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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Collins, leading Senate GOP centrist, won't endorse Trump in 2024 — Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee and a key figure in getting bills passed through Congress, says she will not endorse former President Trump, even if he becomes the Republican Party's nominee for president.

Discussion: USA Today, The Daily Beast, Axios, Salon, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Right Wing Watch, The Messenger, Raw Story, The Dispatch, Washington Post, New Yorker and The Maine Wire

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:

Lindsey Graham ‘threw Trump under the bus’ in Georgia case, book says — Senator told grand jury in election subversion case Trump would have believed martians stole the election, per Find Me the Votes — The South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham “threw Donald Trump under the bus” …

Discussion: The Hill, Hachette Book Group, New Republic, Mediaite, BizPac Review, Daily Caller News Foundation, Raw Story and Mock Paper Scissors

Steve Benen / MSNBC:

The irony of Trump's angry reaction to his N.H. primary victory — So let me get this straight. Donald Trump, of all people, is outraged by the very idea of a candidate presenting a second-place finish as a success? — For speechwriters, remarks after a primary victory are an easy lift.

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Post, Raw Story, Progressive Eruptions, Sanity Clause, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Messenger, BizPac Review, Politico, Vox and The Daily Beast

Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The time for denial is over: Republicans are really nominating Donald Trump

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Message Box, National Review, Reason, The American Spectator, New York Times, New Republic, The Atlantic, Washington Post, spiked, NH Journal, CNN, ABC News, HuffPost, Washington Times, NBC News, The Messenger and RedState

Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump fumes in victory, Haley spins in defeat: Takeaways from New Hampshire

Discussion: New York Times, ABC News, Daily Mail, Washington Post, Yahoo News, Digby's Hullabaloo, Media Matters for America, Rolling Stone, CNN, The Western Journal, The Hill, Fox News, Mediaite, New York Magazine, The American Spectator and The Daily Beast

Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Reid Hoffman pauses Nikki Haley funding after her New Hampshire loss to Trump, source says

Discussion: Associated Press, Breitbart, Newsbusters, Bloomberg, Alaska Public Media, Washington Examiner and The Messenger

Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Why Republicans are (still) humiliating themselves for Trump

Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News, ABC News, New York Times, Sydney Morning Herald, Political Wire, Fox News, Power Line, Telegraph, KXAN-TV, Breitbart, The Messenger, HuffPost, UPI, The Guardian, Yahoo News, The Hill, Al Jazeera, USA Today and National Review

Politico:
Playbook: 'That's the guy we will beat'

Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart, New Hampshire Bulletin, PoliticusUSA, New York Times, Raw Story, Blaze Media and The Messenger

New York Times:
5 Takeaways From the New Hampshire Primary

Discussion: The Status Kuo, The Bulwark, Politico, The Guardian, Washington Post, Breitbart, Raw Story, Fox News, Washington Examiner, Reason, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, Why Evolution Is True, NewsNation, New Republic and Daily Kos

Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
New Hampshire Primary Takeaway: We Are Not a Serious Country

Discussion: KRDO, HotAir, The Gateway Pundit, The Messenger, Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, Washington Post, New York Post and The Hill

Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Trump Hammers Former Press Secretary McEnany After New Hampshire Win: 'Don't Need Any Advice From RINO'

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, BizPac Review and MeidasTouch

Politico:
After Trump's NH win, Biden gets the opponent he wants

Discussion: USA Today, One America News Network, Vanity Fair, Washington Post, The Guardian, Outside the Beltway and New Republic

Washington Post:
DeSantis says Trump's victory in Iowa is ‘a huge warning’ for Republicans

Discussion: The Guardian, KRDO and Balloon Juice

Washington Post:
Most N.H. GOP primary voters say Trump fit for presidency even if convicted

Discussion: The Bulwark, The Hill and Las Vegas Review-Journal

Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:

Auto Workers Union Endorses Biden Over ‘Scab’ Trump — The UAW is backing the president months after he made history by picketing alongside striking workers — THE UNITED AUTO Workers (UAW), one of the nation's largest and most influential unions in the country, has endorsed Joe Biden for president.

Edward Luce / Financial Times:

Wall Street's bargain with Trump — Many corporate leaders are misguided in playing down the risks of a second term for the Republican former president — The Financial Times had only nice things to say about Benito Mussolini in a June 1933 supplement entitled “The Renaissance of Italy: Fascism's gift of order and progress”.

Discussion: Raw Story

Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Biden endorsed by United Auto Workers, shoring up union vote in automaking swing states

Discussion: Bloomberg, NPR, USA Today, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Politico, MeidasTouch, Semafor, UPI, Washington Times, Roll Call, Michigan Advance, The Daily Caller, CBS News, Associated Press, WUSA, NBC News, New York Times, KRDO and The Guardian

Nick Robertson / The Hill:

Arizona GOP chair resigns, alleges Kari Lake blackmail — The chairman of the Arizona Republican Party announced he will resign on Wednesday after leaked audio appeared to show him attempting to pay Senate candidate Kari Lake not to run for office in 2024. — Jeff DeWit said that the audio was “selectively edited.”

Discussion: NBC News, The Daily Beast, Forbes, New York Post, One America News Network, CBS News and The Daily Caller

Ben Giles / NPR:

After seeming to bribe Senate hopeful Kari Lake not to run, Arizona GOP Chair resigns — The head of the Arizona Republican Party resigned Wednesday following the release of a surreptitiously recorded conversation of him seemingly trying to bribe Kari Lake to stay out of this year's U.S. Senate race.

Laura Kelly / The Hill:

Senate panel advances bill to seize frozen Russian assets for Ukraine — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced legislation Wednesday to allow the U.S. to seize frozen Russian assets to pay for Ukraine's reconstruction. — The top Democrat and Republican on the panel were confident …

Discussion: The Kyiv Independent

Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
US Senate panel backs ‘big hammer’ plan to seize Russian assets to help Ukraine

Discussion: Euromaidan Press, The Kyiv Independent, Balloon Juice and Politico

Beth Mole / Ars Technica:

The White House has its own pharmacy—and, boy, was it shady under Trump — It wasted $750K during the Trump years and freely handed out Ambien and Provigil. — The White House has its own pharmacy that, until recently, could perhaps best be described as a hot mess, according …

Discussion: Althouse

Stephen Neukam / The Messenger:

Republicans Turn on Their Impeachment Chairman: ‘Parade of Embarrassments’ (Exclusive) — One Trump ally told The Messenger ‘the base is starting to get more and more frustrated’ with Comer — JWPlayer — House Republicans are increasingly disenchanted with Rep. James Comer, R-Ky. …

Discussion: Raw Story, Democrats and PoliticusUSA

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:

Judge denies Smartmatic bid to dismiss counterclaim made by Fox News — A judge in New York has denied a motion by voting systems company Smartmatic to toss a counterclaim made by Fox News as part of an ongoing legal battle between the two companies over the network's coverage of the 2020 election.

Discussion: The Messenger, Los Angeles Times and Associated Press

Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:

Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens — As an abortion provider in Montana, Dr. Samuel Dickman has seen patients routinely who tell him they became pregnant after a rape. His sense was the patients who were telling him were only a fraction of the true number.

Discussion: The Hill, Axios, Abortion, Every Day, The Messenger and Digby's Hullabaloo

Jason DeRose / NPR:

Religious ‘Nones’ are now the largest single group in the U.S. — When Americans are asked to check a box indicating their religious affiliation, 28% now check ‘none.’ — A new study from Pew Research finds that the religiously unaffiliated - a group comprised of atheists …

Discussion: Axios, CBS News, Pew Research Center and Fox News

Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:

Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 passenger jet awaiting takeoff — Delta Air Lines jet was due to depart from Atlanta airport and none of six crew or 184 passengers were hurt — A nose wheel fell off a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 passenger jet and rolled away as the plane lined up for takeoff …

Discussion: NBC News, New York Times, WBAL, KGW-TV, The Register, Plain Dealer, Global News, The Daily Caller, IJR, New York Daily News and KRDO

Dan Diamond / Washington Post:

Obamacare enrollment hits record level as Trump vows repeal — More than 21 million people have signed up for health plans through the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. The record level of enrollment comes as former president Donald Trump …

Discussion: The Hill, The Texas Tribune and KFF

Tami Luhby / CNN:
Obamacare sign-ups hit record 21.3 million as Biden pushes his efforts to lower health care costs

Discussion: Axios, UPI, The White House, Florida Politics, Washington Times and The Hill

Coral Davenport / New York Times:

White House Said to Delay Decision on Enormous Natural Gas Export Terminal — Before deciding whether to approve it, the Energy Department will analyze the climate impacts of CP2, one of 17 proposed LNG export terminals. — The Biden administration is pausing a decision on whether to approve …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Examiner, KRDO and The Daily Caller

Katherine Itoh / NBC News:

Hillary Clinton says Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig are ‘more than Kenough’ after ‘Barbie’ Oscar snubs — The former presidential candidate and secretary of state weighed in on Academy Awards controversy. — Hillary Clinton is the latest prominent voice to speak out against the Oscar snubs of …