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7:35 PM ET, December 22, 2022

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Politico:
Trump acknowledged his election loss to McCarthy before Jan. 6, Hutchinson testified  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told then-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson in the days before Jan. 6, 2021, that Donald Trump had privately acknowledged losing the 2020 election …
NBC News:
Live updates: Jan. 6 committee final report on the Capitol riot investigation
Discussion: HuffPost, The Guardian and MSNBC
New York Times:
Jan. 6 Witness Told Panel That Lawyer Tried to Influence Her Testimony
Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
EXCLUSIVE: TikTok Spied On Forbes Journalists  —  ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists' physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.  —  An internal investigation by ByteDance, the parent company of video-sharing platform TikTok …
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
ByteDance Inquiry Finds Employees Obtained User Data of 2 Journalists  —  The company's internal investigation showed that workers also obtained data on a small number of other U.S. users.  —  ByteDance, the China-based parent company of TikTok, said on Thursday that an internal investigation found …
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
TikTok admits tracking FT journalist in leaks investigation
Discussion: Adweek
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
‘Openly Gay’ Rep.-Elect George Santos Didn't Disclose Divorce With Woman  —  Santos ran his campaign as an openly gay Republican.  Since he was elected, a number of key biographical details have started to crumble.  Here's the latest one. … Republican congressman-elect George Santos …
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New York Times:
George Santos Breaks Silence: ‘I Have My Story to Tell.’ (Next Week.)  —  Mr. Santos, the congressman-elect from New York, has yet to address numerous inconsistencies raised by The New York Times about his background.  —  Representative-elect George Santos broke his silence on Thursday …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Raw Story and 6abc
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
N.Y. Attorney General's Office ‘looking into’ allegations against George Santos
Tyson Brody / New York Times:
George Santos and How Opposition Research Really Works
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
GOP's George Santos faces another round of difficult questions
Discussion: Raw Story, DCCC and New York Magazine
NBC News:
Senate passes $1.7 trillion government funding bill that overhauls U.S. election law  —  The bill now goes to the House before it can head to Biden's desk for his signature.  The legislation must be enacted by Saturday to avoid a government shutdown.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate voted …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:   McConnell touts GOP wins: Preserving the filibuster and boosting military spending
ABC News:
Senate passes $1.7T spending bill, including Ukraine aid, getting one step closer to averting shutdown
Politico:
Senate kicks government funding drama closer to shutdown deadline
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
‘Get Rid of the Video!’:  Putin Crony Freaks Out in Live TV Flop Over Zelensky Clip  —  An on-air mishap over a video depicting Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington did not go over well with Moscow's top mouthpiece.  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky captured the world's attention with a historic trip to Washington this week.
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Wall Street Journal:
Mr. Zelensky Goes to Washington
New York Times:
Biden and Zelensky Present a United Front Against Russia
CNBC:
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250 million bail, will live with his parents  — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will be released on $250 million bail, a federal judge ruled, while he awaits trial for eight federal criminal charges related to alleged fraud at his collapsed crypto empire.
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Bolts:
Kathy Hochul Pushes New York's Highest Court to the Right  —  The governor's nomination of a new chief justice, now subject to confirmation in the state Senate, would likely strengthen the court's conservative bloc.  —  Kathy Hochul, the New York governor, nominated Hector LaSalle …
Discussion: New York Focus and DNyuz
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
The Incredible 37-Page Guide for Staffing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema  —  Aides to the Arizona senator were expected to get her groceries, fix her internet, and learn her very specific preferences for airline seats, according to an internal memo. … Always have a “room temperature” bottle of water on hand for her at all times.
Lee Brown / New York Post:
Marines told to stop using ‘sir,’ 'ma'am' to avoid ‘misgendering’ superiors  —  No more “Yes, sir!”  —  The US Marines may ban recruits from respectfully addressing senior members as “sir” or “ma'am” to avoid “misgendering” and offending them.  —  The woke recommendation …
Kristen Doerer / Mother Jones:
Hate Leader Nick Fuentes Is Recruiting Incels  —  Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.  —  The former president of the United States wanted his guests to be seen.  His meeting with Ye, a.k.a. Kanye West …
Reid Wilson / Pluribus News:
Sun Belt adds population while California, New York shrink  —  International migrants accounted for most of the increase.  —  The United States added more than 1.2 million residents over the course of the last year as population growth rebounded from pandemic-era lows …
Discussion: Associated Press
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New York Times:
‘Major Trustee, Please Prioritize’: How NYU's E.R. Favors the Rich  —  Dozens of doctors said the nonprofit hospital pressured them to give preferential treatment to donors, trustees and their families.  —  In New York University's busy Manhattan emergency department, Room 20 is special.
Discussion: Insider
Ruby Cramer / Washington Post:
The impenetrable armor of Elise Stefanik  —  Her climb through the ranks of GOP leadership in the House and embrace of Donald Trump has come at a personal cost.  —  There was a time, not long ago, when Elise Stefanik was eager to be understood, sharing parts of herself with the world, as any 30-something might, on Instagram.
New York Times:
Caught on Camera, Traced by Phone: The Russian Military Unit That Killed Dozens in Bucha … When videos and photos emerged in April showing bodies of dozens of civilians strewn along a street in Bucha, Ukrainians and the rest of the world voiced horror and outrage.
Discussion: CBS News
Reuters:
Why detransitioners are crucial to the science of gender care  —  UNDONE: Max Lazzara lived as a transgender man for eight years before detransitioning in 2020.  She says she now realizes that gender-affirming medical treatment was not appropriate for her and that it took a toll on her physical and mental health.
Discussion: HotAir and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Joe Biden / Yahoo News:
Looking back at 2022, I feel more confident about America than ever
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CCTV shows chilling moment Russian FSB agents and soldiers scour Ukrainian orphanage for children
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The Brutal Alternate World in Which the U.S. Abandoned Ukraine
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In rural Georgia, an unlikely rebel against Trumpism
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
What Does Ron DeSantis Think About Zelensky's Speech?
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ICIJ:
Shadow Diplomats have posed a threat for decades. Governments looked the other way.
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Trump-era pardon recipients are increasingly back in legal jeopardy
Discussion: Gothamist
ProPublica:
Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google's Black Box Ad Empire