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11:00 AM ET, January 31, 2024

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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Why Trumpers are losing it over Taylor Swift  —  Swift goes to football games to support her boyfriend, shattering MAGA brains. … MAGA this week at last found its true, final, most hated enemy.  Not Barack Obama.  Not Hilary Clinton.  Not Joe Biden.  Not even Hunter Biden.
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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.
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Hannity Urges Taylor Swift To ‘Think Twice’ Before Endorsing Biden, Months After Railing Against Conservatives for ‘Hating on Her’  —  Fox News host Sean Hannity urged pop star Taylor Swift to “think twice” before endorsing President Joe Biden's reelection campaign, Tuesday …
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Michigan's Arabs and Muslims push to defeat Biden in critical state  —  As the war in Gaza leads to the deaths of friends and relatives, anger at Biden's refusal to call for a cease-fire has turned into political organizing  —  DEARBORN, Mich. — Mohammad Enayah relied on a cousin in Gaza …
Discussion: PBS NewsHour
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Bloomberg:
Trump Risks Losing More Than Half of Swing-State Voters If Found Guilty  —  Even more voters say they won't support him if he's sent to prison.  —  More than half of swing-state voters wouldn't vote for Donald Trump if he were convicted of a crime, according to a new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll …
Bloomberg:
Biden to Visit Site of East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment
Jessica Piper / Politico:
RFK Jr. is still drawing more backing from Trump donors, even as an independent
Washington Post:
Judge orders Tesla to undo Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package  —  The ruling by a Delaware court stems from a Tesla shareholder lawsuit over the tech billionaire's 2018 compensation package  —  A Delaware judge on Tuesday ruled that Elon Musk's generous 2018 compensation package …
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Randall Chase / Associated Press:
Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules  —  Elon Musk is not entitled to landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla's board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday.
NBC News:
Pennsylvania man arrested after allegedly decapitating his father and displaying his head on YouTube  —  In the video, which has since been removed, Justin Mohn says his father was a federal employee and refers to him as a traitor while voicing right-wing conspiracy theories.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Republicans are weaponizing a boring House tradition.  The result is more paralysis.  —  GOP rebels are tanking “rules” to push their demands, raising the threshold to pass legislation to a supermajority and making the House look more like the Senate.  —  WASHINGTON — When Speaker Mike Johnson …
Discussion: Raw Story, Axios and Kansas Reflector
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Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Activist who led ouster of Harvard president linked to ‘scientific racism’ journal  —  Christopher Rufo recommends a newsletter to his readers that has published several supporters of discredited genetics theory  —  Rightwing activist Christopher Rufo has links to a self-styled …
Neil Irwin / Axios:
U.S. winning world economic war  —  The United States economy grew faster than any other large advanced economy last year — by a wide margin — and is on track to do so again in 2024.  —  Why it matters: America's outperformance is rooted in its distinctive structural strengths, policy choices, and some luck.
Politico:
As judges mull presidential immunity, Trump reaps the benefits of delay  —  For over three weeks, the D.C. Circuit has been sitting on a potentially decisive question.  —  Whether Donald Trump faces a potential prison sentence in 2024 is at the mercy of a federal appeals court that's operating …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Florida Bans Transgender Drivers From Changing ID to Match Gender  —  The memo also provides a definition for gender that states it is not about gender identity, but ‘commonly been understood’ as a synonym for sex  —  JWPlayer  —  Transgender individuals will no longer be able to change …
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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.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
The ‘Profound Influence’ of Christian Extremists on Mike Johnson  —  Speaker Mike Johnson's spiritual journey reveals ties to Christian fundamentalists who support slavery.  Johnson's office won't say where he stands on that issue. … If you want to know where Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson stands …
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
NBC News:
Fulton County cyberattack investigated for possible connection to Trump election case  —  The hack hasn't affected material related to the case against Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants, a district attorney's spokesperson says.  —  ATLANTA — Officials investigating the recent cyberattack …
Discussion: WAGA-TV, CNN, The Messenger and The Hill
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Washington Post:
Prosecutor in Trump Georgia case settles divorce ahead of testimony
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Politico:
Playbook: Election-year politics hampers the Hill
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Congressman urging Texas to ignore the Supreme Court is backed by major law firms  —  Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) is publicly urging Texas to ignore the Supreme Court.  In previously unreported comments, Roy explained that he feared his position would push the country into “a post-constitutional world.”
Politico:
Sinema's fundraising plummets as reelection decision deadline nears  —  The Arizona independent is raising less and less each quarter.  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's (I-Ariz.) fundraising cratered to her lowest quarterly total yet this cycle as she stares down an April deadline to file for reelection.
Shashank Bengali / New York Times:
An Israeli charity that helps Palestinians grapples with the Oct. 7 attacks. … Iran is ‘not looking for war,’ the head of the Revolutionary Guards says.  —  The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday that Tehran was “not looking for war,” appearing to signal that it would not escalate tensions with the United States.
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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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” …
Slate:
A State Supreme Court Just Issued the Most Devastating Rebuke of Dobbs Yet  —  The Supreme Court's eradication of the constitutional right to abortion in 2022's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization had an immediate and devastating impact on gender equality in the United States.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Chris Queen / PJ Media:
Say Goodbye to America  —  It's no stretch to say that the crisis at the border is the most pressing issue we face today.  There are ripples from what's going on at the border that reach out into every area of society.  Our already stretched social safety net is beginning to rip at the seams.
 
 
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
South Carolina Moves to Boot Racist Couple by Deeming Them a ‘Public Nuisance’
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Utah joins 10 other states in regulating bathroom access for transgender people
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Democratic group focused on young candidates rakes in $3M in fourth quarter
Discussion: The Messenger
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
A Pediatrician's Two Weeks Inside a Hospital in Gaza
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