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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules Trump cannot be kicked off ballot — The decision swiftly ended the legal fight over whether states could bar Trump from state ballots based on the Constitution's 14th Amendment. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday handed a sweeping win to former President Donald Trump …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The institutions of government aren't going to protect democracy — There is no real question about the intent of the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. — Donald Trump made clear his interest in undermining the results of the 2020 election for months beforehand, sowing misleading …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court keeps Trump on ballot, rejects Colorado voter challenge — Decision comes a day before Super Tuesday and as justices weigh other key cases affecting Donald Trump — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously sided with Donald Trump, allowing the former president to remain …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Supreme Court, 9-0, says Colorado can't kick Trump off ballot — Donald Trump will remain on the ballot in Colorado's Republican primary on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday, reversing the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to the contrary.
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's “Unanimous” Trump Ballot Ruling Is Actually a 5-4 Disaster — On Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Colorado Supreme Court decision removing Donald Trump from the ballot because of his engagement in an insurrection on Jan. 6.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Top Democrat “working on” bill responding to Trump ballot ruling … - “Congress will have to try and act,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, told Axios. … - Raskin pointed to legislation he introduced with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
The Supreme Court saves Trump's bacon
The Supreme Court saves Trump's bacon
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to post a decision Monday, possibly on Trump ballot access
Supreme Court to post a decision Monday, possibly on Trump ballot access
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Smackdown on CO: Unanimous SCOTUS Rules States Cannot DQ Trump on 14A
Smackdown on CO: Unanimous SCOTUS Rules States Cannot DQ Trump on 14A
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Joe Biden's Last Campaign — Trailing Trump in polls and facing doubts about his age, the President voices defiant confidence in his prospects for reëlection. — “I'll show you where Trump sat and watched the revolution,” Joe Biden said, stepping out from behind his desk in the Oval Office.
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emptywheel:
What the Information Operation about Joe Biden's Age Looks Like — One reason Joe Biden is behind in the polls, I'm fairly convinced, is because Democrats relentlessly participate in an organized campaign to use Biden's age to dehumanize him. — Whether it involves making reasonable critiques …
New York Times:
No Matter Race, Age or Gender, More Voters Say Trump's Policies Helped Than Biden's — Times/Siena polls highlight how comparatively well-regarded Donald J. Trump's policies are, even by groups that were affected by policies that Democrats hope will be motivating issues in 2024.
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New York Times:
Key Figure in Trump's Business Pleads Guilty to Felony Perjury — Allen H. Weisselberg, the former Trump Organization finance chief, has already spent time at the Rikers Island jail complex. The perjury plea will send him back. — Allen H. Weisselberg, a longtime lieutenant …
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Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in ex-president's civil fraud case — Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of Donald Trump's company, pleaded guilty Monday in New York to perjury in connection with testimony he gave in the ex-president's civil fraud case.
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Sophia Tareen / Associated Press:
Wisconsin: Settlement shows Trump lawyers made fake electors plan — Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory there and in other swing states …
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump lawyers central to alternate-elector plot settle Wisconsin lawsuit
Marianna Spring / BBC:
Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images — Donald Trump supporters have been creating and sharing AI-generated fake images of black voters to encourage African Americans to vote Republican. — BBC Panorama discovered dozens of deepfakes portraying black people as supporting the former president.
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Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
AI-generated images of Trump with Black voters being spread by supporters — No evidence to tie fake images, including one created by Florida radio host, to Trump campaign, BBC Panorama investigation finds — Dozens of fake, artificial intelligence-generated photos showing Donald Trump …
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US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Statements on JetBlue Terminating Acquisition of Spirit Airlines — For Immediate Release — JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue) announced today that it has abandoned its $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines Inc. (Spirit). In January, the U.S. District Court …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Stars Flip Out When Reminded That Trump ‘Had Dinner With Nazis’ — Fox pundit Tammy Bruce complained that a Democratic guest was labeling most Republicans as Nazis and racist Harris Faulkner scolded him before going to commercial break. — Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner …
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Karla Adam / Washington Post:
France becomes first country to explicitly enshrine abortion rights in constitution — PARIS — With the endorsement of a specially convened session of lawmakers at Versailles, France on Monday became the first country in the world to explicitly enshrine abortion rights in its constitution …
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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Opill, first over-the-counter birth control pill, will go on sale later this month — The pill was cleared by the FDA for use without a prescription last July. — Opill a daily oral contraceptive. — Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill that can be purchased without a prescription …
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Nicole Fallert / USA Today:
America's first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available soon
America's first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available soon
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CNN:
Philly LGBT Affairs executive director yells, ‘I work for the mayor,’ as she films her and her husband's arrest — Philadelphia's head of LGBT affairs and her husband were arrested by a state trooper Saturday, in what the mayor is calling a “very concerning,” interaction …
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Rolling Stone:
Trump's White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax — Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources tell Rolling Stone — IF YOU EVER looked at the actions of the Trump White House and wondered, ‘Are they on drugs?’
Joshua Zitser / Business Insider:
Lauren Boebert was busy working out if her ex had thrown her stuff into a pond as her manager spoke at a campaign event, report says — Lauren Boebert did not attend a campaign event at a Colorado coffee shop last month. — Boebert traveled to her home in another district to find out if her ex had discarded her belongings.
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