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Michael Fanone / Rolling Stone:
CNN Is Hosting a Town Hall for a Guy Who Tried to Get Me Killed  —  Donald Trump tried to end American democracy.  Why is CNN throwing him a rehabilitation party?  —  I WOKE UP last week to a text from my mother.  Its contents hit me like a sucker punch.  “CNN is hosting a town hall with Trump; Kaitlin Collins is moderating.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Trump's Falsehoods and Bluster Overtake CNN Town Hall  —  Facing questions from the audience and the moderator, Donald Trump insisted, falsely, that the 2020 election was rigged.  He also dodged questions on abortion, praised Jan. 6 rioters and mocked E. Jean Carroll.
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez on Trump town hall: ‘CNN should be ashamed of themselves’  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed CNN over its decision to hold a town hall with former President Trump on Wednesday night.  —  “CNN should be ashamed of themselves,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
New York Times:
Trump Camp Sees CNN Town Hall as Calculated Risk
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Takeaways from town hall: Trump says sexual assault case was ‘fake,’ calls Jan. 6 ‘a beautiful day’
Paul Gattis / al.com:
Tuberville on white nationalists in the military: ‘I call them Americans’  —  U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said there should be no efforts to block different ideological groups, including white nationalists, from serving in the military and criticized President Joe Biden for taking steps …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Sen. Tuberville rises to the defense of racists in the armed forces
Discussion: Raw Story
Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:   GOP senator says of white nationalists in the military, ‘I call them Americans’
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell breaks with Tuberville over blanket hold on military nominees
Richard Banks / WBHM 90.3:
Tuberville defends hold on defense nominations, says Pentagon wrong to screen out white nationalists
Discussion: Politico and The Mind Shield
US Department of Justice:
Congressman George Santos Charged with Fraud, Money Laundering, Theft of Public Funds, and False Statements  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York  —  Santos Allegedly Embezzled Contributions from Supporters, Fraudulently Obtained Unemployment Benefits …
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New York Times:
George Santos Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges  —  The scandal-plagued congressman, who ran on a life story littered with lies, was charged with 13 counts including wire fraud, money laundering, stealing public funds and lying on federal disclosure forms.  —  George Santos is charged with fraud and lying in 13-count indictment.
David Moye / HuffPost:
Kevin McCarthy Mocked For ‘Spineless’ Response To George Santos Indictment  —  “How the hell does he even stand up straight without a backbone?!” one Twitter user remarked.  —  Wednesday's indictment of Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) gave House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Santos backed a bill to fight unemployment fraud. Now he's charged with it.
Ben Jacobs / Vox:
Did George Santos lie about everything?
Washington Post:
Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to 13 counts of financial crimes
Michael A. Cohen / MSNBC:
Trump just (essentially) won the 2024 GOP primary.  Here's why.  —  How do other 2024 candidates hope to defeat the former president in a head-to-head matchup if they won't even challenge him?  —  When future historians seek to explain how a failed businessman and reality TV star took …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump dismisses sex abuse verdict and gloats that it will help his 2024 bid  —  His comments came a day after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.  —  Former President Donald Trump mocked E. Jean Carroll as a “whack job” …
Slate:
There Is Finally Legal Recourse for Donald Trump's Lies
Discussion: Raw Story, New York Times and The Hill
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Comer releases Biden family probe update without showing link to president  —  The Oversight panel chair revealed that Biden family members, business associates or related companies received more than $10 million from companies run by foreign nationals.  —  House Republicans on Wednesday showed …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The wider House Oversight's net, the more often it catches Trump  —  The argument was put most concisely by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), as members of the Republican majority on the House Oversight Committee sought to deliver the “judgment day for the Biden administration” that committee chair James Comer …
United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Comer Reveals New Evidence in Biden Family's Influence Peddling Schemes
New York Times:
New Defamation Suit Against Fox Signals Continued Legal Threat  —  The suit, brought by a specialist in Russian disinformation, cites parallels with the recently settled Dominion Voting Systems case against Fox.  —  Fox News was hit on Wednesday with another defamation lawsuit …
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial  —  Using mRNA tailored to each patient's tumor, the vaccine may have staved off the return of one of the deadliest forms of cancer in half of those who received it.  —  Five years ago, a small group of cancer scientists meeting …
Discussion: Nature
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
MLK's famous criticism of Malcolm X was a ‘fraud’, author finds  —  Jonathan Eig was deep in the Duke University archives researching his new biography of Martin Luther King Jr. when he made an alarming discovery: King's harshest and most famous criticism of Malcolm X, in which he accused …
Dylan Byers / Puck:
The Kaitlin Era Begins Tonight  —  Kaitlan is Licht's answer at 9 p.m.—the great conservative hope upon which his legacy will likely hang.  —  Tonight, for about 90 minutes, CNN may be the most-watched news channel in America—a rare and probably fleeting distinction it has not enjoyed since January 2021 …
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News poll shows Biden still leads Trump for 2024  —  Despite significant vulnerabilities, the president holds steady against his Republican rival in a rematch of the 2020 election.  —  As Democrats coalesce around him as their inevitable nominee, President Biden still narrowly …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   The Panic Over Biden's Age Is Manufactured
New York Times:
Adams Weakens Right-to-Shelter Rules, Anticipating Migrant Surge  —  Saying New York City had “reached our limit,” Mayor Eric Adams said it would loosen regulations that have protected homeless people seeking shelter in the city.  —  New York City is temporarily suspending some of the rules related …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Vivek Ramaswamy wants to raise the voting age.  Even his staff doesn't like the idea.  —  The youngest candidate in the Republican presidential field is preparing to announce a proposal to raise the voting age to 25 for most people.  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, the youngest candidate …
Semafor:
RFK Jr.: Ron DeSantis invited me to breakfast, said he wanted to burn the NIH “to the ground”  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that he wanted to “burn” the National Institutes of Health “to the ground,” according to a new interview with the Democratic presidential candidate.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
FBI doesn't share document GOP subpoenaed alleging ‘criminal scheme’ involving Biden  —  The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the FBI for an FD-1023 form  —  The FBI did not comply with the House Oversight Committee's subpoena compelling the production of an FBI document …
Essi Lehto / Reuters:
Finland prime minister divorces husband  —  Finland's outgoing Prime Minister Sanna Marin has filed for divorce jointly with her husband of three years Markus Raikkonen, they said on Instagram on Wednesday.  —  “We are grateful for the 19 years together and our beloved daughter.
Discussion: New York Post
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot to be extradited to US, Beth Holloway says  —  Joran van der Sloot is serving a prison sentence for killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman  —  Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, an American …
Discussion: al.com
Alexandra E. Petri / Los Angeles Times:
Feinstein casts her first Senate vote in months, finally shedding light on health issues  —  California Politics  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to cast her first vote in the Senate since taking an extended  —  that threatened Democrats' slim majority and led to mounting calls for her resignation.
Julia Rock / The Lever:
Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts And Family Payments  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas changed his position on one of America's most significant regulatory doctrines after his wife reportedly accepted secret payments from a shadowy conservative network pushing for the change.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jacobin
Peter Caterina / Fox News:
Chris Christie: Donald Trump Must Be The Unluckiest S.O.B. In The World (Video)  —  Chris Christie spoke to Brian Kilmeade about a Manhattan jury finding former President Donald Trump liable of sexual abuse, defamation against E Jean Carroll.  Christie also discussed how President Trump failed …
Joe Anuta / Politico:
Adams no longer Biden surrogate after blasting White House on migrants  —  New York City Mayor Eric Adams had said the president “failed” the city by mishandling the asylum-seeker crisis.  —  NEW YORK — President Joe Biden's reelection campaign has dropped New York City Mayor Eric Adams …
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
China pours cold water on bilateral meeting with US defence secretary  —  Stand-off is latest obstacle to top-level dialogue between Washington and Beijing  —  China has told the US there is little chance of a meeting between the countries' defence ministers at a security forum in Singapore due …
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
The Right's Assault on Divorce Will Put More Women at Risk  —  Roe wasn't the culmination of Republican attempts to control women's autonomy, but perhaps just the beginning.  —  What if Roe was just an opening salvo in the war against women's autonomy?  We often think of Roe's fall …
Justin R. Garcia / Washington Post:
In Indiana, the culture wars aim at Kinsey — the heart of sex research  —  Justin R. Garcia is executive director of the Kinsey Institute and Ruth N. Halls professor of gender studies at Indiana University.  His next book is titled “The Intimate Animal.”  —  At the entrance to the Kinsey Institute …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
 
 
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Taiwan is urging the U.S. not to abandon Ukraine
Ari Drennen / Media Matters for America:
New Wash. Post article cherry-picks polling to offer “political jet fuel for Republicans” restricting trans rights
Discussion: Alternet.org
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
A Walgreens guard killed a Black trans organizer. His community wants answers
Discussion: Breitbart
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Ambassador Nikki Haley On The Verdict In Carroll v. Trump, Wokeism, the CCP's New Threat To The U.S., Plus Pakistan, India, Turkey and Israel
Discussion: Jezebel, The Hill and ABC News
CREW:
There is reason to believe that George Santos's treasurer does not exist
Jim Vertuno / Associated Press:
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