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12:00 PM ET, January 8, 2025

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Susan Page / USA Today:
In exclusive sit-down, Biden reveals his biggest regret and the compliment Trump gave him  —  Interviews like this one have been rare in Biden's tenure.  He has held fewer news conferences and individual sessions with reporters than any president since at least Ronald Reagan.
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Joe Biden / USA Today:
Read what Joe Biden said during his exclusive interview with USA TODAY: Transcript  —  Transcript of President Joe Biden's Oval Office interview with Susan Page, USA TODAY's Washington Bureau Chief, on Jan. 5, 2025:  —  PAGE: This is the limits of my technological ability.  —  BIDEN: Believe me...
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Merchan subtweets John Roberts ahead of Trump's sentencing  —  The chief justice thinks intimidating judges is bad — some of the time.  —  👨‍⚖️ 🏛️ ⏳ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, independent political coverage will be more vital than ever in 2025.
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New York Times:
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Halt His Sentencing in N.Y. Criminal Case  —  Prosecutors have been ordered to respond to the president-elect's request by Thursday morning, suggesting the court could rule before Friday's scheduled sentencing.  —  Days away from his criminal sentencing in New York …
Washington Post:
Trump asks Supreme Court to halt Friday sentencing in hush money case
Discussion: Axios and The Independent
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Trump asks Supreme Court to block New York hush money sentencing
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Trump camp was fed questions for Fox News town hall in advance from person inside network, new book says  —  New York CNN —  President-elect Donald Trump's team was given the questions asked by Fox News anchors at an Iowa town hall last January in advance by someone inside the network …
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Here are some of the horrible things that you can now say on Instagram and Facebook  —  Meta's policy changes allow calling gay and trans people ‘mentally ill’ while removing a ban on referring to women as ‘household objects.’ … As reported by Wired, a lot of text has been updated, added …
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Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Meta's new hate speech guidelines permit users to say LGBTQ people are mentally ill
Discussion: Election Law Blog and CNBC
Popular Information:
Meta goes MAGA
Reuters:
EU will not tolerate attacks on its borders, France says after Trump Greenland comments  —  The European Union will not let other nations attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, responding to comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking over Greenland.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Greenland, Panama and Faucets: Trump Conference Shows Hints of Chaos to Come  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump's news conference at Mar-a-Lago was a reminder of what the next four years may have in store.  —  There was talk of the rising number of beached whales in Massachusetts, the victim …
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Why Does Trump Want Greenland?
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Off The Rails And Off To The Races
Politico:
All signs point to Moody for Senate  —  Presented by Good morning and welcome to Wednesday.  —  Time is running short for Gov. RON DESANTIS' first big decision of 2025 — picking MARCO RUBIO's replacement in the Senate.  —  Asked on Tuesday if he's made up his mind, the governor said he still …
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Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Matt Gaetz: ‘I am starting to think about running for governor’
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Garland prepares to release Jack Smith's report on 2020 election subversion case against Trump  —  Garland will withhold from public release a second volume of the report describing Smith's second case against Trump for amassing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Garland to release Smith's Jan. 6 report, hold back Mar-a-Lago report  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to release only the volume of special counsel Jack Smith's report dealing with Donald Trump's plans to subvert the transfer of power after his loss in the 2020 election …
Shawn Cohen / Daily Mail:
The View co-host Sunny Hostin's surgeon husband Emmanuel accused of insurance fraud in bombshell lawsuit  —  The long-time husband of The View co-host Sunny Hostin is starting the New Year under a cloud after being accused of federal insurance fraud.  —  Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Hostin …
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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Meta is ushering in a ‘world without facts’, says Nobel peace prize winner  —  Maria Ressa warns of ‘dangerous times’ for journalism and democracy after move to end factchecking in US  —  The Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has said Meta's decision to end factchecking on its platforms …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
California governor says Pacific Palisades wildfire has destroyed many structures as winds kick up  —  A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes in Pacific Palisades and prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands.
Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
‘Obamacare’ hits record enrollment but an uncertain future awaits under Trump  —  A record 24 million people have signed up for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama's landmark health legislation, as the program awaits an uncertain future under a Republican-controlled White House and Congress.
Discussion: New York Times and 6abc
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Arno Rosenfeld / The Forward:
Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors  —  The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” volunteer editors on Wikipedia who it says are “abusing their position” by publishing content the group believes to be antisemitic, according to documents obtained by the Forward.
Andy Bruce / Reuters:
UK universities join retreat from Elon Musk's X, citing misinformation on platform  —  Universities and other higher education establishments have joined a retreat among British institutions from Elon Musk's X social media platform, citing its role in spreading misinformation that fuelled race riots last year.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Researcher Turns Insecure License Plate Cameras Into Open Source Surveillance Tool  —  Some Motorola automated license plate reader surveillance cameras are live-streaming video and car data to the unsecured internet where anyone can watch and scrape them, a security researcher has found.
Discussion: Wired
IJR:
Mika Brzezinski Immediately Cleans Up Guest's Statement After He Falsely Referred To Trump As A ‘Rapist’  —  MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski immediately corrected New York University professor Scott Galloway's assertion that President-elect Donald Trump is a “rapist” during a Wednesday segment of “Morning Joe.”
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Mediaite
 
 
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Joanna Partridge / The Guardian:
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman accused of sexual abuse by sister in lawsuit
Kayla Tausche / CNN:
Trump is considering a national economic emergency declaration to allow for new tariff program, sources say
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Anti-Social Century  —  Americans are now spending more time alone than ever.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans prepare blitzkrieg on Biden regulations
Discussion: Washington Examiner
emptywheel:
Why and How to Hold John Roberts Accountable
Discussion: Semafor
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump's Angry Rants to Media Show How Bad Things Will Get
Discussion: Raw Story
Alana Goodman / freebeacon.com:
Source Behind Hegseth Claims Is Disgruntled Former Employee
Discussion: The Bulwark
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Zuck's Great Suck Up
Discussion: Raw Story and Mercury News
 Earlier Items: 
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
Mar-a-Lago meetings to include an offer on SALT cap
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
Canadian Politician Fires Back at Trump: We'll Buy Two of YOUR States
Discussion: HuffPost, The Independent and Raw Story
Ellen Ioanes / Vox:
What banning medical debt from your credit score actually means
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Trump says he will rename the Gulf of Mexico. Can he do that?
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Meta revamping its content moderation systems with Community Notes is good, but Zuckerberg pretending it's about free speech is bad, and the timing is stupid

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google rolls out Daily Listen, which uses AI to generate a five-minute personalized audio overview of stories and topics that a user follows, to its mobile app

Julian Chokkattu / Wired:
A look at AI-enabled wearables like Bee AI and Omi, with embedded always-on microphones to record conversations around users and provide actionable insights

 
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