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Playbook: How Mike Johnson boxed himself in — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — WHAT JEN O'MALLEY DILLON IS READING — The GOP-backed bid to change Nebraska's presidential elector system to a winner-take-all setup — likely giving DONALD TRUMP …
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Attempt to consolidate Electoral College votes fails in Nebraska Legislature — ‘Winner-take-all’ change would eliminate Democrats' opportunity to repeat the 2020 ‘blue dot’ win for Biden — LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - An attempt to turn Nebraska into a “winner-take-all” state …
NBC News:
Nebraska legislators buck Trump by blocking Electoral College vote change — for now — Former President Donald Trump and Republican Gov. Jim Pillen have called on lawmakers to change the state's Electoral College vote allocation to a winner-take-all system.
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The Hill, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Digby's Hullabaloo, Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska Examiner, Breitbart, USA Today and Fox News
Manu Raju / CNN:
Greene keeps alive campaign to oust Johnson and warns against new push for Ukraine aid
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MeidasTouch, Washington Examiner, Politico, The Kyiv Independent, RedState, Bloomberg, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and The Hill
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Greene says Speaker Johnson is a ‘Democrat,’ comparable to Nancy Pelosi
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LGBTQ Nation, Raw Story, Mediaite, Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Jack Smith puts Judge Aileen Cannon on notice — Judge Aileen M. Cannon has left many legal experts dumbfounded with her handling of the criminal classified documents case against former president Donald Trump, the man who nominated her to the federal bench. — And special counsel Jack Smith appears to be losing patience with her.
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Biden moves to defang political assaults on federal workforce — The move is widely seen as a response to former President Donald Trump's efforts to root out what he called a “deep state” that thwarted his policies. — The Biden administration put the finishing touches Thursday on a plan …
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Fox News and GovExec.com
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
New rule strengthening federal job protections could counter Trump promises to remake the government
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The Guardian and Associated Press
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man who used megaphone to lead attack on police during Capitol riot gets more than 7 years in prison — A Washington state man who used a megaphone to orchestrate a mob's attack on police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison.
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Salon, MeidasTouch, Law & Crime, The Hill, Associated Press and NBC News
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
How Steve Bannon guided the MAGA movement's rebound from Jan. 6
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The Guardian and Washington Monthly
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Federal judge condemns ‘normalization’ of January 6 while sentencing defiant rioter
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NBC News, New Jersey Online, The Hill, US Department of Justice, UPI, Breitbart, Axios, Law & Crime and CBS News
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Chef Jose Andres says Israel targeted his aid workers ‘systematically, car by car’ — Celebrity chef Jose Andres told Reuters in an emotional interview on Wednesday that an Israeli attack that killed seven of his food aid workers in Gaza had targeted them “systematically, car by car.”
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Yuval Abraham / +972 Magazine:
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spree in Gaza
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Responsible Statecraft, Al Jazeera, CNN, ScheerPost, Informed Comment, Gizmodo, The Guardian, never was has been, inews.co.uk and Just some stuff
New York Times:
Judge Won't Delay Trump's Criminal Trial to Wait for Immunity Ruling — The former president had asked the judge to push back his Manhattan criminal trial, slated to begin April 15, until after the Supreme Court decides whether he is immune from prosecution.
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USA Today, CNN, The Gateway Pundit, Reuters, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Axios, RTÉ, Voice of America and Associated Press
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Elon Musk's viral lie about the 2024 election uses bogus data — In October 2022, Elon Musk completed his purchase of Twitter. He then dramatically changed the algorithm to boost his own tweets. The new algorithm, according to a February 2023 report by Platformer, “artificially boosted Musk's tweets …
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Gizmodo, Mediaite and Rolling Stone
New York Times:
Trump Spoke Recently With Saudi Leader — It is not clear what the former president discussed with Prince Mohammed bin Salman, but news of their call came amid Biden administration negotiations with the Saudis over a Middle East peace plan. — Former President Donald J. Trump spoke recently …
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Raw Story, New York Post, Business Insider and Reuters
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
Rejected and ‘returned for correction’: Docs for Trump's $175M bond get bounced — A review of the New York County Supreme Court docket on Wednesday shows that paperwork for former President Donald Trump's newly-secured bond of $175 million was temporarily rejected and “returned for correction.”
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Raw Story
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
How Biden's White House Gathering for Ramadan Unraveled Over Gaza — Some Muslim community leaders said it would be wrong to attend an iftar meal with President Biden while Gaza is under siege. — When the White House invited Muslim community leaders for a dinner this week celebrating …
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RedState, The Guardian, Associated Press, The Times of Israel, Al-Monitor, New Republic, NPR, USA Today, The Hill, Middle East Monitor, KDFX-TV, Al Jazeera and HuffPost
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Biden extends some immigrant work permits, potentially saving thousands of jobs — The Biden administration on Thursday is announcing an extension of work permits for certain categories of immigrants, potentially preventing hundreds of thousands of people from losing their jobs overnight.
NBC News:
Top Israeli official Ron Dermer began yelling during a meeting with U.S. officials about Gaza, officials say — The meeting grew tense after the Americans questioned an Israeli plan to evacuate more than 1 million Palestinian civilians from Rafah and house them in tents.
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NBC Bay Area and The Times of Israel
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
John Eastman Asks for Delay in Disbarment Citing Hefty Legal Fees — BILLS TO PAY — The former Trump lawyer says he could be facing a total outlay of $3 million. — Former Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman is asking a judge to pause his disbarment so he can continue to work and earn income …
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The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner and Los Angeles Times
Fox News:
Youngkin mourns K-9 dog stabbed to death by ‘barbaric’ MS-13 gang members: ‘Will be held accountable’ — The K-9 dog named Rivan was ‘repeatedly stabbed and kicked by the inmates’ — FIRST ON FOX: Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., vows to hold a group of “barbaric” MS-13 members accountable …
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CBS News, VADOC, Twitchy, New York Post and Blaze Media
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Missouri's ridiculous lawfare against Media Matters — AG Andrew Bailey is punishing the watchdog group for making Elon Musk sad. … Move over Ken Paxton! There's a new crazy state attorney general in town, and he's coming for your crooked crown. — Last week, Missouri Attorney General …
Associated Press:
EPA awards $20 billion in green bank grants for clean energy projects nationwide — DETROIT (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday awarded $20 billion in federal “green bank” grants to eight community development banks and nonprofit organizations to use on projects combating climate change …
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Washington Post, Axios, US EPA and Associated Press
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