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4:25 AM ET, December 14, 2022

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CNN:
McCarthy and McConnell on collision course as Congress barrels toward messy finish  —  House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy took to Fox News primetime last week and dinged his counterpart across the Capitol: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell.  —  Republicans are “wrong” if they want to cut …
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New York Times:
Despite Trump's Lobbying, McCarthy's Speaker Bid Remains Imperiled on the Right  —  Representative Kevin McCarthy is dealing with a group of right-wing detractors who appear impervious to negotiation, and who have yet to be moved even by the entreaties of the former president.
CNN:
House GOP divided over whether McCarthy should give in on ‘motion to vacate’
Discussion: New York Magazine and Raw Story
Talking Points Memo:
Inside Team Trump's Chaotic Attempts To Overturn The 2020 Vote In Georgia  —  It was Nov. 5, 2020.  Votes were still being counted in the presidential race, but it was looking increasingly grim for President Donald Trump.  Mark Meadows, Trump's White House chief of staff, had an idea to turn things around.
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Talking Points Memo:
Texts Reveal Four Trump Allies Mixed Requests For Pardons With Big Lie Boosterism  —  The text messages Mark Meadows turned over to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack show how frantically former President Trump and his allies worked to reverse the results in the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Justice Department has tried to access GOP Rep. Scott Perry's text messages  —  The Justice Department has tried to gain access to Republican Rep. Scott Perry's text messages as part of a criminal investigation into 2020 election interference, facing off with his lawyers in a secret court proceeding …
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Norman Responds To TPM Revelations Of His Call For ‘Marshall Law’: Texts Came From ‘Source Of Frustration’
New York Times:
Musk Shakes Up Twitter's Legal Team as He Looks to Cut More Costs  —  Twitter has stopped paying rent on offices and is considering not paying severance packages to former employees, among other measures.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Over the past two weeks, Elon Musk has shaken up Twitter's legal department …
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NBC News:
Elon Musk says he can stop child exploitation on Twitter. So far, he's axed jobs and pushed out watchdogs.
Washington Post:
After Bankman-Fried's arrest, Washington seeks answers — and distance  —  The FTX founder had been a darling in the capital until his sudden downfall  —  The sudden arrest of disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried ensnarled Washington on Tuesday, as Democrats and Republicans began …
Discussion: Slate, Alaska Beacon and UPI
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CNBC:
Sam Bankman-Fried diverted FTX customer funds to donate to political campaigns, authorities charge
U.S. Department of Justice:
FTX Founder Indicted for Fraud, Money Laundering, and Campaign Finance Offenses
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill to ban TikTok nationwide  —  Bipartisan lawmakers introduce bill to ban TikTok  —  WASHINGTON — A group of lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban TikTok in the U.S., following warnings from the FBI director …
Jacob Rubashkin / Inside Elections:
The 6,670-Vote Majority: How Republicans Barely Won the House  —  Ultimately, not only did a Red Wave fail to materialize, but Republicans barely cleared the lowest of bars they had set for themselves at the beginning of the cycle: winning back the House of Representatives.
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Associated Press:
US poised to approve Patriot missile battery for Ukraine  —  The U.S. is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incoming Russian attacks, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
7 charged, including 2 US residents, in scheme to smuggle sniper ammo to Russia
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis outflanks Trump on the right with his call for Covid vaccine probe  —  For about a year, Donald Trump's confidants, advisers and boosters have worried that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was positioning himself to get to the right of the former president over the issue of Covid vaccines.
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Tesla shares have fallen 28% since Elon Musk took over Twitter, lagging other carmakers  — Tesla stock is faring poorly since CEO Elon Musk bought Twitter.  — Musk sold billions of dollars' worth of his Tesla holdings to finance the Twitter takeover and has been embroiled in controversy ever since.
Jana Winter / Yahoo News:
Exclusive: An intel analyst tried to prevent the Jan. 6 attack — but DHS failed to act  —  On Dec. 20, 2020, a 21-year-old intelligence analyst went online to search for local Washington, D.C., fishing holes and stumbled upon the blueprint of a plot to storm the Capitol and execute members …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Aris Folley / The Hill:
House GOP pushes members to vote against short-term funding bill  —  House GOP leadership is urging Republicans to vote against a short-term government funding bill lawmakers are hoping to quickly pass ahead of a looming shutdown deadline.  —  House Minority Whip Steve Scalise's (R-La.) …
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ESPN:
Attorneys demand removal of ex-Washington cheerleader images  —  The attorneys for more than three dozen former Washington Commanders employees demanded the removal of “sexualized and salacious photographs” of the organization's former cheerleaders from any congressional records.
New York Times:
Trump Organization Was Held in Contempt After Secret Trial Last Year  —  The company was fined $4,000 after failing to turn over documents.  The case is one of several in which investigators have found the ex-president or his company loath to hand over papers.
Jack De Menezes / Telegraph:
Iranian footballer sentenced to execution for 'campaigning for women's rights'  —  Amir Nasr-Azadani is facing execution amid anti-government protests in Iran following the death of 22-year-old Masha Amini in September  —  Professional footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani is reportedly facing execution in Iran for …
Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Gov. Kate Brown commutes sentences of all 17 people on Oregon's death row … - Jesse Caleb Compton, a Springfield methamphetamine user who was convicted of killing Tesslyn O'Cull, the 3-year-old daughter of his live-in girlfriend.  The girl's body, found in a shallow grave in 1997 …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Republicans Need a Reckoning  —  This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture.  Sign up for it here.  —  The pretense that the seditionists in the GOP …
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Postal Service will debut John Lewis stamp in 2023  —  A stamp honoring Georgia Congressman John Lewis, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2020, will be available for purchase next year, the U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday.  —  The preliminary design for the Lewis stamp uses a photograph …
Andrew Demillo / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: Hutchinson says Trump worst choice for GOP  —  Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is considering running for president, on Tuesday called a third Donald Trump White House bid the “worst scenario” for Republicans and said his call for terminating parts of the Constitution hurts the country.
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MAGA Pastor Shane Vaugh Wants Election Rules Changed Because Republicans Keep Losing
Politico:
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GOP operative who allegedly kicked a dog hired as top aide to new congressman
Discussion: Political Wire
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden seeks political boost from slowing inflation
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Leaked tape turns LA City Council member into a fugitive in his hometown
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Wall Street Journal:
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