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2:50 PM ET, January 17, 2024

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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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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 …
Discussion: nationalinterest.org
Stephen Kruiser / PJ Media:
The Morning Briefing: Trump Triggering the Lefties Never Ceases to Amuse and Entertain
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  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving a majority of his campaign staff to South Carolina, and will be leaving Wednesday night after two events in New Hampshire to head to his home state, according to a senior DeSantis campaign official.
ABC News:
Nikki Haley says she will only debate Donald Trump or Joe Biden
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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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 …
Discussion: The Western Journal and Raw Story
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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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
DoJ: Hunter's Laptop Is Real, Spectacular, and So Was the Cocaine on His Holster
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
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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 …
Discussion: The Hill, RedState and National Review
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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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Reuters:
Blinken says US in demand as he mourns ‘gutwrenching’ scenes in Gaza
Discussion: The Hill and UPI
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 …
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 …
Politico:
Phillips takes intra-party heat for scrubbing campaign website's reference to DEI  —  The Minnesota Democrat has already angered others in the caucus with his longshot primary challenge to the president.
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.
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
House Hearing Turns Chaotic as GOP Rep, Witness Clash on ‘Family Separation’: ‘Why Are You Laughing!?’  —  ‘Are you psychic?  Have you won the lotto, Mr. Bier?’  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclaimed  —  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., was shocked to find a congressional witness laughing …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Steve Helling / The Messenger:
‘Survivor’ Champ Kentucky Pol Whose Incest Bill Would Let Cousins Have Sex: ‘I Made a Mistake’ (Exclusive)
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
The Messenger:
House GOP Hardliners Admit They Can't Stop New Spending Patch
Discussion: Washington Times and UPI
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
US police killed a record number of people in 2023: Research
Discussion: USA Today
Andrew Fleischman / The Daily Beast:
Why We Can't Just Shrug Off the Fani Willis Scandal
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
CFPB Proposes Rule to Close Bank Overdraft Loophole that Costs Americans Billions Each Year in Junk Fees
 Earlier Items: 
Pluralistic:
The super-rich got that way through monopolies (permalink)
Discussion: The Guardian
Felix Salmon / Axios:
Americans are actually pretty happy with their finances
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
GOP backtracks on Mayorkas impeachment appearance, demanding written testimony
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Johns Hopkins University weaponized DEI against ‘white, heterosexual, Christian males’
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Let's Look at the Iowa Results With a Cold Eye
Mel Frykberg / The Daily Beast:
Netanyahu Accused of Risking WWIII to Save His Own Skin
Discussion: CNBC
Ebony Davis / CNN:
Haley says US has ‘never been a racist country’
Associated Press:
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, oldest member of Senate, hospitalized with infection
 

 
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Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Apple has added a High Power performance mode, previously reserved for its Max chips, to the M4 Pro in both the Mac mini and in the new MacBook Pro
 
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