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3:45 PM ET, March 9, 2024

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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
How Trump Fumbled his Attack on Biden's Age  —  Donald Trump and the Republicans smelled blood.  President Biden had recently been on the defensive about his age.  A series of polls released over the weekend heightened Democratic concerns.  The Republicans knew the press would treat …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Inside Trump's TikTok flip-flop … I don't want Facebook, who cheated in the last Election, doing better.  They are a true Enemy of the People!"  Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday.  — Hours earlier, a key House committee voted unanimously to advance a bill — backed by Biden …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why It's Hard to Explain Joe Biden's Unpopularity  —  Joe Biden is one of the most unpopular presidents in modern American history.  In Gallup polling, his approval ratings are lower than those of any president embarking on a re-election campaign, from Dwight Eisenhower to Donald Trump.
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
New Biden Ad Pokes Fun at His Age: 'I'm Not a Young Guy. That's No Secret.'
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Joe Biden Delivered a Knockout State of the Union Address
Discussion: The Register
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
RFK Jr. slams Biden's State of the Union address as ‘hyper-partisan’
Dan Rather / Steady:
President Biden Upends the GOP Narrative
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
SOTU: Let Biden be Biden  —  Joe Biden defied all expectations Thursday night.  We'll get to that in a minute.
Bloomberg:
Biden Shrugs Off ‘Illegal’ Remark That Drew Democrats' Ire
Kevin Manahan / New Jersey Online:
Was Trump supporter Katie Britt caught in whopping lie about graphic sex trafficking story?  —  During her widely panned Republican response to the State of the Union Address on Thursday night, Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama told a graphic sex-trafficking story about a woman who was sexually abused …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Biden rebutter Sen. Britt blasted for recycling 20-year-old sex traffic story to attack border policy  — In her rebuttal to Biden's State of the Union, Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama used what appears to be a sex trafficking victim's experience from the early 2000s to condemn President Joe Biden's current border policy.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Katie Britt's false linkage of a sex-trafficking case to Joe Biden  —  The Fact Checker … — Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.), in the Republican response to the State of the Union address, March 7  —  If you were watching Britt's speech on Thursday night, you likely would have thought …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, al.com, DNyuz and Roll Call
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Questions Arise About Britt's State of the Union Response  —  The Alabama senator used a story about sex trafficking to criticize the Biden administration's border policies.  But it wasn't fully accurate.  —  In her rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union speech Thursday night …
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Is Katie Britt for real?
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Inside A Secret Society Of Prominent Right-Wing Christian Men Prepping For A ‘National Divorce’  —  A trove of documents obtained by TPM reveal the society's inner workings.  —  A secret, men-only right-wing society with members in influential positions around the country is on a crusade …
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
DeSantis faces pushback in Florida as voters tire of war on woke  —  Conservative lawmakers rejected a host of new culture wars proposals in the legislature  —  The bill banning rainbow flags from public buildings in Florida sounded like a sure bet.  —  State Rep. David Borrero (R) …
Brad Brooks / Reuters:
US ‘prepper’ culture diversifies amid fear of disaster and political unrest  —  Brook Morgan surveyed booths at the “Survival & Prepper Show” in Colorado that were stocked with boxes of ammunition, mounds of trauma medical kits, and every type of knife imaginable.
Discussion: RedState
Jasmine Garsd / NPR:
Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find  —  The murder of Laken Riley took center stage during Thursday night's State of The Union.  Riley was a 22-year-old student who was killed last month at the University of Georgia.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“Tradwives” offer an alluring vision of right-wing Christianity — online warriors are fighting back  —  The #FundieSnark movement battles to “deconstruct” those picture-perfect images of Christian social media  —  As social media stunts go, it's hard to top this one: Give birth to your eighth child at age 33.
Fox News:
Mexican cartel members laugh after National Guard helicopter crashes, kills 3  —  The cartel members can be heard laughing immediately after the fatal helicopter crash  —  Cartel members were seen laughing after a National Guard helicopter carrying three soldiers and a Border Patrol agent crashed near the southern border in Texas.
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KXAN-TV:
National Guard helicopter crashes near border, killing three
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the US  —  The ATF says a proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic and metal is fueling a spike in semi-automatic handguns converted to fully automatic fire.  They've been found in states across the country and used in mass shootings.
 
 
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