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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Trump's renewed attacks against E. Jean Carroll open the door for new lawsuit, lawyer says — An attorney for a longtime advice columnist who won an $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump suggested Monday that a new defamation lawsuit was possible against the ex-president …
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Dan Rather / Steady:
Calling Out a Would-Be Bully In Chief — To ignore bad behavior is to normalize it. Here at Steady we will continue to publicize Donald Trump's outrageous conduct as long as he exhibits it. — Insecurity Parading as Strength — At a Saturday campaign rally in Georgia, Trump mocked President Biden's stutter.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Public Notice
Deepak Puri / The Democracy Labs:
Who posted the $91 million bond for Trump? Follow the Russian connections. — Trump Posts $92 Million Bond to Support Jury Award to E. Jean Carroll in Defamation Suit - Time — Where did the money for the bond come from? Read Seth Abaramson's article.
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The Daily Beast and Political Wire
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Meta's stock drops after Trump calls Facebook ‘an enemy of the people’
Meta's stock drops after Trump calls Facebook ‘an enemy of the people’
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Robert Hur will testify as private citizen with help from Trumpworld figures — EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Special Counsel arranged to leave Justice Department the day before his appearance with the House Judiciary Committee — Special Counsel Robert Hur to testify on Biden's handling of classified documents
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Special Counsel Who Investigated Biden to Defend Report by Saying He Needed to ‘Show My Work’ — Republicans are likely to pepper Robert K. Hur about his justifications for not charging the president. Democrats will almost certainly slam him for making broad assertions about Mr. Biden's memory.
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Axios, USA Today, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, The Hill, CNN, Forbes, New York Post, emptywheel, The Guardian, Power Line and Washington Post
Reuters:
Enthusiasm wanes among Black voters who powered Biden's 2020 Georgia win
Enthusiasm wanes among Black voters who powered Biden's 2020 Georgia win
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NPR, Washington Free Beacon, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, BizPac Review, CBS News, Slate, RedState, Bernard Goldberg's Commentary, New York Times and The Hill
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Youth activist groups jointly endorse Biden. They say his achievements matter more than his age
Youth activist groups jointly endorse Biden. They say his achievements matter more than his age
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The Hill
Theo Leggett / BBC:
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US — Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.
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Washington Post:
RNC fires dozens of employees after Trump-backed leadership takes over — About 60 people were told they were no longer employed, according to a person with direct knowledge — The new leadership team at the Republican National Committee — handpicked by former president Donald Trump …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
‘Absolute bloodbath’ at RNC as new leadership loyal to Trump purges staff — Chair Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump move to reorganize the party, with an expected cull of 60 members — Donald Trump's new leadership team at the Republican National Committee started the process …
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Washington Examiner, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Metro.co.uk
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Trump's Biden Mockery Upsets People Who Stutter: 'We've Heard This Before' — The former president mimicked his rival while at a rally over the weekend. For those who stutter, his remark “hits that familiar humiliation feeling.” — Róisín McManus has stuttered her whole life.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Republican Voters Against Trump Plans $50 Million Ad Campaign
Republican Voters Against Trump Plans $50 Million Ad Campaign
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Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
The MAGA Aesthetic Is Beginning to Rot
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Posted Manipulated Video of Democrats Applauding Him At Biden's State of the Union Speech
Trump Posted Manipulated Video of Democrats Applauding Him At Biden's State of the Union Speech
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Wall Street Journal, PoliticusUSA, Digby's Hullabaloo and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Adding to an ugly record, Trump mocks Biden's stutter (again)
Adding to an ugly record, Trump mocks Biden's stutter (again)
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The Hill, RedState, Raw Story, NBC News and New Jersey Online
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans say Britt being treated like Sarah Palin 2.0 — Alabama Sen. Katie Britt's (R) debut on the national political stage is prompting comparisons to another fiery conservative mom: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R). — The comparisons took a new life late Saturday …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Britt backlash stokes GOP fears about losing women voters
Britt backlash stokes GOP fears about losing women voters
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Washington Times
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Katie Britt's big fail shows why the GOP can't connect with women
Katie Britt's big fail shows why the GOP can't connect with women
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Roll Call, The Dispatch, Vanity Fair and New Republic
CNN:
Exclusive: ‘Trump Employee 5,’ who unknowingly helped move classified documents, speaks out — Watch the full interview with Kaitlan Collins at 9 p.m. ET Monday on “The Source.” — CNN — A longtime Mar-a-Lago employee who is a central witness in the investigation …
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Washington Post:
Trump asked Elon Musk if he wanted to buy Truth Social — The idea went nowhere, but the former president and the billionaire X owner have continued to communicate more than was previously known — Former president Donald Trump asked Elon Musk last summer whether the billionaire industrialist …
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NPR:
Biden unveils a budget that would cut costs for families and hike taxes for the rich — The White House unveiled a new $7.3 trillion federal budget proposal on Monday, a plan that would hike taxes on billionaires and large corporations to pay for programs that would cut costs for families.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House GOP report aims to undermine Jan. 6 committee … - A senior Democratic congressional aide called the report “yet another attempt to rewrite the history of January 6th and whitewash the events of that horrible, bloody, and violent day.” — Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) …
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro ordered to report to jail on March 19
Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro ordered to report to jail on March 19
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Testimony Fleshes Out Account of Trump's Demand to Go to Capitol on Jan. 6
Testimony Fleshes Out Account of Trump's Demand to Go to Capitol on Jan. 6
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RedState, JONATHAN TURLEY, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, The Hill and The National Pulse
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under 'Don't Say Gay' bill settlement — Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it's not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Florida 'Don't Say Gay' law upheld after settlement in federal court
Florida 'Don't Say Gay' law upheld after settlement in federal court
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Tampa Bay Times, Sun-Sentinel, UPI, RedState and The Capitolist
Bill Press / The Hill:
Does telling the truth matter anymore? — To say that this nation is hopelessly politically divided is the understatement of the year. It shouts out at you in every political poll. We no longer have two competing political parties but two armed enemy camps.
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HuffPost and The Guardian
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
New data explodes myth of crime wave fueled by migrants — Republican politicians and sympathetic media outlets are claiming that America is in the midst of a violent “crime wave,” driven in part by undocumented immigrants. New data, however, demonstrates that there was not a spike in violent crime in 2023.
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Vox, Axios, Frontpage Mag, One America News Network and Washington Examiner
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Biden effigy beaten, kicked at Kansas county GOP event, drawing outrage — A Republican fundraiser in the Kansas City suburbs on Friday night at which attendees beat and kicked an effigy of President Biden has sparked bipartisan outrage and calls for the GOP leaders responsible for the event to resign.
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CNN:
US intelligence report states Netanyahu's viability to lead Israel is in jeopardy — The US intelligence community assesses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's “viability as a leader” to be “in jeopardy,” according to its annual report on the national security threats facing …
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Washington Post and New York Times