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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
NY Gears Up to Seize Trump Westchester Assets If Fraud Fine Is Unpaid  — State registered $454 million judgment in Westchester County  — Area is home to a Trump golf course and Seven Springs estate  —  New York state's $454 million judgment against Donald Trump in a civil fraud lawsuit …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump is broke.  That's bad news for the GOP.  —  This free edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one, please click the button below to support our independent journalism.  —  💵 Subscribe to Public Notice 💵  —  Presumptive GOP presidential …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets  —  The New York attorney general's office has filed judgments in Westchester County, the first indication that the state is preparing to try to seize Donald Trump's golf course and private estate north of Manhattan, known as Seven Springs.
New York Times:
Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified  —  President Donald J. Trump warned his vice president against failing to overturn the 2020 election results, according to an account by the White House valet by his side on Jan. 6.
Discussion: The Hill and Journal Sentinel
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump lawyers' head-scratching legal filings just keep coming  —  Former president Donald Trump's legal team, in a Supreme Court filing this week, decided it would be a good idea to cite the past words of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.  —  In doing so, though, they reinforced just how drastic …
Discussion: Raw Story, BizPac Review and CNN
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Attorney General Prepares to Seize Trump's Massive New York Estate  —  Letitia James has effectively put a “blanket lien” on his sprawling, 212-acre property north of New York City.  —  Donald Trump, unable to front a half billion dollars to pay off his recent bank fraud judgment …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Trump's Lawyer Won't Deny If He's Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money  —  Asked bluntly about it on Fox News, Alina Habba quickly changed the subject.  —  LOADING  —  Has Donald Trump asked Russia, Saudi Arabia or any other country for help paying his upcoming $464 million bond?
NBC News:
The ex-Democrat catching Trump's and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s eyes  —  Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has gone from running for president as a Democrat in 2020 to interest in the open VP slots for Trump and Kennedy in 2024.  —  Tulsi Gabbard wanted to be president.  Now she wants to be vice president.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is in Line for a $3.5 Billion Windfall From Stake in Truth Social  —  Supporters who have driven up share price are expected to vote Friday to take company public  —  Donald Trump's supporters are pushing to hand him a nearly $3.5 billion windfall by driving up the value …
Politico:
Trump has an early lead on Biden. But problems are piling up around him.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Gives Trump Organization's Babysitter ‘Enhanced’ Control
Discussion: CNBC and Raw Story
Harry Litman / Los Angeles Times:
Aileen Cannon's handling of Trump's classified records case just went from bad to horrible
Discussion: Raw Story
Ray Brescia / The Daily Beast:
These Under-the-Radar Rulings in the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case Are Really Bad for Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Rachel Dobkin / Newsweek:
Barron Trump ‘Fair Game’ Comment Enrages Republicans
Adam Kinzinger:
Trump Stumps With Fascist Cosplay
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
David Lat / Original Jurisdiction:
Cannon Fodder: Law Clerks Quit On Judge Aileen Cannon  —  Please note the many UPDATES at the end of this post. … On Tuesday, the New York Times published an article titled, “Judge in Trump Documents Case Draws Attention for Slow Pace.”  Reporter Alan Feuer wrote that Judge Aileen M. Cannon …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Simon Rosenberg / Hopium Chronicles:
Biden Leads in 6 New Polls, The Booming American Economy, The Republican Party Is Broke and Broken  —  Big Day Today - With Dems at 1pm ET, Ruben Gallego at 8pm - Join Us!  —  Happy Thursday all.  Got a few things for you today:  —  2 Events Today - Register, Join Us!
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Axios:
Biden's campaign tries to avoid a trap in Nevada
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Federal judge sentencing a Jan. 6 rioter worries Trump could spur another attack  —  Judge Rudy Contreras said it wasn't tough to imagine former President Donald Trump issuing what a Jan. 6 defendant referred to as another “call to battle.”  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge …
Discussion: Associated Press
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US Department of Justice:
Colorado Man Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Discussion: The Hill, UPI and WUSA
Rob Wile / NBC News:
Apple sued by Biden administration over alleged iPhone ‘monopoly power’  —  The Department of Justice and 16 state and district attorneys general launched a major lawsuit against the technology giant accusing it of harming consumers by limiting competition.  —  The U.S. Department …
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Reuters:
Apple accused of monopolizing smartphone markets in US antitrust lawsuit
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: I'm not sure we ever had votes for impeachment  —  Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday evening that he was not sure the House GOP ever had enough votes for an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.  —  Burchett is a member of the House Oversight Committee …
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Impeachment inquiry appears on ice as House GOP tries to wrangle support
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Elon Musk Pushes a Vile, Toxic Hate Video—and Exposes His Own Scam  —  For much of the last week, Elon Musk's mighty Twitter feed—sorry, his X feed—featured as its pinned tweet a video that purports to lay bare a vast conspiracy among Democrats to “flood” the country with “illegals” to lock in a “permanent voting majority.”
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
CNN Ambushes GOP Nominee Who Called for Biden's Execution  —  The GOP pick to run North Carolina's public schools has called for the deaths of Biden and Obama.  CNN couldn't get her to comment, so they found her in person.  —  CNN couldn't get the GOP nominee to run North Carolina's public schools …
Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Kyle Rittenhouse Flees Stage After Face-Off With Booing Protesters  —  He refused to answer a question about hate speech and was booed by the crowd.  —  Kyle Rittenhouse, who became a darling of the right after shooting three protesters in 2020, hightailed it off a stage at the University …
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Nearly $6 Billion in Student Debt Cancellation for 78,000 Public Service Workers  —  Today, my Administration is cancelling student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers - teachers, nurses, firefighters, and more - through Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Prosecutor tells jury former Milwaukee official who requested fake ballots was no whistleblower  —  A jury found a former Milwaukee election official accused of obtaining fake absentee ballots guilty Wednesday of misconduct in office and fraud, rejecting her arguments that she was trying …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump Media, launched after an insurrection, faces rebellion of its own  —  Four lawsuits involving the founding boosters of Truth Social threaten to erode former president Donald Trump's grasp on a massive financial haul  —  When former president Donald Trump's Trump Media & Technology Group …
Washington Post:
Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion  —  Search for birth control on TikTok or Instagram and a cascade of misleading videos vilifying hormonal contraception appear: Young women blaming their weight gain on the pill.  Right-wing commentators claiming that some birth control can lead to infertility.
Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller and HotAir
 
 
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