Dec. 2023 News
Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and December 2023 news and views
Note: Excerpts are from the authors’ words except for headlines and occasional “Editor’s notes” such as this.
Dec. 1
Top Stories
- New York Times, Global Warming Talks Begin Amid Deep Tensions,
- New York Times, A Climate Summit Begins With Fossil Fuels, and Frustration, Going Strong
New York Times, Live Reports: Israel Resumes Strikes on Gaza After Truce Expires- New York Times, A new forecast shows where countries are — and aren’t — making progress on climate change
- New York Times, Hostages Freed From Gaza Recount Violence, Hunger and Fear
- New York Times, Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago, Ronen Bergman and Adam Goldman
- New York Times, 5 Takeaways From the DeSantis-Newsom Debate
Politico, The 543-word editorial that may have just upended the presidential campaign
Destroying Democracies
New York Times, Investigation: How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Deputies Got Away With Years of Brutality- Washington Post, Opinion: A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending, Robert Kagan
- Washington Post, U.S. stops helping Big Tech spot foreign meddling amid GOP legal threats
- New York Times, 4,789 Facebook Accounts in China Impersonated Americans, Meta Says
- WhoWhatWhy, Commentary: The Fake Populists Who Serve Elites While Claiming to Stand for the People, Ruth Ben-Ghia
New York Times, 6 Takeaways From Liz Cheney’s Book Criticizing Trump and His ‘Enablers,’ Peter Baker- Washington Post, Analysis: Why new Ariz. indictments are key in the fight against election subversion, Aaron Blake
- Washington Post, Antagonism flares as red states try to dictate how blue cities are run
Politico, Judge key to Jan. 6 cases warns US faces ‘authoritarian’ threat, Josh Gerstein- Washington Post, Sandy Hook families offer Alex Jones a deal to settle $1.5 billion debt
More On Israel’s War With Hamas
More On Trump Battles, Crimes, Claims, Allies
- Politico, New York court reinstates Trump’s gag orders in civil fraud case
- Washington Post, Trump co-defendant in Georgia who pleaded guilty could testify in other cases
- New York Times, Lawyer Told Trump Defying Documents Subpoena Would Be a Crime
- New York Times, Trump’s Bankers Say His Exaggerated Net Worth Did Not Affect Loans
- New York Times, Jan. 6 Defendant Who Opened Fire on Deputies Sentenced to Two Years
Politico, Trump backs Adams, Cuomo in sexual misconduct lawsuits- New York Times, Investigation: A Troubling Trump Pardon and a Link to the Kushners, Michael S.
