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4:00 PM ET, January 20, 2023

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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
Here's Every Single Lie Told by George Santos  —  Since the New York Times revealed that George Santos was not quite the man he sold himself as to voters, it's been hard to track down exactly what is true about the incoming representative's life story.  Is he broke or rich?  Is he Jewish or Catholic?
Discussion: New York Post and Vanity Fair
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
George Santos Has Got to Go  —  He's a bad example to the young, an embarrassment to the old, an insult to the institution and America.  —  WSJ Opinion: The Biden Classified-Document Payback  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x  —  I'm sorry, but it keeps bothering me.
Fernanda da Escóssia / revista piauí:
An avalanche of fibs  —  The story took place in New York, in the summer of 2021 - as told by George Anthony Devolder dos Santos, better known as George Santos.  He had just walked out of a commercial building after a business engagement when he was intercepted by two muggers on the corner …
Discussion: Insider
Politico:
Santos leans on group with white nationalist ties
Discussion: Raw Story
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump to GOP: Don't touch Medicare or Social Security in debt ceiling fight  —  Former President Donald Trump issued a warning to Republican lawmakers on Friday: Don't lay a finger on entitlement programs as part of the debt ceiling showdown with the White House.
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New York Times:
68 Days of Silence: Why the White House Stayed Mum on Classified Documents  —  Advisers to President Biden calculated that the Justice Department would view possession of the documents as little more than a good-faith mistake.  —  WASHINGTON — The decision by President Biden and his top advisers …
Tom Joyce / Washington Examiner:
Biden's presidency is halfway over — if voters have common sense  —  As of Friday, President Joe Biden will have been in office for two years.  That puts him at the halfway point of his first term, and if the people exercise common sense next year and vote Biden out, Friday will also be the halfway point of Biden's presidency.
New York Times:
Judge Orders Trump and Lawyer to Pay Nearly $1 Million for Bogus Suit  —  In a scathing ruling, the judge said the suit against Hillary Clinton and dozens of the former president's perceived political enemies was “brought in bad faith for an improper purpose.”
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump drops lawsuit against New York AG after judge in case sanctions him almost $1 million for Clinton suit  — Former President Donald Trump voluntarily dropped a longshot federal lawsuit in Florida against New York Attorney General Letitia James.  — The move came a day after the same judge …
Adela Suliman / Washington Post:
Trump fined nearly $1M for ‘revenge’ lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, others
New York Times:
The U.S. will impose new sanctions on the Wagner mercenary group in Russia.  —  Allies Fail to Reach Agreement on Providing German-made Tanks to Ukraine … A meeting of Ukraine's allies ends with no consensus on sending Kyiv Western tanks.  —  BERLIN — Western defense officials …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
US targets Russian private military group Wagner for sanctions for fighting in Ukraine
Discussion: The Guardian
Morgan Phillips / Daily Mail:
REVEALED: How Davos darling and divisive Democrat Joe Manchin has spent $1 MILLION in campaign dollars on fine dining in his 12 years in the Senate - as he considers whether to run again in 2024  — He spent more than $1.13 million through his campaign and leadership PAC on dining and catering since coming to office in 2011
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Steve Clemons / Semafor:
Principals  —  with Steve Clemons  —  What's everyone joking about at Davos?  George Santos, of course.  At a marquee event hosted by Lally Weymouth and the Washington Post, Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein quipped that the congressman couldn't join the World Economic Forum …
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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
GOP Quietly Plots What's Next on Abortion in Nod to 2022 Failures
Discussion: The 19th
Dan Sullivan / Miami Herald:
Judge: DeSantis violated state Constitution, First Amendment in firing state attorney  —  Despite concluding that Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the Florida Constitution and the First Amendment when he suspended Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren last year, a federal judge ruled Friday …
Linh Ta / Axios:
No more sliced cheese, white rice under proposed Iowa SNAP bill  —  Iowa House Republicans are proposing restrictions on the state's SNAP benefits that could dramatically limit what foods recipients can get at the store. … Nearly 40 House Republicans have co-sponsored the bill.
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
George Santos appears to admit drag queen past in Wiki post  —  Embattled Rep. George Santos has claimed that reports and videos documenting him performing in drag are both “outrageous” and “categorically false.”  —  But nearly a dozen years ago, Santos himself appears to have confirmed …
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
All hail, ‘Toadzilla’: Giant toad in Australia could be world's largest  —  As Kylee Gray got out of her car, she looked to the ground and gasped in disbelief.  —  The ranger at Conway National Park in Queensland, Australia, had stopped the vehicle last week in a wild rainforest after she saw a snake slithering across the track.
BBC:
Andrew Tate: Romania court extends police detention for influencer and brother  —  Influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are to stay in custody until 27 February after a Romanian court extended their detention by police.  —  The pair are being investigated over allegations …
Jonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Sold Tesla Shares Before Company Acknowledged Weakness  —  The stock tumbled after the CEO's sale and fell further when electric-vehicle maker said it had delivered fewer cars than expected  —  What's Behind Tesla's Stock Slide?  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
Discussion: Raw Story and Electrek
Matt Margolis / PJ Media:
The Super Shady Coverup of the Paul Pelosi Story Is Worse Than You Thought  —  Remember when the Paul Pelosi story was big news for a while, then weird things started coming out, and then suddenly everyone stopped talking about it?  —  Yeah, I do.  —  Back in October, the story came …
Discussion: IJR, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel:
Supreme Court Simply Can't Figure Out Who Leaked the Abortion Opinion  —  The report is far from conclusive, as it appears the investigators did not question the nine justices themselves.  —  Alerts  —  Today the embattled institution known as the Supreme Court released a report …
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
DOJ reserves right to not cooperate with certain House GOP requests  —  It's an early marker of how the Justice Department plans to navigate a Republican majority intent on aggressive oversight over the Biden administration.  —  The Justice Department is signaling that it has the right …
Discussion: Washington Post
Stephanie Russell-Kraft / Insider:
Missouri's abortion ban declares ‘Almighty God is the author of life.’ Faith leaders beg to differ in new suit.  — Missouri's abortion ban completely outlaws abortion with limited exceptions.  — The text of the law declares that “Almighty God is the author of life.”
 
 
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