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Washington Post:
Biden faces treacherous political choices in answering deadly attack  —  Republicans demand that Biden attack Iran.  Some warn that risks a wider Middle East conflagration.  —  President Biden met with top aides Monday to review potential American responses to a drone attack …
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
A Gaza Ceasefire Deal Is the Only Way to Avoid a Wider War
Wall Street Journal:
Iranian Allies Brace for U.S. Response to Deadly Drone Strike
Washington Post:
U.S. mixed up enemy, friendly drones in attack that killed 3 troops
The Hill:
House Republicans poised to torpedo GOP's best chance in years to pass border bill  —  House Republicans appear to be on the precipice of torpedoing their best opportunity in years of passing border legislation.  —  Republicans had long insisted on changes to border and migration policy …
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Punchbowl News:
1/30/24 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … The House Homeland Security Committee will mark up a resolution today to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the first time in nearly 150 years that the chamber will try to remove a member of the president's Cabinet. … Meaning this all will have achieved nothing.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley might want to be careful calling Congress a ‘nursing home’
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
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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 …
Politico:
Biden takes a swing through unfriendly ‘Trump Country’  —  “It's the nation's ATM,” said one operative about Florida.  —  MIAMI — President Joe Biden is dropping into Florida not to fire up voters — but to raise cash.  —  In a month marked by major campaign speeches and events …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Trump claims credit for record-high stock market under Biden
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
It's not that MAGA doesn't believe E. Jean Carroll — they just don't care that Trump abuses women  —  Trump verdict and new Vince McMahon allegations are a dark reminder that red state America cultivates rape culture  —  Not that she'll ever bring herself to use words like “rapist” or …
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Carroll says she would ‘absolutely’ sue Trump again if another case arises
The Daily Beast:
How This Nutty Ohio Primary Is Dividing the GOP  —  Everyone in this race has baggage—especially J.R. Majewski.  —  Like many dramas in today's Republican Party, the one in Ohio's 9th Congressional District started with someone saying something mean about Donald Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Colin McCullough / CNN:
Oklahoma GOP votes to condemn Sen. Lankford for role in bipartisan border talks
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 …
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: The Hill and HuffPost
Associated Press:
Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants  —  Israeli forces disguised as civilian women and medical workers stormed a hospital Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinian militants in a dramatic raid that underscored …
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:
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Right-Wingers Say Super Bowl Is Rigged So Taylor Swift Can Endorse Biden
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
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 …
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
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Democrats ramp up spending in a race that will determine control of the Pennsylvania state House  —  A special election for a state House seat in Bucks County — a purple area in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia — will take place Feb. 13.  —  Democrats have begun ramping up their spending weeks …
Discussion: The Hill
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Party feud breaks out ahead of RNC meeting in Las Vegas  —  GOP county chairs and local activists warned the party isn't doing enough to compete in November.  —  LAS VEGAS — Days before the Republican National Committee was set to convene here, hundreds of Republican officials gathered …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump puts on full-court press for big-time donors — and nabs more than a few  —  The former president has scored a commitment from Ron DeSantis' former top money man, among others.  —  Donald Trump is aggressively courting potential megadonors to his campaign, targeting those who've kept …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
 
 
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Joyce E. Cutler / Bloomberg Law:
Sotomayor Calls Supreme Court Pace, Workload More Demanding
Discussion: CNN, Reason and Raw Story
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Republicans are quietly deleting mentions of abortion from their websites. We asked them why
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
A federal judge is fed up with those defending the Jan. 6 rioters
Adam Barnes / Business Insider:
Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission but never won a Nobel Prize for her brilliance despite 49 nominations
Marc Joffe / The Hill:
To fight climate change, micromobility is a better option than overpriced transit projects
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Wilfred Chan / The Guardian:
‘Seismic shift’: driving unaffordable for many in US amid push toward SUVs
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
'I'm wearing the armor of God': New Arizona GOP chair vows more anti-voting lawsuits
Discussion: KASW-TV and Fox News
Acyn / MeidasTouch:
Justice Department Subpoenas House of Representatives For Documents
Martin H. Redish / The Hill:
The Supreme Court can't punt on Trump's disqualification without threatening the Constitution
Mia Cathell / Townhall:
It Just Got Far Worse for Fani Willis
US Department of Justice:
One Iranian and Two Canadian Nationals Indicted in Murder-for-Hire Scheme
NBC News:
Ex-IRS contractor sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaking Trump tax records
 

 
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