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10:15 AM ET, March 5, 2024

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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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The Hill:
Supreme Court hands Trump victory in Colorado 14th Amendment ballot challenge  —  The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Colorado cannot disqualify former President Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment's insurrection ban, a historic decision that preserves Trump's ability to seek a second presidential term.
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.
David French / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Just Erased Part of the Constitution
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Remains on Ballots After Supreme Court Rejects Colorado's Challenge
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's “Unanimous” Trump Ballot Ruling Is Actually a 5-4 Disaster
Mehdi Hasan / Zeteo:
The Supreme Court's Gift To Donald Trump
Slate:
It's Past Time to Quit Hoping the Courts Are Going to Stop Trump
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.
Discussion: Roll Call and The Daily Beast
Washington Post:
Super Tuesday caps a strong political week for Trump  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  Today is Super Tuesday.  We hope your Tuesday is super, too.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Was this forwarded to you?  Sign up here.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  In today's edition …
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Lost Track of Trump's Weekend Verbal Gaffes?  Here's a Full List.  —  Donald Trump does not seem OK.  The GOP front-runner was alarmingly loose-lipped during back-to-back campaign rallies in Richmond, Virginia, and Greensboro, North Carolina, on Saturday, during which he admitted …
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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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:   Biden to launch joint FTC-DOJ task force to crack down on ‘unfair and illegal pricing’
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?
Jack Dura / Associated Press:
Donald Trump wins North Dakota Republican caucuses, adding to victories going into Super Tuesday
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court temporarily blocks new Texas immigration enforcement law  —  Justice Samuel Alito issued an order that puts the law on hold while the justices determine what next steps to take.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked a new Texas immigration law in response to a Biden administration request.
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Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law allowing state arrests of immigrants
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
UN News:
‘Clear and convincing information’ that hostages held in Gaza subjected to sexual violence, says UN Special Representative  —  Following a 17-day visit to Israel, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict reported on Monday that she and a team of experts had found …
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
A UN envoy says there are ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe Hamas committed sexual violence on Oct. 7
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
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
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Scott narrowly leads Mucarsel-Powell in Florida Senate race: Poll  —  Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is narrowly leading Democrat challenger Debbie Mucarsel-Powell by 3 points, according to a new poll.  —  A survey from the left-leaning firm Public Policy Polling, paid for by EMILY's List …
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Mark Cuban Backs Biden in 2024, Urging More Action on Drug Costs  — Co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs joins White House roundtable  — Cuban backed Haley in primary but supports Biden in general
NBC News:
Scanners that spot smuggled fentanyl at the border sit unused because Congress hasn't provided the cash to install them  —  The money to install the screeners was in the supplemental funding request Republicans blocked.  —  Customs and Border Protection has spent millions …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Corporate-backed Congressman pushes anti-Semitic attack against journalist  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  On Sunday, first-term Congressman Mike Collins (R-GA) participated in a vehemently anti-Semitic attack against a Washington Post journalist on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter.
 
 
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Amos Barshad / The Lever:
The Plutocrats' Plot To Control America
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Michelle Obama's office says the former first lady ‘will not be running for president’ in 2024
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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
The Hill:
House conservatives fume over deal backed by Johnson
NBC News:
Trump compares migrants to Hannibal Lecter in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
Nevada fake electors won't stand trial until January 2025 under judge's new schedule
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Rita Moreno on Trump: ‘I am not about to vote for someone who has 91 indictments’
Discussion: RADAR
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
US Supreme Court seeks security funding to protect justices, homes
Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
Moms for Liberty Had a Chance to Explain Themselves. It Didn't Go Well.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Federal appeals panel skeptical of ObamaCare's preventative care authority
Discussion: Associated Press
European Commission:
Commission fines Apple over €1.8 billion over abusive App store rules for music streaming providers
 

 
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast plans to announce Wednesday that it will be spinning off its NBCUniversal cable TV networks including MSNBC and CNBC, with Mark Lazarus as CEO

Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai testifies for the first time in his years-long national security trial; he is already serving a jail term for a fraud conviction

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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