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11:45 PM ET, January 29, 2024

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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.
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Carroll says she would ‘absolutely’ sue Trump again if another case arises  —  Longtime advice columnist E. Jean Carroll on Monday said she is “more than willing” to sue former President Trump again if another case arose in the future.  —  A jury last week ordered Trump to pay …
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
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
A Gaza Ceasefire Deal Is the Only Way to Avoid a Wider War  —  If the war between Israel and Hamas rages on indefinitely, the conflict will spread.  It doesn't have to be that way. … It is inevitable that much of the discussion in Washington, D.C. regarding the drone attack …
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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 …
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Nikki Haley: ‘Take out’ foreign leaders behind drone strike in Jordan
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 …
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Retired conservative federal judge urges Supreme Court to disqualify Trump from office  —  A former conservative federal appellate judge is urging the Supreme Court to keep Donald Trump off the ballot, arguing the ex-president's effort to cling to power after his 2020 election loss was …
Candace McDuffie / The Root:
Snoop Dogg Is Now Singing Donald Trump's Praises, But Why?
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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans now say it might be okay to ignore the Supreme Court  —  A consequential development of the Trump era is what increasingly looks like the Republicans' acrimonious divorce from the rule of law.  —  The party that once prided itself as the law-and-order side has leaped headlong …
Discussion: CNN
Claudia Aoraha / Daily Mail:
Taylor Swift could sway 2024 election outcome, new poll finds with a FIFTH of voters ‘likely’ to back candidate endorsed by singer  — Eighteen percent of voters say they're ‘more likely’ or ‘significantly more likely’ to vote for a candidate endorsed by Taylor Swift
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 …
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Associated Press:
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands  —  A hidden path to America's dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source - a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country's largest maximum-security prison.
Discussion: Associated Press
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Merrick Garland to transfer power during back surgery  —  The Justice Department's No. 2 official will briefly take over as the attorney general undergoes a procedure on his spine this weekend.  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland will be out of commission this weekend due to back surgery …
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
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
GOP's Salazar says she can't recall how she voted on CHIPS, appropriations bills
Discussion: Raw Story
John Sexton / HotAir:
This Mark Cuban Story is Too Good Not to Share  —  Credit to Twitchy which got to all of this about an hour ago (as I write this).  The basic story is as follows.  Billionaire Mark Cuban has spent weeks arguing online arguing on behalf of DEI with anyone who will listen.
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 …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
TheBlaze's Jason Whitlock Quietly Deletes Promo of Antisemitic Interview  —  But TheBlaze host said he didn't regret inviting the guest, who spewed vile conspiracy theories, on his show.  —  After coming under fire for hosting virulent antisemite E. Michael Jones, who claimed …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Republicans are quietly deleting mentions of abortion from their websites.  We asked them why  —  Republicans who previously campaigned on a pro-life position are now ‘in a tough spot,’ experts say. , Kelly Rissman speaks to GOP strategists and campaign managers about what's going on behind the scenes
Acyn / MeidasTouch:
Justice Department Subpoenas House of Representatives For Documents  —  House of Representatives notified of grand jury subpoena  —  A notification was read on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, revealing that the office of the Sergeant at Arms received a grand jury subpoena …
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Apple warns proposed UK law will affect software updates around the world  —  Apple may leave the UK if required to provide advance notice of product updates.  —  Apple is “deeply concerned” that proposed changes to a United Kingdom law could give the UK government unprecedented power to …
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
The anti-abortion plan ready for Trump on Day One  —  The stakes of the election go far beyond whether a GOP president signs a bill banning the procedure.  —  Anti-abortion groups have not yet persuaded Donald Trump to commit to signing a national ban if he returns to the White House.
Washington Post:
Texas AG seeks transgender records in Georgia as part of his wider probe  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested medical records from a Georgia telehealth clinic that provides gender-affirming care, a newly discovered move that shows the Republican official is looking in multiple states …
Discussion: HuffPost
John Sexton / HotAir:
Vivek Ramaswamy Joins the Taylor Swift ‘Psy-Op’ Bandwagon (Update)  —  Vivek Ramaswamy was never my cup of tea and this is why.  Because, on the one hand he could occasionally do a solid job putting the progressive media back on its heels on the other hand he was also willing to indulge stupid conspiracy theories like this:
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley might want to be careful calling Congress a ‘nursing home’  —  Former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley would like to be president.  Step 1 of that plan is to become the Republican Party's nominee — a step that, as you know, isn't going terribly well.
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission but never won a Nobel Prize for her brilliance despite 49 nominations
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
ACLU mounting legal challenge against Ohio gender-affirming care ban
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