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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Chuck Schumer clung to belief Republicans would ‘expel’ Trump, book says  —  Even as 2024 election loomed, reporters say, Democratic Senate leader was sure GOP would ‘expel the turd of Trump’  —  Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senate minority leader, insisted Republicans would move on from Donald …
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
2028 POV on 2025 Dems  —  Just now … Good morning, Early Birds.
Discussion: Washington Times
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
The court-case presidency  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Embed:
Discussion: Page Six
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of Constitutional Crisis  —  Legal scholars say that the nation has reached a tipping point and that the right question is not whether there is a crisis, but rather how much damage it will cause.  —  Over the weekend, the Trump administration ignored …
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The Constitutional Crisis May be Upon Us
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill and CBS News
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:   America's “Constitutional Crash”
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House GOP moves swiftly to impeach judge targeted by Trump
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Trump Moves to Settle the Fascism Debate
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump fires both Democratic commissioners at FTC, sources say  —  President Donald Trump fired the two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the situation said, in another major test of the independence of regulatory agencies.
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Marcia Brown / Politico:
Trump expels Democratic regulators at FTC  —  Trump's dismissal of two Federal Trade Commission members Tuesday echo his recent moves against Democrats at other independent federal agencies.  —  President Donald Trump ousted the Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission …
Reuters:
Turkey detains Erdogan's main rival in what opposition calls ‘coup’  —  Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group in what the main opposition party called “a coup against our next president”.
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Paul Krugman:
Smears, Sadism and Social Security  —  Why Elon Musk wants to make seniors suffer  —  We often think of Social Security as a retirement program, which it is; most Social Security beneficiaries achieve that status simply by reaching retirement age.  But the program also helps Americans …
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NBC News:
NASA astronauts return after unexpected nine months in space  —  Problems with Boeing's Starliner capsule forced Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to stay on the International Space Station far longer than planned.  They're finally home.  —  NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have finally returned to Earth.
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Jasmine Mooney / The Guardian:
I'm the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks.  It felt like I had been kidnapped  —  I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention.  Yet, compared with others, I was lucky  —  There was no explanation, no warning.
Discussion: Raw Story
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Kennedy's Alarming Prescription for Bird Flu on Poultry Farms  —  The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune.  Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation's top health official …
Andy Kroll / ProPublica:
Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  On Feb. 20, nearly 7,000 probationary employees …
David Moye / HuffPost:
Minnesota State Senator Arrested In Sting On Same Day He Introduced ‘TDS’ Bill  —  Justin Eichorn, who allegedly sought sex with a detective posing as a teen, was trying to pass a bill to declare “Trump derangement syndrome” a mental illness.  —  Video  —  Minnesota State Sen. Justin Eichorn is not having a good week.
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MPR News:
GOP leaders call on Sen. Eichorn to resign after arrest for allegedly soliciting a minor
National Archives:
JFK Assassination Records - 2025 Documents Release  —  In accordance with President Donald Trump's directive of March 17, 2025, all records previously withheld for classification that are part of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection are released.
Zack Colman / Politico:
Judge bars Trump's EPA from taking back $20B in climate grants — for now  —  The ruling orders EPA and climate change groups to return to court to argue about the fate of the money.  —  A federal judge temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to recoup $20 billion …
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Hanna Arhirova / Associated Press:
Zelenskyy says Putin's vow not to hit Ukraine's energy infrastructure ‘at odds with reality’  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that a vow by Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin not to attack energy infrastructure was “very much at odds with reality” …
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New York Times:
‘We Finally Got You.’ Immigrant-Rights Advocate Arrested in Colorado.  —  Jeanette Vizguerra, who made national news evading deportation in a church basement, is the latest activist to be taken into custody by federal immigration agents.  —  An undocumented woman in Denver who became a symbol …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump's ban on transgender service members, saying it's ‘soaked in animus’  —  A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump's ban on transgender service members, dealing a major defeat to a controversial policy the president resurrected from his first term.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
They're coming for immigrants first  —  And the Trump administration is signaling that no one else might be safe, either.  —  Just now  —  There is a long-standing divergence in how Americans view criminal justice.  While everyone agrees that those who commit crimes should be punished …
Discussion: Roll Call and Mother Jones
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional  —  Most of us know what it means for something to be unconstitutional.  An unconstitutional act is one that violates some aspect of the Constitution as understood by the courts, although the public and its representatives are also free …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Associated Press:
Judge says dismantling of USAID was unconstitutional, orders Musk to restore access for employees  —  The judge ordered a pause on any efforts to shut down USAID.  —  Elon Musk's attempt to unilaterally dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the United States Constitution …
Reuters:
Trump's cuts to US news outlets criticized for ceding ground to China, adversaries  —  U.S. lawmakers and rights advocates say the Trump administration's drive to dismantle U.S. government-funded news outlets, including Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, is a major blow …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, BBC, Fortune, The Guardian and DNyuz
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sues Trump administration over canceled contract  —  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to try to block it from terminating all federal funds for the U.S.-backed broadcaster.  —  In a federal lawsuit …
NBC News:
Trump admin considers giving up NATO command that has been exclusively American since Eisenhower  —  The move is being discussed as part of a possible restructuring of combatant commands that would help the Defense Department cut costs.  —  For nearly 75 years, it has been a distinctly …
Christopher L. Eisgruber / The Atlantic:
The Cost of the Government's Attack on Columbia  —  American universities have given the country prosperity and security.  The Trump administration's attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.  —  The United States is home to the best collection of research universities in the world.
Discussion: Global News
Financial Times:
The White House war on federal statistics  —  Economists and scientists worry over disappearing data and advisory groups  —  Leading academic economists are fretting not just about what the Trump administration's policies might to do US growth and inflation.
 
 
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Helaine R. Olen / MSNBC:
Wall Street should have known better than to trust Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and Democrats
Daniel Barnes / Politico:
Major law firms are struggling to respond to Trump's attacks
Discussion: Breitbart, The Daily Wire and Kiplinger
New York Times:
Trump, Musk, FEMA, Biden and Hurricane Helene: 14 Voters Discuss
New York Times:
With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep Triggers Town Hall Fury by Saying: ‘I Support Elon Musk’
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New York Times:
Inside the 24-Hour Scramble Among Top National Security Officials Over the J.F.K. Documents
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Dems Demand Pete Hegseth Halt ‘Orwellian Book Purges’ In Military Schools
Alexander Panetta / CBC News:
U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Trump to declare “illicit” fentanyl “Weapon of Mass Destruction,” per draft EO
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
 

 
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