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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Media creates Biden “fitness” crisis — Robert Hur, the Republican special prosecutor assigned to investigate President Biden, is a lawyer, not a doctor. On Thursday, Hur issued a lengthy report that came to the legal conclusion that charges against Biden for mishandling classified materials were not warranted.
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
The Only Mental Acuity I'm Questioning These Days Is the Mainstream Media's — Well, of course both The New York Times and The Washington Post led with stories Saturday morning about Joe Biden's age and mental acuity. The story of special counsel Robert Hur's report and its petty rhetoric …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
‘But His Memory’ and the slow train wreck of American democracy
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The Moderate Voice
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Why the Hur report triggers bad 2016 flashbacks
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Bloomberg:
In Trump-Biden Rematch, the Only Sure Loser Is China
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National Review and Political Wire
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Donald Trump: Taylor Swift Is ‘Disloyal’ If She Endorses President Biden
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J.D. Vance / The American Conservative:
The Republican Plot Against Donald Trump — The Republican Plot Against Donald Trump — The inside story of how Congress is pursuing endless war in Ukraine—and trying to stop a Trump election. — This weekend, Senate Democrats (joined by a few Republicans, including most Republican leadership) …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
‘We have to get this done’: A top House Republican pushes for Ukraine aid, stat — Intel Chair Mike Turner says he's confident Speaker Mike Johnson will allow a vote on a Senate aid package. — The chair of the House Intelligence Committee is warning that time is running out for Ukraine …
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New York Times:
Trump Faces Fraud Trial Ruling and Criminal Trial Hearing in NY Next Week — Donald Trump faces a ruling in a civil fraud case that could drain his cash coffers. He may also receive a court date for what would be the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Jack Smith's Subtle Shot at Trump Mar-a-Lago Judge Aileen Cannon — Federal prosecutors working on the Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago documents case are trying to convince Judge Aileen Cannon by pointing to cases she worked on at the DOJ. — Faced with a federal judge in the Donald Trump Mar …
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ABC News:
Trump arrives for hearing in classified docs case being held in special secure facility
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Austin cancels trip to Brussels for Ukraine meeting due to hospitalization — This week's Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting will now be held virtually. — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday canceled a planned trip to Brussels for a meeting on Ukraine aid this week after being admitted …
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U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement From Walter Reed Military Medical Center Officials on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Health Status
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Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Defense Secretary Austin is hospitalized with bladder issue, transfers powers to his deputy
U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement From Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Health Status
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Former RNC Chair Comes Up With Damning New Way To Describe Trump Supporters — Michael Steele asked why some voters don't just get what the former president is about. — LOADING — Michael Steele, a former chair of the Republican National Committee, on Sunday, ripped Donald Trump supporters as …
Axios:
Exclusive: How Biden botched the border — Aboard Air Force One en route to tour the southern border in January 2023, President Biden sat at the head of his conference table and exploded with fury. — The president lit into his team, which included then-Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O'Malley Dillon …
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Lynn Neary / NPR:
‘The voice we woke up to’: Bob Edwards, longtime ‘Morning Edition’ host, dies at 76 — Bob Edwards, the veteran broadcaster and longtime host of Morning Edition who left an indelible mark on NPR's sound, has died. He was 76 years old. — NPR's Susan Stamberg says Edwards' voice became part …
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
“lol hey guys”: Biden campaign joins TikTok to reach young voters — President Biden's re-election campaign officially launched its TikTok account on Sunday with a Super Bowl-themed video. … - By Monday morning, the video had 3.9 million views. — “In a media ecosystem that is more fragmented …
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NPR:
Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. — even if Americans don't believe it — In 2020, the United States experienced one of its most dangerous years in decades. — The number of murders across the country surged by nearly 30% between 2019 and 2020, according to FBI statistics.
emptywheel:
Call and Response: Putin Demanded Greater Russia and Trump Agreed — Over the weekend, Putin and Donald Trump seem to have come to public agreement that, if elected in November, Trump would help Putin pursue Greater Russia. — In his session with Tucker Carlson, after all …
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Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Trump's NATO comments stir up a political storm as Russia keeps quiet — @WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/SAMUELMEREDITH @SMEREDITH19 — The Kremlin on Monday declined to comment on Donald Trump's remarks about not wanting to protect a NATO country from a future attack by Moscow, if they were behind on their payments.
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Adam Durbin / BBC:
Nato chief says Donald Trump comments ‘undermine all of our security’
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Gil Duran / New Republic:
The Tech Plutocrats Dreaming of a Right-Wing San Francisco — On a Friday night in late January, the leader of a famed San Francisco venture capital firm got drunk and launched into a profanity-laced tirade on social media. Garry Tan, the Y Combinator CEO currently spearheading …
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