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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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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
Ocasio-Cortez Calls For Clarence Thomas To Be Impeached Over Gifts From GOP Megadonor
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The Hill
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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The Guardian, Insider, The Hill, Just The News and Raw Story
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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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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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Tennessee GOP expels first Democratic lawmaker over gun violence protests — In a rare move, Republicans voted on whether to expel three Democratic legislators over their roles in protests for gun safety last week. — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee voted Thursday to expel …
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Melissa Brown / The Tennessean:
Tennessee Republicans vote to expel Justin Jones, first of three House Democrats — The House is taking action against three Tennessee Democrats for breaking House rules and leading a gun-control protest from the chamber floor. — Ten days after a shooter unloaded 152 rounds at a Nashville school …
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Associated Press:
GOP lawmakers consider expelling Democrats over gun protest — Tennessee's GOP-dominated House is preparing to vote Thursday on whether to expel three Democratic members for their demonstration calling for gun control following the Nashville school shooting, an extraordinary move that the chamber …
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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 …
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Inside the 3 so-called ‘catch and kill’ payments in Trump's indictment — Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg detailed the alleged scheme on Tuesday. — In August 2015, shortly after announcing his candidacy for president, Donald Trump convened a meeting at his namesake Manhattan skyscraper to hatch a plan to …
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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
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Trump's Moment of Accountability
Trump's Moment of Accountability
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Morning Shots, Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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Insider, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Fox News
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
School Sports Cannot ‘Categorically’ Ban Transgender Athletes, Under Biden Title IX Proposal — The proposed rules would give schools flexibility for “fairness in competition” or where participation could lead to injury. — The Biden administration on Thursday waded into the highly charged debate …
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Laura Meckler / Washington Post:
Biden administration says schools may bar trans athletes from competitive teams — Proposed regulation would disallow blanket bans on trans athletes on the books in 20 states — The Biden administration on Thursday proposed new regulations that would allow schools to bar transgender athletes …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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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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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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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Gabe Ortiz / America's Voice:
GOP Maryland Sheriff Who Called Immigrants ‘Single Biggest Threat’ Indicted In Machine Gun Scheme — A Maryland Republican sheriff who once falsely claimed that immigrants are the biggest threat facing the United States has been indicted by a federal grand jury in a scheme to illegally acquire machine guns …
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The Baltimore Banner
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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Wired
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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The Daily Beast
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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Raw Story
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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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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Al Jazeera, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and NBC Bay Area
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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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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Washington Examiner
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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Insider
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Biden issues second veto of presidency to save his administration's hallmark water rule — President Joe Biden on Thursday vetoed a resolution that would have rescinded his administration's hallmark water rule, with proponents of the rollback arguing that the regulation places a burden …
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Washington Times and The Daily Caller
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 …
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 …
Martin Austermuhle / DCist:
Federal Board Says Georgetown Transformers Sculptures Have To Go — Where the Decepticons failed to defeat Optimus Prime and the Autobots, an obscure federal board may well have succeeded. — The Old Georgetown Board unanimously voted Thursday to deny a Georgetown University neuroscientist's request …
CBS News:
Ex-head of Michigan medical marijuana board and former state House speaker admits he took bribes — The former head of a Michigan medical marijuana licensing board has agreed to plead guilty to accepting $110,000 in bribes when he led the panel over a two-year period, authorities said Thursday.
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