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12:15 PM ET, December 20, 2022

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Many Senate Republicans aren't protecting Trump after Jan. 6 panel's nod to criminal charges  —  Senate Republicans are stepping out of the way of the House Jan. 6 committee's recommendation that the Justice Department prosecute former President Trump for crimes related to the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Jan. 6 Inquiry's Not-So-Grand Finale  —  Criminal referrals of Trump add nothing but political complication.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  The House Jan. 6 committee decided Monday that the best way to cap its 18 months of work would be a political gesture.
Politico:
The Jan. 6 committee's big reveal hasn't happened yet  —  The Jan. 6 select committee's last — and most important — act won't happen in a hearing room.  —  It will come when one of the panel's last, beleaguered staffers hits the “publish” button on its collection of evidence compiled …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A Diminished Trump Meets a Damning Narrative  —  Former President Donald Trump's current woes extend beyond the report by the House Jan. 6 committee, but the case the panel laid out against him further complicates his future.  —  As the summer and the House Jan. 6 committee's hearings began …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
DOJ cares about the evidence, not the criminal referrals  —  The historic criminal referral the House Jan. 6 committee issued urging the Justice Department to pursue charges against President Donald Trump is unlikely to sway many minds among prosecutors already pursuing multiple investigations, former DOJ officials said.
Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: J6 Commies Opt for Weaponizing Trump With Political Martyrdom
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Jan. 6 committee lowered the boom on Trump. Now the ball is in DOJ's court.
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Lawmakers unveil $1.7T bill to avoid shutdown, boost Ukraine  —  Congressional leaders unveiled a government-wide $1.7 trillion spending package early Tuesday that includes another large round of aid to Ukraine, a nearly 10% boost in defense spending and roughly $40 billion to assist communities across …
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Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Discussion: Reason, Balkinization and CNN
Washington Post:
Lawmakers put Electoral Count Act, crafted as response to Jan. 6, in omnibus bill  —  A bipartisan bill that would change how members of Congress could object to electoral votes has been included in the omnibus spending bill lawmakers need to approve in the coming days.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What's next for the talented Mr. Santos?  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JUST POSTED —A major scoop from Heidi Przybyla, POLITICO's national investigative correspondent: “Longtime judicial activist LEONARD LEO appears to have helped facilitate …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: ProPublica to return SBF funds  —  ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative news outlet, will return the $1.6 million in funds it received from Sam Bankman-Fried's family foundation, according to a staff memo obtained by Axios. … - The money will instead be moved to a separate account until its …
Wall Street Journal:
Sam Bankman-Fried's Lawyers Hash Out His Transfer to U.S. After Confusion in Court  —  The FTX founder has agreed to be extradited, with lawyers drafting documents, according to a person familiar with the matter  —  Watch: Sam Bankman-Fried Closer to Extradition After Bahamas Hearing
Axios:
Biden in newly surfaced video: Iran nuclear deal is “dead”  —  President Biden said on the sidelines of a Nov. 4 election rally that the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran is “dead,” but stressed the U.S. won't formally announce it, according to a new video that surfaced on social media late Monday.
Politico:
Abortion roiled the midterms.  Now it will define the presidential race.  —  Donald Trump delivered the Supreme Court majority that voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, signed a laundry list of executive actions that chipped away at abortion access and openly embraced the anti-abortion movement …
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Postal Service will electrify trucks by 2026 in climate win for Biden  —  Agency plans to spend almost $10 billion for 66,000 electric vehicles and related infrastructure  —  The U.S. Postal Service will buy 66,000 vehicles to build one of the largest electric fleets in the nation …
Discussion: The Hill and The White House
Associated Press:
Suspense builds at border over future of US asylum rules  —  Suspense mounted at the U.S. border with Mexico on Tuesday about the future of restrictions on asylum-seekers as the Supreme Court issued a temporary order to keep pandemic-era limits on migrants in place.
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Washington Post:
Chief justice temporarily keeps pandemic-era Title 42 border policy in place
Jerusalem Demsas / The Atlantic:
The Homeownership Society Was a Mistake  —  It is a truth universally acknowledged that an American in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a mortgage.  I don't know if you should buy a house.  Nor am I inclined to give you personal financial advice.
Washington Post:
Uvalde records reveal chaotic medical response as victims lost blood  —  Previously unreleased video, audio and interviews for the first time show helicopter and ambulance delays after police finally confronted the Robb Elementary shooter  —  UVALDE, Tex. — Bullets had pierced Eva Mireles's chest …
Discussion: IJR
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg:
Big Tech Divided and Conquered to Block Key Bipartisan Bills  —  A passionate and bipartisan legislative effort to rein in the country's largest technology companies collapsed this week, the victim of an epic lobbying campaign by Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta.
Discussion: The Verge and Washington Examiner
HuffPost:
Cannabis Reform Dead In Congress After Objections From Republicans  —  Lawmakers couldn't even agree to approve a modest bill allowing cannabis businesses access to banking.  —  Congress won't include any cannabis provisions in its year-end spending package, dooming the chances of an overhaul …
John Solomon / Just The News:
DOJ snooped on House Intelligence Committee investigators during Russia probe, subpoenas show  —  In an extraordinary intrusion on congressional oversight, the Justice Department used grand jury subpoenas to secretly obtain the personal email and phone data of at least two top House Intelligence …
Discussion: American Greatness and DNyuz
Punchbowl News:
12/20/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … THIS DECISION HELPS ROUND OUT JEFFRIES' LEADERSHIP TABLE FOR HIS FIRST STINT ATOP THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.  —  DELBENE HAS BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR A DECADE AND MOST RECENTLY CHAIRED THE NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION, A GROUP OF CENTRIST AND MODERATE DEMOCRATS.
Discussion: Breitbart
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
While advising Trump on judges, Conway sold her business to a firm with ties to judicial activist Leonard Leo  —  Longtime judicial activist Leonard Leo appears to have helped facilitate the sale of former White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway's polling company in 2017 …
Karoline Leavitt / Fox News:
I am a Gen Z Republican and my time in the trenches taught me this about 2024  —  Republicans failed during midterms on issues that Gen Z cares about.  —  New Hampshire congressional candidate Karoline Leavitt: American dream ‘never been more unattainable’
James Herron / Bloomberg:
Russian Gas Flows to Europe Unaffected After Pipeline Blast  —  Russian gas flows are continuing via alternative links after an explosion occurred at a pipeline that goes to Ukraine for further supplies to Europe.  —  “Transportation of gas is provided to consumers in full through parallel gas pipelines …
 
 
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Rand Paul / Courier-Journal:
If we believe in limited government, we must save the Electoral College.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
Bloomberg:
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Joann Muller / Axios:
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Special Prosecutor Has a History of Indicting Presidents
Discussion: Raw Story
Alex Hammer / Daily Mail:
Transgender ‘pervert’ is arrested 15 months after she ‘exposed herself to women and girls at Wi Spa in LA’ triggering violent protests from Antifa goons who branded allegations a bigoted hoax
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Andrew Dalton / Associated Press:
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