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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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emptywheel, Politico and Media Matters for America
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Republicans Delete Reference To FBI Informant From Impeachment Interview Request Letter — The indictment of an FBI informant for fabricating a bribery allegation against Joe Biden has blown a hole in the impeachment case against the president. — LOADING
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, CNN, New Republic, The Guardian and Mediaite
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Jim Jordan Is in Deep Trouble — Ohio congressman Jim Jordan could face major repercussions over the Republican attempt to impeach Joe Biden after a former FBI informant charged with making false bribery claims against the president was accused of using Russian intelligence, legal experts suggest.
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The Hill, New Republic, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story, Mediaite and BizPac Review
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Playbook: The Biden impeachment's latest big blow
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Raw Story and The Federalist
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Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens had Russian intelligence contacts, prosecutors say
Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens had Russian intelligence contacts, prosecutors say
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Biden cancels student debt for 150K borrowers — The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is forgiving a total of $1.2 billion in student debt for roughly 153,000 borrowers. — The relief comes through the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan, which made changes …
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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 Cancels $1.2 Billion in Student Loan Debt for 150,000 Borrowers
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Biden Cancels $1.2 Billion of Federal Student Loans
Biden Cancels $1.2 Billion of Federal Student Loans
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Trump and allies plotting militarized mass deportations, detention camps — As president, Trump sought to use military planes and bases for deportation. Now, he and his allies are talking about a new effort that current and former officials warn could be impractical and dangerous.
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Trump confirms names on VP shortlist: 'They're all good, they're all solid' — Former President Trump confirmed a list of names floated to be on his vice presidential shortlist Tuesday, during a town hall event in Greenville, S.C. — Trump joined Fox News Channel's Laura Ingraham to discuss …
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Shock, anger, confusion grip Alabama after court ruling on embryos — Alabama doctors are puzzled over whether they will have to make changes to in vitro fertilization procedures. Couples have crammed into online support groups wondering if they should transfer frozen embryos out of state.
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The Antisemitic Cartoon — Dear Members of the Harvard Community, — A few groups purporting to speak on behalf of Harvard affiliates recently circulated a flagrantly antisemitic cartoon in a post on social media channels. The cartoon, included in a longer post, depicted what appeared …
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Scoop: House Democrat floats Mike Johnson protection measure … - The resolution, authored by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), would require Democratic or Republican party leadership to sanction any vote to vacate the speaker's chair, according to a copy obtained by Axios.
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The Hill, Washington Examiner and PoliticusUSA
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Scoop: GOP privately expects government shutdown
Scoop: GOP privately expects government shutdown
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Raw Story, DCCC and Washington Times
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White House uses GOP recess as tool to hammer inaction on Ukraine aid — A new memo offers a “vacation reading” list of potential threats if a defense funding bill is not approved. — The White House ratcheted up its onslaught on House Republican leadership, criticizing them for going on …
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PoliticusUSA, Washington Times and The Hill
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Tax records reveal the lucrative world of covid misinformation — Four major nonprofits that rose to prominence during the coronavirus pandemic by capitalizing on the spread of medical misinformation collectively gained more than $118 million between 2020 and 2022, enabling the organizations …
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Donald Trump may not believe in God, but he still plans to turn America into a Christian theocracy — Like any cult leader, Trump's goal is to get power — and the religious right is ready to take advantage — If there were only some way to prove it, I would happily bet everything I own that Donald Trump does not believe in God.
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
Mar-a-Lago judge denies Trump's request to file briefs together in documents case, orders slower, one-by-one pace instead — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's indictment for allegedly illegally retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida has denied a request …
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Raw Story
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Ron DeSantis ally Chris Rufo has close ties with ‘dissident right’ magazine — Relationship with IM-1776 that praises dictators, racist ideologues and attacks liberal democracy is collaborative and supportive — Chris Rufo, a rightwing culture-war celebrity and close Ron DeSantis ally …
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Raw Story
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Former CNN anchor John Avlon announces bid for Congress — Former CNN anchor John Avlon announced a bid Wednesday for New York's first congressional district, claiming “democracy is in danger.” — In a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Avlon said he was running to help preserve democracy …
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Nex Benedict matters — Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby — Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Oklahoma sophomore, died on February 8. Nex, who was non-binary, was attacked in an Owasso High School bathroom the previous day, sustaining serious head injuries.
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Sean Hannity and the case of the sawdust ‘cocaine’ — A central tenet of Sean Hannity's on-air rhetoric over the past few years has been that the federal government — and, specifically, federal law enforcement — is not reliable. — After all, how else to wave away the various indictments of his friend and ally Donald Trump?
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More than 400 Starbucks workers at 21 stores seek to join union — More than 400 workers at 21 Stabucks locations filed petitions Tuesday with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to join the Starbucks Workers United union. — This was the largest single-day filing of the campaign …
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Starbucks Workers United, The Guardian, People's Policy Project, Fox Business and The Nation
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IRS to ramp up audits of private jet usage — The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday it's ramping up audits of corporate jets to collect more in unpaid taxes as part of its push to increase enforcement on wealthier taxpayers. — The tax collection agency will conduct three dozen …
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Tennessee firm illegally employed minors to clean meat saws, head splitters at slaughterhouses, Labor Dept. says — Fayette Janitorial LLC employed 15 children to clean dangerous equipment at a Perdue Farms plant in Virginia and nine to clean a Seaboard Triumph Foods pork plant in Iowa.
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The Daily Caller
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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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The Fani Willis mess, explained — It ultimately serves as a reminder that the courts can't save us. … While Trump continues to face 91 criminal charges and considerable financial liabilities from his losses in civil cases, a significant sideshow has developed in Georgia.
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Mercury News and Washington Post
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GOP chances of winning the Senate on the rise — Senate Republicans have seen their chances of taking the Senate majority steadily rise this year as they have expanded the battlefield, limited internal fights and recruited a set of strong candidates. — It's a remarkable shift from two years ago …
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The Ripon Society and RedState