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Politico:
Feds seek to fast-track appeal in Trump Mar-a-Lago documents fight  —  The Justice Department moved to quickly dismantle the independent review of documents seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, contending that the review — ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon — is impeding its criminal investigation.
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Washington Post:
Trump's legal team divided over how to handle Mar-a-Lago case  —  New lawyer's advice to seek an ‘off-ramp’ with Justice Department is not being heeded, people familiar with discussions say  —  After attorney Christopher Kise accepted $3 million to represent Donald Trump in the FBI's investigation …
Reuters:
U.S. Justice Dept seeks expedited ruling in Trump special master case  —  The U.S. Justice Department on Friday moved to expedite its appeal of an order appointing a special master to review records the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate.
Discussion: Bloomberg, CBS News and Washington Post
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Putin's Newest Annexation Is Dire for Russia Too  —  Vladimir Putin today announced his annexation of four provinces of Ukraine—four provinces that he does not fully control, that did not vote to join Russia, that have been the site of mass murder and mass deportation since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
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Yahoo News:
Putin's ‘annexation’ announcement changes little on the ground in Ukraine  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Even by his own fire-and-brimstone standards, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed angry on Friday as he addressed hundreds of Russian parliamentarians and governors in St. George Hall in the Kremlin.
Iuliia Mendel / Washington Post:
Ukraine has always been ready to negotiate. The question is how.
Discussion: Yahoo News, The Hill and Politico
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Welcome to Cold War 2
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Jared Kushner Allegedly Tried to ‘Inflate’ 2020 Poll Numbers to Avoid Trump's Tantrums, Book Says  —  The president would go “off the rails” at any suggestion that he was losing to Joe Biden, so Kushner advised pollsters to beef up Trump's standing in surveys
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Tucker Carlson Secretly Tried to Get Jared Kushner to Broker Pardon for Roger Stone, Book Reveals
Politico:
Transition from hell  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  While DONALD TRUMP was attempting to prevent then President-elect JOE BIDEN from ascending to office in the months after the election …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Facebook scrambles to escape stock's death spiral as users flee, sales drop  — Meta is trading at its lowest since early 2019, and the stock is one of the worst performers this year in the S&P 500.  — The company's problems are mounting, whether it's the ad hit from Apple's iOS changes or the growing threat posed by TikTok.
Doug Richards / WXIA-TV:
Darkened skin in anti-Abrams ad racially charged, ‘pernicious,’ political analyst says  —  Kemp and Abrams alter colors in negative ads - an expert explains the impacts of this.  —  ATLANTA — Viewers of negative political ads in Georgia may notice something: The bad guys in the ads always seem …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Gavin Newsom's trolling deftly unmasks Ron DeSantis's cruelty  —  It's hard to deny that Gov. Gavin Newsom harbors garish and even cringeworthy presidential ambitions.  The California Democrat regularly trolls Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a top 2024 GOP contender, and Newsom surely knows playing foil …
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Mackenzie Mays / Los Angeles Times:
Newsom signs bill protecting transgender youths and families fleeing red-state policies
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: Most U.S. voters now say Trump should not be allowed to serve as president again  —  President of the United States since 2021  —  Given “what we know about the ongoing investigations into Donald Trump,” a narrow majority of registered voters (51%) now believe he should not …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fired Fox News Anchor Must Face ‘Revenge Porn’ Allegations, Judge Rules  —  After a former Fox News associate producer filed a lawsuit accusing Henry of sexual assault, his legal team included 15 explicit photos of her in the public docket.  —  Disgraced former Fox News anchor Ed Henry's motion …
Discussion: Raw Story and Law & Crime
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Liz Truss' Woes Multiply After Media Blitz  —  In a round of interviews, the prime minister showed little sympathy for the pain that high interest rates could inflict on mortgage holders, critics said.  —  LONDON — For Prime Minister Liz Truss, it was a chance to steady the waters after days …
CNN:
GOP congressional candidate Joe Kent's ties to white nationalists include interview with Nazi sympathizer  —  Despite disavowing White nationalism last spring when one of its adherents endorsed him, a US House candidate in Washington subsequently gave a previously unreported interview in June to a Nazi sympathizer and White nationalist.
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
A statue of legendary spy Harriet Tubman now stands at the CIA  —  “A woke military is a weak military,” former CIA director Mike Pompeo tweeted Tuesday.  —  A few weeks earlier at CIA headquarters, in Langley, Va., current CIA director William J. Burns had a different perspective …
Jake Bleiberg / Associated Press:
Dysfunction in Texas AG's office as Paxton seeks third term  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's staff this month quietly dropped a series of human trafficking and child sexual assault cases after losing track of one of the victims, a stumble in open court emblematic of broader dysfunction inside …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Off the Kuff
KFF:
KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: September 2022  —  Key Findings  — The new, updated, bivalent COVID-19 boosters are now available for use, but the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey finds that awareness of the updated boosters is relatively modest, with about half of adults saying they've heard …
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Judge upholds Georgia election laws on all counts in voting rights case  —  Ruling ends lawsuit filed by Fair Fight Action after 2018 election  —  A federal judge delivered a decisive ruling Friday against allies of Democrat Stacey Abrams in their 4-year-old voting rights lawsuit …
Wall Street Journal:
Cuba Makes Rare Request for U.S. Aid After Devastation From Hurricane Ian  —  Washington is assessing how much assistance Havana needs, according to communications  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has received a rare request from Cuba's government to provide emergency assistance following …
Jason Leopold / Bloomberg:
For Obama, One Trump Term Wasn't a Big Worry, but ‘Eight Years Would Be a Problem’  —  Barack Obama told reporters in his last days as president that he wasn't worried about a single Donald Trump term, but was concerned about a “sustained period” of political norms being undermined if he served two terms …
David French / The Atlantic:
Hatred Makes Fools of Us All  —  Tucker Carlson's conspiracies show that animosity fuels gullibility. … Earlier this week, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that supplies natural gas from Russia to European customers suffered serious damage in what many believe was an act of sabotage.
James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
35 family members of Uvalde shooting victims throw their support behind Beto O'Rourke ahead of debate  —  In a news conference ahead of the only gubernatorial debate, 35 family members of Uvalde school shooting victims said they would support O'Rourke because of Gov. Greg Abbott's inaction on gun control measures.
National Journal:
Republicans count on candidates of color to expand the House map  —  Nonwhite candidates are helping the GOP build bridges into minority communities—and deflect Democratic attacks.  —  On Wednesday, as Hurricane Ian bore down on the Florida district Anna Paulina Luna is likely to represent next year …
New York Times:
Jan. 6 and Mar-a-Lago Inquiries Converge in Fights Over Executive Privilege  —  In both cases, former President Donald J. Trump is claiming a novel power to keep White House information from his time in office secret from the Justice Department.  —  WASHINGTON — Two high-profile criminal …
Discussion: The Hill and National Memo
Jesse Singal / Singal-Minded:
It Isn't Journalism's Job To Hand-Hold People To The Correct Moral Conclusions  —  Stop hating your readers  —  One of the silliest ideas to infect mainstream journalism in recent years is the notion that when journalists produce work about a bad person, they must signpost that work …
New York Times:
Hurricane Ian's Staggering Scale of Wreckage Becomes Clearer in Florida  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — The extent of Hurricane Ian's destruction became clearer on Thursday as people across southwestern Florida, left without electricity, drinking water or inhabitable homes, began to assess the damage …
Jen Fifield / Votebeat:
Trump allies have interviewed nearly 200 election officials to probe for weaknesses  —  Volunteers for “Operation Eagles Wings” are using surveys in eight states to seek support for conspiracy theories.  —  Two of Donald Trump's most prominent allies in his fight to overturn the 2020 election …
 
 
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Just The News:
Outsourced censorship: Feds used private entity to target millions of social posts in 2020
Discussion: The College Fix
Olivia Solon / Bloomberg:
Peter Thiel's Palantir Had Secret Plan to Crack UK's NHS: ‘Buying Our Way In’
John Nichols / The Nation:
The January 6 Committee Can't Quit Before It Examines the Clarence Thomas Connection
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN, MSNBC avoid Biden's 'Where's Jackie?' snafu after obsessing over Trump's ‘Tim Apple’ gaffe
Discussion: Mediaite and The Hill
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
NYC human rights officials are ‘closely monitoring’ allegations against the owner of a gay bar
 Earlier Items: 
Mississippi Free Press:
Mississippi Welfare Scandal Timeline: Brett Favre and the Volleyball Stadium
Discussion: Daily Kos
Bloomberg:
NYC Proposal Offers Cash for Spotting Parking Violations in Bike Lanes
Discussion: CBS News, Gizmodo and New York Magazine
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump made up audit excuse for not releasing tax returns on fly, book says
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Crisis of Men and Boys
Discussion: The Weekly Dish
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
It's “Oppo Dump” O'Clock: OH-09 Moves from Toss Up to Lean Democrat
Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine and The Hill
 

 
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