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Associated Press:
Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case  —  The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case has dismissed some of the charges against ex-President Donald Trump, but others remain  —  The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 …
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Max Burns / The Hill:
Trump's GOP is already dying  —  For Donald Trump, last week must have seemed like a final, crowning victory over his lingering Republican critics.  On Friday the Republican National Committee made official what Trump had already decreed weeks ago, electing Trump's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, as party co-chair.
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Cheney fuels speculation about her next move  —  Speculation is growing about the role former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will play in the 2024 election as President Biden and former President Trump barrel toward a rematch.  —  Cheney has vowed that she'll do whatever it takes to keep Trump from returning to the White House.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Haley Shaved 77K Votes Off Trump's Georgia Win Despite Dropping Out  —  The haul is substantially more than the number of votes by which Trump lost the state in 2020.  —  Donald Trump's overwhelming victory in the Georgia Republican primary Tuesday locked up the 2024 GOP nomination for him …
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Putin Recalls Trump Acting Like Jealous GF in Private  —  According to him, Trump made no attempt to hide his own insecurities about Joe Biden.  —  Russia's Vladimir Putin has revealed an apparently previously unreported conversation with Donald Trump in which he claims the then-American president …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump demonstrates why ‘Artificial Intelligence’ will be so useful to him  —  It is perfectly fitting that Donald Trump used his social media platform Truth Social to allege that he'd been the target of artificial-intelligence nefariousness.  —  “The Hur Report was revealed today!
Discussion: Raw Story, Outside the Beltway and IJR
Dasha Burns / NBC News:
Abortion is a top concern for Trump as he considers his VP pick  —  Former President Donald Trump has been laser-focused on the abortion views of his potential running mates, viewing the issue as a potential vulnerability for Republicans.  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — Last month at Mar-a-Lago …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:   Man pleads guilty to scheme to create giant sheep hybrids for captive hunting
Sarah Fielding / Engadget:
Tesla paid no federal income taxes while paying executives $2.5 billion over five years  —  Spoiler: The company actually received $1 million in refunds.  —  In case you need another reason to shout “tax the rich” from the rooftops, it's here, and it's going to make you angry.
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden declines House committee invitation to testify publicly  —  Hunter Biden has declined an invitation to testify next week in a public hearing before the House Oversight Committee, according to a letter from Hunter Biden's attorney, Abbe Lowell, sent to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the panel's chairman.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
Hunter Biden rebuffs Republicans' invitation to appear for a public hearing
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Family Dollar and Dollar Tree will close 1,000 stores  —  New York CNN —  Family Dollar, the struggling discount chain that caters to low-income customers predominantly in cities, said Wednesday it will close nearly 1,000 stores.  —  Years of mismanagement and poor conditions in stores have hurt Family Dollar's brand.
HotAir:
Fani's Case Flops, Ben Shapiro Under Fire  —  On this full episode of LARRY, we discuss the BREAKING NEWS for Donald Trump out of Fulton County, the internet's RAGE at Ben Shapiro, Democrat INSANITY about voter ID, the RARE sanity coming out of the UK, and MUCH, much more!
Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
Russians Warned to Flee Border Cities While They Still Can  —  Anti-Putin militants urged citizens to evacuate on Wednesday after launching a military offensive aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.  —  Anti-Kremlin Russian fighters have begun urging their fellow citizens to abandon their homes …
Discussion: The Moscow Times and Metro.co.uk
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Chubb CEO defends backing Trump appeal bond in E. Jean Carroll case  — The CEO of the Chubb insurance company defended a subsidiary providing former President Donald Trump with a $91.6 million appeals bond in the case where he was found liable for defaming E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of rape.
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
DeSantis Accuses Libs of TikTok of Spreading Lies For ‘Clicks’  —  Libs of TikTok claimed Florida provides drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants, despite the state having some of the country's harshest anti-immigrant laws.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis skewered the right-wing social media account Libs …
NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson is still dealing with Kevin McCarthy's baggage  —  Johnson is grappling with issues inherited from his predecessor: an unfunded government, a Rules panel stacked with conservatives and an impeachment inquiry that's losing steam.  —  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia …
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Lauren Boebert won't pursue special election nomination to replace Ken Buck after his abrupt resignation  —  U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert said Wednesday that she will not pursue the Republican special election nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Ken Buck in Colorado's 4th Congressional District after he departs Congress at the end of next week.
Kati Perry / Washington Post:
Republicans' House majority is their smallest in decades, and shrinking  —  Republicans are entering a months-long stretch of legislating with their smallest House majority in decades.  And the margin is about to tighten even more.  —  Jan. 200120032005200720092011201320152017201 9202120230170190230250Number …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Say gay, Florida  —  This week, the State of Florida agreed to settle a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Parental Rights in Education Act, better known as the “Don't Say Gay” law.  The bill's text prohibited “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties …
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Melissa Gira Grant / New Republic:
Ron DeSantis's Anti-LGBTQ Regime Is Crumbling
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Everything's Fine: West Point Drops ‘Duty, Honor, and Country’ From Its Mission Statement  —  I have been pretty hard on clueless Army Secretary Christine Wormuth during the year and a half I've been scribbling here.  When you see her as the ballerina atop the melting, gooey …
Kate Santaliz / NBC News:
Sen. Katie Britt has told her misleading anecdote about sex trafficking multiple times  —  An NBC News analysis shows Britt has brought up the same victim, who was trafficked under the Bush administration, at least five times this year to criticize Biden's border policies.
Discussion: Axios, HuffPost and Political Wire
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Brett Kavanaugh knows truth of alleged sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford says in book  —  In memoir, professor whose accusation rocked 2018 supreme court hearings says rightwing justice not ‘consummately honest person’  —  The US supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh is not a …
Discussion: Forbes and Raw Story
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Don't Be Lulled Into Thinking Trump II Will Just Be A Repeat Of Trump I  —  INSIDE: Robert Hur ... Ron Klain ... Kristi Noem … We Have More Than An Inkling Of What's To Come  —  After many months of very explicit promises from Donald Trump about what a second term as president would look like …
Lauren White / CREW:
DHS officials' texts show unfiltered reaction to January 6  —  Internal text messages from the Federal Protective Service obtained by CREW give a never before seen look at how senior government law enforcement officials prepared for and responded to the insurrection on January 6th.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
On popular online platforms, predatory groups coerce children into self-harm  —  Vulnerable teens are blackmailed into degrading and violent acts by abusers who then boast about it  —  Editor's note: This story describes extremely disturbing events that may be upsetting for some people.
Discussion: Wired, more at Techmeme »
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Democrats plead with Johnson to put Ukraine bill on floor: ‘Lead, follow or get out of the way’  —  A bicameral group of Democrats pleaded to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to put the Senate's foreign aid bill, which includes Ukraine aid, to a floor vote, emphasizing that the war-torn …
Ward Clark / RedState:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Sends State Assets South to Block Illegal Immigrants From Haiti  —  In a press release issued on Wednesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stated that the state of Florida will be sending assets to southern Florida and the Florida Keys to stop any possible influx …
 
 
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Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
GOP Senate Candidate Took Bold Stance Against the Sale of Alcohol... In Wisconsin
Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Olivia Rodrigo's tour hands out emergency contraceptives and condoms at Missouri concert
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
No Labels to appoint a panel Thursday to pick presidential candidate
Discussion: Political Wire
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
A small city in Oklahoma elected a white nationalist. Will it be able to vote him out?
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Study: Fox News ran nearly 400 weekday segments on “migrant crime” in the first 10 weeks of 2024
Discussion: Popular Information
Bloomberg:
TikTok Will Use Every Legal Tool to Fight a Forced Sale
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%
Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
Russia is ready for nuclear war, Putin warns the West
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
“Trump Employee 5” details Trump's mob-like management style
Discussion: New Republic and CNN
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
$500K Sand Dune Designed to Protect Coastal Homes Washes Away in Just 3 Days
Discussion: Fortune and DNyuz