Bloomberg News reports: US Supreme Court justices don’t often seem too concerned about appearances. Justice Brett Kavanaugh attended a private holiday party on Friday night at the home of Matt Schlapp, who is chairman of the Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC), and attendees included Stephen Miller, whose group America First Legal Foundation has interests in cases now pending before the …

Media Matters has the transcript: I definitely discriminate against men that paint their nails and wear dresses. I don’t really care how you feel about that. You can wear your dress and you can paint your nails, but I’d prefer you keeping a hundred feet away from a playground and all of the feet away from my children and me. …

The Independent reports: Dr Anthony Fauci, the outgoing director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who helped steer the country through the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, brushed off criticism from Twitter’s Elon Musk on Monday. Dr Fauci, who has faced hostility from conservatives for years due to his support of public health measures to limit …

The Texas Tribune reports: Frustrated with the outcome of the midterm elections, the executive committee of the Texas GOP voted unanimously Saturday to call for new leadership at the national party. By a vote of 62-0, the State Republican Executive Committee passed a resolution saying it had lost confidence in the chair of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel. The …

The Washington Post reports: Special counsel Jack Smith has sent a grand jury subpoena to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, bringing to five the number of 2020 battleground states where state or local election officials are known to have received such requests. State and local officials in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have received similar subpoenas — all of …

Florida Politics reports: A Special Election still hasn’t been called to replace state Rep. Joe Harding. But two candidates have already tossed their hat in the ring to replace him. Conservative author Ryan Chamberlin, an Ocala Republican, is launching a campaign in House District 24. He just co-authored “Think Big,” his fifth book. He also launched the True Patriot Network, …

The Independent reports: Hooded sweatshirts are not only cozy but fashion-forward. And for US Senator-elect John Fetterman (D-PA), who sports hoodies, shorts, and t-shirts, his choice of dress helped him land a spot on The New York Times’ most stylish people list of 2022. Fetterman made it to the list, accompanied by a photo of him wearing his everyday outfit …

“I think that there has, that a portal, a demonic portal opened above the White House around the time that the Bidens moved in. “If you believe the Bible, and we do, then you believe Satan exists, and he does, and you believe there are demons and therefore a portal in which demons enter this realm is not such a …

“It goes against our fundamental values as a country for a Member of Congress to wish that the carnage of January 6th had been even worse, and to boast that she would have succeeded in an armed insurrection against the United States government. “This violent rhetoric is a slap in the face to the Capitol Police, the DC Metropolitan Police, the National …

Politico reports: Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) has taken another step toward launching a 2024 challenge of newly independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Gallego has signed up the Democratic polling firm GBAO Strategies for a “leadership role” for a potential Senate bid. GBAO Strategies is fresh off a slate of victories in the general election, after working for Democratic Pennsylvania Sen.-elect John …

Mediaite reports: Christian Walker warned a conservative pundit not to trifle with him after blaming the son of Herschel Walker for his father’s failed senate campaign. On Sunday night, Elijah Schaffer — formerly a TV host for The Blaze — got on Twitter and declared that the younger Walker bears much of the blame for why his father’s campaign ended …

NBC News reports: Less than a month after a deadly shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, the House Oversight Committee will host survivors for a hearing on violence and threats against LGBTQ people. The Dec. 14 hearing will include testimony from bartender Michael Anderson and from James Slaugh, both of whom survived the Club Q shooting, as well as …

USA Today reports: A brutal winter storm packing wind gusts of up to 80 mph was marching toward the nation’s interior Monday, threatening to pound a swath of the nation with snow measured in feet and wind gusts approaching 80 mph. Almost 15 million people in more than a dozen states faced foul weather warnings or watches Monday. Blizzard or …

CNN reports: Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday formally dismissed the case, which Trump brought to challenge the Mar-a-Lago evidence collection and in which she appointed special master Raymond Dearie, another judge, to make recommendations on whether prosecutors could access evidence. The dismissal of the case now gives the Justice Department full access to tens of thousands of records and other …

The Guardian reports: Vladimir Putin will not hold a year-end press conference for the first time in at least a decade, in what Kremlin-watchers view as a break with protocol due to his war in Ukraine. The marathon press-conferences are traditionally an occasion for the Russian president to burnish his image, a campy spectacle that allows Putin to play the …

NBC News reports: Republican-authored Texas bills, such as HB 549 and SB 220, propose creating a system of state “election marshals,” who would investigate allegations of violations of election and voting laws, and file criminal charges when warranted.  The state House and Senate proposed bills have drawn comparisons to the election police force created earlier this year in Florida by …

Popular Information reports: This year, at least 102 books have been removed from the shelves of school libraries in Clay County, Florida. Many of these books were pulled at the request of one man: Bruce Friedman. A conservative activist and longtime resident of New York, Friedman moved to Clay County this May. And Friedman says he is just getting started. …

The Hill reports: Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Sunday suggested the platform will dramatically increase character limits on tweets from 280 to 4,000. “Elon is it true that Twitter is set to increase the characters from 280 to 4000?” one user tweeted at the social media platform’s new owner. “Yes,” Musk responded. Such a change would shift Twitter away from …

The Daily Beast reports: Speaking to Face The Nation on Sunday, former National Security Council Russia specialist Fiona Hill confirmed that Russia asked the Trump administration to swap Bout and another Russian – drug smuggler Konstantin Yaroshenko – for Whelan following his 2018 arrest. Hill said Russia raised the issue “many times.” The pair were “put on the table by …

“She was playing to the crowd. But what she is basically saying is what we’ve been pointing out: without accountability, failed insurrections are just practice. “She’s saying they would have succeeded, and they would have come armed. And that’s a statement with real weight if you’re a member of Congress. “That’s an endorsement of violent sedition. Make no mistake about …