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Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
Trump has pressed for voting changes.  GOP majorities in Congress will try to make that happen  —  Republicans plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation's voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Tal Kopan / The Boston Globe:
New Hampshire lawmaker reflects on retiring from Congress: 'I'm trying to set a better example'  —  WASHINGTON — As Representative Annie M. Kuster leaves Congress, the New Hampshire Democrat is hoping some of her colleagues might be inspired to do the same — and wishes President Biden had earlier, as well.
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:   In Trump's America, There's Democracy Only When He Wins
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:   We can't memory hole the Election Day bomb threats
Politico:
Expect a quieter Jan. 6 this time around — as long as Republicans avert a looming speakership crisis
Discussion: Raw Story
Euronews:
Breaking news.  Exclusive: Preliminary investigation confirms Russian missile caused Azerbaijan Airlines crash  —  38 passengers were killed on Wednesday after Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.
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Tamara Vaal / Reuters:
Kazakhstan's senate chief: cause of Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash unknown for now  —  Kazakhstan's senate chairman said on Thursday that the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash was still unknown.  —  “None of these countries - neither Azerbaijan, Russia nor Kazakhstan - is interested in hiding information.
CBS News:
Plane crash probe in Kazakhstan underway as speculation mounts about possible Russian involvement
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump's top border adviser says he will bring back family detention  —  Tom Homan oversaw implementation of the “zero tolerance” policy that separated more than 4,000 children from their parents during Trump's first term.  —  U.S. immigration authorities will once more put families with children …
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Axios:
Trump's first day frenzy: Everything he promised to do on “day one” … - A brain trust of West Wing border hawks — led by Stephen Miller and former acting ICE director Tom Homan — will help unleash a flurry of executive orders ending Biden's temporary “parole” programs …
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Naomi LaChance / Rolling Stone:
Trump ‘Border Czar’ Plans to Separate Families or Let Them Leave Together
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Marianne Williamson / TRANSFORM with Marianne …:
I'M RUNNING FOR DNC CHAIR!  —  My letter to members of the Democratic National Committee  —  To Democratic National Committee Members,  —  This year's election of a DNC Chair feels different than in past years.  Before now, the party had faced defeats to be sure.  But our playbook still basically worked.
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:   Marianne Williamson launches bid for DNC chair
Camille Von Kaenel / Politico:
These MAGA farmers could be ruined if Trump follows through with mass deportations  —  California's farm owners bet on President-elect Donald Trump and won.  His campaign promise of mass deportations could ruin them.  —  SACRAMENTO, California — California farmers could soon enjoy bumper crops thanks …
Discussion: Raw Story, Twitchy and Alternet.org
Bonchie / RedState:
NEW: Extensive COVID-19 Origins Cover-Up Revealed, and the Biden Admin Was Pulling the Strings  —  It's long been known, at least through basic intuition, that U.S. government officials went to great lengths to cover up the origins of the COVID-19 virus.  Former NIAID Director Anthony Fauci …
Discussion: Twitchy
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Wall Street Journal:
Behind Closed Doors: The Spy-World Scientists Who Argued Covid Was a Lab Leak
Discussion: HotAir and IJR
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Elon Musk reveals he's taking drug for weight loss in bizarre ‘Ozempic Santa’ post  —  The world's richest man has clashed with incoming Health and Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the role weight-loss medications should play in making Americans healthier and thinner.
Jillian Frankel / NBC News:
Leaders in ‘uncommitted’ and ‘abandon Harris’ movements reflect on Trump's victory and early moves  —  A combination of worry and cautious optimism about Trump — and deep anger at the Democratic Party — pervade the groups.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris had just 107 days as a presidential candidate …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
After backing Trump, low-income voters hope he doesn't slash their benefits  —  Voters in the struggling Pennsylvania city of New Castle backed Trump hoping he'd curb inflation.  But the incoming president will be under pressure to cut spending.  —  NEW CASTLE, Pennsylvania …
Discussion: Kevin Drum, Alternet.org and Raw Story
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Conspiracy theory is the new normal: 2024 was the year QAnon went mainstream  —  The single biggest reason Trump won?  The median voter ignores real news to consume endless disinformation  —  In the face of Vice President Kamala Harris losing the presidential election to Donald Trump …
Discussion: Alternet.org
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Russia's Overnight Aerial Attacks against  —  In the early hours of Christmas, Russia launched waves of missiles and drones against Ukrainian cities and critical energy infrastructure.  The purpose of this outrageous attack was to cut off …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Biden pledges more U.S. arms to Ukraine after Russia's Christmas attack
 
 
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