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Washington Post:
A ‘whale’ of a tale: Trump continues to distort cognitive test he took — The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a test aimed at detecting dementia or cognitive decline, never included the combination of animals Trump identified this week — Donald Trump this week bragged about purportedly acing …
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Pharyngula and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Marc Fortier / NBC Boston:
Trump maintains 17% lead over Haley in latest NH poll — Ron DeSantis is still a distant third at 7% with three days until the state's first-in-the-nation primary — Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump maintained his 17% lead over challenger Nikki Haley with three days remaining until …
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NBC News, Florida Politics and Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Stefanik's Fierce Support for Trump Puts Her in the VP Conversation — New York lawmaker has drawn criticism for Jan. 6 remarks, political shift — WASHINGTON—The political evolution of Rep. Elise Stefanik from a moderate into a strong defender of Donald Trump helped catapult her into House GOP leadership.
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Israpundit, Washington Examiner, New York Times and WCAX-TV
Graham Kates / CBS News:
Deposition video shows Trump claiming he prevented “nuclear holocaust” as president — Combative, angry and prone to grandiose claims — newly unveiled footage of an April 2023 deposition gives a glimpse into how former President Donald Trump behaves when testifying under oath.
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NBC News, Business Insider, Raw Story, New Republic and The Messenger
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Trump mocks Nikki Haley's first name. It's his latest example of attacking rivals based on race — Donald Trump used his social media platform Friday to mock Nikki Haley 's birth name, the latest example of the former president keying on race and ethnicity to attack people of color, especially his political rivals.
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Axios, ABC News and The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
Trump lobs racially charged attacks against Haley ahead of N.H. primary — Former president Donald Trump is lobbing racially charged attacks at Republican rival Nikki Haley, a daughter of Indian immigrants who served as his U.N. ambassador, days before a hotly contested New Hampshire primary …
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USA Today, KRDO, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, New Republic, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Angry Rant About His Legal Mess Reveals an Ugly MAGA Truth
Trump's Angry Rant About His Legal Mess Reveals an Ugly MAGA Truth
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Raw Story, The Moderate Voice, HuffPost and Politico
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Republicans close ranks around Trump as he looks to lock up his third nomination
Republicans close ranks around Trump as he looks to lock up his third nomination
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Washington Examiner, CBS News and Axios
New York Times:
Tim Scott, the Former G.O.P. Presidential Contender, Will Back Donald Trump
Tim Scott, the Former G.O.P. Presidential Contender, Will Back Donald Trump
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Who Donald Trump Should — and Shouldn't — Pick for Vice President
Who Donald Trump Should — and Shouldn't — Pick for Vice President
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BizPac Review, Fox News, ABC News, Washington Post, New York Post, The Spectator World, The Messenger, IJR, CBS News, Raw Story and RedState
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Jamie Dimon Joins the Trump Normalizers
Jamie Dimon Joins the Trump Normalizers
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The American Conservative, Robert Reich, CNN and Washington Examiner
Microsoft Security Response Center:
Microsoft Actions Following Attack by Nation State Actor Midnight Blizzard — The Microsoft security team detected a nation-state attack on our corporate systems on January 12, 2024, and immediately activated our response process to investigate, disrupt malicious activity, mitigate the attack, and deny the threat actor further access.
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Washington Post:
Growing number of Senate Democrats question Biden's Israel strategy — Discomfort with Israel's onslaught, which started with the party's liberals, is moving to the Democratic mainstream — Five Senate Democrats on Friday signed onto a measure that would condition aid to Israel on its compliance …
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HotAir, Reuters, The Daily Caller, Sputnik News and NBC News
A.J. Perez / Front Office Sports:
Sports Illustrated's Publisher Guts Staff. Future Unclear … Staffers at Sports Illustrated were notified on Friday of massive layoffs—some immediately, others in short time, with potential for the entire staff to be gone in three months. — Authentic, the licensing group …
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Al Jazeera:
Iran's IRGC says 4 members killed in Israeli attack on Syria's Damascus — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says four of its “military advisers” have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a residential building in Syria's capital, Damascus.
Reuters:
Palestinian-American teenager killed by Israeli forces in West Bank- Palestinian officials — A Palestinian-American teenager was killed by Israeli security forces on Friday in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said. — The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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The Messenger, Washington Examiner and CBS News
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Comer's habit of cherry-picking depositions comes back to haunt him — One of the arguments offered by attorneys for President Biden's son Hunter when responding to a subpoena from the House Oversight Committee for a closed-door deposition was that the committee had shown a pattern …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DC bar authorities file disciplinary charges against pro-Trump 2020 election lawyers — The charges are the latest in a slew of disciplinary proceedings against attorneys who aided Donald Trump's bid to subvert the election. — Washington, D.C. bar investigators have filed disciplinary charges …
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The Messenger and Raw Story
The Guardian:
S&P 500 hits new record high amid signs of easing US economic gloom — Index climbs to all-time high of 4,838, clearing record set two years ago, as US consumer confidence rises while inflation concerns ease — The S&P 500 scaled a new all-time high on Friday amid signs that the economic despondency …
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Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Bank records: DA Willis and special prosecutor traveled together during Trump probe — Bank records show that special prosecutor Nathan Wade purchased airline tickets in his and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' name for trips to San Francisco and Miami, according to a court motion filed Friday.
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JONATHAN TURLEY, USA Today, HotAir, KRDO, acecomments.mu.nu, The Messenger, Fox News, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
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Politico:
Louisiana Legislature spurns Johnson, enacts new House map he opposed — The new map means an all-but-certain pickup for House Democrats.
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Entire Town's Newspapers Stolen On Day It Runs Story About Rape At Police Chief's Home — “It's pretty clear that someone didn't want the community to read the news this week,” said Ouray County Plaindealer co-publisher Erin McIntyre. — LOADING — It's an old-fashioned paper caper ― but maybe don't call the cops.
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Neil Sturdevant / Uvalde Leader News:
Robb grand jury forms to examine investigation — Editor's note: This story was updated at 5:20 p.m. on Jan. 19 to clarify how the jury will operate. — A jury has been convened in Uvalde to determine if law enforcement officers will face criminal charges related to the attack at Robb Elementary School.
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The Hill, UPI, New York Times, CBS News, NewsNation, KRDO, The Daily Beast and The Messenger
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Melissa / Harvard University President:
Announcement of Presidential Task Forces — Dear Members of the Harvard Community, — Among the repercussions of conflict in the Middle East have been the loss of family and friends among many members of our community, as well as feelings of uncertainty, abandonment, mistrust, and fear.
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The Harvard Crimson, Washington Free Beacon, Bloomberg, BizPac Review, National Review, Boston Herald, The Times of Israel and KRDO