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Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote — Then-President Donald Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Recordings reportedly show Trump pressuring Michigan canvassers to not certify 2020 vote: Detroit News — Former President Trump reportedly pushed Michigan canvassers to not certify the results of the 2020 during a phone call, according to recordings obtained by The Detroit News.
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US Department of Justice:
New Hampshire Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill Three Presidential Candidates — For Immediate Release — A New Hampshire man has been indicted in connection with sending threatening text messages to three presidential candidates. — Tyler Anderson, 30, of Dover …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Man Accused of Ramaswamy Death Threat Is Charged With Threatening Christie — Tyler Anderson of New Hampshire was charged on Wednesday with threatening the lives of Chris Christie and another unnamed presidential candidate. — A New Hampshire man who was charged with threatening …
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Man Indicted for Allegedly Texting Death Threats to 3 GOP Candidates — The DOJ says Tyler Anderson wrote messages saying he'd “impale” and “disembowel” one candidate, and would “blow” the “head off” another. — A New Hampshire man was indicted Thursday on allegations he sent disturbing death threats …
Olivia Alafriz / Politico:
N.H. man indicted after allegedly sending death threats to presidential candidates
N.H. man indicted after allegedly sending death threats to presidential candidates
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UPI
John Sexton / HotAir:
Washington Post Editorial Board: The Supreme Court Should Toss the Colorado Decision — People (including our own Ed Morrissey) have been saying this since the decision appeared Tuesday but I'm still a bit surprised to see the Washington Post's editorial board making the same case.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
New Trump Cases Shadowed by Rocky Relationship With Supreme Court
New Trump Cases Shadowed by Rocky Relationship With Supreme Court
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Politico:
Trump advisers and Colorado Republicans huddle after shock ruling
Trump advisers and Colorado Republicans huddle after shock ruling
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Biden campaign plots late push ahead of South Carolina primary — President Biden's re-election campaign is planning a January push in South Carolina to drive turnout and boost the overall campaign ahead of the Democratic primary on Feb. 3, three people familiar with the plans tell Axios.
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Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York after defamation case — Rudy Giuliani has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York, one day after a federal judge ruled that he must immediately pay the $148 million he owes two Georgia women he falsely accused of helping to steal the 2020 election.
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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Giuliani seeks bankruptcy after $148 million judgment in defamation case
Giuliani seeks bankruptcy after $148 million judgment in defamation case
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioters the far right claimed were antifa keep getting unmasked as Trump supporters — Misinformation about the Capitol attack continues to go viral on the right, but the claims are slowly getting debunked, federal case by federal case. — WASHINGTON — In nearly three years since …
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Politico:
Crisis communicators face blowback after disastrous college hearing — Who got paid to give advice on one of the most disastrous public relations moments in modern memory? — The appearance of three elite university presidents on Capitol Hill this month to testify about campus antisemitism …
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Political Wire
New York Times:
How DeSantis's Ambitious, Costly Ground Game Has Sputtered — The Florida governor's field operation, one of the most expensive in modern political history, has met challenges from the outset, interviews with a range of voters and political officials revealed.
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CBS News, Bloomberg and Florida Politics
Adam Entous / New York Times:
Hunter Biden Text Cited in Impeachment Inquiry Is Not What G.O.P. Suggests — A 2019 message from the president's son alluded to giving his father half his salary. The back story offers unflattering insights into the Biden family but does not support assertions of corruption.
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
A Forgotten Chapter of Abortion History Repeats Itself — Much of the country no doubt watched in amazement last week as a woman with a doomed pregnancy was forced to flee her home state, Texas, to get the abortion her doctors deemed necessary to protect her future ability to bear children.
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Khashoggi's widow wins political asylum in the United States — The decision may be the last act in a tragic chain of events that began in 2018, when Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled and dismembered in Turkey — Jamal Khashoggi's widow, who went into hiding after The Washington Post columnist …
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content … More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it's “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” and now they have an answer straight from co-founder Hamish McKenzie: … While McKenzie offers no evidence to back these ideas …
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Yasmine Salam / NBC News:
Palestinian support for ‘armed struggle’ is rising as Gaza death estimate tops 20,000 — “You cannot kill people into liking you,” a policy analyst said in response to a recent poll. — As the death toll in Gaza reached an estimated 20,000 on Thursday, the majority of them women and children …
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CBS News:
Judge keeps Chris Christie off Maine's Republican primary ballot — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's latest attempt to get on the Maine Republican presidential primary ballot failed Thursday after his campaign tried to recover from a surprising setback in the Super Tuesday state.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
John Schneider Probe Opened By Secret Service After ‘Dukes Of Hazzard’ Star Urges Public Hanging Of Joe Biden — Vin Diesel's Ex-Assistant Sues ‘Fast & Furious’ Star For Sexual Battery & Retaliation; Read Full Complaint — ‘Warnamount’ Merger Talk Confounds Investors And Industry …
The White House:
Statement from National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard on U.S. Steel — The President believes U.S. Steel was an integral part of our arsenal of democracy in WWII and remains a core component of the overall domestic steel production that is critical to our national security.
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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Americans Are Signing Up for Obamacare in Record Numbers — More than 15 million people have signed up for health insurance plans offered on the Affordable Care Act's federal marketplace, a 33 percent increase compared to the same time last year, according to preliminary data released by the Biden administration on Wednesday.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner visit Israel to meet with leaders, families of hostages — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner traveled to Israel to meet with political leaders and families of those kidnapped during Hamas' Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. — “It's important to see with one's own eyes …
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