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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Post-indictment poll: Trump surges to largest-ever lead over DeSantis — But the latest Yahoo News/YouGov survey also shows that most Americans don't think Trump should be allowed to serve as president again if convicted. — Read full article — President of the United States from 2017 to 2021
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Ankush Khardori / New York Times:
Trump's Prosecution Has Set a Dangerous Precedent — You were probably not alone if the news of Donald Trump's indictment seemed slightly strange: How could something so big — the first criminal indictment of an American president — seem so small? — Mr. Trump was not indicted for his efforts …
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James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Bill Barr says Trump indictment is ‘held together by chicken wire,’ clams its legal theory as ‘pathetically weak’ and a clearly political move that will ‘not end well’ for the country — Former Attorney General Bill Barr called Trump's indictment ‘an abomination’ and ‘the epitome of the abuse of prosecutorial power’
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New York Times:
How Alvin Bragg Resurrected the Case Against Donald Trump — A year ago, the investigation into the former president appeared to be over. But a series of crucial turning points led to this week's indictment. — One year ago this week, the Manhattan district attorney's investigation …
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Weighs Asking to Move NY Criminal Case to Staten Island — Former President Donald Trump's legal team is considering asking to move his criminal case from Manhattan to the more conservative New York borough of Staten Island out of concern that he won't be able to get a fair trial, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Washington Post:
Shocked and defiant: How Trump is responding to unprecedented indictment — Since a grand jury issued charges related to hush money to an adult film star, the former president has cycled through a range of emotions and postures. — Hours after a Manhattan grand jury voted Thursday afternoon …
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Raw Story
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump's Legal Problems Are Putting the GOP in a Vise — The dilemma for the Republican Party is that Donald Trump's mounting legal troubles may be simultaneously strengthening him as a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination and weakening him as a potential general-election nominee.
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New York Times, Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, Erick Erickson's Show Notes and Bloomberg
Politico:
‘Delay, delay, delay’: How Trump could push his trial into the heart of campaign season — From pre-trial motions to negotiations over security, the master of legal stalling has many tactics in his arsenal. — The ink on Donald Trump's indictment has hardly had time to dry …
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Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Political Wire and Forbes
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Why The World Looks at the Trump Case and...Yawns
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David French / New York Times:
The Rule of Law Now Depends on Republicans
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The Bulwark, Townhall, Florida Phoenix, New Republic and HotAir
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The incendiary claim that George Soros ‘funds’ Alvin Bragg
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump ‘finally won the popular vote’: The View gloats after former president's indictment
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Insider:
A gag order for Donald Trump is ‘extremely likely’ once he's before a judge, legal expert says
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Former Trump employees secretly cheering ‘wonderful news’ of his indictment: Maggie Haberman
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Jason Willick / Washington Post:
How ‘no one is above the law’ became anti-Trump sloganeering
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CNN:
Judge orders books removed from Texas public libraries due to LGBTQ and racial content must be returned within 24 hours — A federal judge in Texas ruled that at least 12 books removed from public libraries by Llano County officials, many because of their LGBTQ and racial content …
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LGBTQ Nation, KXAN-TV and The Texas Tribune
Wall Street Journal:
How Disney Dodged Ron DeSantis and Kept Control of Its Florida Land — 'Disney didn't do anything secret' in securing key approvals before governor's new board gained oversight — Disney's Special Tax District, Explained — Disney's Special Tax District, Explained
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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Judge blocks Tennessee law restricting drag performances in public — A federal judge in Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday temporarily blocked a law restricting drag performances in public from going into effect, saying it was likely “vague and overly-broad” in its restriction of speech.
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Tony Diver / Telegraph:
Joe Biden will not attend King's Coronation — US president will not join world leaders but may send first lady in show of support for Charles III — Joe Biden will not attend the King's Coronation next month, The Telegraph understands. — The US president is “not expected” …
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Renee DiResta / Renee's Substack:
Fiction vs Reality: My Texts with Michael Shellenberger — For several months earlier this year, I'd been chatting with Michael Shellenberger about the Twitter Files. He'd reached out to me in a Twitter DM on December 30th, telling me he wanted to better understand social media content moderation and transparency policy.
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Washington Post:
He was released from prison. Florida wants him sent back for life. — For Crosley Green, freedom has been about things big and small: Getting to soak up time with his now-grown children and their children. Being able to eat his favorite ice cream — strawberry — whenever he wants.
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Inside the F.B.I.'s Jan. 6 Investigation of the Proud Boys — A log of messages shows how agents scrambled after evidence and sought to recruit members of the group all while trying to squeeze in workouts and cope with the bureau's obsolete technology. — In March 2021, two months …
Marci L. Bowers / New York Times:
What Decades of Providing Trans Health Care Have Taught Me — This year more than 350 anti-transgender bills have been introduced in state legislatures, pushing discussion about treatment for trans and gender-diverse patients further into the national spotlight.
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Althouse, LGBTQ Nation, NBC4 Washington and Vox
David Weigel / Semafor:
How Wisconsin Democrats learned to play hardball in the country's biggest judicial election — MADISON, Wis. - Daniel Kelly described the crimes in grisly detail. One man had violated his cousin “in the most personal, intimate way.” Another filmed the rape of a 13-year old girl for Facebook.
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
This Under-The-Radar Wisconsin Race Has Big Implications For The State's Future
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The Atlantic
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
News organizations reject Elon Musk's demand of paying to keep checkmarks on Twitter — New York CNN — News organizations have a message for Elon Musk: We are not going to pay you for checkmarks on Twitter. — The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, BuzzFeed …
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Jonathan Freedland / The Guardian:
Netanyahu is leading a coup against his own country. But the threat is not only to Israel — As one door slid open for Northern Ireland 25 years ago, another was sliding shut for Israel and Palestine - and disaster followed — ven before the freshly acquitted Gwyneth Paltrow gave us …
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Fox News
Washington Post:
Judge undercuts key Fox News defense as he sends Dominion suit to trial — In a $1.6 billion defamation case, a ‘disastrous’ ruling for Fox will send it in front of a jury with key questions already settled in an election-technology company's favor — A judge undercut key arguments …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Judge rules Fox hosts' claims about Dominion were false, says trial can proceed
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