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2:05 PM ET, December 17, 2022

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New York Times:
Putin's War: The Inside Story of a Catastrophe … Russian soldiers go into battle with little food, few bullets and instructions grabbed from Wikipedia for weapons they barely know how to use.  —  Russian soldiers go into battle with little food, few bullets and instructions grabbed …
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Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 16
Discussion: HotAir and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
The Chechen Warlord Who Does Putin's Dirty Work in Ukraine
Discussion: TASS
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Ex-lawmakers request ethics probes into sitting members of Congress linked to Jan. 6  —  More than 30 former House lawmakers are calling for ethics investigations into sitting members of Congress “who played a role” in the events on the day of and before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
House Committee Takes Step Toward Potential Release of Trump's Tax Data  —  The Ways and Means Committee announced a closed-door meeting next week at which it may vote to disclose the information.  —  WASHINGTON — A House committee is expected to vote on Tuesday on whether to make public six years …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Plans Vote on Referring Trump for Insurrection and Other Charges
NBC News:
Musk cheerleaders and conservative influencers criticize journalist suspensions from Twitter  —  Twitter, Elon Musk suspend several journalists from the platform  —  Some of Elon Musk's biggest cheerleaders, alongside some conservative influencers, are condemning Twitter's decision Thursday …
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Washington Post:
Musk's suspension of journalists on Twitter spurs U.S., international condemnation
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
Democratic lawmakers are looking for the exits in case Twitter implodes
Wall Street Journal:
Republican Party Masochists in Congress  —  GOP division and disarray on Capitol Hill bode ill for the next two years.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: Free Speech and the Push to Shut You Up  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x
Discussion: Raw Story and DNyuz
Steven Mintz / Inside Higher Ed:
What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?  —  Reflections on the end of history ... and the academic study of the arts, literature and philosophy.  —  The December 2022 issue of Jacobin, which bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left …
Talking Points Memo:
Scenes From The Meadows Texts Show The Diverse Cast Of Characters Who Chimed In On Efforts To Overturn The Election  —  When businessman Marty Davis made his way into the Oval Office in mid-December 2020, he brought a blanket for former First Lady Melania Trump.
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Twitter's top ranks riddled with ex-FBI employees  —  Twitter's top ranks were riddled with ex-FBI agents and executives, stitching the company even closer to the federal agency now under fire for leaning on Twitter to meddle in the 2020 elections.  —  More than a dozen former feds flocked …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
No alien life discovered on Earth, Pentagon says, but search deepens  —  A new office within the Defense Department is evaluating recent reports of unexplained phenomena and is planning to look at accounts dating back decades  —  A new office at the Pentagon is scrutinizing hundreds of reports …
Discussion: Cyprus Mail, ABC News, DNyuz, CNN and CBS News
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Associated Press:
Pentagon's UFO office has received hundreds of new reports
Discussion: The Drive
Justin Davidson / Curbed:
Can the Hochul-Adams New New York Actually Happen?  —  New York should be roaring back by now, and in some ways it has.  In the last few months, I've attended crowded museums and sold-out concerts, shouted over diners at the next table, stood hip-to-hip in crowded subway cars …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Advisers Craft Re-Election Plans as President Weighs Final Decision  —  Biden has said he intends to run but will consult with family during holidays  —  Biden Highlights Democrats' Midterm Results  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden's advisers …
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
Brittney Griner and the Role of Race in Diplomacy  —  Griner's release recalls the lessons of the effort to free Robert Goodman, an African American Navy navigator, from Syria.  —  Thirty-nine years ago this month, an African American Navy bombardier-navigator named Robert Goodman was taking part …
Department of Justice:
Georgia Man with Ties to White Supremacist Organization Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Racially Motivated Shootings  —  A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime and a firearms violation for shooting into two Clayton County convenience stores in an attempt to kill …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Big Cities in Swing States Saw Declines in Midterm Voting  —  Democrats say low turnout in Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia points to problems in future elections  —  Big cities faltered this year in producing the large vote totals that Democrats have traditionally relied on for election wins …
P.C. Robinson / New Jersey Hills:
Mendham Twp.  Committee ballots, filed by Dems and questioned by Republicans, include one from GOP incumbent's daughter  —  MENDHAM TWP.  - Morris County Republicans Thursday said they would soon file a lawsuit contesting the results of the Nov. 8 election in which Republican Township …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Japan to Build a More Powerful Military, Citing China as Its No. 1 Menace
Financial Times:
David Cameron lands teaching job at Abu Dhabi university
Discussion: Bloomberg
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