Top Items:
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 …
Discussion:
NBC News, Washington Examiner, Insider, The Hill, CNBC, The Messenger, MSNBC, New York Times, Mediaite, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, The Guardian, Political Wire and New York Daily News
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
National Review, Raw Story, NBC News, USA Today and HuffPost
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump tells judge he may try to move Georgia election interference case to federal court
Trump tells judge he may try to move Georgia election interference case to federal court
Discussion:
NBC News, Reuters, MSNBC, Political Wire, New York Daily News, The Hill and CBS News
Julia Johnson / Washington Examiner:
Trump White House urged DeSantis in letter to reimplement masking in Florida
Trump White House urged DeSantis in letter to reimplement masking in Florida
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump escalates false attacks on Biden as some Republicans push toward impeachment
Trump escalates false attacks on Biden as some Republicans push toward impeachment
Discussion:
Newsbusters, The Hill, RedState, The Daily Caller, The Messenger and Raw Story
CNN:
Grand jury investigating 2020 election interference meets after four-week break
Grand jury investigating 2020 election interference meets after four-week break
Discussion:
Raw Story
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Trump privately urged to support Biden's Saudi mega-deal
Scoop: Trump privately urged to support Biden's Saudi mega-deal
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Political Wire and Washington Free Beacon
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 …
Discussion:
Insider, Vanity Fair, The Verge, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Euromaidan Press, The Messenger and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
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 …
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.
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Digby's Hullabaloo, New York Post, PoliticusUSA, The Hill, Forbes, RedState, The Daily Caller, The Messenger and Mediaite
The Messenger:
Republicans Narrow in on Bribery Charge for Biden Impeachment Probe (Exclusive)
Republicans Narrow in on Bribery Charge for Biden Impeachment Probe (Exclusive)
Discussion:
Raw Story
CNN:
House Democrats seek clearer Hunter Biden strategy as GOP impeachment threats loom
House Democrats seek clearer Hunter Biden strategy as GOP impeachment threats loom
Discussion:
Political Wire, Washington Times, The Guardian, Mediaite, Insider, Washington Examiner, Fox News and Daily Kos
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Biden faces continued low approval ratings, concerns about age, poll finds
Biden faces continued low approval ratings, concerns about age, poll finds
Discussion:
The Hill, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, One America News Network, CNN, National Review, Mediaite, New Republic and The Messenger
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 …
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos and ABC News
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 …
Discussion:
The Hill, NPR, Guttmacher Institute, Talking Points Memo, UPI, NBC News and The American Conservative
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 …
Discussion:
Raw Story
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 …
Discussion:
The Messenger, Newsbusters, Fox News and The Hill
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 …
Discussion:
The Hill, The Messenger and CNN, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Progress Pond
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.
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.
Discussion:
CBS News, CNN, Metro.co.uk, UPI, New York Post, WDTN-TV, New York Daily News, NBC News, The Daily Caller, NBC Los Angeles, WGN-TV, ABC7, The Messenger, Associated Press, Fox News and Semafor
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 …
Discussion:
Vox, New Republic, Axios, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Gizmodo and Political Wire
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 …
Discussion:
The Messenger and Political Wire
Amelia Neath / The Independent:
Famed tech journalist deletes X account with epic rant at Elon Musk and his ‘cesspool’ site — Tech writer legend slams X owner Elon Musk for threatening to ban and sue the Anti-Defamation League — Elon Musk's Billion-Dollar Borrowing Spree: SpaceX Funds His Twitter Acquisition
Discussion:
The Messenger, Little Green Footballs, Gothamist and New York Post
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
South Florida city becomes state's first LGBTQ sanctuary — The South Florida city of Lake Worth Beach has become the state's first to declare itself a safe haven for LGBTQ people and their families. — City commissioners Tuesday voted unanimously to declare the city a safe haven for LGBTQ people …
Discussion:
WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm and WGN-TV
Saul Elbein / The Hill:
World is releasing greenhouse gases at level unprecedented in geologic history, scientist says — Human civilization came to be thanks to the comparatively stable climate of the past 10,000 years. — But the unchecked burning of fossil fuels is undermining that foundation, according to a leading climate scientist.
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Things That Happened Today — It was quite a day. We've noticed this before, that there are a lot of legal issues and rulings on a lot of different fronts, all coming to a head simultaneously. Many, but not all of them, involve Trump. Tonight, rather than looking at each situation in detail …
Discussion:
Axios, Raw Story, The Hill, IJR, Associated Press, New York Times, Insider, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, New York Daily News, Politico, NBC News, Washington Post, USA Today, CBS News, Washington Examiner, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, ABC News, Forbes, who13.com, HotAir, CNBC, New Republic, CNN and UPI