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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.
Discussion: The Bulwark
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better … The White House has nine months to turn the ship around before a potential midterm wipeout for Republicans. … - Harvard CAPS/Harris (Jan. 28-29): Mark Penn's polling firm found that 51% of registered voters say Trump is doing …
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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Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Federal authorities announce an end to the immigration crackdown in Minnesota
Beret Leone / CBS News:
Border czar Tom Homan says Minnesota ICE surge is concluding
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
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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Annie Karni / New York Times:
House Passes Strict Voter ID Bill, Amplifying Trump's Claims of Fraud
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate Democrat aims to put members on record opposing Maxwell pardon
Discussion: IJR
Politico:
Next stop: Mexico
Politico:
Federal court blocks Hegseth effort to punish Democratic senator … The decision is the second legal setback this week for the Trump administration's campaign to punish Kelly and five other Democratic lawmakers, who released a video last fall telling military personnel they don't have to adhere to illegal orders.
Discussion: NBC News and CBS News
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Judge blocks Hegseth, Pentagon bid to punish Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Examiner
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge blocks Pentagon chief Hegseth's censure of Sen. Kelly over troops video, for now
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.  —  Sixty percent of adults have an unfavorable view of Trump's handling of immigration. … In the wake of two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents in Minnesota …
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Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
The Republican Party's Advantage on Immigration Shrinks, Poll Finds
Discussion: Fox News and Political Wire
Associated Press:
What independents think of Trump's recent immigration actions, according to a new AP-NORC poll
Discussion: MS NOW
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: CBS News, The Federalist and MS NOW
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New York Times:
Trump's Director of Election Security Is an Election Denier
Discussion: Joe.My.God., The Atlantic and MS NOW
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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Independent
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Wrestlezone
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket to Bet on Strikes  —  Internal security agency alleges suspects used classified information from their jobs to inform their wagers  —  Israel has arrested several people, including army reservists, for allegedly using classified information …
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.
CNN:
‘They put me on there to die’: Conservatives unload on GOP's failures to carry out DOGE cost-cutting  —  The budget-slashing Department of Government Efficiency that upended the federal government at the start of President Donald Trump's second term has stalled out on Capitol Hill, a reality that's left conservative lawmakers fuming.
Discussion: Raw Story, RedState and KVIA-TV
Lucas Holtz / Third Way:
How Young Men View Trump 2.0 After One Year … Takeaways  — President Trump's job approval is 34 points underwater among young men, with 32% approving and 66% disapproving of his performance in office.  — A paltry 26% of young men would back a J.D. Vance presidential run …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Week
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.
Gene Weingarten / The Gene Pool:
Three Million Reasons to Facepalm  —  So.  —  The image above was given to us by Deb Milbrath, a freelance cartoonist in Atlanta.  I love it.  —  Here's something I don't love:  —  I just was shown a government document listing the 2025 salaries of Washington Post employees …
Lara Seligman / Wall Street Journal:
Two U.S. Navy Ships Collide in Waters Near South America  —  Two personnel report minor injuries after ship-to-ship refueling  —  Two people reported minor injuries Wednesday when a U.S. warship and a Navy supply vessel assigned to the military buildup in the Caribbean collided during a ship …
 
 
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Valeria Chomsky admits ‘serious errors in judgment’ over Jeffrey Epstein ties
Discussion: The American Spectator and MS NOW
David Sivak / Washington Examiner:
Senate Democrats weigh skipping Trump State of the Union address
Discussion: Axios, NewsMax.com and Joe.My.God.
Ali Breland / The Atlantic:
The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race
Wall Street Journal:
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New York Times:
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NBC News:
Canadian separatists optimistic after meetings with Trump officials
Discussion: Reuters
Sara Braun / The Guardian:
Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years