memeorandum: Lisa Murkowski says she ‘could not’ vote for Trump or Biden in 2024 (Ali Vitali/NBC News)

2:00 PM ET, March 3, 2024

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A chunk of Republican primary and caucus voters say they wouldn't vote for Trump as the GOP nominee — A small but substantial chunk of Republican primary and caucus voters say they would be so dissatisfied if Donald Trump became the party's presidential nominee that they would not vote …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Outside the Beltway and Reuters

CBS News:

CBS News poll finds voters remember Trump's economy as good, boosting Trump to national lead over Biden today — As Super Tuesday makes an historic rematch all but official, voters are comparing not just two presidents, but two presidencies. — And right now former President Donald Trump emerges …

Discussion: National Review, Mediaite, RedState, No More Mister Nice Blog, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Moderate Voice, New York Times, Washington Times, New York Post and Civil Discourse …

Ali Vitali / NBC News:

Lisa Murkowski says she ‘could not’ vote for Trump or Biden in 2024 — The Alaska senator admitted that she also didn't vote for former President Donald Trump in 2020. — WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Saturday she “could not” vote for former President Donald Trump …

Discussion: CNBC, Daily Mail, RedState, Townhall, Business Insider, Fox News, New York Post and Bangor Daily News

NBC News:

Trump warns of ‘languages coming into our country’ that ‘nobody’ has heard of — Trump's warnings about words add to a pattern of stoking fear around migrants coming into the United States. — Warning about the dangers of illegal immigration at the southern border has long …

Discussion: Althouse and The Post Millennial

New York Times:

Majority of Biden's 2020 Voters Now Say He's Too Old to Be Effective — A New York Times/Siena College poll revealed how much even his supporters worry about his age, intensifying what has become a grave threat to his re-election bid. — Widespread concerns about President Biden's age pose …

Discussion: The Hill, Townhall, The Post Millennial, What the Hell is Going On?, Power Line, Commentary Magazine, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite, Business Insider, Daily Mail, Fox News, The Wrap, RedState, Daily Caller News Foundation, Axios and Breitbart

Dana Blanton / Fox News:

Fox New Poll: Majorities say Biden has mostly failed on top issues … As President Biden prepares for his State of the Union address, there is an avalanche of bad news hitting him in the latest Fox News survey. Majorities of voters disapprove of the job he's doing, are unhappy with how things …

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner and The Guardian

Associated Press:
Trump escalates his immigration rhetoric with baseless claim about Biden trying to overthrow the US

Discussion: Associated Press, Fox News, Washington Examiner, USA Today, NPR, American Military News, New York Times, KXAN-TV, Raw Story, MeidasTouch, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Mediaite, CBS News, Newsbusters and Political Wire

Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:

Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science — The state is in the grip of a measles outbreak, yet Joseph Ladapo, the surgeon general, continues to ignore medical science to stop it — Shortly before Joseph Ladapo was sworn in as Florida's surgeon general in 2022 …

Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:

Nikki Haley says she's no longer bound by RNC pledge to endorse Trump if he wins — In an interview with “Meet the Press,” Haley dodged, saying, “When you all ask Donald Trump if he would support me, then I will talk about that.” — Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley no longer feels bound …

Discussion: Business Insider, HuffPost, USA Today, Washington Examiner, RedState, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, Breitbart and Crooks and Liars

Todd C. Frankel / Washington Post:

Haley hints she isn't bound by loyalty pledge to support GOP nominee — Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley said Sunday that she no longer feels bound by the earlier pledge made by her and other presidential hopefuls to support the GOP's eventual nominee — widely expected to be former president Donald Trump.

Discussion: ABC News, Axios, The Daily Beast, The Guardian, Fox News, NBC News, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, The Hill, New York Times, New York Post, Mediaite and Raw Story

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
McConnell and Haley fight losing battles against Trump's ‘America First’ worldview

Discussion: The Hill, Plain Dealer, New York Post and Fox News

Ben Terris / Washington Post:

Lauren Boebert doesn't want to lose the House — A messy divorce and flagging popularity upended her personal life and threatened her political future. Can the MAGA Mean Girl start over without changing? — WINDSOR, Colo. — On a recent February afternoon, Rep. Lauren Boebert's (R-Colo.) …

Discussion: Raw Story

Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Trump Casts Aside Repeated Scandals To Endorse Lauren Boebert Again

Discussion: Colorado Public Radio, The Colorado Sun, RedState, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Hill, New York Daily News and Election Law Blog

William Courtney / The Hill:

Moscow's history of unforced errors is the West's hidden advantage — In challenging the West, Russia often shoots itself in the foot. It has done so again with the murder of Alexei Navalny on the cusp of a Ukraine vote in Congress. — Moscow's mistakes are so frequent or serious that they substantially weaken Russia's position.

Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:

Backlogged with blockbuster cases, Supreme Court takes on Trump — Justices are considering Donald Trump's immunity appeal amid a glut of other high-profile, impactful decisions and emergency requests — In the next four months, the Supreme Court will resolve a huge number of highly consequential cases …

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Times and New Yorker

Nick Arama / RedState:

Fani Willis and Nathan Wade Now Facing Trouble With the Georgia State Bar — After all the problems regarding Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her former paramour, whom she appointed to be a special prosecutor in the Trump election case, you knew that they were going to be in trouble.

Discussion: Townhall

Barak Ravid / Axios:

Biden to hostage-ceasefire negotiators: Get me a deal … - Biden wants the Qataris and the Egyptians — the key mediators in the hostage talks — to get the terror group to agree to a deal before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which starts March 10.

Discussion: USA Today, Forbes, The Times of Israel, The New Arab and CBS News