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CNN:
Exclusive: Special counsel trades immunity for fake elector testimony as Jan 6 probe heats up — Special counsel Jack Smith has compelled at least two Republican fake electors to testify to a federal grand jury in Washington in recent weeks by giving them limited immunity …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Prosecutors Struggled Over Motives. Then They Heard the Tape. — Audio recording became a significant find in the classified-documents case — WASHINGTON—Justice Department and FBI officials disagreed back in August about whether their investigation into the handling …
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Page Six:
Trump insider says mood has shifted to ‘quiet’ and ‘a bit sour’ — What a difference a day makes? — While Donald Trump was “fixated,” fired up and outraged in the wake of Hunter Biden getting a “slap on the wrist” after being charged with tax and firearm offenses …
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NBC News:
Trump spoke at a fundraiser for Jan. 6 defendants — The event was at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., and the former president promised to make a contribution to help their legal fund. — Former President Trump spoke on Thursday at a fundraiser on behalf of people charged in the Jan. 6 …
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The Moscow Times:
Wagner Chief Says Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Unjustified — Russia did not face an imminent security threat to justify its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary outfit, said in a bombshell video posted on social media Friday.
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Associated Press:
Infighting among Putin's lieutenants hurts Russia's war footing, if not his hold on power — The video was shocking — not just for what it showed but also for what was said. — Yevgeny Prigozhin, the outspoken millionaire head of the private military contractor Wagner …
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Politico:
No Labels declines to reveal just who is funding its third party bid — The group isn't required under law to disclose its donors even as it takes on the look of a political party — No Labels' bid to run a third party presidential candidate in 2024 has sparked a number of questions about political motivations.
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New York Times:
I.R.S. Agent Told Congress of Hunter Biden Invoking His Father in Business Deal — A whistle-blower said the tax agency found a message from 2017 in which Hunter Biden pressured a Chinese business partner by saying he was with his father, who was then out of office.
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
House Freedom Caucus faces an internal purge push — At least two hardliners have discussed trying to boot members who no longer meet the group's ideological standards, according to three Republicans with knowledge of the talks. — Tensions inside the conservative House Freedom Caucus …
Rolling Stone:
Pro-RFK Jr. Super PAC Has Deep Ties to Marjorie Taylor Greene, George Santos — The super PAC is just one example of the nominally Democratic candidate running a campaign that's awash in support from backers of Donald Trump … On its website, the group — whose name is borrowed …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Read: Arizona GOP election official sues Kari Lake for defamation — Kari Lake is facing a defamation lawsuit from Maricopa County recorder Stephen Richer over the failed Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate's false claims about her 2022 election loss.
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Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Finally, someone is standing up to Kari Lake
Finally, someone is standing up to Kari Lake
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
New video undercuts claim Twitter censored pro-Trump views before Jan. 6 — In the internal video call from Jan. 5, 2021, workers were told not to take tougher action against a growing wave of tweets they feared were veiled incitements to violence. — On Jan. 5, 2021, the lawyers …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court says White House can continue to set deportation priorities — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for the Biden administration in an important immigration case, saying Texas and Louisiana lacked the legal standing to challenge the executive branch's priorities on who should be deported.
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Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Supreme Court Votes to Uphold Biden Immigration Policy, Rejecting Texas and Louisiana Challenges
Supreme Court Votes to Uphold Biden Immigration Policy, Rejecting Texas and Louisiana Challenges
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The U.S. House of Recriminations begins Biden's impeachment — A couple of weeks before the midterm elections, Kevin McCarthy assured voters that House Republicans, if given the majority, wouldn't be so rash as to go on an impeachment binge. — “I think the country doesn't like impeachment used …
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Dean Obeidallah / The Dean's Report:
The GOP's abortion bans are what RELIGIOUS FASCISM looks like — Since Roe was overturned GOP has gone full religious supremacy — This Saturday marks the one year anniversary of the GOP controlled United States Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. From there, we saw …
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
How a Year Without Roe Shifted American Views on Abortion
How a Year Without Roe Shifted American Views on Abortion
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Biden to sign executive order expanding access to contraception — U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday will sign an executive order designed to protect and expand access to contraception, after a Supreme Court ruling last year overturning the constitutional right to abortion raised fears that birth control could also face restrictions.
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Jerry Oppenheimer / New York Post:
Hunter Biden kicked out of $10K sex club for 'grabbing women's asses,' acting like a ‘spoiled child’ — Hunter Biden got kicked out of a private sex club for “grabbing women's asses” and acting “like a spoiled child,” the founder exclusively told The Post. — The president's troubled son is “a really bad guy — not a good person.
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Jessica Mundie / CBC News:
Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram, Meta says — Bill C-18, the Online News Act, received royal assent after passing House and Senate — The social media giant Meta has confirmed that it will end access to news on its social media sites …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump coup plotter John Eastman is finally facing real accountability — Former president Donald Trump and his supporters have blamed his indictment on a “two-tiered” justice system. As it happens, we do have a two-tiered system, but here's a better example of it: Hundreds of ordinary people …
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Bloomberg:
The Big Names That Got Backstop for Billions in Uninsured SVB Deposits — When federal regulators stepped in to backstop all of Silicon Valley Bank's deposits, they saved thousands of small tech startups and prevented what could have been a catastrophic blow to a sector that relied heavily on the lender.
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Infowars Host Owen Shroyer Pleads Guilty To Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Charge — The longtime sidekick of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones pleaded guilty to entering and remaining on restricted grounds. — A host of the conspiracy network Infowars pleaded guilty Friday to one misdemeanor charge related …
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Nick Ochsner / WBTV-TV:
Concord man arrested, charged with hate crimes for years of harassing neighbors — FBI alleges man repeatedly yelled racial slurs and ‘things about Trump’ from truck adorned with Confederate flag — WARNING: This story contains language that may be offensive to some readers.
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E&E:
Inside Manchin's war with Biden on electric vehicles — Sen. Joe Manchin has been at war with the administration for months over its implementation of last year's landmark climate law. He is even accusing President Joe Biden of breaking a promise to him. — “They're going to try to screw me …
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Exclusive: House conservatives challenge their leaders on abortion — The Republican Study Committee is pushing House GOP leadership for a vote on the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 7), Axios has learned.
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Piper French / Bolts:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE — In 2018, fierce organizing by immigrants' rights groups led to a sea change in North Carolina: sheriff candidates who promised to stop collaborating with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement won in five of the state's most populous counties.
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Jordan Weissmann / Semafor:
Have Republicans found their own Steele dossier? — The News — Remember the Steele dossier? Congressional Republicans certainly do. — On Wednesday, House GOP members voted to formally censure Rep. Adam Schiff, one of Donald Trump's most vocal Democratic critics in Congress …
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Julia Conley / Common Dreams:
‘Shady and Corrupt’: Add Barrett Real Estate Deal to List of Supreme Court Ethics Scandals — The right-wing justice sold a home to a religious freedom group that has filed numerous briefs in cases before the court. — Thursday reporting on a real estate deal made by U.S. Supreme Court …
Bloomberg:
The World's Empty Office Buildings Have Become a Debt Time Bomb — In New York and London, owners of gleaming office towers are walking away from their debt rather than pouring good money after bad. The landlords of downtown San Francisco's largest mall have abandoned it.
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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
A year after Dobbs decision, Texas has settled in to a post-abortion reality — The impact of Texas' near-total ban on abortion is coming into focus as patients and providers leave the state, legal challenges languish and the state's social safety net braces for a baby boom.
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