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12:50 PM ET, November 28, 2022

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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Donald Trump ‘shied away from criticising Nick Fuentes’  —  Advisers wanted ex-president to distance himself from white supremacist with whom he dined but Trump feared alienating supporters - insiders  —  Donald Trump repeatedly refused to disavow the outspoken antisemite …
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Key Trump 2024 Rivals Silent After His White Supremacist Meeting  —  Many of Donald Trump's potential 2024 rivals and some top Republicans have fallen silent on the former president's dinner with a notorious white supremacist, illustrating the party's continuing struggle to escape his grasp.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kemp slams Trump's ‘un-American’ white supremacist dinner guest; Walker is silent
Discussion: Insider
Politico:   A five-week framework for shaking McCarthy
Punchbowl News:
11/28/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Post
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
House Dems on GOP's thin majority: Welcome to hell  —  Democrats just spent two harrowing years navigating one of the tiniest majorities in House history.  Now it's the GOP's turn — and things could get even worse.  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and his team are set …
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Biden Helped Democrats Avert a '22 Disaster.  What About '24?  —  A stronger-than-expected midterm showing has quieted the party's public hand-wringing about a re-election campaign for President Biden.  But it hasn't put those worries to rest.  —  Expecting a cataclysmic midterm election …
Rich Lowry / National Review:   The Extreme Recklessness of Biden 2.0
Associated Press:
Crowd angered by lockdowns calls for China's Xi to step down  —  Protesters angered by strict anti-virus measures called for China's powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities struggled to suppress demonstrations Sunday that represent a rare direct challenge to the ruling Communist Party.
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Joe Mcdonald / Associated Press:
China eases COVID rules after wide protests of lockdowns
Yuan Yang / Financial Times:
China's zero-Covid protests create a rare nationwide coalition of interests
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Major News Outlets Urge U.S. to Drop Its Charges Against Assange  —  In a joint letter, news organizations warned that the indictment of Julian Assange “sets a dangerous precedent” that could chill reporting about matters of national security.  —  WASHINGTON — The New York Times …
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The New York Times Company:
An Open Letter from Editors and Publishers: Publishing is Not a Crime
Discussion: The Hill and Just The News
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Warnock rallies weekend voters, but Walker is out of sight  —  U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock hardly took any time off for Thanksgiving break, headlining six separate events scattered across metro Atlanta this weekend to pump up weekend voting.  Meanwhile, Herschel Walker …
Discussion: RedState and Bloomberg
Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests  —  For hours, links to adult content overwhelmed other posts from cities where dramatic rallies escalated  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter's radically reduced anti-propaganda team grappled on Sunday with a flood of nuisance content …
New York Times:
Russia-Ukraine War  —  Russia Denies Reports That It Will Withdraw from Embattled Nuclear Plant … The Kremlin tries to tamp down speculation that its forces will leave the Zaporizhzhia plant.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Following a string of Ukrainian military successes in the south …
Washington Post:
High-profile Republicans gain followers in first weeks of Musk's reign  —  Shift in follower counts for Elizabeth Warren, Ted Cruz show how the platform is beginning to change under Musk  —  High-profile Republican members of Congress gained tens of thousands of Twitter followers …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Merriam-Webster:
Word of the Year 2022  —  ‘Gaslighting,’ plus ‘sentient,’ ‘omicron,’ ‘queen consort,’ and other top lookups of 2022  —  In this age of misinformation—of “fake news,” conspiracy theories, Twitter trolls,and deepfakes—gaslighting has emerged as a word for our time.
Discussion: The Hill, MLive.com and IJR
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Catherine Pearson / New York Times:
Why Is It So Hard for Men to Make Close Friends?  —  American men are stuck in a “friendship recession.”  Here's how to climb out.  —  The Tuesday before every Thanksgiving, Aaron Karo and Matt Ritter, both 43, go out to dinner with a group of seven men whom they befriended as second graders in Plainview, N.Y.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Billionaire-Backed ‘Hub for Election Denial’  —  Dick Uihlein has been awfully busy backing election deniers.  A new IRS filing shows he also teamed up with one.  —  Right-wing megadonor Dick Uihlein has been funneling tens of millions of dollars to election deniers …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns  —  The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.  The U.N. health agency said in a statement Monday …
CNN:
CNN ANNOUNCES PHIL MATTINGLY AS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT AND MJ LEE AS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT  —  CNN has announced new assignments for its White House team, effective immediately.  —  Phil Mattingly has been promoted to Chief White House Correspondent.
Politico:
The GOP's great Trump reckoning begins at the state party level  —  For years, Lou Barletta counted himself among Donald Trump's most diehard allies.  The former Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate and congressman endorsed him at a time in 2016 when many GOP elected officials saw Trump as radioactive.
The City:
Brooklyn Democratic Machine Appoints Little Pakistan Residents to Party Posts Without Their Knowledge  —  A former party leader in the borough says ‘ghost appointees’ are not a new phenomenon.  —  At least ten people living in Brooklyn's Little Pakistan neighborhood were appointed to obscure …
Eva Corlett / The Guardian:
Twitter failed to detect upload of Christchurch mosque terror attack videos  —  Footage was taken down only after the New Zealand government alerted Twitter, which had failed to pick up the content as harmful  —  Twitter has removed freshly uploaded footage of the Christchurch terror attack …
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
Meta Fined $275 Million for Breaking E.U. Data Privacy Law  —  The penalty, imposed by Irish data regulators, brings European fines against Facebook's parent company to more than $900 million since last year.  —  LONDON — In the latest penalty against Meta for violating European privacy rules …
 
 
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Cheryl Teh / Insider:
Mike Lindell is running to lead the Republican National Committee and unseat longtime foe Ronna McDaniel
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Turning Point for Garland as Justice Dept. Grapples With Trump Inquiries
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Gary Craig / USA Today:
Buffalo Tops shooter pleads guilty to murder, hate crime charges in mass killing
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Judge reprimands Trump Corp. lawyers for late night filings
Jennifer Rankin / The Guardian:
‘Russia wins by losing’: Timothy Snyder on raising funds for Ukrainian drone defence
Discussion: The Hill and The Intercept
Sun-Sentinel:
Innocence Sold: Florida's foster system provides dangerous sex traffickers with easy access to vulnerable children
Christopher Robbins / Hell Gate:
A Very Moynihan Train Hall Thanksgiving: 'Wow, I Can't Even Sit Down?'
 Earlier Items: 
Christine Mai-Duc / Wall Street Journal:
California's Homelessness Problem Pits Gov. Gavin Newsom Against Mayors
Discussion: Power Line
Jonathan Shamir / Haaretz:
New Powers in Far-right Hands: Israel's National Security Ministry, Explained
Discussion: Al-Monitor
Mitchell Epner / The Daily Beast:
Trump Might Have to Face His Worst Nightmare—a D.C. Jury
Discussion: Raw Story
The White House:
Presidential Memorandum to Promote Accountability for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Discussion: Associated Press
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Junot Díaz in limbo  —  Your Email addressSign Up  —  It took a bit of persuading …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The far right is losing. That's why America has never been so dangerous.
Sean Ingle / The Guardian:
Iran want USA banned for 'offending country's dignity' over World Cup flag
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

Nicola Agius / Search Engine Land:
Google blocked or removed 5.5B ads and 12.7M advertiser accounts for violating its policies in 2023, up from 5.2B ads and 6.7M advertiser accounts in 2022

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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