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Exclusive: Elon Musk orders removal of Twitter suicide prevention feature, sources say — Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter …
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Georgia special grand jury wraps up probe of Trump, allies — A special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally tried to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election in Georgia appears to be wrapping up its work, but many questions remain.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Jan. 6 report's most important finding: Trump enabled extremist groups
Diana Glebova / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Con Job And A Disgrace’: Donald Trump Issues Video Response To Jan. 6 Report
New York Times:
How the Worst Fears for Democracy Were Averted in 2022 — A precariously narrow but consequential slice of the electorate broke with its own voting history to reject openly extremist Republican candidates — at least partly out of concern for the health of the political system.
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Michael Barajas / Bolts:
Ten Questions that Will Shape Democracy and Voting Rights in 2023 — The ubiquitous pronouncement that “democracy itself” was on the ballot in 2022 felt true across much of the country. Nearly every state saw candidates for governor, Congress, or secretary of state who subscribed …
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Michelle Rindels / The Nevada Independent:
Departing Secretary of State Cegavske: ‘I just stuck up for the law’
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Guillermo / Foreign Policy Research Institute:
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts How the Battle for the Donbas Shaped Ukraine's Success — A nation must think before it acts. — BOTTOM LINE — As the Russian-Ukrainian War enters the winter, Ukrainians have reason to be cautiously optimistic about the course of the war.
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Yasmin Tayag / The Atlantic:
How Many Republicans Died Because the GOP Turned Against Vaccines? — No country has a perfect COVID vaccination rate, even this far into the pandemic, but America's record is particularly dismal. About a third of Americans—more than a hundred million people—have yet to get their initial shots.
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Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
FDA changes Plan B label, clarifies it won't cause abortion — The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it will overhaul packaging labels for the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B, that women can take after having sex to prevent a pregnancy.
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Peter Sterne / City & State New York:
'It's on life support.' Hochul's chief judge pick faces existential opposition — A growing number of Democrats have expressed publicly that they will vote against Hector LaSalle, possibly pressuring the governor to appeal to Republicans. — Gov. Kathy Hochul has so far stuck by her choice.
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Eric Bolling Rips 'Putin's Press Secretary' Tucker Carlson for Innuendo About Lindsey Graham's Personal Life — Newsmax host and former Fox News talking head Eric Bolling said “Putin's press secretary” Tucker Carlson owes Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) an apology for comments he made about the senator's personal life.
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Elon Musk's Twitter Antics Are Hurting Tesla's Brand — Not long ago, Tesla's electric vehicles were far and away the best on the market. If you wanted a stylish, long-range, easy-to-charge and feature-packed E.V., Elon Musk would be your most likely supplier — even if you hated his guts.
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CNN:
Trump White House drafted statement attacking Barr after he publicly refuted Trump's voter fraud claims, transcript reveals — In December 2020, after then-Attorney General William Barr publicly refuted President Donald Trump's claims that the election was rigged, White House staffers drafted …
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Insider, Bloomberg and Political Wire
James Fallows / Breaking the News:
The Skill Involved in Zelensky's Congressional Address — The words of the speech were ‘left brain,’ with careful writerly eloquence. The in-person performance was ‘right brain,’ with emotional power beyond the words. The combination was remarkable. — This post starts with some major …
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New York Times:
Tory Lanez Found Guilty of Shooting Megan Thee Stallion — Mr. Lanez, a Canadian rapper, was convicted of firing at the Houston hip-hop star after an argument in 2020. The matter became the subject of speculation and gossip on social media and in songs. — LOS ANGELES …
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The Post Millennial:
SCOOP: National Guard informs troops last paycheck before Christmas will be late as Biden admin sends billions to Ukraine — The National Guard Bureau “is currently working the issue with DFAS time now,” the letter read, “we would hope the issue is rectified today or tomorrow.” — Minute Read
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Select Committee to Investigate …:
Release of Select Committee Materials — Washington—Today, the Select Committee made public additional transcripts of witness testimony that was gathered over the course of the Select Committee's investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson's rage at Zelensky caps a year of getting things wrong — After Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a rousing speech to U.S. lawmakers this week, Tucker Carlson unleashed a diatribe that put schoolyard sadists everywhere to shame. “No one's ever addressed the United States Congress …
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Bidens read to children at Children's National Hospital ahead of Christmas weekend — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with patients at Children's National Hospital in Washington on Friday, carrying on a longstanding tradition during the holiday season.
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Bidens visit patients at Children's National Hospital
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