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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Putin holds a trump card in the 2024 US election — The Russian leader's best hope of winning the war in Ukraine lies in American politics — This year's oddest moment was when Vladimir Putin attacked the Church of England. Its sin was to consider the idea of a gender neutral God.
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Kristen Soltis Anderson / Codebook:
Do Republicans really not care about Ukraine?
Do Republicans really not care about Ukraine?
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New York Post, The Hill and Washington Examiner
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
DeSantis' Ukraine flip alarms pro-Israel Republicans
DeSantis' Ukraine flip alarms pro-Israel Republicans
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middleeastmonitor.com, Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, RedState, CBS News and HuffPost
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
DeSantis' Ukraine Comments Show He's Playing for the Pro-Putin Wing of the GOP
DeSantis' Ukraine Comments Show He's Playing for the Pro-Putin Wing of the GOP
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HotAir, New York Post, The Hill, Fox News, Patterico's Pontifications, James's Newsletter, Florida Politics, WFLA-TV, Washington Examiner and USA Today
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
The GOP's stunning realignment on foreign policy
The GOP's stunning realignment on foreign policy
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Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
Walgreens' supplier of abortion pills said it would not distribute the drug in 31 states — A list circulated by the distributor in January underscores the uncertainty surrounding abortion pills in the post-Roe era. — Earlier this month, Politico broke news that Walgreens …
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NBC News:
Judge appears sympathetic to abortion pill challenge in consequential Texas hearing
Judge appears sympathetic to abortion pill challenge in consequential Texas hearing
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes of the Trump grand jury — A bomb-sniffing dog, SWAT team escort and months of careful silence — The bomb-sniffing dog was new. The special grand jurors investigating interference in Georgia's 2020 elections hadn't before seen that level of security …
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CNN:
Fulton County investigators have another recording of a Trump phone call pressuring a Georgia official — Fulton County investigators have an audio recording of a phone call that f ormer President Donald Trump made to the Georgia House speaker to push for a special session …
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Joe.My.God.
Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis hit with an ethics complaint from Trump super PAC — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Donald Trump's allies are stepping up their battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, formally accusing him of violating state ethics and election laws with his “shadow presidential campaign.”
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The “Free State of Florida” Is Coming for You
The “Free State of Florida” Is Coming for You
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RedState, BizPac Review and The Federalist
David Lat / Original Jurisdiction:
The Full Audio Recording Of Judge Kyle Duncan At Stanford Law — Listen to this recording, ye mighty, and despair—although whether you despair about law students or judges might vary based on your priors. … There has been a great deal of debate about various facts relating …
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The Atlantic and The Federalist
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Seth Stern / Bloomberg Law:
Judges Want ‘Disruptive’ Law Students Flagged to Employers
Judges Want ‘Disruptive’ Law Students Flagged to Employers
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Washington Examiner and National Review
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
Protesting an Anti-Trans Trump Judge Isn't Disrespectful, It's American
Protesting an Anti-Trans Trump Judge Isn't Disrespectful, It's American
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Althouse, Twitchy, The Gateway Pundit, Bloomberg Law, SFGATE and Fox News
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Expensively credentialed, negligibly educated Stanford brats threw a tantrum
Expensively credentialed, negligibly educated Stanford brats threw a tantrum
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Doug Casey's Take and Rod Dreher's Diary
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Exiled Chinese Billionaire Charged in New York With Financial Conspiracy — Guo Wengui, a fugitive financier and associate of Steve Bannon, is accused by federal prosecutors of engaging in a complex scheme to bilk thousands of online followers. — Guo Wengui, a fugitive Chinese billionaire …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
DOJ charges Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, associate of Steve Bannon, in $1 billion fraud — The controversial Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, an associate of former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon, was arrested in New York for orchestrating what federal prosecutors called a more than $1 billion fraud conspiracy.
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
U.S. charges exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with $1 bln fraud
U.S. charges exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with $1 bln fraud
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Trump Inches Higher In GOP Primary, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly Half Of Americans Would Support A Ban On Tiktok — mail_outline — In an early look at the 2024 Republican presidential primary, 46 percent of Republican and Republican leaning voters support …
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Patricia Tevington / Pew Research Center:
Americans Feel More Positive Than Negative About Jews, Mainline Protestants, Catholics
Americans Feel More Positive Than Negative About Jews, Mainline Protestants, Catholics
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Washington Times, UPI, The Forward, Religion News Service, The Daily Caller and Friendly Atheist
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
What did Congressman Andy Ogles do with nearly $25,000 meant for child burial garden? He won't say — Ogles used photo of stillborn child in 2014 for GoFundMe, promising a place for burial of babies with benches for families, life-size statue of Jesus. It never happened, but he kept the money.
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New Republic and Joe.My.God.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A viral moment reinforces the hollowness of ‘woke’ as an attack — One of conservative writer Bethany Mandel's least disputable comments during her appearance on The Hill's streaming show “Rising” was a prediction she made as she fumbled a reply to host Briahna Joy Gray: “This is going to be one of those moments that goes viral.”
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abc7NY:
FBI investigating fire at Upper East Side hotel where Chinese billionaire arrested … Eyewitness News was there after flames broke out on the 18th floor of the Sherry-Netherland Hotel on Fifth Avenue. — UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — A fire broke out inside an Upper East Side hotel …
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John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Threatens to Ban TikTok if Chinese Founder Doesn't Sell Ownership Stake — TikTok says forced sale won't resolve national security issues; its CEO set to appear before Congress next week — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok's Chinese owners sell their stakes …
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CNN:
Partisan rancor in Oregon spills over into Idaho effort to absorb its rural neighbors — Matt McCaw cringes if you say the word “secessionist” around him. — A native of eastern Oregon, McCaw is a mild-mannered, former high school math teacher who fosters children to help his community.
NBC News:
Personal info from data breach that impacted lawmakers appears on hacker site — Sensitive information has been posted online from last week's “significant data breach” of the health insurance marketplace for Washington, D.C., that affected members of Congress, according to Senate staffers briefed on the hack.
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DC Health Link, New York Post, CyberScoop, Roll Call, The Hill and Washington Examiner
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say — Exclusive: New York prosecutors expanded criminal inquiry of company last year and examined acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties — Federal prosecutors in New York involved in the criminal investigation …
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New York Times:
Senate Confirms Garcetti as Ambassador to India, Capping a Two-Year Fight — Despite concerns among some Democrats about claims that the former Los Angeles mayor condoned sexual harassment by an aide, several Republicans supported him, saving his confirmation from collapse.
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Politico:
In the mob's eyeline: A senior Republican's close brush revealed in new Jan. 6 footage — Newly released video of the Capitol attack shows just how close rioters came to a senior GOP senator who was third in line for the presidency on Jan. 6, 2021. — The footage, released after media requests …
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NBC News:
Russian leadership approved aggressive actions of jets that damaged U.S. drone, U.S. officials say — Three U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence said the highest levels of the Kremlin approved the aggressive actions of Russian military fighter jets against a U.S. military drone over the Black Sea Tuesday.
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Financial Times:
Barney Frank defends role at Signature Bank: ‘I need to make money’ — Ex-congressman behind landmark banking law says he has no regrets about joining failed lender's board — Former US congressman Barney Frank, an architect of landmark legislation designed to make the banking system safer …
Politico:
MAGA favorite Kathy Barnette says she won't run again for Senate — Conservative commentator Kathy Barnette, who waged a surprising Senate campaign in 2022 that briefly panicked GOP insiders, will not make another run for that office in 2024, she told POLITICO in an interview.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
‘The Era of Urban Supremacy Is Over’ — On the last day of February, Glen Lee, the chief financial officer of Washington, D.C., issued a warning to the mayor and members of the District of Columbia Council, who are undertaking such costly ventures as free bus service and expanded affordable housing.
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HotAir and National Review