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Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Turns on Trump Over Deranged Rob Reiner Post — GONE TOO FAR — The president managed to make even a grisly murder about himself. — Even some of Donald Trump's most devoted followers recoiled at his suggestion that Hollywood director Rob Reiner was killed because of his own “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
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Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA breaks with Trump on mocking Rob Reiner's killing — President Trump torpedoed MAGA influencers' calls for compassion after the killing of director Rob Reiner, mocking the longtime liberal activist as a victim of “Trump derangement syndrome.” … - Trump abandoned that moral high ground …
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Axios:
Republican lawmakers slam Trump's “inappropriate” posts on Rob Reiner — President Trump is being condemned by both right wing and centrist Republican members of Congress for posting that director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were killed due to “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
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Greg Hanlon / People:
Rob Reiner and His Wife Michele Were Killed by Their Son (Exclusive Sources) — Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found after first responders were called to the couple's Brentwood home at 3:30 p.m. … Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed by their son …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Mocks Rob Reiner, Says He Was Killed Because of His ‘TDS’ — The president wrote that the beloved director's apparent homicide was brought on by his opposition to the administration's actions — As the film world and people of good taste around the world mourn the sudden death …
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Reiners' Son Arrested After Director and His Wife Found Stabbed — The Los Angeles Police Department said it was investigating an “apparent homicide” at the home of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele. Nick Reiner, 32, is being held in jail on $4 million bail, according to jail records.
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Los Angeles Times:
Rob Reiner's son arrested on suspicion of homicide, records show
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NBC Los Angeles:
2 found dead at Brentwood mansion owned by director Rob Reiner
2 found dead at Brentwood mansion owned by director Rob Reiner
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Chris Morris / Variety:
Rob Reiner, Legendary Comedic Actor and ‘Princess Bride’ Director, Found Dead in His Home
Rob Reiner, Legendary Comedic Actor and ‘Princess Bride’ Director, Found Dead in His Home
TMZ.com:
Rob Reiner, Wife Michele Found Dead in Their L.A. Home with Knife Wounds
Rob Reiner, Wife Michele Found Dead in Their L.A. Home with Knife Wounds
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Greene criticizes Trump over Rob Reiner Trump derangement post
Greene criticizes Trump over Rob Reiner Trump derangement post
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Seizes on Rob Reiner's Death to Attack the Hollywood Director
Trump Seizes on Rob Reiner's Death to Attack the Hollywood Director
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says Rob Reiner, victim of possible homicide, died of ‘Trump derangement syndrome’
Trump says Rob Reiner, victim of possible homicide, died of ‘Trump derangement syndrome’
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ProPublica:
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. — On the one-month anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration earlier this year, a group of his appointed aides gathered to celebrate. — For four weeks, they had been working overtime …
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Associated Press:
Australia to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre — Australian federal and state government leaders on Monday agreed to immediately overhaul already-tough national gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach, leaving at least 15 people dead.
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Nic Fildes / Financial Times:
Australia to toughen gun laws after 15 die in attack on Jewish festival
Australia to toughen gun laws after 15 die in attack on Jewish festival
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Inside Stephen Miller's Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State — Stephen Miller's ancestors first arrived in the United States in 1903. That's when a man named Wolf Laib Glosser disembarked at Ellis Island after leaving behind his hometown in Antopol, a small town in the part of the czarist Russian empire that is now Belarus.
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Politico:
‘Our message is simple’: Democrats unite as GOP again struggles to address health care … The upshot is that there is no clear, unified GOP message on health care going into the year-end deadline when the tax credits expire — and no guarantee that Republicans will be able to pass anything …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senators brace for another possible shutdown in January
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Trump is Losing it — Donald Trump is losing it. He is losing more court cases (e.g. …
Trump is Losing it — Donald Trump is losing it. He is losing more court cases (e.g. …
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
White House Rages at MAGA Senator Over Anti-JD Vance Plot — EATING THEIR OWN — Sen. Josh Hawley appears to be eyeing a primary run against Donald Trump's second-in-command. — MAGA administration insiders are apparently livid after GOP Sen. Josh Hawley launched what has been received …
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Trump advisers strafe Hawley over new anti-abortion group
Trump advisers strafe Hawley over new anti-abortion group
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Sydney Morning Herald:
Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he'd do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’ — Ahmed al Ahmed, the hero bystander who tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi shooters on Sunday, has said that despite the immense pain he is in, he does not regret lunging at the gunman.
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Politico:
New York Young Republican Club gala draws white nationalist, far-right Germans as elected officials skip out … NEW YORK — Two months after prominent members of a national Young Republican organization were exposed for their role in a hate-filled, private group chat, the city-based chapter showed it's willing to welcome almost anyone.
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Cassidy Randall / Politico:
'I Didn't Vote for This': A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country … The road to the tiny hamlet of Marion in northwest Montana is lined with the thick trees of the Flathead National Forest, with modern homesteads of trailers and modest homes dotting clearings here and there.
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Paul Krugman:
MAGA, the Broligarchs and the Media — This isn't just about business; it's about democracy — Warner Bros. Discovery, which among other things controls CNN, has agreed to sell itself to Netflix. But it isn't a done deal, because Paramount has made a rival, hostile bid.
Margie Cullen / The Providence Journal:
Kash Patel should ‘take a lesson’ from RI, Magaziner says — The perpetrator of the mass shooting at Brown University that killed two and injured nine is still unknown after the “person of interest” located in part by the Federal Bureau of Investigation was released Dec. 14.
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Fox News:
FBI arrests 4 alleged members of radical pro-Palestinian group accused of plotting New Year's Eve bombings — FIRST ON FOX — Federal authorities say they disrupted a credible terrorist threat over the weekend, arresting four alleged members of a radical pro-Palestinian extremist group accused …
Greg Grandin / The Nation:
What the Noam Chomsky-Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us — Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn't mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.” — Pocket — Over his long life, Noam Chomsky—who turned 97 this month …
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Lee Ann Anderson / The Hill:
Why Florida is ground zero for coming ObamaCare storm — Florida will be hit harder than any other state if ObamaCare subsidies expire at the end of the year, which is looking increasingly likely as Republicans in Congress struggle to unite behind a plan to extend the tax credits.
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Caitlin McCormack / New York Post:
Sophomore Ella Cook ID'd as first victim in Brown University shooting — The first victim of the deadly school shooting at Brown University has been identified as a sophomore student and vice president of the school's college Republican club, Ella Cook, according to her Alabama parish and a former classmate.
Axios:
Ukraine and U.S. divided over territory after intense negotiations — Two days of intense negotiations between Ukraine, the U.S. and European officials resulted in clear progress on security guarantees for Ukraine but left significant gaps on the issue of territory, U.S. officials told reporters on Monday.
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Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner's Plan to Build a Trump Hotel in Serbia Is Running Into Resistance — Deal to redevelop site bombed by NATO has become quagmire for U.S. president's son-in-law — For more than two years, Jared Kushner has sought to build a Trump-branded complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
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Reuters:
Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue — A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to minimize …
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NBC News:
Brown University shooting live updates: Victim named as manhunt for shooter who killed two continues — Brown has canceled its remaining fall semester classes and the shooting has reignited the debate over gun control. — New details emerge in Brown University shooting: What we know — What we know
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