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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Do You Remember the Ecstasy of Electing Joe Biden? — How the coalition that defeated Donald Trump crumbled. — We danced in the streets when Joe Biden was elected. Do you remember? American cities staged the greatest spontaneous outpouring of joy since V-J Day with cars honking …
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Ben Feuerherd / The Messenger:
Judge Threatens to Kick Trump Out of E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial if He Disrupts Court — Trump told the judge he would ‘love it’ if he threw him out of the courtroom — The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump's defamation trial on Wednesday warned the former president …
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Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Trump Triggering the Lefties Never Ceases to Amuse and Entertain
The Morning Briefing: Trump Triggering the Lefties Never Ceases to Amuse and Entertain
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Markus Schmidt / Cardinal News:
Republican primary battle between McGuire and Good heats up
Republican primary battle between McGuire and Good heats up
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Washington Examiner, Blue Virginia and Political Wire
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Ruin That a Trump Presidency Would Mean
The Ruin That a Trump Presidency Would Mean
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New York Times:
DeSantis Super PAC Begins Layoffs, Even as He Projects Confidence — The number of layoffs at the super PAC, Never Back Down, was unclear on Wednesday morning, but an official said that those being laid off were being paid through the end of January. — The super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis …
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Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
Ron DeSantis to prioritize South Carolina, leave New Hampshire in week before its primary
Ron DeSantis to prioritize South Carolina, leave New Hampshire in week before its primary
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ABC News:
Nikki Haley says she will only debate Donald Trump or Joe Biden
Nikki Haley says she will only debate Donald Trump or Joe Biden
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Marc Caputo / The Messenger:
The Inside Story of How Ron DeSantis Got Crushed by Donald Trump (Exclusive)
The Inside Story of How Ron DeSantis Got Crushed by Donald Trump (Exclusive)
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Christopher Heath / WFTV:
Florida Democrats flip Republican House seat in Special Election — ORANGE COUNY, Fla. — Florida Democrats scored a win Tuesday night in a special election to fill a vacant House seat with Tom Keen defeating Erika Booth in a closely watched race that saw major outside spending and an avalanche of mailers and TV ads.
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Steven Lemongello / Orlando Sentinel:
Democrat Keen wins state House 35 special election over GOP's Booth — In a race seen as a bellwether for Democratic chances in November, Democrat Tom Keen flipped what had been a Republican state House seat in Central Florida in a special election held Tuesday.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
The House G.O.P.'s Incredible Shrinking Majority
The House G.O.P.'s Incredible Shrinking Majority
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Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Tom Keen flips HD 35 from red to blue in critical Special Election
Tom Keen flips HD 35 from red to blue in critical Special Election
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emptywheel:
David Weiss Buries Bill Barr Right Alongside Tony Bobulinski — For a second time, David Weiss' Special Counsel team has buried an inconvenient (some)body to avoid accounting for the politicization of the investigation they claim is not political. — This time, it's Bill Barr.
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Kimberly Wehle / Politico:
The ‘Sleeping Giant’ Case that Could Upend Jack Smith's Prosecution of Trump — The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that doesn't mention the former president, but that could invalidate half of the Jan. 6 charges against him. — There's been a lot of attention paid …
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Johnson: Now is not ‘the time for comprehensive immigration reform’ — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) voiced his skepticism of a deal being crafted in the Senate to pair border and migration policy changes with Ukraine aid, and said that now is not the time for comprehensive immigration reform.
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Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Johnson Digs In Against Border Deal to Unlock Ukraine Aid, Defying Biden — Hours before a scheduled meeting at the White House about how to break the stalemate in Congress over aid to Ukraine, the Republican speaker signaled a compromise was not possible. — Speaker Mike Johnson …
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Slate:
Judge Aileen Cannon Is Quietly Sabotaging the Trump Classified Documents Case — On Friday, District Judge Aileen Cannon issued a new order in the Donald Trump classified documents case adding to the mountain of evidence that she is firmly in the former president's pocket.
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Steve Reilly / The Messenger:
Trump Lawyers Allege Jack Smith Prosecutors are Withholding Records in Florida Case
Trump Lawyers Allege Jack Smith Prosecutors are Withholding Records in Florida Case
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce:
E&C Investigation Uncovers Earliest Known SARS-CoV-2 Sequence Released Outside of China — Discovery that shows virus sequence existed two weeks earlier than previously known undercuts China's timeline of events — Washington, D.C. — The House Energy and Commerce Committee's investigation …
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Gabrielle M. Etzel / Washington Examiner:
Coronavirus was sequenced weeks before China disclosed existence, new documents show
Coronavirus was sequenced weeks before China disclosed existence, new documents show
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Right-wing media mogul buys the Baltimore Sun — David D. Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group (Sinclair), purchased the Baltimore Sun — the largest newspaper in Maryland — for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition means another powerful media outlet will be under …
Courtney McBride / Bloomberg:
Blinken Stranded After Boeing 737 Breaks Down on Davos Trip — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was unable to fly home from Davos as scheduled on Wednesday due to a critical error with his aircraft. … An oxygen leak detected previously could not be remedied.
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
New Biden rule cracks down on insurers' use of prior authorization — A new Biden administration rule released Wednesday aims to streamline the prior authorization process used by insurers to approve medical procedures and treatments. — Prior authorization is a common tool used by insurers …
Evan Urquhart / Slate:
The Suicide of an Alabama Mayor Shows That Pre-Stonewall Horrors Aren't Just Coming Back. They're Here. — Many Queers Can't Bring Themselves to Face the Emotion They're Really Feeling Right Now. We Must. — The practice of press outlets terrorizing gender-nonconforming people …
New York Times:
China's Population Shrank Again in 2023 as Births Continue to Fall — Faced with falling births, China's efforts to stabilize a shrinking population and maintain economic growth are failing. — 阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
The big reason banks despise the Fed's capital rule — Editor's note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 5:15 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Let's Look at the Iowa Results With a Cold Eye — It was a huge win for Trump. Don't tell me it's all going to work out fine in November. — Let us be completely honest. There is no silver lining to the results of Monday's Iowa caucuses. What coverage I watched on TV—truth be told …
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Suzanne Lynch / Politico:
Iran comes to town — GREETINGS! First up, Global Playbook has a bit of vital good news from the World Economic Forum in Davos: The snow showers stayed away long enough to allow choppers to land on the helipad near the lake, so the world's billionaires weren't forced to schlep up the mountain by road like the rest of us plebs.
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