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Iona Cleave / Telegraph:
Mormon church gunman was Marine ‘who supported Trump’  —  Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, killed by police after ramming truck into Michigan church and opening fire on worshippers  —  The gunman who rammed his truck into a Mormon church and opened fire on worshippers was an Iraq war veteran who had previously shown support for Donald Trump.
Discussion: USA Today and CBS News
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Detroit Free Press:
Michigan church shooting suspect went on anti-LDS tirade, political candidate said  —  Andrea May Sahouri Clara HendricksonDetroit Free Press  —  This story has been updated with additional information.  —  When Burton City Council candidate Kris Johns heard that someone shot churchgoers …
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Karoline Leavitt Says MAGA Shooter Just Hated Mormons  —  SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS  —  Trump's press secretary made the claim as officials continue to probe the motive.  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed on Monday that the Mormon church shooter “hated” members of the faith.
USA Today:
What we know about Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Michigan church shooting suspect
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Mormon church shooting suspect had Trump sign outside home, records show
New York Times:
'I'm From Here!':  U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump's Dragnet  —  As immigration agents take a more aggressive approach, they have stopped and in some cases detained American citizens.  —  U.S. citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody …
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who was initially relieved of his duties after being captured on video pushing a woman to the ground outside an immigration court in New York City has been returned to duty …
Brad Heath / Reuters:
Exclusive: Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to deportations
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
New Republic:
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President.  These Brutal New Polls Confirm It.  —  What if we told you that Donald Trump is a really unpopular president?  Would that surprise you?  It's not something you hear much in the media.  Yet in recent days new polls from the Associated Press, Gallup …
Discussion: Gizmodo and LGBTQ Nation
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Perry Bacon / New Republic:
With Portland, Trump's Police State Is Getting Bigger and More Radical
Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Pete's ‘Manic’ Meltdowns Exposed by Aides  —  PRESSURE COOKIER  —  The former Fox News host is reportedly spiraling out of control.  —  Pete Hegseth is crumbling under the pressure of leading the Pentagon.  —  The defense secretary—who prefers the moniker “Secretary of War” …
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Trump would head Gaza ‘board of peace’ in new postwar plan  —  President Trump would chair an international “board of peace” to govern and reconstruct the Gaza Strip as part of a 20-point plan released Monday by the White House, describing an end to the war between Israel and Hamas and a transition toward peace.
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Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
READ IN FULL: Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump and Netanyahu agree on a plan to end Gaza war and await Hamas to accept terms
Washington Post:
Netanyahu agrees to Trump plan for Gaza deal, but Hamas still a question
MSNBC:
Democratic voters are furious with party leaders.  And that disaffection has a cost.  —  The Trump era has put the Democratic Party in an unprecedented bind.  —  By Jill Lawrence, author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock”
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CNBC:
'We're headed to a shutdown,' Vance says after Trump meeting with leaders ends
Associated Press:
Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown
pbump:
How Trumpworld inflates the perceived danger of the left  —  It is stipulated at the outset that there have been gruesome acts of political violence in recent months that appear to have been motivated by hostility to right-wing politics or the administration.  This is not really contestable and rarely seriously contested.
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
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Wall Street Journal:
YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump  —  Google subsidiary is the last of three Big Tech companies to resolve personal litigation Trump filed against social-media platforms  —  WASHINGTON—YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit …
Axios:
Scoop: Schumer floats shutdown fix … He and Senate Democrats are also starting to think about how to get out of one.  — A 7-10 day spending bill would require unanimous consent in the Senate, which could put pressure on Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Republicans to abandon their plans for a seven-week bill.
MSNBC:
How Tom Homan wound up ensnared in an FBI contracts-for-cash sting  —  A former associate of Trump's border czar allegedly proposed a $1 million scheme last year that put FBI agents on Homan's trail.  —  Tom Homan, the White House border czar, became entangled in an FBI sting last year …
Discussion: Raw Story
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats  —  Exclusive: Miller's homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say  —  Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has played a leading role in directing US strikes …
Discussion: New Republic and Salon
Robert Reich:
Again: Why isn't the media reporting on Trump's growing dementia?  —  Over the weekend, on his Truth Social, Trump shared a video purporting to be a segment on Fox News — it wasn't — in which an AI-generated, deepfaked version of himself sat in the White House and promised that …
Associated Press:
Video gamer Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52.5 billion in largest-ever private equity buyout  —  Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $52.5 billion in what could become the largest buyout ever funded by private equity firms.
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
The ADL Defended Elon Musk's ‘Awkward Gesture.’ Now He Calls It a Hate Group  —  “The ADL hates Christians, therefore it is is a hate group,” Musk tweeted Sunday.  —  READING TIME 4 MINUTES  —  Read Later Read Later  —  When Elon Musk gave two Nazi-style salutes the day President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Independent
Mack Liederman / Block Club Chicago:
ICE Fires Chemical Weapon At TV Reporter In Broadview; ‘Unprovoked’ Attack Under Investigation  —  BROADVIEW — Police in west suburban Broadview are investigating the assault of a local journalist by federal immigration authorities.  —  CBS Chicago Reporter Asal Rezaei …
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CBS News:
Criminal investigation launched after feds fire pepper ball at CBS Chicago reporter's truck
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Dan Zaksheske / OutKick:
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Finebaum ‘Considering’ Leaving ESPN To Pursue U.S. Senate Seat As A Republican  —  SEC Network host and analyst Paul Finebaum says he is “considering” leaving ESPN to run for the U.S. Senate.  And he would run on the republican ticket.  —  In an exclusive interview …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire  —  A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary  —  Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced …
New York Times:
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal  —  The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.  —  The Trump administration …
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New York Times:
Americans' Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  A majority of American voters now oppose sending additional economic and military aid to Israel, a stunning reversal in public opinion since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.  —  Nearly two years into the war in Gaza …
Fox News:
Editorial overhaul: Washington Post's new opinion chief feels the weight of the challenges ahead … But that's the situation 33-year-old Adam O'Neal has found himself in at The Washington Post.  —  “I just feel a tremendous responsibility to get this right,” O'Neal told Fox News Digital …
Andreas Kluth / Bloomberg:
Trump Has Lost Credibility Worldwide, at Huge Cost  —  By confusing friends and foes, strategy and personal chemistry, posturing and resolve, the American president has made everyone less safe.  —  Credibility, like trust and a good reputation, is hard to earn, easy to lose.
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
Democrats turn up heat on Johnson over Epstein files vote delay … But she has to be sworn in first.  — Grijalva was elected in a landslide last Tuesday in the race to succeed her father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), in Congress.  — She has accused Johnson of dragging …
Discussion: MSNBC and The Independent
Tom Tugendhat / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's latest power grab points in a clear direction  —  His SpaceX deal could fundamentally alter the relationship between a state and its citizens.  —  Tom Tugendhat is a Conservative member of Parliament in Britain and a distinguished fellow at the Hudson Institute.
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Is Trump keeping all his promises?  This MAGA couple doesn't think so.  —  Eight months into his second term, the president is facing some difficulties living up to the high expectations of his supporters.  —  Just now  —  SWAINSBORO, Ga. — Jessie Meadows told her mother-in-law not to panic …
Discussion: Raw Story
Akash Sriram / Reuters:
Trump says US to impose 100% tariff on movies made outside the country  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend Hollywood's global business model.  —  The step signals Trump's willingness …
 
 
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Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
HHS looks to block Harvard from federal funding
Discussion: Bloomberg
Kayla Huynh / Journal Sentinel:
Amid visa restrictions, international freshmen enrollment plummets at UW-Madison
Reuters:
Under Trump, US cedes its share of China's beef market to Australia
Discussion: Newsweek
Daniel Villarreal / LGBTQ Nation:
GOP lawmaker said trans people “harm” children. He just pled guilty to child porn charges.
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Is Named as Next Super Bowl Headliner
 Earlier Items: 
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
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Khaya Himmelman / Talking Points Memo:
DOJ Keeps Escalating Its Attempts to Get Ahold of States' Voter Rolls
Guy Chazan / Financial Times:
Stephen Miller: Donald Trump's ‘prime minister’ executes his plan to reshape America
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
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