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5:20 PM ET, December 25, 2024

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Wall Street Journal:
The Big Companies Funding Trump's Inauguration Despite Denouncing Jan. 6  —  The second Trump inaugural fund is on track to be the most lucrative yet  —  Four years ago, dozens of companies denounced the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and pledged to withhold support from those who disputed the 2020 election results.
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Eli Okun / Politico:
Playbook: Mr. Musk goes to Washington  —  Presented by With help from Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Merry Christmas and happy Hanukkah from Playbook's resident Jew, filling in today while the usual authors take a well-deserved respite under the tree.
Discussion: Business Insider
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
‘I Probably Could Have Flipped Over a Few More Tables’  —  Outgoing Rep. Cori Bush gets candid about her time in Congress and how progressives should respond to 2024.  —  Rep. Cori Bush was swept into office in 2020 on a wave of liberal energy, defeating a longtime Democratic incumbent …
Discussion: The Hill
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
At CNN, lower TV ratings and heightened anxieties about what's ahead  —  With traditional viewership on a decline, the cable news network leans into its strong digital presence as it heads into uncertain times covering the second Trump administration.  —  If you had to guess which member …
Ayman Mohyeldin / MSNBC:
Trump and his allies say the GOP is the party of free speech.  Their actions say otherwise.  —  For them, free speech means they get to shout the loudest and silence everyone who disagrees with them.  —  If you listened to President-elect Donald Trump and his Republican allies during the campaign …
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
How to have a Trumpy Christmas, and make the president-elect richer, too  —  Donald Trump is profiting off his election in unprecedented ways as his family business sells $92 MAGA hat Christmas ornaments and $22 golden wrapping paper.  —  The Trump Store has a gift for every patriot on your Christmas list.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Alexandra Koch / Fox News:
It's official: Biden signs new law, designates bald eagle as ‘national bird’
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Bonds forged during a wartime Christmas 83 years ago could soon be at risk  —  CNN —  Editor's Note: This story was originally published in CNN's Meanwhile in America, the email about US politics for global readers.  —  Next year will bring new strains to the transatlantic alliance …
James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Elon Musk Takes Aim at Wikipedia  —  What's New  —  Elon Musk has urged his followers not to donate to Wikipedia, which he branded “Wokepedia,” until “they restore balance to their editing authority.”  —  The tech billionaire made the claim on X,  —  , in response to another user …
Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Judge Strikes Down Portions of Arkansas Law That Threatened Librarians  —  Republicans passed the law in 2023, joining other conservative states and counties that have sought to restrict the availability of certain books.  —  A federal judge has struck down portions of an Arkansas law …
Discussion: Fox News and Arkansas Advocate
Rogé Karma / The Atlantic:
The Walmart Effect  —  New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.  —  No corporation looms as large over the American economy as Walmart.  It is both the country's biggest private employer …
JD Conte / KLTV-TV:
Texas Sovereignty Act would allow Texas to declare federal actions unconstitutional  —  TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Senator Bob Hall of Canton has introduced Senate Bill 80, allowing Texas to declare federal actions unconstitutional.  —  Senator Hall has dubbed it the Texas Sovereignty Act.
Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
Russia launches major Christmas Day attack on Ukraine's energy system  —  Zelenskyy describes cruise and ballistic missile strikes, which caused blackouts in several regions, as ‘inhuman’  —  Christmas morning in Ukraine was overshadowed by a massive Russian aerial attack using cruise missiles …
Laura Gersony / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's recent lavish travel expenses broke the law, watchdog group alleges  —  A government watchdog group has filed a complaint against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, alleging that her recent pricey travel expenditures broke campaign-finance laws.  —  The nonprofit Citizens …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Kyrsten Sinema may have broken the law on the way out the door: watchdog group
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
 
 
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ABC News:
Letter urging residents to report ‘brown folks’ condemned by Oregon officials
Discussion: Raw Story
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Rep. Granger's Hill absence, revelation of ‘dementia issues’ reignite age debate
Discussion: Alternet.org and Salon
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump and Musk Want to Cut Billions From the Budget. It Won't Be Easy.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Ry Rivard / Politico:
How prosecutors' evidence mistakes could let Menendez walk away from corruption charges
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Richard Davis / The Hill:
We were warned: First term aides told us about Trump's governing style
Halina Bennet / New York Times:
Pro-Palestinian Activists Removed From Michigan's Student Government
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
The Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging Perplexity's platforms lift Tribune content verbatim and divert traffic from the paper

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the First Amendment Watch's SLAPP Back Initiative, a US SLAPP tracker; in 2024, 69 of 500 cases involved the media, of which 46 were dismissed

 
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