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2:10 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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why a Fox News pundit may not have heard bad news about Trump  —  Fox News's Harris Faulkner hosted a panel on Monday afternoon to discuss a “Saturday Night Live” sketch mocking President Biden.  In short order, though, things went in a different direction.
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Mediaite
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court did Trump no favors.  He'll be facing a fall trial.  —  While leaving him on the ballot in the 14th Amendment case (but refusing to rule out that Jan. 6, 2021, was an “insurrection"), the Supreme Court has taken every opportunity to delay four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump's Jan. 6 trial.
Discussion: Raw Story and Slate
David French / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Just Erased Part of the Constitution
CNN:
Amy Coney Barrett disagreed with the majority over Trump, but admonished the liberals instead
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
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
The Hill:
Supreme Court hands Trump victory in Colorado 14th Amendment ballot challenge
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
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Biden to launch joint FTC-DOJ task force to crack down on ‘unfair and illegal pricing’
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:   Michelle Obama's office squashes talk of a White House bid: ‘She will not be running for president’
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
New Filing in Fani Willis Case: Witness Tampering?  —  Just when we all thought this case couldn't get any nuttier.  A late filing yesterday in the disqualification hearing might force Judge Scott McAfee to reopen the evidentiary portion of the hearing.  Or it might send him running for the hills, and who would blame him?
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 …
Discussion: New Jersey Online and Raw Story
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
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
France protects abortion rights, preventing U.S.-like rollback  —  On protecting abortion rights, policymakers in France saw the United States, not as a model, but as a cautionary tale.  —  For reproductive rights advocates, this week's breakthrough in France was one of the most striking international victories in recent memory.
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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 …
Associated Press:
California man is first in the U.S. to be charged with smuggling greenhouse gases, prosecutors say  —  It's the first prosecution in the U.S. to include charges related to a 2020 law that prohibits the importation of hydrofluorocarbons.  —  SAN DIEGO — A Southern California man was arrested Monday …
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
Wall Street Journal:
Dartmouth Basketball Players Vote to Unionize in New Challenge to NCAA's Amateurism Model  —  The men's basketball team voted 13-2 to join SEIU, setting up a fight that could play out for years over whether college athletes are employees of their universities
 
 
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Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Parents of Russian-Held Evan Gershkovich to Attend Biden's State of the Union
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and Mediaite
Isabel Soisson / The Gander:
100,000 families to see lower child care costs under new Biden policy
Discussion: Plain Dealer and WINK News
NBC News:
Scanners that spot smuggled fentanyl at the border sit unused because Congress hasn't provided the cash to install them
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UN News:
‘Clear and convincing information’ that hostages held in Gaza subjected to sexual violence, says UN Special Representative
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
Juliana Kim / NPR:
Racial disparities in voter turnout have grown since Supreme Court ruling, study says
Discussion: Vox
The Hill:
House conservatives fume over deal backed by Johnson
NBC News:
Trump compares migrants to Hannibal Lecter in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
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Air Force Employee Indicted for Unlawful Disclosure of Classified National Defense Information
 

 
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