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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
The Case For 2024 Optimism — Biden's got a lot of upside potential, Trump's got a lot of downside risk. — The short version is that over the past couple weeks President Biden has caught up with Donald Trump, as depicted in the Economist's polling average above.
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CNN:
CNN Polls: Majority of voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania are dissatisfied with their presidential choices — Voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania - two states that flipped from red to blue in the 2020 presidential election - begin this year's general election campaign more dissatisfied …
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The Hill, Washington Examiner and Political Wire
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump canceled a rally in Arizona because his campaign was too broke: report — Former President Donald Trump is facing mounting financial difficulties in his campaign — to the point where he is reportedly being forced to triage which states he can afford to hold rallies in.
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Washington Post, CNN, PoliticusUSA and Digby's Hullabaloo
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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Washington Post:
Joint committee allows Trump to raise money for legal bills, huge checks for RNC — The Trump 47 Committee can raise up to $814,600, according to a donor form obtained by The Washington Post — New Federal Election Commission filings this week illustrated the tremendous burden …
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Bloomberg, The Moderate Voice, Florida Politics, The Hill, CNN and Politico
James Bickerton / Newsweek:
Joe Biden Jokes About Donald Trump's Debt Problems: 'I Can't Help You'
Joe Biden Jokes About Donald Trump's Debt Problems: 'I Can't Help You'
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Fox News, Raw Story, New Jersey Online, Twitchy and PoliticusUSA
TIME:
Biden's Campaign Is In Trouble. Will the Turnaround Plan Work?
Biden's Campaign Is In Trouble. Will the Turnaround Plan Work?
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Fox News, The Center Square, Los Angeles Times, Twitchy, Emerson Polling, The Western Journal, American Greatness, Hopium Chronicles and Axios
Politico:
Playbook: Inside the minibus — and the latest Green New Deal
Playbook: Inside the minibus — and the latest Green New Deal
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The American Conservative, Breitbart, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
NBC News:
The ex-Democrat catching Trump's and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s eyes
The ex-Democrat catching Trump's and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s eyes
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New York Magazine, The Hill, New York Post and Washington Examiner
Politico:
Why Trump's big Wall Street payday won't bail him out of financial trouble — The approval from investors would come as Trump faces a severe financial crunch: He's been hit with more than $500 million in civil penalties, not to mention ongoing legal fees as he appeals verdicts against him.
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CNN, Associated Press, UPI, Reason, Raw Story and New York Times
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Trump's Truth Social is going public after winning DWAC merger vote … - As Axios reported earlier today, this ends a multiyear saga that's included civil lawsuits, criminal lawsuits, closing extensions and vote postponements.
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Farah Griffin: There's ‘no question’ Trump would accept money from Russian oligarchs — Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said there is “no question” that former President Trump would accept money from foreign sources to secure the funds needed in his civil fraud case.
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Tori Otten / New Republic:
Letitia James Is Prepared to Seize One of Trump's Favorite Assets
Letitia James Is Prepared to Seize One of Trump's Favorite Assets
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Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Trump's Lawyer Won't Deny If He's Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money
Trump's Lawyer Won't Deny If He's Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money
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Mediaite, New Republic, BizPac Review, Deadline, The Hill, Washington Post, Crooks and Liars, Political Wire and Raw Story
Kara Scannell / CNN:
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Ken Buck's parting gift to GOP: Signing Democrats' Ukraine discharge petition … - The measure needs 218 signatures to force a vote, however, and many progressives have said they won't sign onto it. — Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) has a competing discharge petition on a $66 billion munitions …
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MeidasTouch, Raw Story, Washington Times, Fox News and CBS News
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Ken Buck becomes first Republican to sign Democrats' discharge petition for Ukraine aid
Ken Buck becomes first Republican to sign Democrats' discharge petition for Ukraine aid
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HuffPost, WisPolitics, Fox News, The Western Journal and Axios
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Feared a ‘One-Term Presidency’ After Passing Health Care Law — A set of oral histories released on Friday documents the behind-the-scenes drama of President Barack Obama's drive to pass the Affordable Care Act, his most important legislative achievement.
Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Congressman apologizes for using racial slur instead of saying ‘bugaboo’ — U.S. Senate hopeful Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) made the comment while discussing tax rates in a budget hearing — Senate hopeful Rep. David Trone (D) used a racial slur during a congressional budget hearing Thursday …
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The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Daily Caller News Foundation and Washington Examiner
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's lawsuit against ABC is not the flex he thinks it is — In a sane world, the underlying facts would be disqualifying. … As if Trump wasn't already spending enough donor money defending himself against a truly staggering number of civil and criminal lawsuits, he just inexplicably decided …
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Columbia Journalism Review, Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Fox News
New York Times:
Inside Garland's Effort to Prosecute Trump — In trying to avoid even the smallest mistakes, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland might have made one big one: ending up in a race against the clock. — After being sworn in as attorney general in March 2021, Merrick B. Garland gathered …
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Politico
The Cause:
They don't want want this miracle™ to exist — It was four years ago today. After about 34 hours inside Ann Arbor's St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and a lifetime of heroic pushing by my wife, my daughter was born. She, like every newborn, was a miracle™. That's the cliche™.
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Financial Times:
US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries — Washington told Kyiv that drone attacks risk driving up crude prices and provoking retaliation — The US has urged Ukraine to halt attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure, warning the drone strikes risk driving up global oil prices …
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Bloomberg, Politico, Defense One, Reuters, Daily Caller News Foundation, Euromaidan Press, The Guardian and Metro.co.uk
HotAir:
Senator John Kennedy vs. Climate Change Activist — Senator John Kennedy had a busy day on the hill Wednesday, making fools out of some more democrat witnesses, including a climate change activist.
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Twitchy
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 …
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Progress Pond, Wonkette, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Post
Andrew Osborn / Reuters:
Kremlin, in change of language, says Russia is ‘at war’ due to West's role in Ukraine — Russia regards itself to be at war due to the West's intervention on Ukraine's side, the Kremlin said, shifting the language it uses to describe the conflict in an apparent move to prepare Russians for a longer and harder struggle.
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Business Insider, CBS News, Bloomberg, Euromaidan Press, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Semafor