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12:00 PM ET, February 20, 2024

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Politico:
Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration  —  Spearheading the effort is Russell Vought, president of The Center for Renewing America, part of a conservative consortium preparing for Trump's return to power.  —  Russell Vought is president of The Center …
Susan Page / USA Today:
Home sweet home?  Donald Trump trounces Nikki Haley in exclusive South Carolina poll  —  Donald Trump is poised to trounce Nikki Haley Saturday in her home state of South Carolina, an exclusive Suffolk University/USA TODAY poll finds, with a yawning advantage that hasn't been diminished …
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Associated Press:
She's not quitting.  Takeaways from Nikki Haley's push to stay in the GOP contest against Trump  —  KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley's team is bracing for a home state embarrassment in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary on Saturday.  Conventional wisdom suggests she'll be forced to drop out.
Asawin Suesbang / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Final Hours in Office Were Consumed With Fury at Snoop Dogg  —  Trump's rage at Snoop Dogg created “chaos” in his administration's last moments — and nearly killed clemency for Harry-O … The source of the then-outgoing president's anger had nothing to do with his failed attempts …
Discussion: Raw Story and UPROXX
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Oops!  DeSantis says book challenges have gone too far  —  In an extraordinary press conference last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) acknowledged that challenges to books in the state's school libraries are out of control.  Over the course of the event, DeSantis blamed teachers …
Discussion: Florida's Voice
M.L. Nestel / Raw Story:
'You're both traitors': Speaker Johnson's thumbs-up photo-op with Trump doesn't go well  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson made his pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago for a photo-op with former President Donald Trump — but when he took it X Monday, it didn't get the kind of reception he'd hoped.
Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't review admissions at Va.'s Thomas Jefferson HS  —  The Supreme Court will not review a challenge to the admissions system for a prestigious Northern Virginia magnet school, the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, which administrators said opened …
Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
Truckers Target Trump-Hating New York Judge  —  A boycott of New York City.  —  Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock  —  F  —  inally.  —  The seriously out-of-control far-leftist Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, he who has taken upon his Trump-hating self to fine the former president …
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Jonathan Turley / New York Post:
Democrats weaponized justice system to punish Trump in business case
Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Washington Post:
Frozen embryos are children, Ala. high court says in unprecedented ruling  —  The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that frozen embryos are people and someone can be held liable for destroying them, a decision that reproductive rights advocates say could imperil in vitro fertilization (IVF) …
Politico:
Crypto attorney launches Senate bid against Elizabeth Warren  —  John Deaton launched his Senate campaign on Tuesday “to continue my life's mission to shake things up for the people who need it most.”  —  BOSTON — A cryptocurrency advocate and attorney is challenging Sen. Elizabeth Warren as a Republican …
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Ex-GOP Lawmaker Sums Up Current Republican Platform With 2 Stinging Words  —  David Jolly also named and shamed the Republican lawmakers who “faceplant on the knee of Donald Trump.”  —  LOADING  —  Former Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) on Monday offered a critical take on the GOP's shift in stance on Russia.
Discussion: Breitbart
Christopher Roach / American Greatness:
Navalny's Death and Western Hypocrisy … Western media and political figures have solved the case!  —  A jailed opposition politician in Russia, Alexander Navalny, has apparently died in prison.  How did he die?  Was he murdered, or was it natural causes?  Suicide?  I do not know, and neither do you.
Discussion: Atlantic Council
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Pelosi: Trump comments on Navalny's death ‘beneath the dignity of a human being’
The Hill:
Supreme Court turns away House GOP lawmakers' appeal over mask rule violations  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to revive a lawsuit from three House Republicans after their pay was docked for not complying with a pandemic-era mask requirement on the chamber floor.
Discussion: Associated Press
Myah Ward / Politico:
DNC intervenes in GOP effort to nullify Arizona election manual  —  Democrats are challenging a Republican effort to nullify the manual used to oversee Arizona election rules and results.  —  The Democratic National Committee is looking to jump into a pair of Arizona election lawsuits Tuesday morning …
Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Kari Lake can't say who ‘stole’ her election, says criticism of McCain was meant as a joke  —  In a radio interview, Lake also said she wouldn't support a federal abortion ban and characterized Ukraine's war against Russia as a lost cause.  —  A defensive Kari Lake acknowledged …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Biden campaign touts $42M raised in January  —  The Democratic president and DNC ended January with $130 million cash on hand.  —  President Joe Biden's political operation said it raised $42 million in January, continuing to amass cash as he gears up for a likely rematch with former President Donald Trump.
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Axios:
Biden's reset moment
CNN:
US proposes a ‘temporary ceasefire’ in Gaza in draft UN resolution  —  New York CNN —  The United States has proposed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution on Gaza calling for a temporary ceasefire in Israel's war against Hamas and warning against an Israeli ground incursion into Rafah …
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Benjamin Weinthal / Fox News:
Biden to go to UN Security Council to force temporary cease-fire on Israel, halt Rafah offensive
Eduardo Suárez / Reuters Institute:
New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger: “Our industry needs to think bigger”  —  In this exclusive interview, he discusses his role in shaping the paper and preserving its values  —  In early January 1996 journalist Kevin McKenna presented the New York Times' first website to three generations …
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Kierra Frazier / Politico:
NYT publisher: White House ‘extremely upset’ on Biden age coverage
Discussion: Twitchy, PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
 
 
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Gerard Baker / Wall Street Journal:
The Moral Blindness of Putin's Apologists on the Right
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Mediaite
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Red states hopeful for a 2nd Trump term prepare to curtail Medicaid
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Looming testimony of Biden relatives has high stakes for both sides
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Abdujalil Abdurasulov / BBC:
Avdiivka: Russia accused of executing prisoners of war after Ukraine withdraws
Discussion: El País and The Kyiv Independent
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Celia Bergin / Bloomberg:
Sunak Pitches for Rural Votes With Funding Promise to UK Farmers
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ABC News:
White House is distributing $5.8B from the infrastructure law for water projects
Discussion: The Hill and UPI
Alison F. Takemura / Grist:
Heat pumps outsold gas furnaces again last year — and the gap is growing
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
John Oliver Offers Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas $1 Million a Year to Resign
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Trump musical about ex-wives, Stormy Daniels debuts in New York
Discussion: Political Wire
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
Measles erupts in Florida school where 11% of kids are unvaccinated
Sam Baker / Axios:
Read: Historians rank Trump as worst president
Discussion: UPI