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2:00 PM ET, February 14, 2024

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Washington Post:
Suozzi wins New York special election, replacing George Santos  —  The Democrat prevailed in a race that centered heavily on immigration  —  Democrat Tom Suozzi won a hotly contested special election for Congress on Tuesday, the Associated Press projected, retaking a seat in suburban New York …
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Republicans amass a record of loss under Trump: “Democrats have been winning at an impressive clip”  —  What a pile of GOP losses means for Trump's chances this fall  —  President Biden and Donald Trump are tied in the early 2024 Election polls, and what many observers have described as …
NBC News:
Sen. Chris Murphy urges Dems to follow Tom Suozzi's ‘aggressive’ offense on the border  —  Murphy said fellow Democrat Tom Suozzi, who won the special election in New York's 3rd Congressional District, “messaged aggressively” on the issue of immigration and “flipped the script on his Republican opponent.”
Politico:
The Santos stench: 6 takeaways from the New York special election
New York Times:
New York 3rd Congressional District Special Election Results
New York Times:
Leaning Into Migrant Woes, Suozzi Paves Election-Year Path for Democrats
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Democrats flip Santos's New York House seat in high-stakes special election
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on House GOP's Baseless Impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Nikki Haley: ‘Diminished,’ ‘unhinged’ Trump has changed since she backed him  —  In an interview with NBC News' Craig Melvin, Haley explained away her past support for Trump while knocking his recent conduct and his age.  —  Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley defended her past support …
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Washington Post:
Trump talks with Gabbard about U.S. defense, reflecting isolationist approach
Discussion: Politico
NBC News:
House Intel chair warns of ‘serious national security threat’ ahead of planned White House briefing  —  The administration will brief House leaders on Thursday.  Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said there's no reason for Americans to panic.
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
House Intel chair calls on Biden to declassify details on ‘serious national security threat’  —  House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) made a cryptic call for President Biden to declassify information about a “serious national security threat” to allow for public discussions about how the U.S. should respond.
Discussion: Pravda EN
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
“History is watching,” President Joe Biden said this afternoon.  He warned “Republicans in Congress who think they can oppose funding for Ukraine and not be held accountable” that “[f]ailure to support Ukraine at this critical moment will never be forgotten.”
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Lara Trump says ‘every single penny’ of RNC funds will go to electing Donald Trump if she is made co-chair  —  Donald Trump is pushing for Lara Trump to be made the RNC's co-chair  —  Former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law is promising that all the Republican National Committee's …
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Lara Trump says she'd spend ‘every single penny’ of RNC funds to elect father-in-law
Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham, a longtime foreign policy hawk, bows to Trump on Ukraine  —  The shift sends another warning sign to U.S. allies about the isolationist posture spreading within the Republican Party  —  Last May, Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
New documents underscore why the Supreme Court must let Jack Smith's Trump case move forward  —  January 6 was just the tip of the iceberg — Trump's criminal conspiracy was sprawling  —  Despite taking their own sweet time to render what should have been a five-minute decision ruling …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Nearly 1 in 5 Believe Taylor Swift Election Conspiracy Theory  —  But 2 in 3 Americans approve of the singer encouraging voter turnout  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Just under 1 in 5 Americans believe the singer Taylor Swift is part of a covert effort to help President Joe Biden win the 2024 election.
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
After border bill failure, ICE considers mass releases to close budget gap  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has drafted plans to release thousands of immigrants and slash its capacity to hold detainees after the failure of a Senate border bill that would have erased …
Wall Street Journal:
Pentagon Used Six-Bladed ‘Ginsu’ Weapon to Kill Iraqi Militia Leader  —  Eager to avoid escalating tensions with Baghdad, U.S. used missile designed to avoid civilian casualties  —  WASHINGTON—The Pentagon killed a Kataib Hezbollah leader in downtown Baghdad last week using a weapon …
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
Decision 2024: A ‘Well-Meaning’ Old Man vs. a Corrupt Old Man  —  “A SYMPATHETIC WELL-MEANING, ELDERLY MAN with a poor memory.”  That's how Special Counsel Robert Hur describes President Joe Biden in his February 5 report on Biden's treatment of classified documents.
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Biden v. Trump: The battle over who's too old, too forgetful or too confused
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI: Read the memo  —  After installing a new interim CEO earlier this month, Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox browser, is making some major changes to its product strategy, TechCrunch has learned.  —  Specifically, Mozilla plans …
Discussion: The Register and Bloomberg
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Raskin labels GOP ‘isolationist MAGA cult’ that wants to side with tyrants  —  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) labeled Republicans in Congress a “right-wing isolationist MAGA cult” that has sided with tyrants.  —  Raskin, the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, joined MSNBC's …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
Ex-Detroit police chief James Craig drops Republican bid for open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan  —  Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig is ending his Republican bid for an open U.S. Senate seat representing Michigan just over four months after launching his campaign, he told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
 
 
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Republicans admit it. Kevin McCarthy has never looked so good.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Terrorists Are Paying for Check Marks on X, Report Says
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Brittany Gibson / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s PAC returned millions to a donor. Campaign experts say that's highly unusual.
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Jared Kushner Says He Won't Be Part of a Second Trump White House
Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
‘The Campaign Is a Mess’: RFK Jr. Hit With Staff Exodus Over ‘Lavish Spending’ and ‘Amateurish’ Leadership
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Ben Metzner / New Republic:
GOP Congressman Spews Racist Screed on Fall of “Western Civilization”
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Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”
 
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