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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Trump enters not guilty plea in Fulton County, won't appear for arraignment  —  Former President Donald Trump has entered a not guilty plea to 13 Georgia felony counts related to an alleged scheme to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election results.  —  An attorney for Trump filed …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Trump pleads not guilty, waives arraignment in Fulton  —  X  —  Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to the 13 criminal charges recently handed up against him by a Fulton County grand jury.  In a brief court filing, the Republican also acknowledged that he is waiving his right to an arraignment.
NBC News:
Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election interference case  —  Trump was scheduled to be arraigned on the charges in the Georgia election case next Wednesday morning.  —  Trump waives arraignment appearance in Georgia, pleads not guilty  —  ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump entered …
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Clarence Thomas officially discloses private trips on GOP donor Harlan Crow's plane  —  Justice Clarence Thomas disclosed Thursday that Republican megadonor Harlan Crow paid for private jet trips for Thomas in 2022 to attend a speech in Texas and a vacation at Crow's luxurious New York estate …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Justice Thomas says he used private jet for security reasons after Dobbs leak  —  In required financial disclosure, Justice Clarence Thomas reports three 2022 trips on private jet of Harlan Crow  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reported three 2022 trips on the private jet …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clarence Thomas discloses private jet trips provided by billionaire Harlan Crow  —  Thomas has been at the center of mounting ethics scrutiny on the Supreme Court.  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who has faced intense scrutiny and criticism in recent months for receiving undisclosed …
Chris Whipple / New York Times:
Mark Meadows Is a Warning About a Second Trump Term  —  On Monday, Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff, testified in an effort to move the Georgia racketeering case against his former boss Donald Trump and co-defendants to federal court.  On the stand, he said that he believed …
Discussion: The Dispatch and Raw Story
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New York Times:
The Key Players in Trump's Plot to Upend the Election, Mapped  —  Ms. Cottle is a member of the editorial board.  Mr. Eisen is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.  Ms. Maggiacomo is a graphics editor in Opinion.  —  Upending the outcome of a free and fair presidential election is no minor endeavor.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Donald Trump vows to lock up political enemies if he returns to White House
CNN:
McConnell appears to freeze while speaking with reporters in Kentucky  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for about 30 seconds on Wednesday while speaking with reporters after a speech in Covington, Kentucky.  —  The incident is similar to an episode McConnell experienced …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell quickly convenes with allies after second public freeze
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
45 New Victims Allegedly ID'd in Leaked Chats From Andrew Tate's ‘War Room’  —  Paying members allegedly discussed chilling techniques to abuse and groom women into sex work.  —  Members of influencer Andrew Tate's “War Room” group discussed techniques for how to groom women …
Discussion: BBC, The Messenger, Jezebel and Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Inflated Property Values by Up to $2.2 Billion, New York A.G. Says  —  Letitia James, the attorney general, asked a judge to find, without a trial, that the former president had fraudulently overvalued his assets.  —  Before Donald J. Trump was indicted four times over …
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
Rudy Giuliani Literally Can't Afford to Be Defaming People  —  Rudy Giuliani can't even afford to lie about random people anymore.  —  A federal judge in Georgia ordered Giuliani on Wednesday to forfeit a defamation suit filed by two poll workers, whom he falsely claimed had tampered with ballots after the 2020 election.
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Emine Yücel / Talking Points Memo:
Judge Rules Giuliani Is Liable For Defaming Georgia Election Workers
Andy Rose / CNN:
Alabama attorney general says he has right to prosecute people who facilitate travel for out-of-state abortions  —  Alabama's Republican attorney general said in a court filing that he has the right to prosecute people who make travel arrangements for pregnant women to have out-of-state abortions.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Democrats Push to Subpoena Jared Kushner's Saudi-Backed Investment Firm  —  Oversight committee members are asking the GOP chair to demand key documents days after he admitted Kushner “crossed the line of ethics” … Since Republicans gained control of the House in 2022 …
Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
Feinstein is a silent character in her sad and messy final chapter  —  Feinstein's daughter battles her stepsisters over the senator's share of a fortune that exceeds an estimated $1 billion.  Daughter's role scrutinized by trustees in new legal motion.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A beach house in an exclusive neighborhood.
The Daily Beast:
RNC Members Acknowledge Their Fundraising Is ‘in the Toilet’  —  The Republican National Committee is having some serious money problems. … Pay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding.  Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.
Discussion: Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Top North Carolina judge faces potential sanctions for talking about racial discrimination  —  North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls is being threatened with sanctions for criticizing the court's approach to racial and gender discrimination.  Earls, the only Black woman on the court …
Discussion: Raleigh News & Observer and Slate
NBC News:
Pro-Ron DeSantis super PAC ends door-knocking in Nevada and Super Tuesday states  —  Never Back Down officials said they were reinvesting in the first three primary states and criticized what they see as a pro-Trump effort to tilt primary rules in his favor elsewhere.
Discussion: The Post Millennial and Semafor
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Vivek Ramaswamy, Political Performance Artist  —  He has no government experience, but plenty of conspiratorial demagoguery to sell.  —  A particularly low point of last week's GOP presidential debate came at around the 39-minute mark, when an unusually glib, shallow, overbearing …
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Washington Post:
For George Santos, a life in Brazil at odds with his GOP politics  —  NITERÓI, Brazil — The sight of the newcomer took Gino Fonseca by surprise.  As one of the city's most prominent drag queens, Fonseca thought he knew most everyone who worked the nightclubs and LGBTQ events.
US Department of Justice:
Former North Shore Pizzeria Owner Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for COVID Fraud  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts  —  Defendant purchased alpaca farm using fraudulently obtained pandemic relief funds  —  BOSTON - A former North Shore resident …
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
New Video Shows Prigozhin Dismiss ‘Liquidation’ Talk Days Before Crash  —  “For those discussing whether or not I'm alive... Everything is fine,” the mercenary boss said.  —  Russia's dead mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin filmed a video reassuring supporters that he hadn't been “liquidated” …
Discussion: New York Post
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Poll shows Matt Rosendale up big over NRSC-backed Tim Sheehy  —  The Scoop  —  National Republicans may have a problem on their hands in Montana.  While the NRSC is backing 37-year old veteran Tim Sheehy for Senate, Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale would start with a sizable lead if he entered the race …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
HUD releases new aid for low-income families to keep up with rising rents  —  The Department of Housing and Urban Development said that fair market rents for fiscal year 2024 will rise about 12 % nationwide and that the department has increased funding for housing choice vouchers.
 
 
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Scott Wong / NBC News:
James Comer, leading the GOP Biden probe, insists he's ‘bipartisan’ as he flirts with higher office
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Washington Post:
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Liberals raise alarms, calling on Biden to sharpen reelection pitch
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Reuters:
Wallace confirms resignation as UK defence minister in letter to PM Sunak
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Brett Bachman / The Daily Beast:
Trump Posts More than 30 Video Rants in One Day on Truth Social
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US Department of Justice:
Georgia Man Arrested on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Discussion: UPI, Raw Story and The Hill
Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
A crackdown on ‘woke’ coverage is tearing Atlanta magazine apart
Katie Hawkinson / Insider:
A Texas judge has declared unconstitutional a law championed by Gov. Greg Abbott that limits the power of Democrat-led cities
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