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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Indictment Mystery: Did Someone Spill About the Trump-McCarthy Jan. 6 Call? — It's one of the more intriguing mysteries about the new Trump indictment: Why are details about Trump's call with McCarthy on Jan. 6 unsourced? What could it mean? — The 45-page federal indictment …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump's Threat to Democracy Is Now Systemic — Each time GOP leaders have had the opportunity to move away from Trump, the party has sped past the off-ramp. — The long-awaited federal indictment of Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election may be necessary to contain …
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Newly Revealed Text Messages Show GOP Officials At Ground Zero Of Election Conspiracy Outlined By Trump Indictment — Special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of former President Donald Trump details a sweeping criminal conspiracy to reverse his loss in the 2020 election.
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Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Trump, Five Lawyers and Their Conspiracy Against Our Democracy — Former President Donald Trump has again been indicted by a federal grand jury. The four-count indictment lays out how Trump refused to accept that he lost the 2020 election. It describes how he contested the election in court and …
Washington Post:
Special counsel asks if Nauta's attorney has too many Mar-a-Lago clients — Special counsel Jack Smith has asked Judge Aileen M. Cannon for a hearing to discuss whether the lawyer who represents one of Donald Trump's co-defendants in the classified documents case has too many conflicts to provide adequate legal advice to his client.
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Jonathan Turley / The Daily Beast:
Trump Was Indicted for Being Wrong—Which Is Not a Crime — The special counsel's latest indictment of the former president, over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, is an assault on the First Amendment. … In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde wrote “the only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump Prepares to Make Familiar Trip to Courthouse, This Time in Washington
Trump Prepares to Make Familiar Trip to Courthouse, This Time in Washington
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Politico:
Trump's indictment for Jan. 6 turns Mike Pence into a litmus test
Trump's indictment for Jan. 6 turns Mike Pence into a litmus test
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New York Times:
From Right-Hand Man to Critical Witness: Pence at Heart of Trump Prosecution
From Right-Hand Man to Critical Witness: Pence at Heart of Trump Prosecution
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A dumbed-down defense of Trump on Jan. 6 indictment
A dumbed-down defense of Trump on Jan. 6 indictment
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Extremists Make New Calls to Hang Mike Pence: ‘Watch His Toes Dangle’
Trump Extremists Make New Calls to Hang Mike Pence: ‘Watch His Toes Dangle’
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C. Douglas Golden / The Western Journal:
Trump Could Face Death Penalty Over Charge Brought by Jack Smith
Trump Could Face Death Penalty Over Charge Brought by Jack Smith
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump says he faces 561 years in prison in fundraising email
Trump says he faces 561 years in prison in fundraising email
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Shaddi Abusaid / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton sheriff says he's ready for possible Trump indictment
Fulton sheriff says he's ready for possible Trump indictment
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Rudy Giuliani in Vile New Audio Transcripts: ‘Jewish Men Have Small Cocks’ — The transcripts were filed on Tuesday by Noelle Dunphy, who is suing the former Trump lawyer for sexual harassment — RUDY GIULIANI WAS sued for sexual harassment earlier this year by Noelle Dunphy, a former staffer at his firm.
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Isabella Ramirez / The Daily Beast:
‘Come Here, Big Tits’: Rudy Giuliani's Sex Abuse Accuser Has the Tapes — “Your tits belong to me. Give them to me,” the former mayor told Noelle Dunphy, according to transcripts filed in court by Dunphy's lawyers. — Rudy Giuliani was caught on audio tape spewing vulgar comments toward …
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Politico:
Biden world eyes Cornel West and No Labels as potential obstacles for his reelection campaign — Democrats fear repeating history from third-party challengers threatening Biden's 2024 bid. — Top Democrats, including those close to Joe Biden, are moving to dull the possibility …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Half of Americans think the economy is getting worse, despite months of stronger economic news — Despite months of increasingly positive economic indicators, the American public remains negative about the state of the nation's economy, with 51% saying they think the economy is still …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Supreme Court Approval Holds at Record Low
Supreme Court Approval Holds at Record Low
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter who Tucker Carlson guest said was a fed is arrested by the FBI — Rally Runner, an amateur mascot who runs around St. Louis Cardinals stadium, was charged in connection with the Capitol attack. — WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump fan who participated in the Jan. 6 attack …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Ramaswamy: I 'don't believe' the 9/11 Commission report — The GOP candidate went on to insist he was expressing doubts about the Saudi government's explanation for the attacks. — Vivek Ramaswamy cast doubt on the veracity of the government's explanation of the Sept. 11, 2001 …
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Leah Remini / Leah's Substack:
I am suing Scientology and David Miscavige — After 17 years of harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and defamation, I am filing a lawsuit against Scientology and David Miscavige. — While advocating for victims of Scientology has significantly impacted my life and career …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Biden beefs up his finance team with 3 senior hires — The president's reelection campaign has turned to seasoned hands at the DNC for some help raking in the dough. — President Joe Biden is beefing up his fundraising team, bringing on three top aides to help rake in the historic funds …
CNN:
Disney's governing district in Florida slashes all DEI programs — In the ongoing battle between Walt Disney World and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Disney's governing district - whose current board was hand-picked by DeSantis and took control of the district in February - abolished all of its diversity …
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Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
The hard left took over American institutions. It doesn't have to last. — When intellectual history is done well, it can be fascinating. Books by conservative thinkers in recent years qualifying for that distinction include Matthew Continetti's “The Right” (2022) and George F. Will's …
Muvija M / Reuters:
Protesters drape home of UK PM Sunak in black fabric over oil policy — Greenpeace protesters draped the private home of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in black fabric on Thursday, stepping up their campaign against his government's policy on drilling for oil.
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