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11:45 AM ET, September 14, 2023

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Burgess Everett / Politico:
'You're screwed': Romney's exit threatens a collapse of Senate's middle  —  If Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema follow the Utahn out the door, they'll leave a void in a chamber that's handed Joe Biden remarkable bipartisan deals.  —  Mitt Romney's retirement shines a glaring spotlight …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate  —  In an exclusive excerpt from my forthcoming biography of the senator, Romney: A Reckoning, he reveals what drove him to retire.  —  For most of his life, Mitt Romney has nursed a morbid fascination with his own death, suspecting that it might assert itself one day suddenly and violently.
Politico:
Playbook: Biden's impeachment tightrope  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FOER BEATS THE BIDEN BOOK CURSE — FRANKLIN FOER's “The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future” ($30) debuted at No. 6 on the NYT Best Sellers list.
Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Get Ready for an Onslaught of Saint Romney Hot Takes From the Dems
Discussion: Townhall, Bloomberg, Fox News and IJR
Insider:
Mitch McConnell told Mitt Romney that Trump is an ‘idiot’ who 'doesn't think when he says things:' book
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Romney urges Biden to retire
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney says he will not seek a second term in the Senate
The Hill:
Judge rejects request to try all Trump Georgia defendants together next month  —  A state judge on Thursday rejected prosecutors' request to try all 19 defendants together in the Georgia 2020 election interference case next month.  —  “The Court joins the skepticism expressed by several federal courts …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton judge splits Fulton Trump defendants into two groups  —  X  —  The Fulton County judge overseeing the sprawling election interference probe involving former President Donald Trump on Thursday split the case's 19 defendants into two groups for trial — and suggested that more divisions could be merited.
Joshua Zitser / Insider:
Video appears to show Lauren Boebert giving the middle finger to an usher after being kicked out of a performance of ‘Beetlejuice’  — Rep. Lauren Boebert was escorted out of a performance of “Beetlejuice” in Denver over the weekend.  — Surveillance footage appears to show her giving …
Washington Post:
DeSantis took undisclosed private flights and lodging through wealthy donors  —  The trips included a private flight to the prestigious home of the Masters tournament, with an overnight stay and a round of golf  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took at least six undisclosed trips on private jets …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Threats mount against prosecutors and FBI agents working on Hunter Biden probe  —  The FBI has created a stand-alone unit to investigate threats from members of the public who think agents and prosecutors haven't been tough enough on the president's son.  —  Prosecutors and FBI agents involved …
The Guardian:
Kim Davis must pay $100,000 to US same-sex couple she denied marriage license  —  Jury awards damages to David Ermold and David Moore, who sued former Kentucky county clerk over 2015 incident  —  A former Kentucky county clerk is being ordered to pay $100,000 to a local couple who sued …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Advocate
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Associated Press:   Jury awards $100,000 to Kentucky gay couple denied marriage license
Philippe Naughton / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Slammed by Second Country in Disastrous Week for Diplomacy  —  The world's richest man drew a rebuke from Taiwan's foreign ministry just days after being called out by Ukrainian officials.  —  The foreign minister of Taiwan has called out Elon Musk directly after the billionaire appeared …
John Schindler / Washington Examiner:
The deep state tells Biden to retire  —  It's the worst-kept secret in Washington.  —  Joe Biden is too old to be president.  His increasing senility cannot be hidden from the public any longer.  Recent polling indicates that more than two-thirds of Democrats think Biden is too elderly to serve another term in the Oval Office.
Popular Information:
A closer look at California's $267 million war on “organized retail crime”  —  On Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) announced the state would spend hundreds of millions of dollars to combat “organized retail crime.”  More than $267 million will be distributed in grants to 55 cities and counties across the state.
Erum Salam / The Guardian:
Texas was state with most book bans in 2022, report shows  —  Number of book challenges nationwide doubled from 2021 as book ban movement gathers speed in Republican-led states  —  Texas made the most attempts to ban or restrict books in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association (ALA).
Discussion: al.com and Michigan Advance
CNN:
House Republicans wrestle with key decisions as they plot next steps on impeachment inquiry  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unilaterally gave his conference the green light to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.  Now the harder work begins.
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CNN:
Fact-checking McCarthy's claims while launching Biden impeachment inquiry
Luke Barr / ABC News:
US to sanction 150 Russian-supporting entities over war in Ukraine  —  The war has been going on for almost two years.  —  The United States is set to sanction more than 150 Russian-supporting individuals and entities over the war in Ukraine, the departments of State and Treasury announced Thursday.
Washington Post:
Trump has large lead over Haley, other Republicans in South Carolina, poll finds  —  Another 10 percent support South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, while 9 percent back Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose campaign has struggled  —  South Carolina Republican voters favor Donald Trump over his field …
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Florida Politics
Hanna Trudo / The Hill:
Democrats set to meet on New Hampshire primary as tensions rise  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is set to meet again to discuss the status of the 2024 New Hampshire primary amid an internal party dispute that has stoked tensions between members and the Biden administration.
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
RFK Jr. Getting Republican Support For His Democratic Primary Bid To Unseat Biden
Discussion: The Messenger and Washington Post
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
DeSantis and top Fla. health official warn against COVID shots for people under 65  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and the state's surgeon general are advising against the use of updated COVID-19 vaccines for anyone under the age of 65, a move that counters a new recommendation from the Centers …
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Andrew Gawthorpe / The Guardian:
What Republicans are doing to Wisconsin is a warning sign to all Americans  —  The state's so gerrymandered that Republicans can lose the popular vote and win supermajorities.  Now they want to impeach a liberal justice before she's ruled on a single case  —  f you need a reminder …
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Federal judge again declares Obama-era DACA program unlawful  —  A federal judge in Texas ruled Wednesday that a regulation intended to preserve the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful, delivering a major blow to the Biden administration.
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
DeSantis: Criminalizing women for getting abortions ‘will not happen in Florida’  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Wednesday that he does not support criminalizing abortion in his state.  —  “We have no criminal penalty,” he said in a CBS News interview.  “The penalties are for the physician.”
Discussion: CBS News
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Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
DeSantis says he does not support criminalizing women who get abortions
Discussion: Florida Politics
 
 
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Patrick Adams / New York Times:
In Poland, Testing Women for Abortion Drugs Is a Reality. It Could Happen Here.
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Haley gets a bounce in New Hampshire — right into the veepstakes
Andrew Zhang / Politico:
Pelosi mocks McCarthy's ‘ever incredibly shrinking speakership’
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