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Robert Draper / New York Times:
‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene's Break With Trump … Eleven days after Charlie Kirk was killed in September, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the third-term Georgia congresswoman, was watching his memorial service on TV as the luminaries of the conservative movement …
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Mike Lee / Politico:
Trump's Texas troubles — Happy Monday. This is Mike Lee, based in Dallas-Fort Worth covering transportation for Climatewire and E&E News. Around here, we're digging into the last of the Christmas tamales and remembering we need to pull the car in the garage on New Year's Eve. Get in touch.
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
Four Takeaways From the New York Times Profile of Marjorie Taylor Greene — The congresswoman discussed her break with President Trump and her journey from MAGA zealot to political isolation. — When Marjorie Taylor Greene proclaimed in early 2021 that the Republican Party “belonged” to Donald Trump, I thought she sounded nuts.
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Ace of Spades HQ, The Hill, Mediaite, The Independent, Raw Story and New Republic
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Greene: Speaker Mike Johnson ‘is not our Speaker’ and is controlled by White House
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Straight Arrow News, Raw Story, Washington Times, Fox News, Mediaite, The Daily Signal, Baltimore Sun and PoliticusUSA
Kate Sullivan / Bloomberg:
Trump's Ukraine Plan Faces New Obstacles After Putin Call — President Donald Trump's push to end the war in Ukraine faced new complications on Monday when Vladimir Putin said he would revise his country's negotiating position after the Russian leader claimed Ukrainian drones targeted his residence.
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Raw Story, NewsMax.com, Politico, The Daily Wire, The Hill, New Republic, Military and Veteran … and The Independent
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Trump sides with Russia on claims that Ukraine targeted Putin residence
Trump sides with Russia on claims that Ukraine targeted Putin residence
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Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Why the Pantomime? Its Always Been About Defending Putin
Why the Pantomime? Its Always Been About Defending Putin
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To the Contrary, The Warning with Steve Schmidt and Crooks and Liars
Luke Harding / The Guardian:
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of trying to sabotage peace talks with ‘typical Russian lies’
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of trying to sabotage peace talks with ‘typical Russian lies’
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New York Times, Wonkette, Reuters, Associated Press, NewsMax.com, The Gateway Pundit, 77 WABC and NBC News
New York Times:
Trump Says the U.S. Struck a ‘Big Facility’ in Campaign Against Venezuela — The administration provided no details of what the president said was an attack last week linked to U.S. efforts to disrupt drug trafficking from Latin America. — President Trump said in a radio interview …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
US struck ‘big facility’ in Venezuela, Trump claimed without offering details
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American Greatness, Axios and New Republic
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
When MAGA Comes to Christmas Dinner — Donald Trump has recently taken to saying that we have the “hottest” country in the world. But the markets say otherwise. “US stocks eclipsed by rest of world in 2025 as investors diversify,” reports the Financial Times this morning.
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Raw Story, Associated Press, ABC News and The Daily Caller
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
More Kennedy Center Performances Are Canceled After Trump's Renaming — A dance company withdrew from two performances next year, and the arts center's website says two New Year's Eve jazz concerts have been canceled. — A prominent New York dance company on Monday said it was canceling …
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Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Politico:
Trump admin doles out billions for rural health … The national reaction to the program has been mixed since it was announced this summer. — Some lawmakers and rural health advocates are upset that states are receiving billions more in funding for passing policies favored by the Trump administration.
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Fox News:
Tim Walz pushes back on Minnesota fraud allegations following viral daycare video — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's office is pushing back against fraud allegations after a viral video showed visits to multiple childcare centers in the state, including one that allegedly received millions of dollars …
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Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare Is a Money Pit for Taxpayers — A new study shows extending subsidies would be reckless. — Congress may yet extend ObamaCare “enhanced” premium subsidies. A new study shows why that would be a reckless act toward taxpayers. — Using health insurers' mandatory filings …
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Cafe Hayek
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Charles Ornstein / ProPublica:
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation. — This summer, my colleagues were reporting out a story about the Department of Education's “final mission,” its effort to undermine public education even as the Trump administration worked feverishly to close the agency.
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Block Club Chicago
Priscilla DeGregory / New York Post:
Charlie Kirk suspect Tyler Robinson's secret hearing to be made public after judge's order — A Utah judge ordered a secret hearing in the criminal case against Tyler Robinson for allegedly assassinating conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk, be made public. — Judge Tony Graf announced during …
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The Daily Wire, Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, NewsMax.com, IJR, The Gateway Pundit and ABC News
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John Solomon / Just The News:
‘Ten-year stain:’ Bondi asks prosecutors to probe Obama-Biden lawfare as criminal conspiracy — FBI Director Kash Patel penned a memo predicating an investigation looking at the weaponization of intelligence and law-enforcement powers dating to the Russia collusion case as an ongoing conspiracy.
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The Daily Caller, New York Post, Townhall, New Republic, RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
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New York Times:
Grim Evidence of Trump's Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula … A thunderous boom rang out through the windless late-afternoon air. Seconds later, smoke began rising out of the sea as if the horizon were on fire. — Watching from the shore on Nov. 6, Erika Palacio Fernández whipped …
Nancy Gertner / The Atlantic:
Why the Supreme Court Is Giving ICE So Much Power — The Constitution inarguably applies to federal immigration agents—but the Supreme Court has taken away the hope of ever holding them to that standard. — Untold numbers of ICE agents have appeared on America's streets in recent months …
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Sky Dancing
Fox News:
China surrounds Taiwan with warships, fighter jets in largest military drills on record — China on Monday launched its largest military exercises ever around Taiwan, surrounding the island with warships, aircraft and live-fire drills as tensions spiked following a record U.S. arms sale to Taipei.
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Wall Street Journal:
MAGA's Latest Stolen 2020 Election Theory — This blunder by Fulton County, Ga., isn't what Trump's allies claim. — Click for Sound — The 2026 midterms are coming, and Republicans have work to do if they want to hold Congress. Yet the nation's MAGA minds are still looking back at 2020 …
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The Independent, Raw Story, Election Law Blog, The Hill, Mediaite, CBS News and The Gateway Pundit
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
Trump admin can share immigrants' Medicaid data with ICE, judge rules … The decision marks a significant setback for California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 21 of his Democratic counterparts, who sued in July to prevent the Trump administration from using Medicaid data obtained …
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Mike Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
House Republicans Had a Great Year — In 2025 we passed tax cuts, helped businesses expand, and repealed harmful regulations. — In the final days of this year, 211 House Democrats voted against House Republicans' bill to address the rising cost of healthcare.
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NewsMax.com, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump says he'll ‘probably’ sue Fed chair Jerome Powell: ‘A very incompetent man’ — President Donald Trump revealed that he will likely sue Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over renovations to two buildings. — During a Monday press conference at Mar-a-Lago, a reporter asked Trump …
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