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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
We haven't seen a pardon as sweeping as Hunter Biden's in generations — The “full and unconditional” pardon is aimed at protecting the president's son from future prosecution by the Trump Justice Department. — Hunter Biden's pardon looks a lot like Richard Nixon's.
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden — Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department's decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
White House press secretary defends Hunter Biden pardon: ‘Enough is enough’ — Both Karine Jean-Pierre and President Joe Biden had told the press multiple times that he had no plans to pardon his son. — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday defended President Joe Biden's decision …
Ivana Saric / Axios:
What to know about presidents pardoning family members and allies … - His decision infuriated Republicans and raised questions regarding the precedent that it could set for future presidents. … Donald Trump … He issued one for Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, at the end of his first term.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Filmmaker apologizes after falsely accusing Georgia man of election fraud
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Joe Biden's Parting Insult
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The extraordinary breadth of Hunter Biden's pardon
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NBC News:
President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden
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Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
On pardons, smartglasses, an authoritarian administration, and a case of the Cyber Mondays
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Pete Hegseth's Secret History — A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump's nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
MAGA Filmmaker Trump Praised Admits 2020 Election Fraud Doc Was B.S. — The conspiracy theorist was sued for defamation after falsely accusing a Georgia man of stuffing ballot boxes — MAGA filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza issued a statement on Sunday admitting that his most notorious project …
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Leading Election Denier Finally Says the Quiet Part Out Loud — Dinesh D'Souza, the conservative filmmaker behind the election denialist fable 2,000 Mules, revealed that the data that underpinned his supposedly incontrovertible claims of fraudulent voting was actually a complete sham.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Even its creator now admits that ‘2000 Mules’ is discredited — The damage has already been done. — As Election Day 2022 approached, elections officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, were grappling with an unanticipated problem. Voters returning ballots to official drop boxes were being harassed and confronted.
George Packer / The Atlantic:
The End of Democratic Delusions — The Trump Reaction and what comes next — the roosevelt republic—the progressive age that extended social welfare and equal rights to a widening circle of Americans—endured from the 1930s to the 1970s. At the end of that decade …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Doubles Down on Defiance After the Collapse of the Matt Gaetz Selection
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
We're Entering a World Where the Rule of Law Is Turned Inside Out
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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Geraldo Rivera Slaps Trump Supporters With A Reality Check After Biden's Pardon — The former Fox News host and one-time Trump pal pointed out a double standard. — LOADING — Former Fox News host Geraldo Rivera pointed to the double standards of Donald Trump backers on Sunday …
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Swalwell tells Trump supporters to ‘sit out’ criticizing Biden pardon
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Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
Trump taps Massad Boulos, another in-law, as adviser on Middle East
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republicans don't care if women die from abortion bans — but they don't want you to know about it — Women will keep dying, but the GOP is working hard to destroy the evidence — After the Supreme Court ended federal abortion rights in 2022, there was a robust debate between pro …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Trump press secretary pick removed post praising Pence on January 6, then ran for Congress as an election denier — Karoline Leavitt, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming White House press secretary, deleted two social media posts she shared after the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol …
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The expert class is failing, and so is Biden's presidency — As Sean Trende pointed out on X, it hasn't exactly been the best century for the expert class. Begin with the response to September 11 — the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, which were supported by bipartisan majorities.
Politico:
House staffer arrested Monday for entering Capitol complex with ammunition — A House staffer was arrested Monday morning for entering the Cannon House Office Building with ammunition, according to a statement from the US Capitol Police. Capitol Police said the staffer is Michael Hopkins …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dem aide arrested for bringing ammunition to Capitol
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emptywheel:
America Just Failed the Test of Responding to Trump's Politicized Prosecutions — Let's imagine that, two years from now, Pam Bondi rolls out charges against some onetime adversary of Donald Trump. To the extent that journalists will still be employed and reading court filings …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
‘Trumpworld deeply worried’: Sources tell MSNBC hosts of ‘controversy inside Trump orbit’ — MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Jonathan Lemire claimed Monday that some in Donald Trump's orbit aren't thrilled by his nomination of MAGA loyalist Kash Patel as FBI director.
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New York Times:
Trump Wants to Shake Up Health Care. Many Americans Don't Mind. — Some voters galvanized by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s pledge to “Make America Healthy Again” said they believed the health establishment was dismissive and even corrupt. — As a nature-loving physical therapist in Boulder …
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Are progressive groups sinking Democrats' electoral chances? — The debate, explained. … What ails the Democratic Party? Since Kamala Harris's defeat, several Democrats and center-left commentators have pointed the finger at one culprit: “the groups.”
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
Trump is targeting protections for almost 1 million legal immigrants — Temporary Protected Status shields thousands of immigrants from deportation. Trump wants to end it. … President-elect Donald Trump has long sought to end deportation protections for immigrants …
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