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Rolling Stone:
Trump Plans to Bring Back Firing Squads, Group Executions if He Retakes White House  —  The former president wants to expand the use of the death penalty, and expand the federal government's options for carrying out death sentences … That's the question Donald Trump repeatedly asked …
NBC News:
White House says a leading explanation for the 3 downed unidentified objects is that they were commercial or benign  —  WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday that the U.S. intelligence community is considering that three most recent unidentified objects shot down over North America were being used for commercial or benign purposes.
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Max Matza / BBC:
Chinese balloon sensors recovered from ocean, says US
Punchbowl News:   A briefing unlike any other  —  Senators will walk into a classified briefing …
Detroit News:
MSU shooter Anthony McRae pleaded guilty to gun charge in 2019  —  Lansing — State officials Tuesday identified 43-year-old Anthony McRae, who was charged with multiple gun-related crimes in 2019, as the attacker who shot and killed three people and wounded five others at Michigan State University.
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CNN:
Suspect has died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after mass shooting at Michigan State University left 3 dead and 5 injured, police say  —  A suspect appears to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a shooting at Michigan State University left 3 people dead and injured 5 others Monday evening, police said.
Dylan Wells / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley announces she is running for president  —  Haley released a video Tuesday saying, “It's time for a new generation of leadership”  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nikki Haley, who served as U.N. ambassador and governor of South Carolina, announced Tuesday that she is running for president …
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Haley announces presidential campaign, challenging Trump
Reuters:
Nikki Haley takes on Donald Trump for 2024 U.S. Republican nomination
Politico:
Pence to fight special counsel subpoena on Trump's 2020 election denial  —  Mike Pence is preparing to resist a grand jury subpoena for testimony about former President Donald Trump's push to overturn the 2020 election, according to two people familiar with the former vice president's thinking.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
'They Didn't Understand Anything, but Just Spoiled People's Lives'  —  This article is based on interviews and research by the Reckoning Project, a multinational group of journalists and researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Ukraine.  —  On the night of February 24, 2022, the sound of missiles jolted Viktor Marunyak awake.
Discussion: Washington Post, globalnews.ca and UPI
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
These women journalists were doing their jobs.  That made them targets.  —  Tackling difficult subjects and holding powerful people accountable often triggers online attacks that torment and humiliate women journalists.  Some even lose their jobs as news organizations struggle to respond to the hate.
Christine Wilson / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Resigning as an FTC Commissioner  —  Lina Khan's disregard for the rule of law and due process make it impossible for me to continue serving.  —  Much ink has been spilled about Lina Khan's attempts to remake federal antitrust law as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Jared Kushner's Saudi deals may remain hidden — while Trump campaigns
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Indian government raids BBC offices after documentary critical of Modi  —  NEW DELHI — Indian tax authorities raided the BBC and seized its journalists' phones in a stunning — and apparently retaliatory — move Tuesday against the British broadcaster weeks after it aired …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Biden poised to secure landmark 100th judge in the Democratic-led Senate  —  WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led Senate is poised to confirm President Joe Biden's 100th federal judge on Tuesday, marking a milestone for the president and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Senate confirms Biden's 100th judicial nominee
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Real Reason Trump Is Calling DeSantis ‘Meatball Ron’  —  It's no joke. … For Donald Trump, the first step is always to label his victim.  Indeed, assigning a good bad nickname appears to be a sine qua non in the Trump playbook.  Once he gets that part right, the job is half-done.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Three-Quarters of House GOPs Endorsed Social Security Cuts Last Year  —  Start your day with TPM.  —  With Republicans telling us, collectively, ‘Who are you going to believe?  Us or your lyin’ eyes?' the work of de-bamboozling is never done.  Don't thank me now.  Just remember to sign up to become a member.
Discussion: The Hill and Popular Information
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Ron Klain Looks Back on Biden's First Two Years as President  —  “We have been declared dead, dead, dead many times,” the White House's departing chief of staff says, of the Administration.  “You just have to keep after it.”  —  The mood at the Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Republicans can choose the judge who hears their lawsuits.  DOJ wants to stop that.  —  The Justice Department hopes to neutralize Trump's worst judge.  —  Last week, the Justice Department decided to confront one of the most pernicious and exploited glitches in America's courts.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Appeals court upholds $110,000 contempt fine for Trump in New York attorney general case  — A New York appeals court panel upheld a $110,000 fine on former President Donald Trump that a judge imposed last spring after he was found in contempt of court.  — Judge Arthur Engoron fined Trump …
Jason Stanley / The Guardian:
Banning ideas and authors is not a ‘culture war’ - it's fascism  —  The media's framing of measures like Florida's African American studies ban is a dangerous falsification of reality  —  wave of Republican enthusiasm for banning concepts, authors and books is sweeping across the United States.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation rose 0.5% in January, more than expected and up 6.4% from a year ago  — Inflation rose in January by 0.5% following a 0.1% increase in December, according to the consumer price index report released Tuesday.  — The CPI was up 6.4% from the same period in 2022.
NBC News:
Worried residents near Ohio train derailment report dead fish and chickens as authorities say it's safe to return  —  For days, authorities have been telling residents of the area around East Palestine, Ohio, that it is safe to return home after a 150-car train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed Feb. 3.
David Jeans / Forbes:
FBI Raids Home Of Former CEO Of Goldman Sachs-Backed Tech Company Slync  —  FBI agents raided the home of Chris Kirchner, the former CEO of a Goldman Sachs-backed logistics software company Slync on Tuesday morning.  —  Images and video footage obtained by Forbes show at least a dozen federal agents …
Bloomberg:
How Ben & Jerry's Ended Up at War With Itself  —  Anuradha Mittal was the kind of person large corporations tend to avoid at all costs.  She'd been politically awakened as a college student in India, working as a volunteer in Bhopal, where a leak at a Union Carbine Corp. pesticide plant …
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Sen. Feinstein makes it official: She will retire at the end of her current term  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving senator, will not run for reelection next year, marking the end to one of the state's most storied political careers.  —  Feinstein said Tuesday she plans …
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren cultivates anti-crypto coalition  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren is branding herself as the scourge of crypto.  And she's not doing it alone.  —  The progressive Massachusetts Democrat is starting to recruit conservative Senate Republicans to her anti-crypto cause and getting …
WJXT-TV:
Gov. DeSantis ratchets up fight with College Board, hints at getting rid of AP courses in Florida  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - As a feud over an African American studies course continues between Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration and the College Board, the governor said Monday that Florida will …
 
 
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Kate Abnett / Reuters:
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Akiva Eldar / Haaretz:
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
Get Me Risa Heller!  —  If you're Jeff Zucker or Mario Batali or Jared Kushner and you're trying …
Discussion: Substack
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GOP targets drag shows with new bills in at least 14 states
Oren Cass / American Compass:
The 2023 Cost-of-Thriving Index  —  Executive Summary  —  While many economists argue …
New York Times:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Politico:
Playbook: Plan B talks on debt limit go underground