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Associated Press:
Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case  —  The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case has dismissed some of the charges against ex-President Donald Trump, but others remain  —  The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 …
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Putin Recalls Trump Acting Like Jealous GF in Private  —  According to him, Trump made no attempt to hide his own insecurities about Joe Biden.  —  Russia's Vladimir Putin has revealed an apparently previously unreported conversation with Donald Trump in which he claims the then-American president …
Max Burns / The Hill:
Trump's GOP is already dying  —  For Donald Trump, last week must have seemed like a final, crowning victory over his lingering Republican critics.  On Friday the Republican National Committee made official what Trump had already decreed weeks ago, electing Trump's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, as party co-chair.
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Cheney fuels speculation about her next move  —  Speculation is growing about the role former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will play in the 2024 election as President Biden and former President Trump barrel toward a rematch.  —  Cheney has vowed that she'll do whatever it takes to keep Trump from returning to the White House.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump demonstrates why ‘Artificial Intelligence’ will be so useful to him  —  It is perfectly fitting that Donald Trump used his social media platform Truth Social to allege that he'd been the target of artificial-intelligence nefariousness.  —  “The Hur Report was revealed today!
Discussion: Raw Story, Outside the Beltway and IJR
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Haley Shaved 77K Votes Off Trump's Georgia Win Despite Dropping Out
Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
Russia is ready for nuclear war, Putin warns the West
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Repeats Obama's Mistake
The Hill:
Boebert slams Buck's decision as ‘weak sauce,’ says she won't run in special election  —  Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) called Rep. Ken Buck's (R-Colo.) decision to resign early “weak sauce” but said she would not be resigning to run in the special election to fill his seat.
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Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Lauren Boebert won't pursue special election nomination to replace Ken Buck after his abrupt resignation  —  U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert said Wednesday that she will not pursue the Republican special election nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Ken Buck in Colorado's 4th Congressional District after he departs Congress at the end of next week.
Lauren White / CREW:
DHS officials' texts show unfiltered reaction to January 6  —  Internal text messages from the Federal Protective Service obtained by CREW give a never before seen look at how senior government law enforcement officials prepared for and responded to the insurrection on January 6th.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Family Dollar and Dollar Tree will close 1,000 stores  —  New York CNN —  Family Dollar, the struggling discount chain that caters to low-income customers predominantly in cities, said Wednesday it will close nearly 1,000 stores.  —  Years of mismanagement and poor conditions in stores have hurt Family Dollar's brand.
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
GOP Senate Candidate Took Bold Stance Against the Sale of Alcohol... In Wisconsin  —  Eric Hovde, who's running for office in a state famous for its booze, bemoaned the commercialization of alcohol in 2017  —  Wisconsin is famous for its booze.  The brands Miller, Schlitz, Pabst …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Man pleads guilty to scheme to create giant sheep hybrids for captive hunting
Discussion: Fox News and Daily Montanan
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives:
Roll Call 86 Roll Call 86, Bill Number: H. R. 7521, 118th Congress, 2nd Session  —  VOTE QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, DESCRIPTION: Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, VOTE TYPE: 2/3 Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed
Kati Perry / Washington Post:
Republicans' House majority is their smallest in decades, and shrinking  —  Republicans are entering a months-long stretch of legislating with their smallest House majority in decades.  And the margin is about to tighten even more.  —  Jan. 200120032005200720092011201320152017201 9202120230170190230250Number …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Chubb CEO defends backing Trump appeal bond in E. Jean Carroll case  — The CEO of the Chubb insurance company defended a subsidiary providing former President Donald Trump with a $91.6 million appeals bond in the case where he was found liable for defaming E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of rape.
Sarah Fielding / Engadget:
Tesla paid no federal income taxes while paying executives $2.5 billion over five years  —  Spoiler: The company actually received $1 million in refunds.  —  In case you need another reason to shout “tax the rich” from the rooftops, it's here, and it's going to make you angry.
Dasha Burns / NBC News:
Abortion is a top concern for Trump as he considers his VP pick  —  Former President Donald Trump has been laser-focused on the abortion views of his potential running mates, viewing the issue as a potential vulnerability for Republicans.  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — Last month at Mar-a-Lago …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
DeSantis Accuses Libs of TikTok of Spreading Lies For ‘Clicks’  —  Libs of TikTok claimed Florida provides drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants, despite the state having some of the country's harshest anti-immigrant laws.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis skewered the right-wing social media account Libs …
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
A small city in Oklahoma elected a white nationalist.  Will it be able to vote him out?  —  Judd Blevins, a city commissioner in Enid, Oklahoma, marched in the 2017 white nationalist Unite the Right rally.  Now he faces a recall vote.  —  ENID, Okla. — The photo of Judd Blevins was unmistakable.
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
Russians Warned to Flee Border Cities While They Still Can  —  Anti-Putin militants urged citizens to evacuate on Wednesday after launching a military offensive aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.  —  Anti-Kremlin Russian fighters have begun urging their fellow citizens to abandon their homes …
Discussion: The Moscow Times
NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson is still dealing with Kevin McCarthy's baggage  —  Johnson is grappling with issues inherited from his predecessor: an unfunded government, a Rules panel stacked with conservatives and an impeachment inquiry that's losing steam.  —  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia …
Discussion: Axios
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Democrats plead with Johnson to put Ukraine bill on floor: ‘Lead, follow or get out of the way’  —  A bicameral group of Democrats pleaded to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to put the Senate's foreign aid bill, which includes Ukraine aid, to a floor vote, emphasizing that the war-torn …
Miles Parks / NPR:
Conservatives are warning about noncitizens voting.  It's a myth with a long history  —  For those looking to raise doubts about American elections, it's becoming clear that a key 2024 voting boogeyman will be immigration.  —  The false notion that undocumented immigrants are affecting federal elections …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Don't Be Lulled Into Thinking Trump II Will Just Be A Repeat Of Trump I  —  INSIDE: Robert Hur ... Ron Klain ... Kristi Noem … We Have More Than An Inkling Of What's To Come  —  After many months of very explicit promises from Donald Trump about what a second term as president would look like …
Rachel Looker / USA Today:
Could the Senate pass federal bill for shorter workweek?  Here's what to know  —  WASHINGTON − There's a revived effort on Capitol Hill to make a shorter workweek the new norm.  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced Wednesday he will introduce a bill to establish a standard 32-hour workweek …
Kate Santaliz / NBC News:
Sen. Katie Britt has told her misleading anecdote about sex trafficking multiple times  —  An NBC News analysis shows Britt has brought up the same victim, who was trafficked under the Bush administration, at least five times this year to criticize Biden's border policies.
Discussion: Axios, HuffPost and Political Wire
HotAir:
Fani's Case Flops, Ben Shapiro Under Fire  —  On this full episode of LARRY, we discuss the BREAKING NEWS for Donald Trump out of Fulton County, the internet's RAGE at Ben Shapiro, Democrat INSANITY about voter ID, the RARE sanity coming out of the UK, and MUCH, much more!
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Everything's Fine: West Point Drops ‘Duty, Honor, and Country’ From Its Mission Statement  —  I have been pretty hard on clueless Army Secretary Christine Wormuth during the year and a half I've been scribbling here.  When you see her as the ballerina atop the melting, gooey …
 
 
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Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Sen. Ossoff Introduces Bill Guaranteeing the Right to Vote For All Americans
Discussion: Roll Call
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
DC delegate introduces bill to expand commercial filming at the Capitol
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
No Labels to appoint a panel Thursday to pick presidential candidate
Ward Clark / RedState:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Sends State Assets South to Block Illegal Immigrants From Haiti
Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
Hunter Biden rebuffs Republicans' invitation to appear for a public hearing
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Katherine Gypson / Voice of America:
US House Passes Bill Forcing Chinese Company to Give Up TikTok
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Study: Fox News ran nearly 400 weekday segments on “migrant crime” in the first 10 weeks of 2024
Washington Post:
On popular online platforms, predatory groups coerce children into self-harm
Discussion: Wired, more at Techmeme »
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Brett Kavanaugh knows truth of alleged sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford says in book
Discussion: Raw Story and Forbes
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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Daysia Tolentino / NBC News:
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Email: criminals target WPP CEO Mark Read in a deepfake scam by using a voice clone and public YouTube footage to set up a video meeting with his executives

 
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