memeorandum: The Polling ‘Disaster’ That's Starting To Terrify Team Trump (Rolling Stone)

6:55 PM ET, February 3, 2024

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The Polling ‘Disaster’ That's Starting To Terrify Team Trump — Polls show a criminal conviction could torpedo Donald Trump's chances in 2024 — and some of his close advisers are telling him to take it seriously — IN THE MIDDLE of last year, several of Donald Trump's closest advisers …

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Forbes and Washington Post

Filip Timotija / The Hill:

Biden hits Trump during campaign HQ speech: He's ‘not for anything’ and ‘against everything’ — President Biden hit former President Trump Saturday, claiming the GOP front-runner doesn't “stand for anything,” during a stop at his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., near his family home.

Discussion: MeidasTouch, Benzinga, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, The Guardian, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal

New York Times:

After Speedy Start, Appeals Court Slows Down on Trump Immunity Decision — The implications have started coming into focus with the scrapping of March 4 as the start date for the former president's federal trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Discussion: Vanity Fair, New York Post, Politico, National Review, DNyuz, New Republic, The Daily Beast, CNBC, Deadline, HuffPost, CBS News, Fox News, Bloomberg, Benzinga, Washington Post, Deseret News, Fox 8 Cleveland WJW and NBC News

Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:

At R.N.C. Meeting, Talk Is of Coming Trump Merger and Chairwoman's Fate — Donald Trump has long worked closely with Ronna McDaniel, the head of the Republican National Committee. In private, he has begun to question its direction under her leadership. — In early 2021, when former …

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, KRDO and NBC News

Mark Sherman / Associated Press:

Can Trump be on the ballot? It's the Supreme Court's biggest election test since Bush v. Gore — The Supreme Court will decide if Donald Trump can be kept off 2024 presidential ballots — A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump's drive to return to the White House is putting …

Discussion: DNyuz, Daily Montanan and nationalinterest.org

Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court may look to the Civil War to resolve whether Trump can be on the ballot

Discussion: Reason

Tristan Snell / The Daily Beast:
I Prosecuted Donald Trump and Won. Here's How It's Done.

Discussion: DNyuz and Raw Story

Associated Press:

US, Britain strike Yemen's Houthis in a new wave, retaliating for attacks by Iran-backed militants — US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack - AP Explains — What is the Islamic Resistance in Iraq who have been attacking US troops? — Photos

New York Times:

Mideast Crisis : U.S. and U.K. Launch Heavy Strikes on Houthi Sites in Yemen — U.S. and U.K. Launch Heavy Strikes on Houthi Sites in Yemen … The U.S. and Britain carry out strikes on 13 Houthi sites in Yemen. — The United States and Britain carried out large-scale military strikes …

Discussion: CBS News, Reuters, Mother Jones, PBS NewsHour, Washington Examiner, TASS and DNyuz

Lara Seligman / Politico:

US and UK launch new attacks on Houthis in Yemen — The U.S. military is intensifying action on two fronts as it battles Iran-backed militants. — U.S. and British forces launched a fresh round of air and missile strikes on the Iran-backed forces Houthis in Yemen on Saturday in retaliation …

Discussion: DNyuz, Bloomberg, PBS NewsHour and Al-Monitor

Oriana Pawlyk / Politico:

Ted Cruz wants lawmakers to get security escorts through America's airports — Cruz told POLITICO that his amendment is about ensuring that political VIPs aren't endangered as they pass through public spaces in airports. — Viral photos of politicians jetting off to a tropical hideaway during …

Discussion: View from the Wing and Washington Examiner

Sahil Kapur / NBC News:

House will vote next week on standalone Israel aid bill, Johnson tells colleagues — The unexpected move indicates that Johnson is digging his heels in against an immigration package and Ukraine funding, instead seeking to pressure Democrats on Israel aid. — WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson …

Discussion: Fox News, USA Today, CBS News, Axios, The Hill, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, The Guardian, Washington Times, Roll Call, DNyuz and KRDO

Andrew Solender / Axios:

House GOP plans new Israel package in blow to Senate talks — The House will vote next week on a new $17.6 billion Israel aid package that excludes the IRS cuts in their original bill, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Saturday. … - The new House bill, which includes $3.3 billion …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller, Heartland Daily News and Euractiv

CNN:

Moms for Liberty faces new challenges and growing pushback over its conservative education agenda — In Florida, where the right-wing Moms for Liberty group was born in response to Covid-19 school closures and mask mandates, the first Brevard County School Board meeting of the new year considered whether …

Discussion: Raw Story, Lucian Truscott Newsletter and Florida Phoenix

Drew Harwell / Washington Post:

The wild probe into investors of DWAC, Trump Media's proposed merger ally — Sales of Digital World Acquisition stock triggered a widespread federal probe that involved a confidential informant, a secret airport phone scan and an elite anti-money-laundering squad. Three people were indicted, but the investigation continues.

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

President Biden Declines Super Bowl Interview for Second Consecutive Year (EXCLUSIVE) — An interview with the U.S. President in the hours before the Super Bowl has become a tradition in recent decades. Now that custom seems to be in danger of dying out. — President Joe Biden …