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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Jury Orders Giuliani to Pay $148 Million to Election Workers He Defamed — Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, wrongfully accused by Rudolph W. Giuliani of having tried to steal votes from Donald J. Trump in Georgia, were awarded the damages by a federal court in Washington.
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Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148M to Georgia poll workers — Rudy Giuliani must pay two Georgia poll workers who sued him for defamation $148 million after he falsely accused them of helping to steal the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump. Show more — Live coverage contributors 8
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Aneeta Mathur-Ashton / The Messenger:
'I Don't Regret a Damn Thing,' Says Giuliani After Major Defamation Loss — ‘The absurdity of the number underscores the absurdity of the entire proceedings,’ he scoffed — Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Friday just minutes after he was ordered to pay $150 million …
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Fox News, The Guardian and Political Wire
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
What is Rudy Giuliani's net worth in 2023? Here's a look into his assets amid defamation trial.
What is Rudy Giuliani's net worth in 2023? Here's a look into his assets amid defamation trial.
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CNN:
The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under Trump — A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Donald Trump's presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials …
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New York Times:
Material From Russia Investigation Went Missing as Trump Left Office — A binder given to the Trump White House contained details that intelligence agencies believe could reveal secret sources and methods. — Material from a binder with highly classified information connected to the investigation …
Politico:
House GOP reeling after a top recruit blasts Trump on tape — In a must-win Ohio race, one Republican candidate is facing allegations of stolen valor — and now another is inviting the former president's wrath by bashing him. — House Republicans are scrambling to fix …
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Raw Story, The Messenger and New York Times
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
GOP tries to weed out extreme Senate prospects — with Trump's OK
GOP tries to weed out extreme Senate prospects — with Trump's OK
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New York Times:
Behind the Scenes at the Dismantling of Roe v. Wade — On Feb. 10 last year, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. showed his eight colleagues how he intended to uproot the constitutional right to abortion. — At 11:16 a.m., his clerk circulated a 98-page draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
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Cockburn / The Spectator World:
Please stop taking nudes in the halls of Congress — The so-called hallowed Halls of Congress play host to a plethora of indecent acts every day — but one staffer for Senator Ben Cardin is taking it to new levels. — The public Twitter account of the audacious young “twink” …
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Washington Free Beacon and RedState
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
What's Driving Former Progressives to the Right? — In a new essay in the progressive magazine In These Times, the writers Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet grapple with the contemporary version of an old phenomenon: erstwhile leftists decamping to the right. There have been plenty …
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John Sexton / HotAir:
Progressives Worry About So Many Former Comrades Drifting to the Right
Progressives Worry About So Many Former Comrades Drifting to the Right
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Politico:
Judges dubious of Mark Meadows' bid to avoid facing charges in Georgia state court — The former White House chief of staff is charged alongside Donald Trump with a conspiracy to tamper with the 2020 election in Georgia. — A federal appeals court panel took a skeptical stance Friday toward …
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Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Melania Trump Welcomes You to America, for Some Reason — Her husband is accused of swiping Archives property. But she's set to star in a winning photo op. — For two years, the National Archives stalked Donald Trump over secret presidential records he's accused of purloining.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has drawn fire from progressives over his fierce support for Israel and broken with immigration advocates with his support for curtailing migration.
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Andrew Keh / New York Times:
He Was Set to Play Santa. His Views on the Middle East Got in the Way. — Ken Dorph had grown out his white beard, but a tense discussion of the Israel-Hamas war at a local synagogue led to complaints that cost him the gig. — In the months since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war …
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New York Post and Raw Story
Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
As Student Loan Collections Restart, Millions Are Not Yet Paying — After a pandemic freeze, 22 million people received their first bill in years in October — and around 60 percent paid, the government said. — Just over half of the millions of borrowers who received …
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Politico and ED.gov Blog
NBC News:
Rep. Elise Stefanik files complaint against judge who has ruled in Jan. 6 and Trump cases — The New York Republican and staunch Trump ally is asking for an ethics investigation, arguing the judge has engaged in “highly inappropriate political speech.” — WASHINGTON — Rep. Elise Stefanik …
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TMZ.com:
Kanye West Goes On Unhinged Rant, ‘Jesus Christ, Hitler, Ye! Sponsor That!!’ — KANYE WEST UNHINGED RANT IN VEGAS ... ‘Jesus Christ, Hitler, Ye! Sponsor That!!!’ … Kanye West is apparently in the grips of a serious mental health episode ... that's the only conclusion to draw from his furious rant …
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Mediaite, New York Post, Page Six, Hollywood Life, The Root, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller and Rolling Stone
Andrew Perez / The Lever:
Billionaires Are Bankrolling Judges' Luxury Travel — Two deep-pocketed conservative organizations paid to send federal judges on 251 trips in 2021 and 2022 — far more than any other source. — In 2021 and 2022, two conservative, billionaire-funded legal interests sent more than 100 federal judges …
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Associated Press:
Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher in Virginia gets 2 years in prison for child neglect — The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for felony child neglect, nearly a year after her son used her gun to critically wound the educator.
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Politico:
GOP pushes Speaker Johnson to start picking sides in its endless battles — Refereeing House Republicans' clashes is like “drinking from Niagara Falls” for their new leader, as one lawmaker put it. But pressure is mounting on the speaker to be more assertive.
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Senate Staffer Caught Filming Gay Sex Tape In Senate Hearing Room (GRAPHIC) — Leaked amateur pornography shows a congressional staffer having anal sex with an unknown man in the Senate hearing room, video obtained by the Daily Caller shows. — The alleged staffer can also be seen …
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Politico:
Cornel West thinks Biden won't make it to the general election — The independent candidate rejected the idea he could be a “spoiler” for Biden in an exclusive meeting with POLITICO. — Cornel West doesn't think Joe Biden will make it to the general election.