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3:40 PM ET, February 3, 2024

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Rolling Stone:
The Polling ‘Disaster’ That's Starting To Terrify Team Trump  —  Polls show a criminal conviction could torpedo Donald Trump's chances in 2024 — and some of his close advisers are telling him to take it seriously  —  IN THE MIDDLE of last year, several of Donald Trump's closest advisers …
Discussion: Raw Story and Forbes
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The Daily Beast:
E. Jean Carroll's Lawyer: Trump Told Me ‘See You Next Tuesday’  —  ALL CLASS  —  Roberta Kaplan, the attorney who represented E. Jean Carroll in her successful lawsuit against Donald Trump, says the ex-president used a vulgarity on her at the end of a deposition at Mar-a-Lago.
New York Times:
After Speedy Start, Appeals Court Slows Down on Trump Immunity Decision  —  The implications have started coming into focus with the scrapping of March 4 as the start date for the former president's federal trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
At R.N.C. Meeting, Talk Is of Coming Trump Merger and Chairwoman's Fate  —  Donald Trump has long worked closely with Ronna McDaniel, the head of the Republican National Committee.  In private, he has begun to question its direction under her leadership.  —  In early 2021, when former …
Tristan Snell / The Daily Beast:
I Prosecuted Donald Trump and Won.  Here's How It's Done.  —  It might seem like justice will never catch up to the former president.  But it has at least once, and it can again. … Most people don't think Donald Trump will ever face justice.  Certainly his supporters don't think so …
Discussion: DNyuz and Raw Story
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump markets himself as an outsider in new campaign ad: ‘Embrace the label’  —  Former President Trump released a new campaign advertisement on his Truth Social site where he calls himself an outsider and tells supporters to embrace being one too.  —  “Treat the word ‘impossible’ as nothing more than motivation.
Politico:
Special counsel mounts forceful — and unusual — defense of Trump classified documents case
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court may look to the Civil War to resolve whether Trump can be on the ballot  —  Chief Justice Salmon Chase's handling of cases involving Confederate President Jefferson Davis and a Black man in Virginia help inform the Supreme Court ahead of Feb. 8 hearing.
Discussion: Reason
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Can Trump be on the ballot?  It's the Supreme Court's biggest election test since Bush v. Gore  —  The Supreme Court will decide if Donald Trump can be kept off 2024 presidential ballots  —  A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump's drive to return to the White House is putting …
Oriana Pawlyk / Politico:
Ted Cruz wants lawmakers to get security escorts through America's airports  —  Cruz told POLITICO that his amendment is about ensuring that political VIPs aren't endangered as they pass through public spaces in airports.  —  Viral photos of politicians jetting off to a tropical hideaway during …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
The wild probe into investors of DWAC, Trump Media's proposed merger ally  —  Sales of Digital World Acquisition stock triggered a widespread federal probe that involved a confidential informant, a secret airport phone scan and an elite anti-money-laundering squad.  Three people were indicted, but the investigation continues.
Discussion: Raw Story
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Education Department sends final Title IX rule to OMB for approval  —  Department officials were initially supposed to finalize the regulation on sexual misconduct and gender identity in May of 2023.  —  A long-awaited policy that mandates how schools respond to sexual misconduct …
Katherine Fung / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Republican Hits Clarence Thomas With Lawsuit Over His Taxes  —  Republican John Anthony Castro is filing a lawsuit against Clarence Thomas, accusing the U.S. Supreme Court associate justice of failing to file his income taxes, Newsweek has learned.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House will vote next week on standalone Israel aid bill, Johnson tells colleagues  —  The unexpected move indicates that Johnson is digging his heels in against an immigration package and Ukraine funding, instead seeking to pressure Democrats on Israel aid.  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson …
 
 
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
This Lawmaker Wants to Jail People for Watching Porn
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Raw Story:
South Dakota apologizes — and pays transgender advocacy group $300,000 for discrimination
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Pluralistic: Worker misclassification is a competition issue (02 Feb 2024)
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NBC News:
President Biden: ‘If you harm an American, we will respond’
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The race to succeed Katie Porter is getting nasty. Really nasty.
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Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
Some TikTok staff and users see Trump as a possible savior from the ban; others question whether Trump even cares about the app now that the campaign is over

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Block reports Q3 revenue up 6% YoY to $5.98B, vs. $6.24B est., gross profit up 19% YoY to $2.25B, Cash App gross profit up 21% to $1.31B, and a $284M net income

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