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Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity, tells special counsel he warned Trump about 2020 claims: Sources — Meadows said Trump was “dishonest” on election night, according to sources. — Former President Donald Trump's final chief of staff in the White House, Mark Meadows …
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New York Times:
Jenna Ellis, Former Trump Lawyer, Pleads Guilty in Georgia Election Case — Three lawyers indicted with Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election results will now cooperate with prosecutors in the racketeering case. — Jenna Ellis, a pro-Trump lawyer who amplified former …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia case — Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty Tuesday in the Georgia election subversion case and will cooperate with Fulton County prosecutors - the third guilty plea in the past week.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The layers of falsehoods that led to Jenna Ellis's plea deal — The fundamental failure of Donald Trump's effort to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election was that it was predicated on complete nonsense. Trump and his attorneys — particularly Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
MAGA Diehards Are Furious Jenna Ellis Pleaded Guilty After Raising $200K — Jenna Ellis raised more than $216,000 to fight her Georgia RICO indictment ... then accepted a plea deal — Jenna Ellis smiled in her mugshot. The former Trump attorney who was indicted alongside him and 17 others …
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Washington Post:
Trump seethes at gag order in federal case while his campaign relishes it
Trump seethes at gag order in federal case while his campaign relishes it
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fourth defendant negotiates plea deal with Fulton prosecutors
Fourth defendant negotiates plea deal with Fulton prosecutors
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Ex-Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case
Ex-Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Trump's lawyers argue DC fed'l charges unconstitutional, should be tossed
Trump's lawyers argue DC fed'l charges unconstitutional, should be tossed
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Tom Emmer drops out of Speaker's race — House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) dropped out of the Speaker's race Tuesday, just hours after the conference nominated the Minnesota Republican for the top job, according to a source familiar. — Emmer withdrew his name from the running …
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Washington Post:
Live updates House Republicans pick Tom Emmer as third speaker nominee — Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), the House majority whip, was elected as the GOP speaker nominee on a fifth ballot in an internal race that drew nine Republican candidates. However, he does not yet have enough support to be elected on the House floor.
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NBC News:
Republicans nominate Tom Emmer for House speaker: Live updates — House Republicans nominated Tom Emmer of Minnesota to be their candidate for speaker. — The GOP gathered behind closed doors this morning to vote by secret ballot and choose among seven contenders.
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
House GOP spirals into chaos as Emmer becomes third speaker nominee dropped in three weeks — Emmer beat out six other GOP hopefuls on Tuesday morning — Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., has dropped out of the race for speaker hours after being named House Republicans' nominee, three sources tell Fox News Digital.
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Third Way:
The No Labels Party's Radical New Plan to Force a Contingent Election — The No Labels Party Will Re-Elect Trump — Since they launched their third-party presidential effort last year, the No Labels Party has repeated a central refrain: “our bipartisan ticket, led either by a Democrat or a Republican …
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
New No Labels Plan: Deadlocking the 2024 Election?
New No Labels Plan: Deadlocking the 2024 Election?
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Politico:
Playbook: The House's ‘Purge’ moment
Playbook: The House's ‘Purge’ moment
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Siena College Research Institute:
Biden - with Worst Ever Favorability & Job Approval Ratings - Leads Trump 46-37%; Only Leads By 7 Points if RFK & West Are on Ballot; 52% of Dems Want Party to Nominate Someone other than Biden in '24 — Recent Influx of Migrants is Serious Problem: 84% (57% Very Serious); …
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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
White House press secretary says she misheard question on antisemitism during briefing — “As I have footstomped many times from the podium and on the air, antisemitism is an abomination that this President has fought against his entire life; and I feel strongly about that work,” Jean-Pierre told POLITICO in a statement.
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Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
White House defends free speech at protests criticized for antisemitic comments
White House defends free speech at protests criticized for antisemitic comments
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Powell, Chesebro, And Now Ellis — TPM Reader EK steps back and surveys the damage done by the trio of Trump lawyers pleading guilty: — My gosh. These are three big names. All three have now admitted to fraudulent claims of election theft. — These are obviously major developments in the legal case against Trump.
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Polls Showing Support For Israel Hide Some Ugly Truths — There were dozens of Charlottesville-type marches in the United States last week. No one in the media wants to ask why. — According to a new Harvard/Harris poll, only the police and military are more respected than Israel.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
KJP on Anti-Semitism: Let's Talk About How Islamophobic Americans Are!
KJP on Anti-Semitism: Let's Talk About How Islamophobic Americans Are!
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Sha Hua / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. State Senator Arrested in Hong Kong After Carrying Gun Onto Flight — Jeff Wilson, who was released on bail, says he didn't realize it was in his bag and that baggage screeners in the U.S. hadn't detected it — A Washington state senator was on a flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong …
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Alan Wong / Bloomberg:
US Lawmaker Arrested in Hong Kong Airport Over Unloaded Gun
US Lawmaker Arrested in Hong Kong Airport Over Unloaded Gun
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NBC News:
Drone attacks on American bases injured two dozen U.S. military personnel — The groups conducting the attacks are supported by Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a Pentagon spokesman said. — Two dozen American military personnel were wounded last week in a series of drone attacks …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Woman charged with homicide of Mika Westwolf — In the early morning of March 31, 2023, Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman, was walking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 93, which passes through the Flathead reservation in Montana. Westwolf was struck by a Cadillac Escalade and declared dead at the scene.
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Randy Fine / Washington Times:
Donald Trump has never let us down — Actions speak louder than words — FRONT PAGE PODCAST … LATEST CARTOON — How confident are you that Republicans can agree on a new House Speaker? — Question of the Day — Very, they'll pull together — Fairly, it has to happen
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Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
Melissa DeRosa's Revenge Campaign — With an eviscerating new book, Andrew Cuomo's former lieutenant is settling scores and prepping a comeback. — Three central questions about power are how to get it, how to wield it, and what to do when you lose it. — The story of Melissa DeRosa …
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WWBT-TV:
Republican Party of Virginia mails out thousands of explicit fliers about Susanna Gibson scandal — RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Election Day in Virginia is two weeks away and Virginia's Republican Party is now taking further steps to warn voters of the online sex scandal surrounding 57th District House Candidate Susanna Gibson.
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Stewart S. R. Jamieson / Nature:
An ancient river landscape preserved beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet — orcid.org/0000-0002-9036-2317 1 na1, - Neil Ross — orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-4905 2 na1, - Guy J. G. Paxman 1, - Fiona J. Clubb — orcid.org/0000-0003-1135-1765 1, - Duncan A. Young 3, - Shuai Yan 3,4, - Jamin Greenbaum
US Department of Justice:
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Burn Down a Church that Planned to Host Drag Show Events — For Immediate Release — An Ohio man pleaded guilty yesterday to violating the Church Arson Prevention Act and to using fire and explosives to commit a felony, all in connection with his attempt …
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