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CNN:
Special counsel is locked in at least 8 secret court battles in Trump investigations — Special counsel Jack Smith is locked in at least eight secret court battles that aim to unearth some of the most closely held details about Donald Trump's actions after the 2020 election and handling …
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Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
Judge to release parts of Georgia special grand jury report — A Georgia judge on Thursday released parts of a report produced by an Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia …
David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jan. 6 documents: Georgia legislators answered Trump's call to overturn election — Some legislators say the documents are not accurate — With his chances of winning Georgia slipping away in December 2020, then-President Donald Trump hit upon a novel scheme to stay in power: State legislators would name him the winner.
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Raw Story
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Exclusive: Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows subpoenaed by special counsel in Jan. 6 investigation — Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former president and his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
New York Times:
Live Updates: Georgia Grand Jury in Trump Inquiry Sees Signs of Perjury by Witnesses
Live Updates: Georgia Grand Jury in Trump Inquiry Sees Signs of Perjury by Witnesses
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NBC News:
Georgia grand jury report on Trump election probe says ‘one or more witnesses’ may have committed perjury
Georgia grand jury report on Trump election probe says ‘one or more witnesses’ may have committed perjury
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Reuters, Fox News, Bloomberg, VICE, New York Times, National Review, Washington Post and USA Today
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Georgia grand jury in Trump interference probe reports at least one witness may have lied
Georgia grand jury in Trump interference probe reports at least one witness may have lied
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Insider, Washington Examiner, The Guardian, Alternet.org, NBC New York, New Republic, USA Today and National Memo
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Senior Democrats' Private Take on Biden: He's Too Old — High-level Democrats are rallying to President Biden's reelection, not because they think it's in the best interest of the country to have an 82-year-old start a second term but because they fear the potential alternative …
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CNN:
Joe Biden hates when people talk about his age. A looming reelection run is making it ‘omnipresent.’ — When President Joe Biden sets out for his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Thursday morning, he'll be setting a new record - as he does every morning - as the oldest US president ever.
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National Review, Breitbart, CNN, Axios and USA Today
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans worry as self-inflicted wounds pile up — Republican lawmakers are wary of their party's propensity for self-inflicted wounds and are hoping for more discipline heading into the next election cycle. — Leading Republicans think that the House GOP's raucous reception …
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Media Matters for America, Bloomberg and Words & Deeds
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Washington Post:
As Russians inch forward near Bakhmut, Ukrainians dig fallback defenses — ORIKHOVO-VASYLIVKA, Ukraine — The closest Ukrainian artillery position to the raging battle for Bakhmut is tucked into a leafless tree line about 13,000 feet from the enemy. The fighters here have been hanging on for weeks …
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eVille Times, NBC News, Al Jazeera, Cyprus Mail and Haaretz
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Howard Altman / The Drive:
Ukraine Bought ‘All The Gas Trucks Available In Europe’ To Keep Fueled (Updated)
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Military History Doesn't Say What Ukraine's Critics Think
Military History Doesn't Say What Ukraine's Critics Think
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Financial Times, Reuters, Armageddon Newsletter, Hackwhackers, Special Interests, Washington Post, Stimson Center and New York Times
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Moscow's Military Capabilities Are in Question After Failed Battle for Ukrainian City
Moscow's Military Capabilities Are in Question After Failed Battle for Ukrainian City
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The Bulwark, HotAir and Foreign Affairs
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
FEC presses Santos to identify campaign treasurer — The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is demanding Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to name a new treasurer for his campaign and several affiliated political committees, warning that a failure to do so will bar the groups from raising or spending any money.
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A Conversation With Bing's Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled — A very strange conversation with the chatbot built into Microsoft's search engine led to it declaring its love for me. — Last week, after testing the new, A.I.-powered Bing search engine from Microsoft, I wrote that …
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David Rozado / Rozado's Visual Analytics:
RightWingGPT - An AI Manifesting the Opposite Political Biases of ChatGPT
RightWingGPT - An AI Manifesting the Opposite Political Biases of ChatGPT
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Fox News and New York Post
James Vincent / The Verge:
Microsoft's Bing is an emotionally manipulative liar, and people love it
Microsoft's Bing is an emotionally manipulative liar, and people love it
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New York Post, New York Times, The Sun, The Road to AI We Can Trust, Gizmodo and Metro.co.uk
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Don Lemon Annoys Female Colleagues Again With ‘Completely Offensive’ Remarks — In what is becoming a habit, the CNN anchor drew the ire of his female colleagues over tone-deaf remarks related to gender—this time, about Nikki Haley being in her “prime.” — Don Lemon just can't help himself, it seems.
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Pointless Nikki Haley Campaign
The Pointless Nikki Haley Campaign
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NH Journal, MSNBC, Fox News, Morning Shots, OpenSecrets.org and Washington Post
Pamela Paul / New York Times:
In Defense of J.K. Rowling — “Trans people need and deserve protection.” — “I believe the majority of trans-identified people not only pose zero threat to others but are vulnerable.” — “I respect every trans person's right to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them.”
Peter Kafka / Vox:
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down — One of the most prominent women in tech — and one of Google's earliest employees — is leaving the company. — YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, who has led the world's largest video site for the last nine years, is stepping down from her role.
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Bloomberg:
China Hits Back at US with Sanctions on Lockheed, Raytheon — China imposed fines and sanctions against two US defense companies in a further escalation of tensions between the world's two biggest economies. — Lockheed Martin Corporation and a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies Corp …
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Et Tu, Kayleigh? Trump-Die Hard McEnany Calls for DeSantis to Jump in the 2024 Race Immediately: ‘Hottest Governor in Republican Politics’ — This doesn't figure to sit well with former President Donald Trump. — Speaking Wednesday on Outnumbered, Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany …
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Vanity Fair, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, The Hill, BizPac Review, ABC News and Fox News
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Virginia governor blocks bill banning police from seeking menstrual histories — Glenn Youngkin essentially kills bill passed in Democratic-led state senate to ban search warrants for menstrual data on tracking apps — The Republican governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin …
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Insider, New Republic, Political Wire, Democratic Party of Virginia and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Alarmed by DeSantis, Black leaders protest and prepare for 2024 — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Rev. Lowman Oliver marched for civil rights and racial equity across Florida in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, hoping to build a state he viewed as just and equal for Black Americans.
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Tesla Just Terminated Dozens in Response to New Union Campaign, Complaint Alleges — Tesla Inc. terminated dozens of employees Wednesday at its plant in Buffalo, New York, one day after Autopilot workers at the facility announced a union campaign, organizers said in a complaint.
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Richard Hall / The Independent:
George Santos barricaded in district office as local residents are refused meeting with embattled congressman — Residents were reportedly told by a staffer that the congressman would not speak to the ‘mob’ … The office of embattled Republican congressman George Santos was surrounded …
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Insider, Raw Story and New Jersey Online
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Kari Lake's lawyers hit with bar complaints — A legal group plans to file bar complaints Thursday against four lawyers representing Kari Lake in voter fraud litigation, NBC News has learned. — Lake, a Donald Trump acolyte who has refused to accept that she lost the governor's race in Arizona last year …
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Ohpi / OH Predictive Insights:
AZ Senate: Gallego Leads in All Head-To-Head Matchups — Sinema's Independent Status is the Real Wild Card — Toplines and crosstabs can be found here — PHOENIX (February 16th, 2023)- The 2024 Senate election is inching closer and the race for Arizona's Senate seat is wide open.
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The Washington Current
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Trump Has Slight Lead Over DeSantis In GOP Primary, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Americans Mixed On Reasons Behind Classified Document Discoveries — mail_outline — Given a list of 14 names of Republicans who either have said they are running for president in 2024 …
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Annie Waldman / ProPublica:
Steak Dinners, Sales Reps and Risky Procedures: Inside the Big Business of Clogged Arteries — Co-published with The Wichita Eagle … On June 14, 2017, just before noon, a doctor made an incision near a patient's groin. Kari Kirk, a representative for the world's largest medical device company …
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The Daily Caller
Jen Smith / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Doctors from St Louis transgender clinic told teachers to ‘affirm’ an entire group of fifth graders - despite fears they were being influenced by their friends — The teacher contacted staff in October 2021 with concerns about a group — They said multiple children came out as trans after a classmate did