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7:40 AM ET, February 10, 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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Politico:
White House frustration with Garland grows  —  The president believes the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents went beyond his remit.  And part of the blame is being placed on the AG.  —  Joe Biden has told aides and outside advisers that Attorney General Merrick Garland …
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 …
Washington Post:
‘Hair on fire’: Democratic worries grow over claims about Biden's memory lapses  —  The broad conclusion among Democrats is that a dangerous and misleading caricature of the president's performance is at risk of setting in  —  President Biden arrived in the Diplomatic Reception Room …
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
‘Cheap shot’: Biden allies go on the attack against the special counsel and the media  —  The White House depicted the report as partisan and the media coverage as unfair.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden campaign and the White House have landed on an initial strategy for responding …
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden faces his ‘Comey moment’
Matthew Xiao / Washington Free Beacon:
WATCH: ‘This Is Terrible,’ Democratic Strategist Says of Biden's Press Conference
Axios:
Biden: “I am an elderly man ... I know what the hell I'm doing”
Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:
Hawley says Garland should invoke 25th Amendment if DOJ declines to charge Biden: ‘One or the other’
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
What Biden's Critics Get Wrong About His Gaffes
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
White House goes on attack against special counsel over Biden age, memory
Politico:
Age isn't just a number. It's a profound and growing problem for Biden.
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough trashes special counsel's report
David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘Yikes’: Internet erupts after ‘Dementia Trump’ makes several verbal slip-ups at NRA rally  —  Donald Trump Friday was hit with a stream of criticism for several verbal slip-ups at an event for the NRA in Pennsylvania.  —  The former president slurred when saying the word “subsidies,” said …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump promises NRA that if elected, ‘no one will lay a finger on your firearms’  —  The former president vowed to roll back Biden-era gun restrictions.  —  Donald Trump told National Rifle Association members on Friday that “no one will lay a finger on your firearms” if he wins the presidency …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Leading GOP hardliner spurned by Trump in tough Senate fight
Julia Johnson / Washington Examiner:
McCarthy confident in McDaniel and bristles at Gaetz suggestion of leading RNC  —  LAS VEGAS — Former House Speaker and California GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy said Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is equipped to continue leading the party.
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Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
Matt Gaetz stopped at airport security for having a Taser, report says
Laura Paddison / CNN:
Critical Atlantic Ocean current system is showing early signs of collapse, prompting warning from scientists  —  A crucial system of ocean currents may already be on course to collapse, according to a new report, with alarming implications for sea level rise and global weather …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Guardian
Steven Shepard / Politico:
What the Long Island special election tells us about the battle over the suburbs  —  The race between former Rep. Tom Suozzi and Mazi Melesa Pilip could provide clues for both parties on immigration and crime as they gear up for 2024.  —  The nation's suburbs are moving toward Democrats.
Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation in December was even lower than first reported, the government says
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D  —  Senate report points to greed and “patent thickets” as key reasons for high prices.  —  When big pharmaceutical companies are confronted over their exorbitant pricing of prescription drugs in the US …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Ukraine funding package moves closer to Senate passage  —  The Senate voted Friday evening to push a $95.3 billion package funding Ukraine, Israel and other national security priorities closer to passing the upper chamber, even though many Republican senators are upset the legislation …
Fox News:
Treasury confirms terms like ‘MAGA,’ ‘Trump,’ Kamala,' ‘Biden’ used in private bank transaction searches  —  A letter sent from the Treasury to Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., also confirms the searches push began under the Trump administration  —  EXCLUSIVE: The Biden administration has confirmed that terms like …
Boris Johnson / Daily Mail:
Putin's interview with his fawning stooge Tucker Carlson was straight out of Hitler's playbook.  I pray Americans see through this unholy charade  —  When Tucker Carlson went to the Kremlin he had a function well known to history.  He was to be the stooge of the tyrant, the dictaphone to the dictator and a traitor to journalism.
 
 
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Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
Exclusive: Biden officials confront limits of federal response in exercise preparing for 2024 election threats
Discussion: Raw Story and CSO
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Apple Is Lobbying Against Right to Repair Six Months After Supporting Right to Repair
Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Republican Larry Hogan Is Running For Senate In Maryland
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Elite lawyer brain is killing us
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 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
They opened a Haitian food truck, then were told, ‘Go back to your own country,’ lawsuit says
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
MAGA media pushed “great replacement” theory to turn Republicans against their own immigration bill
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
Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu orders Gaza's crowded Rafah evacuated ahead of an expected ground invasion
The Guardian:
‘It would be devastating’: inside Trump's plan to destroy the EPA
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