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ProPublica:
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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Washington Post:
Wisconsin Supreme Court election sends message on abortion rights — MILWAUKEE — In overturning a national right to abortion last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court gave conservatives a policy they'd been seeking for nearly half a century. In the process, the justices also angered millions …
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Politico:
Playbook: A ‘five-alarm warning’ for the GOP — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — McCARTHY'S MESSAGE FOR CHINA — Speaker KEVIN McCARTHY met with Taiwanese President TSAI ING-WEN in California yesterday, where the Republican leader projected …
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The 19th
Wall Street Journal:
The Left Wins Big in Midwest Elections — The GOP's decline in Wisconsin's suburbs is a warning for 2024. — By The Editorial Board — Progressives had a banner day in the Midwest Tuesday, with victories for Chicago mayor and a swing seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Protasiewicz's Wisconsin Victory Shows Power of Abortion Rights for Democrats
Protasiewicz's Wisconsin Victory Shows Power of Abortion Rights for Democrats
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Wisconsin's stunning outcome puts MAGA Republicans in a serious bind
Wisconsin's stunning outcome puts MAGA Republicans in a serious bind
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Maya Boddie / Alternet.org:
Wisconsin Republicans threaten to impeach newly elected Democratic State Supreme Court justice: report
Wisconsin Republicans threaten to impeach newly elected Democratic State Supreme Court justice: report
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Wisconsin Watch, Mike the Mad Biologist, WISN, Washington Press, NBC News, HuffPost, Vox, The Hill, WisPolitics and Journal Sentinel
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
What happened in Wisconsin — Rebecca Crosby, Tesnim Zekeria, and Judd Legum
What happened in Wisconsin — Rebecca Crosby, Tesnim Zekeria, and Judd Legum
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Washington Examiner, Crooks and Liars, Minnesota Reformer and CBS News
New York Times:
Trump's Charges Bring Doubts, Hopes and Uncertainty in Both Parties — To some Republicans and Democrats, the charges appeared flimsy and less consequential than many had hoped. To others, the case had the potential to reverberate politically. — In an ordinary presidential-primary season …
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Depraved, Deranged, and Doing Real Damage — The former president is a grotesque man presiding over a grotesque party. In his speech last night to his supporters at Mar-a-Lago, made several hours after he was arraigned in Manhattan on 34 felony counts, Donald Trump took aim at Juan Merchan, the judge in the case.
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Jed Handelsman Shugerman / New York Times:
The Trump Indictment Is a Legal Embarrassment — Tuesday was historic for the rule of law in America, but not in the way Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, would have imagined. The 34-count indictment — which more accurately could be described as 34 half-indictments — was a disaster.
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Ann Coulter / Unsafe:
You're Being Played, Republicans! — A few years ago, I posted this riddle on Twitter:
You're Being Played, Republicans! — A few years ago, I posted this riddle on Twitter:
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NBC News:
Trump judge and his family receive threats after New York arrest
Trump judge and his family receive threats after New York arrest
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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Fox News' Steve Doocy Calls Out Trump: ‘Very Bad Look To Attack’ Judge's Family
Fox News' Steve Doocy Calls Out Trump: ‘Very Bad Look To Attack’ Judge's Family
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BizPac Review, Mediaite, RADAR, The Hill, Insider and New Republic
Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Jane Rosenberg's “Courtroom Sketch, Manhattan Criminal Courthouse”
Jane Rosenberg's “Courtroom Sketch, Manhattan Criminal Courthouse”
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Showbiz411 and Insider
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 …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch Can Be Forced to Testify in Defamation Trial, Judge Says
Rupert Murdoch Can Be Forced to Testify in Defamation Trial, Judge Says
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Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Ex-Fox News producer Abby Grossberg has been subpoenaed by Smartmatic in its lawsuit against Fox
Ex-Fox News producer Abby Grossberg has been subpoenaed by Smartmatic in its lawsuit against Fox
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Raw Story
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Judge says he can compel Fox's Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in Dominion trial
Judge says he can compel Fox's Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in Dominion trial
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Brad Brooks / Reuters:
Tennessee Republicans likely to expel three Democratic lawmakers from statehouse — Republicans who control the Tennessee House of Representatives will vote on Thursday on whether to expel three Democratic members for their role in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse last week.
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Vivian Jones / The Tennessean:
Expulsion vote thrusts Tennessee politics onto the national stage, could set precedent
Expulsion vote thrusts Tennessee politics onto the national stage, could set precedent
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Margaret Renkl / New York Times:
As Young People March for Their Lives, Tennessee Crushes Dissent and Overrides Democracy
As Young People March for Their Lives, Tennessee Crushes Dissent and Overrides Democracy
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Plain Dealer and Chalkbeat
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. challenging Biden in 2024 — Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the country's most famous political families, is running for president. Kennedy filed a statement of candidacy Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Robert Kennedy Jr., a Noted Vaccine Skeptic, Files to Run for President
Robert Kennedy Jr., a Noted Vaccine Skeptic, Files to Run for President
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San Francisco Chronicle:
‘A child of dreams.’ Friends mourn Cash App founder Bob Lee, stabbed to death in S.F. — San Francisco's tech community mourned the violent death of one of their own Wednesday, calling Cash App founder Bob Lee a standout among Silicon Valley geniuses, someone idolized as a brilliant thinker …
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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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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Former Trump campaign official joins Ramaswamy's 2024 GOP bid
Former Trump campaign official joins Ramaswamy's 2024 GOP bid
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Washington Examiner
Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:
You won't be talking about Donald Trump's arrest for long — The Donald Trump indictment was historic with a capital “H.” News outlets, including Semafor, flooded the zone with coverage of the scene, the politics, and the law surrounding his arrest on Tuesday.
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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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Axios:
The House GOP's shadow speaker … Trump's indictment has kicked that dynamic into overdrive — unnerving some vulnerable Republicans in the process. … - With House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) already walking a tightrope, Trump's call to action has injected a fresh demand …
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Alex Roarty / Miami Herald:
‘Total and complete disaster’: DeSantis takes rhetorical aim at Fed Chairman Powell — Ron DeSantis has found a new rhetorical target as he prepares for a potential presidential bid: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. — In press conferences and speeches across the country …
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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Washington Examiner
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Maryland AG accuses Baltimore's Catholic Church of widespread sexual abuse — Maryland's Attorney General on Wednesday released a report accusing Catholic priests and others at the Archdiocese of Baltimore of decades of sexual abuse against more than 600 children, following a multi-year grand jury investigation.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
At least two Republican DAs want to prosecute Bidens: Rep. James Comer — WASHINGTON — At least two local GOP prosecutors are looking at ways to charge President Biden and his family amid Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of former President Donald Trump …
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida lawmakers swing into action after Trump smacks DeSantis on insurance — Their plan comes three weeks after the former president accused the governor of bailing out the politically-powerful companies. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers want to bring the “hammer” down on …
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Haaretz:
Israel Intercepts Rocket Fired From Lebanon — Breaking news. — Rocket sirens were activated in northern Israel on Thursday afternoon, in the towns of Shlomi close to the Lebanese border. The Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson said that the army was looking into the matter.
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Axios, Atlantic Council and jihadwatch.org