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7:20 PM ET, February 9, 2024

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emptywheel:
Robert Hur's Box-Checking  —  In the middle of his explanation for why he believed that Joe Biden had willfully retained classified records pertaining to Afghanistan but that he couldn't prove that beyond a reasonable doubt, Special Counsel Robert Hur admitted that jurors …
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New York Times:
White House Calls Special Counsel Report on Biden Politically Motivated  —  The White House and some Democrats tried to discredit a document that characterized the president as elderly and forgetful.  —  White House officials on Friday called the special counsel's report into President Biden's handling …
Axios:
Biden: “I am an elderly man ... I know what the hell I'm doing” … - Biden's hastily arranged nighttime remarks came after the special counsel's report said he wouldn't be charged for having classified documents, but blistered him as “an elderly man with a poor memory” …
Politico:
Age isn't just a number.  It's a profound and growing problem for Biden.  —  The new blunders have sparked fresh concern about the president's mental fitness.  —  Special counsel Robert Hur jolted the presidential campaign Thursday with a withering assessment of Joe Biden's mental acuity …
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough trashes special counsel's report  —  “So bizarre.  So many people immediately heard these random conclusions, irrelevant conclusions, politically charged, Trump-like ramblings,” Scarborough said.  —  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough attacked Special Counsel Robert Hur on …
NBC News:
Could Democrats replace Biden as their nominee?
Discussion: Frontpage Mag and BizPac Review
Matthew Xiao / Washington Free Beacon:
WATCH: ‘This Is Terrible,’ Democratic Strategist Says of Biden's Press Conference
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Thoughts On the Hur Report
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden faces his ‘Comey moment’
Shan Wu / The Daily Beast:
Special Counsel Robert Hur's Report on Biden's Classified Documents Is Partisan and Unprofessional
Discussion: Slate
New York Times:
Biden's Age and Memory Rise to Center of 2024 Presidential Campaign
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
GOP Rep. Tenney calls to invoke 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office after ‘alarming’ Hur report
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
White House goes on attack against special counsel over Biden age, memory
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Leading GOP hardliner spurned by Trump in tough Senate fight  —  Former President Trump is kneecapping the Senate hopes of right-wing Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) before they can even get off the ground. … - “I also respect Matt Rosendale, and was very happy to Endorse him in the past …
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Politico:
'It's devastating': Trump seizes unmatched control over GOP
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Ron Filipowski / The Daily Beast:
Evangelicals' Trump Worship Looks More Like QAnon Every Day
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation in December was even lower than first reported, the government says  —  The prices consumers pay in the marketplace rose at an even slower pace than originally reported, according to closely watched revisions the government released Friday.  —  Updates to the consumer price index showed …
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Politico:
Hogan running for Senate  —  Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is launching a Senate bid, according to a person familiar with the matter.  The anti-Trump Republican is expected to file for the open Senate seat on Friday, the last day of the filing deadline.  Hogan is popular in Maryland …
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The Hill:
Larry Hogan launches surprise Maryland Senate bid
Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Republican Larry Hogan Is Running For Senate In Maryland
Discussion: Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Chief Witness Against Gaetz Is Cooperating With House Ethics Investigation  —  A year after the Justice Department decided not to bring charges against Representative Matt Gaetz in a sex-trafficking investigation, the House Ethics Committee is moving forward with an inquiry into him.
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Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Matt Gaetz stopped at airport security for having a Taser, report says
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
‘Relentless and misleading’: Jack Smith shreds new Trump motion as proof he will ‘stop at nothing’ to delay Mar-a-Lago documents case  —  In a new motion, special counsel Jack Smith shredded Donald Trump's latest attempt to indefinitely delay the classified documents case in Florida …
Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu orders Gaza's crowded Rafah evacuated ahead of an expected ground invasion  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the densely populated southern Gaza city.
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Yasmine Salam / NBC News:
Palestinians fear time is running out in ‘last stop’ Rafah as Israel orders evacuation ahead of ground assault
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats file FEC complaint against Robert Kennedy Jr. and allied super PAC  —  The Democratic National Committee accused third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday of violating federal election law by unlawfully coordinating with a supportive super PAC in a $15 million effort to collect signatures for state ballot access.
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Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Elite lawyer brain is killing us  —  It's difficult to overstate what an absolutely astonishing own goal Merrick Garland scored by appointing Robert Hur to lead the Biden documents case.  —  Hur was nominated by Donald Trump to be the US Attorney for the District of Maryland.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Eschaton
Sara Fischer / Axios:
First look: Meta won't recommend political content on Threads  —  Meta will not “proactively recommend political content from accounts you don't follow” on Threads, the company said in a statement provided to Axios.  —  Why it matters: The policies, which are the same it currently uses …
 
 
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