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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Won't Rich Republicans Loan Money to Upstanding Businessman Donald Trump? … The Republican Party is united in its belief that Donald Trump's court-ordered financial distress is the product of Democratic Party “lawfare.”  Liberal prosecutors and courts have set out to persecute …
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump can't find anyone to spot him $464 million.  Would you?  —  Of course no one will lend Donald Trump the half-billion dollars he needs to put up while appealing his fraud case.  Would you?  —  In recent months, the former president has racked up a series of costly legal judgments for his many misdeeds.
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Grisham lists properties that would ‘devastate’ Trump if seized  —  Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham proposed a list of properties former President Trump would be most disappointed to have seized if he cannot pay the damages in his civil fraud case.
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Cannon tells lawyers to weigh if Trump conduct can't be reviewed by courts  —  In classified documents case, legal arguments over jury instructions seem to take precedence over numerous other pretrial issues  —  The judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified-documents case issued …
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump sues ABC and Stephanopoulos, alleging defamation over Mace interview  —  Former President Trump sued ABC News and George Stephanopoulos, alleging defamation over the anchor's questioning of Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) about her endorsement of Trump.  —  The March 10 interview on “This Week” …
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Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Trump sues ABC, George Stephanopoulos for defamation after host accused him of rape in Mace interview  —  Former President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News and George Stephanopoulos, claiming his reputation was tarnished by the anchor saying multiple times on-air …
Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap:   Donald Trump Sues ABC, George Stephanopoulos for Defamation Over Use of Term ‘Rape’
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce immigration law  —  The Biden administration sued to block the law, saying it tramples on the federal government's exclusive authority to oversee immigration issues.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce a contentious …
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CNN:
Supreme Court allows Texas to begin enforcing controversial immigration law  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Texas to immediately begin enforcing a controversial immigration law that allows state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally.
Associated Press:
Peter Navarro is 1st Trump White House official to serve prison time related to Jan. 6 attack  —  Former White House adviser Peter Navarro reported to prison Tuesday for a contempt of Congress conviction, becoming the first senior Trump administration official to be locked up for a crime related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
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Associated Press:
Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House
CNN:
Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro heads to prison after historic contempt prosecution
NBC News:
Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro reports to prison on contempt of Congress conviction
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Jared Kushner says Gaza's ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’  —  Donald Trump's son-in-law also says Israel should bulldoze an area of the Negev desert and move Palestinians there  —  Jared Kushner has praised the “very valuable” potential of Gaza's “waterfront property” …
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Golf Club Settlement Hangs Alina Habba Out to Dry  —  The former president's lawyer may still face fallout for her involvement in an ex-employee's hush money deal over harassment claims at Trump's Bedminster club. … Donald Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey …
Mauricio Savarese / Associated Press:
Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data  —  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination data, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader, with more allegations potentially in store.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Mar-a-Lago Judge's Stark Ruling: Jury Sees Secret Files or Trump Wins  —  Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon handed the jury in his Mar-a-Lago case a shocking ultimatum on Monday.  —  The MAGA-friendly federal judge who keeps siding with Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago classified records case …
Discussion: The Bulwark
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The Bloodbath Candidate  —  In Context, Trump is Worse  —  At a rally in Vandalia, Ohio last Saturday, Trump promised a “bloodbath for the country” if he's not elected president.  —  Then followed a predictable bout of (self-)deception, the claim that Trump's bloodbath was out of context.
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Michael Goldberg / Associated Press:
Mississippi ex-deputy gets 20-year sentence in racist torture of two Black men  —  A former Mississippi sheriff's deputy was sentenced Tuesday to about 20 years in prison for his part in torturing two Black men last year.  Hunter Elward was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Tom Lee …
Associated Press:
Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents  —  An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Nebraska lawmaker faces calls to resign after invoking colleague's name in book's rape scene passage  —  Republican Nebraska state Sen. Steve Halloran later defended reading the graphic text but apologized for adding his colleague's name to it.  —  Republican Nebraska state Sen. Steve Halloran …
Washington Post:
Drone footage raises questions about Israeli justification for deadly strike on Gaza journalists  —  JERUSALEM — On Jan. 7, the Israeli military conducted a targeted missile strike on a car carrying four Palestinian journalists outside Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Ego Has Crash-Landed  —  Donald Trump dominated the news cycle this weekend.  Everybody's talking about the outrageous things he said at his rally in Dayton, Ohio—above all, his menacing warning of a “bloodbath” if he is defeated in November.  To follow political news is to again be immersed in all Trump, all the time.
Mara Silvers / Montana Free Press:
Montana Supreme Court allows abortion ballot proposal to proceed  —  The ruling says Attorney General Austin Knudsen erred in finding the proposal for the 2024 ballot ‘legally insufficient.’  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)  —  Thank you for being a member of Montana Free Press.
Hanna Trudo / The Hill:
Porter regrets saying California Senate primary race was ‘rigged’  —  Progressive Rep. Katie Porter says she regrets calling the recent California Senate primary “rigged” after losing the closely watched Democratic contest to Rep. Adam Schiff.  —  Porter sparked backlash for using the word …
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court unanimously rules against government in No Fly List case  —  The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that a man's challenge to his former placement on the No Fly List can move forward, finding the government failed to show his lawsuit is moot.
NBC News:
Potential 2024 candidates keep saying no, but No Labels is pressing forward anyway  —  More than a dozen prominent potential presidential candidates have said no after approaches from the group, which is behind its stated ballot access goal.  —  No Labels is still working to find …
Erin Pearson / The Age:
‘Message must be sent’: Jail terms almost tripled for climate activists who shut down West Gate Bridge  —  Two climate activists who blocked peak-hour traffic on the West Gate Bridge, causing a woman to give birth on the side of the road, have had their jail terms almost tripled on appeal.
New York Times:
It Turns Out the ‘Deep State’ Is Actually Kind of Awesome  —  As America closes in on a major election, mistrust is brewing around the mysterious government entity that's now denounced in scary-sounding terms — “the deep state” and “the swamp.”  What do those words even mean?  Who exactly do they describe?
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News buried Mike Pence's refusal to endorse Donald Trump  —  Fox gave the news 4 minutes of airtime.  CNN and MSNBC each provided more than an hour.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence announced on Friday that he would not endorse his former running mate Donald Trump's bid to return to the White House in 2024.
 
 
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