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Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
5 key details in special counsel Jack Smith's Trump election case filing — Breaking down the key details from Smith's latest court filing — A federal judge on Wednesday unsealed a key filing from special counsel Jack Smith's updated election interference case against former President Donald Trump.
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Shan Wu / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Jan. 6 Legal Nightmare Is Far From Over — SEE YOU IN COURT — Special Counsel Jack Smith's new filing alleges Trump planned before the 2020 election to deny the results if he lost, and ignored the lack of evidence of voting irregularities.
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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 …
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
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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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Digby's Hullabaloo and CBS News
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Trump casts ‘election interference’ label on everything while facing federal charges
Trump casts ‘election interference’ label on everything while facing federal charges
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Meidas+
Politico:
11 damning details in Jack Smith's new brief in the Trump election case
11 damning details in Jack Smith's new brief in the Trump election 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?"
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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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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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Washington Examiner, Forbes, The Gateway Pundit and Business Insider
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Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Biden student loan forgiveness may proceed after small win in lawsuit — A federal judge has allowed a temporary restraining order that halted the program to expire Thursday. — A federal judge will allow a temporary restraining order that prevented President Joe Biden from discharging student loan debt …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Biden's student loan forgiveness plan can take effect after judge lets restraining order expire
Biden's student loan forgiveness plan can take effect after judge lets restraining order expire
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Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
Biden student loan forgiveness plan gets win in Georgia court
Biden student loan forgiveness plan gets win in Georgia court
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Reuters
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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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
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!”
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Austin Sarat / The Hill:
JD Vance is a con artist, and the debate proved it
JD Vance is a con artist, and the debate proved it
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E&E News by POLITICO:
Helene isn't the first time Trump inserted politics into a natural disaster … In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, former President Donald Trump has blasted the Biden administration for its handling of the disaster — going so far as to accuse Democratic leaders of ignoring the needs of Republican storm victims.
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
How Will Hurricane Helene Affect This Wildly Close Election?
How Will Hurricane Helene Affect This Wildly Close Election?
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump election conspiracist Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years in prison by Colorado judge … - CNBC Councils — CNBC on Peacock — Join the CNBC Panel — Supply Chain Values — Select Shopping — Ad Choices — News Tips — Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you.
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Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme — A judge excoriated a Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars for a data-breach scheme spawned from the rampant false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race.
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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.
Erik Gunn / Wisconsin Examiner:
Wisconsin GOP group launches pro-Harris campaign with open letter — Republican lapel buttons. Photo by U.S. Consulate General Barcelona via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0 — Two dozen Wisconsin Republicans, including former lawmakers, other former elected officials and a GOP sitting district attorney …
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Liz Cheney to join Harris on campaign trail at birthplace of GOP
Liz Cheney to join Harris on campaign trail at birthplace of GOP
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ABC7:
Dozens of San Fernando Valley white supremacist gang members charged in federal indictment, DOJ says — Federal prosecutors said 42 members and associates of a San Fernando Valley white supremacist gang were arrested and indicted. — LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Forty-two members of what prosecutors call …
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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 …
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Digby's Hullabaloo
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Disrupts Russian Intelligence Spear-Phishing Efforts — For Immediate Release — Department's Actions Were Coordinated with Concurrent Actions by Microsoft — The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of a warrant authorizing the seizure of 41 internet domains used …
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Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
U.S. and Microsoft seize dozens of domains tied to Russian hacking group
U.S. and Microsoft seize dozens of domains tied to Russian hacking group
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Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Revealed: ports-strike CEO's crude attacks on Biden and Democrats — David Adam of USMX made coarse remarks about president and appeared to endorse rightwing conspiracy theory — An executive representing ports where tens of thousands of workers went on strike this week made a series …
Washington Post:
Three Mile Island owner seeks taxpayer backing for Microsoft AI deal — Energy Department weighing a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for a plan to reopen the nuclear plant with Microsoft as its sole customer. — The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant is pursuing …
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Washington Examiner, E&E News and Press Herald
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump campaign hands out signs with white supremacist slogan at rally — Former President Donald Trump's campaign distributed signs with a phrase often used by white supremacists. — Before Trump spoke in Saginaw, Michigan, Thursday, campaign staff could be seen handing out pre-printed signs with the words “Reclaim America.”
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Swing-State Election Officers Brace for Last-Minute Court Action — Pre-election decisions carry costs and logistical challenges — Suits pending over mail ballots, poll watchers, counting votes — When the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in September that Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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:
Trump Promised to Release His Medical Records. He Still Won't Do It. — If elected again, he would become the oldest president by the end of his term. Yet he is refusing to disclose even basic health information. — As a presidential candidate in 2015, Donald J. Trump declined to release …
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