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Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
FBI agents raid condo unit owned by Russians at Trump Towers in Sunny Isles — The trio of Trump Towers on Sunny Isles Beach draws its share of gawkers, thanks to Donald Trump's licensing deal that plastered his name on the oceanfront development. — But on Thursday, the luxury high-rise complex drew …
Paul McLeod / Rolling Stone:
Feinstein's Health Crisis Goes Back Farther than We Knew — Staff for the the high-ranking Democrat have for years had a system to keep her from walking the halls of Congress alone, sources tell Rolling Stone — DIANNE FEINSTEIN, 89, returned to Congress this week, ending …
New York Times:
Why Ron DeSantis Is Limping to the Starting Line — Mr. DeSantis and his allies are retooling his expected run for the White House after a series of missteps and miscalculations allowed Donald J. Trump to define the 2024 Republican race. — In November, Representative Byron Donalds scored …
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Bill Sammon / New York Times:
Trump Exists, With or Without Television Cameras
Trump Exists, With or Without Television Cameras
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Balkinization and Mediaite
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
DeSantis seeks rebound as he and Trump hold dueling events in Iowa
DeSantis seeks rebound as he and Trump hold dueling events in Iowa
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CNN, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Florida Politics, NBC News, Washington Times, Alternet.org and National Review
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Iowa showdown: Trump and DeSantis hold competing 2024 events in first caucus state
Iowa showdown: Trump and DeSantis hold competing 2024 events in first caucus state
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NBC News, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, NewsNation, PoliticusUSA, WFLA-TV, Bloomberg, Florida Politics and CBS News
Pete Syme / Insider:
Twitter appeared to limit the reach of investigative news site Bellingcat days after Elon Musk suggested its Texas mall shooter investigation was a ‘psyop’ — The investigative news website Bellingcat reported on the Texas mall shooter's apparent neo-Nazi beliefs.
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Variety, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
Alleged leaker fixated on guns and envisioned ‘race war’ — Videos and chat logs reveal Jack Teixeira's preparations for a violent social conflict and a deep suspicion of the government he served — Editor's note: Videos in this presentation include racist language and gunshots, which may be disturbing to some readers.
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Vanity Fair, Raw Story and The Atlantic
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
End of a love affair: AM radio is being removed from many cars — Ford, BMW, Volkswagen, Tesla and other automakers are eliminating AM radio from some new vehicles, stirring protests against the loss of a medium that has shaped American life for a century — America's love affair between …
New York Times:
‘A Daily Game of Russian Roulette’: Homeless in San Diego — As a record number of people die on America's streets, Abdul Curry fights to stay alive. — By Eli SaslowPhotographs by Erin Schaff — Laine Goettsch packed her emergency medical bag and drove into downtown San Diego to look …
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Turkey's President Amassed Power. He Could Still Lose This Election. — Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has tilted the political playing field in his favor over the past two decades, concentrating power in his own hands. Still, he faces a stiff challenge in Sunday's election.
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Nikkei Asia, Reuters, Vox, Al-Monitor, HotAir, CNN, Turkish Minute, Sputnik News, Washington Post, The Western Journal, Al Jazeera, TASS, Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, PBS NewsHour, CNBC, NPR and Associated Press
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New York Times:
An Erdogan Loss in Turkey Would Stir Relief in the West and Anxiety in Moscow
An Erdogan Loss in Turkey Would Stir Relief in the West and Anxiety in Moscow
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Al Jazeera, more at Techmeme »
Paul Kirby / BBC:
Turkey election: Opposition dares to dream of Erdogan defeat
Turkey election: Opposition dares to dream of Erdogan defeat
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Associated Press, NPR, Washington Post, TASS, Al-Monitor and Outside the Beltway
Jason Linkins / New Republic:
Why Is Biden Scared of the Most Logical Solution to Debt Ceiling Insanity? — Here we go again: sliding headlong into yet another round of brinkmanship over the debt ceiling, with GOP extremists tempting an economy-crippling default. In recent years, this has become a regular occurrence in Washington …
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Horizons and Plain Dealer
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
No Playing Ostrich With Trump — As Sun Tzu says, ‘Know your enemy.’ — WASHINGTON — My brothers Michael and Martin attended baseball's opening day at the old Griffith Stadium in April 1951, with the Senators (as our team was then called) playing the Yankees.
Daniel Villarreal / LGBTQ Nation:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill legalizing anti-LGBTQ+ medical discrimination — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has signed the “Protections of Medical Conscience Act,” a law that allows healthcare providers or payors to deny service on the basis of “a conscience-based objection,” including any ethical, moral, or religious beliefs.
New York Times:
Germany Announces Its Biggest Military Aid Package Yet for Ukraine — The nearly $3 billion package is part of an effort by both sides to reset rocky relations, which have become increasingly important to maintaining European unity in backing the war. — Germany on Saturday sent …
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Dog Shirt Daily, UPI, Sputnik News and Bloomberg
Nathaniel Rodriguez / WFLA-TV:
DeSantis supports Marine accused of manslaughter in NYC chokehold death — TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis voiced his support for Daniel Penny, the Marine charged in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, in a tweet Friday. — “We must defeat the Soros-Funded DAs …
NBC News:
Undocumented migrant crossings dropped on Friday, the first day after Title 42 was lifted — CBP stopped between 7,500 and 8,000 undocumented migrants on Friday compared to roughly 11,000 on Tuesday and Wednesday and 10,000 on Thursday. — Migrants crossing the border without documentation dropped …
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Mother Jones
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Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
‘The point is intimidation’: Florida teachers besieged by draconian laws — Teachers say they're feeling more disrespected, unappreciated and under attack than ever before by new laws championed by Governor Ron DeSantis — dam Tritt, a high school English teacher in Palm Bay, Florida …
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Common Dreams
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Pollsters worry Trump problem is ‘back with a vengeance’ — Public opinion specialists fret about the former president's possibility of ruining their record once again. — PHILADELPHIA — Pollsters are again staring down a familiar nemesis: Donald Trump. — The polling industry whiffed every year Trump has been on the ballot.
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The Nation, Raw Story, Washington Examiner and New York Times
Andy Newman / New York Times:
Jordan Neely Was on New York's ‘Top 50’ List of Homeless People at Risk — Mr. Neely, who was killed by another subway rider, was on a watch list for a city task force that kept track of the New Yorkers of most concern. — For years before Jordan Neely, a mentally ill homeless man …
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Althouse, Los Angeles Times, The City and The Guardian
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
New Study Finds a High Minimum Wage Creates Jobs — A decade ago, conventional wisdom held that raising the minimum wage would not necessarily benefit low-income workers. The logic of this view went like this: Although some workers would benefit from the government forcing their pay up by fiat …
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California Globe, The Hill and KLFY-TV
Washington Post:
Trust linked to porn-friendly bank could gain a stake in Trump's Truth Social — ES Family Trust offered $8 million in loans to Trump Media in an unusual deal criticized for conflicts of interest — An obscure financial entity with connections to a Caribbean-island bank that bills itself …
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Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Charging Daniel Penny, the Subway Samaritan — The 24-year-old veteran faces a second-degree manslaughter charge after he intervened to subdue a mentally ill man behaving erratically. — By The Editorial Board — Every subway rider in New York City knows the experience.