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8:50 PM ET, December 4, 2022

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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump's call for suspending the Constitution is too dangerous to ignore  —  There was a time, in the naive spring and summer of 2015, when I deemed Donald Trump beneath my notice and refused to write about him: Why soil myself, I thought, and also: Surely he will fade away.
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
House Republican won't denounce Trump over call to terminate Constitution's election rules  —  Rep. David Joyce (R-Ohio) on Sunday declined to denounce former President Trump for suggesting the termination of the Constitution's election provisions over unfounded claims of mass electoral fraud in 2020.
NBC News:
Top Republicans stay silent on Trump's call to terminate the Constitution  —  Top Republicans have stayed silent as the White House strongly criticized former President Donald Trump for suggesting that the Constitution be terminated in his ongoing efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Meghan MacPherson / Associated Press:
Trump's call to suspend Constitution not a 2024 deal-breaker, leading House Republican says  —  Still, Rep. Dave Joyce said on “This Week” that Trump's idea was “fantasy.”  —  In this Sept. 29, 2014, file photo, Rep. Dave Joyce speaks at a GOP Get Out the Vote rally in Independence, Ohio.
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:   Some Trump Jewish Allies at Breaking Point After Kanye West, Nick Fuentes Meeting
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Is going first a good thing for South Carolina?
Discussion: USA Today
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Trump: Constitution should be terminated due to “massive” election fraud
New York Times:
Iran Has Abolished Morality Police, an Official Suggests, After Months of Protests  —  The move, which the government did not confirm, appeared to be a concession to the protest movement that erupted after the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police.
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Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Iranian protesters call for three-day strike as pressure on regime builds  —  State media distance themselves from claim ‘morality police’ have been shut down after Mahsa Amini death  —  Protesters in Iran have called for a three-day strike this week amid conflicting reports that the nation's …
David S. Cloud / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Abolishes Morality Police, Considers Changing Hijab Laws, Official Says
Nicholas Grossman:
Another Hyped “Hunter Biden Laptop” Reveal Flops  —  Elon Musk and Matt Taibbi said the “Twitter Files” would show a political scandal, but the information itself did the opposite  —  It was hyped as a big revelation, proof of a political conspiracy.  Twitter's new owner Elon Musk gave …
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Elon Musk says ‘more smoking guns’ are on the way from Twitter after Hunter Biden laptop exposé  —  Musk says Twitter's leadership treated Republicans and Democrats very differently  —  Twitter facing allegations of election in interference over Hunter Biden censorship
Washington Post:
Elon Musk's ‘Twitter Files’ ignite divisions, but haven't changed minds
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Trump Owed Hidden Debt While In Office  —  Donald Trump's business attracted so much scrutiny during his time in office that it would be easy to conclude that all information about its foreign entanglements must be out by now.  It is not.  Buried in a heap of recently released financial paperwork sits …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
WRAL-TV:
Moore County authorities investigate social posts claiming knowledge of Moore County blackout … Emily Grace Rainey, a former U.S. Army psychological operations officer, made several posts about it on social media, even saying in one post: “The power is out in Moore County and I know why.”
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Pilot:
Emergency Declared, Curfew Ordered Following Moore Power Grid Attack  —  Much of Moore County — more than 40,000 homes and businesses — remain without power following an attack to electrical substations.  Authorities have confirmed that at least two substations were damaged by gunfire on Saturday night.
Sky Palma / DeadState:
James Woods says he plans to sue Democrats: ‘They ruined my career’  —  During an appearance on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show this Friday, actor James Woods promised to sue the Democratic National Committee over a Twitter thread posted by journalist Matt Taibbi about the Twitter's handling of the Hunter Biden story.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Ronna McDaniel set to get new opponent for RNC post  —  Ronna McDaniel is about to draw a challenge to her post as Republican National Committee chair.  —  Harmeet Dhillon, a RNC committeewoman whose firm represents Donald Trump, is prepping a bid for party chair, according to two people familiar with her planning.
David Gelles / New York Times:
The Texas Group Waging a National Crusade Against Climate Action  —  The Texas Public Policy Foundation is shaping laws, running influence campaigns and taking legal action in a bid to promote fossil fuels.  —  When a lawsuit was filed to block the nation's first major offshore wind farm off …
Discussion: Bad Crow Review
CNN:
Exclusive: China operating over 100 police stations across the world with the help of some host nations, report claims  —  Beijing has set up more than 100 so-called overseas police stations across the globe to monitor, harass and in some cases repatriate Chinese citizens living in exile …
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Guardian
New York Times:
How Democrats' New Primary Calendar Changes the Chessboard  —  President Biden's push to abandon Iowa for younger, racially diverse states is likely to reward candidates who connect with the party's most loyal voters.  —  When a panel of Democratic Party insiders endorsed President Joseph …
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Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Former Rep. Jim Kolbe, 11-term member of Congress, dead at 80  —  Former Rep. Jim Kolbe, a moderate Republican from Tucson who advocated free trade and liberalized immigration rules during his 22 years in Washington, has died at age 80.  —  “Pima County and Southern Arizona could always count on Jim Kolbe …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Norma Coile / Arizona Daily Star:
Former Tucson congressman Jim Kolbe dies at 80
 
 
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
China's Covid Restrictions Collide With Beijing's Social Contract
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court weighs ‘most important case’ on democracy
Discussion: Washington Post, CBS News and Vox
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Incoming GOP Intelligence chair expects House, Senate panels to get DNI briefing on Mar-a-Lago documents
CNN:
GOP Strategist: If we nominate Trump, Biden will probably win re-election
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
The shadow race is on to succeed Feinstein
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
From chicken wings to used cars, inflation begins to ease its grip
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Group aiding kin of slain CIA officers comes out of shadows
Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Says He Can't Account for Billions Sent to Alameda
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