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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines — Among the records that Donald Trump's lawyers tried to shield from Jan. 6 investigators are a draft executive order that would have directed the defense secretary to seize voting machines and a document titled “Remarks on National Healing.”
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Insider, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Mediaite, Mother Jones, Alternet.org and Kevin Drum
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to the Supreme Court? — Behind closed doors, Justice Clarence Thomas's wife is working with many groups directly involved in controversial cases before the Court. — In December, Chief Justice John Roberts released his year-end report on the federal judiciary.
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Washington Post, Raw Story and HillReporter.com
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Texas man charged with threatening election, government officials in Georgia — The Justice Department on Friday arrested a Texas man and charged him with threatening election and other government officials in Georgia, in the first case brought by a task force formed over the summer to combat such threats …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Texas man arrested for alleged threat to kill Georgia election official day before Trump Capitol riot
Texas man arrested for alleged threat to kill Georgia election official day before Trump Capitol riot
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USA Today, POLITICUSUSA and WTOP News
George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court's order against Donald Trump is even worse for him than it appears — Donald Trump is often his own worst enemy. But sometimes, he gets competition from his lawyers. — Perhaps no better example of that can be found than in Wednesday's order from the Supreme Court …
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Raw Story, New Republic and Vanity Fair
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
When Biden imitates Trump, he is on a dangerous path — Democracy depends on respecting the results of elections, even when you don't like the outcome. That is the chief lesson of 2020. — But now, in a disturbing echo of sore loser Donald Trump, President Biden and other top Democrats …
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Insider, Regular Order, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, The Western Journal, Wall Street Journal, The Nation, New York Post and IJR
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Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Joe Biden's gaffe may have inadvertently revealed the truth about his Ukraine policy
Joe Biden's gaffe may have inadvertently revealed the truth about his Ukraine policy
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New York Post, The Guardian, CBS News and Althouse
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
If Trump Had Greenlighted Russia To Invade Ukraine Like Biden Just Did, He'd Be Accused Of Corruption
If Trump Had Greenlighted Russia To Invade Ukraine Like Biden Just Did, He'd Be Accused Of Corruption
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Vanity Fair, Fox News and Louder With Crowder
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: As Supreme Court ruling on Roe looms, most Americans oppose overturning it — (CNN)Most Americans oppose overturning the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade precedent, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, with a majority saying that if the decision was vacated …
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Where do Americans stand on abortion and on potentially overturning Roe v. Wade?
Where do Americans stand on abortion and on potentially overturning Roe v. Wade?
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NPR and The Federalist
NBC News:
Klain under scrutiny as Biden struggles — WASHINGTON — It's a familiar Washington tale: As a president's agenda stalls and his popularity dims, the search for a scapegoat often leads to his chief of staff. And as President Joe Biden looks for a reset at the start of his second year in office …
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MSNBC, Twitchy and The Guardian
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Politico:
It's Ron Klain's turn in the barrel — As Joe Biden limps into his second year in office, a common criticism has emerged among fellow party members: his top advisers are too insular, rigid and self-assured. — At the center of it all is Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain.
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The Daily Beast:
Ivanka Ghosts Trumpland as Investigators Turn Up the Heat — Ivanka Trump has largely avoided the national spotlight for the last year. Now, investigators in two separate probes think she could be key to her father's undoing. — Whether it's the lawmakers on Capitol Hill plumbing …
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Raw Story and Mercury News
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Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
DeSantis suggests vaccines hurt fertility. A study indicates otherwise — but says catching coronavirus might. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), a foe of vaccine mandates, on Thursday appeared to suggest that getting a shot to protect against the coronavirus could cause infertility.
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CBS News, Patterico's Pontifications, RedState, Rolling Stone and Mercury News
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Joe Cunningham / RedState:
The Washington Post Invents a Vaccine Claim Ron DeSantis Didn't Make
The Washington Post Invents a Vaccine Claim Ron DeSantis Didn't Make
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National Review and WKMG
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Suspicious Trump weighs dual endorsements — DRIVING THE DAY — THE REBOOT — With his agenda stalled in Congress, President JOE BIDEN is switching strategies, “a stark admission that his approach to governing so far has fallen short,” NYT's Michael Shear, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Katie Rogers report.
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Washington Post, GovExec.com, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal, Opinion Today, The Guardian, Insider, The Daily Wire and Washington Times
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The Daily Beast:
NPR ‘Founding Mother’ Unloads on Public Editor Over SCOTUS Story: 'She's Not Clarifying Anything!' — “She can say any goddam thing she wants,” Nina Totenberg said of NPR's Public Editor before letting out a deep laugh. — The widening controversy over an NPR story on masks …
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CNN, RedState, Townhall, Newsbusters, Instapundit, HuffPost, HotAir and The Dispatch
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Kelly McBride / NPR:
NPR reporting on Supreme Court mask controversy merits clarification
NPR reporting on Supreme Court mask controversy merits clarification
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National Review, Mediaite, HotAir, Poynter, Reason, Twitchy, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Townhall
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
What Democrats Need From Mitch McConnell to Make an Election Reform Deal Worth It — The debate over whether Democrats should pursue their large voting rights package or a narrower law aimed against election subversion became moot on Wednesday when Democrats could not muster up enough votes …
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Washington Post, Chris's Newsletter, National Review, The Moderate Voice, Fox News and The Coop Scoop
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Biden as a New F.D.R.? Try L.B.J. — The president's agenda — big progressive change — has placed Democratic priorities over the voters' desire for practical help on the pandemic and inflation. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. was supposed to be another Franklin D. Roosevelt …
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Washington Post and Twitchy
Wall Street Journal:
Germany Blocks NATO Ally From Transferring Weapons to Ukraine — Refusal to permit Estonia to transfer artillery that originated in Germany points to strains in Western alliance over Ukraine — Germany is blocking North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally Estonia from giving military support …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio … and The National Interest
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
‘People Need to Know She Sucks’: Kyrsten Sinema's Volunteers, Ex-Staff Are Fed Up — “I'm livid. I can only call her a turncoat,” one former volunteer said. “I feel betrayed.” — When Maria-Elena Dunn first met Kyrsten Sinema, she said she was elated.
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Insider, HotAir, LGBTQ Nation and Alternet.org
Alexa Gagosz / The Boston Globe:
University of Rhode Island revokes honorary degrees for Michael Flynn, Rudy Giuliani — “Revoking these honorary degrees reinforces our values and allows us to lead with truth and integrity,” URI President Marc Parlange said — PROVIDENCE — The University of Rhode Island voted Friday …
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The Providence Journal and Associated Press
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
New poll shows Marjorie Taylor Greene is vulnerable in primary matchup — Strahan, a healthcare executive, entered the race in September — CAROLINE BREHMAN/CQ-ROLL CALL, INC VIA GETTY IMAGES, COURTESY — A new poll obtained by Jewish Insider suggests that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene …
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American Greatness:
The Pathetic and Political Sedition Case Against the Oath Keepers — Why did the Justice Department wait over a year to arrest Stewart Rhodes when nearly two dozen other Oath Keepers already have been charged with a conspiracy he orchestrated? — Facing intensifying criticism from Democratic lawmakers …
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Lawfare, BuzzFeed News and Rolling Stone
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Ashley Gold / Axios:
Exclusive: YouTube shuts down two Oath Keepers channels
Associated Press:
Yemeni rebels say Saudi-led airstrike on prison killed 70 — SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Saudi-led airstrike targeting a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels killed at least 70 detainees and wounded dozens Friday, a rebel minister said. The strike was part of a pounding aerial offensive …
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New York Times, The Daily Caller, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Responsible Statecraft and news.com.au
Saki Knafo / New York Times:
The ‘Shouting Back’ Theater Abruptly Closes, and Brooklyn Mourns — A rowdy movie house suddenly goes dark, inspiring an outpouring of dismay and reminiscences. — On a recent morning, the Regal UA Court Street in Brooklyn was uncharacteristically quiet.
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Althouse
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
Michael Flynn allies allegedly plotted to lean on Republicans to back vote audits — Ex-whistleblower says group enlisted his help to seek potentially damaging information on two members of Congress to prod them to back audits in key states Trump lost — FBI agents and the House panel investigating …
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The Daily Beast, Alternet.org, Raw Story and Political Wire
CREW:
CREW to Trump: Remember to pay taxes on RNC cash — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington today sent Donald Trump a letter to remind him that he will need to pay taxes on any money the Republican National Committee spends to cover his legal bills.
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Raw Story
Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
GOP Voters Still Like Trump, But Many Ambivalent About 2024 Run — Donald Trump continues to redefine the role of a U.S. president. Normally, a one-term president, who presided over the loss of the House and Senate and came up short in his own re-election campaign, would be a pariah within his party.
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