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10:05 PM ET, February 12, 2024

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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
The Legal Coup  —  In late 2020, a group of conservative movement attorneys set out to build a legal pathway by which Donald Trump could stay in power, having lost the election.  —  We've known about the outcome of their work for three years now: how it led to the violence of Jan. 6 …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Trump seeks Supreme Court intervention in election interference case  —  Former President Donald Trump is turning to the justices in a last-ditch effort to prevent his prosecution in the federal election interference case from moving closer to trial.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump endorses new RNC chair and Lara Trump as co-chair  —  The ex-president is backing Michael Whatley, the chair of the North Carolina GOP, to take over for Ronna McDaniel.  —  Former President Donald Trump will support North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Whatley to succeed Ronna McDaniel …
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 …
New York Times:
Donald J. Trump endorses his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, for R.N.C. co-chair.  —  Elgin, S.C.  —  Orangeburg, S.C.  —  Conway, S.C.  —  Conway, S.C.  —  Sean Rayford for The New York Times
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Raw Story
Anjali Huynh / New York Times:
Haley Blasts Trump's Insinuations About Her Husband's Service  —  After months of treading lightly about the former president's legal travails and increasing authoritarian rhetoric, Nikki Haley came out swinging in South Carolina over a personal attack.  —  Nikki Haley, in the final stretch …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump endorses NC's Whatley for RNC chair, Lara Trump for co-chair  —  Former President Trump on Monday backed Michael Whatley, the head of the North Carolina GOP, to serve as the next chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) and threw his support behind his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, to serve as co-chair.
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.
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to sabotage Trump's most important criminal trial
Discussion: NBC News and Persuasion
Washington Post:
Trump plans to attend Georgia hearing on misconduct allegations against prosecutors
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:   Two Weeks of Chaos  —  Donald Trump's months-long effort to overturn his defeat …
Lee Moran / HuffPost:   Former RNC Chair Comes Up With Damning New Way To Describe Trump Supporters
Associated Press:
Trump faces Monday deadline to ask the Supreme Court for a delay in his election interference trial
New York Times:
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene Over Claim of Absolute Immunity
Politico:
Herbert Hoover stans fight back  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from producer Raymond Rapada.  —  President JOE BIDEN has a rotation of names for former President DONALD TRUMP (not all of which are appropriate in public).
Discussion: Fox News
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Nicholas Grossman / The Bulwark:
The Real Reason for All the Biden Age Talk
Christian Paz / Vox:
Yes, Democrats, it's Biden or bust
Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Says She Is Ready to Serve as Biden Faces Age Scrutiny
Charan Ranganath / New York Times:
A Neuroscientist Weighs In On Biden's Cognitive Abilities
Discussion: HotAir, Reason and Althouse
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Biden's upcoming physical exam will not include a cognitive test, White House says
Ivana Saric / Axios:
“lol hey guys”: Biden campaign joins TikTok to reach young voters
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson fires warning shot as Senate prepares to vote on Ukraine aid  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) fired a warning shot at the Senate's foreign aid package Monday night, criticizing the $95.3 billion supplemental as the upper chamber inches closer to a final vote on the legislation.
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Jordy Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
Speaker Johnson Rejects Senate Foreign Aid Bill  —  The House continues to take direction from Donald Trump  —  Speaker Mike Johnson has announced that the House of Representatives will not consider the foreign aid bill currently pending in the United States Senate.
J.D. Vance / The American Conservative:
The Republican Plot Against Donald Trump
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Biden's border bind, in one chart
Discussion: Semafor
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.
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
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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson gave Putin exactly want he wants
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Tuberville appears willing to give Putin the benefit of the doubt
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and RedState
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 …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Joint chiefs head says U.S. ‘credibility is at stake’ following Trump's NATO remarks  —  Former President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would encourage Russia to attack any NATO country that didn't pay enough to the alliance.  —  WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff …
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Avery Lotz / CNN:
Rubio dismisses concerns about Trump's NATO remarks as backlash mounts
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why I Am Now Deeply Worried for America  —  Until a few days ago, I was feeling fairly sanguine about America's prospects.  Economically, we've had a year of strong growth and plunging inflation — and aside from committed Republicans, who see no good, hear no good and speak no good when a Democrat …
 
 
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Former aide to disgraced Illinois House Speaker sentenced to prison
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Reagan's daughter says he wouldn't want to be in GOP today
Discussion: HuffPost
Oriana González / NOTUS:
Heritage Action Scorecards Used to Strike Fear in Republicans. Not Anymore.
Discussion: Political Wire
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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
NPR:
Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. — even if Americans don't believe it
 

 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

CBS News:
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