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Supreme Court Justice Alito's Beach House Displayed ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag … The “Appeal to Heaven” flag flew outside the Alitos' New Jersey vacation home last summer, along with a “2022” Phillies flag and a Long Beach Island flag. — Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag …
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Associated Press:
Second flag carried by Jan. 6 rioters displayed outside house owned by Justice Alito, report says — A second flag of a type carried by rioters during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was displayed outside a house owned by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Sam Alito is a problem — Chief Justice John Roberts must take responsibility for his court. If he does not, what follows will be his legacy — and we'll have to deal with the fallout. — It's been clear for some time that Justice Sam Alito was the Fox News (or an even further right-wing channel) …
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
They're all election deniers now — Trump's veep hopefuls are saying it over and over. … Lately, Republicans have been getting one simple question: “Will you accept the results of the 2024 election, regardless of its outcome?” Their responses keep exposing that election denialism has taken over the party.
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CNN:
Nikki Haley says she's voting for Trump in November
Nikki Haley says she's voting for Trump in November
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Karissa Waddick / USA Today:
Nikki Haley says she'll vote for Donald Trump in 2024 presidential race
Nikki Haley says she'll vote for Donald Trump in 2024 presidential race
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CNN:
Florida hearing in Trump classified documents case devolves into shouting match — A hearing in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case devolved into shouting Wednesday as attorneys battled over an alleged threat made last year to a defense attorney. — The morning proceeding in Fort Pierce …
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Kim Wehle / The Bulwark:
Judge Outlines ‘Shell Game’ Played with Classified Docs at Mar-a-Lago
Judge Outlines ‘Shell Game’ Played with Classified Docs at Mar-a-Lago
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The Minnesota GOP endorsed an anti-semite for U.S. Senate. Republicans are silent. — Earlier this month, Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN) blasted college students protesting Israel's military operations in Gaza. “By these students' own admission, they're not just standing in solidarity with this pro-Hamas …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Two hundred judges, more nominees moving, and a shadow docket bill — A little past noon Wednesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Angela Martinez to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on a 66-28 vote. — Martinez is the 200th of President Biden's judicial nominees …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Joe Biden lands 200 judges, highlighting stakes for the courts in the 2024 election
Joe Biden lands 200 judges, highlighting stakes for the courts in the 2024 election
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New York Post:
Sickening new video shows Hamas line up female Israeli soldiers on Oct. 7: ‘Here are the girls who can get pregnant’ — Harrowing video released Wednesday shows the moment five female Israeli soldiers — covered in blood and surrounded by the bodies of their massacred comrades …
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Laura Gersony / Arizona Republic:
Republican Abe Hamadeh called election deniers ‘crazies’ in text messages to now-rival Blake Masters — Republican congressional candidate Abe Hamadeh privately called those who believe stolen election claims “crazies” in text messages obtained by The Arizona Republic.
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Axios:
Netanyahu speech plans spark internal furor for Democrats … - House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Netanyahu “should be focused on freeing hostages, not on charming legislators.” — Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), a member of Democratic leadership, told Axios …
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Anjali Huynh / New York Times:
TikTok Is Seeing an Increasing Amount of Pro-Trump Posts — An internal analysis found nearly twice as many pro-Trump posts as pro-Biden ones on TikTok since November, a sign of the right's use of a liberal-friendly platform. — Donald Trump isn't on TikTok.
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump gears up for unique South Bronx rally … - It will be his first large-scale campaign rally in New York since 2016. … - It has been working with the predominantly Hispanic members of the Bodega Association and the National Supermarket Association, made up of independent supermarket owners.
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NBC News:
GOP officials frustrated by the Secret Service's refusal to move protesters away from the RNC convention hall — One proposal from the RNC would place the protest zone in a park across the Milwaukee River. Milwaukee officials have so far shown no interest in helping out, either.
Associated Press:
Republican National Committee's headquarters evacuated after vials of blood are addressed to Trump — The Republican National Committee's Washington headquarters was briefly evacuated on Wednesday as police investigated two vials of blood that had been addressed to former President Donald Trump following …
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David Strom / HotAir:
Another Conspiracy Theory Win; It's Getting Depressing — OK, it's time to put on your tin foil hats because every damn conspiracy theory is proving to be true. — Sure, I still believe men landed on the moon and that the Earth is round, but I am beginning to doubt almost everything else.
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Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
Democrat Punished On House Floor For Accurately Saying Trump Is On Trial — “What they're trying to do now is cancel people,” said Rep. Jim McGovern (Mass.), the congressman who started the contretemps. — LOADING — House Republicans invoked Wednesday a rule meant …
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Associated Press:
Centrist challenger ousts progressive DA in Oregon — Nathan Vasquez, a career prosecutor, vowed to be tough on crime in Portland. — Centrist district attorney candidate Nathan Vasquez has ousted the incumbent progressive prosecutor in Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Plans to Give Kenya Key Ally Designation During Its Leader's Visit — A “major non-NATO ally” is a country whose military has a strategic working relationship with the United States. — President Biden will designate Kenya on Thursday as a “major non-NATO ally,” according to a U.S. official …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Inside the White House, a Debate Over Letting Ukraine Shoot U.S. Weapons Into Russia — After a sobering trip to Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is urging the president to lift restrictions on how Ukraine can use American arms. — Since the first American shipments …
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Chris Lisinski / GBH:
Millionaires tax revenue reaches $1.8 billion, on pace to double estimates — Beacon Hill spent most of the past year in hand-wringing mode over the state's finances as tax revenues sagged month after month and new costs exploded, but lawmakers might soon have hundreds of millions of dollars …
Tinashe Chingarande / NOTUS:
‘Like a Lead Balloon’: Trump's ‘Shadow Secretary of State’ Meets With Arab American Leaders … As Arab Americans hold back their support from President Joe Biden until he changes course on the Israel-Gaza war, Donald Trump's “shadow secretary of state” — Ric Grenell …
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Politico:
What's breaking up the Texas Republican party? School vouchers — Out-of-state donors are funneling millions of dollars into state legislative races to defeat Republicans who opposed the governor's top education priority. — When nearly two dozen Republican state lawmakers defied Texas …
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Tom LoBianco / 24sight News:
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Manafort has been back channeling campaign tips through top Trump aides since last year, Republicans tell 24sight News — Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager for Donald Trump, has been secretly advising the 2024 re-election effort through his top campaign aides since last summer …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Israel Rages as Ireland, Spain, and Norway Move to Recognize Palestinian State — ‘REWARD HAMAS’ — The historic move will be punished with “severe consequences,” Israel's foreign minister said. — Ireland, Spain, and Norway on Wednesday said they will officially recognize a Palestinian state …
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