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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump's Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection  —  Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland Security official have all noticed the same thing: when the Trump administration wants to turn up the heat, they send in Gregory Bovino.
Discussion: The NewsGuild and JONATHAN TURLEY
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Sean James / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Trump Admin ‘Seriously’ Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC  —  President Donald Trump is “seriously” considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of his push to thwart crime, NBC reported on Wednesday …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump is the insurrection  —  🎉 It's PN's fourth anniversary and we're commemorating it this week by offering paid subscriptions at a special discounted price.  Click the button below to take advantage and support our work ⬇️  —  🥳 PN anniversary special offer 🥳
Discussion: Louder With Crowder and KIFI-TV
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S. Army Reserve Center in Elwood, Illinois, about 55 miles (89 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.  This morning, the Defense Department announced the federal activation of about 200 soldiers from the Texas National Guard …
Reuters:
National Guard poised to enter Chicago as Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders
David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
ICE May Not Be a Secret Police, but They Sure Look Like One
Discussion: To the Contrary and Raw Story
Punchbowl News:
Why Schumer thinks Dems have momentum … It's Day 9 of the government shutdown.  There's no resolution in sight to this crisis.  —  When you take stock of where things stand, it's not difficult to see why House and Senate Democrats feel good about their strategy — for now.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
GOP military mom presses Mike Johnson on troop pay  —  Speaker Mike Johnson heard a plea from a military family to move legislation paying active-duty forces amid the government shutdown in a remarkable televised exchange Thursday.  Johnson was already under pressure from a growing number …
Ashley Carnahan / Fox News:
Trump says ‘whole world came together’ to secure Israel-Hamas peace deal after months of deadlock  —  Nearly 50 hostages remain in Gaza as Netanyahu prepares government approval  —  President Donald Trump credited “luck” and “talent” for playing a role in getting a peace deal between Israel and Hamas after months of deadlock.
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump suggests tariffs played a role in peace deal  —  Trump said during a Fox News interview tonight that his tariffs may have played a role in getting Israel and Hamas to sign off on the first phase of a peace deal.  —  “I think we shocked everybody by a lot with the tariffs and all of that.
Samy Magdy / Associated Press:
Israel and Hamas agree to ‘first phase’ of plan to end fighting and release hostages, Trump says
Washington Post:
Jack Smith's lawfare and James Comey's arraignment on pathetically weak charges  —  Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.  —  Just now  —  Anyone surprised by the news that former special counsel Jack Smith collected …
Discussion: Raw Story
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pbump:
Thawing out ‘Arctic Frost’ and the new Biden-was-worse argument
Discussion: New York Post and The Federalist
NOTUS:
Democratic Senators Are Taking Trump's Threats to Prosecute Them Seriously
Discussion: New Republic and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots  —  With an accidental social-media post, Trump showed how much had changed since his first term  —  WASHINGTON—In his second term, President Trump has taken control of the Justice Department in ways he could have only dreamed of during his first.
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Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Marco Rubio Caught Telling Donald Trump, 79, What to Post on Truth Social
Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth / Bloomberg:
Norway on Edge Over Trump Ahead of Nobel Peace Prize Verdict  —  Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US leader.
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NBC News:
Trump to get a ‘routine yearly’ medical check-up — his second in 6 months  —  The White House said Trump would be at Walter Reed Medical Center and undergo a checkup after a planned meeting with service members in the facility.  —  President Donald Trump will sit for a “routine yearly check up” …
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Problem Is a Lack of Focus
Discussion: Newsweek and HuffPost
Reuters:
Trump's war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups  — Powerful Trump aide Stephen Miller key part of crackdown  — ICE agents being redeployed to target activist groups  — George Soros' charitable network on White House list  — Trump using isolated ICE clashes to justify national crackdown
Pavan V. Thakkar / The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump's Compact  —  The Trump administration's authoritarian offensive is accelerating.  —  It is now openly persecuting opponents, bullying media to silence critics, and sending masked security forces to terrorize cities, and the president recently told …
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New York Times:
Harvard Seeks Assurances as Talks Restart in Washington
Discussion: RedState
Alana Wise / NPR:
Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says  —  For the first time, renewable energy has overtaken coal as the primary source of electricity around the world, a new report says, indicating a shift in the global reliance on environmentally harmful fossil fuels.
Discussion: The Liberal Patriot
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Americans' Job Ratings of Six Key U.S. Agencies Worsen  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' ratings of six prominent federal government agencies have deteriorated markedly since last year.  The job ratings of each of these agencies — the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Semafor
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport  —  Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled  —  A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US …
New York Times:
Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration … Robert E. Primus, the first Black board chairman of the federal regulator responsible for approving railroad mergers, at first thought there was something wrong with his work phone.  When he couldn't unlock it he switched …
Discussion: Politico
Elissa Nadworny / NPR:
This 4-year-old's heart is failing.  A federal grant that might help him was canceled  —  The device is about the size of a AA battery, and it has the potential to help a baby or infant heart keep beating in the face of failure.  —  It's called the PediaFlow, an implantable artificial heart for the littlest, most vulnerable humans.
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Court Battles Must Continue During Shutdown, Judges Rule  —  US judges have rejected the Justice Department's requests to delay more than a dozen legal challenges to President Donald Trump's policies as the government shutdown enters its second week.  —  The department has been winding …
Discussion: Mother Jones
KFF:
KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Tylenol-Autism Link and Vaccine Policies  —  Authors: Alex Montero, Grace Sparks, Mardet Mulugeta, Julian Montalvo III, Ashley Kirzinger, Lunna Lopes, and Liz Hamel  —  News Release: Poll: After President Trump's Warning …
Discussion: CNN, NPR, The Hill, Forbes, The 19th and Axios
Daniel Ruetenik / CBS News:
In cell where Jeffrey Epstein died, a scene of disarray that never underwent thorough inspection, experts said  —  The federal investigation into the death of convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was marred by significant lapses, experts told CBS News, including the failure by investigators …
Renee Hickman / Reuters:
Bodycam footage conflicts with DHS account of Chicago woman's shooting by Border Patrol, lawyer says  — Lawyer says footage from Border Patrol agent's bodycam shows their vehicle struck woman's car  — DHS said agents fired defensive shots and woman was armed  — Woman never touched her gun, says attorney
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Why Is Megyn Kelly Afraid to Take on Candace Owens?  —  Right-wing media's old guard is scared of its younger, crazier rivals.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Megyn Kelly's Strange Silence on Candace Owens  —  Charlie Kirk's assassination unleashed a wave of conspiracy theories on the right.
Discussion: Mediaite
Aria Bendix / NBC News:
California becomes the first state to phase ultraprocessed food out of school meals  —  The law, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Wednesday, sets a 10-year deadline for the change to take place.  —  A new law will make California the first state to phase some ultraprocessed food out of school meals.
Marcia Brown / Politico:
States left in the dark on food aid despite Trump's promise of tariff funds … Lawmakers and their staff also weren't made aware of the administration's plans to use tariff revenue and haven't heard when the funds will be sent, according to multiple other people aware of the situation.
Associated Press:
Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say  —  The Trump administration has yet to provide underlying evidence to lawmakers proving that alleged drug-smuggling boats targeted by the U.S. military in a series of fatal strikes …
 
 
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
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Radosław Sikorski / New York Times:
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Politico:
Retired Justice Kennedy laments coarse discourse of Trump era and its effects on Supreme Court
Discussion: CNN, New York Times and Newsweek
Politico:
Hegseth's firing of Navy official compounds ‘culture of fear’ inside Pentagon
Discussion: Raw Story
Holly Baxter / The Independent:
Trump just hosted an ‘Antifa roundtable’ at the White House ... it was so much worse than you're imagining
Bloomberg:
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