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Team Trump's "confidence has shifted"

Trump's predictions of total victory are a stark contrast to his aides worrying that they hit a "total train wreck"

Salon

From rising star to potential liability: how JD Vance’s fortunes have turned

Ohio senator’s ratings are at a record low and his hardline views on issues might prove to hurt more than help

The Guardian - US

A reader’s guide to the US election: an expert recommends the best books, journals, podcasts and commentators

Donald Trump apparently prefers to watch television over reading anything at all. As president, some reports claimed, he spent up to seven hours a day watching television news shows, but had little interest in reading the flow of top secret briefings (including tapped phone conversations of various world leaders) that…

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Tuesday briefing: As Harris clinches the nomination, Trump’s team readies a new attack plan

In today’s newsletter: The Republicans’ attack campaign was based on their Democratic opponent being elderly, weak and impaired – but now they’ve got to pivot, fast

The Guardian - UK

Panic and repositioning: What Biden dropping out of the 2024 race means for the Trump campaign

The Trump campaign built their strategy around a very specific foe — and Biden dropping out is their worst nightmare come true. Ahmed Baba reports

The Independent UK

A wake-up call for the Democratic Party

The imperative to reduce the chances of a Trump victory remains

Salon

'Barbarians At The Gates': US Evangelicals Back Trump As Their Defender

As a casino-owning playboy who has been married three times and faced multiple sexual misconduct allegations over the years, Donald Trump is an unlikely role model for America's evangelical Christians.

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The Guardian view on the pope’s reform project: the world’s largest Christian body needs to change

Editorial: Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at battle to transform the Roman Catholic church

The Guardian - UK

House speaker’s Christian nationalist ties spark first amendment fears

Mike Johnson’s links to key leaders prompts alarm he might try to erode elements of constitution on separation of church and state

The Guardian - US

A house divided: 2023 in US politics books, before Trump v Biden part II

The age of the Trump blockbuster may be past but the American political scene keeps producing good reads

The Guardian - US

The 15 questions that will not be asked at the Republican debate

The modern-day Republican party is nothing but a Potemkin village

The Guardian - US

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory review: Trump and his evangelical believers

Tim Alberta is a fine guide to the world of conservative US Christians, their dispiriting march to the right, and its ugly cost

The Guardian - US

Trump called Iowa evangelicals ‘so-called Christians’ and ‘pieces of shit’, book says

Mockery over ‘Two Corinthians’ slip and endorsement battles in 2016 echo in 2024 race as Republican contenders seek first win

The Guardian - US

Variety revises article on former CNN chief Jeff Zucker that was sharply criticized

Under fire this week for an investigative story on former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, the entertainment publication Variety made changes to the piece on Friday

The Independent UK

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Reason

Chris Licht Ouster Shows How Cable News Has Become a Cope

The journalistic crusade against "bothsidesism" is an unsubtle attempt at enforcing political orthodoxy.

The Guardian - US

The CNN chief messed up in many ways. Only one of them was fatal

It’s possible – likely, even – that Licht would have survived all of this if it weren’t for the one thing that really mattered: the numbers

The Independent UK

How Chris Licht’s botched effort to drag CNN to the right ended with his own stunning downfall

The one-time wonderboy of breakfast television had a vision to make CNN the most trusted source in news. But he failed to gain the trust of his newsroom, Bevan Hurley writes

Broadcasting & Cable

For CNN, the Real Damage of the Chris Licht Era Was the 13 Wasted Months

CNN could have been spending the time reinventing itself as an always-on digital lifestyle brand, a la the 'New York Times'

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CNN’s Licht Apologizes to Newsroom Following Disastrous ‘Atlantic’ Profile; Staffers Privately Say, ‘He’s Done’

CNN’s embattled CEO declares intention to ‘fight like hell’ to win back staff’s trust as WBD chief David Zaslav appears to lose confidence in him

The Independent UK

CNN’s own media reporter turns on embattled CEO

Chris Licht spoke on morning call after searing profile in ‘The Atlantic’

Axios

Devastating profile dogs CNN boss Chris Licht

The Atlantic paints a brutal portrait of the head of one of the world's most famous, consequential and profitable brands.

The Guardian - US

‘Extra Trumpy’: Atlantic profile of CNN chief Licht details town hall disaster

Network chief executive reportedly wanted New Hampshire event to be ‘extra Trumpy’ but broadcast prompted wide condemnation

The Guardian - US

Enabling a demagogue: a new film traces Republicans’ capitulation to Donald Trump

Michael Kirk’s documentary Lies, Politics and Democracy is a chilling study in how Trump subdued the Republican party

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