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1:55 PM ET, December 21, 2022

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Joe Perticone / The Triad:
Ronna Romney McDaniel Might Be in Trouble  —  The RNC isn't reversing course after the midterms—it's going further to the right.  —  Hey fam: JVL here.  I'm turning today's newsletter over to my new Bulwark colleague, Joe Perticone, who has a fantastic story on the cray-cray at the RNC.
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Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Ronna McDaniel may have helped bury Trump with Jan. 6 testimony  —  The RNC chair has been slavishly loyal to Trump, but her Jan. 6 testimony may have helped seal his fate if the former president ultimately faces charges.  —  Ronna McDaniel is in the catbird seat to retain her job as Republican Party chair.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Executive Summary Of Jan. 6 Report Shows How Trump Ignored Advisers, Spread Election Lies  —  Here are details showing former President Donald Trump was told the truth about his loss and chose instead to lie about it.  —  The executive summary of the House Jan. 6 committee's report documents …
Josh Meyer / USA Today:   Will Trump loyalist Hope Hicks' Jan. 6 testimony incriminate the former president?
CNN:
Exclusive: Trump's former White House ethics lawyer told Cassidy Hutchinson to give misleading testimony to January 6 committee, sources say
Washington Post:
Zelensky slated to meet Biden, appear in Congress on Wednesday  —  The trip will mark his first public international appearance since Russia invaded Ukraine  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday plans to appear in Washington to meet with President Biden and visit Capitol Hill …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Zelenskyy in Washington, Scalise in waiting  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HOLIDAY SURPRISE — Ukrainian President VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY is set to visit Washington today in his first known journey outside his besieged nation since Russian troops invaded 300 days ago.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Zelensky Knows the Clock Is Ticking  —  When Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Washington—his first time leaving Ukraine since the Russian invasion last winter—he will find a city that is even more obsessed with itself than usual.  The Republicans are about to take over the House with a tiny majority …
Miranda Green / NPR:
She was an ABC News producer.  She also was a corporate operative  —  NPR's David Folkenflik reported this story with Mario Ariza and Miranda Green of Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action.  —  Television news producer Kristen Hentschel …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Informant warned FBI weeks before Jan. 6 that the far-right saw Trump tweet as ‘a call to arms’  —  WASHINGTON — On Dec. 19, 2020, the day that then-President Donald Trump sent a tweet summoning his supporters to a “wild” protest in the nation's capital on Jan. 6, one of the FBI's own …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
I've Seen Trump's Tax Returns and Now You Can, Too  —  Sometime soon — possibly within the next few days — a congressional committee led by Democrats will begin doling out former President Donald Trump's income tax returns to the public.  The disclosure marks the end of a bitter, multi-year battle to keep the returns under wraps.
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NBC News:
House committee votes to make public Donald Trump's personal and business tax records
Washington Post:
No conclusive evidence Russia is behind Nord Stream attack  —  World leaders were quick to blame Moscow for explosions along the undersea natural gas pipelines.  But some Western officials now doubt the Kremlin was responsible.  —  After explosions in late September severely damaged undersea pipelines built …
Matthew Litman / The Forward:
George Santos also lied about his grandparents fleeing anti-Jewish persecution during WWII  —  Congressman-elect George Santos' emotional narrative of having Jewish grandparents who fled Europe during World War II appears to be untrue, like much of the rest of his campaign biography …
Discussion: Vox
Wall Street Journal:
Afghanistan's Taliban Ban All Education for Girls  —  Afghan girls and women have been squeezed out of public and professional life since the Taliban takeover last year  —  The Taliban banned girls from attending elementary school, effectively instituting a total ban on the education of girls …
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
GOP Can't Be Successful Until Mitch McConnell Is Gone
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Fall of the Progressive Boy King  —  Sean McElwee formed a lucrative alliance with SBF.  Then his patron went bust and he suffered his own scandal.  —  As much as he was known on Twitter for his persona as a lefty rabble-rouser, Sean McElwee was equally renowned among Democratic professionals …
Discussion: Eschaton
Justin Garcia / News & Views …:
DeSantis appoints anti-abortion Hillsborough County judge Jared Smith to appeals court  —  Hillsborough County voters removed the judge from his seat in August. … Hillsborough County voted Jared Smith off the bench this year after his controversial behavior gained national headlines.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
See Romney run?  Trump's top GOP foil eyes Senate reelection  —  Many of Mitt Romney's fellow senators assume his willingness to break from his party — and Donald Trump — means he's planning for only one term.  They may be surprised.  —  The Utahn was the first senator in history to vote …
Semafor:
Republicans may want George Santos to stick around, despite everything  —  It's been days since Republican Congressman-elect George Santos was caught by the New York Times allegedly faking just about every element of his biography and the GOP response has been muted so far — most notably …
American Prospect:
Ticketmaster's Dark History  —  A 40-year saga of kickbacks, threats, political maneuvering, and the humiliation of Pearl Jam  —  Just over 28 years ago, Taylor Swift was a precocious Montessori preschooler growing up on a Pennsylvania Christmas tree farm, and Eddie Vedder was the Most Important Musician …
Discussion: ABC7, Bloomberg and The Ringer
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Exclusive: Biden task force investigating how US tech ends up in Iranian attack drones used against Ukraine  —  The Biden administration has launched an expansive task force to investigate how US and western components, including American-made microelectronics …
Washington Post:
Skepticism before a search: Inside the Trump Mar-a-Lago documents investigation  —  The FBI was initially reluctant to investigate Donald Trump's possession of classified documents, and cautious when it did so  —  FBI officials had a lot to worry about in late July as they discussed whether …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
US Rep. Ferguson voted in Georgia county where he no longer lives, records show  —  Election laws require voters to use their current address  —  U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson, a Republican from west Georgia who has raised concerns in the past about election fraud, voted three times this year in Troup County.
Todd Bensman / CIS.org:
Latin American Media: Migrants Marching North for Title 42's Funeral  —  Never mind last-minute legal delays, untold thousands are already at the international starting line, with many more on the way  —  AUSTIN, Texas - In a “social phenomenon never seen before in the history of the region” …
Discussion: Dallas Morning News and KVIA-TV
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Washington Post:
Why the immigration debate is only going to get more tense
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
Top Biden cybersecurity adviser to step down
Discussion: Bloomberg
Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State:
$1.85 Billion in Additional U.S. Military Assistance, Including the First Transfer of Patriot Air Defense System
Discussion: Associated Press and CBS News
CNN:
Exclusive: Pelosi's California home didn't receive security review in four years before October's violent attack, Capitol Police chief says
Discussion: The Hill
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The BBC Is Making Money Producing Glossy Tourism Ads For China's Propaganda Machine
Axios:
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Matt Katz / Gothamist:
Legal filing: NYPD illegally used sealed arrest records in Adams bail reform ‘publicity stunt’
Discussion: Politico
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Electoral Count Act set to deliver another blow to Trump
Philip Caldwell / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Admin to Drop Half a Million on Artificial Intelligence That Detects Microaggressions on Social Media
Discussion: RedState
Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Carlos Correa agrees to 12-year, $315 million contract with Mets after Giants deal falls through
NBC News:
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Sarah Wallace / NBC New York:
Face Recognition Tech Gets Girl Scout Mom Booted From Rockettes Show — Due to Where She Works
Shannon Osaka / Washington Post:
This little-known bottleneck is blocking clean energy for millions
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