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1:50 PM ET, December 6, 2023

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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Trump electors settle lawsuit, agree Biden won in 2020  —  MADISON, Wis. — In a legal settlement Wednesday, the 10 Republicans who signed official-looking paperwork falsely purporting Donald Trump won Wisconsin in 2020 have agreed to withdraw their inaccurate filings …
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
‘This Is Grim,’ One Democratic Pollster Says  —  The predictive power of horse-race polling a year from the presidential election is weak at best.  The Biden campaign can take some comfort in that.  —  But what recent surveys do reveal is that the coalition that put Biden in the White House …
Politico:
‘Test case’ for America: Colorado's top court poised to weigh Trump's eligibility to run again  —  A Wednesday argument brings the question of Trump's eligibility under the 14th Amendment one step closer to the Supreme Court.  —  The most potent effort to disqualify Donald Trump …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump is hiding his fascist plans in plain sight  —  Trump's nightmarish scheme was leaked to the New York Times — and yes, it was on purpose  —  Watching cable news is a frequent source of despair, but one especially fraught spiral occurred Monday while subjecting myself to “Morning Joe” on MSNBC.
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump declines to rule out abusing power to seek retribution if he returns to the White House  —  Former President Donald Trump declined to rule out abusing power if he returns to the White House after Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity asked him Tuesday to respond to growing Democratic criticism of his rhetoric.
Fox News:
Here are the top moments from Trump's ‘Hannity’ town hall  —  Trump touched on topics ranging from President Biden to dictatorships  —  Former President Trump joined Fox News' “Hannity” on Tuesday night for a town hall discussion on the GOP presidential primary, President Biden, dictatorships, and more.
Susan Heavey / Reuters:
Liz Cheney weighs third-party US presidential run, says Trump threatens democracy  —  Republican former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of ex-President Donald Trump who co-chaired the congressional probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, said she is weighing a third-party bid for the White House in 2024.
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Trump Refuses to Tell Hannity He Will Not Abuse Power if Re-Elected
Jim Geraghty / Washington Post:   This Trump plan lost the Heritage Foundation. That's how bad it is.
CNN:
Biden tells donors he's 'not sure I'd be running' in 2024 if Trump wasn't in the race
Kevin McCarthy / Wall Street Journal:
My Next Chapter  —  I'm leaving the House but not the fight.  —  I'm an optimist.  How could I not be?  I'm the son of a firefighter.  For 17 years I've served in the same congressional seat—the same office in which I was once denied an internship.  Only in America.
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Trump says he told son Eric not to testify at fraud trial  —  Former President Trump says he directed his second eldest son, Eric Trump, not to testify again in the New York fraud trial threatening the family's business empire.  —  “Eric has already testified, PERFECTLY …
Discussion: Raw Story and Forbes
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Lawyers Keep Trying Hopeless Hail Marys in Court
Discussion: Raw Story
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Norman Lear, boundary-breaking TV master and progressive activist behind ‘All in the Family,’ dies at 101  —  Lear created or developed some of the most seminal comedies in television history, including “Sanford and Son,” “Maude,” “Good Times,” “The Jeffersons” and “One Day at a Time.”
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Chris Morris / Variety:
Norman Lear, TV Legend, Dies at 101
Politico:
Dems assess wreckage of border talks: ‘They never should have started’  —  With a foreign aid package slated to go down on the Senate floor Wednesday, Democrats aren't hiding their frustration that border policies ever became linked to cash for Ukraine and Israel.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Fox News
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NBC News:
Republicans storm out of briefing as Congress battles over Israel and Ukraine aid package
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
America's White Evangelical Problem  —  When the journalist Tim Alberta's father unexpectedly died, another ordeal awaited Tim.  His father had pastored the Cornerstone Evangelical Presbyterian church in Michigan, where the Alberta family now gathered to honor his life alongside the congregation the father had nurtured.
Discussion: Raw Story and Newsbusters
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The report AT&T didn't want to produce  —  Last Friday, AT&T quietly published an extraordinary document.  For the first time ever, the company released a “political congruency report.”  The report, which covers the year 2022, looks at the “[s]tate and federal elected officials to whom AT&T …
Grayson Everett / Yellowhammer News:
Katie Britt: For a secure border, a strong homeland, and a safe world - President Trump is the choice in 2024  —  When I announced my candidacy for the United States Senate in 2021, I made my motivation clear: Wesley and I want to preserve the American Dream for our children - and for generations to come.
Ben Smith / Semafor:
George Santos is earning six figures from Cameo videos  —  The Scene  —  Just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, George Santos was at Best Buy on Northern Boulevard in Queens.  —  Santos, whose biography on the celebrity video platform Cameo identifies him as a “Former congressional ‘Icon’!
Mark Scott / Politico:
Israel advocacy groups outspend pro-Palestinian groups on social media  —  Organizations including AIPAC have vastly outspent pro-Palestinian groups on Facebook and Instagram even as young Americans grow more critical of Israel.  —  Advocacy organizations supporting Israel in its war …
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump super PAC paints Biden as ‘dictator’ after remarks spark controversy  —  A super PAC supporting former President Trump called President Biden a “dictator” on Wednesday, seeking to turn the tables after Trump said in a town hall that he won't be a dictator if reelected “except for Day One.”
Discussion: The Messenger
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
White House interns demand a Middle East cease-fire in letter to Biden  —  The letter, first shared with NBC News, is supported by more than 40 interns who work in the White House and other executive branch offices.  —  WASHINGTON — A group of White House interns joined the growing list …
Politico:
Biden team wary of retaliating against Houthi attacks at sea  —  Some current and former officials are frustrated with U.S. statements that they believe are downplaying the threat.  —  Senior Biden administration officials agree that striking Houthis in Yemen is the wrong course of action for now …
NBC News:
Senate confirms 425 military nominees after Sen. Tommy Tuberville drops his hold  —  Tuberville “has nothing to show for his 10 months of delay,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a scathing speech after the nominees were confirmed.  Tuberville has retained his holds on roughly 11 other promotions.
Charles Hilu / Washington Free Beacon:
WATCH: MIT, Penn, Harvard Presidents Say Calls for Jewish Genocide Do Not Violate Code of Conduct  —  ‘If the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment,’ Penn's Liz Magill said  —  The presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania …
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Cheney blasts GOP for blurring faces in Jan. 6 tapes: Nothing ‘can change the facts’  —  Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Tuesday criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republicans' decision to blur the faces of those who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in security tapes …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and RedState
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Stephen Neukam / The Messenger:
GOP Decision to Blur Jan. 6 Faces Has Democrats ‘Deeply Troubled’
 
 
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Julián Castro tapped to run Latino Community Foundation
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Matt Vespa / Townhall:
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Wall Street Journal:
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