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The Daily Beast:
Trump Mega Donor Miriam Adelson Opens Up Cash Spigot — MONEY, MONEY, MONEY — After sitting out the Republican primary, the fifth-richest woman in America has given money to Trump and to House and Senate Republicans including Ted Cruz. — Republican mega-donor Miriam Adelson …
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New York Times
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Politico:
Trump raised so much last month he erased Biden's cash advantage — Trump's fundraising while he was on trial in New York, punctuated in the final days when he was convicted, was enough to surpass the incumbent Democrat when it comes to campaign cash. — Former President Donald Trump's huge …
New York Times:
Bragg Asks Judge to Extend Trump's Gag Order, Citing Deluge of Threats
Bragg Asks Judge to Extend Trump's Gag Order, Citing Deluge of Threats
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Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Guardian, Diane Ravitch's blog and New York Daily News
Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Is Pouring Millions Into a State Democrats Haven't Won Since 2008
Biden Is Pouring Millions Into a State Democrats Haven't Won Since 2008
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The Hill and Washington Examiner
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
NY prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order blocking Trump from criticizing jurors who convicted him
NY prosecutors urge judge to keep gag order blocking Trump from criticizing jurors who convicted him
Politico:
Trump's shocking cash comeback
Trump's shocking cash comeback
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Associated Press, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner, IJR, Twitchy, The Hill, Raw Story and Washington Post
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Trump has big fundraising plans for VP
Scoop: Trump has big fundraising plans for VP
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Washington Examiner, Daily Kos and AllSides Balanced
Olivia Rinaldi / CBS News:
Trump to campaign in Virginia after first presidential debate
Trump to campaign in Virginia after first presidential debate
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Breitbart, New York Times, WRIC-TV, Vanity Fair, The Dispatch, Fox News, USA Today, Raw Story, New York Daily News, Boston Herald, HotAir and CNN
New York Times:
Trump Erodes Biden's Lead in 2024 Election Fundraising After Conviction
Trump Erodes Biden's Lead in 2024 Election Fundraising After Conviction
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Semafor, Forbes, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, NJTODAY.NET, The Status Kuo, CBS News, The i Paper, Fox News, CNBC, Axios and Bloomberg
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court upholds domestic violence gun restriction — The case was a test for how far the court's conservative majority is willing to go in backing gun rights following a major ruling in 2022. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that prohibits people subjected …
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New York Times, Breitbart, KARK-TV, Los Angeles Times, RedState, HuffPost, New York Daily News, al.com, UPI, Washington Post, AllSides Balanced and Twitchy
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Just Made an 8-1 Mad Dash Away From Clarence Thomas' Extremism — The Supreme Court upheld a federal law disarming domestic abusers on Friday, significantly narrowing a radical 2022 precedent in the process. Its 8-1 ruling in U.S. v. Rahimi is a major victory for gun safety laws …
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Clarence Thomas Says Domestic Abusers Should Own Guns — BOOM — He wrote the lone dissent as the Supreme Court overwhelmingly upheld the constitutionality of a federal ban on gun ownership on Friday. — The Supreme Court on Friday overwhelmingly upheld the constitutionality of a federal ban …
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court upholds federal ban on guns for domestic abusers
Supreme Court upholds federal ban on guns for domestic abusers
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Salon, The Guardian, ABC News, PoliticusUSA, Lewiston Sun Journal and USA Today
Eric Neugeboren / The Nevada Independent:
Judge dismisses Nevada fake electors case over lack of jurisdiction — Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled that Clark County was not an appropriate place to decide the case. — Courts Election 2020 — A Clark County judge has dismissed the charges filed against the six Nevada Republicans …
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Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and New York Times
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Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
Judge dismisses charges in Nevada fake electors case over venue question, attorney general to appeal — A judge in Las Vegas dismissed an indictment Friday against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state's 2020 …
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NBC News, The Hill, Politico, Washington Post, Axios, CBS News, Forbes, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mediaite, Nevada Current and WTOP News
CNN:
Judge Aileen Cannon pushes Trump's lawyer to defend claim that special counsel is part of a ‘shadow government’ — Fort Pierce, Florida CNN — One day after it was reported that two federal judges urged Judge Aileen Cannon not to oversee the classified documents case against Donald Trump …
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USA Today, Courthouse News Service, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, CBS News, New Republic, Fox News and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Roger Stone Seems to Imply Trump Totally Controls Judge Cannon
Roger Stone Seems to Imply Trump Totally Controls Judge Cannon
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The Atlantic, Sun-Sentinel, Raw Story, Alternet.org, Axios, Law & Crime, PoliticusUSA and Civil Discourse …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Newly named Washington Post editor decides not to take job after backlash, will stay in Britain — The Washington Post said Friday that newly named editor Robert Winnett has decided not to take the job and remain in Britain instead, another upheaval at a news outlet where a reorganization plan has gone disastrously wrong.
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Missouri attorney general to sue New York over Trump prosecutions — Andrew Bailey's lawsuit is part of series of actions against NY attorney general and Manhattan DA, who both secured Trump convictions — The Missouri attorney general, Andrew Bailey, has confirmed that he's suing the state …
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The Hill, Newsbusters, New Republic, The Western Journal, Fox News, Axios, Raw Story, Breitbart, Attorney General Office … and The Gateway Pundit
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Trump ally Bannon asks the Supreme Court to delay his 4-month prison sentence on contempt charges — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, asked the Supreme Court on Friday to delay his prison sentence while he fights his convictions for defying a subpoena …
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CNN, UPI, One America News Network, Courthouse News Service, Washington Examiner, Roll Call, The Daily Beast, New Republic, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, USA Today, Forbes, Law & Crime, Axios, NBC News, Mediaite, Associated Press, Rolling Stone, Washington Times, RedState, Tennessee Star, Raw Story, emptywheel and AllSides Balanced
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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Change Healthcare confirms ransomware hackers stole medical records on a ‘substantial proportion’ of Americans — Change Healthcare has confirmed a February ransomware attack on its systems, which brought widespread disruption to the U.S. healthcare system for weeks, resulted in the theft …
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The Register and STAT, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Israeli Official Describes Secret Government Bid to Cement Control of West Bank — Israeli judges have long ruled that Israel's control of the territory is a temporary military occupation and complies with international law. A powerful minister's recent speech, caught on tape, suggested the government is trying to change that.
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Middle East Monitor and The Guardian
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
DJT share price down nearly 50% since Trump guilty verdict … The stock price of Trump Media has nearly been cut in half in the roughly three weeks since a New York jury convicted the company's majority owner, former President Donald Trump, of criminal charges.
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New York Times, Yahoo Finance and New Republic
Kyle Sorbe / Senator Tina Smith:
U.S. SENATOR TINA SMITH UNVEILS LEGISLATION TO REPEAL THE COMSTOCK ACT — Smith introduces Stop Comstock Act to repeal 1873 law that could be misused to ban abortion nationwide — Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced a bill to repeal an arcane 1873 law, called the Comstock Act …
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U.S. Representative …, Reason, Mother Jones and NBC News
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Oriana González / NOTUS:
Inside Democrats' Plans to Repeal the Comstock Act
Inside Democrats' Plans to Repeal the Comstock Act
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The Hill, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, The 19th, Michigan Advance, Daily Kos and Washington Post
Rachel Oswald / National Press Club:
Club urges members to donate for Aubuchon winner's hospice care — The National Press Club is grieved to learn that freelance photojournalist Linda Tirado, the recipient of the Club's 2020 domestic John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, is dying and has entered hospice care as a result …
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NPR and CBS News, more at Mediagazer »
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Why Conceding To Lies About The Economy Is A Big Mistake — It's not just about voter sentiment ahead of the election, it's about what kind of party we want Democrats to be in a post-Trump future. — Before going solo almost a year ago, I hosted an interview show that was essentially about finding the good in the bad.
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Digby's Hullabaloo