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National Review:
Republican Voters Can — and Should — Rethink Nominating Trump — To say Donald Trump is the front-runner for the Republican nomination is an understatement. He is above 60 percent in national polling averages and leads by roughly 30 points in Iowa. His lead is much narrower in New Hampshire …
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The Hill, Mediaite, Raw Story, New York Times, PoliticusUSA and The Messenger
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Mick Mulvaney / The Hill:
Democrats play a dangerous game with dire warnings about Trump — Democrats would have you believe that our very democracy is at risk in the 2024 election. They may be right, but not for the reason they say. — That's because in the past, the low-level demagoguery of American politics was never really existential.
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Washington Examiner, RedState and Fox News
The Messenger:
Speaker Johnson, Desperate To Avoid Mutiny, To Call Trump For Approval Check — 'He and I have a very close relationship. He's been an enthusiastic supporter of my leadership here," Johnson said of Trump — House Speaker Mike Johnson is reaching for the ultimate lifeline on Wednesday …
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Fox News, Semafor, The Hill, New Republic, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump often passively encourages violence — and actively rationalizes it — There is no question that Donald Trump appears at least indifferent when his supporters engage in violence on his behalf. There are numerous examples and numerous compilations of those examples, to the extent that it barely warrants recapitulation.
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The Guardian, The Bulwark, HuffPost, Metro.co.uk, Mediaite, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Politico:
Playbook: The vibes have not improved
Playbook: The vibes have not improved
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Washington Post, Raw Story and Punchbowl News
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on The Budget and Immigration Reform
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on The Budget and Immigration Reform
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Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, The Daily Caller, USA Today, BizPac Review, The Messenger, The Nation and American Prospect
Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Trump suggests unauthorized migrants will vote. The idea stirs his base, but ignores reality
Trump suggests unauthorized migrants will vote. The idea stirs his base, but ignores reality
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CT News Junkie, HotAir, Roll Call and The Messenger
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Biden struggling in Michigan as Trump grabs strong lead, poll shows
Biden struggling in Michigan as Trump grabs strong lead, poll shows
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Washington Post, USA Today, NBC News, The Daily Caller, Politico, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, The Messenger, Raw Story, Fox News and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at House contempt hearing — President's son also made an unexpected appearance last December to blast House Republicans who have subpoenaed him — Hunter Biden made an unexpected appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning …
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The Messenger, Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Townhall, abc7NY, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, The Guardian and IJR
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Hunter Biden makes surprise appearance at contempt of Congress hearing — Hunter Biden made a surprise appearance at a markup of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday as the panel considers a resolution to hold the president's son in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena last month.
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Business Insider, Fox News, Media Matters for America, CBS News, CNN, Plain Dealer, The Post Millennial, Associated Press, NewsNation and The Messenger
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Hunter Biden crashes House hearing on resolution to hold him in contempt
Hunter Biden crashes House hearing on resolution to hold him in contempt
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Washington Examiner and The Messenger
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida school district removes dictionaries from libraries, citing law championed by DeSantis — The Escambia County School District, located in the Florida panhandle, has removed several dictionaries from its library shelves over concerns that making the dictionaries available to students would violate Florida law.
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Diane Ravitch's blog, PEN America, The Forward and El País
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Trump prosecutor accused of ‘improper’ relationship with Georgia DA Fani Willis billed $4K for meetings with WH officials — The special prosecutor that Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis is accused of having an “improper” relationship with billed the Fulton County DA's office $4,000 …
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Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Georgia Trump Haters Are Getting Their Fani Handed to Them
The Morning Briefing: Georgia Trump Haters Are Getting Their Fani Handed to Them
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Townhall, Reuters, Twitchy and NewsNation
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids — Moving beyond efforts to block expansion of health care for the poor and disabled, Republican governors in 15 states are now rejecting a new, federally funded summer program to give food assistance to hungry children.
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CBS News and Associated Press
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Trump's Bad Day in Court — The first of many to come — Following Tuesday morning's oral argument in the District of Columbia, Donald Trump made some predictable comments to the press from a Washington, D.C., hotel. As he finished, a reporter shouted out a request that he use the moment to tell his followers, “No violence.”
Mia Jankowicz / Business Insider:
Fox News ran a conspiratorial segment saying the Pentagon wanted to use Taylor Swift as a psy-op — Fox News' Jesse Watters floated a brand new theory about Taylor Swift on Tuesday night. — He said the Pentagon had planned to make her an “asset” in a pro-President Joe Biden “psyop.”
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HuffPost, Mediaite, Crooks and Liars, BizPac Review, UPROXX, The Daily Beast and Media Matters for America
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Lauren Boebert's Ex-Husband Arrested on Weapons and Assault Charges — In addition to the assault and weapons counts, Boebert was also charged with harassment ("strikes shoves, kicks"), disorderly conduct, and trespassing, jail records show. — Jayson Boebert, the former husband of Rep. Lauren Boebert …
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CBS News, New York Post, Raw Story, Political Wire and UPROXX
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Bosses in the Biden admin are pressed over young staffers' anonymous letters — Protest letters, like those over Israel, were rare in past administrations. White House veterans can barely contain their disdain over how times have changed. — Protest culture is shattering the last remaining barriers …
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Washington Examiner, Fox News and Althouse
Arielle Mitropoulos / WMUR:
Chris Christie says Chris Sununu is a ‘liar,’ after suggesting his campaign is on its last breath — ROCHESTER, N.H. — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fired back on calls from Gov. Chris Sununu to drop out of the race for president, telling WMUR in a one-on-one interview Tuesday …
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, The Messenger and CNN
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Why Haley Won't Break Through — Today's GOP is split along class lines, and her college-grad supporters aren't the majority. — WAUKEE, Iowa — Nikki Haley's Tuesday rally outside Des Moines was a fittingly pedestrian event in this desultory excuse of a presidential primary.
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National Review, Bloomberg, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Guardian, Fox News and BizPac Review
Washington Post:
Settlers killed a Palestinian teen. Israeli forces didn't stop it. — A review of the deadliest settler attack in the West Bank since the war began shows how increasingly violent tactics have gone unpunished — The threats were sent via Facebook on Oct. 9 to residents of Qusra …
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The Times of Israel
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / Washington Monthly:
Psst: Joe Biden Has Solved the Student Debt Crisis — This past fall, with student loan payments set to resume after the pandemic pause, dread was setting in. My pre-pandemic monthly payments had been a crippling burden that made saving money impossible; the pause was a lifeline that had allowed …
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Forbes
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Signals Trump Is Doomed in New E. Jean Carroll Trial — In a 27-page order, the judge overseeing the E. Jean Carroll case essentially sides entirely against Trump and suggests the case is basically already decided. — With Donald Trump's second rape defamation trial only one week away …
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Bloomberg, The Moderate Voice, ABC News, Forbes, Raw Story, Slate, New York Daily News, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, New Republic and The Messenger
Slate:
Republican Officials Openly Insult Women Nearly Killed by Abortion Bans — Red states would rather let a patient die than let her terminate a dangerous pregnancy. And they're barely pretending otherwise. — For many years before S.B. 8 passed in Texas and was then swept into existence …
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Washington Examiner, Balloon Juice, The Guardian and CT Mirror
Paul Demko / Politico:
‘It was a mirage’: States face budget woes as huge infusions of federal cash run out — Huge buckets of pandemic funding allowed states to boost spending and cut taxes, but now the windfall has run out — The pandemic boom times are over for state lawmakers — and so is their ability …
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Fox News and Sacramento Bee
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump says he was never on Epstein's plane or ‘stupid island’ — President Trump denounced reports of his association with Jeffrey Epstein Tuesday, arguing he had never been on the convicted sex trafficker's plane or “stupid island” after images of the two made by artificial intelligence (AI) surfaced online.
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Washington Examiner, Daily Mail, The Messenger, Forbes and BizPac Review
Just Security:
Constitutional Law Scholars on the Impeachment Proceedings Against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas — Joined by an extraordinary group of constitutional experts, we have published an open letter concerning the impeachment proceedings against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
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NPR, CBS News, The Hill, Fox News, Axios, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, The Messenger, NBC News, ABC News, NewsNation and Daily Kos
U.S. Central Command:
US CENTCOM Statement on 26th Houthi attack on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea — On Jan. 9, at approximately 9:15 p.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthis launched a complex attack of Iranian designed one-way attack UAVs (OWA UAVs), anti-ship cruise missiles, and an anti-ship ballistic missile …
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The Hill, USA Today, Military Times, FDD's Long War Journal, New York Times, Al Jazeera, Human Events, Voice of America, Axios, The Daily Caller, Politico and UPI