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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Why Is Trump Trying to Make Ukraine Lose?  —  The former president isn't in office—but is still dictating U.S. policy.  —  Nearly half a year has passed since the White House asked Congress for another round of American aid for Ukraine.  Since that time, at least three different legislative efforts …
Discussion: Baltimore Sun and Raw Story
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democratic leader shoots down discharge petition on Ukraine-border bill  —  The head of the House Democratic Caucus wasted no time Thursday shooting down a bipartisan proposal linking Ukraine aid to border security.  —  Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) said the supporters of that plan are “well-meaning” and “thoughtful” lawmakers.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Republican prepares “discharge petition” on Ukraine aid … - “We have to get something done,” said Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), co-chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, who is leading the push.  — “It's existential, it's time sensitive.
Discussion: Fox News
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
House passes bill to extend government shutdown deadlines
The Daily Beast:
Republicans Are Tired of Mike Johnson ‘Kicking the Can Down the Road’
Discussion: Washington Times and Raw Story
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
Trump appeals Illinois judge's ruling removing him from primary ballot  —  Judge Tracie Porter had ordered Trump's removal from presidential ballot for his role in the US Capitol attack  —  Donald Trump has appealed a decision from an Illinois state judge who decided he should be removed …
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Robert B. Hubbell / Today's Edition Newsletter:
The courts aren't coming to save us—and that's okay.  —  Audio playback is not supported on your browser.  Please upgrade.  —  On Wednesday, the Supreme Court granted review of Trump's presidential immunity defense.  The surprise grant of review felt like a gut punch.
Discussion: USA Today and Washington Post
MSNBC:
Luttig: There was no reason for SCOTUS to take Trump's case. Today's decision is momentous.
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
In Taking Up Trump's Immunity Claim, Supreme Court Bolstered His Delay Strategy
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Just Gave Trump Exactly What He Wanted
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court will hear Donald Trump immunity arguments in April
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Cornyn launches bid to succeed McConnell as GOP leader  —  Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Thursday officially announced a run to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as Republican leader, setting up what is expected to be a hotly contested race for the top spot in the conference.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
McConnell Had the Power to Stop Trump and He Refused  —  If there is one person who single-handedly held the power to banish Donald Trump from public life, and thus to save the republic from any threat he will return to power and use it as a weapon of vengeance, that person is Mitch McConnell.
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Texas Sen. Cornyn announces run for GOP leader as scramble to succeed McConnell begins in the Senate
Robert Reich:
Goodbye, Mitch: You were the worst
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Biden Is Too Old But Trump Is Dangerous, Swing-State Poll Shows  —  Trump leads Biden in seven key states, with perceptions of an improving national economy failing to translate into a significant increase in support for the incumbent.  —  Swing-state voters across every major demographic …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:   Washington State's largest labor union endorses ‘uncommitted’ over Biden
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Live Updates: Biden and Trump to Make Separate Visits to U.S.-Mexico Border
Ryan Krull / News, Riverfront Times:
Missouri GOP Candidate for Governor Was Only ‘Honorary’ KKK Member  —  The name of “Pro-White man” Darrell Leon McClanahan III sits atop Missouri's gubernatorial ballot  —  These photos tweeted yesterday by former Missouri Representative Shamed Dogan first appeared on the website …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News' attempt to manufacture a Biden crime crisis runs into a problem: Violent crime is down  —  A case study in how Fox uses anecdote-based fearmongering to undermine actual crime data  —  After President Joe Biden accurately declared that murders and other violent crimes fell last year …
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NBC News:
Trump's claims of a migrant crime wave are not supported by national data
Discussion: CNN, Vox and mpdc.dc.gov
Associated Press:
Israel-Hamas war: Gaza Health Ministry says over 30,000 Palestinians killed  —  Israeli strikes over central Gaza late Wednesday killed at least 20 people, including five women and two children.  Dozens of men held prayers for the deceased, wrapped traditionally in white shrouds, outside al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.
Acacia Coronado / Associated Press:
Judge blocks Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants who illegally enter US  —  A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Revealed: ‘extremist’ Trump economist plots rightwing overhaul of US treasury  —  Stephen Moore, who withdrew from Fed consideration after sexist remarks were uncovered, is co-author of radical Project 2025 effort  —  Stephen Moore, a conservative economist whose controversial remarks …
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Raging wildfire now largest in Texas history with deteriorating conditions expected  —  A raging wildfire that tore across the Texas Panhandle this week has now become the largest in state history, and deteriorating conditions are expected to continue in the state.
The Intercept:
The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé  —  Anat Schwartz had a problem.  The Israeli filmmaker and former air force intelligence official had been assigned by the New York Times to work with her nephew Adam Sella and veteran Times reporter Jeffrey Gettleman on an investigation …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
How we got here  —  Democrats are still suffering from their misinterpretation of the 2016 election  —  In the immediate aftermath of Barack Obama's 2012 re-election, Donald Trump criticized Mitt Romney for being too right-wing on immigration.  —  By doing so, he was echoing …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump Media co-founders sue company, alleging a scheme to dilute shares  —  The case could complicate a long-delayed bid by the owner of Truth Social to go public — and deliver former president Donald Trump a financial lifeline  —  The co-founders of former president Donald Trump's media company filed …
Discussion: UPROXX and Raw Story
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Tesla must face race bias class action by 6,000 Black US workers  —  A California state judge tentatively ruled that nearly 6,000 Black factory workers can sue Tesla (TSLA.O) as a group for the electric vehicle maker's alleged failure to address rampant race discrimination and harassment at its Fremont plant.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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