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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Why Pence's Refusal to Endorse Trump Matters (Seriously!)  —  A Vice President not endorsing his former boss should be a bigger deal  —  On Friday afternoon, Mike Pence announced during an interview with Fox News' Martha MacCallum that he would not endorse Donald Trump for President.
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill and USA Today
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Associated Press:
Trump ramps up dark rhetoric in Ohio stump speech for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno  —  Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden — will protect Social Security and warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio.
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Trump says he'll decide ‘pretty soon’ on whether to support a national abortion ban  —  Former President Trump said Sunday that he will decide “pretty soon” on whether to back a national abortion ban.  —  Trump's comments come after reports surfaced last month that he is considering embracing …
New York Times:
Trump Says Some Migrants Are ‘Not People’ and Predicts a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loses  —  In a caustic and discursive speech in Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump once again doubled down on a doomsday vision of the United States.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump, at an event …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Economic Advisers Float Three Names for Fed Chair  —  Kevin Warsh, Kevin Hassett, Arthur Laffer on shortlist presented to Trump during meeting at Mar-a-Lago  —  WASHINGTON—Influential economic advisers to Donald Trump presented the former president with a shortlist of potential candidates …
New York Times:
How Trump's Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation  —  Their claims of censorship have successfully stymied the effort to filter election lies online.  —  In the wake of the riot on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, a groundswell built in Washington to rein in the onslaught of lies …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Two GOP senators won't commit to explicit Trump endorsement  —  Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), in Sunday interviews, would not say whether they would endorse former President Trump's bid for the White House.  —  Rounds, in an interview on CNN's “State of the Union,” …
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Escalates His Dehumanization of Migrants: Some Are ‘Not People ... These Are Animals’  —  The former president continued his campaign to denigrate people coming to the U.S. in search of a better life  —  Former president Donald Trump, who opened his 2016 campaign declaring undocumented immigrants …
ABC News:
Trump predicts ‘bloodbath’ if he loses 2024 election, ramps up anti-migrant rhetoric
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:
Trump Says There Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’ and Elections Will End if He Isn't Reelected
Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
Trump says some undocumented immigrants are ‘not people’
Washington Post:
Trump granted clemency to Medicare fraudsters before vowing to cut entitlement program abuse
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
NBC News:
Behind the scenes, Biden has grown angry and anxious about re-election effort  —  Biden locked up the Democratic nomination last week, but looking ahead to the general, anxiety has seemed to increase.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was seething.  —  In a private meeting at the White House …
Discussion: RedState and CBS News
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Exclusive: Top Republican calls for canceling future Biden SOTU speeches … - “That was about the most divisive State of the Union — I wouldn't extend him an invitation next year, if that's what we're going to get,” Emmer said during an interview at the House GOP retreat.
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The Strongman Fantasy  —  And Dictatorship in Real Life  —  Quite a few Americans like the idea of strongman rule.  Why not a dictator who will get things done?  —  I lived in eastern Europe when memories of communism were fresh.  I have visited regions in Ukraine where Russia imposed its occupation regime.
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Promo video for Texas dental practice poses new ethics issue for Noem  —  Sitting in front of a camera for a highly produced, well-lit vertical video with the kind of caption made to watch on mute while you're scrolling through social media, a patient for SmileTexas near Houston tells viewers …
Discussion: Raw Story and Wonkette
Jennie Taer / New York Post:
Illegal migrant from Lebanon caught at border admitted he's a Hezbollah terrorist hoping ‘to make a bomb’ — and was headed for NY  —  A Lebanese migrant who was caught sneaking over the border admitted he's a member of Hezbollah, he hoped to make a bomb, and his destination was New York, The Post can reveal.
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Ro Khanna says TikTok bill is not ‘actually addressing the issue’  —  Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said the TikTok bill passed by the House last week is not “actually addressing the issue.”  —  Khanna, who voted against the bill, argued on ABC's “This Week” that while the two national security issues cited …
 
 
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Sen. Cassidy says he is not running on No Labels ticket
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‘Anti-Trump’ Republicans in North Carolina feel alienated by Mark Robinson
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Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
U.S. courts clarify policy limiting ‘judge shopping’
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Reason