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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump's invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC  —  Donald Trump's new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president's legal bills …
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
NY Gears Up to Seize Trump Westchester Assets If Fraud Fine Is Unpaid  — State registered $454 million judgment in Westchester County  — Area is home to a Trump golf course and Seven Springs estate  —  New York state's $454 million judgment against Donald Trump in a civil fraud lawsuit …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets  —  The New York attorney general's office has filed judgments in Westchester County, the first indication that the state is preparing to try to seize Donald Trump's golf course and private estate north of Manhattan, known as Seven Springs.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Attorney General Prepares to Seize Trump's Massive New York Estate  —  Letitia James has effectively put a “blanket lien” on his sprawling, 212-acre property north of New York City.  —  Donald Trump, unable to front a half billion dollars to pay off his recent bank fraud judgment …
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is in Line for a $3.5 Billion Windfall From Stake in Truth Social  —  Supporters who have driven up share price are expected to vote Friday to take company public  —  Donald Trump's supporters are pushing to hand him a nearly $3.5 billion windfall by driving up the value …
New York Times:
Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified  —  President Donald J. Trump warned his vice president against failing to overturn the 2020 election results, according to an account by the White House valet by his side on Jan. 6.
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Trump's Lawyer Won't Deny If He's Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money  —  Asked bluntly about it on Fox News, Alina Habba quickly changed the subject.  —  LOADING  —  Has Donald Trump asked Russia, Saudi Arabia or any other country for help paying his upcoming $464 million bond?
Politico:
Playbook: Inside the minibus — and the latest Green New Deal  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WHITE SMOKE — Congressional appropriators released the final six-bill, $1.2 trillion, 1,012-page federal spending bill for fiscal 2024 shortly …
Harry Litman / Los Angeles Times:
Aileen Cannon's handling of Trump's classified records case just went from bad to horrible
Discussion: Raw Story
Simon Rosenberg / Hopium Chronicles:
Biden Leads in 6 New Polls, The Booming American Economy, The Republican Party Is Broke and Broken  —  Big Day Today - With Dems at 1pm ET, Ruben Gallego at 8pm - Join Us!  —  Happy Thursday all.  Got a few things for you today:  —  2 Events Today - Register, Join Us!
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Prem Thakker / The Intercept:
House Republicans Want to Ban Universal Free School Lunches  —  On Wednesday, the Republican Study Committee, of which some three-quarters of House Republicans are members, released its 2025 budget entitled “Fiscal Sanity to Save America.”  Tucked away in the 180-page austerity manifesto …
David Lat / Original Jurisdiction:
Cannon Fodder: Law Clerks Quit On Judge Aileen Cannon  —  Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat.  You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.com.
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Dems flip script on GOP crime agenda, targeting RNC convention plans with surprising name  —  The DNC says reports Paul Manafort could help with RNC convention are evidence of Donald Trump's ‘soft-on-crime’ agenda  —  FIRST ON FOX: Democrats are launching a major attack on Republicans' plans …
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
78,000 more public workers are getting student loans canceled through Biden administration changes  —  Another 78,000 Americans are getting their federal student loans canceled through a program that helps teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public servants, the Biden administration announced Thursday.
Discussion: WAGA-TV and New York Post
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Nearly $6 Billion in Student Debt Cancellation for 78,000 Public Service Workers
Rob Wile / NBC News:
Apple sued by Biden administration over alleged iPhone ‘monopoly power’  —  The Department of Justice and 16 state and district attorneys general launched a major lawsuit against the technology giant accusing it of harming consumers by limiting competition.  —  The U.S. Department …
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Reuters:
Apple accused of monopolizing smartphone markets in US antitrust lawsuit
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Leonard Leo, Koch networks pour millions into groups prepping for potential second Trump administration  —  A review by the progressive advocacy group Accountable.US shows $55 million flowing from Leo- and Koch-backed groups.  —  WASHINGTON — Huge funding from influential conservative donor networks …
NBC News:
The ex-Democrat catching Trump's and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s eyes  —  Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has gone from running for president as a Democrat in 2020 to interest in the open VP slots for Trump and Kennedy in 2024.  —  Tulsi Gabbard wanted to be president.  Now she wants to be vice president.
Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
IMF board okays $880 million loan payment for Ukraine, sees war winding down in '24  —  The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Thursday approved a third review of Ukraine's $15.6 billion loan program, allowing the release of $880 million for budget support and bringing total disbursements to $5.4 billion, the IMF said.
Discussion: Bloomberg
HotAir:
The Bobulinski Meltdowns Were Glorious  —  On this full episode of LARRY, we discuss the MANY temper tantrums thrown by Democrats in the Hunter Biden corruption hearing yesterday in the House Oversight Committee, a SERIOUS TAKEDOWN of a Biden nominee by Senator John Kennedy …
Discussion: Twitchy
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
House Republicans Resurrect Plan to Gut Social Security and Medicare  —  While progressive politicians and unions are fighting to grant Americans four-day workweeks, Republicans are looking to achieve the complete opposite.  —  On Wednesday, the Republican Study Committee …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Prosecutor tells jury former Milwaukee official who requested fake ballots was no whistleblower  —  A jury found a former Milwaukee election official accused of obtaining fake absentee ballots guilty Wednesday of misconduct in office and fraud, rejecting her arguments that she was trying …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Elon Musk Pushes a Vile, Toxic Hate Video—and Exposes His Own Scam  —  For much of the last week, Elon Musk's mighty Twitter feed—sorry, his X feed—featured as its pinned tweet a video that purports to lay bare a vast conspiracy among Democrats to “flood” the country with “illegals” to lock in a “permanent voting majority.”
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: I'm not sure we ever had votes for impeachment  —  Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday evening that he was not sure the House GOP ever had enough votes for an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.  —  Burchett is a member of the House Oversight Committee …
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
US judge cites Dr. Seuss in dismissing Blagojevich suit: 'Just Go.  Go.  GO!  —  A federal judge shut down former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's (D) latest attempt to regain ballot eligibility by quoting Dr. Seuss, underlining the former governor's fall from political star to laughingstock.
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez declines reelection as Democrat, may run as independent  —  Menendez's announcement comes days before New Jersey's Democratic filing deadline, on March 25.  —  Sen. Bob Menendez — the New Jersey Democrat who got his start 50 years ago as an anti-corruption mayor …
 
 
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