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5:30 PM ET, January 29, 2024

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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Trump claims credit for record-high stock market under Biden  —  Former President Trump, who has predicted economic doom if he's not elected back to the White House, said Monday he should get credit for the stock market's recent record highs, more than three years after he left office.
Discussion: HuffPost, CNBC, Raw Story and New York Times
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Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon:
Retired Republican judge: “Absolutely damning” evidence in new bid to bar Trump from Illinois ballot  —  The “preponderance of evidence” shows that Trump engaged in insurrection, election officer says  —  A hearing officer for the Illinois State Board of Elections in a recommendation released …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
GOP Senator Reveals the Sick Truth About the Trump-MAGA Border Scam  —  Republican Senator James Lankford, who is leading negotiations over a border security bill, is discovering to his great shock that Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are not operating entirely in good faith.
Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
The Border Is Now Becoming a GOP Crisis  —  How the GOP is fumbling its best chance at pinning Biden and the Democrats in a corner on immigration  —  It's hard to believe, but the GOP is turning its best weapon—the border crisis—into a political liability.
Colin McCullough / CNN:
Oklahoma GOP votes to condemn Sen. Lankford for role in bipartisan border talks  —  The Oklahoma Republican Party approved a resolution over the weekend condemning and censuring Sen. James Lankford, the state's senior senator, for his role in the ongoing bipartisan border negotiations in Congress.
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Trump calls UAW president a ‘dope’ after union endorses Biden  —  “Get rid of this dope & vote for DJT,” Trump said on Truth Social.  —  Former President Donald Trump took a swipe at the United Auto Workers president Sunday night, calling him a “dope” days after the UAW endorsed President Joe Biden.
New York Times:
Inside Biden's Anti-Trump Battle Plan (and Where Taylor Swift Fits In)
Candace McDuffie / The Root:
Snoop Dogg Is Now Singing Donald Trump's Praises, But Why?
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden's new economic messaging strategy: attack Trump's tax legacy
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Wall Street Journal:
Iranian Allies Brace for U.S. Response to Deadly Drone Strike  —  Enemy drone approached its target at the same time a U.S. drone was also returning to base  —  The U.S. failed to stop a deadly attack on an American military outpost in Jordan when the enemy drone approached its target …
Associated Press:
Preliminary report suggests enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone
Daniel Greenfield / Frontpage Mag:
3 U.S. Soldiers Died Because Biden Won't Stand Up to Iran
The Daily Beast:
Trumps Throw Tantrum Over Court Monitor's Financial Bombshell  —  A lawyer for the Trumps slammed Judge Barbara S. Jones in a court filing Monday morning, vehemently denying Trump lied about a missing $48 million loan.  —  Now that the retired federal judge babysitting the Trump Organization …
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NBC News:
Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaking Trump tax records  —  Charles Littlejohn had pleaded guilty to leaking thousands of tax records, including for Trump and billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.  —  WASHINGTON — The former Internal Revenue Service contractor …
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Aneeta Mathur-Ashton / The Messenger:
Former IRS Contractor Who Leaked Trump Tax Information Sentenced To Five Years
Discussion: NBC News
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The second insurrection  —  “The Federal Government has broad constitutional powers in determining what aliens shall be admitted to the United States, the period they may remain, regulation of their conduct before naturalization, and the terms and conditions of their naturalization …
Discussion: CBS News and The Atlantic
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US Department of Justice:
One Iranian and Two Canadian Nationals Indicted in Murder-for-Hire Scheme  —  For Immediate Release  —  One Iranian and two Canadian nationals have been charged with conspiracy to use interstate commerce in the commission of a murder-for-hire plot.  —  According to court documents …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
‘I Cannot Really Remember’: GOP Rep. Busted For Taking Credit For Bills She Voted Against  —  “I need to ask my staff,” Florida Rep. Maria Salazar said as a reporter listed off times she bragged about getting money for her district that she opposed.  —  LOADING
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:   GOP's Salazar says she can't recall how she voted on CHIPS, appropriations bills
Peter Charalambous / ABC News:
E. Jean Carroll says she plans to use $83 million on ‘something Donald Trump hates’  —  “He's just something in a suit,” Carroll said about seeing Trump in court.  —  E. Jean Carroll appears on “Good Morning American” on Jan. 29, 2024, after a jury awarded her more than $83 million …
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Martin H. Redish / The Hill:
The Supreme Court can't punt on Trump's disqualification without threatening the Constitution  —  When the Supreme Court reviews Colorado's decision to exclude President Trump from the state's ballot, it will be delving into wholly uncharted territory.  —  The Supreme Court has never interpreted …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Pro-Trump network OAN execs may have ‘engaged in criminal activities’ while promoting 2020 election lies, Smartmatic alleges  —  In the wake of the 2020 election, the president of the far-right network One America News sent a potentially explosive email to former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell …
Wilfred Chan / The Guardian:
‘Seismic shift’: driving unaffordable for many in US amid push toward SUVs  —  Luxury vehicles, production cuts and soaring insurance prices have sent the cost of US car ownership out of control  —  At the start of the pandemic, Ceola Luna, a 45-year-old Lyft driver in Los Angeles …
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
'I'm wearing the armor of God': New Arizona GOP chair vows more anti-voting lawsuits  —  The newly-elected Arizona Republican Party chair, Gina Swoboda, proudly told longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon on his “war room” show that the former president personally urged her to run for the position …
 
 
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Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
ACLU mounting legal challenge against Ohio gender-affirming care ban
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Marc Joffe / The Hill:
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Justice Department Subpoenas House of Representatives For Documents
Rob Wile / NBC News:
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Week Ahead  —  This week, we continue to wait to see how and when the United States Court …
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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Former Green Beret shreds ‘criminally incompetent’ Biden, stresses need for more veterans in Congress
Discussion: The Messenger
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The combustible mix of right-wing anger coming together in Texas
Michael Chertoff / Wall Street Journal:
Don't Impeach Alejandro Mayorkas
Wall Street Journal:
At Least 12 U.N. Agency Employees Involved in Oct. 7 Attacks, Intelligence Reports Say
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Kyrsten Sinema Loves to Fly Private—on the Taxpayer's Dime
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
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