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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The less voters knew, the more they liked Trump in 2024. Not Anymore — Two notes: First, this is a special article with insights from Strength In Number's recent polling with Verasight. We just finished writing our February poll, and will publish the results in two weeks.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better
A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better
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Times of San Diego, CalMatters, The Independent and BizPac Review
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge blocks Pete Hegseth's censure of Sen. Mark Kelly over troops video, for now … A federal judge on Thursday enjoined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from censuring Sen. Mark Kelly over the Arizona Democrat's participation in a video reminding American military service members of their right to refuse illegal orders.
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders — A federal judge agreed Thursday to temporarily block the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Judge blocks Hegseth, Pentagon bid to punish Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon's efforts to censure Sen. Mark Kelly and lower his retirement rank in the wake of a video in which the Arizona senator and other Democrats called on service members to reject unlawful orders.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Pam Bondi Threw an Insolent Tantrum Before the House Judiciary Committee — And she did so to dodge a simple question about the Epstein files. — Attorney General Pam Bondi met the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, and she did a great job. She blustered. She filibustered. She shouted.
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NBC News:
Lawmakers demand DOJ stop tracking lawmakers' Epstein files searches — Attorney General Pam Bondi brought a document referencing Rep. Pramila Jayapal's search history to a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE — Listen to this article with a free account
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House Committee on the Judiciary:
Ranking Member Raskin's Statement on Trump DOJ Spying on Democrats' Search History of Unredacted Epstein Files
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Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Bondi's charade — Pam Bondi dropped the ball on the Epstein case a long time ago
Bondi's charade — Pam Bondi dropped the ball on the Epstein case a long time ago
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CBS News, Washington Examiner, All Rise News and Mediaite
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Trump administration says it is ending its immigration surge in Minnesota — More than 4,000 undocumented immigrants have been apprehended since the operation began in November, according to the Department of Homeland Security. — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE — Listen to this article with a free account
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Molly Parks / Washington Examiner:
Frey bucks Senate Homeland Security oversight hearing for meeting with Mamdani
Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
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Associated Press:
What independents think of Trump's recent immigration actions, according to a new AP-NORC poll — About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into American cities, according to a new AP-NORC poll that suggests political independents …
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AP-NORC:
About 6 in 10 think Trump has gone too far when it comes to deploying federal immigration agents in major U.S. cities.
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Fox News, Bloomberg, Newsweek and The American Conservative
Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
The Republican Party's Advantage on Immigration Shrinks, Poll Finds
The Republican Party's Advantage on Immigration Shrinks, Poll Finds
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Politico:
Senate heads into doomed DHS votes — Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION: — Dems' tariff rebukes just getting started — Thune lays out legislative roadmap — First in IC: Rosen introduces Epstein resolution — A DHS shutdown is coming tomorrow night, and there's no telling how long it could last.
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Politico:
Next stop: Mexico
Next stop: Mexico
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New York Times:
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser — People familiar with the episode said the use of the technology was not coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said.
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Paul Krugman:
Making America Stagnate Again — Deportations don't create jobs and will increase deaths of native-born Americans. Who knew? — Yesterday's employment report was widely expected to be weak. As it turned out, it was unexpectedly strong, with an estimated 130,000 jobs added.
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Administration Erases the Government's Power to Fight Climate Change — The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the bedrock scientific finding that says greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid — The newly revealed White House employee says he is fighting ‘pure evil’ — Clay Parikh does not want to talk about who he is working with inside the White House.
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NBC News:
Trump administration working to expand effort to strip citizenship from foreign-born Americans — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials focused on denaturalization were sent to offices nationwide, sources say. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is dramatically expanding …
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Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January — Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts — Elon Musk's longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying. The richest man in the world posted …
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
We are all passengers in Trump's death cab — Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 💬 Subscribe to PN 💬 — Nearly 13 months into Trump's second term, the most terrifying attribute of his regime is its utter contempt for the United States …
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House — Federal judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration's nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.
Jake Kwon / BBC:
Kim Jong Un chooses teen daughter as heir, says Seoul — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has selected his daughter as his heir, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday. — Kim Ju Ae - who is believed to be 13 - has in recent months been pictured beside her father in high-profile events …
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Media Matters for America:
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. ... They have to be imprisoned.” — Fuentes: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women. ... So they go to the gulag first.
Reuters:
Trump's Justice Department antitrust head Gail Slater stepping down — The Trump administration's head of the Justice Department's antitrust division said Thursday she is stepping down less than a year after being appointed by President Donald Trump. — Gail Slater was confirmed in March …
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Aidan Gibbons / Cultaholic Wrestling:
Report: Warner Bros. Discovery Blocks Brody King From AEW Dynamite Following “F*ck ICE” Chants — WBD looking to keep Donald Trump on side leads to Brody King off AEW TV — Brody King was absent from Wednesday night's episode of AEW Dynamite, and it reportedly wasn't a Tony Khan decision not to have him on the show.
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OutKick and Wrestlezone
New York Times:
Mamdani Reverses Campaign Promise to Expand Rental Assistance — A rental voucher program costs more than $1 billion. The mayor's decision to curtail its expansion reflects the clash between his ideology and the realities of managing the city. — Expanding a New York City program …
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The Post Millennial, NewsMax.com and City & State New York
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
Judge Orders Trump Administration to ‘Facilitate’ Return of 137 Venezuelans Deported to CECOT — U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to “facilitate” the return of as many as 137 Venezuelans who were deported last year to a notorious prison in El Salvador against his orders.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Americans think everyone is corrupt — Voters have weird views about this, and progressive advocacy groups do a lot that's counterproductive. — Donald Trump is running easily the most corrupt administration in decades. Whether selling off pardons for cash, delivering sweetheart deals …
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The Bulwark:
‘Zionism’ Is Splitting MAGA in Two — Except it's not really ‘Zionism’ per se. — Thirteen years ago today, Marco Rubio gave a cotton-mouthed GOP response to Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union address, at one point awkwardly breaking his flow to lean out of frame for a quick drink of water.

