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It's Even Worse Than We Imagined — Just when you thought it couldn't be worse, here we are. — As I reported last week, a star witness for the GOP-led impeachment inquiry, someone Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) had called a “highly credible human source,” was indicted for making false statements and reports.
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Raw Story and New York Times
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Fox News co-host ‘surprised’ by GOP's ‘threshold for humiliation’ in Biden probe — Fox News co-host Jessica Tarlov mocked House Republicans on Wednesday for their pursuit of impeachment charges against President Biden. — “This is the path that they've chosen to take …
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Russia's Staggering Success In Duping Willing Republicans And Right Wing Media — A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. — The Plot Thickens — The former FBI informant charged with fabricating the Burisma bribery story about President Biden …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Post, Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo and Wall Street Journal
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Another GOP Biden ‘informant.’ Another indictment and link to Russia.
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Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
10 Republicans who treated the Biden bribery claim like gospel
10 Republicans who treated the Biden bribery claim like gospel
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Axios, The Hill, Media Matters for America, Raw Story, USA Today, One America News Network and Mediaite
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Jim Jordan Is in Deep Trouble
Jim Jordan Is in Deep Trouble
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New Republic, The Good in Us, Raw Story, The Hill, ABC News, So What, The Daily Beast, MeidasTouch, Mediaite, BizPac Review, PoliticusUSA, The Mahablog, Business Insider and New York Post
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Republicans Delete Reference To FBI Informant From Impeachment Interview Request Letter
Republicans Delete Reference To FBI Informant From Impeachment Interview Request Letter
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Republicans rush to delete any reference to Biden impeachment informant accused of lying
Mike Wendling / BBC:
Alexander Smirnov: FBI source accused of Biden lies ‘linked to Russian intelligence’
Alexander Smirnov: FBI source accused of Biden lies ‘linked to Russian intelligence’
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Nikki Haley sides with Alabama Supreme Court on IVF ruling: ‘Embryos, to me, are babies’ — The Alabama court's recent ruling raised concerns among doctors and patients worried that classifying embryos as children could restrict in-vitro fertilization. — NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. …
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‘Another hot potato’: Alabama's IVF ruling risks political, legal backlash
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Advocate
Anjali Huynh / New York Times:
Haley Says ‘Embryos, to Me, Are Babies,’ in Response to Alabama Court Ruling
Haley Says ‘Embryos, to Me, Are Babies,’ in Response to Alabama Court Ruling
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USA Today, Outside the Beltway and NBC News
Amy Yurkanin / al.com:
Fearing prosecution, UAB pauses in vitro fertilization after Alabama embryo court ruling
Fearing prosecution, UAB pauses in vitro fertilization after Alabama embryo court ruling
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Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
Alabama's Fetal Personhood Ruling
Alabama's Fetal Personhood Ruling
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Washington Post:
Shock, anger, confusion grip Alabama after court ruling on embryos
Shock, anger, confusion grip Alabama after court ruling on embryos
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Ron DeSantis shares his concerns about Trump in a private call with supporters — The Florida governor, who endorsed Trump after ending his own White House bid last month, said the former president should not use “identity politics” to pick a running mate. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told backers …
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Great Forgotten Betrayal of the Trump Years — Donald Trump's weird relationship with Vladimir Putin and Russia is back in the news. But something big is missing. — After his remarks earlier this month encouraging the Russian leader/war criminal to invade NATO countries …
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Slate and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Trump's Abortion Plan Leak Inflamed His Campaign and Energized Democrats
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nationalinterest.org, The Daily Caller, Political Signal, RedState, The Guardian, New Republic, Off Message and The Daily Signal
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Mike Johnson invoked God in a GOP presentation on keeping the majority. It didn't land well. — The speaker delivered a presentation that, while ostensibly about holding the majority this fall, took a notably moral turn, according to two people in the room.
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Republicans Furious as Speaker Johnson Turns GOP Leadership Meeting Into Religious Revival — They just wanted to hear plans for keeping their extremely slim House majority — Members of House Republican leadership expressed frustration at Speaker Mike Johnson after a GOP leadership retreat …
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Washington Examiner
Quinnipiac University Poll:
2024 Election: Biden Holds On To Slight Lead Over Trump, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Trump Gets Higher Marks On Age, Mental & Physical Fitness; Biden Does Better On Ethics, Empathy & Temperament — mail_outline — In a hypothetical 2024 general election presidential matchup …
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Axios, New York Post, Breitbart, KXAN Austin, MeidasTouch, Political Wire and New York Daily News
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Younger people are less likely to express worry about American democracy
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LGBTQ Nation, Fox News and Blue Virginia
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Biden considering major new executive actions for migrant crisis — The policies under consideration include changes to asylum standards and stricter points of entry. — The Biden administration is considering a string of new executive actions and federal regulations in an effort …
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Commander, Biden's banished German shepherd, had at least 25 biting incidents in a year — President Biden's now-banished German shepherd Commander inflicted more damage with bite incidents than previously known. — Newly released records from the United States Secret Service to USA TODAY reveal …
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Florida Politics
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Federal judge affirms MyPillow's Mike Lindell must pay $5M in election data dispute — A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered …
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The Hill, Raw Story, MeidasTouch, HuffPost, Mercury News and Law & Crime
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Arizona prosecutor refuses to extradite murder suspect to New York — An Arizona prosecutor said she will not extradite a New York murder suspect to the state on Wednesday, claiming Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg could not be trusted to keep the man behind bars.
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Elon Musk quietly visited the Biden White House in September — Musk and President Joe Biden, who didn't meet during the visit, have had a frosty relationship driven by differing views on labor unions and more. — Tech billionaire Elon Musk quietly visited the White House in September …
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Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, Political Wire and TASS
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FACT SHEET: President Biden Cancels Student Debt for more than 150,000 Student Loan Borrowers Ahead of Schedule — Today, President Biden announced the approval of $1.2 billion in student debt cancellation for almost 153,000 borrowers currently enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan.
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Biden will email 153,000 student loan borrowers: I'm canceling your debt
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US Department of Justice:
U.S. Attorney Announces Nuclear Materials Trafficking Charges Against Japanese Yakuza Leader — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York — Takeshi Ebisawa of Japan, Leader Within the Yakuza Transnational Organized Crime Syndicate …
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Amy Brown, wife of GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown, opens up about her abortion for the first time publicly — Sam Brown is running for Senate in Nevada, and he told NBC News that his wife's experience has helped show him politicians have to “lead with compassion.”
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The Daily Beast and Washington Examiner
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US man pleads not guilty after two-year-old daughter accidentally shoots herself — Michael Tolbert, 44, of Flint becomes first person charged under Michigan's new law requiring safe storage of guns — A Michigan man whose two-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver …
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KTAR.com
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Teamsters give GOP first major donation in years with $45,000 to RNC — The Teamsters' political committee has given $45,000 to the Republican National Committee, according to federal records, a significant departure for a powerful organized labor group that has more recently supported Democrats …
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RedState, Iowa Starting Line and Political Wire
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'Who's going to do that?': Trump faces hurdles in securing appeal bond for fraud case — Former President Donald Trump will need to secure a massive bond as he appeals the ruling ordering him to pay more than $450 million in penalties and interest. — Former President Donald Trump …
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JONATHAN TURLEY, Raw Story, USA Today, Puck and Daily Caller News Foundation