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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. — It's been the story of many of those from whom Republicans have sought information — In one way, it's shocking that a key person in the GOP's efforts to dig up dirt on the Bidens has been indicted and accused of “extensive” ties to Russian intelligence.
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Raw Story
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10 Republicans who treated the Biden bribery claim like gospel
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Axios, 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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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 — Alabama court ruled frozen embryos are people. The GOP could pay for it in November. — An Alabama Supreme Court ruling granting legal personhood to frozen embryos risks a legal and political backlash for conservatives heading into the November election.
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Advocate
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Fearing prosecution, UAB pauses in vitro fertilization after Alabama embryo court ruling
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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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Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
Alabama's Fetal Personhood Ruling
Alabama's Fetal Personhood Ruling
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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
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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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New York Times, The Hill, Politico, New York Post, Breitbart, The Root, HotAir, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit and CBS News
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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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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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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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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, TASS and Political Wire
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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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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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The Daily Caller and New York Times
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Federal prosecutors charge Japanese Yakuza leader in nuclear material trafficking conspiracy
Federal prosecutors charge Japanese Yakuza leader in nuclear material trafficking conspiracy
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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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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
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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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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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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'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
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Florida School Rocked by More Cases of Measles as Parents Skip Vax — Eleven other states have reported measles cases this year, but no area has been hit as hard as South Florida. — An elementary school in Florida has been hit with a measles outbreak that's made six students sick …
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