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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 …
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
The Supreme Court saves Trump's bacon — This free edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, hit the button and sign up to support our independent journalism. — ⚖️ Subscribe to Public Notice ⚖️
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and RedState
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The institutions of government aren't going to protect democracy
The institutions of government aren't going to protect democracy
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NBC News, Bloomberg, The Bulwark, The Hill and Vanity Fair
Associated Press:
The Supreme Court could decide Monday whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot
The Supreme Court could decide Monday whether Trump can be barred from the 2024 ballot
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Another GOP senator announces she won't vote for Trump in 2024
Another GOP senator announces she won't vote for Trump in 2024
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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
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 …
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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” — Axios is attempting to manufacture a narrative in which Donald Trump has become more disciplined, substituting “vague insinuations” that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged” against him for the explicit false claims of a …
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HuffPost and Washington Examiner
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 …
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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.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Biden says Trump wouldn't concede next time: “Losers are never graceful”
Biden says Trump wouldn't concede next time: “Losers are never graceful”
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Fox News and New Yorker
Gustaf Kilander / The Independent:
Trump crowd goes silent as he confuses Biden and Obama again
Trump crowd goes silent as he confuses Biden and Obama again
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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.
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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The Hill, Associated Press and Mock Paper Scissors
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?’
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 …
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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 …
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.
The Guardian:
Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures — Darren Woods tells Fortune consumers not willing to pay for clean-energy transition, prompting backlash from climate experts — The world is off track to meet its climate goals and the public is to blame, Darren Woods …
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Grist