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6:45 PM ET, December 10, 2022

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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The ‘Twitter Files’ Is What It Claims to Expose  —  But it is actually a tool of progressive power.  While you were hypnotized by viral memes, a cabal of social-justice STEM majors seized the commanding heights of the attention economy.  And they have been using it to bend the mass public to their will.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
What Are the Politics of Elon Musk?  It's Complicated.  —  Elon Musk has tweeted about political topics regularly since taking over Twitter, often belittling some liberal causes.  But what he stands for remains largely unclear.  —  He has called himself an independent and a centrist, yet “economically right of center, maybe.”
Discussion: Fox News
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
We Found the Guys Behind the Hunter Biden Porn That Elon Musk Won't Shut Up About  —  On the evening of October 24, 2020, a guy who goes by the name Wenyang tweeted a picture of Hunter Biden.  Hunter was facing a mirror in what looked like a hotel room, with his penis exposed.
Russell Lewis / NPR:
Longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl has died covering the World Cup in Qatar  —  Longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl died on Friday while covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal at the 2022 World Cup in Doha, Qatar.  —  As the match was winding down, an NPR reporter witnessed …
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Associated Press:
Soccer writer Grant Wahl dies at World Cup match in Qatar  —  Grant Wahl, one of the most well-known soccer writers in the United States, died early Saturday while covering the World Cup match between Argentina and the Netherlands.  U.S. media seated near him said Wahl fell back in his seat …
Grant Wahl / Fútbol with Grant Wahl:
World Cup Daily, Day 25
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Times:
Rainbow-colored atom t-shirt helped Vegas cops pin luggage theft on Biden's nuclear waste director
Discussion: Fox News and Just The News
Los Angeles Times:
Violence between L.A. Councilman Kevin de León, activist caught on video, sparks debate  —  Hours after drawing protesters' ire with his first in-person appearance in two months at a Los Angeles City Council meeting, Kevin de León was involved in a fight with an activist Friday night …
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Majority of Americans don't want Biden or Trump to run again in 2024, CNBC survey shows  —  WATCH NOW  —  Most voters don't want either Trump or Biden to run again, CNBC survey finds  —  “No thanks!”  —  That's how majorities of the public responded when the CNBC All-America Economic Survey asked …
Discussion: The Hill, RedState and Opinion Today
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Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Sununu on Trump: 'He's Not Scaring Anyone Out of the Race'
Discussion: Insider
Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:
Biden approval rating on Main Street rises for first time in presidency
Discussion: Breitbart
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Sinema's break with the Democratic Party may not help her as much as she'd like  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has always marched to her own beat.  —  So it's not shocking that she decided this week she's officially switching from the Democratic Party to be an independent.
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New York Times:
Sinema Adds Intrigue and Democratic Fury to Arizona's 2024 Senate Race
Washington Post:
Some Hunter Biden allies making plans to go after his accusers  —  An array of groups is preparing to defend the president's son against an expected GOP onslaught, but they lack a unifying strategy  —  Hunter Biden's friend and lawyer Kevin Morris was blunt in laying out his thoughts …
New York Times:
Kari Lake Sues Arizona's Largest County, Seeking to Overturn Her Defeat  —  Ms. Lake, who fueled the false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen from Donald Trump, lost the Arizona governor's race by 17,000 votes.  —  Kari Lake, the losing Republican candidate for governor of Arizona …
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
‘A Mere Basketball Player’: Newsmax Host Eric Bolling Trashes Brittney Griner After Prisoner Swap  —  Newsmax host Eric Bolling slammed WNBA star Brittney Griner one day after Russia released her as part of a prisoner exchange.  She was detained in February for possession of less than half a gram of hash oil.
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BBC:
Nobel Peace Prize: Russian laureate ‘told to turn down award’  —  The Russian co-winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize has said Kremlin authorities told him to turn down the award.  —  Yan Rachinsky, who heads Memorial, said he was told not to accept the prize because the two other co-laureates …
Discussion: NPR, CNN, Axios, The Hill, Al Jazeera and Politico
Alex Woodward / The Independent:
Former anti-abortion lobbyist testifies to House committee about ‘stealth missionaries’ at Supreme Court  —  Reverend Robert Schenck's testimony to House Judiciary Committee details years-long attempt to influence conservative justices as nation's high court is scrutnised in ethics hearing
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
NBC News:
Republicans run from Trump's resistance to early voting  —  At virtually all levels of the conservative ecosystem — from the activist and operative class, the upper echelons of the Republican Party and the prime time lineup on Fox News — leaders have seen the light on mail-in and early voting after a disappointing 2022 election cycle.
 
 
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Eric Rogers / Florida Today:
Discipline stirs passions at Brevard School Board meeting but few concrete actions
NBC News:
Business groups optimistic Congress may finally strike immigration deal
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
‘Tim Burton Republicans’
David Shepardson / Reuters:
U.S. lawmakers urge Biden to guarantee rail workers' sick leave
Discussion: The Hill, New Republic and Forbes
New York Times:
Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live
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Russia Launches New Drone Attacks as Partnership With Iran Deepens
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Leaders Back Away From Raising Debt Ceiling, Punting Clash to New Congress
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Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
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