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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, HillReporter.com and Raw Story
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Courts hand Donald Trump loss after loss after loss — 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, which summarily rejected the former president's …
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Raw Story and Vanity Fair
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Joe Biden's gaffe may have inadvertently revealed the truth about his Ukraine policy — The President appeared to suggest that a ‘minor incursion’ by Russia wouldn't result in harsh sanctions — It was 28 minutes into Joe Biden's press conference when the gaffe came - and it was a jaw-dropper.
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The Federalist, CBS News, The Guardian and Althouse
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U.S. Weighs Pulling Diplomats' Family Members Out of Ukraine
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Townhall, New York Post, Al Jazeera, Forbes, ABC7, Raw Story and Associated Press
Michael Vickers / Washington Post:
Biden must show that the U.S. stands ready to support Ukraine, militarily if necessary
Biden must show that the U.S. stands ready to support Ukraine, militarily if necessary
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TODAY.com, National Review, Washington Examiner, UPI, ABC News, Fox News, Bloomberg, Washington Times, NBC News, Breitbart, TASS, Wall Street Journal, Grabien News, New York Times and The Western Journal
Financial Times:
Russia raises pressure by sending more troops to Ukraine border
Russia raises pressure by sending more troops to Ukraine border
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Foreign Affairs, The Russia Report, Al Jazeera, NBC4 Washington and Foreign Policy
Jamie McIntyre / Washington Examiner:
All eyes on Geneva as Blinken and Lavrov try again to find off-ramp to Ukraine crisis
All eyes on Geneva as Blinken and Lavrov try again to find off-ramp to Ukraine crisis
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Politico, ABC News, The White House, NBC News and YouTube
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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, Mediaite, Insider, Opinion Today, The Guardian, The Daily Wire and Washington Times
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Trump's GOP kingmaker status is on the line as some endorsees struggle in polls — Among the many things Donald Trump is prone to hyping and often vastly overselling, his endorsement record is near the top of the list. — The events of the next several months will severely test his ability …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
When Biden imitates Trump, he is on a dangerous path
When Biden imitates Trump, he is on a dangerous path
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Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, Regular Order, Wall Street Journal, The Nation, New York Post, JONATHAN TURLEY and IJR
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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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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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Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and Bangor Daily News
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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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Political Wire
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Where do Americans stand on abortion and on potentially overturning Roe v. Wade?
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The Federalist and NPR
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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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NPR reporting on Supreme Court mask controversy merits clarification — An inaccurate verb choice made the reporting unclear — On Tuesday morning, NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reported that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch had declined to wear a mask in court …
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National Review, HotAir, Mediaite, Poynter, Reason, Twitchy, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Slate and Townhall, more at Mediagazer »
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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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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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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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Patterico's Pontifications, RedState and Mercury News
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The Washington Post Invents a Vaccine Claim Ron DeSantis Didn't Make — The media does not like Ron DeSantis. That's been clear for a long time. But while every politician has controversial things they have said that should be questioned, including DeSantis, to take a statement and just invent …
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National Review and WKMG
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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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HotAir, Fox News, National Review, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice and The Coop Scoop
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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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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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Twitchy
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‘Dangerous precedent’: Jan. 6 committee trains its sights on false pro-Trump electors — As Capitol attack investigators dig into efforts by state-level Republicans to send Congress “alternative” slates of 2020 presidential electors, they're zeroing in on the involvement of Donald Trump's White House and campaign operations.
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The Independent, Raw Story, UPI, Morning Shots, Alternet.org and Seeing Things
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Trump campaign officials, led by Rudy Giuliani, oversaw fake electors plot in 7 states
Trump campaign officials, led by Rudy Giuliani, oversaw fake electors plot in 7 states
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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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NPR, Politico, The Atlantic, Insider and CNN
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Exclusive: YouTube shuts down two Oath Keepers channels — YouTube has deactivated two channels linked to the Oath Keepers militia group whose members have been charged in relation to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the company told Axios. — The big picture: Social media platforms that were used …
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Rittenhouse asks for rifle used in Wisconsin killings back, says he will destroy it — Kyle Rittenhouse asked a court to return the rifle he used to fatally shoot two protestors in Kenosha, Wisc., in 2020 — so he can destroy the firearm, according to his attorney.
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CNN and POLITICUSUSA
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FBI raid on House Democrat's home related to Azerbaijan probe, source says — An FBI spokesperson said any law enforcement activity was “court-authorized.” — The FBI on Wednesday raided Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar's home and campaign office in Texas as part of a wide-ranging …
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New York Post, HotAir, Daily Mail, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Insider, Namak, Raw Story, The Daily Wire, Simone's Newsletter, HuffPost, The Hill, Alternet.org and Fox News
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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