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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's $91.6 million question — New York juries have found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-90s and then repeatedly defamed her, falsely accusing Carroll of lying about the incident.
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Civil Discourse …, New Jersey Online, Newsweek and The Moderate Voice
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
The media is still selling a fantasy version of Trump — This free edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, hit the button and sign up to support our independent journalism. — ⌨️ Subscribe to Public Notice ⌨️
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump's freewheeling speeches offer a dark vision of a second term — A close examination of one appearance in Rock Hill, S.C., offers an anatomy of a signature rally by the former president — A Donald Trump rally is a freewheeling extravaganza. A festival of grievance and retribution.
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Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Recorder and Associated Press
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump again attacks E. Jean Carroll, as he appeals rape defamation penalties — Donald Trump appeared to once again deny rape and defamation claims against him by E. Jean Carroll. — The presumptive Republican presidential nominee claimed on CNBC's “Squawk Box” that the numerous judgments …
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USA Today, HotAir, Raw Story, New York Magazine, Mother Jones and The Daily Beast
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Trump Finds Another Line to Cross — Former President Donald Trump, perhaps threatened by President Joe Biden's well-received State of the Union address, mocked his opponent's lifelong stutter at a rally in Georgia yesterday. “Wasn't it—didn't it bring us together?” Trump asked sarcastically.
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Washington Post, New Jersey Online, DNyuz, New York Times and Raw Story
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump claims he has ‘never been a fan’ of Ken Langone, Home Depot co-founder who backed Nikki Haley — Former President Donald Trump claimed to CNBC that he had “never been a fan” of Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone. — Trump's comments mark the latest break in what appeared to be, at one time, an alliance between the two men.
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Washington Examiner
CNN:
Sex trafficking victim says Sen. Katie Britt telling her story during SOTU rebuttal is ‘not fair’ — The woman whose story Alabama Sen. Katie Britt appeared to have shared in the Republican response to the State of the Union as an example of President Joe Biden's failed immigration policies told CNN …
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
How a tenacious reporter revealed Sen. Katie Britt's SOTU response to be ‘beyond misleading’ — Britt tied an anecdote about a woman who survived sex trafficking to Biden's border policies. But it happened during the George W. Bush admin. — Last Thursday was President Joe Biden's big State of the Union address.
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Associated Press, American Greatness, Raw Story, Off Message, HuffPost, Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast
Claudia Chiappa / Politico:
Donald Trump won't give ‘a penny’ to Ukraine if elected, Orbán says — Hungarian leader praised Republican front-runner as a “man of peace.” — Donald Trump will totally stop funding Ukraine if he wins the U.S. election in November, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán …
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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Former advisers sound the alarm that Trump praises despots in private and on the campaign trail — To Donald Trump, Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán is “fantastic,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping is “brilliant,” North Korea's Kim Jong Un is “an OK guy,” and, most alarmingly …
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The Guardian, The Bulwark, Mediaite and Raw Story
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Peter Navarro ordered to prison on March 19 — Peter Navarro, once an economic adviser to former President Trump, has been ordered to report to a Miami prison on March 19 to begin serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
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Washington Examiner, MeidasTouch, The Daily Beast, Axios, Law & Crime, The Daily Caller, Crooks and Liars, Washington Times and Political Wire
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Biden marks start of Ramadan by recognizing ‘moment of immense pain’ for Muslims — President Biden marked the start of Ramadan on Sunday with a statement recognizing the “moment of immense pain” for many Muslim Americans and pledging to lead international efforts to deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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The White House, Breitbart, New York Times, ABC7, Israpundit, Al-Monitor, JNS.org, Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel and Los Angeles Times
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Politico:
Netanyahu vows to defy Biden's ‘red line’ on Rafah
Netanyahu vows to defy Biden's ‘red line’ on Rafah
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, WHDH 7News, inews.co.uk, Forbes, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, New York Post, NewsNation, Instapundit, New York Times, JNS.org, Outside the Beltway, Just Security, The Dispatch, The Guardian, The Times of Israel, National Review, Daily Mail, Rolling Stone, RedState, The Forward, Associated Press, Power Line, Caitlin Johnstone, Bloomberg, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, Political Wire, DNyuz and MSNBC
Associated Press:
Palestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan with hunger worsening and no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas war
Palestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan with hunger worsening and no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas war
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NPR, The Times of Israel, Al-Monitor, NBC News, JNS.org, WUSA, DNyuz and Wall Street Journal
Politico:
Netanyahu denies Palestinians are starving
Netanyahu denies Palestinians are starving
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Institute for the Study of War, The Moderate Voice, The Guardian and New York Times
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
NYT columnist calls Biden SOTU speech a ‘comeback’ after saying he should not run
NYT columnist calls Biden SOTU speech a ‘comeback’ after saying he should not run
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Reason, BizPac Review, The Guardian, Political Wire and New York Times
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Conservatives are furious, but they're not threatening Speaker Johnson's job — For a small but passionate band of Republicans, reality appears to be setting in that they won't be able to bend a divided Congress to their will through the election of a speaker.
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Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Forget the presidential race. Statehouses are where it's at. — Good morning, Early Birds. Today is the first full day of Ramadan. Ramadan Mubarak to all those who observe. Tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Was this forwarded to you? Sign up here. Thanks for waking up with us.
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democratic Senate group reserves $239 million in ads to defend seats in seven states
Democratic Senate group reserves $239 million in ads to defend seats in seven states
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The Hill and Political Wire
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
The GOP can't leave MAGA — “Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party” — An ex-MAGA activist warns “no civic savior is coming” as Donald Trump's cognitive decline becomes undeniable — Power not used is power wasted. Fascism is corrupt power.
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Business Insider:
The Trump campaign paid an expert $750,000 to find fraud in the 2020 election, only for him to dismiss their complaints in minutes — A new book sheds light on the lengths Trump's campaign went to find fraud in the 2020 election. — Ken Block, a software engineer, revealed he was paid about $750,000 to help conduct the search.
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Slate and Bernard Goldberg's Commentary
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump campaign insider recounts failed hunt for 2020 fraud in new book
Trump campaign insider recounts failed hunt for 2020 fraud in new book
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Raw Story
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
How Big Pharma is fighting Biden's program to lower seniors' drug costs — In court cases nationwide, drug companies are trying to block a new law that would cut prices on drugs for high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer and diabetes. — TRENTON, N.J. — Pharmaceutical giants are mounting …
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NaturalNews.com
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
NAACP calls on Black student-athletes to boycott Florida public colleges over anti-DEI policy — “If these institutions are unable to completely invest in those athletes, it's time they take their talents elsewhere,” the leader of the civil rights organization said.
Discussion:
Florida Phoenix
Emily Stewart / Business Insider:
The one man who could save Joe Biden — Jay Powell would very much like to stay out of politics, especially in an election year. The Federal Reserve chair doesn't want to be perceived as having a horse in the race come November, especially when one of said horses — Donald Trump …
Natalie Daher / Axios:
Conservatives seize counselor shortage to press school chaplains … - Since Texas introduced it own blueprint last year, allowing schools to use safety funds to hire chaplains who do not have the same licensing as counselors, similar bills have ricocheted across more than a dozen states including Florida …