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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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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
‘60 Minutes’ Pulls Segment on Venezuelans Deported by Trump Administration, Drawing Criticism  —  Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, criticized the network's decision to remove her reporting from Sunday's edition of the show.  —  In a move that drew harsh criticism from its own correspondent …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls ‘60 Minutes’ story, sparking outcry  —  Just a day and a half before it was set to be broadcast, new CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a planned 60 Minutes investigative segment centering on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center …
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: NBC News, MS NOW and Mediaite
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
CBS News Pulls ‘60 Minutes’ Segment; Correspondent Calls Decision Political  —  News organization says the segment about El Salvador prison where Trump administration sent deportees needed additional reporting  —  CBS News pulled a planned “60 Minutes” segment on an El Salvador maximum-security prison …
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:   CBS and CNN Are Being Sacrificed to Trump
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
CBS pulls ‘60 Minutes’ segment on notorious El Salvador prison
Washington Post:
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS's Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say
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 …
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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 …
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Mike Pence's think tank poaches top Heritage staff as MAGA rift grows
Discussion: Politico and Reason
New York Times:
Trump Halts Five 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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U.S. Department of the Interior:
The Trump Administration Protects U.S. National Security by Pausing Offshore Wind Leases
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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Discussion: MS NOW, Raw Story and Wonkette
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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Epstein survivors criticize DOJ for failure to release all files
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Vance Refuses to Take Sides in G.O.P. Fight Over Bigotry  —  The vice president's plea for a big-tent coalition at an annual conservative gathering belied the cracks in his party over antisemitism, racism and conspiracy theories.  —  The bitter infighting over antisemitism …
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Sohrab Ahmari / UnHerd:
JD Vance: Nick Fuentes ‘can eat shit’
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 …
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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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
George Conway files paperwork to run for Congress as a Democrat
Discussion: NOTUS, Fox News and UPI
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
You cannot annex other countries, Danish and Greenlandic leaders tell Trump  —  Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy  —  The prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland have demanded respect for their borders after Donald Trump appointed …
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New York Times:
Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland
New York Times:
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump's Return to Office  —  The president's team has created a highly unusual fund-raising apparatus for causes he favors.  The Times analyzed more than half a billion dollars in contributions from 346 donors.
Discussion: Meidas+ and Raw Story
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 …
NBC News:
Sudden trips and security lapses: Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio's clashing diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine  —  Apart from disagreements about peace efforts in Ukraine, Witkoff has been at loggerheads with Rubio and State Department officials about the way he handles security.
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
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
ICE Barbie Makes Desperate Christmas Plea to Boost Failing Deportation App  —  HO HO HOPELESS  —  DHS says a larger self-deportation payout runs through Dec. 31 as the app's uptake lags.  —  Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security is promising a Christmas “gift” …
Paul Krugman:
MAGA's Manly Manufacturing Misfire  —  According to Navigator Research, a significant number of Americans who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 now regret their choice.  As the word cloud above suggests, this regret is largely driven by Trump's utter failure to deliver on his economic promises.
Discussion: Dean Baker and Raw Story
Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
Neo-Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back  —  Online activity shows the Base, headed by alleged Russian asset Rinaldo Nazzaro, sees US and Ukraine as key centers  —  Amid high-profile arrests in its Spanish cell, the American-born and designated neo-Nazi terrorist group the Base …
ProPublica:
Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments  —  The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump's personal defense attorney.  His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law …
Discussion: CNN
Associated Press:
Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow  —  A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in just over a year.  Investigators said Ukraine may be behind the attack.  —  Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate …
 
 
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
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