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3:25 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
Washington Post:
Musk unsuspends some reporters on Twitter.  But their companies never left.  —  Despite outrage over a move viewed as hostile to free speech — even by Musk's conservative allies — media companies continued to tweet, in keeping with their conflicted relationship with Twitter.
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NBC News:
Musk cheerleaders and conservative influencers criticize journalist suspensions from Twitter
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Associated Press:
Pentagon's UFO office has received hundreds of new reports
Discussion: HotAir, DNyuz and The Drive
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
New York Times:
Restaurateur, Political Donor, Tipster: The Many Roles of FTX's Ryan Salame  —  The co-chief executive of an FTX unit who told regulators about wrongdoing at the exchange was a big Republican donor.  He also bought restaurants.  —  In Western Massachusetts, Ryan Salame was known …
Discussion: IJR
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
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Advisers Craft Re-Election Plans as President Weighs Final Decision
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Akilah Johnson / Washington Post:
Can politics kill you? Research says the answer increasingly is yes.
Discussion: Opinion Today
Financial Times:
David Cameron lands teaching job at Abu Dhabi university
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
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P.C. Robinson / New Jersey Hills:
Mendham Twp. Committee ballots, filed by Dems and questioned by Republicans, include one from GOP incumbent's daughter
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
UNHCR:
Joint Statement by UNHCR and Angelina Jolie
Richard Sima / Washington Post:
Self-esteem of sports fans is linked to their team, research shows
Paul Farrell / Daily Mail:
'Comply or it's going to be a serious backlash:' Activist demanding $800,000 for every black resident issues warning to California's reparations task force
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
DeSantis May Snub Big Tech Inaugural Donations, Strategists Say
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
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Pew Research Center:
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The Guardian:
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
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