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CNN:
Colorado GOP asks US Supreme Court to overturn ruling disqualifying Trump from 2024 ballot  —  The Colorado Republican Party says it has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn the unprecedented state Supreme Court ruling that removed Donald Trump from Colorado's 2024 ballot.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Colorado Republicans ask Supreme Court to hear Trump ballot eligibility dispute
Politico:
Haley declines to say slavery was cause of Civil War  —  The former South Carolina governor instead said it was a dispute over how ‘government was going to run.’  —  Nikki Haley declined to say that slavery was a cause of the Civil War on Wednesday evening, placing the blame, instead, on the role of government.
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Nikki Haley, asked what caused the Civil War, leaves out slavery.  It's not the first time  —  Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked Wednesday by a New Hampshire voter about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn't mention slavery in her response — leading the voter to say he was “astonished” by her omission.
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Dems Target GOP State Lawmakers With Jan. 6 Credentials  —  Democrats are going after Republicans who came to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 to cheer on overturning the election. … In Donald Trump's Republican Party, being in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, is far from a mark on a candidate's record—it's more like a credential.
Discussion: Raw Story and 77 WABC
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump demands recusal of Maine secretary of state in 14th Amendment determination
Jane Coaston / New York Times:
Tim Alberta on Why Evangelical Politics Was Ready for Trump  —  Roughly 24 percent of Americans consider themselves “born-again or evangelical,” but what that means — spiritually, culturally, politically — depends on whom you ask.  For some evangelicals, the role of politics …
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Daniel Barnes / NBC News:
Special counsel Jack Smith seeks to block Trump from making ‘political attacks’ during trial
Andrew Freedman / Axios:
2024 may be the hottest year in recorded history  —  2024 may be even hotter than the “gobsmackingly” hot 2023, which featured extreme — and often deadly — weather and climate events around the globe. … But ‘the normal pattern’ may not exist anymore," said Andrew Dessler, a climate scientist at Texas A&M University.
Discussion: NPR, RTÉ and abc7NY
CNN:
Christie pushes back on calls for him to drop out in 7-figure New Hampshire ad buy  —  Chris Christie is directly pushing back on calls for him to drop out of the 2024 Republican presidential primary in a new seven-figure ad buy debuting in New Hampshire on Thursday, according to details shared exclusively with CNN.
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Matt Egan / CNN:
Gas prices will fall in 2024 and Americans will spend $32 billion less on fuel, GasBuddy predicts  —  New York CNN —  Gas prices will fall in 2024 for the second year in a row, according to GasBuddy projections shared exclusively with CNN.  —  GasBuddy, which had a forecast for 2023 …
Discussion: Boston Herald
USA Today:
Herb Kohl, former U.S. senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner, dies at age 88  —  Amy Rabideau Silvers, Craig Gilbert and Bill GlauberUSA TODAY Network  —  Herb Kohl, the former U.S. senator, Milwaukee Bucks owner and retail shopping magnate, died Wednesday afternoon at the age of 88 after a brief illness.
Washington Post:
As Haley climbs in the polls, she confronts attacks criticized as sexist  —  The former South Carolina governor is vying to become the first woman to win the Republican nomination, but she faces long odds in a party that has been slower to elevate women into some of the most prominent elected offices
Discussion: The Messenger and New York Times
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Knew Carter Was in Trouble in 1979.  Now He's in the Same Boat.  —  Both presidents faced inflation and foreign-policy challenges as they sought a second term  —  WASHINGTON—When an unpopular Democratic incumbent president was struggling to build support for a second term …
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Lauren Boebert will switch congressional districts to improve her chances of winning in 2024  —  U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert announced Wednesday night that she is ditching her reelection bid next year in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District to run instead in the state's 4th Congressional District …
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
These states have the most LGBTQ residents: Research  —  California has the largest number of LGBTQ Americans, according to new research, while Washington, D.C., has the greatest percentage of LGBTQ residents and the South claims a larger share of LGBTQ adults than any other region.
Mike Barnes / The Hollywood Reporter:
Tom Smothers, Comedian, Musician and Scourge of CBS Censors, Dies at 86  —  He and his brother, Dick, “turned television upside down” on ‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’ before they were canned.  —  Tom Smothers, the countercultural comedy icon admired for the 1960s variety program …
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William Grimes / New York Times:
Tom Smothers, Comic Half of the Smothers Brothers, Dies at 86
Wills Robinson / Daily Mail:
One in five young Americans has a POSITIVE view of Osama Bin Laden: Disturbing Daily Mail poll results also reveal three in 10 Gen-Zers think the views of the 9/11 mastermind were a ‘force for good’  — Alarming poll results show some voters under 30 are sympathetic to Bin Laden
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David Strom / HotAir:   30% of Young Americans Think Osama bin Laden was “A Force for Good”
 
 
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