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David Smith / The Guardian:
‘My ultimate and absolute revenge’: Trump gives chilling CPAC speech on presidential agenda — Unbound and unhinged, ex-president vilifies immigrants before devolving into bizarre riffs, including calling himself ‘total genius’ — Donald Trump styled himself as a “proud political dissident” …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Koch network stops spending on Nikki Haley's presidential campaign — Americans for Prosperity Action said it had to “take stock” after Haley's loss in South Carolina. — Americans For Prosperity Action, the powerful conservative group supporting Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary …
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South Carolina Republicans see Trump as more electable, more fit than Haley: Preliminary exit polling — Sixty-two percent also falsely think Biden didn't legitimately win in 2020. — Voters cast their ballot at Kilbourne Park Baptist Church during the Republican presidential primary in Columbia, South Carolina, Feb. 24, 2024.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
3 takeaways from the South Carolina GOP primary — Donald Trump has swept the traditional early states in the Republican presidential nominating contest after defeating Nikki Haley on Saturday in South Carolina. — News organizations called the race shortly after polls closed …
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Republicans Are Done With Mike Pence — Except Trump's VP Contenders — Intermediaries for Elise Stefanik, Kristi Noem and Tim Scott have been asking questions about how Pence handled the vetting gauntlet in 2016. — With the GOP presidential primary over in all but name …
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Exclusive: No 2 Senate Republican leader John Thune endorses Trump in 2024 Republican primary
Exclusive: No 2 Senate Republican leader John Thune endorses Trump in 2024 Republican primary
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Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast:
‘SNL’ Shames Terrified Republicans for Surrendering to Trump
‘SNL’ Shames Terrified Republicans for Surrendering to Trump
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Gram Slattery / Reuters:
Nikki Haley makes her case to a Republican Party that no longer exists
Nikki Haley makes her case to a Republican Party that no longer exists
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Democratic operative admits to commissioning fake Biden robocall that used AI — Steve Kramer acknowledged Sunday that he created the fake Joe Biden robocall at the center of a multistate investigation after NBC News reported about his involvement. — Steve Kramer, a veteran political consultant working …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Justice Thomas Hires Law Clerk Accused of Sending Racist Text Messages — Crystal Clanton, who is close with the Thomas family, has said she does not remember sending the messages, which emerged in 2017. — Justice Clarence Thomas recently hired a law clerk who was previously accused …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump's request to suspend E. Jean Carroll's $83M verdict swiftly denied by judge — U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan declined a request to grant a stay after a jury ordered Donald Trump to pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million for defamation. — “Twenty-five days …
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NBC News:
Climate change is throwing the water cycle into chaos across the U.S. — As the planet continues to warm, this cycle is expected to be increasingly stretched, warped and broken. — The water cycle that shuttles Earth's most vital resource around in an unending, life-giving loop is in trouble.
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Helen Pidd / The Guardian:
Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’ — Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son's bicycle helmet — A black man shopping for paint with his four-year-old son says he was racially profiled …
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Newsom launches abortion ads in Republican states to fight ‘war on women’ — Series of new advertisements target Republican efforts to criminalize abortions and a ‘war on travel’ for reproductive care — California's governor, Gavin Newsom, is launching a series of new advertisements …
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Lawmakers fail to reach deal with partial shutdown looming — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday blasted Republicans over for threat of what he called “a harmful and unnecessary government shutdown” as Congress struggles to strike a bipartisan deal days out from a key funding deadline.
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Frank Figliuzzi / MSNBC:
Republicans need to explain when they learned the truth about Alexander Smirnov — Were GOP lawmakers played the fool by Russia, or were they in on their “informant's” claims? — “Russia, Russia, Russia” is Donald Trump's mocking mantra whenever someone raises the myriad investigative findings …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
No Labels director says Nikki Haley 'somebody we'd definitely be interested in' — Joe Cunningham, national director for the political organization No Labels, said on Sunday that Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is “somebody we'd definitely be interested in” …
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Kathryn Armstrong / BBC:
Ukraine war: Zelensky says 31,000 troops killed since Russia's full-scale invasion — Volodymyr Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during Russia's full-scale invasion. — The Ukrainian president said he would not give the number of wounded as that would help Russian military planning.
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