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CNN Poll: Biden faces negative job ratings and concerns about his age as he gears up for 2024 — President Joe Biden faces continued headwinds from broadly negative job ratings overall, widespread concerns about his age and decreased confidence among Democratic-aligned voters, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: A majority of Americans believe Joe Biden, as VP, was involved with son's business dealings — Most Americans say they think President Joe Biden was involved in his son's business dealings with Ukraine and China while he served as vice president under Barack Obama, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Best Anti-Trump Argument Can't Be Used — GOP primary voters don't want to hear it. — Donald Trump is winning the Republican nomination race in a walk, and it's been quite the pleasant stroll. — That's because his opponents can't make the most compelling argument against Trump …
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National Review, Raw Story, NBC News, HuffPost and USA Today
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump escalates false attacks on Biden as some Republicans push toward impeachment
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The Hill, The Messenger, Newsbusters, RedState and Raw Story
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Biden faces continued low approval ratings, concerns about age, poll finds
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Trump privately urged to support Biden's Saudi mega-deal
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Washington Examiner, Political Wire and Washington Free Beacon
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
America's Authoritarian Exceptionalism
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New Republic, Digby's Hullabaloo, Althouse and Political Wire
Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: ‘How am I in this war?’: New Musk biography offers fresh details about the billionaire's Ukraine dilemma — Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company's Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack …
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Musk Secretly Used Starlink to Foil Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Ships: Report — ULTIMATE CONTROL — Elon Musk secretly ordered SpaceX engineers to switch off the Starlink satellite communications network near the coast of occupied Crimea in order to thwart a Ukrainian surprise attack …
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David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Willis blasts congressman's ‘interference’ in Fulton Trump probe — X — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis Thursday blasted a congressman who has pledged to investigate her handling of an indictment of former President Donald Trump and others. — U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan …
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Gary Fields / Associated Press:
13 Presidential Libraries Issue Rare Joint Warning About U.S. Democracy — Their statement stopped short of slamming individuals as it called for a recommitment to the country's bedrock principles. — LOADING — Concern for U.S. democracy amid deep national polarization has prompted …
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CNN:
Michigan fake elector described planning with Trump campaign attorneys: ‘Mike Pence and Congress [to] make that decision’ — One of the fake electors put forward by Republicans in Michigan said in December 2020 that the plan to use a slate of fake electors to help Donald Trump win …
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Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
John Eastman declines to elaborate on Trump world discussions about Grassley presiding on Jan. 6 — He asserted attorney-client privilege when asked to discuss evidence that Trump's allies considered the Iowa senator playing a role to keep Trump in power. — John Eastman, testifying …
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New York Times:
Abortions Rose in Most States This Year, New Data Shows — Legal abortions most likely increased in the United States in the first six months of the year compared with 2020, an analysis of new estimates shows, as states with more permissive abortion laws absorbed patients traveling …
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Reuters:
Rescuers race to save ill US cave explorer trapped 3,000 feet underground — More than 150 rescuers raced on Thursday to reach an American man who fell ill and became trapped some 1,000 metres (3,280 ft) underground in a cave he was exploring in southern Turkey.
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Ramaswamy: Former felons should be allowed to carry guns — The GOP presidential candidate fleshes out what it means to be a “Second Amendment absolutist” on a podcast. — Vivek Ramaswamy says convicted felons should be allowed to carry weapons. — Appearing on former New York …
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Clint Watts / Microsoft On the Issues:
China, North Korea pursue new targets while honing cyber capabilities — Clint Watts - General Manager, Digital Threat Analysis Center — In the past year, China has honed a new capability to automatically generate images it can use for influence operations meant to mimic U.S. voters across …
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The Messenger:
Republicans Narrow in on Bribery Charge for Biden Impeachment Probe (Exclusive) — ‘There was money flowing to the son of the vice president turned president,’ Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, tells The Messenger on why he wants to impeach Biden — A Facebook icon representing an external link …
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Popular Information:
Pennsylvania school district requires social studies classes to incorporate right-wing propaganda — Last Monday, the Pennridge School Board, located outside of Philadelphia, imposed a new social studies curriculum that will require teachers to incorporate lessons from the 1776 Curriculum …
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Progress Pond
Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
Trump Plans $1M ‘Family Style’ Mar-a-Lago Dinner to Raise Money for His Co-Defendants (Exclusive) — The exact date of the candlelight event is still being ironed out, but Trump's sons will attend — A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook …
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Adriana Kugler Confirmed as First Hispanic Fed Governor in Nearly 110-Year History — Kugler confirmation caps Democratic diversity push under Biden — Menendez had long pressed for Hispanic leadership at the Fed — The Senate confirmed Adriana Kugler to the Federal Reserve Board …
New York Times:
Biden Rejects Proposed Conditions for Plea Deals in Sept. 11 Case — Five Guantánamo detainees accused of aiding the attacks wanted a promise of care for torture-related trauma and to avoid solitary confinement. — President Biden has rejected a list of proposed conditions sought …
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Alex Guillén / Politico:
Trump's border wall caused ‘significant’ cultural, environmental damage, watchdog finds — The 450 miles of barrier waived or disregarded environmental and historic preservation laws and interfered with endangered species, diverted water sources and caused other environmental damage, GAO said.
Vogue:
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Has Made History—And Waves — In June 2019, Karine Jean-Pierre was moderating a forum for presidential candidates when a protester rushed the stage. It's a famous video: Finding herself seated between the oncoming protester and then senator Kamala Harris …
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