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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Former Trump White House lawyer predicts crushing defeat at Supreme Court — A former attorney for the Trump White House predicts that the Supreme Court will rule unanimously against the 45th president on his claims to be immune from criminal prosecution.
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Civil Discourse …, Rolling Stone, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice and CNBC
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CNN:
Trump plans to press immunity defense in classified documents case despite defeat in appeals court — Donald Trump's legal team is outlining how he intends to fight the classified documents case against him in Florida, including by claiming presidential immunity, despite a significant defeat …
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NBC News, Washington Post, Raw Story, Forbes and Associated Press
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Inside Donald Trump's Incredible Cash Crunch — Two New York laws are about to smack Trump in the face, no matter if he plans to appeal two massive civil judgments that could wipe out all the cash in his pocket. … Donald Trump is just days away from getting slammed with a court judgment …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Three-quarters of Republicans back Trump being ‘dictator for a day’
Three-quarters of Republicans back Trump being ‘dictator for a day’
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polsci.umass.edu, Jezebel, WDTN-TV and Raw Story
Michael Ian Black / The Daily Beast:
Kellyanne Conway Sure Looks Like She's Auditioning to Be Trump's Veep
Kellyanne Conway Sure Looks Like She's Auditioning to Be Trump's Veep
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, New Republic and HuffPost
Associated Press:
Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats — Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package Wednesday, scuttling months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back record numbers of illegal border crossings.
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National Review, RedState, WHDH-TV, Twitchy, Joe.My.God., Washington Examiner, Associated Press, LevittownNow.com and Fox News
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Politico:
Senate Republicans officially block foreign aid bill with border changes — It marks the end of immigration negotiations that dragged on for four months.
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Raw Story and Press Herald
Axios:
Epic double debacle stings House GOP — It's 10 minutes of humiliation that will live in House lore. … - Speaker Mike Johnson lost by one vote — a Republican vote! — the first impeachment of a Cabinet official in 148 years. … - GOP lawmakers openly criticized leaders for bringing …
NBC News:
Chuck Schumer to push stripped-down Israel and Ukraine aid package after GOP blocks Senate border bill
Chuck Schumer to push stripped-down Israel and Ukraine aid package after GOP blocks Senate border bill
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Washington Examiner, USA Today, The Hill, CNN, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, UPI, Business Insider, NPR, Politico, Associated Press, New York Times, Political Wire, CBS News, New York Daily News, Middle East Monitor, The Gateway Pundit, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, DNyuz, San Diego Jewish World, Axios, Bloomberg, NewsNation, Washington Times, Al-Monitor and Al Jazeera
Washington Post:
Putin interview with Tucker Carlson shows Kremlin outreach to Trump's GOP — MOSCOW — As Russian state television propagandists salivated over Tucker Carlson's interview with President Vladimir Putin, the first of Carlson's falsehoods about his visit to Moscow was punctured, fittingly enough …
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Meduza.io, CNN, RedState, Business Insider, Twitchy, New York Times, Public, Sputnik News, The Daily Caller, DNyuz, Joe.My.God., Forbes, Rolling Stone, Reuters and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
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David Brennan / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Tucker Carlson Could Face Sanctions Over Putin Interview — Tucker Carlson's interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin could see the conservative pundit targeted by European Union lawmakers, current and former members of the European Parliament have told Newsweek.
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HotAir, Daily Mail, Washington Examiner, Daily Caller News Foundation, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and TASS, more at Mediagazer »
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Kremlin: We Reject All Western Media but Tucker Carlson Is Different
Kremlin: We Reject All Western Media but Tucker Carlson Is Different
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Mediaite, Telegraph, El País, Sputnik News, New York Times, The Guardian, TASS, DNyuz and BBC, more at Mediagazer »
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Behind the border mess: Open GOP rebellion against McConnell — The Republican leader told POLITICO that his critics “had their shot” already. But conservatives are not done whacking him over the immigration-for-Ukraine aid implosion. — Conservative hardliners once celebrated Mitch McConnell …
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Business Insider, Fox News, Semafor, Breitbart, The Hill, Daily Caller News Foundation, Axios, Washington Examiner, The Bulwark, Raw Story and BizPac Review
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Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
Speaker Johnson: We Were Counting on Democrat to Be In Emergency Surgery During Impeachment Vote — A ghoulish way to run the government. — Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans were shocked as their impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas went …
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Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
Matt Gaetz says he misses Kevin McCarthy after House fails to impeach Mayorkas
Matt Gaetz says he misses Kevin McCarthy after House fails to impeach Mayorkas
Mike Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:
Why I Voted Against the Alejandro Mayorkas Impeachment
Why I Voted Against the Alejandro Mayorkas Impeachment
Discussion:
Raw Story, The Hill, The Mahablog and Washington Post
Marist Poll:
The Road to the General Election — NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll — Biden Competitive with Trump, Haley... Biden Opens Up Lead if Trump is Convicted — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump remain in a statistical tie among registered voters nationally.
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Fox News, Politico, NPR, Issues & Insights, PoliticusUSA, Forbes, Washington Examiner, PBS NewsHour and The American Spectator
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Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
‘None of these candidates’ beats out Haley in Nevada primary that Trump skipped
‘None of these candidates’ beats out Haley in Nevada primary that Trump skipped
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New York Times, Fox News, Forbes, Washington Examiner, New York Post, National Review, The Bulwark, Fargo | KFGO, UPI, USA Today, NBC News, The Hill and TIME
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Nikki Haley loses to ‘none of these candidates’ in the Nevada GOP primary
Nikki Haley loses to ‘none of these candidates’ in the Nevada GOP primary
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Fox News, Politico, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Axios, Associated Press, American Military News, Washington Examiner, ABC News, New York Magazine, Reuters, Washington Post, The Hill, Vanity Fair, NBC 7 San Diego, NPR, KFTC-TV, DNyuz, Raw Story, HotAir, Breitbart, WUSA, Reason, Digby's Hullabaloo, Outside the Beltway, MeidasTouch, Washington Times, National Review, Mediaite, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, CBS News, Business Insider, Bloomberg.com, Forbes, The Guardian, CNBC, USA Today, TIME and WWLP-TV
David Ingram / NBC News:
After Libs of TikTok posted, at least 21 bomb threats followed — The FBI and local law enforcement said bomb threats across the country have tied up government resources even when they turn out to be hoaxes. — Last March, police in Coralville, Iowa, investigated a bomb threat targeting a junior high school.
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RedState, Joe.My.God., Salem MA Police, BizPac Review and NBC 7 San Diego
Acyn / MeidasTouch:
Lankford Reveals Threat from ‘Popular Commentator’ Over Border Security Negotiations — ‘If you try to move a bill that solves the border crisis during this presidential year, I will do whatever I can to destroy you’ — Senator James Lankford (R-OK), who has been the lead Republican negotiating …
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Business Insider and IJR
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Former GOP representative mulling comeback bid in Montana — Denny Rehberg, who served in the House from 2001 to 2013, is considering a run for the seat Matt Rosendale is expected to vacate. — A familiar name might be returning to the ballot in Montana — after an nearly 12-year absence from politics.
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Political Wire
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Right-Wing Congressman to Run for Senate in Montana, Igniting G.O.P. Fight
Right-Wing Congressman to Run for Senate in Montana, Igniting G.O.P. Fight
Discussion:
Politico and Joe.My.God.
Noah Berlatsky / CNN:
The right-wing misreading of ‘Blazing Saddles’ is so telling — Editor's Note: Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) is a freelance writer in Chicago. The views expressed here are his own. View more opinion on CNN. — CNN — On social media at least, Mel Brooks' classic “Blazing Saddles” …
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Frontpage Mag
Associated Press:
Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year.
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Charges and Arrest in Two Separate Illicit Technology Transfer Schemes to Benefit Governments of China and Iran — For Immediate Release — Cases Mark One-Year Since Launch of Disruptive Technology Strike Force — In two separate cases out of U.S. Attorneys' Offices …
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New York Times and CNBC
David Gilbert / Wired:
Russia Is Boosting Calls for ‘Civil War’ Over Texas Border Crisis — An all-encompassing Russian disinformation campaign is using everything from bots to lifestyle influencers to powerful state-run media to sow division in the United States. — A Russian disinformation campaign …
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Jeanine Pirro Stuns Fox News Co-Hosts by Calling Black Colleague an ‘Oreo’ — During a Fox News segment on how New York Mayor Eric Adams applauded his “chocolate” administration, things got a bit awkward. — Fox News host Jeanine Pirro called her Black colleague an “Oreo” …
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Louder With Crowder
CBS News:
Man awarded $25 million after Oklahoma newspaper mistakenly identified him as sports announcer who made racist comments — An Oklahoma jury awarded a man $25 million on Monday after finding the state's largest newspaper defamed him when they mistakenly identified him as the announcer …
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RedState, Smith Barkett Law Group and Reason
CBS News:
Alleged aspiring militia “sniper” with plans to attack agents at border arrested — A Tennessee militia member who told an undercover federal agent that the U.S. is “being invaded” by migrants was planning to travel to the southern border with a stockpile of weapons and commit acts of violence …
Discussion:
The Hill and Associated Press
Thom Hartmann / Raw Story:
Inside the deadly new GOP plan to rapidly privatize Medicare — Want to invest in a scam that lets you make billions with virtually no risk? If you're morbidly rich, all you have to do is to open or buy an insurance company that's offering Medicare Advantage plans.
Associated Press:
Drone strike in Baghdad kills high-ranking militia commander, officials say — A U.S. drone strike hit a car in the Iraqi capital Wednesday night, killing three members of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia, including a high-ranking commander, officials said.
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CBS News, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Politico, ABC News, New York Times, National Review, Al Jazeera, NPR, The Daily Caller, DNyuz, Sputnik News, Fox News and Semafor
Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic:
Pluralistic: The CHIPS Act treats the symptoms, but not the causes (07 Feb 2024) — The CHIPS Act treats the symptoms, but not the causes: Monopoly destroyed America's high-tech capacity. — Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. — This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023