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3:10 PM ET, November 18, 2022

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Wall Street Journal:
Garland to Name Special Counsel to Determine Whether Trump Should Face Charges  —  A formal announcement would come days after Mr. Trump announced another bid for the presidency  —  WASHINGTON-Attorney General Merrick Garland will appoint a special counsel to determine whether former President Donald Trump …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Attorney General Merrick Garland names Jack Smith special counsel in Trump criminal probes  — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland named former federal prosecutor Jack Smith special counsel for two criminal investigations by the Department of Justice of former President Donald Trump.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump or Biden?  How About Neither?  —  Walking away from the presidency is like giving up the car keys because you're too old to drive safely.  —  Joe Biden and Donald Trump: Please do the country a service and don't run for president in 2024.  America is in gridlock over the both of you …
Discussion: Fox News and Vanity Fair
New York Times:
Jack Smith, named as special counsel, has a long history as a career prosecutor.  —  The attorney general announced his decision to name Jack Smith, the former head of the Justice Department's public integrity section, to to job just days after former President Donald J. Trump announced that he would seek the White House again in 2024.
Discussion: NBC News and Fox News
Washington Post:
Garland names special counsel for Trump Mar-a-Lago, 2020 election probes
Discussion: NBC News, CBS News and Balloon Juice
CNN:
DOJ to announce special counsel for Trump-related Mar-a-Lago and January 6 investigations
Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
Trump tweeted an image from a spy satellite, declassified document shows  —  Three years ago, Donald Trump tweeted an image that left intelligence experts gobsmacked.  —  The picture was of a rocket that had exploded on a launch pad deep inside of Iran.  It was so crisp, that some initially thought …
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Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘A Crazy Old Man Fighting With Himself’: Can Trump Do to DeSantis What He Did to Bush?  —  To become president, Donald Trump had to vanquish a Florida governor.  To become president again, he might have to do it once more.  —  The most important story in politics in the coming weeks …
Associated Press:
Trump 2024 rivals court his donors as primary season begins  —  Republicans considering a 2024 run for the White House will assemble in Las Vegas this weekend, with anxious donors and activists openly considering whether or not to support Donald Trump for a third straight time.
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Key Evangelical Figures Turn On Trump: ‘He Used Us’  —  One ripped the ex-president for acting “like a little elementary schoolchild.”  Another warned that if the GOP turns to him in 2024, “we will get destroyed.”  —  Key evangelical figures who previously supported Donald Trump are backing off …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
GOP megadonor Mercer family has no plans to boost Trump's 2024 campaign as former president loses more allies
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Democrat Adam Frisch concedes to Lauren Boebert in nail biter House race  —  Democrat Adam Frisch conceded on Friday to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in the race for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, saying that an expected recount was unlikely to change the outcome of the election.
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Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Republican Boebert's tight race likely headed to recount
Washington Post:
Rep. Lauren Boebert race too close to call, with margin inside recount threshold
Molly Ball / TIME:
Nancy Pelosi Reflects On the Not-Quite-End of An Era  —  Ever since the election, Nancy Pelosi says, congressional Democrats have been begging her to remain as their leader.  Of course, she knew what they were really doing: currying favor, just in case.  —  “Our members were just exploding …
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Dems get in array on future leadership after Pelosi departs  —  House Democrats are increasingly likely to elect their troika of top leaders for the next Congress without any major confrontation, ensuring a show of unity as they enter the minority.  —  And it didn't happen without some work …
New York Times:
Justice Department Said to Investigate Ticketmaster's Parent Company  —  The inquiry predates the botched presale of Taylor Swift tickets this week and is said to focus on whether Live Nation has abused its power in the live music industry.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened …
David Byler / Washington Post:
No, gerrymandering didn't cost Democrats the House  —  Republicans have narrowly won control of the House.  And some Democrats are blaming the maps.  —  They correctly note that Republicans won key redistricting fights in 2021.  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis netted a few congressional seats for the GOP by passing pro-Republican maps.
Discussion: HuffPost and Bloomberg
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The Verge:
Hundreds of employees say no to being part of Elon Musk's ‘extremely hardcore’ Twitter  —  Musk gave Twitter staff a deadline to say if they are staying for his cultural reset of the company.  And right on deadline, the farewell emojis started pouring into Twitter's Slack.
Yoel Roth / New York Times:
I Was the Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter.  This Is What Could Become of It.  —  Earlier this month, I chose to leave my position leading trust and safety at Elon Musk's Twitter.  —  As the company's head of policy, my teams were responsible for drafting Twitter's rules and figuring …
Reuters:
A gender imbalance emerges among trans teens seeking treatment  —  USA-TRANSYOUTH/TOPSURGERY  —  Adolescents assigned female at birth account for a significant majority of minors receiving gender-affirming care, including top surgery, fueling debate about the influence of peer groups and social media.
Andy Biggs / American Greatness:
I Cannot Vote for Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker  —  It is time to make a change.  —  During this midterm campaign, I attended hundreds of events in my district, around Arizona, and around the country.  The issue I was asked about most often was whether I or the Republicans in the House …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Raw Story and IJR
Associated Press:
US moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing  —  The Biden administration declared Thursday that the high office held by Saudi Arabia's crown prince should shield him from lawsuits for his role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, a turnaround from Joe Biden's passionate …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
'You've gotta have a war every five or 10 years'  —  It's not every day that a senator quotes a famous mob movie to describe the state of his political party after a week of infighting.  —  “You've gotta have a war every five or 10 years to get rid of the bad blood,” Sen. John Kennedy …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal:
Wife of Sen. Bob Menendez Draws Scrutiny in Federal Probe  —  Investigators are examining whether Nadine Arslanian received gifts or services from individuals who sought favors from New Jersey's senior senator  —  Federal prosecutors investigating U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez are examining whether …
Financial Times:
‘A remarkable job’: how Russia and China buckled in the face of a united G20 … It took six rounds of talks over 17 days before negotiators from G20 countries could finally relax, just after 7pm on Monday evening.  —  Tasked with hammering out a joint draft statement that leaders could agree …
Tariq Panja / New York Times:
Qatar Bans Beer Sales at World Cup Stadiums  —  Qatar's about-face on alcohol signaled that FIFA, soccer's governing body, may no longer be in full control of its showcase championship.  —  DOHA, Qatar — The tiny but fabulously wealthy Gulf nation of Qatar has spent 12 years preparing …
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Constitutional amendment on abortion appears doomed  —  Democrats likely to pull proposal because they lack votes to pass it  —  A constitutional amendment that would have asked voters to enshrine abortion as a basic human right appears doomed out of the starting gate after Democratic Senate …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson Show Notes:
Against Poo Flinging Monkeys  —  It is official.  Republicans have taken back the House of Representatives.  They gathered yesterday to announce their first official act: an investigation into Hunter Biden.  —  Dumbasses.  —  What a bunch of idiots.  The American people just rejected the GOP “own the libs” strategy.
 
 
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C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
A federal judge compared the January 6 mentality to ‘Nazi Germany’ at the sentencing of a Capitol rioter
Discussion: NBC News
Mark Lungariello / New York Post:
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nsarchive.gwu.edu:
New Declassifications on Nuclear Weapons Safety and Security
Bloomberg:
Trump Ordered His Companies to Fight Criminal Tax Fraud Case
Politico:
The debt ceiling problem no one is talking about
Discussion: Fox News
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Miami Herald:
Over $1.4 million in Florida taxpayer dollars still unaccounted for in migrant flight program
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Do not become numb’: Prosecutors close seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers
Josh Hawley / Washington Post:
The GOP is dead. A new GOP must listen to working people.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
The Man Who Was Supposed to Save Crypto
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Post Millennial
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
My Friend, Mike Gerson
Discussion: New York Times
Peter Laffin / Washington Examiner:
Lauren Boebert's double-barreled blasphemy
Associated Press:
North Korea test-fires ICBM with range to strike entire US
The Guardian:
FBI director ‘very concerned’ by reports of secret Chinese police stations in US