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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Appeals court rules against Trump in fight over Jan. 6 committee documents request
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
William Hartmann, 63, Michigan Official Who Disputed Election, Dies  —  He refused to certify Joseph Biden's victory over Donald Trump in Detroit but later relented.  A foe of Covid vaccines, he was hospitalized with the virus.  —  William Hartmann, one of two Republican election officials …
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Senate Clears Last Major Hurdle to Raising Debt Ceiling
Chicago Tribune:
Jussie Smollett's conviction for orchestrating and reporting a phony hate crime punctuates actor's sudden downfall  —  Jussie Smollett's star was rising fast three years ago, with his hit show “Empire” leading the ratings and providing him groundbreaking opportunities to portray a gay …
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Zach Stafford / MSNBC:
Jussie Smollett being found guilty of hoax will hurt LGBTQ folks reporting hate crimes
Discussion: The Daily Beast and NBC News
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Jussie Smollett is part of a larger trend of fake hate crimes
Discussion: NBC Chicago and The Federalist
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump's White House Passed Around a PowerPoint on How to End American Democracy  —  The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol on Thursday released slides from a PowerPoint calling for former President Trump to declare a national security emergency in order …
Washington Post:
The Supreme Court isn't well.  The only hope for a cure is more justices.  —  Nancy Gertner is a retired U.S. District Court judge.  Laurence H. Tribe is Carl M. Loeb University Professor emeritus and professor of constitutional law emeritus at Harvard Law School.
Discussion: Slate
Washington Post:
British High Court rules in favor of U.S. extradition of Julian Assange  —  LONDON — A British High Court ruled Friday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face charges of violating the Espionage Act.  —  The 50-year-old Australian will remain …
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Megan Specia / New York Times:
U.K. Court Rules Julian Assange Can Be Extradited to U.S.  —  The WikiLeaks founder can still appeal the verdict, which would leave him facing espionage charges that could put him in prison for decades.  —  LONDON — A British court ruled on Friday that Julian Assange can be extradited …
Associated Press:
Reality TV's Josh Duggar convicted of child porn possession  —  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was immediately taken into custody Thursday after a federal jury convicted him of downloading and possessing child pornography.  —  The jury in Fayetteville …
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Melissa Alonso / CNN:
Josh Duggar found guilty of child pornography
Discussion: Romper
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump blasts Netanyahu for disloyalty: “F**k him”  —  Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu were the closest of political allies during the four years they overlapped in office, at least in public.  Not anymore.  “I haven't spoken to him since,” Trump said of the former Israeli prime minister.
New York Times:
New York City Gives 800,000 Noncitizens Right to Vote in Local Elections  —  The legislation approved by the City Council will set up a system for legal residents to vote in municipal elections.  —  New York City became the largest city in the country to allow noncitizens to vote …
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Rachel Gutman / The Atlantic:
The Pandemic of the Vaccinated Is Here  —  Even before the arrival of Omicron, the winter months were going to be tough for parts of the United States.  While COVID transmission rates in the South caught fire over the summer, the Northeast and Great Plains states were largely spared thanks …
Sophie Quinton / The Pew Charitable Trusts:
With Too Few Nurses, It Won't Take Much to Overwhelm Hospitals This Winter  —  Nurse Hannah Drummond routinely must watch patients for hours as they lie in the emergency department, waiting for a hospital bed upstairs.  That includes patients so ill they use breathing machines or need hospice or intensive care, she said.
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Texas Judge Rules State Abortion Law Unconstitutional Over Its Enforcement  —  ‘EAGER IDEOLOGICAL CLAIMANTS’  —  A judge in Texas ruled the state's controversial new abortion law unconstitutional Thursday.  The statute bans abortions after six weeks, before many women even know they are pregnant …
Reuters:
Kanye West publicist pressed Georgia election worker to confess to bogus fraud charges  —  Weeks after the 2020 election, a Chicago publicist for hip-hop artist Kanye West traveled to the suburban home of Ruby Freeman, a frightened Georgia election worker who was facing death threats …
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Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
Progressives need to tell the positive story about immigration  —  One big story in politics this week is a new poll showing that the Hispanic shift toward the Republican party in 2020 might not have been a blip:  —  Julia Manchester @JuliaManch  —  New polling from @WSJ shows …
Politico:
McCarthy faces make or break moment with proxy voting case  —  The Supreme Court will decide as soon as Friday whether to take up the lawsuit that Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans filed against a measure allowing proxy voting in the House.  —  Plenty of House Republicans have softened …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Get them ready now’: Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon discuss plan to take over government with ‘shock troops’  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday talked with conservative broadcaster Steve Bannon about a plan to use “4,000 shock troops” to take over the jobs of federal government employees.
Discussion: Insider, POLITICUSUSA, YouTube and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
That Cream Cheese Shortage You Heard About?  Cyberattacks Played a Part  —  Hackers shut down the biggest cheese manufacturer during peak demand  —  The cream cheese shortage wreaking havoc on bagel shops and bakeries is, in part, due to a cyberattack on the biggest U.S. cheese manufacturer.
Discussion: Washington Post
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Biden to eulogize late Sen. Bob Dole at Washington National Cathedral funeral  —  The service will be livestreamed on ABC News and ABC News Live.  —  Former Sen. Bob Dole — decorated World War II veteran, longtime lawmaker and former presidential candidate — will be honored …
NBC News:
Bitcoin surge was a windfall for white supremacists, research finds  —  Some prominent white nationalists invested early in bitcoin and have gotten rich off its sharp rise in value in recent years, researchers say.  —  Fringe movements have acquired an estimated tens of millions of dollars …
Reuters:
Russia keeps tensions high over Ukraine while waiting for next Biden move  —  Russia kept up a barrage of hostile rhetoric towards Ukraine on Thursday and compared the crisis there to the most dangerous moment of the Cold War as it waited for U.S. President Joe Biden to invite it to possible talks with NATO countries.
Joe Kinsey / OutKick:
OutKick Exclusive: Penn Trans Swimmer's Teammate Speaks Out As Lia Thomas Smashes More Records … While University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who spent three years at the Ivy League school swimming as a male, has been busy smashing female pool records …
Washington Post:
Slain D.C. student wanted to join the Marines after graduation  —  He was 17 and had his future planned: Graduate high school and join the Marines.  —  Larelle Washington's family had hired a tutor to help him study for an aptitude test used to match enlistees to jobs in the military.
CNN:
GOP senators and Manchin in talks to work around Cruz's ambassador blockade  —  (CNN)A growing number of Senate Republicans are expressing deep concerns about the impact that Sen. Ted Cruz's blockade on President Joe Biden's ambassador nominees is having around the world …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
‘We will not be defeated’: 36 hours of Fox News covering its own Christmas tree fire  —  A man was arrested for allegedly setting fire to the giant tree in Manhattan.  It became a major story.  —  For more than 36 hours after a 50-foot-tall Christmas tree outside Fox News's Manhattan headquarters …
Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
Earth Is Getting a ‘Black Box’ to Hold Humans Accountable for Climate Change  —  When a plane crashes, its flight recorder is critical to piecing together the missteps that led to calamity.  Now the planet is getting its own in case it self-destructs.  —  In a remote part of Australia …
 
 
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