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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
The Kill Switch  —  In 1995, 60 Minutes made a decision that nearly destroyed the program.  Producers killed an interview with Jeffrey Wigand, a tobacco industry whistleblower who had evidence that cigarette companies knew their products were addictive and carcinogenic.
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Allison Gill / The Breakdown:
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment  —  I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.  —  The segment apparently aired on Canada's Global TV app and was shared by this Bluesky user @jasonparis.bsky.social.  You can watch the entire segment below!  Please share widely!
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
CBS pulls ‘60 Minutes’ segment on notorious El Salvador prison … CBS said in a statement that the segment will air at a later date, and Weiss defended the decision to hold the segment in a statement to POLITICO.  —  “My job is to make sure that all stories we publish are the best they can be,” Weiss said.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls ‘60 Minutes’ story, sparking outcry
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Katie Miller Gives ‘60 Minutes’ a Bonkers Lecture After Pro-Trump Censorship
Josh Blackman / Reason:
Breaking: Cully Stimson and Hans von Spakovsky Resign From Heritage  —  Last night, Kevin Roberts told the Heritage staff that two people would be directing the Meese Center.  National Review reported: … I just spoke with Cully, who told me that both he and Hans resigned from the Heritage Foundation.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Audrey Fahlberg / National Review:
Exclusive: Resignations Continue at Heritage Foundation amid Frustrations with Leadership  —  Staffers in the Heritage Foundation's economic, legal, and data centers resigned over the weekend to join a conservative advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, National Review has learned …
Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
Top Heritage Officials Flee to Mike Pence's Nonprofit as Think Tank Fractures  —  The conservative movement continues to splinter about how to deal with its most controversial voices  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence's political group is poaching top officials from the conservative …
Wall Street Journal:
The Heritage Foundation Blows Up
Discussion: Raw Story and Reason
Wall Street Journal:
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’  —  The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet”  —  President Trump will announce on Monday a new fleet of large warships he is calling “battleships,” according to a U.S. official and another official familiar …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump announces plan for new class of more powerful US battleships
Discussion: CBS News and The Gateway Pundit
Hamed Ahmadi / NOTUS:
Trump Is Naming a New Class of Navy Battleships After Himself
New York Times:
Trump Halts 5 Wind Farms Off the East Coast  —  The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details.  The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.  —  The Trump administration on Monday said it would pause leases …
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Make Announcement With Hegseth in Florida  —  Where Things Stand  — Trump announcement: President Trump is scheduled to make an announcement with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the secretary of the Navy on Monday afternoon in Palm Beach …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Senate Democrats cut off permitting talks after Trump's newest ‘assault’ on wind
U.S. Department of the Interior:
The Trump Administration Protects U.S. National Security by Pausing Offshore Wind Leases
Steve Kopack / NBC News:
Paramount beefs up its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery with new Larry Ellison guarantee  —  Warner Bros. rejected an initial Paramount bid and is pursuing a deal with Netflix for its movie, television and streaming assets.  —  Paramount and its controlling shareholders, the billionaire Ellison family …
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
CBS and CNN Are Being Sacrificed to Trump  —  Media conglomerates want the president's permission for mergers—and control of news outlets is at stake.  —  The fate of Warner Bros. Discovery is no longer a regulatory matter.  It is a medieval tournament, in which the king invites rival bidders to compete for his approval.
Discussion: The Mahablog and NextDraft
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump critic George Conway files to run for NY House seat … Though George Conway was also offered a position with the administration during Trump's first term, he declined.  The relationship between the president and Conway turned contentious, with Conway often criticizing Trump and the president …
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump critic George Conway files papers for U.S. House bid in New York
Discussion: NewsNation and NOTUS
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
George Conway files paperwork to run for Congress as a Democrat
Discussion: The Independent, UPI and Fox News
Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump decries the release of embarrassing pics of Bill Clinton with Jeffrey Epstein  —  President Trump revealed that he does like the Justice Department's release of embarrassing photos of a half-naked Bill Clinton swimming with late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein's madam, Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Politico:
Judge orders Trump admin to offer relief to men deported under Alien Enemies Act … Boasberg, who has become a favorite target of the Trump administration and congressional Republicans, stopped short of ordering the Trump administration to facilitate the immediate return of the men to the U.S. Rather …
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Washington Post:
Trump administration abruptly recalls over two dozen career ambassadors  —  A senior State Department official called it a bid to ensure adherence to the “America First” agenda while others called it a devastating blow to America's diplomatic corps.  —  The Trump administration has recalled …
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Wall Street Journal:
Mass Recall of U.S. Ambassadors Leaves Unprecedented Global Vacancies
Discussion: RedState and Bloomberg
New York Times:
Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland  —  President Trump, who has long said he wants to “get” the semiautonomous Danish territory, tapped Louisiana's governor for the new position.  Officials in Greenland and Denmark expressed outrage.
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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
You cannot annex other countries, Danish and Greenlandic leaders tell Trump
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet.  We Tracked Ourselves  —  I am standing on the corner of Harris Road and Young Street outside of the Crossroads Business Park in Bakersfield, California, looking up at a Flock surveillance camera bolted high above a traffic signal.
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Announces Review of Brown University for Potential Clery Act Violations  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced it will conduct a program review of Brown University (Brown) in response to the December 13, 2025, shooting on its campus, which killed two students.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump and Co. Can't Keep Their Lies Straight  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham is typically a reliable cheerleader for the White House at home and abroad.  So it was notable to hear him say yesterday, fresh off a trip to the Middle East, that the peace deal between Israel and Hamas might be working less …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Behold!  🔥 The Focus Group from Hell 🔥  —  Hitler!  Fuentes!  Jews!  Dating problems!  Young Republicans tell you who they really are.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Groypermania  —  City Journal, like the rest of the Manhattan Institute, has gone from anti-anti-Trump, to Trump-curious, to pro-Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
Spencer Buell / The Boston Globe:
Brown University custodian says he saw shooting suspect casing building over several weeks, flagged security  —  A Brown University custodian says he saw the alleged mass shooter, who opened fire in a classroom on Dec. 13, killing two people and injuring nine others, nearly a dozen times several weeks …
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Kash Patel's new ride of choice: an armored luxury BMW  —  FBI Director Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.  —  Patel had pressed the FBI for this high-end vehicle for the purpose of being less conspicuous on his outings …
 
 
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Ex-C.I.A. Chief Wants to Block Judge Cannon From Inquiry Pushed by Trump's Allies
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Gallup:
Americans End Year in Gloomy Mood
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C.J. Ciaramella / Reason:
DHS Says Recording or Following Law Enforcement ‘Sure Sounds Like Obstruction of Justice’
Discussion: New York Sun
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Inside Turning Point's effort to take over Arizona's Republican Party
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Reuters:
Exclusive: US conducting surveillance flights over Nigeria after Trump intervention threat
Discussion: The Daily Caller
ProPublica:
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments
Discussion: CNN
Sohrab Ahmari / UnHerd:
JD Vance: Nick Fuentes ‘can eat shit’
New York Times:
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump's Return to Office
Discussion: Meidas+ and Raw Story
NBC News:
Sudden trips and security lapses: Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio's clashing diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine
Discussion: Associated Press and Slate
 

 
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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Paramount says Larry Ellison “agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee of $40.4B” for its hostile WBD bid, but did not increase its $30-per-share bid

Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Channel 4 says Jimmy Kimmel will share a message on Christmas Day as part of its Alternative Christmas Message show, emphasizing the importance of free speech

Reuters:
Israel's cabinet votes to shut down popular national radio station Army Radio, saying it has become a platform for views that “attack” its armed forces
 
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