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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.
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Politico, Vox, Bloomberg, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, The 19th, Breitbart, The Daily Signal and Newsweek
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
“Open mutiny”: Democrats angrily reject proposed shutdown fix
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The Hill
Politico:
No deal at White House shutdown summit, but Trump broaches health care talks
No deal at White House shutdown summit, but Trump broaches health care talks
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The Guardian, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, Salt Lake Tribune, 24sight News, Fox News, MSNBC, New York Post and The Hill
Associated Press:
Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown
Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown
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Axios, New York Times, Washington Examiner, CBS News, Washington Times, Politico, The Hill, CNN, Associated Press, The Parnas Perspective, Times Now, Raw Story, HotAir, Deseret News, ABC News, NewsMax.com, Mediaite and WTOP News
Andy Craig / The UnPopulist:
Democrats Should Do the Honorable Thing and Refuse to Fund an Authoritarian Administration
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 …
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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.
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.
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Newsweek, New York Times, NBC News, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Daily Caller News Foundation, Deseret News, The Independent and al.com
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Mormon Church Shooter Had a Trump Sign Outside His House
Mormon Church Shooter Had a Trump Sign Outside His House
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The Guardian, New Republic, Bridge Michigan, GB News, Not the Bee, Al Jazeera, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Michigan Advance and Channel2 NOW
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” …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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CNN:
YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump lawsuit
YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump lawsuit
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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 …
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New Republic and Raw Story
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Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:
Bombshell Report Says Tom Homan Investigation Began After ICE Colleague Bragged He Was For Sale
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump and Netanyahu agree on a plan to end Gaza war and await Hamas to accept terms — Trump on Monday laid out a 20-point plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war and establishing a postwar governance in the war-battered Palestinian territory. — EDITED BY CURTIS YEE …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Trump would head Gaza ‘board of peace’ in new postwar plan
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Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
READ IN FULL: Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza
READ IN FULL: Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza
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CBS News:
Criminal investigation launched after feds fire pepper ball at CBS Chicago reporter's truck — The Village of Broadview said they've launched a criminal investigation after a CBS News Chicago reporter had a projectile fired at her vehicle by an ICE agent late Sunday morning.
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Chicago Tribune, WBEZ Chicago and Chicago Sun Times
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
JB Pritzker Demands Americans Call Trump Exactly What He Is
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Politico, WNYW-TV, Associated Press, ABC7, NewsNation, NewsMax.com, Block Club Chicago, Washington Examiner, The TRiiBE, IJR and Fox News
Mack Liederman / Block Club Chicago:
ICE Fires Chemical Weapon At TV Reporter In Broadview; ‘Unprovoked’ Attack Under Investigation
ICE Fires Chemical Weapon At TV Reporter In Broadview; ‘Unprovoked’ Attack Under Investigation
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Chicago Sun Times, ABC7 and Chicago Tribune
Washington Post:
Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth's new Pentagon strategy — The critiques from multiple top officers, including chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, come as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reorders U.S. military priorities. — Just now
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.
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Jeet Heer / The Nation:
Trump Is Lying About Antifa to Justify His Authoritarian Crackdown
Trump Is Lying About Antifa to Justify His Authoritarian Crackdown
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Blaze Media and Louder With Crowder
Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI's New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out — Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week — OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator that creates videos featuring copyright material unless …
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Wired, more at Mediagazer »
Perry Bacon / New Republic:
With Portland, Trump's Police State Is Getting Bigger and More Radical — Add Portland and Memphis to a list that already includes cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston and individuals like Mahmoud Khalil, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Rümeysa Öztürk.
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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 …
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New Republic and Salon
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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 …
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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Media Matters for America, Raw Story, Letters from an American, Newsweek, Vanity Fair and The Wrap
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 …
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Gizmodo and LGBTQ Nation
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 …
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Independent
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 …
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Washington Examiner, New Republic, Raw Story, Times Now, MSNBC and The Mahablog
Laura Rodríguez Presa / Chicago Tribune:
Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O'Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’ — Dasha Ramirez, 8, and her little brother were playing with the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago's Millennium Park when federal agents approached their parents on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
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.
David Swindle / Algemeiner.com:
X Acted on Just 12% of Top Antisemitic Conspiracy Posts, Study Finds — A new year-long study released on Monday by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) reveals the extent to which X has allowed an epidemic of antisemitic invective …
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CNN and Jewish Insider

