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Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Pledge ‘Holy War’ Against Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift hasn't even endorsed Joe Biden's 2024 campaign, but Trump is already privately grousing he's “more popular” than her — Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift hasn't even endorsed President Joe Biden for reelection yet.
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Biden mocks Trump during Florida fundraiser — He lamented that Florida had faced a “real dose of Trumpism.” — MIAMI — President Joe Biden came to South Florida to cash in and dump all over Donald Trump. — During a fundraiser in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday, Biden rallied donors …
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Miami Herald, CBS News, New York Post, Mercury News, The Hill, Bloomberg, Orlando Sentinel, KRDO, Associated Press, USA Today and Political Wire
NBC News:
Rep. Jim Clyburn helped Biden win young Black voters in 2020. This time, they're not listening.
Rep. Jim Clyburn helped Biden win young Black voters in 2020. This time, they're not listening.
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Slate, Axios, Politico, The Daily Caller and Instapundit
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
January 2024 National Poll: Trump and Biden Remain Neck-and-Neck in Likely Rematch
January 2024 National Poll: Trump and Biden Remain Neck-and-Neck in Likely Rematch
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, New York Daily News and Political Wire
Alexandra Ulmer / Reuters:
Exclusive: Hotelier Robert Bigelow gives Trump $1 million for legal fees — Hotelier Robert Bigelow told Reuters on Tuesday he gave Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump $1 million for his legal fees and agreed to donate another $20 million to a pro-Trump outside group for campaign purposes.
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American Greatness
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New York Times:
Trump's PACs Spent Roughly $50 Million on Legal Expenses in 2023 — The former president is facing four criminal indictments and potential trials that could drive his legal bills even higher as he seeks to lock up the Republican presidential nomination. — Donald J. Trump piled up legal expenses …
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Politico, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA and The Messenger
New York Times:
Trump Has Devoured the Republican Establishment — It was almost 15 months ago that The New York Post published a full-page cover photo of Ron DeSantis with the headline “DeFUTURE.” His 19-point victory in the Florida governor's race was one of the few bright spots of the 2022 elections …
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New York Magazine, The Message Box, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story, Deseret News and Salon
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Spent $50 Million in Donor Money on Legal Bills Last Year: Report
Trump Spent $50 Million in Donor Money on Legal Bills Last Year: Report
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The Messenger, Politico and Political Wire
Jessica Piper / Politico:
DeSantis super PAC quietly funnelled money into anti-Trump group
DeSantis super PAC quietly funnelled money into anti-Trump group
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Benzinga and Political Wire
Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:
Trump pressured prosecutor to ‘blow up’ Hunter Biden's gun plea deal: court filing — Hunter Biden's lawyers working to dismiss their client's gun case argued Tuesday far-right extremists and former President Donald Trump unduly pressured prosecutors once willing to cut a deal.
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Isabella Murray / ABC News:
Trump can stay on Illinois 2024 ballot after 14th Amendment challenge, officials say
Trump can stay on Illinois 2024 ballot after 14th Amendment challenge, officials say
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Matt Vespa / Townhall:
E. Jean Carroll Delivered the Sound Bite That Could Win Trump the Election
E. Jean Carroll Delivered the Sound Bite That Could Win Trump the Election
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
First look: John Bolton's predictions for a second Trump term
First look: John Bolton's predictions for a second Trump term
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The Hill, Reuters, New Republic, Raw Story and The Guardian
Steve Reilly / The Messenger:
Hunter Biden Got Charged in Gun Case ‘For Partisan Political Reasons’ by Prosecutors Who ‘Succumbed’ to Trump: Court Filings
Hunter Biden Got Charged in Gun Case ‘For Partisan Political Reasons’ by Prosecutors Who ‘Succumbed’ to Trump: Court Filings
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KRDO
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Illinois elections board dismisses effort to remove Trump from ballot
Illinois elections board dismisses effort to remove Trump from ballot
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The Hill, New York Times, NBC News, The Messenger, Raw Story, Chicago Tribune, PBS NewsHour and Forbes
David Gilbert / Wired:
The ‘Take Our Border Back’ Convoy Is Already a Complete Mess — Instead of immigrants, the group of extremists mostly battled each other, paranoia, and their GPS systems. — On Monday morning, the organizers of the Take Our Border Back convoy kicked off their road trip to the Texas-Mexico border in Virginia Beach.
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Washington Post, New York Post, KXAN-TV, The Hill, USA Today, Business Insider, Balloon Juice, VICE and WAVY.com
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Disturbing Bill Would Let Arizona Legislators Ignore Election Results — The proposed bill would give the legislature absolute power to control the state's electoral college votes, disenfranchising millions of citizens. — An Arizona lawmaker who signed on to be a “fake elector” …
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HuffPost, Michigan Advance, KLAS and Mock Paper Scissors
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Sen. Rick Scott / The Hill:
The voters are rejecting Washington's failed border deal — Last week's reporting from The Hill is a perfect example of how Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is preserving a Republican Party in Washington that has completely lost touch with our voters and the real world.
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Washington Examiner, HuffPost, WUSA and New Republic
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The Hill:
House Republicans poised to torpedo GOP's best chance in years to pass border bill
House Republicans poised to torpedo GOP's best chance in years to pass border bill
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Robert Reich, KLFY.com, Punchbowl News, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, Mock Paper Scissors, New York Magazine, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Axios
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Mayorkas impeachment push is a Biden dry run
The Mayorkas impeachment push is a Biden dry run
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CBS News, UPI, Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and American Greatness
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Syphilis Is Soaring in the U.S. — Cases have risen by 80 percent since 2018, the C.D.C. reported. But chlamydia remains by far the most common sexually transmitted infection. — Syphilis, once nearly eliminated in the United States, continues to resurge, reaching the highest rate …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
US sees record syphilis cases as funding cuts threaten to worsen epidemic
US sees record syphilis cases as funding cuts threaten to worsen epidemic
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RedState, Bloomberg, UPI, Associated Press and Roll Call
The Hill:
GOP moderates send warning shot to Johnson over tax deal — Moderate House Republicans sent a warning shot to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday, coming close to blocking legislative action on the House floor in protest of the bipartisan, bicameral tax deal not including an increase in the state and local tax deduction (SALT).
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Washington Times, The Messenger, Fox News, Political Wire and NBC News
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Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
House GOP infighting threatens to derail vote on bipartisan tax package
House GOP infighting threatens to derail vote on bipartisan tax package
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The Daily Signal, Roll Call, Semafor and ABC News
Brandon Morse / RedState:
Montana's Governor Defends Stealing a Teenager From Parents Over Not Conforming to Transgender Agenda — As RedState previously reported, Montana's state child protective services came and took away the 14-year-old girl of a family in Glasgow. The parents, Krista and Todd Kolstad …
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The Messenger and The Post Millennial
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The Times of Israel:
IDF says it killed 3 terrorists planning Oct. 7-like attack hiding in Jenin hospital — CCTV footage shows undercover forces in fake beards or dressed as Muslim women before they killed 3 armed Hamas members in West Bank medical center, in dramatic 10-minute raid
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Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic:
Pluralistic: My McLuhan lecture on enshittification (30 Jan 2024) — My McLuhan lecture on enshittification: Live from Berlin. — Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. — This day in history: 2014, 2019, 2023 — Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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The Register
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
E. Jean Carroll Lawyer Threatens to Seek Sanctions Against Trump Attorney for ‘Utterly Baseless’ Claims Judge Was Her ‘Mentor’ — Trump's lawyer Alina Habba claimed the judge had a conflict of interest based on a tabloid rumor of an alleged 30-year-old professional tie
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Salon, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, NBC News, New Republic, Law & Crime, The Gateway Pundit, Business Insider, Mediaite, PoliticusUSA, Reuters, New York Post, Political Wire and MeidasTouch
Washington Post:
Prosecutor in Trump Georgia case settles divorce ahead of testimony — The lead prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case against former president Donald Trump and his allies settled a contentious divorce dispute on Tuesday, canceling a hearing scheduled for Wednesday morning …
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Ron DeSantis Calls For Ilhan Omar To Be Expelled From Congress, Denaturalized And Deported — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called Tuesday for Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to be expelled from Congress, denaturalized as a U.S. citizen and deported back to Somalia in response …
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Ashraf Fahim / Reuters:
Explorer may have found wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane in Pacific — A former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer says he believes he has found the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane, which disappeared nine decades ago, on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean using sonar data from a deep-sea drone.
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Timour Azhari / Reuters:
Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah suspends attacks on US forces — Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah announced on Tuesday the suspension of all its military operations against U.S. troops in the region, in a decision aimed at preventing “embarrassment” of the Iraqi government, the group said.
Axios:
House Democrats close ranks against “bulls**t” Mayorkas impeachment — House Democrats are expecting their caucus to stay unified against a Republican vote to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas that could come as soon as next week.