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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Arizona attorney general asks for Jack Smith's full case file — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) has requested access to special counsel Jack Smith's case file for his 2020 election subversion prosecution of President-elect Trump, citing her case against several of his allies.
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PoliticusUSA, Washington Times, Arizona Mirror, Townhall and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
Judge clears the way for release of special counsel Smith's report on Trump's 2020 election case
Judge clears the way for release of special counsel Smith's report on Trump's 2020 election case
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Judge Cannon OKs release of special counsel's report into Trump and election subversion
Judge Cannon OKs release of special counsel's report into Trump and election subversion
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Politico, Fox News and The Guardian
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump appears desperate to keep Jack Smith's findings under wraps
Trump appears desperate to keep Jack Smith's findings under wraps
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One First, The Daily Signal, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Judge Allows Release of Half of Special Counsel's Report on Trump Cases
Judge Allows Release of Half of Special Counsel's Report on Trump Cases
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Civil Discourse …, Law & Crime, The Bulwark and Raw Story
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ — New York CNN — Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
I Have Resigned from The Washington Post, effective today — Corporate and billionaire owners of major media outlets have betrayed their audiences' loyalty and sabotaged journalism's sacred mission — defending, protecting and advancing democracy. The Washington Post's billionaire owner …
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CNN, New York Post, Townhall and New Jersey Online
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Begun, the MAGA Wars Have — 1. #TeamBannon — Over the weekend Steve Bannon unleashed on Elon Musk: … That was Bannon's marker. His actual critique of Musk? Buckle up, Francis. … Bannon went on to describe Musk's preferred objective as “techno-feudalism.” — Some observations:
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Vanity Fair, Esquire, New Republic, The Hill and HuffPost
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New Republic:
Bannon's Rage at Musk Suddenly Goes Nuclear as MAGA Meltdown Worsens
Bannon's Rage at Musk Suddenly Goes Nuclear as MAGA Meltdown Worsens
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Axios, Vanity Fair, UnHerd and Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
As Trump prepares to take power, MAGA can't stop the ugly infighting
As Trump prepares to take power, MAGA can't stop the ugly infighting
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Raw Story
Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:
Elon Musk Is an ‘Evil Person,’ Steve Bannon Says
Elon Musk Is an ‘Evil Person,’ Steve Bannon Says
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Washington Examiner, Rolling Stone, The Independent, Fox News, New Republic, New Jersey Online, Al Jazeera, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Mail
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson confirms ‘discussions’ on tying wildfire aid to debt limit — House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed to reporters Monday there's “been some discussion” of tying California wildfire aid to a debt limit increase, after GOP members raised the issue with Donald Trump in several meetings …
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Deadline
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House Republicans and Trump discuss tying California wildfire aid to debt ceiling — The current California fires could become the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. — A group of House Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump talked about tying wildfire aid …
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ABC News, The Hill, New York Post, The Post Millennial, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, Washington Examiner, Washington Reporter, IJR, Daily Kos, E&E News, East Bay Times and New York Times
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's thuggish response to the California fires is a bad omen
Trump's thuggish response to the California fires is a bad omen
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The Mahablog and Washington Post
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Team Trump Suddenly Backtracks on Key Campaign Promise — Donald Trump is backtracking on his big campaign promise to end the Ukraine war in 24 hours, according to his special envoy to Ukraine. — On Sunday, Keith Kellogg told Fox News that the Russia-Ukraine war would come to a “solvable solution in the near term.”
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HuffPost
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Rachel Maddow Will Return to Nightly Shows on MSNBC for Trump's First 100 Days
Rachel Maddow Will Return to Nightly Shows on MSNBC for Trump's First 100 Days
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USA Today, Associated Press, The Hill, One America News Network, The Daily Caller and RedState
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Maybe It Was Never About the Factory Jobs — The theory that populist economic policies can win back the working class for Democrats has been tried, and it has failed. — if there was any place in America where President Joe Biden's economic agenda ought to have won him votes, it would have been Lordstown, Ohio.
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Mastodon Blog:
The people should own the town square — For any enquiry regarding this announcement, please contact press@joinmastodon.org — Mastodon was founded on the principles that people should be able to control their social circle online, curate their own timeline, and convene freely with any community of their choosing.
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The Verge and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »
Associated Press:
Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about commitment to his agenda — Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election …
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Rolling Stone, Daily Kos, Raw Story and New Republic
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Defense pick Pete Hegseth repeatedly criticized removing names of Confederate generals from US bases — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the names of Confederate generals from US military bases, repeatedly saying the names should be changed back.
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Raw Story and New Republic
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Village People to perform at Trump rally in DC, inaugural ball — The Village People, performers of Trump rally staples like “Macho Man” and “YMCA,” are set to bring those songs to the nation's capital as part of President-elect Trump's inauguration festivities.
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Raw Story, New York Post and The Post Millennial
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Carrie Underwood to perform at Trump's inauguration
Carrie Underwood to perform at Trump's inauguration
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USA Today, New York Times, HuffPost, Associated Press, New York Post, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Global News, New Republic, Daily Mail, CBS News, Breitbart, RADAR, TMZ.com, Las Vegas Review-Journal, masslive.com, UPI, The Guardian, One America News Network, Deseret News, The Independent, The Hollywood Reporter, Page Six, Variety, Rolling Stone, The Daily Caller and Deadline
Paul Krugman / Krugman wonks out:
In Praise of California — It has its flaws — what place doesn't? — but it plays a big role in America's greatness — One of the unwritten rules of American politics is that it's OK to sneer at and smear our big cities and the people who live in them, while it's an outrageous act …
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Raw Story
Rachel Selzer / Democracy Docket:
North Carolina Judge Denies Republicans' Request To Toss 60,000 Ballots — Today, a North Carolina judge rejected a request from the Republican National Committee (RNC), North Carolina GOP, Wake County GOP and two voters to toss out nearly 60,000 ballots cast in all November 2024 statewide races.
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Balls and Strikes, NC Newsline and Diane Ravitch's blog
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence — In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations has already turned up in the West. — Most American parents hardly give thought to polio beyond the instant …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Orlando Sentinel
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Paul A. Offit / New York Times:
Don't Call Kennedy a Vaccine Skeptic. Call Him What He Is: A Cynic.
Don't Call Kennedy a Vaccine Skeptic. Call Him What He Is: A Cynic.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Post and Raw Story
The White House:
Statement from President Biden Announcing the Names of CVN 82 and CVN 83 — I am proud to announce that the next two Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers will be named for two former presidents: Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. — When I personally delivered the news to Bill and George, they were deeply humbled.
New York Post:
Suspect arrested with ‘flamethrower’ near LA Fire is an illegal immigrant: sources — The homeless man tackled and zip-tied by onlookers who say he was trying to start fires with a blowtorch near a Los Angeles wildfire is an illegal immigrant who will likely be protected by California's sanctuary city status, according to sources.
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Fox News, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, American Greatness, Townhall, The Sun and PBS NewsHour
Rebecca Carballo / Politico:
Biden's parting gift: Student loan debt relief — More than 5 million borrowers have had loans forgiven since the president took office. — In the waning days of Joe Biden's presidency, his administration announced on Monday that it will provide student debt relief to 150,000 borrowers.
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed — Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized Instagram competitor. On Facebook, the company is labeling links to Pixelfed.social as “spam” and deleting them immediately. — Pixelfed is an open-source …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Biden Aides Warned Putin as Russia's Shadow War Threatened Air Disaster — The White House scrambled to get a message to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last year after U.S. intelligence agencies said a Russian military unit was preparing to send explosive packages on cargo planes.
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Raw Story and The Atlantic