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2:20 PM ET, February 15, 2024

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April Rubin / Axios:
Trump says he purposefully mixes up politicians' names … - Biden's campaign seized on the moment by sharing it on social media, and in a campaign ad.  — He's mixed up Biden and former President Obama at least seven times in recent months, per Forbes.
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Hur making plans to testify to GOP panel about Biden … - Biden, his White House and his personal lawyer have been bashing Hur over his report, which cleared Biden of criminal wrongdoing but painted the president, 81, as having “diminished faculties” and a “poor memory.”
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Ariz. Republican who stood up to Trump after 2020 won't seek reelection
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
We're Running Out of Names for Trump. At Least Polite Ones.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Kristen Stewart fires back at old Trump posts encouraging Robert Pattinson to ‘dump’ her
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Trauma of the Trump Years Is Being Rewritten
Discussion: Constitutional … and Daily Kos
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Arizona GOP introduces resolution to declare Trump 2024 winner regardless of the vote
Discussion: American Journal News
Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Trump ramps up calls to Congress to impeach Biden
Discussion: RedState, PJ Media and IJR
Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Putin says Biden would be better for Russia as president than Trump
Erica Orden / Politico:
Trump's first criminal trial will start March 25, judge says  —  The schedule means Trump will spend weeks in court instead of on the campaign trail.  —  Former President Donald Trump's first criminal trial will start on March 25 as scheduled, a judge said in New York on Thursday as he denied Trump's attempts to throw out the charges.
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New York Times:
The investigation that led to the charges spanned nearly five years.  —  Ruling that the case against Donald J. Trump can proceed, Justice Juan M. Merchan said he planned to begin the trial on March 25.  —  A judge rejected a bid to toss the hush-money case.  Here's the latest.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump hush money trial to start March 25, judge denies dismissal request  — A New York judge said that jury selection in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump will begin March 25.  — The judge denied Trump's request to dismiss charges in the case.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Rules Full Speed Ahead on Trump's Manhattan Criminal Trial
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: Witness Testifies Fani, Wade Relationship Began in 2019  —  Well, my my my.  The disqualification hearing for Fani Willis in the Fulton County RICO case began this morning, and it's already going south for the DA and her boyfriend, Nathan Wade.  In a filing with the court two weeks ago …
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Key Witness Contradicts Trump Prosecutors' Timeline of Relationship  —  A former friend and colleague of Fani Willis says the district attorney's romance with the lead prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case began before he was hired, possibly bolstering defense lawyers' claims of a conflict of interest.
Steven Monacelli / bellingcat:
Texas Active Club Leader Blurred His Face But Forgot to Scrub His Socials  —  The Texas Observer and Bellingcat have identified the leader of a white nationalist group that distributed antisemitic and racist flyers in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, and Eagle Pass, three small Texas cities, over the last year.
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Steven Monacelli / The Texas Observer:   Parker County ‘White Nationalist Fight Club’ Leader Exposed
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The final repudiation of ‘2000 Mules’  —  Since Donald Trump left office in January 2021, there has been no more influential presentation of his theory that the election was stolen than the film “2000 Mules,” created by activist — and Trump pardon recipient — Dinesh D'Souza.
CTV News:
Air Canada's chatbot gave a B.C. man the wrong information.  Now, the airline has to pay for the mistake  —  Air Canada has been ordered to compensate a B.C. man because its chatbot gave him inaccurate information.  —  The Civil Resolution Tribunal's decision on the dispute was posted online Wednesday …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Truth Social merger deal wins key approval, a victory for Trump  —  The former president's stake in the post-merger company would be valued, at today's share price, at nearly $4 billion.  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the merger proposal of former president Donald Trump's media start …
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Maryland 2024 Poll: Former Gov. Larry Hogan Starts Strong in Election for Open Senate Seat  —  Trump's Criminal Indictments Raise More Doubts for Voters than Bidens' Age  —  Economy and Crime are Top Issues for Maryland Voters  —  The first Emerson College Polling/The Hill/DC News Now survey …
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
US disrupts Russian hacking campaign that infiltrated home, small business routers: DOJ  —  The FBI coordinated with other foreign partners to disrupt the GRU-led campaign.  —  A laptop is seen on a Russian flag in this undated stock photo.  —  The FBI announced Thursday it successfully disrupted …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Reuters
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Joe Manchin floats Mitt Romney as a potential running mate as he weighs a presidential bid  —  Manchin made the comment Thursday in Cleveland, the latest stop on his “listening tour” as the West Virginia senator ponders a third-party White House campaign.  —  CLEVELAND — Sen, Joe Manchin …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out  —  Too much aloneness is creating a crisis of social fitness.  —  In its earliest decades, the United States was celebrated for its citizens' extroversion.  Americans weren't just setting out to build new churches and new cities.
The Information:
Meta Cuts Funding for Fact-Checking on WhatsApp as Elections Loom  —  Meta Platforms is reducing payments to news organizations that fact-check potential misinformation on WhatsApp, including around elections, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
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Will Oremus / Washington Post:   The biggest online threat to 2024 elections isn't AI
 
 
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Discussion: The Hill and CNN
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