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12:10 PM ET, January 15, 2023

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Washington Post:
Harbor City called George Santos a ‘perfect fit.’ The SEC called the company a fraud.  —  The inside story of the New York congressman and the now-shuttered Florida firm that employed him for more than a year  —  In July 2020, a small Florida-based investment firm announced …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over social media use  —  Court documents reveal reasons for Awad Al-Qarni's arrest - even though rulers are major investors in social media platforms  —  A prominent pro-reform law professor in Saudi Arabia is facing the death penalty …
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Three storylines to watch in Biden's document drama  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HAPPENING NOW — “Biden speech at Ebenezer to bring focus to King's legacy, likely to president's as well,"by The Atlanta Journal …
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Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Biden speech at Ebenezer to bring focus to King's legacy, likely to president's as well  —  Many U.S. presidents have stopped by Ebenezer Baptist Church to pay honor to its former pastor, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., usually in events around the time of his birthday.
Discussion: USA Today
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Return of the default deniers
Jacob Geanous / New York Post:
Hunter Biden asks court to stop love child from taking his sullied surname  —  He doesn't want to give her his bad name.  —  Hunter Biden asked a judge to deny his 4-year-old daughter from taking his surname — claiming it's a lightning rod for criticism and would rob the child of a “peaceful existence.”
Jon Levine / New York Post:
George Santos wore stolen scarf to ‘Stop the Steal’ rally, ex-roommate says  —  Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos wore stolen clothing to an election rally which accused President Biden of stealing the 2020 presidential election, according to a former roommate.
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Annie Martin / Orlando Sentinel:
‘Dismay and anxiety’ on college campuses as DeSantis ramps up anti-CRT campaign  —  Yovanna Pineda, hired more than a decade ago to teach Latin American history at the University of Central Florida, rebranded one of her signature courses last fall.  —  Striking references to “dictatorships” …
Discussion: Florida's Voice and WFLA-TV
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
What College Admissions Could Look Like Without Affirmative Action  —  Schools may need to rethink everything, including recruitment, scholarships, standardized testing and alumni preferences.  —  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — In 1964, hoping to erase its image as a privileged cloister for white rich families …
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The racial reckoning led to lots of talk but little real change  —  A decade of intense Black-led activism, particularly the massive protests after the murder of George Floyd, have led to a society-wide rethinking of America's policies toward Black Americans.
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Biden classified documents could have national security implications, Schiff says  —  “I'd like to know what these documents were,” Rep. Schiff said on “This Week”  —  Rep. Adam Schiff, a former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that classified documents recently discovered …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Newsbusters
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
A GOP postmortem: What went so wrong in Pennsylvania?  —  The state party is conducting research and paying a big D.C. firm to help gather insights.  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania GOP is trying to figure out what went so horribly wrong in 2022.  —  After the party's disastrous midterm races …
Eric Lach / New Yorker:
How Eric Adams Started Mentoring a Con Man  —  Why did New York's mayor take Lamor Whitehead, a fraudster Brooklyn church leader, under his wing?  —  About a year ago, not long after Eric Adams was sworn in as the mayor of New York, an old friend and church leader named Lamor Whitehead went …
CNN:
Matt Gaetz says George Santos should go through House ethics process but should not be shunned  —  Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said Saturday that fellow Republican Rep. George Santos, the embattled New York congressman who has admitted to lying about parts of his biography and faces federal …
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Reuters:
Bolsonaro's ex-justice minister arrested in Brazilian capital
 
 
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Slate:
Kathy Hochul's Terrible Judicial Pick Sends the Exact Wrong Message to Young Lawyers
Discussion: Gothamist and Politico
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Lawyers found more classified documents at Joe Biden's home
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBCUniversal is prepared to pay an average of about $2.5B per year to air a package of NBA games, as WBD makes last-ditch efforts to keep those rights

Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
UAE-backed RedBird IMI withdraws from the Telegraph and Spectator auction, which starts today, and will look to sell on its rights to the UK outlets

 
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