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Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Trump Loses Federal Appeal on Immunity in E. Jean Carroll Case — No judge from the Second Circuit called for a vote to rehear Trump's appeal, leaving the Supreme Court as the last possible stop for the former president — Donald Trump on Monday lost again in the former president's bid …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The GOP's post-Trump lesson: Power isn't dependent on voting — Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) serves as Republican Conference chair, the party's third-highest leadership position in the House. She earned that position in part by doing what her predecessor, former Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney …
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Trump urges Georgia judge to dismiss election interference case over presidential immunity
Trump urges Georgia judge to dismiss election interference case over presidential immunity
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Mariana Labbate / The Messenger:
Trump Says He Will Attend Presidential Immunity Hearing
Trump Says He Will Attend Presidential Immunity Hearing
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Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Roger Stone Spoke With Cop Pal About Assassinating Eric Swalwell and Jerry Nadler — Weeks before the 2020 presidential election, infamous political operative Roger Stone sat across from his associate Sal Greco at a restaurant in Florida. — At the time, Greco was an NYPD cop working security for Stone on the side.
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Florida Republican Party ousts Christian Ziegler as chairman after rape allegation — The move was widely expected after news broke last month that Ziegler was under investigation by the Sarasota County Police Department. — The Republican Party of Florida on Monday formally voted …
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NBC News:
Tanya Chutkan, the judge overseeing Trump's federal election interference case, appears to be victim of ‘swatting’ — Police and fire trucks responded to reports of a shooting at Chutkan's home, but police determined no shooting had taken place. — WASHINGTON — Police and fire trucks showed …
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Special counsel Jack Smith was targeted by attempted swatting on Christmas Day — Police were dispatched toward Smith's residence but were called off when they learned it was a false alarm and that everyone inside the home was safe. — Special counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing …
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Judge in Trump's DC election case is targeted by fake emergency call in latest high-profile swatting
Judge in Trump's DC election case is targeted by fake emergency call in latest high-profile swatting
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Filing alleges ‘improper’ relationship between Fulton DA, top Trump prosecutor — Fani Willis hired alleged romantic partner as special prosecutor, court motion says — District Attorney Fani Willis improperly hired an alleged romantic partner to prosecute Donald Trump …
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Substack says it will remove Nazi publications from the platform — Nazi content violates rules against incitement to violence, the company says — Substack is removing some publications that express support for Nazis, the company said today. The company said this did not represent …
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Politico:
Biden won't accept an Austin resignation if offered — The president is not considering sacking his defense secretary, officials say. — President Joe Biden is not considering firing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after he did not tell the White House about his emergency hospitalization …
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David Strom / HotAir:
Newsflash: America Actually Doesn't Need a Defense Secretary
Newsflash: America Actually Doesn't Need a Defense Secretary
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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says — Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products — The developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot …
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Biden's January 6 Speech Was The Template For A Winning Campaign — Anti-Trumpism unites Democrats, gets Biden fired up...and happens to be the cause of our lifetimes — Joe Biden's Friday speech marking the third anniversary of the January 6 insurrection landed in a way his previous remembrances did not.
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Asma Khalid / NPR:
Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza interrupted Biden's campaign speech
Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza interrupted Biden's campaign speech
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden campaign raises $1M online in 24 hours after Jan. 6 speech
Biden campaign raises $1M online in 24 hours after Jan. 6 speech
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
This Might Be the High-Water Mark of Trumpism — An argument for why Trump's numbers can't get much better and Biden's numbers are likely to improve. — 1. How Biden Wins — Mark Halperin watched both Trump and Biden's January 5 speeches and came away with a shrewd piece of analysis.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Why Iowa Turned So Red When Nearby States Went Blue — Over the past 15 years, the Upper Midwest has seen a remarkable state-by-state sorting of voters along partisan lines. — With the Iowa caucuses six days away, politicians will be crisscrossing the state, blowing through small-town Pizza Ranches …
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
Business Insider story on Harvard antagonist's wife draws owner's scrutiny — The news site's German owner, Axel Springer, plans to review a story about alleged plagiarism by former MIT professor Neri Oxman, whose billionaire husband, Bill Ackman, sought to oust Harvard's president for similar academic transgressions.
Ginger Gibson / NBC News:
Driver in custody after crashing into White House gates — The crash occurred just before 6 p.m. ET, a spokesman for the Secret Service wrote on X. — WASHINGTON — A driver was in custody Monday after crashing a vehicle into an exterior gate of the White House complex, a spokesman for the Secret Service wrote on X.
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Redfield & Wilton Strategies:
Latest US Swing States Voting Intention (28-30 December 2023) — Our Most Recent Research
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James D. Zirin / The Hill:
To disqualify or not to disqualify: The Supreme Court confronts the ‘laugh test’ — The reactionary Supreme Court is in a quandary as to how to decide the Trump disqualification case while retaining whatever credibility it has left. The court just voted to review the Colorado Supreme Court decision, but it really didn't want to.
Politico:
Say it ain't snow. Iowa's forecast is terrible and it's impacting the campaign. — If you like a foot of snow and single digit temperatures, then this is the caucus for you. — The current forecast in Iowa could best be described as frigid bordering on terrible.
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Pope Francis Calls For Global Ban on Surrogacy — The pope said that an unborn child must not be “turned into an object of trafficking,” expanding his condemnation of a practice already illegal in Italy and some other European countries. — Pope Francis on Monday called surrogate motherhood a …
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abc7NY:
325 arrested after Pro-Palestinian protesters block major bridges, Holland Tunnel — Lauren Glassberg reports. — WABC — NEW YORK (WABC) — Hundreds of arrests were made after pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic on the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges as well as the Holland Tunnel on Monday morning.
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New York Times:
Trump Is Connecting With a Different Type of Evangelical Voter — They are not just the churchgoing, conservative activists who once dominated the G.O.P. — Karen Johnson went to her Lutheran church so regularly as a child that she won a perfect attendance award. As an adult, she taught Sunday school.
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