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8:00 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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Wall Street Journal:
The Chechen Warlord Who Does Putin's Dirty Work in Ukraine
Discussion: TASS
Thomas Tracy / New York Daily News:
Jewish man attacked in Central Park, assailant screams 'Kanye 2024′: NYPD  —  A Jewish man was attacked in Central Park by a suspect who screamed “Kanye 2024″ and anti-Semitic slurs as he jumped his victim in what police are investigating as a hate crime.
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Attacker yells ‘Kanye 2024’ during antisemitic assault, police say  —  The New York Police Department is investigating an alleged attack in Central Park this week in which a man in his mid-40s assaulted a 63-year-old man and spewed antisemitic comments before yelling out “Kanye 2024,” …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, ABC7 and New York Post
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
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
DeSantis reverses himself on coronavirus vaccines, moves to right of Trump  —  In a potential wedge issue for the 2024 primary, DeSantis is attacking the life-saving covid shots he once praised and promoted  —  Early in the pandemic, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly praised President Donald Trump …
New York Times:
What Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America  —  Tech workers are still at home.  The $17 salad place is expanding into the suburbs.  So what is left in San Francisco?  —  The coffee rush.  The lunch rush.  The columns of headphone-equipped tech workers rushing in and out of train stations.
New York Times:
U.S. Scrutinizes Political Donations by Sam Bankman-Fried and Allies  —  Federal prosecutors appear to be focusing on possible wrongdoing by cryptocurrency executives, rather than by Democratic or Republican politicians.  But the inquiries widen an explosive campaign finance scandal.
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New York Times:
Restaurateur, Political Donor, Tipster: The Many Roles of FTX's Ryan Salame
Discussion: IJR
Wall Street Journal:
Bob Iger vs. Bob Chapek: Inside the Disney Coup  —  The former Walt Disney Co. chief executive undermined and then succeeded the man he had handpicked to lead the entertainment giant  —  Bob Iger had been out of Walt Disney Co. DIS -0.45%decrease; red down pointing triangle for nearly a year …
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 …
Michael E. Ruane / Washington Post:
After Biden's wife died in a crash 50 years ago, Richard Nixon called  —  A recording of Nixon's condolence call survives at the Nixon Presidential Library.  —  Joe Biden's first wife, Neilia, and baby daughter, Naomi Christina, had just been killed in a car crash.
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
What Trump promised, Biden seeks to deliver in his own way  —  Donald Trump pledged to fix U.S. infrastructure as president.  He vowed to take on China and bulk up American manufacturing.  He said he would reduce the budget deficit and make the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes.
Discussion: Fox News
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Advisers Craft Re-Election Plans as President Weighs Final Decision
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and The Post Millennial
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 …
MSNBC:
New warning on the Trump-DeSantis press crackdown  —  The Justice Department is continuing some Trump-era cases like pursuing Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, as the New York Times, news outlets and human rights groups call to end the prosecution of Assange as a “dangerous precedent.”
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.
 
 
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Financial Times:
David Cameron lands teaching job at Abu Dhabi university
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Steven Mintz / Inside Higher Ed:
What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?
P.C. Robinson / New Jersey Hills:
Mendham Twp. Committee ballots, filed by Dems and questioned by Republicans, include one from GOP incumbent's daughter
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Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
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