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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's ‘incident’ at Arlington National Cemetery matters — Donald Trump's appearance at Arlington National Cemetery this week was already controversial. Then the public learned about an “incident.” — In modern American politics, the vast majority of officials in both parties …
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Associated Press:
Trump campaign was warned not to take photos at Arlington before altercation, defense official says — JD Vance, asked about a Trump campaign incident at Arlington National Cemetery, instead focused on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan calling Kamala Harris “disgraceful” for not firing anyone for service member's deaths.
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Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
The Trump Campaign Is Now Running on Pure Contempt — Both Trump and JD Vance are incapable of hiding their lack of basic humanity. — Pocket — Tuesday's political news cycle delivered a crash course in the fundamental outlook of the Trumpified Republican Party, via a pair …
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Balloon Juice
CNN:
‘My identity is stolen’: Photos of European influencers used to push pro-Trump propaganda on fake X accounts — Luna, a self-described 32-year-old “MAGA Trump supporter” from the battleground state of Wisconsin, has gained a huge following since she joined X, formerly Twitter, in March.
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CIR, Raw Story and New Republic
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emptywheel:
The Superseding Trump Indictment Is about Obstruction as Much as Immunity — In this Xitter thread, I went through everything that had been added or removed from the superseding indictment against Trump, based on this redline. The changes include the following: — Removal of everything having to do with Jeffrey Clark
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Reason
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Jack Smith attempts to immunity-proof his January 6 Trump indictment. Mostly.
Jack Smith attempts to immunity-proof his January 6 Trump indictment. Mostly.
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Business Insider:
Trump's new indictment is 9 pages shorter — there's a good reason for that
Trump's new indictment is 9 pages shorter — there's a good reason for that
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DNyuz
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's new indictment rocks his newly reshaped race against Kamala Harris
Trump's new indictment rocks his newly reshaped race against Kamala Harris
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The Hill, New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Daily Caller News Foundation, Sun-Sentinel, Forbes, Scripps News, ComingSoon.net, Townhall, The Atlantic, ABC News and UPI
Rolling Stone:
Trump Goes Full Fascist in Truth Social Posting Spree — One campaign official says staffers are relieved that the former president has largely isolated his social media presence to his own app … On Wednesday — in the aftermath of a new election-interference indictment from Special Counsel Jack Smith …
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Trump promoted another Truth Social account that calls for killing his political opponents
Michelle L. Price / Los Angeles Times:
Trump shares social posts with QAnon phrases, calls for jailing lawmakers and special counsel
Trump shares social posts with QAnon phrases, calls for jailing lawmakers and special counsel
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Talking Points Memo and New Republic
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court refuses to revive Biden's latest student loan debt relief plan — Republican-led states challenged the plan aimed at reducing the burden on borrowers, including a provision that would reduce their monthly payments. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed …
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore multibillion-dollar student debt plan
Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore multibillion-dollar student debt plan
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Harris campaign mocks Trump over muted mic debate: ‘His own team wants to shut him up’ — Vice President Harris's campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu on Wednesday mocked former President Trump over the microphone muting issue at the upcoming presidential debate, saying his own team “wants to shut him up.”
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘This is simply insane’: Questions raised about vetting of J.D. Vance amid new blow-up — During an appearance on “Morning Joe” on Wednesday morning, MSNBC host Symone Sanders Townsend expressed shock that another damaging video of Republican Party vice president candidate J.D. Vance …
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Democrats and Plain Dealer
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Elon Musk, Eyeing Edge for Trump, Hires Republican Political Adviser — The move suggests that Mr. Musk, the world's richest person, is preparing to become even more involved in the presidential campaign and beyond. — Elon Musk, the world's richest person, has hired a Republican operative …
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Business Insider and New Republic
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Zuckerberg's Spineless Surrender: Rehashing Old News To Enable False GOP Narratives — Two bits of news came out of the letter Mark Zuckerberg sent to Rep. Jim Jordan this week (and how people responded to it), neither of which are what you're likely to have heard about.
Rick Perlstein / American Prospect:
The Election Story Nobody Wants to Talk About — A Q&A with David Neiwert, America's foremost writer and thinker on far-right extremism, on what might happen if Trump wins—or loses. — Members of the Proud Boys rally in front of the Ohio State Capitol building in Columbus, Ohio, January 6, 2024.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
How to give thousands to Trump without giving his campaign a cent — The former president is constantly expanding the array of ways his supporters can put more money in his pockets. — One of the defining characteristics of Donald Trump's rallies is the emergence of an ad hoc marketplace of Trump-related merchandise.
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Metro.co.uk, The Guardian, New Republic, DNyuz, HuffPost, USA Today, Raw Story, Quartz and Bloomberg
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It's Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong — On its 10th anniversary, Signal's president wants to remind you that the world's most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It's free. It doesn't track you or serve you ads.
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Jim Jordan subpoenas firm tied to daughter of Trump judge over conflict allegations — The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the CEO of a political consulting firm that employs the daughter of the judge who presided over former President Donald Trump's New York hush money trial.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Media stock falls below $20 per share, a first since company went public … The months long Trump Media stock slide continued Wednesday, as shares of the company majority-owned by former President Donald Trump fell below $20 for the first time since the Truth Social maker went public in March of this year.
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USA Today, Forbes, Quartz and Digby's Hullabaloo
Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
Election Could End Up in Front of SCOTUS Warns Ketanji Brown Jackson — BRACE FOR IMPACT — Jackson's comments come after Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment against Donald Trump in his ongoing election interference case. — Journalist
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Axios, CBS News, New Republic, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Harris Camp Trolls Trump with Ad Targeting Mar-a-Lago — WHEN KAMALA HARRIS'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN announced a new attack ad Tuesday, the vice president's strategists made sure to run it in every battleground state —as well as a single media market in Florida: the one that includes Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's latest Putin apologia deserves more attention — “They are surging into Russia. Ok? You are going to end up in World War III.” — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers 🚨 If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
McCormick confuses Philadelphia, Mississippi with Pennsylvania in X post — Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick (R) was mocked Wednesday after his X account confused Philadelphia, Miss., with Pennsylvania's biggest city. — McCormick's account on social platform X shared a clip …
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PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
CNN contributor deems Harris ‘weak sauce’ for doing interview alongside Walz — CNN contributor Scott Jennings expressed disapproval over Vice President Kamala Harris's handling of her first interview as a presidential candidate, arguing she is appearing “weak” for bringing her running mate with her.
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DNyuz, Breitbart, Twitchy, RedState, Raw Story, HotAir, Louder With Crowder, The Post Millennial and CNN
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Vance repeats a bogus Trump claim on ‘factories’ debunked years ago — The figure he cites doesn't actually refer to factories. And Biden's record on this front is better anyway. — “If you go back to the Trump presidency, we had 12,000 factories that were built during Donald Trump's presidency.”