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9:15 PM ET, February 21, 2024

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Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
It's Even Worse Than We Imagined  —  Just when you thought it couldn't be worse, here we are.  —  As I reported last week, a star witness for the GOP-led impeachment inquiry, someone Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) had called a “highly credible human source,” was indicted for making false statements and reports.
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Russia's Staggering Success In Duping Willing Republicans And Right Wing Media  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  —  The Plot Thickens  —  The former FBI informant charged with fabricating the Burisma bribery story about President Biden …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Another GOP Biden ‘informant.’ Another indictment and link to Russia.  —  It's been the story of many of those from whom Republicans have sought information  —  In one way, it's shocking that a key person in the GOP's efforts to dig up dirt on the Bidens has been indicted and accused of “extensive” ties to Russian intelligence.
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
10 Republicans who treated the Biden bribery claim like gospel  —  When we learned last week that the Justice Department had indicted the informant behind the severest claims against President Biden for allegedly lying about those claims, the House GOP impeachment leader, Rep. James Comer (Ky.), downplayed the news.
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Jim Jordan Is in Deep Trouble
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Republicans Delete Reference To FBI Informant From Impeachment Interview Request Letter
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   Republicans rush to delete any reference to Biden impeachment informant accused of lying
Mike Wendling / BBC:
Alexander Smirnov: FBI source accused of Biden lies ‘linked to Russian intelligence’
NBC News:
Nikki Haley sides with Alabama Supreme Court on IVF ruling: ‘Embryos, to me, are babies’  —  The Alabama court's recent ruling raised concerns among doctors and patients worried that classifying embryos as children could restrict in-vitro fertilization.  —  NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. …
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
‘Another hot potato’: Alabama's IVF ruling risks political, legal backlash  —  Alabama court ruled frozen embryos are people.  The GOP could pay for it in November.  —  An Alabama Supreme Court ruling granting legal personhood to frozen embryos risks a legal and political backlash for conservatives heading into the November election.
Discussion: Advocate
Washington Post:
Shock, anger, confusion grip Alabama after court ruling on embryos
Amy Yurkanin / al.com:
Fearing prosecution, UAB pauses in vitro fertilization after Alabama embryo court ruling
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis shares his concerns about Trump in a private call with supporters  —  The Florida governor, who endorsed Trump after ending his own White House bid last month, said the former president should not use “identity politics” to pick a running mate.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told backers …
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Washington Post:
Trump and allies plotting militarized mass deportations, detention camps  —  As president, Trump sought to use military planes and bases for deportation.  Now, he and his allies are talking about a new effort that current and former officials warn could be impractical and dangerous.
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump confirms names on VP shortlist: 'They're all good, they're all solid'
Politico:
Mike Johnson invoked God in a GOP presentation on keeping the majority.  It didn't land well.  —  The speaker delivered a presentation that, while ostensibly about holding the majority this fall, took a notably moral turn, according to two people in the room.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
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Troy Matthews / MeidasTouch:
Republicans Furious as Speaker Johnson Turns GOP Leadership Meeting Into Religious Revival
Discussion: Washington Examiner
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk quietly visited the Biden White House in September  —  Musk and President Joe Biden, who didn't meet during the visit, have had a frosty relationship driven by differing views on labor unions and more.  —  Tech billionaire Elon Musk quietly visited the White House in September …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Arizona prosecutor refuses to extradite murder suspect to New York  —  An Arizona prosecutor said she will not extradite a New York murder suspect to the state on Wednesday, claiming Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg could not be trusted to keep the man behind bars.
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Cancels Student Debt for more than 150,000 Student Loan Borrowers Ahead of Schedule  —  Today, President Biden announced the approval of $1.2 billion in student debt cancellation for almost 153,000 borrowers currently enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan.
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
Biden will email 153,000 student loan borrowers: I'm canceling your debt
Associated Press:
Biden is showcasing student loan relief efforts as he campaigns in California
Nick Penzenstadler / USA Today:
Commander, Biden's banished German shepherd, had at least 25 biting incidents in a year  —  President Biden's now-banished German shepherd Commander inflicted more damage with bite incidents than previously known.  —  Newly released records from the United States Secret Service to USA TODAY reveal …
Discussion: TMZ.com and New York Post
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Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Federal judge affirms MyPillow's Mike Lindell must pay $5M in election data dispute  —  A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered …
US Department of Justice:
U.S. Attorney Announces Nuclear Materials Trafficking Charges Against Japanese Yakuza Leader  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York  —  Takeshi Ebisawa of Japan, Leader Within the Yakuza Transnational Organized Crime Syndicate …
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Amy Brown, wife of GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown, opens up about her abortion for the first time publicly  —  Sam Brown is running for Senate in Nevada, and he told NBC News that his wife's experience has helped show him politicians have to “lead with compassion.”
Associated Press:
US man pleads not guilty after two-year-old daughter accidentally shoots herself  —  Michael Tolbert, 44, of Flint becomes first person charged under Michigan's new law requiring safe storage of guns  —  A Michigan man whose two-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver …
Discussion: KTAR.com
David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Great Forgotten Betrayal of the Trump Years  —  Donald Trump's weird relationship with Vladimir Putin and Russia is back in the news.  But something big is missing.  —  After his remarks earlier this month encouraging the Russian leader/war criminal to invade NATO countries …
Discussion: Slate and Digby's Hullabaloo
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Florida School Rocked by More Cases of Measles as Parents Skip Vax  —  Eleven other states have reported measles cases this year, but no area has been hit as hard as South Florida.  —  An elementary school in Florida has been hit with a measles outbreak that's made six students sick …
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
West Virginia's top election official embraces conspiracy theories and election denial  —  Mac Warner's peers said politics could be motivating his embrace of conspiracy theories, as he is running for the Republican nomination for governor.  —  WASHINGTON — The National Association …
 
 
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Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Teamsters give GOP first major donation in years with $45,000 to RNC
Bloomberg:
Ukraine, IMF Near $900 Million Payment Amid Stalled US Aid
Discussion: Reuters
NBC News:
Republican dysfunction drives a wave of House retirements
Discussion: Raw Story
KFF:
KFF Health Tracking Poll February 2024: Voters on Two Key Health Care Issues: Affordability and ACA
Discussion: The Hill, UPI and Daily Kos
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Okla. nonbinary teen died after school fight amid reported bullying
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Appeals court tosses Obama-era federal coal leasing moratorium
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Sean Hannity and the case of the sawdust ‘cocaine’
Harvard University President:
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Steven Waldman / @stevenwaldman:
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