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4:15 PM ET, February 12, 2024

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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 …
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Republicans play clean up on aisle Trump after former president's NATO comments  —  When former president Donald Trump recalled a story at a campaign rally in South Carolina over the weekend about telling a European ally the U.S. would not defend them against Russia unless they spent more on defense …
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.
New York Times:
Trump Faces Supreme Court Deadline on Claim of Absolute Immunity
Discussion: The Weekly Sift
Washington Post:
Unprecedented assignment: Defending Donald Trump in criminal court
Discussion: Raw Story and Atlanta Black Star
Avery Lotz / CNN:
Rubio dismisses concerns about Trump's NATO remarks as backlash mounts
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
‘Anti-CPAC’ summit planned with prominent GOP Trump critics
Discussion: Washington Examiner and RedState
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Trump's NATO comments stir up a political storm as Russia keeps quiet
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.
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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Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Says She Is Ready to Serve as Biden Faces Age Scrutiny  —  In a recent interview, the vice president cites her ‘capacity to lead’ after stops on her abortion-rights tour  —  Vice President Kamala Harris was detailing her priorities for the campaign during a flight on Air Force …
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 …
Discussion: The Mahablog and Washington Post
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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.
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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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had non-surgical procedure for bladder issue, remains in hospital
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
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
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 …
Ed White / The Independent:
Republican Michigan lawmaker loses staff and committee assignment after online racist post  —  A Republican lawmaker in Michigan has lost his committee assignment and staff, days after posting an image of a racist ideology on social media  —  For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight …
Discussion: The Detroit News
Oriana González / NOTUS:
Heritage Action Scorecards Used to Strike Fear in Republicans.  Not Anymore.  —  “The teeth are not there in the way that they used to be,” a former senior official at Heritage said.  —  Not so long ago, if Heritage Action announced that it would be “key voting” a vote in the House or Senate …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Two Weeks of Chaos  —  Donald Trump's months-long effort to overturn his defeat …
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NPR:
Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. — even if Americans don't believe it
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“lol hey guys”: Biden campaign joins TikTok to reach young voters
Stephanie van den Berg / Reuters:
Dutch court orders halt to export of F-35 jet parts to Israel