Clemencies, Concerts and Oprah’s Cash: Is Wes Moore the Next Obama? ( www.thedailybeast.com )
Other states eye Mass. millionaires tax — for windfall or wealth exodus ( www.wbur.org )
Democrats take aim at bump stocks as GOP pans ‘political exercise’ ( thehill.com )
What can Democrats actually do about Thomas’s and Alito’s corruption? ( www.vox.com )
Pair of Trump-appointed federal judges blocks Biden efforts to protect transgender students ( lawandcrime.com )
Biden to waive penalties for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens ( www.washingtonpost.com )
IRS Expects $50 Billion Return by Closing Loophole Exploited by the Super Rich ( www.commondreams.org )
Arizona GOP Passes Measure Seeking to End Residents’ Right to Vote on Retaining Justices ( truthout.org )
Modern-day outlaws, ‘sovereign citizens’ threaten the rule of law ( theconversation.com )
Rising GOP Star Lied About His Age on Dating Profile: Report ( www.thedailybeast.com )
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code ( www.propublica.org )
Christian nationalists are opening private schools. Taxpayers are funding them. ( www.motherjones.com )
Steve Bannon won’t be spending his prison term in a ‘Club Fed’ as he had hoped, sources say | CNN Politics ( lite.cnn.com )
When former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon goes to prison, he won’t be serving time at what’s known as a “Club Fed,” the most comfortable type of facility in the federal system, as he had wanted, according to people familiar with the arrangements....
Judge rules that federal agency can't enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi ( apnews.com )
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions: "This is a really big deal" ( www.cbsnews.com )
Biden and Trump campaigns agreed to mic muting, podiums among rules for upcoming CNN debate | CNN Politics ( edition.cnn.com )
The 90-minute debate will include two commercial breaks, according to the network, and campaign staff may not interact with their candidate during that time....
The $64 million mystery: How a wave of anonymous donations is fueling the 2024 presidential campaign ( www.cbsnews.com )
Immigration advocates push back against Biden executive order ( www.nbcnews.com )
Anthony Fauci says Trump dropped F-bombs during 2020 COVID call ( thehill.com )
United States: Expanded Child Tax Credit improved Parents' Mental Health ( www.population.fyi )
Sinclair floods local news websites with hundreds of deceptive articles about Biden's mental fitness ( popular.info )
Trump threatens to cut off aid to Ukraine 'prior to taking the White House as president-elect' ( kyivindependent.com )
Surgeon General: Why I’m Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms ( www.nytimes.com )
Opinion: The credit reporting system shouldn’t punish Americans for getting sick ( www.cnn.com )
