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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
'As Far as I'm Concerned, That's the End of It': Skeptical Special Master Presses Trump's Lawyers on Declassification Evasions at Hearing  —  After the FBI found highly classified documents inside his Mar-a-Lago home, former President Donald Trump sought review of the materials by a special master.
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Politico:
Special master to Trump's lawyers: 'You can't have your cake and eat it too'  —  NEW YORK — The senior federal judge tasked with reviewing the materials seized by the FBI from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate sharply questioned the former president's attorneys Tuesday during their first hearing before his courtroom.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
How Judge Cannon broke with conservatives in Trump documents case  —  When Donald Trump flooded the federal bench with judicial appointments, a leading critique was that they were Federalist Society clones who favored muscular executive power and rejected what some perceive as meddling by the courts in executive branch affairs.
Discussion: Hackwhackers
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump has more legal problems of his own making  —  Donald Trump and Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon might end up regretting their selection of former judge Raymond Dearie as the special master to undertake the review of classified papers retrieved from the former president's Mar-a-Lago club.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll gives Republicans the edge in most races  —  The latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll paints a bleak picture for Georgia Democrats in November, with every statewide candidate aside from U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock facing a sizable deficit less than two months before the election.
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Barbara Rodriguez / The 19th:
Stacey Abrams: It is ‘wrong’ to compare her refusal to concede with Trump's stolen election rhetoric  —  ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams on Monday cautioned against conflating her refusal to concede in the 2018 Georgia governor's race with former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election …
Marist Poll:
Warnock Edges Walker in U.S. Senate Race, Kemp Leads Abrams for Governor
Discussion: The Hill and CNN
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Trump eyeing Georgia rally after Warnock-Walker debate
Discussion: The Hill and Slate
Washington Post:
Video appears to undercut Trump elector's account of alleged voting-data breach in Georgia  —  On Jan. 7, 2021, a group of forensics experts working for lawyers allied with President Donald Trump spent eight hours at a county elections office in southern Georgia, copying sensitive software and data from its voting machines.
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Eli Okun / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Is it Republicans who are facing an enthusiasm gap?
CNN:
New footage confirms fake Trump elector spent hours inside Georgia elections office day it was breached
Discussion: Associated Press and PoliticusUSA
Merdie Nzanga / USA Today:
Cheney: On Jan. 6, fellow House member objecting to election called Trump ‘the orange Jesus’  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Liz Cheney said Monday that a fellow House member called former President Donald Trump “the orange Jesus” on Jan. 6, 2021, as Republicans gathered objections to 2020 election results.
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
The Cheney 2024 conundrum  —  Liberals who lavish praise on Liz Cheney for her defiance …
Discussion: National Review
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
‘One of the worst presidential campaigns’: Navarro reflects on why Trump lost
Discussion: Mediaite and The Guardian
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Conspiracy Theorists Want to Run America's Elections.  These Are the Candidates Standing in Their Way  —  Nobody recognizes Adrian Fontes when he walks into a Phoenix lunch spot near his office.  The former recorder of Maricopa County looks like any other Arizona dad: a neat beard …
Linda Chavez / The Bulwark:
The Cruelty and Dishonesty of the DeSantis Immigration Stunt  —  Especially galling: The men and women he used as props are in the U.S. legally.  —  Of all the excuses he could muster, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's explanation that he flew some fifty asylum seekers to Martha's Vineyard last week because …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Bret Baier Wanted Fox to Rescind Arizona Call, ‘Put It Back’ in Trump's ‘Column’
Discussion: Mediaite
Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch:
The Trump/DeSantis War May Start Sooner Than You Think  —  The best defense is a good offense.  —  Donald Trump is not a patient man.  Patience is a virtue, after all, and Trump has never had much regard for virtue.  But he's been surprisingly patient with his one serious rival …
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David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:
Indictments Accuse 44 in Minnesota of Brazen Pandemic Aid Fraud  —  The Justice Department said the defendants had stolen $240 million intended to feed children, in what appears to be the largest theft so far from a pandemic-era program.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Justice Department said on Tuesday …
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
What the numbers really say about abortion and Democrats in the midterms  —  Democrats have been on a voter registration tear since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.  There's just one problem for them — they are digging out from under major Republican gains in the previous 18 months.
Discussion: Townhall and Washington Examiner
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Russian-occupied Donbas region to hold referenda on annexation  —  Russian-occupied territories in eastern Ukraine announced referenda on whether to join the Russian Federation.  —  Russian separatists have fought in the Donbas region, which consists of the self-identified Luhansk People's Republic …
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Meduza.io:
Russia barrels ahead towards annexation A summary of Russia's ‘referendum’ plans and new mobilization laws
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Suzy Weiss / Common Sense:
‘Crime Is a Construct’: My Morning With the Park Slope Panthers  —  In the last couple of months in Park Slope—the baby bjorn-wearing capital of bourgeois-bohemian New York—a thief absconded with $200,000 worth of jewelry in a smash and grab, three boys stole a bunch of iPhones off of subway riders …
Discussion: HotAir and National Review
United States Space Force:
Space Force reveals official song: “Semper Supra”  —  ARLINGTON, Va — ARLINGTON, Va. - Every branch of the armed forces has an official song, from “The Army Goes Rolling Along” to “The Marines' Hymn.”  Each song is part of the services' foundation and represents its values, traditions and culture.
Mailchimp:
New York Mag's Hunter Biden laptop cover story puts proper focus on story that matters  —  I don't want to assume the political affiliations of New York Magazine readers, but I'd have to guess most who received their copy of the print issue this week voted for Joe Biden in 2020.
Washington Post:
Trump's ‘big lie’ fueled a new generation of social media influencers  —  Accounts that rose to prominence spreading disinformation about the 2020 election now drive other polarizing debates, a Washington Post data analysis found  —  Three days after the 2020 election, Kyle Becker …
Spencer Brown / Townhall:
With Economy in Crisis, Biden to Host Elton John for White House Concert  —  The U.S. economy is in a recession, inflation remains near 40-year highs, food prices are spiking faster than they have since 1979, the Pentagon is sending billions of dollars to Ukraine while Biden muddies the waters …
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Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Donald Trump mocks Joe Biden over seating position at Queen's funeral  —  Former president claims if he was still in the White House he would have been sat nearer the front  —  Donald Trump has mocked Joe Biden over his seating position at the late Queen's state funeral.
Ron Elving / NPR:
New Trump tome ‘The Divider’ offers most comprehensive chronicle of his term to date  —  The Divider is the latest in what has become a procession of books about the Trump presidency, but there are reasons to think it arrives right on time.  —  Even after several Cabinet-level advisers …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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These male politicians are pushing for women who receive abortions to be punished with prison time
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Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
Scientists have calculated how many ants are on Earth. The number is so big it's ‘unimaginable.’
Discussion: Fortune and Ace of Spades HQ
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
Dixon's ‘parents’ rights' message: You're only a real mom if you vote GOP
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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