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2:35 PM ET, December 30, 2022

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CNN:
Trump's tax returns raise questions over his business operations, loans he gave his children and more  —  Six years of Donald Trump's federal tax returns released on Friday show the former president paid very little in federal income taxes the first and last year of his presidency …
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Noah Bookbinder / The Atlantic:
The IRS Really, Really Should Have Audited Trump  —  Six years after Donald Trump should have disclosed his tax returns to the public, they have finally been released.  This took advocacy, congressional action, and litigation that went to the Supreme Court—all to obtain basic financial transparency from a president.
Associated Press:
Trump's tax returns released after long fight with Congress  —  Democrats in Congress released six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns on Friday, the culmination of a yearslong effort to learn more about the finances of a onetime business mogul who broke decades of political precedent …
New York Times:
Trump Tax Returns Released by House Democrats  —  The publication of former President Donald J. Trump's private tax documents comes amid questions about why the I.R.S. failed to fully audit him during his presidency. … WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Friday released six years …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:   The Looming GOP Crisis Over Ukraine
Ben Dreyfuss / Calm Down:
Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because Of His Greta Thunberg Video  —  This is a lesson in media failure and misinformation.  —  Romanian authorities detained far-right misogynist internet troll Andrew Tate today on allegations related to sex trafficking.  —  Who is Andrew Tate?
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New York Times:
Andrew Tate Is Detained in Romania in Human Trafficking Investigation  —  Mr. Tate, an online personality known for making misogynistic comments about women, was being held for 24 hours, the authorities said.  —  Andrew Tate, a former professional kickboxer and online personality who frequently …
Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:
Misogynist Influencer Andrew Tate's Rough Week Capped by Romanian Rape Arrest
Fox News:
Idaho murders: Suspect arrested in killings of 4 university students, law enforcement source says  —  Suspect Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, now in custody in connection to deaths of Moscow, Idaho college students  —  Idaho murders: Suspect in custody, source reveals
The White House:
Clemency Recipient List  —  Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is granting full pardons to six individuals.  —  Gary Parks Davis - Yuma, Arizona  —  Gary Parks Davis is a 66-year-old man who pleaded guilty to use of a communication facility (a telephone) to facilitate an unlawful cocaine transaction at age 22.
Discussion: USA Today, New York Times, UPI and IJR
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John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
Millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics  —  Western conservatives are at risk from generations of voters who are no longer moving to the right as they age  —  “If you are not a liberal at 25, you have no heart.  If you are not a conservative at 35 you have no brain.”
Discussion: Mediaite
Melanie Zanona / CNN:
McCarthy offers his critics a key concession in effort to clinch House speakership  —  House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has offered a key concession to critics of his bid for the House speakership during private conversations this week: reducing the threshold that is required to force …
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Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Putin, unaccustomed to losing, is increasingly isolated as war falters  —  A new gulf is emerging between the president and much of the country's elite  —  When Vladimir Putin visited Minsk last week to discuss deepening cooperation, a sarcastic joke by his host, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, seemed to ring all too true.
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Associated Press:
Evidence of Russian crimes mounts as war in Ukraine drags on
Discussion: Associated Press and 77 WABC
Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
Harris ‘gamesmanship’ torments staff, stems from ‘deep, deep insecurity’: Book  —  Vice President Kamala Harris's “gamesmanship” against her staff has led to a long-standing pattern of dysfunction, prompting questions about her capabilities under pressure, a new book reports.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
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New York Times:
Santos, a Suburban House and $11,000 in Campaign Payments for ‘Rent’  —  Representative-elect George Santos, under scrutiny after fabricating much of his résumé, also spent campaign funds on $40,000 worth of air travel.  —  The company was called Cleaner 123 …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
How Justice Kagan lost her battle as a consensus builder  —  Speaking at a small university in Rhode Island earlier this year, Justice Elena Kagan committed an act of Supreme Court heresy.  —  For years, justices have told the same anecdotes to assure the public that …
Discussion: Raw Story and Al Jazeera
The Intercept:
Hacked Russian Files Reveal Propaganda Agreement With China … Russian officials pushed the lies first.  —  Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, a Russian defense ministry spokesperson resuscitated debunked claims about a U.S.-funded bioweapons program in the region, accusing Ukrainian labs …
Discussion: Raw Story and Deborah L. Armstrong
David Gelles / New York Times:
The U.S. Will Need Thousands of Wind Farms.  Will Small Towns Go Along?  —  In the fight against climate change, national goals are facing local resistance.  One county scheduled 19 nights of meetings to debate one wind farm.  —  MONTICELLO, Ill. — Depressed property values.  Flickering shadows.
 
 
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Conservatives' latest McCarthy ask: A broad Biden admin investigation
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The MAGA Right Would Have Called Winston Churchill a ‘Welfare Queen’
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