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4:55 PM ET, February 15, 2023

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Bill Number / CBO Publications:
Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, February 2023  —  The debt limit—commonly called the debt ceiling—is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public or to other federal agencies.  The amount is set by law and has been increased or suspended …
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New York Times:
U.S. on Track to Add $19 Trillion in New Debt Over 10 Years  —  Congressional Budget Office projections released on Wednesday suggested rising interest rates and bipartisan spending bills are adding to deficits, amid a partisan fight on fiscal policy.  —  WASHINGTON — The United States …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Two Democrats want McConnell's 2011 debt-ceiling fix proposal to be adopted  —  Two Democratic senators called on Congress to adopt a proposal that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made in 2011 to address a standoff over raising the debt ceiling, which would grant the president …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
CBO says U.S. will breach debt ceiling ‘between July and September’
Punchbowl News:
Senate GOP to House: No defense cuts
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
Esther Wang / Hell Gate:
New York Times Writers Call Out the Paper's Anti-Trans Onslaught  —  “This is not quite business as usual anymore,” one of the organizers of an open letter to the NYT told Hell Gate.  —  On Wednesday morning, a group of almost 200 journalists and writers released an open letter addressed …
The Dispatch:
Christie on DeSantis: ‘None of Us Really Know Who He Is’ … The GOP 2024 presidential field grows from one to two today.  Only 800 more announcements to come! … - Nikki Haley is set to officially kick off her presidential campaign at an event in Charleston today, but the former South …
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Kelly Laco / Fox News:
Nikki Haley endorsed by top Trump ally Ralph Norman who says GOP needs ‘new leadership’
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Haley calls for ‘mental competency tests’ for politicians over 75
CNN:
First on CNN: DOJ officially decides not to charge Matt Gaetz in sex-trafficking probe  —  The Justice Department has informed lawyers for at least one witness that it will not bring charges against Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz after a years-long federal sex-trafficking investigation.
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge to Trump: Too late to offer DNA to rebut rape claim  —  Former President Donald Trump missed his chance to use his DNA to try to prove he didn't rape a longtime magazine advice columnist, a federal judge said Wednesday, clearing away a potential roadblock to an April trial.
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump DNA Offer in Rape Accuser's Battery Suit Rejected by Judge  —  Donald Trump's offer to provide a DNA sample to a New York author who claims he raped her in the 1990s was rejected by a judge as too late and with unreasonable strings attached.  —  After balking at the request for years …
CNN:
Buffalo grocery store mass shooter apologizes for racist attack as he receives sentence of life in prison  —  The 19-year-old White man who killed 10 people in a racist mass shooting at a grocery store in a predominantly Black area of Buffalo last May cried and said he regretted his actions …
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Associated Press:
White supremacist gets life in prison for Buffalo massacre
ABC News:
Buffalo mass shooter Payton Gendron set to be sentenced to life in prison
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Andrew McDonald / Politico:
Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon quits
Randall Eliason / Sidebars:
The Sleeper Charge Related to January 6  —  How do you get Capone?  —  We learned this week that following the 2020 presidential election the Trump campaign hired an outside research firm to attempt to bolster its claims of election fraud.  The firm, Berkeley Research Group …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell vs. Scott: The Senate beef that won't die  —  Rick Scott suspects he was booted from his preferred committee in an act of retribution by Mitch McConnell — after the Florida senator challenged the longtime GOP leader for his post.  —  Scott says he's figured out a novel strategy …
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CBS News:
George Santos was interviewed by police in 2017 international credit card fraud probe  —  In the early evening on April 17, 2017, a Chase Bank security officer in Seattle watched through an ATM's camera as a man approached and removed a card-skimming device.
Sophia Ankel / Insider:
Gavin Newsom says Kimberly Guilfoyle ‘fell prey’ to the culture at Fox News and was a ‘different person’ when they were married  — California Gov. Gavin Newsom told CNN his ex-wife Kimberly Guilfoyle “fell prey” to Fox News.  — Guilfoyle was a “different person” when they were together, Newsom said.
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
The Guardian:
Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections  — Group sells hacking services and access to vast army of fake social media profiles  — Evidence unit behind disinformation campaigns across world  — Mastermind Tal Hanan claims covert involvement in 33 presidential elections
Discussion: Haaretz and Wired, more at Techmeme »
CNN:
Top Republicans plot Santos' ouster as embattled freshman weighs reelection  —  Embattled Rep. George Santos is contemplating a nightmare scenario for House Republicans: Trying to stick it out in Congress, even if he is indicted on criminal charges.  —  After previously signaling to Republicans …
Discussion: Raw Story
Saleah Blancaflor / Morning Consult:
Biden's Plan to Limit ‘Junk Fees’ Has Overwhelming, Bipartisan Support  —  Among generations, baby boomers are most likely to support Biden's proposals to reduce or eliminate hidden ticket and entertainment fees  —  Democrats and Republicans don't agree on many things but paying less …
Discussion: Vox and Outside the Beltway
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Chris Miller, the MAGA SecDef, Explains His Anger  —  In a memoir he recounts his military career and his eventful short tenure as Trump's last Pentagon chief—including his bitterness about Jan. 6th.  —  Soldier Secretary: Warnings from the Battlefield & the Pentagon about America's Most Dangerous Enemies
Discussion: Raw Story
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Wisconsin GOP's High Court Crackup  —  They've picked a helluva time for a food fight  —  The election that the media has dubbed “the most important election nobody's ever heard of,” is just weeks away, and has already drawn international attention.  —  The “Stakes are monstrous,” declared Britain's Guardian.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans are doubling down on abortion.  They'll regret it.  —  Republicans' extreme antiabortion stance cost them dearly in the midterms, especially among women, young people and college-educated voters.  But rather than adjust course, they are doubling down.
Discussion: Vanity Fair and National Review
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
Warming seas are carving into massive Antarctic glacier that could trigger sea level rise  —  New research provides a startling and unprecedented look at how warmer oceans, driven by climate change, are gouging Thwaites Glacier.  West Antarctica, and 10 feet of sea level rise, could ultimately be at stake.
Jacob Glick / Lawfare:
The Long Descent to Insurrection  —  Editor's note: listen to a conversation with the author and Lawfare Senior Editor Quinta Jurecic on the Lawfare Podcast here.  —  The release of the final report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol …
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Warren Calls Out Buttigieg, Vilsack For Failing To Stop Monopolies  —  In a speech Wednesday morning, the senator praised the Biden administration's antitrust work, but said more needs to be done.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called out two major federal agencies for failing to play …
New York Times:
How Deadly Was China's Covid Wave?  —  Two months after China ended “zero Covid,” rough estimates suggest that between 1 and 1.5 million people died — far more than the official count.  —  China's official count  —  83,150 deaths  —  Model based on Shanghai outbreak  —  1.6 million deaths
Discussion: Bloomberg
The Hill:
White House weighs possibility of Biden addressing UFOs  —  White House aides are weighing whether to have President Biden address the public about a series of unidentified flying objects that were shot down by the U.S. military in recent days, according to an official familiar with the conversations.
Discussion: CNN, IJR and New York Post
Colleen Barry / Associated Press:
Berlusconi acquitted in trial tied to ‘bunga bunga’ parties  —  1 of 5  —  Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi was found not guilty Wednesday of witness tampering, in a trial related to the sexually charged “bunga bunga” parties he held at his villa near Milan while he was in office.
Jacqueline Sweet / Politico:
The time George Santos tried to raise crazy money to host a simple rally for Trump  —  NEW YORK — One of Rep. George Santos' first-known forays into politics was an attempt to raise $20,000 for a pro-Trump rally in 2019 in Buffalo, N.Y. that never happened.
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Alex Murdaugh Intended to Die in Botched Labor Day Shooting, Lawyer Says  —  DESPERATE  —  Alex Murdaugh “didn't intend to still be alive” after the September 2021 botched assisted-suicide plot on a South Carolina backroad, his lawyers said Wednesday.  During a hearing without the jury …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
 
 
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Seth Harp / Rolling Stone:
Pentagon Finally Stops Hiding Military Overdose Epidemic
Bloomberg:
Key Biden Adviser on China Policy to Leave Administration
Muhammad Idrees Ahmad / New Lines Magazine:
Syria's Silent Rubble Reproaches the UN's Resounding Failure
Discussion: FDD and Associated Press
Wall Street Journal:
Austan Goolsbee Under Consideration to Serve as Fed's Vice Chair
Discussion: Bloomberg and The White House
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Retail sales jump 3% in January, smashing expectations despite inflation increase
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Harris on China balloon episode: I don't think it impacts our relations
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Tesla Will Open Some Chargers to All Electric Vehicles
The Guardian:
Revealed: Mississippi bill would carve out separate judicial district for 80% of white residents in majority-Black city
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The rise of the Trump-Russia revisionists
Discussion: Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Justice strongest candidate against Manchin, GOP poll says
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

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How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens

New York Times:
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