NY Times: “A federal judge in Louisiana blocked a state law on Tuesday that would have required the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. The legislation, passed by state lawmakers this year, has been closely watched, because Louisiana was the first state to enact this kind of mandate in more than…

Axios: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a request from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his Georgia election interference case to federal court. Why it matters: The decision keeps in place a lower court’s ruling that Meadows’ case would remain in Fulton County, where he was charged as a co-conspirator in now-President-elect Trump’s alleged effort to overturn the state’s 2020…

NY Times: “What I offer instead is a way forward. I won re-election 12 months ago by five points in a state that Donald Trump just carried by 30 points. And I did so at a time when inflation and illegal border crossings were higher than they are now. So how was it possible? Because the people of…

Alternet: “U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz Friday evening revealed the chilling details of an apparent potential assassination plot he says has endangered his life and his family. The Florida Democrat says police arrested a suspect who is a former felon, had body armor, a rifle, an antisemitic manifesto, with “only my name on the ‘target’ list.”…

WaPo: “House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) was charged with being drunkin public at Dulles International Airport, according to a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. The incident, first reported by Semafor, occurred about 9 p.m. on Nov. 4, a day before the presidential election. He was released on a summons to a…

Like many of you, Yellow Dog has had a tough week. The return of Trump to the White House is a frightening prospect, and emotions are running high. The next four years will test our resolve, our political institutions, and whether a government of the people, by the people and for the people can persist…

WaPo: “The FBI and authorities in several states are investigating racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide this week saying they would be brought to plantations to work as enslaved people and pick cotton. People in at least a dozen states and D.C. have received the messages, according to authorities and local news media….

WaPo: “Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia), a longtime liberal voice for Northern Virginia in Congress, announced Thursday morning that he has esophageal cancerand will continue working while he receives treatment. “Cancer can be tough. But so am I,” he said in an open letter to constituents. “I will attack this the only way I know how —…

Alternet: “Several top elected officials in Mississippi’s most populous county are now all defendants in a federal bribery probe. HuffPost reporter Sam Levine tweeted an announcement from the Department of Justice, stating that an indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Mississippi in which three high-profile officials have officially been charged with…

The Assembly: “The efforts of Valerio, Leibman, and other legions of canvassers were supposed to make the difference here. Kamala Harris was always going to win Mecklenburg, and if she could win it by enough she might even take North Carolina. “Mecklenburg has the most registered Democrats in the state,” said Asher Hildebrand, a Duke…