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New York Times:
I.R.S. Routinely Audited Obama and Biden, Raising Questions Over Delays for Trump  —  The revelation that the agency had not audited Donald J. Trump during his first two years in office despite a mandatory presidential audit program raised concerns about potential politicization.
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New York Times:
Trump's Taxes: Red Flags, Big Losses and a Windfall From His Father  —  The presidency of Donald J. Trump, a congressional report reveals, was marked by some of the same questionable tax maneuvers that had characterized his business career.  —  At first glance, the income-tax data released …
New York Times:
Trump Paid $1.1 Million in Taxes During Presidency, but $0 in 2020, Report Shows
Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Zelensky's visit yields remarkable moment for two presidents  —  Ukrainian leader briefly leaves his war-torn country to meet U.S. counterpart who has rallied nations on his behalf  —  Capping a year in which they each faced long odds and defied gloomy predictions, the two men stood side …
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Zelenskyy comes to Washington and pulls neither punches nor asks  —  It was the 300th day of a brutal war, and the first day of a terrible winter.  —  It was also time to leave the country.  —  Making his first trip beyond Ukraine's borders since Russia invaded, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy undertook …
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Standing alongside Zelenskyy, Biden pledges to aid Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’  —  Zelenskyy meets with Biden in historic trip to D.C.  —  In an extraordinary face-to-face meeting at the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the U.S. …
Jonathan Guyer / Vox:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's unexpected visit to the US, explained
New York Times:
Caroline Ellison and FTX Co-Founder Gary Wang Plead Guilty to Fraud  —  Caroline Ellison, the former chief executive of Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, a founder of FTX, are cooperating in the federal criminal case against Mr. Bankman-Fried.  —  Two former top executives …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
In Testimony, Hannity and Other Fox Employees Said They Doubted Trump's Fraud Claims  —  On Wednesday, lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems shared some of the strongest evidence yet that some Fox employees knew what they broadcast about the claims was false.  —  On Nov. 30, 2020 …
Andrew Silverstein / 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 …
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Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:   Brazilian database records, historian cast doubt on Santos' claims of Jewish ancestry
CNN:
Incoming congressman's claims his grandparents fled the Holocaust contradicted by genealogy records
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
A U.S. ally in Iraq vowed to tackle corruption.  Torture and extortion followed.  —  BAGHDAD — A flagship anti-corruption drive under the tenure of U.S.-backed Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi used incommunicado detention, torture and sexual violence to extract confessions …
Paul Farrell / Daily Mail:
REVEALED: GMA producer was paid thousands of dollars by Florida-based lobbying firm to perform ‘hit job’ interviews on political opponents - 11 years after she had THAT affair with married ‘To Catch a Predator’ host Chris Hansen  — A Good Morning America producer is accused of using …
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Lia Opperman / The Princetonian:
3 Princeton DEI staff members resign, alleging lack of support  —  In May, the University's Director of Athletics was “incredibly excited” to announc e a new hire for the department: Jordan “JT” Turner, who would be joining the University as the inaugural Associate Director of Athletics for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
Discussion: Althouse and The Daily Caller
Peter Caterina / FOX News Radio:
Ronna McDaniel Hits Back at Turning Point: How Many Young Voters Did They Register?  How Many Youth Voters Turned Out?  —  Ronna McDaniel, RNC Chairwoman, spoke to Brian Kilmeade about her leadership being questioned after the midterms didn't produce the red wave, especially in the senate …
Discussion: RedState, The Triad and Raw Story
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Florida GOP to hold no-confidence vote in RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel
Discussion: Politico and FOX News Radio
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Mitch McConnell Sets the Script for Lame Duck Spending Omnibus  —  Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, bruised by his party's poor performance in the midterm elections, nonetheless emerged a winner in year-end negotiations on the $1.7 trillion government spending bill, collecting significant policy wins …
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
GOP Can't Be Successful Until Mitch McConnell Is Gone
Richard Stern / The Daily Signal:
18 Absurdities of the McConnell-Schumer Omnibus Spending Bill
ProPublica:
Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google's Black Box Ad Empire  —  In late 2021, the right-wing site Conservative Beaver published a story falsely claiming the FBI had arrested Pfizer's CEO for fraud.  —  It wasn't Conservative Beaver's first brush with fabricated news.
Robert A. George / Bloomberg:
Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger Put Patriotism Over Politics  —  “Thank you for your service.”  Most Americans use the phrase when they see a member of the military at the airport or in the supermarket.  We should also now use it whenever we see Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.
John Solomon / Just The News:
House GOP locates emails, texts showing Pelosi office directly involved in failed Jan. 6 security  —  House Republicans have gathered a trove of text and email messages revealing that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office was directly involved in the creation and editing of the Capitol security plan …
Carrie Keller-Lynn / The Times of Israel:
'I've done it': Netanyahu announces his 6th government, Israel's most hardline ever  —  7 weeks after elections and minutes before deadline, Likud head tells president he's mustered a majority; right-religious coalition set to expand settlements, constrain judiciary
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Sotomayor and Kagan need to think about retiring  —  The US Senate is a fundamentally broken institution.  Democratic judges need to account for that in their retirement decisions.  —  We have now lived with the consequences of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's late-life arrogance for more than two years.
Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
If Twitter Fails, They'll Be Free  —  For some of Twitter's most prolific users, the platform was often a “hellsite.”  Now they contemplate a life without it.  —  The literary critic Fredric Jameson once said it was easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.  But what about Twitter?
Michael Sfard / Haaretz:
As Crimes of Apartheid Worsen, the West's Exceptionalism Toward Israel Must End  —  Israel's new administration will be one that does not conceal its intention to preserve and further entrench the apartheid tyranny over the Palestinians, while fully cultivating Jewish supremacy as a political and legal credo
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene / The Daily Caller:
If Republicans Want To Get Things Done, There's Only One Choice For House Speaker  —  Editor's note: Big Tent Ideas always aims to provide balancing perspectives on the hottest issues of the day.  Below is a column arguing that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy should be elected Speaker when Republicans take the gavel in January.
Erika Kinetz / Associated Press:
‘We will find you:’ Russians hunt down Ukrainians on lists  —  Three days after the first Russian bombs struck Ukraine, Andrii Kuprash, the head of a village north of Kyiv, walked into a forest near his home and began to dig.  He didn't stop until he had carved out a shallow pit, big enough for a man like him.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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