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12:45 PM ET, March 5, 2024

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Axios:
Biden's new strategy: Go for Trump's jugular … Biden has told friends he thinks Trump is wobbly, both intellectually and emotionally, and will explode if Biden mercilessly gigs and goads him — “go haywire in public,” as one adviser put it.  — Other sources tell us that Biden is looking for a fight.
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Maddening New Poll: Voters Are Unaware of Trump “Dictator” Threats  —  President Biden's brain trust appears confident that he will ultimately prevail over Donald Trump due to the threat Trump poses to our constitutional system.  By November, the election's “focus will become overwhelmingly on democracy …
New York Times:
Do Americans Have a ‘Collective Amnesia’ About Donald Trump?  —  It's only been three years, but memories of Mr. Trump's presidency have faded and changed fast.  —  Not all that long ago, many Americans committed hours a day to tracking then-President Donald J. Trump's every move.
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Michelle Obama's office says the former first lady ‘will not be running for president’ in 2024  —  Democrats and Republicans have mused about a Michelle Obama candidacy, albeit for different reasons.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama has said he's “all in” for President Joe Biden's re-election effort.
Axios:
Exclusive: Mark Cuban calls Trump “snake oil salesperson,” praises Biden … - “I don't want a snake oil salesperson as President,” Cuban told Axios by email Tuesday. … - “One will tell you his snake oil will cure everything that ails you. … - “He is precise and methodical and wants to sell the steak,” Cuban said of Biden.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:   Michelle Obama's office squashes talk of a White House bid: ‘She will not be running for president’
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Cuban says he'd vote for Biden even if ‘he was being given last rites’
Discussion: Breitbart
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The Supreme Court's ballot ruling is absurd.  They don't care.  —  There are more important things than logic and legal principles. … Last week, the Supreme Court gave Donald Trump a big assist by agreeing to hear his presidential immunity claim, dragging their feet long enough to ensure …
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David French / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Just Erased Part of the Constitution  —  Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution is essentially a dead letter, at least as it applies to candidates for federal office.  Under the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that reversed the Colorado Supreme Court's decision striking Donald Trump …
CNN:
Amy Coney Barrett disagreed with the majority over Trump, but admonished the liberals instead  —  Justice Amy Coney Barrett packed two very different messages into her one-page opinion on Monday as the Supreme Court declared states could not toss former President Donald Trump off the ballot.
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
Supreme Court unanimously allows Trump to remain on 2024 ballot, finds states ‘have no power’ to enforce insurrection clause — ‘especially’ as to the presidency
The Hill:
Supreme Court hands Trump victory in Colorado 14th Amendment ballot challenge
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Remains on Ballots After Supreme Court Rejects Colorado's Challenge
Mehdi Hasan / Zeteo:
The Supreme Court's Gift To Donald Trump
Taylor Giorno / The Hill:
Biden to form ‘strike force’ to go after price-gouging  —  President Biden will announce Tuesday the formation of a “strike force” to hold companies accountable for price-gouging practices.  —  The announcement comes days before the State of the Union, where Biden is expected …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
U.S. caps credit card late charges in new Biden crackdown on junk fees
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Parents of Russian-Held Evan Gershkovich to Attend Biden's State of the Union
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Mediaite
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
Nikki Haley Raises the Big Questions About Jan. 6th  —  NIKKI HALEY IS FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGING the most important reason to defeat Donald Trump in this year's election: his use of violence on January 6th to block the peaceful transfer of power.  —  In an interview that aired Sunday on Meet the Press …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“They frankly laugh behind the backs of their own voters”: How Republicans bamboozle rural whites  —  In “White Rural Rage,” Paul Waldman and Thomas Schaller reject the narrative that treats Trump voters like children  —  It's become a tedious trope, the Beltway journalist who goes …
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The problem with Poolesville  —  Blue America needs to want to grow  —  Poolesville, Maryland is a small town of about 6,000 people that lies 33 miles northwest of Washington, DC, just east of the Potomac River.  Leesburg, Virginia is a larger town of 45,000 people located 39 miles northwest of Washington …
US Department of Justice:
Air Force Employee Indicted for Unlawful Disclosure of Classified National Defense Information  —  For Immediate Release  —  A civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), at Offutt Air Force Base, was arrested Saturday, March 2 …
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Associated Press:
Air Force employee charged with sharing classified info on Russia's war with Ukraine on dating site
Discussion: CBS News
Katelyn Caralle / Daily Mail:
Biden administration ADMITS flying 320,000 migrants secretly into the U.S. to reduce the number of crossings at the border has national security ‘vulnerabilities’  — A lawsuit reveals Biden's CBP is refusing to disclose airports where it is flying undocumented aliens from other countries
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Biden to launch joint FTC-DOJ task force to crack down on ‘unfair and illegal pricing’  — President Joe Biden will launch a new strike force jointly led by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, to tackle “unfair and illegal” corporate pricing, which he blames for consumers' continued high costs of living.
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NBC News:
Super Tuesday 2024: Which states are voting, the key rules to know and what's at stake  —  The first Super Tuesday polls close on the Republican side at 7 p.m. ET as voters cast ballots across the country.  —  Tuesday is the most consequential day in the race for both parties' presidential nominations …
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Nick Mourtoupalas / Washington Post:
How many delegates are at stake on Super Tuesday?
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
‘Trump offers no alternative means’: Carroll lawyer hits back at move to delay paying $83M to writer  —  In response to Donald Trump's continued promises to a judge in New York that he will pay the $83.3 million he owes to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her — without posting security …
Juliana Kim / NPR:
Racial disparities in voter turnout have grown since Supreme Court ruling, study says  —  The turnout gap between white and nonwhite voters in the U.S. is growing fastest in jurisdictions that were stripped of a federal civil rights-era voting protection a decade ago, according to a new study.
Discussion: Vox
NBC News:
Administration officials watered down Kamala Harris' Gaza speech before delivery  —  Three current and former officials said the National Security Council toned down parts of Harris' widely covered speech.  The vice president's office is denying it was watered down.
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Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law allowing state arrests of immigrants … - Monday's order issued by conservative Justice Samuel Alito halted the lower court's order and blocked the ruling until March 13 so that the high court can make a determination.
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Isabel Soisson / The Gander:
100,000 families to see lower child care costs under new Biden policy
Discussion: Plain Dealer
NBC News:
Scanners that spot smuggled fentanyl at the border sit unused because Congress hasn't provided the cash to install them
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Scott narrowly leads Mucarsel-Powell in Florida Senate race: Poll
Amos Barshad / The Lever:
The Plutocrats' Plot To Control America
UN News:
‘Clear and convincing information’ that hostages held in Gaza subjected to sexual violence, says UN Special Representative
 Earlier Items: 
John Hanna / Associated Press:
Conspiracies hinder GOP's efforts in Kansas to cut the time for returning mail ballots
Discussion: Raw Story and Election Law Blog
The Hill:
House conservatives fume over deal backed by Johnson
NBC News:
Trump compares migrants to Hannibal Lecter in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Rita Moreno on Trump: ‘I am not about to vote for someone who has 91 indictments’
Discussion: Washington Examiner and RADAR
European Commission:
Commission fines Apple over €1.8 billion over abusive App store rules for music streaming providers