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1:15 PM ET, March 4, 2024

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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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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 …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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Associated Press:
The Supreme Court could decide Monday whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
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
Fox News:
Supreme Court rules unanimously for Trump in Colorado ballot disqualification dispute
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump lawyers central to alternate-elector plot settle Wisconsin lawsuit  —  Two attorneys who advanced a strategy to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election by organizing rosters of Republicans to falsely portray Donald Trump as the winner of several states, have reached …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
No, Donald Trump hasn't stopped lying that the 2020 election was “rigged”
Discussion: HuffPost
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Top Trump advisers try to steer him off personal drama
Discussion: ABC News and Fox News
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 …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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.
New York Times:   Joe Biden's Superfans Think the Rest of America Has Lost Its Mind
Mike Allen / Axios:
Biden says Trump wouldn't concede next time: “Losers are never graceful”
Discussion: Fox News and New Yorker
Gustaf Kilander / The Independent:
Trump crowd goes silent as he confuses Biden and Obama again
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.
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 …
Discussion: NBC News, NPR and CBS News
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Nicole Fallert / USA Today:
America's first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available soon
Alison Sider / Wall Street Journal:
JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines Call Off Merger Deal  —  A federal judge ruled against the $3.8 billion deal in January, siding with antitrust enforcers  —  JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines terminated their merger agreement, weeks after a judge ruled that the $3.8 billion deal …
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?’
Discussion: Twitchy and Raw Story
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 …
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.
Discussion: Wonkette and Raw Story
 
 
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Discussion: Reuters and The White House
CNN:
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Austin Sarat / The Hill:
Clarence Thomas's conflict is clear — he must recuse himself from the Trump immunity case
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court dodges dispute over ‘speech police’ on college campuses
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
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Associated Press:
Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia's Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victory
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Mitch McConnell is the arsonist who set America on fire and ran away
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Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Kari Lake Switches Her Abortion Stance Ahead of Arizona Senate Contest
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The apocalypse we choose  —  In four months as Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson has given Russia …
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