Note: During this holiday period, I will be publishing curated headline lists every day and essays occasionally .
NEWSLINKS:
Democrats slam Kevin McCarthy over his vow to remove them from committees (NBC)
Why the GOP's Biden probes could backfire (Politico)
A Red Wave In Florida.A Blue Riptide In Michigan. (538)
Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates has been moved to an “undisclosed” location amid safety fears over blowback linked to losers in the midterm elections in Arizona, according to the local Fox News station. There’s no evidence of any significant fraud in the elections. [HuffPost]
Progressives, once skeptical of Biden, rally around his chief of staff (Politico)
The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which overturned the abortion rights precedent set in 1973 in Roe v. Wade, threw a wrench in Republican plans for a "red wave" in the midterm elections. And it ain't over yet, writes Paul Blumenthal. [HuffPost]
Key Freight Rail Union Rejects Deal, Increasing Strike Risk (NYT)
Was it sedition? Jan. 6 trial a major test for Justice Dept. (AP)
Tensions bubbled to the surface at the first major gathering of possible Republican 2024 presidential candidates this weekend as party members voiced a desire to move on from Donald Trump, though even his detractors wondered if that would be possible. (Reuters)
Trump in apparent Twitter snub after Musk lifts ban (Guardian)
How Elon Musk’s Twitter Faces Mountain of Debt, Falling Revenue and Surging Costs (WSJ)
'Close call' in shelling near nuclear reactor on Ukraine's frontline (Reuters)
Angry families say Russian conscripts thrown to front line unprepared (WP)
Ukraine to civilians: Leave liberated areas before winter (AP)
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake leaves at least 162 dead in Indonesia (CNN)
Inside the Saudi Strategy to Keep the World Hooked on Oil (NYT)
World still ‘on brink of climate catastrophe’ after Cop27 deal (Guardian)
Taliban-led Supreme Court says 19 people lashed in northeastern Afghanistan (Reuters)
Red Cross: Afghans will struggle for their lives this winter (AP)
At Least 5 Dead and 25 Injured in Gunman’s Rampage at an L.G.B.T.Q. Club in Colorado (NYT)
Nasa's Artemis spacecraft arrives at the Moon (BBC)
How cooking food and gathering for feasts made us human (AP)
Hidden audits reveal millions in overcharges by Medicare Advantage plans (NPR)
Hospitals across the country are overwhelmed. A swarm of respiratory illnesses (RSV, coronavirus and flu), staffing shortages, and nursing home closures are combining to strain an already overburdened health-care system. (WP)
MRI Reveals Significant Brain Abnormalities Post-COVID (Neuroscience News)
The Judge and the Case That Came Back to Haunt Him (NYT Mag)
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the panel is reviewing "serious allegations" reported by The New York Times that a former anti-abortion leader knew in advance the outcome of a 2014 Supreme Court case involving contraception coverage. Justice Samuel Alito is the author of the majority opinion in the 2014 case at the center of the new report. Alito also wrote the abortion opinion that leaked in May. [AP]
Elon Musk Criticized For Firing So Many Employees Rather Than Spending Decades Grinding Them Down (The Onion)
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