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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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New York Times:
G.O.P. Officials, Once Critical, Stand by Trump After NATO Comments — Defending Donald Trump or deflecting his statements, some top G.O.P. officials reflected the trajectory of a party that the former president has largely bent to his will. — After Donald J. Trump suggested he had threatened …
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
‘Wow!’ Morning Joe Crew Stunned By Montage of Trump Repeated Gaffes from Weekend Rallies — Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were equally stunned by a montage of confusing gaffes by former President Donald Trump over a weekend of political rallies, each exclaiming “wow!” coming out of the montage aired on Monday's Morning Joe.
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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson gave Putin exactly want he wants — It is no coincidence that Trump made his biggest threat against NATO right after Tucker Carlson sat with Putin — As we all know, the biggest story in the world is the breaking news that President Joe Biden is old.
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New York Times:
Trump Faces Supreme Court Deadline on Claim of Absolute Immunity — A federal appeals court gave the former president until Monday to ask the justices to pause its ruling while he pursues an appeal. — Former President Donald J. Trump is expected to file a last-ditch effort on Monday …
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The Weekly Sift
Rachael Bade / Politico:
‘We have to get this done’: A top House Republican pushes for Ukraine aid, stat
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New York Times:
Trump Faces Fraud Trial Ruling and Criminal Trial Hearing in NY Next Week
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NBC News:
Feeling betrayed, Trump wants a second administration stocked with loyalists
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
‘Anti-CPAC’ summit planned with prominent GOP Trump critics
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Washington Post:
Unprecedented assignment: Defending Donald Trump in criminal court — With four criminal indictments and multiple civil cases, the former president has built the equivalent of a boutique law firm — In the past six weeks alone, Donald Trump's lawyers argued in the Supreme Court over whether …
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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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Raw Story
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump attends Florida hearing in special counsel classified documents case
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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
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
‘But His Memory’ and the slow train wreck of American democracy
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Why the Hur report triggers bad 2016 flashbacks
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CNN:
Police have identified the woman who opened fire in a Houston megachurch. Here's what we know — A woman who walked into a popular Texas megachurch Sunday afternoon with a long gun and a young child opened fire before she was killed by law enforcement officers on scene.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Bibi protests to Biden, criticizes order targeting Israeli settler violence — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his call with President Biden on Sunday protested and criticized Biden's recent executive order that paved the way for sanctions on Israeli settlers involved …
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NBC News:
Biden disparages Netanyahu in private but hasn't changed U.S. policy toward Israel
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Biden national security aide John Kirby gets expanded role
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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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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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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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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 …
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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Washington Post
U.S. Department of Defense:
Statement From Walter Reed Military Medical Center Officials on Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Health Status — Dr. John Maddox, Trauma Medical Director, and Dr. Gregory Chesnut, Center for Prostate Disease Research of the Murtha Cancer Center Director, at Walter Reed National …
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Austin cancels trip to Brussels for Ukraine meeting due to hospitalization
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Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Defense Secretary Austin is hospitalized with bladder issue, transfers powers to his deputy
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