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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Trump will stay on ballot in Washington state  —  A judge in Washington rejected an effort to boot former President Trump off the state's primary and general ballots in a ruling Thursday.  —  Thurston County, Wash., Superior Court Judge Mary Sue Wilson's ruling was in response to a challenge …
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
DeSantis regrets anti-media strategy: ‘I should have gone on everything’  —  The governor initially appeared only on conservative outlets before changing his strategy.  —  MIAMI — Ron DeSantis wishes he could have a do-over with the media.  —  In an interview Thursday with radio host Hugh Hewitt …
Discussion: HuffPost and Florida Politics
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump urges Supreme Court to ‘put swift and decisive end’ to 14th Amendment challenges  —  Former President Trump told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the decision kicking him off Colorado's ballot was based on a “dubious interpretation” of the 14th Amendment, urging the justices to reverse …
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis On The Border Wall v. The Supplemental As Proposed; His Path To Super Tuesday
Axios:
Scoop: Mike Pence's former chief of staff endorses Trump  —  Mike Pence's former chief of staff Nick Ayers is endorsing former President Trump, Axios has learned. … - “How long are the candidates going to stay the race and continue to divert money to an intramural squabble?”
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Cal Thomas / Townhall:
Is It Over?  —  The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.  —  Top Columns  —  Trending on Townhall Media  —  Call For a Mop - There's Been an Evisceration During Congressional Testimony and the Floor Is Slippery
James D. Zirin / The Hill:
With Trump's victory in Iowa, we're inching toward autocracy  —  Iowans voted this week in the Republican primary race, which shouldn't mean very much.  Iowa's population is 3.2 million, about one percent of the total United States.  There are 2,083,000 registered voters there, with 718,000 registered Republican.
Discussion: Washington Post and IJR
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump leads Biden with independent voters by 11 points: Poll  —  Former President Trump is leading President Biden with independent voters, outpacing the incumbent by 11 points, according to a new poll.  —  In the new Messenger/Harris poll, the former president garnered 46 percent …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The GOP Is Already Clashing Over Trump's VP Pick
Saint Anselm College:
New Poll By Saint Anselm College Survey Center Finds Trump Now Enjoys Majority Support Within Likely NH Republican Presidential Primary Voters
Politico:
Judge hints at delay for Trump's March trial date in federal election case  —  Judge Tanya Chutkan suggested that Trump will get additional time to prepare for trial if appellate courts reject his claims of immunity.  —  The judge overseeing the federal criminal case against Donald Trump …
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Washington Post:
Ga. judge in Trump case orders hearing on accusations of Willis misconduct  —  Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee also wrote in his order that Willis must respond to the accusations in writing by Feb. 2.  The accusations first came to light in a filing from one of Trump's co-defendants, former campaign aide Mike Roman.
emptywheel:
Donald Trump Has Chosen to Pay Millions to Trash Rule of Law  —  I have a standing complaint that reporters serially fall into Donald Trump's trap of reporting on his courtroom tantrums rather than the evidence of his fraud and crime presented therein.  But I'm going to do just that …
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CNBC:
Judge loses patience with Trump lawyer in E. Jean Carroll sex assault defamation trial  — E. Jean Carroll resumed testifying in her civil defamation trial stemming from sexual assault claims against Donald Trump.  — Trump clashed with Judge Lewis Kaplan and complained about Carroll's testimony during her first day on the stand.
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
E. Jean Carroll used to be somebody  —  Once you enter Trump's world, your own world evaporates  —  E. Jean Carroll used to have a career, now she has Donald Trump.  She used to have prestige, now she has Donald Trump.  She used to have an identity, and then in 2019 she accused …
Associated Press:
Netanyahu says he has told US that he opposes Palestinian state in any postwar scenario  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has informed the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state as part of any postwar scenario.
Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
Democratic Lawmakers Plan Push To Get Controversial Biden Adviser Out Of Office  —  House Democrats have drafted a letter seeking the resignation of White House aide Brett McGurk, whose Middle East policies are seen as worsening the Gaza crisis.  —  LOADING
Washington Post:
House, Senate pass short-term bill averting government shutdown until March  —  Far-right House conservatives were furious over the move, which sends the bill to President Biden to sign into law and keep the government open.  —  Congress on Thursday passed legislation to keep …
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Ryan Lucas / NPR:
Justice Department report finds ‘cascading failures’ in response to Uvalde attack  —  A U.S. Justice Department report released Thursday on the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, found “cascading failures” by law enforcement before, during, and after the attack that killed 19 children and two teachers.
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CNN:
Uvalde school massacre could have been stopped sooner, DOJ report finds
Kate Gibson / CBS News:
Salad and spinach kits sold in 7 states recalled over listeria risk  —  BrightFarms spinach and salad kits sold in seven U.S. states are being recalled because they may be contaminated with listeria, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Discussion: Fox Business
Hans Nichols / Axios:
No Labels alleges criminal conspiracy against 2024 presidential effort  —  No Labels, the nonpartisan group preparing to run a third-party presidential ticket, has asked the Department of Justice to investigate whether Democratic and Republican strategists are engaged in an …
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Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Introducing the New England DEI Patriots  —  If racism is America's original sin, then Democrats and others on the Left are the biblical Babylonians of the 21st century.  For a group of people who claim to want racism gone, they wickedly do everything possible to make sure it remains alive — or at least the insinuation of it.
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Democrat Frost challenges GOP to introduce bill to remove Statue of Liberty  —  Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) challenged his Republican colleagues to introduce a bill that removes the Statue of Liberty because of their stances on immigration at the southern border.
Tina Reed / Axios:
United States of Ozempic: Where anti-obesity drugs are taking off  —  For every 1,000 people in Kentucky, roughly 21 were prescribed a drug that belongs to a buzzy class of diabetes and anti-obesity medications last year — the highest rate of any state, according to insurance claims data provided …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fortune
Rick Perlstein / American Prospect:
Metaphors Journalists Live By (Part II)  —  The conclusion of our story of the bad things that can happen when journalists refuse to criticize themselves  —  Demonstrators hold up signs during a protest against the election of Donald Trump, on Fifth Avenue near Trump Tower, November 12, 2016, in New York.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Fox News host praises Kamala Harris rhetoric on abortion  —  Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany heaped praise on Vice President Harris for her answers to questions on abortion during an appearance on ABC's “The View” on Wednesday.  —  During her appearance on the daytime table talk program …
 
 
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Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
17 retired military officials raise alarm on Biden's electric vehicle push
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Senate braces for Trump to try to kill its border-Ukraine deal
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