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1:25 PM ET, November 29, 2022

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Zachary Donnini / Decision Desk HQ:
The US House Was Biased Toward Democrats in 2022: Why Republicans Are Developing a Geography Problem  —  In the 2012 Presidential Election, Democrat Barack Obama decisively defeated Republican Mitt Romney.  Obama won 332 electoral votes and the national Presidential popular vote by nearly 4%.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dem dreams of a ‘real’ majority hinge on Georgia  —  If Raphael Warnock wins in Georgia next week, Democrats will claim a prize bigger than a single Senate seat: a real majority.  —  The Dec. 6 runoff between Warnock and GOP opponent Herschel Walker is an unusually consequential individual Senate race …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
On the Georgia Trail: Herschel Walker silent on white supremacist's visit to Mar-a-Lago
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Herschel Walker Only Recently Stopped Renting Out Georgia Home He Claims as His Residence
Semafor:
‘Immoral,’ ‘Disgusting,’ ‘Ass Clown’: Republicans rage against Trump's antisemitic dinner party  —  Sign up for Semafor Principals: An insider's guide to power in D.C.  —  Your Email addressSign Up  —  Donald Trump faced a deluge of criticism from across the Republican party spectrum …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Trump's Jewish Allies Denounce Dinner With Kanye West and Nick Fuentes  —  Supporters who looked past the former president's admirers in bigoted corners of the far right, and his own use of antisemitic tropes, now are drawing a line.  “He legitimizes Jew hatred and Jew haters,” says one.
Philip Klein / National Review:
Trump's Reckless Dinner with Kanye Is a Window into a Second Term
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Antisemitism's March Into the Mainstream
Jason D. Greenblatt / CNN:
Former Trump White House envoy: Dinner with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes should not have happened
NBC News:
Republican criticism of Trump builds after his dinner with a white supremacist
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC commissions ‘review’ of party tactics after disappointing midterm  —  The Republican National Committee is launching a review of the party's performance in the midterm election and bringing on a team of outside advisers to help guide strategy, as the GOP reckons with its disappointing performance in the election.
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Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Rick Scott slams McConnell and GOP leadership for ‘compromising our principles’  —  Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) defended his decision to release a 12-point midterm agenda earlier this year and promised his leadership challenge to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is just the beginning …
Discussion: Fox News
Sen. Rick Scott / Washington Examiner:
Washington liars will not stop us from rescuing America
Discussion: The Hill
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Says Congressional Leaders Must Act to Prevent Rail Strike  —  President Biden told lawmakers that the U.S. economy would be “at risk” if rail workers went on strike next month.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden told congressional leaders from both parties on Tuesday morning …
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Washington Post:
As rail strike deadline nears, Biden calls on Congress to intervene
New York Times:
New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily  —  Mayor Eric Adams directed city agencies, including the Police Department, to take people who appear mentally ill and seem likely to harm others to hospitals for psychiatric care.  —  Mayor Eric Adams announced …
Discussion: Gothamist
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
A Letter to the DeSantis Fan-Boys From a Real Never Trumper  —  Level-setting on the New Precious.  —  In 2024, the chosen one will be Gov. Ron DeSantis.  It has thus been decreed by the old-guard members of Conservative Inc. Or at least the ones calculating enough to have survived the MAGA takeover.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch:
Aren't You Embarrassed? … It's become immensely embarrassing to be a conservative in the United States.  —  Many of us have coped with that embarrassment by reregistering as independents.  A few found it so intolerable that they changed their views on policy altogether.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Democrats prepare to upend presidential primary calendar  —  The list of states with the biggest say in Democratic presidential contests could get a big shake-up this week.  —  A flurry of public and private lobbying to reformat the longtime early-state lineup of Iowa, New Hampshire …
Morgan Meaker / Wired:
Layoffs Have Gutted Twitter's Child Safety Team  —  Just one person remains to enforce the company's ban on child sexual abuse content across Japan and the Asia Pacific region.  —  Removing child exploitation is “priority #1”, Twitter's new owner and CEO Elon Musk declared last week.
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Bloomberg:
Elon Musk's Job Cuts Decimated Twitter Team Tackling Child Sexual Abuse
Discussion: The Daily Dot
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Everybody Hates Liz Cheney  —  Pimped by Democrats, used by the news media, abandoned by Republicans, and disliked by the public, Cheney, like her father, might have managed to tick off almost everyone on her way out the door.  —  It wasn't supposed to end this way.
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Reuters:
The yuan's the new dollar as Russia rides to the redback  —  Chinese entrepreneur Wang Min is delighted about Russia's embrace of the yuan.  His LED lights company can price contracts to Russian customers in yuan rather than dollars or euros, and they can pay him in yuan.  It's “win-win”, he says.
Discussion: Insider and TrackRecord Daily
Associated Press:
Students sent home, police on patrol as China curbs protests  —  Chinese universities sent students home and police fanned out in Beijing and Shanghai to prevent more protests Tuesday after crowds angered by severe anti-virus restrictions called for leader Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades.
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New York Times:
Russian Retreat Reveals Signs of an Atrocity in a Ukrainian Village  —  In the southern Kherson region, the pattern seen in eastern Ukraine is repeating: The withdrawal of Russian forces yields evidence of possible war crimes.  —  PRAVDYNE, Ukraine — First came small pieces of bone.
Discussion: Associated Press and Defense One
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Associated Press:
NATO commits to future Ukraine membership, drums up aid
Washington Post:
Elon Musk says Apple threatened to remove Twitter from App Store  —  In a series of tweets, the billionaire says Apple also has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter  —  Elon Musk on Monday went on a tear against Apple, Twitter's top advertiser, after he said the company threatened to block …
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
US courts ruling in favor of justice department turns legal tide on Trump  —  The ex-president's supporters will no longer be able to avoid testifying before grand juries in Washington DC and Georgia  —  spate of major court rulings rejecting claims of executive privilege and other arguments …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story and New York Times
Anuj Chopra / The Guardian:
‘The Godfather, Saudi-style’: inside the palace coup that brought MBS to power  —  Not long ago, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Nayef, was all set to assume power.  But his ambitious young cousin had a ruthless plan to seize control for himself  —  he Saudi prince was detained all night.
NBC News:
Arizona secretary of state sues GOP-controlled county over refusal to certify election results  —  Cochise County has repeatedly refused to certify its results from the Nov. 8 election.  The deadline for certification is Nov. 28.  —  Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs sued …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
NBC's Mystery of the Week: Where in the world is Miguel Almaguer after Pelosi-report retraction?  —  Have you seen this reporter, ladies and gentleman?  NBC News' Miguel Almaguer was last seen on the Today show nearly a month ago, giving an update on the Paul Pelosi assault story.
Discussion: RedState and Fox News
Lizzie Presser / New York Times:
Was She Ready to Be a Mother?  A Judge Got to Decide.  —  As abortion access dwindles, America's ‘parental involvement’ laws weigh even more heavily on teenagers — who may need a court's permission to end their pregnancies.  —  To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
 
 
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Sarah Krajewski / CEPA:
Light Flares in Ukraine's Darkness
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Twitter is no longer enforcing its Covid misinformation policy
Sam Kiley / CNN:
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Even Pat Boone Is Praying Trump Doesn't Run Again
Discussion: Raw Story
Gabriel Rinaldi / Politico:
Germany plans overhaul of immigration system, citizenship laws