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CNN:
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 …
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Biden faces continued low approval ratings, concerns about age, poll finds — Sixty-seven percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning surveyed voters said the party should nominate someone other than Biden. — President Joe Biden is facing continued low approval — including from his own party …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump escalates false attacks on Biden as some Republicans push toward impeachment
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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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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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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
Reuters:
China suspected of using AI on social media to sway US voters, Microsoft says — Microsoft researchers said on Thursday they found what they believe is a network of fake, Chinese-controlled social media accounts seeking to influence U.S. voters by using artificial intelligence.
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Clint Watts / Microsoft On the Issues:
China, North Korea pursue new targets while honing cyber capabilities
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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 …
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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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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Political Wire
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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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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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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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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The White House:
President Biden Announces Michael G. Whitaker as Nominee for Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration — WASHINGTON - Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Michael G. Whitaker to serve as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
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CNN:
Grand jury investigating 2020 election interference meets after four-week break — The grand jury that handed up the indictment against former President Donald Trump stemming from efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election is meeting Thursday at the federal courthouse in Washington, DC, after an over four-week hiatus.
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Raw Story
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Inside Nancy Pelosi's Fight For San Francisco — At 83, the former House speaker just might buck another trend — the one suggesting octogenarian lawmakers should hang up their spiked heels. — Speaker emerita Nancy Pelosi's decision whether to seek reelection in 2024 will be influenced …
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Consider the Unthinkable: Missing Mitch McConnell — Mitch McConnell has bedeviled Democrats for decades. Now, with his future in doubt, the Senate GOP Leader isn't looking like the worst-case scenario for his counterparts. … For decades, Democrats have hated, cursed …
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Duane Patterson / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Responds To Former President Trump — Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joined me this morning: — Audio: — 09-07hhs-christie — Transcript: — HH: Former President Trump yesterday talking about my next guest, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Tommy Tuberville's Hissy Fit Shows McConnell Has Lost His Hold on the GOP — The ex-football coach-turned-junior senator is holding up vital military promotions and brazenly thumbing his nose at the longest serving Republican Senate leader. … It should be a national embarrassment …
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