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Editor's Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and views in December 2022Note: Excerpts are from the authors' words except for subheads and occasional "Editor's notes" such as this.
Dec. 7
Top Headlines
New York Times, Germany Arrests 25 Suspected of Planning to Overthrow Government- Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Neo-Nazis on move in North Carolina and Germany, Wayne Madsen
- New York Times, Warnock Defeats Walker in Georgia Senate Runoff
Washington Post, Trump Organization convicted in N.Y. criminal tax fraud trial
New York Times, House Jan. 6 Committee to Issue Criminal Referrals, Chairman Says, Luke Broadwater- New York Times, Lawmakers awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor, to officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6.
U.S. Politics, Elections, Economy, Governance
- Washington Post, Supreme Court majority questions massive shift of election authority
- Washington Post, Opinion: I’m proud to protect marriage as one of my last acts as speaker, Nancy Pelosi
- New York Times, U.S. Political Live Updates: “America is better off,” Senator Chuck Schumer said as Democrats on Capitol Hill took a victory lap after the Georgia runoff
- New York Times, Analysis: Warnock’s Win Forges Democrats’ Path Through the New Battlegrounds
Washington Post, Opinion: Warnock’s win exposes the new geography of GOP weakness after Trump, Greg Sargent- Washington Post, Drop in Republican turnout for Georgia Senate runoff meant a bigger win for Warnock
- FiveThirtyEight.com, Analysis: Republicans Still Have A Clear Path To Retaking The Senate In 2024, Geoffrey Skelley
- MeidasTouch, , Ben Meiselas
- Palmer Report, Analysis: With all the votes counted, it turns out the Warnock-Walker runoff wasn’t that close after all, Bill Palmer
- Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Biden playing the long game by moving South Carolina up to first primary state, Wayne Madsen
- New York Times, Florida Ex-Congressman Arrested Over Secret Contract With Venezuela
- Washington Post, House panel fines Cawthorn over $15,000 for promoting cryptocurrency
Top Global Stories
- Washington Post, German police arrest 25 in alleged far-right plot to overthrow government
- New York Times, What Do We Know About Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss?
Washington Post, China relaxes ‘zero covid’ policy in wake of protests- Washington Post, Peru’s congress removes President Castillo after he tries to dissolve it
- Bloomberg, Peru’s President Accused of Coup After Move to Dissolve Congress
- New York Times, Drone Attacks Hit Russia for 2nd Straight Day
- Washington Post, Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner found guilty of corruption
- Washington Post, Investigation: Bodybuilders dying as coaches and judges encourage extreme measures
Trump, Finances, Insurrection, Allies, Disputes
- Washington Post, Trump’s lawyers found items marked classified at his Fla. storage unit, Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey, Spencer S. Hsu, Devlin Barrett and Rosalind S. Helderman
- Washington Post, Democrats ramp up investigation of Kushner family business dealings
- New York Times, Trump Is Bedeviled by Company’s Conviction and Senate Candidate’s Defeat
- New York Times, Conviction Won’t Be a Financial Death Sentence for the Trump Organization
- Washington Post, Jan. 6 special counsel subpoenas Ariz., Wis. and Mich. officials for Trump communications
- New York Times, The Trump Organization, which was found guilty of tax fraud, had been Donald Trump’s springboard to fame and power
Washington Post, Giuliani ‘weaponized’ law license in Trump election suit, D.C. Bar argues- Washington Post, Jan. 6 special counsel subpoenas Ariz., Wis. and Mich. officials for Trump communications
- Washington Post, Trump team searches two of his properties amid court battle with DOJ
New York Times, Michael Avenatti Gets 14-Year Sentence for Stealing Millions From Clients
Ukraine War
- Washington Post, On east front with Ukrainian troops: Constant shelling, no heat or coffee
- Washington Post, Ukraine Live Updates: Kyiv allies cautious after drone attacks on Russian military installations
- New York Times, Ukrainian Drones Hit 2 Bases Deep in Russia, Official Says
- New York Times, Explosions rocked two Russian military bases, according to some Russian media. It was not clear what caused the blasts
- Washington Post, Ukrainian drones hit two air bases deep inside Russia in brazen attack
- New York Times, Inside the Face-Off Between Russia and a Small Internet Access Firm
- Washington Post, Russia reports third attack at airfield within 24 hours
U.S. Courts, Crime, Regulation
- Washington Post, Polygamist leader claimed 20 ‘wives,’ including minors, FBI says
- Washington Post, Inmates knew of Whitey Bulger prison transfer before he arrived, report finds
- New York Times, Border Patrol Agent Found Guilty of Killing Four Women
- New York Times, Letitia James Accused of Protecting Top Aide From Harassment Allegations
- Washington Post, Elizabeth Holmes’s former Theranos business partner sentenced to nearly 13 years
- New York Times, Supreme Court Seems Set to Back Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage, Adam Liptak
- New York Times, Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Far-Reaching Elections Case
- New York Times, Suspect in Colorado Springs Attack Charged With Murder and Hate Crimes
- New York Times, Man Charged With Killing Four Who Were Found Dismembered in Oklahoma
- Washington Post, Hertz to pay $168M after falsely accusing customers of stealing rental cars
- Washington Post, Unaccountable: As fatal police shootings increase, more go unreported
More World News, Human Rights
- New York Times, For Sunak, Like Biden, Dullness Could Be a Secret Weapon
- New York Times, Macron’s Plan on Migrants: Deport More, Give Others Legal Status
- New York Times, Netanyahu’s New Government Roils Israel Before It’s Even Formed
- New York Times, President Vladimir Putin of Russia signed a law banning expressions of L.G.B.T.Q. identity in public
- Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary on America's Immigrant Spies. Part 3: The Russians, Wayne Madsen
Washington Post, Rebels killed hundreds in Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say
U.S. High Tech, Media, Culture
- New York Times, Oversight Board Criticizes Meta for Preferential Treatment
- Washington Post, Opinion: ABC offers a masterclass in how not to handle workplace romance, Helaine Olen
Pandemics, Public Health, Privacy
Washington Post, Face masks may return amid holiday ‘tripledemic’ of covid, flu and RSV- Washington Post, What you should consider when you attend or skip your company holiday party
- New York Times, Congress Poised to Repeal Covid Vaccine Mandate for Troops
Climate, Disasters, Energy
- New York Times, The Texas Group Waging a National Crusade Against Climate Action
Top Stories
New York Times, Germany Arrests 25 Suspected of Planning to Overthrow Government, Katrin Bennhold and Erika Solomon, Dec. 7, 2022. Among those detained were a German prince, a former far-right member of Parliament, an active soldier and former members of the police and elite special forces.The plan was to storm the German Capitol, arrest lawmakers and execute the chancellor. A prince descended from German nobility would take over as the new head of state, and a former far-right member of Parliament would be put in charge of a national purge.
To facilitate the coup, the electricity network would be sabotaged. Satellite phones to communicate off grid had already been bought.That is what German prosecutors and intelligence officials say a nationwide far-right terrorist network was plotting before 3,000 police officers and Special Forces fanned out across the country on Wednesday to raid 150 homes and arrest 25 suspected co-conspirators. They included an active duty soldier, a former officer in the elite special forces, a police officer and at least two army reservists.
Among the items uncovered was a list containing 18 names of politicians considered enemies, possibly to be deported and executed, among them Chancellor Olaf Scholz, people familiar with the raids told The New York Times, requesting anonymity because the were not authorized to discuss the investigation.
Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Neo-Nazis on move in North Carolina and Germany, Wayne Madsen, left, author of 22 books and former Navy intelligence officer and NSA analyst, Dec. 7, 2022. In my The Rise of the 
Fascist Fourth Reich: The Era of Trumpism and the New Far-Right, this 
author calls for governments around the world to cooperate in suppressing resurgent Nazism and Fascism.Recent events in North Carolina, Germany, and elsewhere have shown that governments are beginning to take more seriously the threat of international Nazism.
Germany's action December 7 in arresting more than a score of far-right insurrectionists underscores the global threat, as described below. In addition, Russian support for far-right terrorists is coming into sharper focus.
- Washington Post, German police arrest 25 in alleged far-right plot to overthrow government
- New York Times, What Do We Know About Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss?
The right-wing terrorist attack on two Duke Energy electrical substations in Moore County, North Carolina, which knocked out power to 45,000 homes, businesses, schools, hospitals, and nursing homes, is being investigated by federal, state, and local law enforcement.
The neo-Nazi plotters in North Carolina were in possession of a handwritten ...
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