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1:40 PM ET, January 31, 2024

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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
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Wall Street Journal:
Impeaching Mayorkas Achieves Nothing  —  A policy dispute doesn't qualify as a high crime and misdemeanor.  —  House Republicans are marking up articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and the question is why?  As much as we share the frustration …
Annie Grayer / CNN:
House Republicans vote to advance effort to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas
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
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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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Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
US rightwing conspiracy theory touts Taylor Swift as ‘Pentagon asset’
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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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.
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.
Angela Yang / NBC News:
Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to parents at online child safety hearing  —  “I'm sorry for everything you've all gone through,” the Meta CEO said at a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing called “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis.”  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized Wednesday …
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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: New Republic, Fox News and Raw Story
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.
Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA Willis, Wade subpoenaed to testify at Feb. 15 hearing  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade have been subpoenaed to testify at a Feb. 15 hearing involving motions to disqualify them from the election interference case, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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 …
Discussion: The Stranger
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: Fox News and PBS NewsHour
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.”
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Endorses Candidate Who Wanted to Ban Same-Sex Marriage With Constitutional Amendment  —  Trump announced endorsement of GOP Rep. Brian Babin on Truth Social  —  Trump endorsed GOP Rep. Brian Babin who voted to overturn the 2020 election results.  Babin is a Trump loyalist who is running …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
GOP super PAC spends more on migrant crisis ads in NY race  —  The Congressional Leadership Fund is spending another $2.6 million to extend the ad blitz it began this month.  —  A top GOP super PAC is dumping even more money into the special election to replace ex-Rep. George Santos …
Discussion: Political Wire and New York Post
Krishn Kaushik / Reuters:
India deploys unprecedented naval might near Red Sea to rein in piracy  —  India has deployed at least a dozen warships east of the Red Sea to provide security against pirates and has investigated more than 250 vessels as Western powers focus on attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis, Indian officials said.
US Department of Justice:
eBay to Pay $59 Million to Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations Related to Pill Presses Sold Through its Website  —  For Immediate Release  —  Fourth-Largest Controlled Substances Act Settlement in History; First Controlled Substances Act Settlement with an E-Commerce Company
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
South Carolina Moves to Boot Racist Couple by Deeming Them a ‘Public Nuisance’  —  The pair burned a cross near their Black neighbors' home.  Now local authorities are getting creative in removing them from the area.  —  Authorities in South Carolina have petitioned to boot a couple …
Discussion: Raw Story
Shomari Stone / WTTG-TV:
Housing Policy Council executive in critical condition after being shot in DC crime spree  —  WASHINGTON - Mike Gill, a married father of three, is in critical condition in the hospital after his family says he was shot during Monday night's wild crime spree.
Martha Nolan / The Hill:
We have the tools to prevent nearly all HPV-related cancers.  We need the will.  —  Let's start with the bad news: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, with nearly 14,000 new cases and 4,300 deaths in 2023.  This is particularly tragic since it's …
Discussion: Fox News and The Indian Express
 
 
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Shashank Bengali / New York Times:
An Israeli charity that helps Palestinians grapples with the Oct. 7 attacks.
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.
Kayla Gallagher / The Messenger:
Florida Bans Transgender Drivers From Changing ID to Match Gender
Associated Press:
Utah joins 10 other states in regulating bathroom access for transgender people
 Earlier Items: 
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Democratic group focused on young candidates rakes in $3M in fourth quarter
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Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
‘Smoking gun proof’: fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show
Discussion: DeSmog
Bloomberg:
Biden Faces Blame for Border Crisis, Swing-State Voter Poll Shows