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Brian Karem / Salon:
Donald Trump's thrill ride is nearly over — but the media refuses to let go — What if we told America the truth about Donald Trump? He's a fraud, a cheat and a rapist, facing 91 felony counts … I take no joy in saying this, but we in the press are moral cowards.
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NBC News:
Trump is on the witness list for $250 million civil fraud trial starting next week
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Washington Times, Washington Examiner, CNN, Insider, New York Post and ABC7
New York Times:
Appeals Court Rejects Trump's Effort to Delay Trial in Fraud Case
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Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Axios, TalkLeft, Politico, Raw Story, Washington Free Beacon, Forbes, Bloomberg, The Economist and Diane Ravitch's blog
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Trump will not seek to move Fulton case to federal court
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Associated Press and Political Wire
ABC News:
Trump $250M fraud trial will go forward Monday, AG plans to call his adult sons as witnesses
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The Messenger
Alex Kingsbury / New York Times:
Trump's Promise of Lawlessness
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Salon, HuffPost and Vanity Fair
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump New York fraud trial cleared to start Monday after appeals panel ruling
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Reuters, Washington Examiner, The Guardian, USA Today, The Messenger, New York Daily News and Raw Story
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Fear Factor in Republican Politics
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The Messenger, Colorado Newsline and Digby's Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
Hard-liners plot to replace McCarthy with a deputy as shutdown looms — A contingent of far-right House Republicans are plotting an attempt to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker as early as next week, a move that would throw the chamber into further disarray in the middle …
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The Hill, Bloomberg, Punchbowl News, Politico, Sputnik News, CNN, The Messenger, HuffPost and CNBC
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
With a Shutdown in View, McCarthy Plays a Weak Hand — The G.O.P. speaker, whose style is to placate his detractors, does not have the Republican votes to keep the government open. He may call the vote anyway. — When Representative Kevin McCarthy was short the votes he needed …
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KWES, Associated Press, Politico and CNN
Steve Kornacki / NBC News:
Second Republican primary debate had the lowest TV viewership since 2015 — Wednesday's debate had the lowest TV viewership of any Republican presidential debate since 2015. — When it comes to debates, the question of ratings is usually little more than a curiosity.
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Fox News, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, Washington Post and ZeroHedge News
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Viewership Fell Sharply for Second G.O.P. Debate — Fewer than 10 million people watched the Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday, according to preliminary data from Nielsen. — Fewer than 10 million people watched the Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night …
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Politico, Breitbart, New York Post, Associated Press and Deadline
Jonathan Swan / New York Times:
Republican Group Running Anti-Trump Ads Finds Little Is Working — With over 40 ads and $6 million spent, a group tied to the Club for Growth is no closer to an answer, a memo to donors says. Some ads even gave Donald Trump a boost. — A well-funded group of anti-Trump conservatives …
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Raw Story and Washington Post
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Raw Story:
‘Botched this bad’: Insiders say GOPers furious at James Comer for his handling of impeachment inquiry — WASHINGTON — Republicans are growing more and more frustrated with the House Oversight Committee's impeachment hearing, with some beginning to admit it has been a failure.
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Washington Examiner, The Messenger and ZeroHedge News
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
First Impeachment Hearing Yields No New Information on Biden
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Maanvi Singh / The Guardian:
Senate debates measure to prevent shutdown that McCarthy said he would not consider - as it happened
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Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Caller, Sputnik News, Raw Story, The Hill, New York Post, ABC News, KWES, Wall Street Journal, The Western Journal, BizPac Review, Associated Press, NBC10 Philadelphia, Breitbart, Washington Times, The Daily Beast, CNN, NBC News, Political Wire, Washington Post and Daily Kos
The Hill:
House GOP passes Pentagon funding bill after failed tries — House Republicans late Thursday night approved legislation to fund the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024, a success for GOP leaders after they decided to strip Ukraine funding from the legislation following two failed procedural votes.
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Nadeem Badshah / The Guardian:
Trump suing ex-MI6 officer who alleged he was ‘compromised’ by Russian security service — Christopher Steele's dossier also alleged Putin ‘supported and directed’ plan to ‘cultivate’ Trump as a presidential candidate — Donald Trump is suing a former MI6 officer and the intelligence consultancy …
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The Independent, Twitchy, New York Daily News, The National Pulse+, The Messenger and Political Wire
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump and his sons will plead the Fifth in civil fraud trial: Watergate prosecutor — Former President Donald Trump and his adult sons will be facing trial for civil fraud in a matter of days — and the clear facts of the case have already been decided, with Judge Arthur Engoron finding …
Politico:
Dems urge White House to reconsider ‘Bidenomics’ as it lands flat with voters — Democrats are loving the Biden economy. They're less certain about his economic message. — President Joe Biden placed a big bet that he could sell an improving economy under the banner of “Bidenomics.”
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STEPHANIE MILLER SHOW and RedState
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Amid GOP confusion, U.S. braces for ‘first-ever shutdown about nothing’ — What's the deal with this government shutdown? In a standoff even Republicans are comparing to ‘Seinfeld,’ it's hard to tell. — In 1995 and 1996, the federal government shut down as House Republicans …
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NBC News, The Hill, Vox, Plain Dealer and Associated Press
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Kari Lake and Pro-DeSantis ‘Reporter’ Get Into Screaming Match at GOP Debate — Before the candidates hit the debate stage Wednesday, there was another debate between Kari Lake and pro-Ron DeSantis reporter Chris Nelson. — When an ardently pro-Ron DeSantis “journalist” …
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Raw Story, The National Pulse+ and Slate
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
DeSantis Says He Would Sign a 15-Week Abortion Ban as President
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CNN, ABC News, RedState, Democrats, HuffPost, The Daily Signal and Political Wire
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Paxton, Yelp sue each other over crisis pregnancy center descriptions — Yelp and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) are suing each other over how the company described pregnancy centers in the months after the Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
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Washington Post, Texas Attorney General, KTSM-TV, CBS News, The Register, The Daily Caller, Fox News, Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Manu Raju / CNN:
Menendez plans Puerto Rico donor retreat amid Democratic fears over his reelection plans — He may be facing bribery charges and calls for his resignation from more than half of his Senate Democratic colleagues. But donors can still hit the links and dine with Sen. Bob Menendez at a luxurious beachside hotel - for a price.
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The National Pulse+, Bloomberg and Fox News
Zachary Schermele / USA Today:
‘GOP hates Gen Z’: Teens arrested after storming McCarthy's office to protest shutdown — Dozens of teens stormed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office Thursday morning, urging him to come to an agreement with congressional Republicans to stave off a partial shutdown of the federal government.
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The Hill, The Guardian, NBC News and Common Dreams
Reuters:
Tough issues to clear before EU membership talks with Ukraine, Hungary's Orban says — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday that “very difficult questions” would need to be answered before the European Union could even start membership talks with Ukraine.
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Associated Press, Politico and Foreign Affairs
Evan Symon / California Globe:
Ojai, CA Becomes First U.S. City To Recognize Legal Rights Of Elephants — Ordinance gives elephants the right to liberty in Ojai — The Ojai City Council voted 4-1 on Wednesday to recognize the legal rights of elephants, becoming the first city in the United States to give legal rights to a non-human animal.
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RedState, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, ABC4 Utah and Nonhuman Rights Project
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