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10:20 AM ET, January 12, 2023

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Washington Post:
George Santos was paid for work at company accused of Ponzi scheme later than previously known  —  The New York congressman is said to have received payments from Florida-based Harbor City Capital as recently as April 2021, income he did not disclose as a candidate
Discussion: Morning Shots, Insider and Mediaite
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New York Times:
The Mysterious, Unregistered Fund That Raised Big Money for Santos  —  A review of records and newly uncovered documents reveals that efforts to elect George Santos may have run afoul of campaign finance rules.  —  A month before George Santos was elected to Congress, one of his large donors received …
NBC News:
Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location  —  WASHINGTON — Aides to President Joe Biden have discovered at least one additional batch of classified documents in a location separate from the Washington office he used after leaving the Obama administration, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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New York Times:
The Special Counsel Investigating Trump Faces Headwinds Few Others Have
Washington Post:
Survey finds ‘classical fascist’ antisemitic views widespread in U.S.  —  At points in the past half-century, many U.S. antisemitism experts thought this country could be aging out of it, that hostility and prejudice against Jews were fading in part because younger Americans held more accepting views than did older ones.
Discussion: ADL and Fortune
New York Times:
Résumé of George Santos  —  A copy of a two-page version of his résumé, obtained by The Times, is the first that has become public.  Read more ›
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Third NY House Republican calls for Santos to resign
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
George Santos's Secret Résumé: A Wall Street Star With a 3.9 G.P.A.
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Exclusive: Alex Jones Phone Dump Reveals Text Convos With Tucker Carlson  —  “Everyone who thought it was fine that they deplatformed Alex Jones will look like a f**king moron,” Tucker Carlson told the Infowars boss in a text.  —  In early March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic began …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Party Preferences Evenly Split in 2022 After Shift to GOP  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' party preferences were evenly divided in 2022, with 45% of U.S. adults identifying as Republican or saying they were Republican-leaning independents, and 44% identifying as Democrats or saying they were Democratic-leaning independents.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Democrats' Identification as Liberal Now 54%, a New High
Discussion: The Hill and HotAir
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Climate Startup Removes Carbon From Open Air in Industry First  —  Climeworks cashes in on new technology by selling carbon credits to Microsoft and others  —  One of the most important technologies to address climate change got a boost Thursday when a startup said it pulled carbon dioxide from the open air and stored it underground.
Washington Post:
GOP thrusts gas stoves, Biden's green agenda into the culture wars  —  Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202!  Today we're bringing you updates on a heated debate that's no longer on the back burner, with tensions simmering and coming to a boil.  (Apologies for all of the gas stove puns.
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New York Times:
No, Biden Is Not Trying to Ban Gas Stoves
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump discussed using a nuclear weapon on North Korea in 2017 and blaming it on someone else, book says  —  WASHINGTON — Behind closed doors in 2017, President Donald Trump discussed the idea of using a nuclear weapon against North Korea and suggested he could blame a U.S. strike …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Rosalind Early / News, Riverfront Times:
Missouri Republicans Have Found Their Post-Roe Enemy: Cardigans  —  Missouri Republicans aren't done telling women what to do with their bodies … Missouri has a lot of problems, but if you were in the statehouse today, you would have thought the biggest one was what female legislators wear.
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Democratic win in Virginia special election stymies Gov. Youngkin's push for 15-week abortion ban  —  Democrat Aaron Rouse has won a special election for a state Senate seat in Virginia after his Republican opponent conceded in a race that was widely viewed as a proxy fight over abortion.
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Jim Farber / New York Times:
Jeff Beck, Guitarist With a Chapter in Rock History, Dies at 78  —  His playing with the Yardbirds and as leader of his own bands brought a sense of adventure to their groundbreaking recordings.  —  Jeff Beck, one of the most skilled, admired and influential guitarists in rock history …
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Shortlist of VP Picks All Have One Thing in Common  —  Donald Trump's campaign has pretty much been asleep since he announced.  But that isn't stopping him or his confidants from gaming out a vice-presidential pick. … Donald Trump's third bid for the presidency has thus far …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Warren backs Porter in California Senate primary  —  Warren said Porter “has a backbone of steel,” in an endorsement first reported by NBC News.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Thursday endorsed fellow progressive Rep. Katie Porter in her newly-announced bid for Senate in California.
The Princetonian:
Gen. Mark Milley '80 discusses hockey, service, Capitol riots  —  Gen. Mark Milley '80 visited the University on Saturday, Jan. 7 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hobey Baker Rink.  A hockey player, ROTC cadet, and politics student while he was at Princeton, Milley is now a four-star general …
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Man arrested at gunpoint in DeSantis voter fraud crackdown, video shows  —  In August, armed officers descended on homes of two men accused of illegally voting  —  The fight for democracy is supported by  —  Heavily armed Florida police officers descended on the homes of two men accused …
Gabby Deutch / Jewish Insider:
Josh Shapiro to use Tree of Life Bible at Pa. governor inauguration  —  The Bible, which was on the bima at the Pittsburgh synagogue during the 2018 shooting, is one of three Shapiro will use at Tuesday's inauguration  —  When Josh Shapiro is sworn in as Pennsylvania's governor next week …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump prepares to open next phase of 2024 campaign in South Carolina  —  Former President Donald Trump is planning to hold his first public campaign event of the year in South Carolina, in what aides are portraying as a first step into a more public phase of his 2024 White House run.
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Why Wall Street should worry about the debt ceiling  —  Editor's note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 5:15 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use …
Politico:
House GOP obsesses over mirage of a backroom-deal doc  —  It's the three-page document everyone in Washington is talking about — except it may not even exist.  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his GOP allies insist that no back-room promises were made to land his gavel after 15 frenetic ballots …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
Michigan and California institutions ban the word ‘field’ as racist  —  The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the University of Southern California's school of social work have taken steps to ban the word “field” on official documents, citing racist implications.
Axios:
Historic transportation crises haunt Buttigieg  —  A historic string of air, rail and supply-chain meltdowns has plagued Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's first two years in office, placing him — for better or worse — at the center of crises affecting millions of people.
Politico:
Seniors shrug off White House urgent pleas to get vaccinated as new variant spreads  —  State and federal health officials are frustrated that thousands of seniors have landed in the hospital with Covid-19 since the holidays — despite the widespread availability of a vaccine designed to prevent exactly that.
Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Biden's border solution looks a lot like a border crisis  —  President Joe Biden went fishing in the Rio Grande this week but his line came up empty, without the plaudits he had hoped to hook.  —  His visit to the Mexican frontier drew attention to the biggest scandal of his two years in the White House.
 
 
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
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Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
Politico:
Dems to Tester and Manchin: Run in 2024, save our majority
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
The Economist:
The West should supply tanks to Ukraine
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP's shift against supporting Ukraine hits a new milestone
Discussion: Politico
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / The Daily Beast:
Son of Civil Rights Activist Charged for ‘Stuffing’ Ballots Into Voting Machines
Discussion: Frontpage Mag and Raw Story
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders bans term ‘Latinx’ on her first day in office