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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
J.D. Vance Wanted a Constitutional Crisis — An interesting new Politico/Ipsos poll, out today, sheds more light on the electorate's reaction to Donald Trump's recent felony conviction. Team Trump has been triaging the political damage with relentless messaging of a rigged trial …
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
New Polling Shows the Real Fallout From the Trump Conviction — A new POLITICO Magazine/Ipsos poll shows that Trump's criminal conviction hurts him with independents. — Donald Trump's criminal conviction didn't instantly upend the 2024 presidential race. But the results of a new poll should be worrying for Trump.
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Julie Zauzmer Weil / Washington Post:
Closing asset loophole could add billions to tax collections, IRS says — The Treasury Department said it will enact rules to prevent certain large businesses from depreciating the same asset repeatedly. — The Biden administration plans to stop businesses and wealthy individuals …
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Associated Press:
The IRS wants to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process — The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department says.
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Vivek H. Murthy / New York Times:
Surgeon General: Why I'm Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms — One of the most important lessons I learned in medical school was that in an emergency, you don't have the luxury to wait for perfect information. You assess the available facts, you use your best judgment, and you act quickly.
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Washington Post:
Maryland governor to pardon 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping order — The blanket pardon by Gov. Wes Moore is among the country's most far reaching and will forgive decades of low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people. — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore …
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Brad Brooks / Reuters:
Maryland governor plans mass pardon on marijuana convictions
Maryland governor plans mass pardon on marijuana convictions
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Jason Cohen / The Daily Caller:
'I'm Like Speechless': CNN's Harry Enten Says Trump ‘Careening Towards A Historic Performance’ With Black Voters — CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said on that Monday former President Donald Trump is hurtling toward a remarkable performance with black voters in the 2024 election.
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Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
White House Tears Into New York Post, Other Outlets For New Biden ‘Freeze’ Claim — Deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said the Post's ethics “could deal with a little unfreezing.” — LOADING — White House spokesperson Andrew Bates accused the New York Post, amid other right-wing media …
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Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Biden appears to freeze up, has to be led off stage by Obama at mega-bucks LA fundraiser
Biden appears to freeze up, has to be led off stage by Obama at mega-bucks LA fundraiser
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Brett Bachman / The Daily Beast:
White House Fumes at Trumpworld's Latest ‘Cheap Fake’ Video
White House Fumes at Trumpworld's Latest ‘Cheap Fake’ Video
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Sinclair floods local news websites with hundreds of deceptive articles about Biden's mental fitness — This month, Sinclair Broadcast Group has flooded a vast network of local news websites with misleading articles suggesting that President Biden is mentally unfit for office.
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Talking Points Memo, New Republic and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Incoming Post editor tied to self-described ‘thief’ who claimed role in his reporting — Unpublished book drafts and other documents raise questions about Robert Winnett's journalistic record just months before he is to assume a top newsroom role. — LONDON — The alleged offense was trying …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
A tradwife drops a racist slur: Why the right's trolling economy made Lilly Gaddis' rise inevitable — Cashing in as a “cancel culture” martyr is getting harder, so attention addicts have to get more extreme — Let's stipulate up front that it is theoretically possible that Lilly Gaddis …
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Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Biden's Title IX rule blocked by judge in 6 additional states — A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration's new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students in six additional states, dealing another setback for a policy that has been under legal attack by Republican attorneys general.
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The College Fix and Indiana Capital Chronicle
BBC:
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say — The Greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the water.
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Metro.co.uk and Associated Press
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
How Alex Jones dodged accountability again — PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers. Appreciate our independent journalism? Then please sign up to support us. — 📊 Subscribe to Public Notice 📊 — Judge Christopher Lopez last Friday booted Infowars out of bankruptcy.
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NPR:
A retired federal judge says Judge Cannon appears to show ‘favoritism’ toward Trump — Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, continues to make decisions that puzzle many legal observers. — Last month, Cannon delayed the start of the trial indefinitely.
Politico:
New Jersey AG charges Democratic power broker George Norcross in bombshell indictment — He has long been the subject of scrutiny by law enforcement and a political task force, but has never been charged. — New Jersey's attorney general on Monday charged one of the state's most powerful Democrats …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Trials reveal depths of Bidens' family tragedy … - When Biden declared for president in 2019, his family was plagued by addiction, grief and soap opera levels of drama, the legal cases involving his son Hunter and daughter Ashley have shown. — It's affected the president …
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Associated Press:
Michigan, CUNY didn't suitably assess if Israel-Hamas war protests made environment hostile, US says — The University of Michigan and the City University of New York did not adequately investigate complaints about antisemitic or anti-Palestinian harassment linked to campus protests …
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Politico, Washington Examiner, New York Times and Washington Post
Nick Reisman / Politico:
Hochul's bet against congestion pricing is backfiring — Blocking an unpopular New York City toll program has alienated many of the governor's key supporters. — NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul is facing political consequences for her congestion pricing reversal.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Chairman McCaul Secures Date for Transcribed Interview of Jen Psaki for Afghanistan Withdrawal Investigation — Washington, D.C. — Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul sent a letter to former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirming her appearance …
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The Hill, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller