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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump State Department appointee found guilty of seven felonies in Jan. 6 case  —  Federico Klein had a bench trial before another Trump appointee.  —  WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump political appointee who attempted to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6 was convicted of seven felonies on Thursday …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
emptywheel:
Trump's Attack on Black Votes Was There the Whole Time, We Just Didn't Call It a Crime  —  As I noted in an update to this post, NYT and the Guardian have clarified that the third charge mentioned in Trump's target letter was 18 USC 241, Conspiracy against Rights, not — as Rolling Stone originally reported — 18 USC 242.
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
George Conway Says Mark Meadows' ‘Strange Quietness’ Could Spell Trouble For Trump  —  The conservative attorney reacted to Donald Trump's announcement that he expects to be indicted in special counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 investigation.  —  Conservative attorney George Conway speculated Wednesday …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Inside Kevin McCarthy's secret promise to expunge Trump's record  —  Donald Trump is angry that the speaker hasn't endorsed his campaign.  To placate him, McCarthy privately vowed to hold a vote to clear Trump's impeachments.  Now, that promise is coming due.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
A Lesson About Pain and Power  —  For Republicans, the time to ditch Trump is always tomorrow.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Horizons  —  I haven't been able to stop thinking about Charlie's profound Morning Shots, in which he excavated Mitch McConnell remarks about Trump moments after voting not to convict him of impeachment:
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
Politico:
GOP centrists pan Trump impeachment erasure as McCarthy denies any deal  —  A number of lawmakers in Biden-won districts said they would not support a symbolic attempt to expunge the former president's record, if such a measure ever came to the House floor.  —  Kevin McCarthy denies …
Politico:
No one wants to talk about Trump in Aspen
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Ambassador to China Hacked in China-Linked Spying Operation  —  Spying campaign also is said to have compromised a State Department official who oversees East Asia  —  Hackers linked to Beijing accessed the email account of the U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Whistleblower X reveals identity as IRS special agent Joseph Ziegler  —  IRS whistleblowers testified at the House Oversight committee  —  The identity of the anonymous IRS whistleblower alleging political misconduct throughout the Hunter Biden investigation was revealed on Wednesday …
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Sinéad Baker / Insider:
MTG said she was ‘uncomfortable’ showing photos of Hunter Biden having sex but Americans ‘deserve’ to see them
Jonathan Turley / New York Post:
Joe Biden hit hard in whistleblower hearing — by Democrat Dan Goldman
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
As Republicans elevate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his polls sour  —  The right's thinly veiled campaign to elevate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for its own political purposes culminated Thursday with his invitation to testify at a congressional hearing.  It was a remarkable scene: a Democratic presidential candidate …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
RFK Jr. helps House Republicans troll Democrats on censorship
Brent D. Griffiths / Insider:
Trump praises ‘fantastic guy’ Jason Aldean after CMT pulls the country star's ‘Try That in a Small Town’ video  — Trump threw his support behind country star Jason Aldean, joining a growing list of Republicans.  — The former president's support came after CMT pulled Aldean's “Try That In A Small Town” video.
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Florida Schools Will Teach How Slavery Brought ‘Personal Benefit’ to Black People  —  The Florida Board of Education has approved shocking new standards for African American history, despite overwhelming backlash from the public.  —  Middle school students in Florida will soon be taught …
Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
‘Dangerous’ Democrat judicial ethics bill would allow any ‘jackaloon’ to demand a recusal, Sen. Kennedy says  —  ‘Now, what could possibly go wrong,’ quipped the Louisiana Republican  —  Senator John Kennedy, R-La., called a new bill from Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats to install …
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Politico:
Senate Judiciary moves SCOTUS ethics bill forward — toward a dim future
Rachel Nostrant / Reuters:
New York to pay $13 million to protesters arrested during George Floyd protests  —  The city of New York has agreed to pay $13 million to hundreds of people arrested during the 2020 George Floyd demonstrations, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs, who said it was the largest class action …
Powerball:
Ticket in California Wins $1.08 Billion Powerball Jackpot  —  Plus, a Night of Millionaires!  Thirty-Six $1 Million-Winning Tickets and Three $2 Million-Winning Tickets  —  The Powerball® jackpot has been won in California!  A single ticket sold in California matched …
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Texas jettisons bipartisan voter list program ERIC  —  Just five Republican-leaning states are still members.  —  Texas is leaving the Electronic Registration Information Center, becoming the latest — and largest — Republican-led state to leave the bipartisan voting list maintenance program.
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
House Rating Changes: Calvert, Boebert Move from Lean Republican to Toss Up  —  Research Associate Matthew Klein and intern Ethan Jasny contributed to this report.  —  In picking apart the results from 2022, a consistent gripe of House GOP strategists is that despite an advantage in “soft” …
New York Times:
Google Tests A.I. Tool That Is Able to Write News Articles  —  The product, pitched as a helpmate for journalists, has been demonstrated for executives at The New York Times, The Washington Post and News Corp, which owns The Wall Street Journal.  —  Google is testing a product …
Washington Post:
Influential activist Leonard Leo helped fund media campaign lionizing Clarence Thomas  —  The 25th anniversary of Clarence Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court was approaching — a moment that would draw attention to his accomplishments on the bench but also to the misconduct claims that had nearly derailed his rise.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
The Hill:
Republicans release FBI form with unverified Biden-Burisma allegations  —  Republicans Thursday released a copy of an unverified tip to the FBI alleging a scheme to bribe President Biden — a tip that has not been corroborated but is nonetheless fueling GOP investigations into the Biden family.
 
 
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Mark Tushnet / Balkinization:
An Open Letter to the Biden Administration on Popular Constitutionalism
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Former Georgia GOP chair argues against indictment in Trump probe
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