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10:00 PM ET, December 30, 2022

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Politico:
Trump taxes show foreign income from more than a dozen countries  —  Donald Trump's tax returns show the former president received income from more than a dozen countries during his time in office, highlighting a string of potential conflicts of interest.  —  Trump's returns …
Discussion: Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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CNN:
Key takeaways from six years of Donald Trump's federal tax returns  —  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, claiming huge losses that helped limit his tax bill, among other revelations.
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's tax returns are out.  Here's how he was able to pay so little — so often  —  Former President Trump's seven-year battle to keep the public from seeing his taxes ended in defeat Friday as a House committee released six years of returns documenting his aggressive efforts to minimize what he paid the IRS.
Washington Post:
House panel releases Trump tax returns in another setback for former president
New York Times:
Trump Tax Returns Released by House Democrats
Noah Bookbinder / The Atlantic:
The IRS Really, Really Should Have Audited Trump
Associated Press:
Trump's tax returns released after long fight with Congress
Jonathan Martin / Politico:   The Looming GOP Crisis Over Ukraine
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson's Defense of Andrew Tate Resurfaces After Influencer's Arrest in Sex Trafficking, Rape Case  —  Clips of Tucker Carlson defending Andrew Tate have resurfaced after the kickboxer turned controversial internet personality was detained in Romania on suspicion of human trafficking, rape, and organized crime.
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Washington Post:
Andrew Tate, brother charged in Romania with human trafficking  —  Andrew Tate — the former kickboxing champion, internet personality and self-described misogynist — has been detained in Romania along with his brother, Tristan, and charged with human trafficking and forming an organized crime group.
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 …
CNN:
Trump wanted to trademark ‘Rigged Election!’ and other key findings from the Jan. 6 panel's latest release  —  The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, on Friday released another wave of witness interview transcripts.  —  The new drop, which complements the panel's sweeping 845-page report …
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Eric Garcia / The Independent:
Don Jr admits he doesn't know where $240m Trump fundraised to fight election results went in Jan 6 transcripts  —  The revelation comes in the latest trove of transcripts from the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot  —  Donald Trump Jr rants on Washington Post laid-off journalists
Discussion: Raw Story, Insider and The Hill
Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Jan. 6 committee is running out of time. Key documents may soon be locked away for decades
Discussion: CNN
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
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NBC News:
Idaho murders live updates: Suspect arrested in the killings of 4 college students  —  28-year-old man arrested in connection with Idaho college killings  —  Police in Pennsylvania arrested a suspect Friday in the slayings of four University of Idaho students, law enforcement sources told NBC News.
Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
AG: Meadows won't face voter fraud charges in North Carolina  —  Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, won't face voter fraud charges related to his 2020 registration and absentee vote in North Carolina, the state's attorney general announced Friday.
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Dianne Gallagher / CNN:
North Carolina officials will not charge Mark Meadows with voter fraud  —  The North Carolina Department of Justice announced Friday that there was “not sufficient evidence” to bring charges against against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and his wife, Debra Meadows, over allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
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: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
New York Times:
A Charity Tied to the Supreme Court Offers Donors Access to the Justices  —  The Supreme Court Historical Society has raised more than $23 million in the last two decades, much of it from lawyers, corporations and special interests.  —  In some years, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. does the honors.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
How Justice Kagan lost her battle as a consensus builder
Discussion: Raw Story
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: New York Post, IJR and The Daily Caller
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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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Politico:
McCarthy struggles to appease conservative demands as speakership battle nears
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.
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CNN:
Biden issues end-of-year pardons to six individuals
Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
Butterfield leaving Congress a few days early for DC law firm  —  U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, who was already leaving Congress at the end of this term, will check out a few days early to take a new job at a Washington, D.C., law firm, he said Friday.  —  Butterfield, a Democrat …
Discussion: The Hill, Fox News and The Daily Caller
scottishdailyexpress:
Anger as EU project sees Police Scotland rebrand paedophiles as ‘Minor-Attracted People’  —  The term - described as ‘deeply disturbing’ and ‘baloney’ - was included in the Chief Constable's year-end report as part of an EU project to tackle child abuse and exploitation
 
 
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 transcripts detail numerous warning signs of potential for violence before Capitol attack
Discussion: Raw Story
David McCabe / New York Times:
An Architect of Biden's Antitrust Push Is Leaving the White House
Kim Chandler / Associated Press:
Alabama to allow concealed guns without permit in 2023
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Gothamist
 Earlier Items: 
Grace Segers / New Republic:
The Democrats' Failure of the Year: Letting the Expanded Child Tax Credit Die
Spencer Lindquist / Breitbart:
Pro-Trans Organization Pushes Transgender ‘Inclusive’ Math
Discussion: Issues & Insights
William Kristol / The Triad:
A (Surprisingly) Happy New Year
Axios:
New election frontiers shake up 2024 map
 

 
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