFerran's re-nomination to the National Labor Relations Board, opening the door for Republican control of the board starting next year under President-elect Trump.  —  Senators voted 49 to 50 …
Discussion: RedState, NFIB and Associated Press
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Clarissa Ward / CNN:
‘My God there is light’: CNN witnesses moment Syrian prisoner is freed from Assad's forced detention  —  While searching a secretive prison in the belly of the Assad regime's legacy of torture for American journalist Austin Tice, CNN's Clarissa Ward made a startling discovery …
Discussion: The Sun and Mediaite
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
Decivilization May Already Be Under Way  —  The line between a normal, functioning society and catastrophic decivilization can be crossed with a single act of mayhem.  This is why, for those who have studied violence closely, the brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and, more important …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Foster advocacy group denies that arrested member assaulted Rep. Nancy Mace
Tyler Austin Harper / The Atlantic:
Is This How Democrats Win Back the Working Class?  —  A week after Donald Trump won the presidency again, I sat across from Chris Murphy in his minimalist but well-appointed D.C. office.  The Connecticut senator sounded like a man who had done a speedrun through all five stages of grief …
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
North Carolina GOP changes election rules before losing supermajority  —  Republicans in the state legislature gave an ally control over the state's elections board, rewrote ballot-counting rules and chipped away at the power of the incoming Democratic governor.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Ohio teacher suspended for including four books with LGBTQ characters in her classroom library  —  Karen Cahall has been a teacher in the New Richmond School District in Ohio for 34 years.  During that time, according to a lawsuit Cahall filed earlier this month, she “consistently received …
Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost:
Mitch McConnell Says Trump Win Puts Americans In A ‘Very Dangerous World’  —  The GOP's outgoing Senate leader said he plans to spend his final two years in office pushing back against the Trump-fueled isolationism within his party.  —  LOADING  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) …
CNN:
South Korea's ruling party backs impeachment as president refuses to step down over martial law  —  South Korea's ruling party has thrown its support behind attempts to impeach embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol over his ill-fated decision to declare martial law that sparked a political crisis and widespread public anger in the country.
FIRE:
Silence in the Classroom: The 2024 FIRE Faculty Survey Report  —  Research & Learn  —  FIRE's new report finds that faculty members are four times more likely to self-censor than they were in the 1950s, at the height of the Cold War and McCarthyism.  —  Executive Summary
Raphael Boyd / The Guardian:
From X to Bluesky: why are people fleeing Elon Musk's ‘digital town square’?  —  Musk's platform has lost 2.7 million active US users in two months, while its rival has gained 2.5 million  —  A mass departure from Elon Musk's X has led to the site losing about 2.7 million active Apple …
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Adam Rittenberg / ESPN:
Flag planting at Ohio State would be felony under proposed law  —  If an Ohio lawmaker gets his way, teams attempting to plant their flags in the middle of Ohio Stadium during Ohio State games will be dealing with more than just pepper spray.  —  Ohio state Rep. Josh Williams introduced …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Time magazine to name Trump ‘Person of the Year’  —  He also won the honor in 2016.  —  Donald Trump is expected to be named Time magazine's “Person of the Year” — and to celebrate the unveiling of the cover, the president-elect will ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday morning …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
MSNBC ratings collapse postelection, Fox News surges as cable faces an uncertain future  —  When a sports team loses, its fans don't hang around for the postgame show.  —  The same goes for the tribal habits of cable news audiences.  —  Viewers have fled left-leaning MSNBC since Vice …
Discussion: Breitbart, RedState and New York Post
Bryan Metzger / Business Insider:
Progressive lawmakers say the reaction to the UHC CEO killing is a ‘wake-up call’  — The UHC CEO killing has led to an outpouring of frustration toward the healthcare industry.  — Some progressive Democrats on Capitol Hill say it's the “right time” to talk about it.
Discussion: HuffPost, Washington Times and RedState
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Far-Right Militias Seek Role in Trump Deportation Plan  —  The incoming administration said it would not rely on outside groups to carry out its plan to deport millions of immigrants, but militias have a long record of inserting themselves into patrolling the border.
 
 
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New York Times:
Power, Intimidation and the Resurrection of Trump's Support for Hegseth
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexander Saeedy / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Cracks Down on Bank Overdraft Fees
Discussion: ABC News and New York Times
Shia Kapos / Politico:
Pritzker questions whether Trump's border czar has the ‘authority’ to implement massive immigration changes
Alina Tugend / New York Times:
Seismic Political Shifts Are Likely to Continue
Discussion: Townhall, HuffPost and Mediaite
NOTUS:
Even Some CBC Members Are Starting to Question the Seniority System in Congress
Discussion: The Hill and Punchbowl News
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
Killing of health insurance CEO draws attention to frustration over denied claims
Discussion: Alternet.org and New York Times
 Earlier Items: 
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Colleges Warn International Students to Return Ahead of Trump Term
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Politico:
The ultimate marker of Dems' generational shift: AOC's Oversight ascension
Discussion: NOTUS and HuffPost
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Schumer says Senate will vote on Social Security changes
Discussion: GovExec.com
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
Judge tosses Michael Flynn's $50 million lawsuit that claimed he was prosecuted to ‘derail and discredit’ Trump's 2020 presidential bid
Discussion: Reason
Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
CNN Poll: Most Americans approve how Trump is handling his return to the White House
 

 
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Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
Gemini 2.0 Flash LLM early impressions: spatial reasoning performance is impressive, and its new streaming API is one of those “we live in the future” moments

Victoria Song / The Verge:
Google announces Android XR, a mixed reality OS designed for headsets and smart glasses, with plans to launch it in 2025 with Samsung's Project Moohan headset

Nic Fildes / Financial Times:
Australia plans a levy on tech companies like Meta with $250M+ in local revenue to force them to pay publishers for journalism, after Meta quit the prior deal
 
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