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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Jack Smith's Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court — It's rare to simultaneously feel red-hot anger and wistfulness, especially when merely reading a document. But those are exactly the emotions that washed over me when I read the redacted version …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 2, 2024 — When moderator Margaret Brennan noted during last night's vice presidential debate that Republican nominee J.D. Vance had, once again, lied about the legal status of migrants in Springfield, Ohio, Vance retorted: “The rules were that you guys weren't going to fact-check!”
Politico:
11 damning details in Jack Smith's new brief in the Trump election case — From Trump's fictitious stats about voter fraud to the FBI's forensic analysis of Trump's phone, prosecutors previewed how they would make their case at trial. — Special counsel Jack Smith won't get a chance …
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Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Trump casts ‘election interference’ label on everything while facing federal charges — Trump is already laying the groundwork to dispute the results of another election, leveling baseless charges of interference as his own federal election interference case progresses.
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Meidas+
Austin Sarat / The Hill:
JD Vance is a con artist, and the debate proved it — JD Vance's performance in this week's vice presidential debate was real slick. A radical devotee of the MAGA cause, branded as “weird” by his critics and unpopular in polls, the Republican VP nominee used the debate to debut Vance 2.0.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Fumes Over Release of New Evidence in Election Interference Case
Trump Fumes Over Release of New Evidence in Election Interference Case
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Absolutely Fuming Over the Release of Bombshell Election Case Doc
Trump Is Absolutely Fuming Over the Release of Bombshell Election Case Doc
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No amount of evidence will convince Republicans of Trump's 2020 guilt
No amount of evidence will convince Republicans of Trump's 2020 guilt
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Trump fear factor hits Senate GOP
New York Times:
Jack Smith Lays Out New Evidence in Trump's Jan. 6 Case
Jack Smith Lays Out New Evidence in Trump's Jan. 6 Case
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump's Response When He Learned Pence's Life Was In Danger On Jan. 6: 'So What?"
Trump's Response When He Learned Pence's Life Was In Danger On Jan. 6: 'So What?"
Washington Post:
Inside Jim Jordan's campaign for top House Republican
Inside Jim Jordan's campaign for top House Republican
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Mock Paper Scissors and Joe.My.God.
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Debate performance gives Vance 2028 White House boost
Debate performance gives Vance 2028 White House boost
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Associated Press:
Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case and accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’
Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case and accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’
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ABC News:
Bombshell immunity filing details Trump's alleged ‘increasingly desperate’ bid to overturn 2020 election
Bombshell immunity filing details Trump's alleged ‘increasingly desperate’ bid to overturn 2020 election
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Annie Nova / CNBC:
Biden administration can move forward with student loan forgiveness, federal judge rules … A federal judge will let expire a temporary restraining order against the Biden administration's sweeping new student loan forgiveness plan, which could deliver relief to tens of millions of Americans.
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emptywheel:
John Roberts' Sordid Legacy: 14 Pages of Mean Tweets — “One of the ways Trump” disseminated false claims of election fraud, Jack Smith's immunity briefing describes, “was by Tweet, day in and day out.” — I'm still wading through Jack Smith's immunity briefing.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Liz Cheney to join Harris on campaign trail at birthplace of GOP — Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will join Vice President Harris at a campaign event on Thursday in Ripon, Wisc., known as the birthplace of the Republican Party, according to a senior campaign official.
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Erik Gunn / Wisconsin Examiner:
Wisconsin GOP group launches pro-Harris campaign with open letter
Wisconsin GOP group launches pro-Harris campaign with open letter
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Bloomberg:
UK Cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Keeps Control of Diego Garcia Military Base — Deal ensures the operation of a key US military base, UK says — Political agreement comes after two years of negotiations — Britain struck a deal to cede sovereignty over the Chagos Islands …
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Andrew Harding / BBC:
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
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Shawn Tully / Fortune:
Harris holds a 66-electoral-vote lead over Trump, calculates prominent data scientist — Kamala Harris turned the tables on Trump, according to betting markets, and hasn't looked back. — Data scientist Thomas Miller has crafted a model for forecasting the 2024 presidential election that …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir — Exclusive: ‘I have carried this belief with me throughout my entire adult life’, former first lady writes in memoir — Melania Trump made an extraordinary declaration in an eagerly awaited memoir to be published …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Melania Trump says she forced Donald to drop hardline immigration policy
Melania Trump says she forced Donald to drop hardline immigration policy
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CNN:
CNN requested an interview with Melania Trump. Her book publisher asked for $250,000 in exchange — Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump's book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir. After several exchanges …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Giuliani's daughter: ‘The biggest threat to our country is Trump’ — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's (R) daughter said she thinks the biggest threat to America is former President Trump. — Caroline Giuliani has spoken out in recent days about her father's entanglements with Trump and the upcoming election.
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Associated Press:
Mayorkas warns FEMA doesn't have enough funding to last through hurricane season … The Federal Emergency Management Agency can meet immediate needs but does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday.
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Why conservatives get suspended more than liberals on social media — Happy Thursday! I'm filling in for Cristiano today. Send news tips to: will.oremus@washpost.com. — Below: Vice President Harris is ‘coming around’ to 'Little Tech's' agenda. But first:
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New York Times:
U.S. Faces Economic Turbulence Just as Recession Fears Eased — War in the Middle East, a strike by port workers and a devastating hurricane have injected uncertainty into the U.S. economy. — The United States economy is suddenly staring down an array of new and potentially damaging crises …
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Washington Post, The Hill, Fox Business and Washington Examiner
Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
U.S. and Microsoft seize dozens of domains tied to Russian hacking group — U.S. authorities have seized dozens of internet domains used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies to steal valuable information from U.S. government computers and email accounts, the Department of Justice revealed Thursday.
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