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Trump calls his globe-trotting ex-diplomat ‘my envoy.’ Neither is in office. — Richard Grenell is meeting with far-right foreign leaders, attacking President Biden and offering a glimpse at what U.S. foreign policy could be like in a second Trump term — After an anti-corruption crusader …
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Freedom Caucus chair faces primary peril — Good morning, Early Birds. Our condolences to the friends and family of former Democratic senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who died Wednesday. He was 82. Tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Was this forwarded to you? Sign up here. Thanks for waking up with us.
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Michael H. Brown / Washington Post:
Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice presidential nominee, dies at 82
Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice presidential nominee, dies at 82
Popular Information:
These 50 companies have donated over $23 million to election deniers since January 6, 2021 — Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. — Then, according to the report of the bipartisan January 6 Commission, Trump engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 Presidential election.”
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Judge rules Georgia Republican Party vice chairman voted illegally — Brian K. Pritchard voted nine times while serving probation for felony forgery charges — A judge ruled Wednesday that the Georgia Republican Party's first vice chairman, Brian K. Pritchard, violated state election laws …
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Crooks and Liars
Politico:
How Greene's bid to topple Johnson could blow up the House — or in her own face — One House Republican summed up the fear: Her move could “deliver aid to Ukraine” by giving Johnson no choice but to seek common cause with Democrats. — Marjorie Taylor Greene's bid to vote …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Jan. 6 Architect John Eastman Roasted By Judge In Disbarment Case — A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. — Thanks for reading Morning Memo! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. — The Closest We Get To A Jan. 6 Verdict Before November?
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
John Eastman, architect of Trump's 2020 election plot, should be disbarred, judge rules
John Eastman, architect of Trump's 2020 election plot, should be disbarred, judge rules
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Washington Post:
GOP scrambles to organize early and mail voting despite Trump's attacks — Republicans are playing catch-up to Democrats on voting before Election Day in battleground states, but Trump disparages those methods — In December, Donald Trump called for the end of mail-in voting in presidential elections.
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
An appeals court says ‘undated’ Pennsylvania ballots don't count
An appeals court says ‘undated’ Pennsylvania ballots don't count
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Washington Examiner, ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, Pennsylvania Capital-Star and ballot-access.org
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump Bibles make a mockery of Christianity — and that's exactly why MAGA will eat them up — Faith without morality or theology, much less that “soyboy” Jesus? Sign MAGA Republicans up! — Earlier this week, Donald Trump unveiled his newest grift to squeeze money out of his cult followers: Trump-branded Bibles.
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Judge Forges Ahead With Pretrial Motions In Trump Georgia Election Interference Case — Lawyers for Trump argued that the charges in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize speech that is protected by the First Amendment. — LOADING — The charges against former …
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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Conservative bigwig Matt Schlapp agreed to hefty settlement to end sexual assault lawsuit — The Republican operative who accused American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp of sexual assault last year received a significant financial settlement in exchange for dropping …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Matt Schlapp's Accuser Was Paid to Drop Sexual Assault Suit
Matt Schlapp's Accuser Was Paid to Drop Sexual Assault Suit
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Rolling Stone
Philip Rotner / The Bulwark:
Here's What It Would Look Like to Remove Judge Cannon — THE JUDGE PRESIDING OVER Donald Trump's classified documents prosecution just gave Special Counsel Jack Smith a gift that he desperately needed: a fresh opening to seek her removal from the case. — Last week, Judge Aileen Cannon …
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Raw Story
Politico:
Playbook: Biden's NYC money bomb — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG KITTY — President JOE BIDEN heads to the Big Apple tonight for a star-studded fundraising event with former Presidents BARACK OBAMA and BILL CLINTON and “Late Show” host STEPHEN COLBERT.
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Biden campaign to bring in massive $25M haul at star-packed fundraiser
Biden campaign to bring in massive $25M haul at star-packed fundraiser
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Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals — World's fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade's end, report finds — The world's fossil-fuel producers are on track to nearly quadruple the amount …
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Carbon Tracker Initiative, SC Daily Gazette, Reuters, Food & Water Watch and Politico
Suzy Weiss / The Free Press:
Tale of a Tampon — Scenes from a sit-in at Vanderbilt. — Let me tell you about some Vanderbilt girl's tampon. — It all started yesterday morning, when a wave of undergrad students rushed Kirkland Hall, where Vanderbilt's chancellor's office is located.
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Patterico's Pontifications, Blaze Media and The Vanderbilt Hustler
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Legal experts worry about presidential abuse of the Insurrection Act. Here's why — A bipartisan group of legal experts is sounding an alarm about presidential power this election season. — They're pushing Congress to update a cluster of laws known as the Insurrection Act and limit …
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Brittany Gibson / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s vice presidential pick calls IVF 'one of the biggest lies being told about women's health' — She has weighed in on in-vitro fertilization many times through her nonprofit work. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate has been a harsh critic of in-vitro fertilization …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Republican: ‘Outrageous’ for Biden to promise feds will pay for Baltimore bridge — Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) criticized President Biden on Thursday for pledging that the federal government will pay for the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which collapsed earlier …
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New York Times:
Trump Attacks Judge's Daughter After Gag Order in Hush-Money Case — Donald Trump said a photo of him behind bars on Loren Merchan's X account meant he could not get a fair trial, but a court official said someone had appropriated the account. — It was an explosive claim from Donald J. Trump …
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Biong M. Biong / USA Today:
Liz Cheney warns U.S. can't ‘survive’ another Donald Trump presidency — Rep. Liz Cheney, a one-time Wyoming lawmaker turned fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, said the Republican party is currently threatening democracy and that the nation is undergoing a political shift during …
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Mediaite and New Jersey Online
Joe Fisher / UPI:
States moving to require schools to show inaccurate fetus video — At least four states are considering legislation to follow North Dakota in mandating the showing of an animated fetal development video in elementary school classrooms. — The particular video suggested, Meet Baby Olivia …
Yehuda Lukacs / The Hill:
Netanyahu doesn't deserve to address Congress again — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced that he is considering inviting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who recently said Netanyahu “lost his way” …
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Judge's Daughter After Gag Order — Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump got hit with a gag order in his hush-money trial, he launched a fresh attack on the judge and his family. — In posts on Truth Social Wednesday morning, Trump blasted Judge Juan Merchan and his family …
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A.W. Ohlheiser / Vox:
The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse — Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone. — Line up a few years' worth of tragedies and disasters …
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The Nation, The Hill, PolitiFact and New York Daily News
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
NBC Proves the Media Can't Save Democracy — The decision to hi former RNC chair is a symptom of a larger problem — Sometimes, a piece of news pops up that is so up my alley that I have so much to say/write/Tweet/Thread about it that I become paralyzed.
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Bloomberg:
US and UK Probe $20 Billion of Crypto Transfers to Russian Exchange — Allies review Tether transfers to sanctioned exchange Garantex — Tether says it works with law enforcement to ensure compliance — The US and UK are reviewing more than $20 billion of cryptocurrency transactions …
Associated Press:
MyPillow, owned by election denier Mike Lindell, formally evicted from Minnesota warehouse — A court ordered the eviction Wednesday of MyPillow from a suburban Minneapolis warehouse that it formerly used, but company founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said that it's …
Washington Post:
NBC offered Ronna McDaniel a better contract to appear on MSNBC — The cable channel was part of the broad push to clinch a contributor deal for McDaniel, whose hiring caused an uproar — MSNBC President Rashida Jones participated in recruiting former Republican National Committee chair …
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