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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 …
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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.
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 …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Early polling of Biden's State of the Union doesn't quite match the hype — Democrats would like to believe that President Biden changed the 2024 game with his State of the Union address Thursday night, demonstrating verve and combativeness amid concerns about his age and mental acuity.
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The Hill:
Gingrich: Biden's most inspirational State of the Union moment was ‘when he left’
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Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
New Biden Ad Pokes Fun at His Age: 'I'm Not a Young Guy. That's No Secret.'
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Joe Biden Delivered a Knockout State of the Union Address
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Dan Rather / Steady:
President Biden Upends the GOP Narrative
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
RFK Jr. slams Biden's State of the Union address as ‘hyper-partisan’
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Ron Filipkowski / MeidasTouch:
Trump Getting DESTROYED on Truth Social Over His Vaccine Post
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Bloomberg:
Biden Shrugs Off ‘Illegal’ Remark That Drew Democrats' Ire
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden says debating Trump ‘depends on his behavior’
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Biden said Republicans oppose women's rights — Katie Britt's “tradwife” response proved him right — The “pro-life” lie gives way to GOP leaders denouncing women's suffrage and attacking birth control — Politicians love to talk about their families, but in her Thursday night response …
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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) …
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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.
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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.
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.
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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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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Exclusive: US prepared ‘rigorously’ for potential Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine in late 2022, officials say — In late 2022, the US began “preparing rigorously” for Russia potentially striking Ukraine with a nuclear weapon, in what would have been the first nuclear attack in war since …
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