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9:45 AM ET, February 23, 2024

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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The Hunter Biden story has done a total 180 but the MSM is in denial  —  The Hunter Biden impeachment drama has been transformed by the revelation that the most essential witness for the GOP is a pathological liar and Russian intelligence asset.  —  The story is no longer whether Joe Biden …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
No one is replacing Joe Biden, ffs  —  The bed-wetting needs to stop. … New York Times columnist Ezra Klein argued last week that President Joe Biden should step aside and not run for another term.  Klein argues Biden is too old to successfully run for president, and that Democrats …
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Guess What Just Disappeared From GOP's Biden Impeachment Website
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
'There's No Question This Is Dead': Biden Impeachment Inquiry Falls Apart
New York Times:
A Trump Judge Under Scrutiny  —  Aileen Cannon is facing a series of tests in the classified documents case.  —  When Judge Aileen Cannon was handed the job last spring of overseeing Donald Trump's prosecution on charges of mishandling classified documents, she was already under fire.
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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Fight or flight: Fearful Trump critics weigh the risk of retribution if he's re-elected  —  Some are considering leaving the country if Trump returns to the White House or saving money to handle the expected legal costs.  —  WASHINGTON — If Donald Trump stood no chance of becoming president again …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump avoids precarious Maryland Senate race
Discussion: Bloomberg and Political Wire
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
How Trump is becoming more authoritarian
Discussion: PolitiFact
Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Ballot harvesting, poll watchers and more: Lara Trump reveals her plan to turbocharge RNC
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Tommy Tuberville On Alabama Deeming Embryos Children: Great!  Wait, Bad!  —  In the span of three minutes, the GOP senator said he was “all for it,” didn't agree with it, supports IVF and just needs to read the bill.  (There is no bill.)  —  LOADING  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House GOP rushes to distance from Alabama IVF ruling … - “We should do everything we can to protect IVF for women everywhere,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) told Axios. … - Mace has variably criticized and supported her party's pro-life positions, often warning that overly strict policies will cost the GOP key elections.
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
A New Orleans magician says a Democratic operative paid him to make the fake Biden robocall  —  Dean Phillips' presidential campaign denounced the alleged actions of one of its consultants and said it may take legal action against him.  —  NEW ORLEANS — A Democratic consultant who worked …
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Politico:
Playbook: Nancy Mace's main character energy  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  YOUR MOMENT OF WONDER — “A U.S.-Built Spacecraft Lands on the Moon for the First Time Since 1972,” by NYT's Kenneth Chang  —  THE HARD RIGHT'S NEW POWER COUPLE …
Discussion: NBC News, Mediaite and WGN-TV
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
The Cash-Strapped Trump Campaign Is Trying to Get Away With a New Donor Loophole  —  As a cash crunch looms, Trump's campaign is miraculously not reporting donor refunds—an untested trick that makes it harder to tell how tired his donors really are. … Campaign donor refunds have been a part …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Well-funded new super PAC joins Trumpworld
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org
Washington Post:
Florida surgeon general defies science amid measles outbreak  —  As a Florida elementary school tries to contain a growing measles outbreak, the state's top health official is giving advice that runs counter to science and may leave unvaccinated children at risk of contracting …
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens is re-arrested as prosecutors fight to keep him behind bars  —  Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant indicted for lying about President Joe Biden's family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine, has been re-arrested in Nevada.
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Justice Who Ruled That Embryos Are ‘Children’ Appeared On QAnon Conspiracist's Show  —  Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker indicated on the show he was a proponent of the “Seven Mountains Mandate,” an explicitly theocratic doctrine at the heart of Christian nationalism.
Discussion: Pharyngula and Wonkette
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden announces more than 500 new sanctions on Russia after Navalny's death  —  The new sanctions come as Russia's invasion into Ukraine reaches two-year anniversary  —  President Joe Biden on Friday announced more than 500 new sanctions on Russia and its war machine in the largest tranche …
Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:
You'll Never Guess Who Was Behind Those Fake Biden Robocalls!  —  Hint: It wasn't a Republican.  —  Video  —  Can you help us out?  —  For nearly 20 years we have been exposing Washington lies and untangling media deceit, but now Facebook is drowning us in an ocean of right wing lies.
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Nikki Haley Desperately Tries to Walk Back Comment on Alabama Embryo Ruling  —  Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is frantically trying to quell the controversy over comments she made about IVF after an Alabama court's recent ruling that frozen embryos are children.
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
CBS faces uproar after seizing investigative journalist's files  —  “Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.”  Those words, from CBS icon Edward R. Murrow, came to mind this week after I spoke with journalists at the network.  —  There is trouble brewing at Black Rock …
Ben Jacobs / Politico:
Bewildered Conservatives Greet a Fallen British Prime Minister  —  Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke in a hotel conference room that was less than half full.  —  Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. on Feb. 22, 2024.
The Hill:
Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy shows Trump ally drowning in debt  —  Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy filing, spurred by a multimillion-dollar verdict against him for defaming two Georgia election workers, has provided fresh insight into the former New York City mayor's finances.
Discussion: The Sun
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Biden officials keep states waiting on expanding Medicaid voter registration  —  Officials in several states are waiting for the Biden administration to greenlight proposals that advocates say could enable hundreds of thousands of lower-income U.S. citizens and citizens with disabilities to vote.
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Kos
Talking Points Memo:
Can DC Reporters Overcome Their Trumper Shock-Training?  —  As I noted yesterday, the Alexander Smirnov news is either confirmation of what we already knew or else spurs a kind of mass outburst of incredulity about how it is we're still as a country, as a media, as a national political …
NBC News:
Schumer leads Democratic delegation to Ukraine amid standoff over military aid  —  The Senate majority leader and four other Democratic senators plan to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking the second anniversary of the war.  —  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer …
 
 
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