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6:55 PM ET, December 11, 2022

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Southern Poverty Law Center:
White Nationalists, Other Republicans Brace for ‘Total War’  —  A collection of radical right figures including white nationalists and ultranationalist European leaders gathered in Manhattan for the New York Young Republicans Club's (NYYRC) annual gala Saturday night, where that group's president declared …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Tom Wilson / Financial Times:
US scientists boost clean power hopes with fusion energy breakthrough  —  Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels  —  US government scientists have made a breakthrough in the pursuit of limitless, zero-carbon power by achieving …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Is a Far-Right Activist  —  If there's one tweet that will tell you everything you need to know about Elon Musk, it's this one from early this morning: … In five words, Musk manages to mock transgender and nonbinary people, signal his disdain for public-health officials …
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Associated Press:
Accused Libyan bombmaker in Pan Am downing now in US custody  —  A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into U.S. custody and will face federal charges in Washington …
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Wall Street Journal:
Lockerbie Bombing Suspect Is in U.S. Custody  —  Alleged bomb-maker for late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi admitted to building device, U.S. prosecutors said last year  —  WASHINGTON—The alleged bomb-maker in the 1988 terrorist attack that destroyed a commercial jetliner over Lockerbie …
Discussion: HotAir, Fox News and RedState
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Libyan Operative Charged in 1988 Lockerbie Bombing Is in F.B.I. Custody
CNN:
Special Counsel Smith speeds ahead on criminal probes surrounding Trump  —  Newly-appointed special counsel Jack Smith is moving fast on a pair of criminal probes around Donald Trump that in recent months have focused on the former president's state of mind after the 2020 election …
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Washington Post:
Congressional Republicans divided on attacking Trump investigations  —  The former president's closest allies are working to discredit a potential prosecution by raising claims of politicization at the FBI and Justice Department  —  Republicans in Congress are splintering over how aggressively …
Discussion: Raw Story and Newsbusters
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
There is a path to save the Supreme Court from itself  —  The Supreme Court's right-wing majority has been on a tear lately.  In the last week alone, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. made inappropriate wisecracks during oral arguments about whether a web designer can object to working with gay couples …
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Republicans struggle in the Southwest as Latino voters stick with Democrats  —  LAS VEGAS — There's plenty of evidence that over time, Republicans have gained ground with Latinos in parts of the country, including Florida.  But in the Southwest, an inverse trend has taken hold that could have implications for 2024 and beyond.
Discussion: Washington Post
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New York Times:
Thousands of Teens Are Being Pushed Into Military's Junior R.O.T.C.  —  In high schools across the country, students are being placed in military classes without electing them on their own.  “The only word I can think of is ‘indoctrination,’” one parent said.
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New York Times:   J.R.O.T.C. Textbooks Offer an Alternative View of the World
Zach Williams / New York Post:
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump Jr. bash Dems at NY Young Republican gala  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) entertained Republicans in Manhattan Saturday night with a range of one-liners trolling the political left on hot-button topics.  —  “I want to tell you something …
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
UK to downgrade commitment to human rights for close diplomatic ties  —  Foreign secretary to announce ‘pragmatic’ partnerships with countries likely to be more influential over next 30 years  —  The UK will target a group of about two dozen middle-level countries for long-term diplomatic partnerships …
New York Times:
Why Is Howard Schultz Taking This So Personally?  —  His opposition to a union isn't primarily about the bottom line, friends say.  It clashes with his image of Starbucks as a model employer.  —  Noam Scheiber has covered the union campaign at Starbucks since it began in 2021.
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Griner ‘compassionate, humble’ after release from Russia  —  ‘We talked about everything under the sun,’ says the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs  —  When WNBA star Brittney Griner finally boarded the plane last week that would take her back to the United States …
Eric Topol / Ground Truths:
The New Obesity Breakthrough Drugs  —  I'm not using the term breakthrough lightly  —  There are many holy grails in medicine, with failure after failure, like finding a way to prevent Alzheimer's disease or a non-invasive means of accurately measure ambulatory blood pressure.
Discussion: Freddie deBoer
 
 
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Confidential Records Show a Saudi Golf Tour Built on Far-Fetched Assumptions
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Prince Heinrich XIII and the Plot to Overthrow Germany's Government
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Matthew Continetti / National Review:
Jeffrey Friedman, R.I.P.
Sam Karlin / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Davante Lewis ousts incumbent from PSC, becomes first openly LGBTQ state elected official
Discussion: The Crucial Years
ABC:
Deliveries of millions in hard cash prompts concern over financial transparency in Afghanistan
Politico:
Wanted by McCarthy critics: 1 qualified alternative speaker
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New York Times:
Cuba's Declining Economy Prompts ‘Historic’ Migration to US
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Anthony Fauci / New York Times:
A Message to the Next Generation of Scientists
Daniel Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Can Win the War. But the Cost May Be Too High for the West.
Derek Brower / Financial Times:
Biden adviser calls Wall Street opposition to shale drilling ‘un-American’
Discussion: The Hill
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
A desperate road trip to remind America about its Afghan allies
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Twitter Files dump number 4. How Donald Trump was banned
 

 
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google plans to roll out AI Overviews in Search to all US users by next week, and to more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by the end of 2024

CNBC:
Ilya Sutskever says he will leave OpenAI to work on a “personally meaningful” project; Director of Research Jakub Pachocki will become OpenAI's chief scientist

Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google announces AI-powered scam call detection on Android, a chatty new voice mode with its Gemini Live feature, and voice and video search with Google Lens
 
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