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CNN:
Jim Jordan sent one of the texts revealed by January 6 committee  —  Rep. Liz Cheney reveals frantic texts from GOP lawmakers to Mark Meadows on January 6  —  (CNN)Rep. Jim Jordan forwarded a text message to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on January 5, outlining a legal theory …
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
During January 6 Hearing, Schiff Doctored Text Messages Between Mark Meadows And Rep. Jim Jordan  —  Democrat Adam Schiff doctored text messages between Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan during Monday's Jan. 6 hearings, an investigation by The Federalist shows.  —  Oops, he did it again.
Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
Gone Too Far  —  The Capitol riot happened because President Donald Trump simply lied, and lied, and lied.  —  s cable television broadcast the scenes of Trump supporters breaking past police lines and even smashing their way into the Capitol on January 6, the president's son, Donald Trump Jr. …
Raleigh News & Observer:
Mark Meadows should face charges for stonewalling Congress  —  OPINION AND COMMENTARY  —  Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters.  —  BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
BREAKING: January 6 Committee Admits It Doctored Text Message Between Meadows And Jordan  —  The House January 6 committee admitted on Wednesday that it doctored a text message from Jim Jordan to Mark Meadows, as was first reported by The Federalist.  —  Following reporting by The Federalist …
Politico:
Jan. 6 investigators mull whether Trump violated obstruction law
Angie Drobnic Holan / PolitiFact:
The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sinema pops Democrats' filibuster trial balloon on voting rights  —  Kyrsten Sinema supports the elections reform bill that Democrats are considering a year-end push to pass.  She doesn't support a shortcut around the filibuster to get it done.  —  The Arizona moderate is making clear …
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Washington Post:
Democrats' $2 trillion spending plan in political peril as talks between Biden, Manchin appear to hit snag
NBC News:
Democrats' hopes dim that Build Back Better will pass before New Year
Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
Senate GOP target BBB child care provision as bill stalls in the Senate
Discussion: New York Times and Fox News
National Archives:
JFK Assassination Records - 2021 Additional Documents Release  —  Have a question about JFK Assassination Records?  —  Ask it on HistoryHub!  —  The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is processing previously withheld John F. Kennedy assassination-related records to comply …
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CBS San Francisco:
SF Mayor London Breed Announces Crime Crackdown; ‘Less Tolerant Of All The Bulls-t That Has Destroyed Our City’  —  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Mayor London Breed launched an emergency police intervention in San Francisco's crime-ridden Tenderloin neighborhood Tuesday, targeting a pipeline …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Frisco mayor: By golly, what this city needs is “aggressive” policing instead of “bull****”
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russian Politician Calls for Kidnapping of U.S. Congressman on Live TV  —  “This is how we should be dealing with these bastards,” the Russian lawmaker said after advocating for the abduction of Rep. Ruben Gallego over his recent comments on Ukraine.  —  With tensions between the United States …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and CNN
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
Omicron Is About to Overwhelm Us … For all their limitations, the models right now are flashing bright red.  Over the course of the pandemic, again and again, projections based on simplistic extrapolations of current trends have missed the mark when the trajectories turned.
Elizabeth Warren / The Boston Globe:
Expand the Supreme Court  —  I don't come to this conclusion lightly or because I disagree with a particular decision; I come to this conclusion because I believe the current court threatens the democratic foundations of our nation.  —  This month, a majority of justices …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden picks Caroline Kennedy, Michelle Kwan for ambassador roles  —  President Biden will nominate Caroline Kennedy and former figure skater Michelle Kwan to ambassadorships as part of a slate of diplomatic picks, the White House announced Wednesday.  —  Biden announced his intent to nominate Kennedy …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:   Biden nominates former Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan as ambassador to Belize
Dylan McGuinness / Houston Chronicle:
Former Houston cop who thought A/C repairman was a voter fraud mastermind indicted on felony assault charge  —  A Harris County grand jury on Tuesday indicted former Houston police captain Mark Aguirre on an assault charge after he was accused of running a man off the road and pointing to a gun …
Discussion: Political Wire and Off the Kuff
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ABC13:   Ex-HPD captain indicted for aggravated assault in bizarre voter fraud conspiracy case
Reuters:
The military-intelligence veterans who helped lead Trump's campaign of disinformation  —  After Donald Trump lost the White House, ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and three other current and former U.S. Army officers challenged the vote's legitimacy and pushed baseless conspiracy claims.
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Eric Adams Names NYPD Commissioner in Front of Cop Killer Mural  —  New York City mayor-elect Eric Adams (D.) on Wednesday named the next commissioner of the New York Police Department while standing in front of a mural dedicated to a convicted cop killer and other controversial left-wing icons.
Discussion: Fox News, CBS New York and Twitchy
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Washington Post:
Historic wind storm slamming central U.S. with rare tornado threat in the north  —  Minnesota and northern Iowa could see their first December tornadoes on record; winds are expected to gust over 60 mph in Denver, Omaha and Des Moines.  —  Half of the Lower 48 faces a dangerous weather event Wednesday …
Discussion: CNN and Fox 8 Cleveland WJW
Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
Does Punchbowl News Play by the Rules?  —  Where hosting a confab for lobbyists meets journalistic ethics  —  On Sunday afternoon, the Washington Football Team lost to the Dallas Cowboys, and Punchbowl News was there to see it.  The D.C.-based scoop shop, a newsletter-based online publication …
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
‘The Five’ blasts Swalwell, Frum for ‘despicable’ new COVID restriction ideas for unvaccinated Americans  —  Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum suggested relegating unvaccinated hospital patients to the back of the line  —  Eric Swalwell, David Frum float ‘despicable’ new coronavirus vaccine mandates
Matt Labash / Slack Tide:
Bassholes  —  Stop culturally appropriating, or, a meditation on the importance of fishing hats  —  Whenever I'm lecturing in journalism schools, eyeing row upon row of tomorrow's Tom Wolfes and Janet Malcolms - or as editors like to call them, future listicle writers - I tell the kids, “Journalism is easy, I just make it look hard.”
Discussion: Overtime
Bloomberg:
Unvaccinated Covid Patients Push Hospital Systems Past the Brink  —  Data analysis and visualization by David Ingold and Paul Murray  —  In a Kentucky hospital bed at the end of November, a Covid-19 patient from the state's latest wave of infections lay alone behind the glass isolation wall.
Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times:
Retailers say thefts are at crisis level.  The numbers say otherwise  —  Organized retail crime is haunting the nation this holiday season.  —  Captured on smartphones and closed-circuit cameras, thefts involving groups of people smashing windows or individuals wheeling loaded shopping …
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
NFL map endorses CCP's claim that Taiwan is part of China  —  The NFL appeared to endorse the Chinese Communist Party's claims to sovereignty over Taiwan on Wednesday in a map announcing the NFL's international marketing.  —  The world map shared by the NFL colored the Chinese mainland …
Discussion: Fox News and HotAir
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The lawyer behind the Trump coup memo unmasks the absurdity of the coverup  —  In their frantic efforts to disrupt the work of the House select committee examining Jan. 6, Donald Trump's co-conspirators have advanced a singular argument: The committee lacks any “legitimate legislative purpose.”
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Build Back Better would make Biden's annus horribilis even worse  —  At the end of his year of Old Testament afflictions — the political equivalent of Job losing his camels and acquiring boils — President Biden might be muttering: Job was at least spared Sens. Joe Manchin III and Kyrsten Sinema.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Agency overseeing Trump's D.C. hotel lease failed to examine ethical, constitutional conflicts, report says  —  WASHINGTON — The federal agency managing the government's lease of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., failed to examine ethical conflicts and constitutional issues posed …
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN and The Hill
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
3rd Circuit's Ambro to take senior status, giving Biden second vacancy  —  (Reuters) - U.S. Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro is stepping down from active service on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a court official said Wednesday, creating a new judicial vacancy for President Joe Biden to fill on the Philadelphia-based court.
 
 
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Cara Anna / Associated Press:
Freelance journalist accredited to AP detained in Ethiopia
Discussion: The Hill
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis:
Governor DeSantis Announces Legislative Proposal to Stop W.O.K.E. Activism and Critical Race Theory in Schools and Corporations
Spencer Lindquist / The Federalist:
L.A. Schools Host LGBT Club For 4-Year-Olds, Promote ‘Two Spirit’ Sexuality And Child Mutilation
Discussion: TheBlaze
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Officials Project Three Rate Rises Next Year and Accelerate Wind Down of Stimulus
Zach Cunning / Heartland Signal:
GOP gubernatorial candidate's campaign video celebrates Minnesota with stock images from Eastern Europe
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
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Discussion: CNN
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Pelosi rejects stock-trading ban for members of Congress: ‘We are a free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that.’
Washington Post:
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