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11:20 AM ET, February 23, 2024

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Politico:
Trump moves to dismiss classified documents case  —  In a series of seven motions, he argued that the criminal charges against him in Florida are flawed.  —  Donald Trump is asking a federal judge in Florida to throw out his criminal case for hoarding classified secrets at his Mar-a-Lago estate …
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emptywheel:
Trump's Defense: He Intended to Steal Boxes and Boxes of Classified Documents  —  As I have been noting for months, in all of Jack Smith's rebuttals to Trump's claims that Presidents have absolute immunity, he floated scenarios that are pretty similar to stuff that Trump is known or suspected of doing.
Discussion: Fox News
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Trump Frames Election as Battle Against ‘Wicked’ System Bent on Attacking Christians
New York Times:
A Trump Judge Under Scrutiny
Axios:
Scoop: Trump avoids precarious Maryland Senate race
Discussion: Bloomberg and Political Wire
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:   How Trump is becoming more authoritarian
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
How a Bill Barr ‘assignment’ led to a Biden impeachment effort based on a lie  —  The Fact Checker  —  “We were not making a representation that everything in this 1023 [FBI report] was credible.”  — Former U.S. attorney Scott Brady in an interview with congressional investigators, Oct. 23
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The Hunter Biden story has done a total 180 but the MSM is in denial  —  The Hunter Biden impeachment drama has been transformed by the revelation that the most essential witness for the GOP is a pathological liar and Russian intelligence asset.  —  The story is no longer whether Joe Biden …
Discussion: Blue Virginia, Raw Story and Mediaite
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Guess What Just Disappeared From GOP's Biden Impeachment Website  —  House Oversight Republicans have yanked a reference to their major flop of an FBI informant on the committee website, where it previously had pride of place as part of the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Biden impeachment effort on the brink of collapse  —  A wide swath of House Republicans are acknowledging they likely won't have the votes, especially given their struggle to recommend booting Alejandro Mayorkas.  —  The House GOP's push to impeach Joe Biden appears close to stalling out for good.
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens is re-arrested as prosecutors fight to keep him behind bars
Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
'There's No Question This Is Dead': Biden Impeachment Inquiry Falls Apart
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
No one is replacing Joe Biden, ffs  —  The bed-wetting needs to stop. … New York Times columnist Ezra Klein argued last week that President Joe Biden should step aside and not run for another term.  Klein argues Biden is too old to successfully run for president, and that Democrats …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden's cheat sheets at fundraisers worry donors … - The staged Q&A sessions have left some donors wondering whether Biden can withstand the rigors of a presidential campaign, let alone potential debates with former President Trump, 77.  —  Biden advisers say the president is given notecards …
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden's Terrible Student Loan Gamble … President Biden traveled to the West Coast this week to raise money for his campaign.  While there, he decided to spend some money, too.  Yours.  —  On February 21, Biden announced that he was canceling $1.2 billion in federal student loans for 153,000 borrowers.
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
A New Orleans magician says a Democratic operative paid him to make the fake Biden robocall  —  Dean Phillips' presidential campaign denounced the alleged actions of one of its consultants and said it may take legal action against him.  —  NEW ORLEANS — A Democratic consultant who worked …
Discussion: The Guardian
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Politico:
Playbook: Nancy Mace's main character energy
Discussion: Mediaite, NBC News and WGN-TV
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
The Cash-Strapped Trump Campaign Is Trying to Get Away With a New Donor Loophole  —  As a cash crunch looms, Trump's campaign is miraculously not reporting donor refunds—an untested trick that makes it harder to tell how tired his donors really are. … Campaign donor refunds have been a part …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Well-funded new super PAC joins Trumpworld
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org
Matt Simon / Wired:
What Would Happen if Every American Got a Heat Pump  —  Getting these climate superheroes into more US homes would massively cut emissions, and it would be cost-effective.  Here's how the revolution would play out.  —  One of the most powerful weapons you can wield to fight climate change is ... an appliance.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Tommy Tuberville On Alabama Deeming Embryos Children: Great!  Wait, Bad!  —  In the span of three minutes, the GOP senator said he was “all for it,” didn't agree with it, supports IVF and just needs to read the bill.  (There is no bill.)  —  LOADING  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House GOP rushes to distance from Alabama IVF ruling
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
CBS seizes confidential files of fired reporter pursuing Hunter Biden laptop story in ‘unprecedented’ move: sources  —  The acclaimed CBS reporter who was investigating the Hunter Biden laptop scandal before she was fired last week had her personal files seized by the network in an “unprecedented” …
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
CBS faces uproar after seizing investigative journalist's files
Washington Post:
Florida surgeon general defies science amid measles outbreak  —  As a Florida elementary school tries to contain a growing measles outbreak, the state's top health official is giving advice that runs counter to science and may leave unvaccinated children at risk of contracting …
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Justice Who Ruled That Embryos Are ‘Children’ Appeared On QAnon Conspiracist's Show  —  Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker indicated on the show he was a proponent of the “Seven Mountains Mandate,” an explicitly theocratic doctrine at the heart of Christian nationalism.
Discussion: Wonkette and Pharyngula
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Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
An ectopic pregnancy put her life at risk.  A Texas hospital refused to treat her.  —  The 25-year-old woman and her mother blame the state's abortion ban for a delay in care that doctors say put her “in extreme danger of losing her life”  —  ARLINGTON, Tex. — Kelsie Norris-De La Cruz tried …
Discussion: Political Wire
Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:
You'll Never Guess Who Was Behind Those Fake Biden Robocalls!  —  Hint: It wasn't a Republican.  —  Video  —  Can you help us out?  —  For nearly 20 years we have been exposing Washington lies and untangling media deceit, but now Facebook is drowning us in an ocean of right wing lies.
 
 
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Politico:
Biden planning to hit food ‘shrinkflation,’ corporate greed in SOTU
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Kristi Noem offers 5 requirements to serve as Trump's VP
Discussion: IJR and Washington Examiner
Judge Andrew Napolitano / Human Events:
Donald Trump is a victim of government theft
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden announces more than 500 new sanctions on Russia after Navalny's death
The Hill:
Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy shows Trump ally drowning in debt
Discussion: The Sun
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Biden officials keep states waiting on expanding Medicaid voter registration
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Kos
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Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users' browsing data
Talking Points Memo:
Can DC Reporters Overcome Their Trumper Shock-Training?
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Court battle reveals effort to undermine No Labels presidential bid
Discussion: Political Wire
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bidenomics Is Still Working Very Well
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Journalist Tim Burke Indicted For Leaking Tucker Carlson Clips That Embarrassed Fox News
 

 
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