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Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire — IN LATE JUNE 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia. He and his wife were going on vacation: nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Justice Thomas accepted luxury travel for years from GOP donor, report says — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury trips around the globe for more than two decades, including travel on a superyacht and private jet, from a prominent Republican donor without disclosing them, according to a new report.
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Ocasio-Cortez Calls For Clarence Thomas To Be Impeached Over Gifts From GOP Megadonor — “This degree of corruption is shocking — almost cartoonish,” said the Democratic lawmaker. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday called for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
Alex Henderson / Alternet.org:
‘Rank corruption’: AOC calls for Clarence Thomas' impeachment following bombshell report on megadonor gifts
‘Rank corruption’: AOC calls for Clarence Thomas' impeachment following bombshell report on megadonor gifts
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Reuters:
Special Report: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars — Tesla Inc assures its millions of electric car owners that their privacy “is and will always be enormously important to us.” The cameras it builds into vehicles to assist driving, it notes on its website …
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NBC News:
Trump judge and his family receive threats after New York arrest — Judge Juan Merchan, his family and the Manhattan court where Trump was arraigned Tuesday have already received numerous threats, sources told NBC News. — In the 24 hours since former President Donald Trump's arraignment …
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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Inside the 3 so-called ‘catch and kill’ payments in Trump's indictment
Inside the 3 so-called ‘catch and kill’ payments in Trump's indictment
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Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:
You won't be talking about Donald Trump's arrest for long
You won't be talking about Donald Trump's arrest for long
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Peter Laffin / Washington Examiner:
MAGA sacrilege makes a mockery of faith
MAGA sacrilege makes a mockery of faith
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Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Trump's Moment of Accountability
Trump's Moment of Accountability
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
How Trump could talk himself into a gag order
How Trump could talk himself into a gag order
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New York Times:
Staring Down a Debt Crisis, McCarthy Toils to Navigate G.O.P. Divisions — The House speaker has little trust in his Budget Committee chairman or his No. 2 as he works to unite the fractious Republican majority around a spending plan. — WASHINGTON — It was midway through Representative …
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Miami Herald:
13-year-old son of Rebekah Jones, whistleblower who clashed with DeSantis, arrested over memes — The 13-year-old son of a controversial whistleblower who accused the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis of suppressing state data on the severity of the COVID pandemic in Florida was arrested …
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Brandon Girod / Pensacola News Journal:
Rebekah Jones' 13-year-old son arrested in Navarre, Florida for ‘digital threats of terrorism’ — Embattled former state of Florida employee Rebekah Jones announced on Twitter Wednesday night that her 13-year-old son had been arrested for “digital threats of terrorism.”
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CNN:
Jordan subpoenas former senior prosecutor in Manhattan DA's office in connection to probe of Trump case — House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan subpoenaed former New York County Special Assistant District Attorney Mark Pomerantz for his role investigating Donald Trump and his business empire …
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Ashley Oliver / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Jim Jordan Subpoenas Manhattan Prosecutor Who Resigned over Suspended Trump Probe
Exclusive: Jim Jordan Subpoenas Manhattan Prosecutor Who Resigned over Suspended Trump Probe
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP fires off first subpoena in probe of Trump indictment
House GOP fires off first subpoena in probe of Trump indictment
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump ally Jordan issues subpoena to former N.Y. prosecutor
Trump ally Jordan issues subpoena to former N.Y. prosecutor
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Associated Press:
Biden review of chaotic Afghan withdrawal blames Trump — A U.S. review led by the National Security Council of the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan largely lays the blame on former President Donald Trump, saying President Joe Biden was “severely constrained” by the decisions of his predecessor.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
U.S. Acknowledges Afghanistan Evacuation Should Have Started Sooner
U.S. Acknowledges Afghanistan Evacuation Should Have Started Sooner
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Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
US would bar full ban on trans athletes but allow exceptions — Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday from the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases — for example, to ensure fairness.
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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
School Sports Cannot ‘Categorically’ Ban Transgender Athletes, Under Biden Title IX Proposal
School Sports Cannot ‘Categorically’ Ban Transgender Athletes, Under Biden Title IX Proposal
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Vivian Jones / The Tennessean:
Expulsion vote thrusts Tennessee politics onto the national stage, could set precedent — The Democrats could become political martyrs if expelled from the legislature. The move shows the power the GOP holds and could set a precedent for the future. — Tennessee's Republican supermajority …
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Associated Press:
GOP lawmakers consider expelling Democrats over gun protest
GOP lawmakers consider expelling Democrats over gun protest
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CNN:
FBI and Army members raided the wrong hotel room during a training exercise and detained a guest inside — Members of the FBI and the US Army Special Operations Command who were conducting a training exercise in downtown Boston raided the wrong hotel room and detained the person inside …
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court refuses to reinstate West Virginia ban on transgender student sports participation — The decision is a victory for LGBTQ advocates. — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied West Virginia's request to immediately reinstate a law that would ban transgender student-athletes …
Aidan Hulting / KOAA-TV:
Former D20 student accused of planning attacks on three campuses — Elbert Co Sheriff's Office makes arrest based on call from concerned family member — ELBERT COUNTY — A former District 20 student is facing attempted murder charges on allegations of planning attacks on three schools …
NBC News:
Ron DeSantis' long-haul strategy against Trump comes into view — Although he hasn't yet announced a presidential bid, the Florida governor's team has already had internal discussions about delegate strategy. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' team is already plotting out a strategy to run against Donald Trump for the long haul.
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Ruth Bashinsky / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Thiel's Instagram model boyfriend plunged to his death WEEKS after witnessing messy showdown between the billionaire mogul and his husband when he crashed couple's New Year's bash — Peter Thiel and Matt Danzeisen wed October 2017 and share two young children
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Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
CNN Poll: One-third of Americans say Biden deserves to be reelected in 2024 — Just a third of Americans say President Joe Biden deserves to be reelected, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as a majority in his party say they would like to see someone else as the Democratic nominee for president next year.
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Probe widens into federal watchdog over missing Jan. 6 Secret Service texts — A nearly two-year investigation into allegations of misconduct by the Department of Homeland Security's chief watchdog expanded this week to include his role in missing Secret Service text messages from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
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Jim Newell / Slate:
The FBI Is Causing Trouble Again. Only This Time, It's Hilarious. — Virginia and Maryland, once friendly rivals, have been locked in a quiet battle over the FBI. It's getting a lot louder. — In December, as Congress was working on a bill to fund the government …
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New York Times:
How Russia's Offensive Ran Aground — After months of pouring soldiers into eastern Ukraine, Russia's progress essentially adds up to this: three small settlements and part of the city of Bakhmut, a high-profile battlefield with limited strategic value. — Settlements captured by Russia this year
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Chris Moran / The Guardian:
ChatGPT is making up fake Guardian articles. Here's how we're responding — The risks inherent in the technology, plus the speed of its take-up, demonstrate why it's so vital that we keep track of it — Chris Moran is the Guardian's head of editorial innovation
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Shaylee Ragar / Montana Public Radio:
Republicans back bill to change election rules — only for the upcoming Senate race — A Republican-backed bill to create a “jungle primary” that would box-out third party candidates in the next U.S. Senate race in Montana has advanced. — Senate Bill 566 would create a primary system …
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Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
How progressive Denmark became the face of the anti-migration left — KAERSHOVEDGAARD, Denmark — Zero asylum. Send them back to Syria. Claims should be sorted somewhere else. It may sound like the rhetoric of the far right, but in this wealthy, Scandinavian welfare state, it has become the political center.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
How Fox Chased Its Audience Down the Rabbit Hole — Rupert Murdoch built an empire by giving viewers exactly what they wanted. But what they wanted — election lies and insurrection — put that empire (and the country) in peril. — On the evening of Nov. 19, 2020, Rupert Murdoch …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The GOP's ‘Abusive Relationship’ With Trump — The former president's ability to surmount this latest tumult continues one of the defining patterns of his political career. — It's a measure of Donald Trump's hold on the Republican Party that his unprecedented criminal indictment is strengthening, not loosening, his grip.
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The Economist:
The evidence to support medicalised gender transitions in adolescents is worryingly weak — The effectiveness and side-effects of the most common treatments are not well understood — Prisha mosley was 17 when she was first given testosterone in a clinic in North Carolina, after she had declared to her parents that she was a boy.
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Freedom Caucus and progressives lock arms — and that could be bad news for McCarthy — The speaker's immediate headache is a growing right-left alliance on Iraq war powers. But House liberals and conservatives are linking up on other issues, too. — The House's most conservative Republicans …
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