Jack Smith Pounds Trump For His Unprecedented Conduct In MAL Case  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  —  No One Has Ever Done What Trump Did  —  Special Counsel Jack Smith unleashed a tight, targeted fusillade in the Mar-a-Lago case …

Tennessee House advances bill to ban reappointing lawmakers booted for behavior  —  One of the Legislature's staff attorneys expressed concerns about the bill last week, telling House lawmakers during a committee hearing that it raises constitutional questions.

“Suicide for our country”: Nikki Haley goes scorched earth on Trump … - “This may be his survival mode to pay his legal fees and get out of some sort of legal peril, but this is like suicide for our country,” she said of the former president, who faces 91 criminal counts across four cases.

Schumer: MAGA hard right ‘wants a shutdown’  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ahead of a White House meeting Tuesday called on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to “reject the MAGA hard right, which wants a shutdown.”  —  Schumer is ramping up his rhetoric ahead of a Tuesday midday meeting …

'The numbers right now aren't good.'  —  FOR YEARS, DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN STAFF struggled to get him to make donor calls and take fundraising seriously.  —  But that was before Trump faced an incumbent president and a primary opponent who was outraising him.

The economy is roaring.  Immigration is a key reason.  —  Momentum in the job market picked up aggressively over the past year — all while Washington is deadlocked on a border deal.  —  Immigration has propelled the U.S. job market further than just about anyone expected …

Kroger's “nefarious bargain”  —  This is a special joint edition of Popular Information and Fingers, a newsletter about drinking in America by journalist Dave Infante.  Fingers is a must-read for anyone who cares about the business, culture, and chaos of booze.  Sign up HERE.

Major new Canadian legislation would penalize online hate at risk of censorship  —  The Canadian government has introduced legislation proposing new regulatory bodies and heavier sentences to combat online abuse, a proposal backed by some U.S. Big Tech firms with major implications for free speech.

Emhoff unveiling $1.7B in new commitments to Biden anti-hunger initiative  —  Second gentleman Doug Emhoff is unveiling nearly $1.7 billion in new commitments to the Biden administration's efforts to end hunger by the end of the decade.  —  The list includes more than 140 commitments from nonprofits …

Duckworth to demand vote on IVF bill  —  The bill would establish federal protections that override any state policy restricting IVF access.  —  Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) will hold a press conference Tuesday morning demanding a vote on their bill to federally protect …

Inside the Democratic rebellion against Biden over the Gaza war  —  The depth of Democratic Party anger over President Joe Biden's handling of the Gaza war has caught his campaign off guard and could depress support in November's election, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen senior party …

Two candidates for mayor of a Mexican city are shot dead within hours of each other  —  Candidates Armando Pérez and Miguel Ángel Zavala were found dead days before campaigning was set to formally begin.  —  MEXICO CITY — Two candidates for mayor in the Mexican city of Maravatio …

Project 2025: The “Cowboy Catholic” & the Conservative Counter-Reformation  —  “Mandate for Leadership,” a totalitarian tome produced by the Heritage Foundation and its partners, is a how-to guide for ending the United States as we know it.  —  I. The “Cowboy Catholic”

Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians staying there to avoid war  —  Investigation launched into order asking Russians to leave country amid blacklash over ‘whites only policy’  —  With Maldives Out Sri Lanka Witnesses An Influx Of Indian Tourists - Travel Guide To Sri Lanka

The far right has replaced the old left as Russia's propaganda tool  —  During the 20th century, the American Communist Party and left-leaning journalists acted as conduits for the Soviet Union's propaganda.  At no time was this clearer than in August 1939, when the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a non-aggression pact.

This ex-congressman couldn't take it anymore  —  Elizabeth Becker, a former Post correspondent, began her career covering the war in Cambodia and its aftermath under Pol Pot.  She is the author of five books, including “You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War.

Wisconsin 2024 Poll: Trump 45%, Biden 42%  —  Incumbent Democratic Sen. Baldwin Leads Potential GOP Opponent Hovde, 46% to 39%  —  A new Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey in Wisconsin finds 45% of voters support former President Donald Trump and 42% President Joe Biden in a 2024 presidential election matchup.

Trump Says He's Too Rich To Post Bond In Carroll Defamation Case  —  Bitch better have my money.  —  E. Jean Carroll would like her $83 million dollars, please.  —  On January 26, a jury in Manhattan returned its verdict in the advice columnist's second defamation trial against the former president.

Vice president's SUV was partially ‘airborne’ during 2022 motorcade accident, records show  —  The Secret Service agent involved in the accident was allowed to avoid defensive driving training.  —  The back end of the vehicle carrying Vice President Kamala Harris “became momentarily airborne” …

Biden says Israel agrees to stop Gaza attacks for Ramadan as Hamas mulls draft truce proposal  —  Israel and Hamas as well as Qatari mediators all sounded notes of caution on Tuesday about progress towards a truce in Gaza, after U.S. President Joe Biden said he believed a ceasefire could be reached …

Johnson said to commit to avoiding shutdown during White House meeting  —  The speaker made “unequivocally” clear that he wants to avoid even a partial closure that's set to happen Saturday at midnight, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

Nazis at CPAC is a frog-in-boiling-water moment for the right  —  The white supremacist right is penetrating the mainstream right with increasing ease.  —  The Conservative Political Action Conference is the premier gathering of right-wing activists and politicians in America every year …

Fox's Kilmeade: If Trump listens to Bannon, Gaetz ‘he loses’  —  Fox News host Brian Kilmeade is warning former President Trump against listening to Steve Bannon, his former White House chief of staff, and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), one of his closest allies in Congress.  —  “I think both candidates have to realize this.

Vance: Biden FTC chief is ‘doing a pretty good job’  —  Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) singled out Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan as one of the sole Biden administration members “doing a pretty good job,” citing her work on antitrust enforcement, especially as it relates to tech giants.