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Max Seddon / Financial Times:
Wagner leader calls for attack on Russian military as feud escalates  —  Criminal case opened after appeal by Yevgeny Prigozhin for ‘march of justice’ in retaliation to alleged air strike  —  Russian strongman Yevgeny Prigozhin has threatened to attack Russian forces in retaliation …
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Reuters:
Wagner mercenary chief says Russia's war in Ukraine based on lies  —  Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on Friday accused the Russian military of “destroying” his fighters, without fully explaining his accusation, and vowed to stop the “evil” of the military leadership.
Washington Post:
Wagner mercenary boss faces arrest over ‘incitement to armed rebellion’  —  RIGA, Latvia — Russia's Federal Security Service late Friday announced a criminal case against Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin, accusing him of “incitement to armed rebellion” after he declared an open conflict …
Discussion: acecomments.mu.nu
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.
Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Russian authorities launch criminal probe into Wagner Group over threats to oust defense minister
Discussion: CBS News and Al Jazeera
Associated Press:
Infighting among Putin's lieutenants hurts Russia's war footing, if not his hold on power
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 …
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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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 …
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.
Discussion: Sludge and Election Law Blog
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Mother Jones:
No Labels Exposed: Here's a List of Donors Funding Its Effort To Disrupt the 2024 Race
Discussion: FWIW and Resolute Square
Calder McHugh / Politico:
How worried should Democrats be over No Labels?
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 …
Spencer Brown / Townhall:
Garland Gives Interesting Answer When Asked Whether He Said ‘No’ to Charging Hunter Biden  —  United States Attorney General Merrick Garland responded to accusations leveled by IRS whistleblowers who claimed the Biden DOJ denied attempts by the U.S. attorney in Delaware investigating Hunter Biden …
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NBC News:
White House responds to claims Biden's son Hunter received preferential treatment
New York Times:
Garland Pushes Back at G.O.P. Claims of Bias in Hunter Biden Investigation
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 …
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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 …
Discussion: UPI and Mediaite
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NBC News:   InfoWars host Owen Shroyer pleads guilty in Jan. 6 case
Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
Will Hurd Is Running To Win A Tiny Slice Of The Small Pie Of Anti-Trump Voters  —  Have you ever tried to push your way into an already crowded, narrow elevator in an old apartment building?  In announcing his candidacy for the presidency on Thursday, former Rep. Will Hurd of Texas sought to do just that.
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Bloomberg:
DeSantis Vows War Against ‘Woke Ideology’ If Elected in 2024
BBC:
Titan sub CEO dismissed safety warnings as ‘baseless cries’, emails show  —  Warnings over the safety of OceanGate's Titan submersible were repeatedly dismissed by the CEO of the company, email exchanges with a leading deep sea exploration specialist show.  —  In messages seen by the BBC …
Jeremy Duda / Axios:
Arizona Gov. Hobbs strips counties of abortion prosecution authority  —  On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Gov. Katie Hobbs is barring Arizona's 15 county attorneys from prosecuting abortion-related crimes and centralizing …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Samuel Alito scandal shows why conservative justices on the Supreme Court are so whiny  —  The Federalist Society keeps SCOTUS judges in a perpetually whiny state  —  Earlier this week, ProPublica, which had previously exposed the bottomless corruption of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
Joe Anuta / Politico:
Documents reveal Eric Adams sent migrants to Florida, Texas and China  —  Between April 2022 and April 2023, the city spent around $50,000 on travel costs to resettle 114 migrant households around the country and globe.  —  NEW YORK — After lashing out at leading Republicans for busing asylum-seekers …
Discussion: The Hill, New York Post and Twitchy
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New York Post:   City Hall bought $50K worth of plane tickets to ship migrants from NYC to Texas, Florida: report
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 …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Politico:
Conservative rabble-rouser Matt Rosendale plans rematch against Jon Tester  —  His candidacy could create a brutal GOP primary battle for the crucial Montana Senate seat.  —  Conservative Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale is plotting a Senate comeback bid — a move that's bound to revive …
Jonathan H. Adler / Reason:
Sixth Circuit Upholds Sanctions Against Kraken Attorneys for Michigan Filings  —  The sanctions imposed on Sidney Powell and other attorneys raising frivolous challenges to the 2020 election were narrowed and slightly reduced, but largely upheld.  —  This afternoon the U.S. Court of Appeals …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump posts $5.6 million security payment as he appeals E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict  — Donald Trump posted $5.6 million to act as security while he appeals a civil verdict that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in a New York department store in the 1990s and later defamed her.
Brendan Fischer / The Guardian:
Billionaire-funded group driving effort to erode democracy in key US states  —  Foundation for Government Accountability, backed by Richard Uihlein, exerting influence in Ohio, Missouri, South Dakota and Arkansas  —  The fight for democracy is supported by
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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 …
Tony Schinella / Nashua, NH Patch:
Former Nashua State Rep. Arrested On Child Sexual Abuse Image Charges  —  Stacie Laughton, a transgendered former Democrat state Rep., now living in Derry, was arrested on 4 felony distribution counts Thursday.  —  Replies (5)  —  NASHUA, NH — A transgender former state representative from Nashua …
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
How a Year Without Roe Shifted American Views on Abortion  —  New and extensive polling shows public opinion increasingly supports legal abortion, with potential political consequences for 2024.  —  For decades, Americans had settled around an uneasy truce on abortion.
Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Starbucks workers at 150 stores go on strike over Pride decorations  —  New York CNN —  Workers at about 150 unionized Starbucks stores in the United States are going on strike Friday over a dispute about the coffee chain's policy for Pride decorations in stores.
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Democrats call for DACA health care expansion  —  A group of 80 Democratic lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to implement a proposal to expand access to federal health care benefits for people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
 
 
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NBC News:
How a personal experience with abortion is guiding the Senate Democrats' campaign chair
Washington Post:
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