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11:55 AM ET, February 8, 2024

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Washington Post:
GOP leaders face unrest amid chaotic, bungled votes  —  Former president Donald Trump has used his perch as the GOP frontrunner to bend Congress to his political whims  —  Moments before pandemonium broke out on the House floor on Tuesday evening, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer approached Rep. Ken Buck …
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Roll Call:
House GOP had lowest win rate on ‘party unity’ votes since 1982
Washington Post:   Biden and Trump jockey for an edge amid the rubble of the border deal
Tori Otten / New Republic:
House Republicans Suddenly Miss Kevin McCarthy After All That Losing
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Inside the “very tough” vote for House Democrats on Israel aid
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
What to know about lawyers arguing the Trump ballot case at Supreme Court  —  The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Thursday as former President Trump's lawyers appear before the justices in an attempt to knock down lawsuits challenging the Republican front-runner's ballot eligibility under the 14th Amendment.
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The Hill:
Trump's 14th Amendment case reaches Supreme Court: What to expect
Associated Press:
Supreme Court hears landmark election case seeking to kick Trump off ballot over Capitol attack
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Joe Biden is currently losing the election  —  I try not to spend my days being a doomer or a catastrophist, but in both casual and formal conversations I've come to think that there is one very basic point about politics in 2024 that is being broadly underrated — Joe Biden is currently …
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
How Mark Meadows Became the Least Trusted Man in Washington  —  The untold story of the rise and fall of Trump's former chief of staff — and his role in the prosecutions that may determine the 2024 election.  —  On most Monday mornings, Mark Meadows commutes from his home in South Carolina to his workplace in Washington.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors and Raw Story
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats sound alarm, take action against Biden's third-party threats
Politico:
Loyalty is a one-way street in Donald Trump's GOP.  Just ask Ronna McDaniel  —  The Republican National Committee chair is expected to step down this spring.  —  For seven tumultuous years, Ronna McDaniel accomplished a feat that eluded almost everyone else in Donald Trump's orbit: She held on.
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
What Nikki Haley isn't saying about Trump
Discussion: CBS News
Jon Passantino / CNN:
An NYC vigilante group tackled what they claimed was a shoplifting ‘migrant’ live on Fox News.  They were wrong.  —  Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday night was interviewing the founder of a New York City-based vigilante group known for its targeting of migrants when a disturbance suddenly broke out behind the live shot.
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News praises vigilante group for a takedown of migrant “shoplifter.” Law enforcement say the man was neither a shoplifter nor a recent migrant.
Alex Woodward / The Independent:
Bounced cheques and Trump's ‘unpaid fees’: Rudy Giuliani lays bare his finances in bankruptcy hearing  —  Over three hours in the fifth-floor room of a court building, Donald Trump's one-time attorney reeled off a list of assets that revealed the strained state of his finances, from a Bronx storage unit to a $1m tax bill.
Wall Street Journal:
How the Rockefellers and Billionaire Donors Pressured Biden on LNG Exports  —  President's decision to halt new export terminals follows an intense campaign by environmental groups funded by wealthy contributors  —  Charities controlled by members of the Rockefeller family and billionaire donors …
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Marianne Williamson suspends her presidential campaign, ending long-shot primary challenge to Biden
Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
Senior Biden campaign officials kick-start coordination with House Democrats for 2024 race
Discussion: NBC News and Political Wire
ABC News:
Authorities investigating online threats made to potential witness related to Trump classified docs case  —  The threats are cited in a court filing from the special prosecutor.  —  Former President Donald Trump arrives at the New York State Supreme Court in New York, on Oct. 2, 2023.
Angela Dewan / CNN:
Scientists just set a nuclear fusion record in a step toward unleashing the limitless, clean energy source  —  Scientists and engineers near the English city of Oxford have set a nuclear fusion energy record, they announced Thursday, bringing the clean, futuristic power source another step closer to reality.
Discussion: The Guardian
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Biden Confuses European Leaders, Swaps Kohl and Merkel  — Mistake comes days after confusing France's Macron, Mitterrand  — Biden, 81, battling concerns over his age in reelection bid  —  President Joe Biden once again mixed up European leaders, twice conflating former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl …
Brian Fung / CNN:
FCC votes to outlaw scam robocalls that use AI-generated voices  —  The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it is immediately outlawing scam robocalls featuring fake, artificial intelligence-created voices, cracking down on so-called “deepfake” technology that experts …
Mia Cathell / Townhall:
America's Favorite Cookie Takes a Hard Left Turn  —  Nothing is immune to woke ideology, not even cookies.  —  Oreo's latest partnership signifies a disturbing trend in U.S. corporations advancing the LGBTQ+ agenda, as far-left ideologues impose it on children through programs …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump's Immigration Plan Is Even More Aggressive Now  —  Confrontations over immigration and border security are moving to the center of the struggle between the two parties, both in Washington, D.C., and beyond.  And yet the most explosive immigration clash of all may still lie ahead.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Top Republican, flush with corporate cash, embraces racist conspiracy theory  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  Proponents of the great replacement theory in the United States claim that Democrats are attempting to “replace” white Americans with non-white immigrants.
Mark Poynting / BBC:
World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit  —  For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU's climate service.  —  World leaders promised in 2015 to try to limit the long-term temperature rise to 1.5C, which is seen as crucial to help avoid the most damaging impacts.
 
 
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