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5:20 PM ET, February 3, 2024

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Rolling Stone:
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: Raw Story and Forbes
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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.
The Daily Beast:
E. Jean Carroll's Lawyer: Trump Told Me ‘See You Next Tuesday’  —  ALL CLASS  —  Roberta Kaplan, the attorney who represented E. Jean Carroll in her successful lawsuit against Donald Trump, says the ex-president used a vulgarity on her at the end of a deposition at Mar-a-Lago.
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 …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court may look to the Civil War to resolve whether Trump can be on the ballot  —  Chief Justice Salmon Chase's handling of cases involving Confederate President Jefferson Davis and a Black man in Virginia help inform the Supreme Court ahead of Feb. 8 hearing.
Discussion: Reason
Tristan Snell / The Daily Beast:
I Prosecuted Donald Trump and Won.  Here's How It's Done.  —  It might seem like justice will never catch up to the former president.  But it has at least once, and it can again. … Most people don't think Donald Trump will ever face justice.  Certainly his supporters don't think so …
Discussion: DNyuz and Raw Story
Politico:
Special counsel mounts forceful — and unusual — defense of Trump classified documents case
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump markets himself as an outsider in new campaign ad: ‘Embrace the label’
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 …
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 …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House will vote next week on standalone Israel aid bill, Johnson tells colleagues
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: 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 …
New York Times:
Mideast Crisis : Iran Condemns U.S. Strikes Without Threatening to Retaliate  —  Iran Condemns U.S. Strikes Without Threatening to Retaliate … Iran says the U.S. has made a ‘strategic mistake’ that will destabilize the region.  —  Iran on Saturday condemned the U.S. airstrikes on sites …
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U.S. Central Command:
CENTCOM Statement on U.S. Strikes in Iraq and Syria
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Education Department sends final Title IX rule to OMB for approval  —  Department officials were initially supposed to finalize the regulation on sexual misconduct and gender identity in May of 2023.  —  A long-awaited policy that mandates how schools respond to sexual misconduct …
 
 
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NYC launches $53M program to hand out pre-paid credit cards to migrant families
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This Lawmaker Wants to Jail People for Watching Porn
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Raw Story:
South Dakota apologizes — and pays transgender advocacy group $300,000 for discrimination
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