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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 …
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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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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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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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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 …
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
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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CNN:
Biden previews 2024 election pitch to young Black voters in Howard University commencement speech — President Joe Biden previewed his 2024 election pitch to young Black voters Saturday in commencement remarks at a Howard University graduation ceremony in Washington, DC, articulating his vision of a “future for all Americans,”
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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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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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Al Jazeera, 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
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.
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.
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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Sydney Kashiwagi / CNN:
North Carolina Democratic governor vetoes abortion ban, setting up likely override vote — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a controversial bill that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks, setting up a likely override effort from the state legislature, where Republicans have a supermajority.
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
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Defending white nationalists, Tommy Tuberville fears a military that is ‘going wrong’ — The senator from Alabama has drawn bipartisan wrath for his actions against the Pentagon, but his blockade of military promotions remains steadfast — Congressional bureau chief
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Alternet.org, NBC News and The Daily Signal
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
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
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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