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DeSantis-aligned super PAC asked for $50 million from donors on day of first GOP primary debate, leaked audio shows — In an urgent appeal to wealthy Republicans who had assembled in Milwaukee ahead of the first GOP presidential primary debate, top brass for the super PAC backing Florida …
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DeSantis Super PAC's Urgent Plea to Donors: ‘We Need 50 Million Bucks’
DeSantis Super PAC's Urgent Plea to Donors: ‘We Need 50 Million Bucks’
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Pennsylvania is key for Biden. Democrats there say the party is in shambles.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Exclusive: GOP donors fret over Scott's single status
Exclusive: GOP donors fret over Scott's single status
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Giuliani to enter not guilty plea in Fulton County case, waive arraignment — Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's former lawyer, will waive arraignment and enter a not guilty plea in the Fulton County, Georgia case in which he's charged alongside the former president, according to his spokesperson.
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CNN:
'Trump isn't funding any of us': Co-defendants in Georgia case are struggling with mounting legal bills — Some of Donald Trump's co-defendants in the sprawling election subversion case in Georgia are trying all sorts of ways to fund their mounting legal bills - yet the costs …
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Tim Darnell / Atlanta News First:
UPDATES: Trump hearings, trials will be YouTube live streamed — ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - For the first time in American history, cameras and live streaming coverage will be allowed inside the courtroom when a former U.S. president stands trial for allegedly running …
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Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Nikki Haley Calls Senate A ‘Privileged Nursing Home’ After McConnell Freezes — “We need to know they're at the top of their game,” Haley told Fox News. “You can't say that right now looking at Congress.” — LOADING — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley urged aging lawmakers to accept …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Is Nobody Doing Anything About Mitch McConnell?
Why Is Nobody Doing Anything About Mitch McConnell?
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Politico:
Playbook: Mitch McConnell's untenable silence
Playbook: Mitch McConnell's untenable silence
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP senators weigh ‘special’ meeting on their leadership after McConnell's freeze
GOP senators weigh ‘special’ meeting on their leadership after McConnell's freeze
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ingraham Wants Mitch McConnell to Resign Just So She Can Keep Calling Biden ‘Decrepit’
Ingraham Wants Mitch McConnell to Resign Just So She Can Keep Calling Biden ‘Decrepit’
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Brett Bachman / The Daily Beast:
Trump Aide Outed as Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Cops — SHOWING HIS TRUE COLORS — A powerful campaign official with former President Donald Trump's New Hampshire operation was outed Thursday as one of the rioters who confronted police outside the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, telling one officer: “go hang yourself.”
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Insider:
Trump rambled so much in a NY fraud case deposition that a lawyer griped, 'we're going to be here until midnight' — Trump gave long-winded answers while being deposed in NY AG Letitia James' financial-fraud lawsuit. — He went on and on about his “beautiful” and “tremendous” golf courses, a new transcript shows.
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
Trump could soon be in big legal trouble for inflating his net worth
Trump could soon be in big legal trouble for inflating his net worth
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Matt Schlapp Held an Exorcism at CPAC Offices After Junior Employees Resigned — Matt Schlapp wanted to rid the CPAC offices of evil spirits, so he got a Catholic priest to sprinkle holy water on the office furniture and employees, multiple sources said.
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Vivek Ramaswamy's “cold, cultural civil war” — His embrace of right-wing extremism is transparently phony. But it's working. … Events are proceeding according to plan for Vivek Ramaswamy. He's using a destined-to-fail run for the presidency as a vehicle for becoming …
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US Department of Justice:
Man Pleads Guilty to Election-Related Threat Toward Georgia Public Officials — For Immediate Release — A Texas man pleaded guilty today in the Northern District of Georgia to posting a message online threatening several Georgia public officials following the 2020 election.
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Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Highways are the next antiabortion target. One Texas town is resisting. — A new ordinance, passed in several jurisdictions and under consideration elsewhere, aims to stop people from using local roads to drive someone out of state for an abortion — LLANO, Tex. — No one could remember …
Washington Examiner:
Biden's bad gift to Big Pot — The Biden administration ignored “the science” this week and exacerbated a growing national health problem, all to win young people's votes and give massive tax breaks to friends in the marijuana industry. — The federal Drug Enforcement Agency …
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Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
California's Democratic leaders escalate fights with conservative school boards — Top Democratic officials have intervened in school board politics more than in any other blue state. Conservatives hope it'll drive more support to their side. — Democratic state officials in California …
Daniel Han / Politico:
New Jersey governor says state can't handle NYC migrants — The Democratic governor's comments come as the Biden administration considers Atlantic City airport for housing. — Gov. Phil Murphy suggested Thursday that New Jersey does not have the resources to take an influx of migrants …
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Jozsef Papp / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton judge says Trump court proceedings will be televised — X — A Fulton County judge on Thursday said that all court proceedings in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants will be live streamed and televised.
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
Why Biden is now routinely taking the short stairs up to Air Force One — It's one of the iconic images of the American presidency: the commander in chief, standing and waving to the cameras from the top of the stairs leading into Air Force One. — But recently, President Biden …
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CNN:
Texas Supreme Court allows ban on gender-affirming care for most minors to take effect Friday — The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed efforts to temporarily block the state's near-total ban on gender-affirming care for minors, clearing the way for the measure to take effect Friday.
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