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emptywheel:
Jack Smith Invites Aileen Cannon to Protect the Country Rather than Just Donald Trump — Jack Smith has asked Judge Aileen Cannon to prevent Trump from lying about a plot to assassinate him, as he has done since propagandist Julie Kelly made a stink about a routine Use of Force form Trump himself released …
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Washington Examiner, Mediaite, New Jersey Online, Washington Post and Raw Story
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Ben Feuerherd / Politico:
Trump is still pushing the limits of the gag order. It could come back to haunt him at sentencing. — Dealing with the gag order is a distraction for both sides. But if Trump is convicted, his violations could be used as aggravating factors. — NEW YORK — So far …
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PoliticusUSA, Raw Story and JONATHAN TURLEY
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Special counsel asks judge for gag order in Trump classified documents case — Special counsel's office prosecutors on Friday asked a federal judge in Florida to place a gag order on Donald Trump that would limit his ability to comment about law enforcement that searched his Mar-a-Lago resort.
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RedState, Bloomberg, Yahoo News, Associated Press and Media Matters for America
Washington Post:
Wife of Justice Alito called upside-down flag ‘signal of distress’ — In January 2021, Martha-Ann Alito said the flag, a symbol embraced by election deniers, was raised outside her home in response to a neighborhood dispute. — The wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. told …
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The National Pulse
Politico:
Libertarian convention devolves into fighting, obscenities on eve of Trump's visit — The former president could face a hostile crowd when he addresses the Libertarian Party on Saturday. — Donald Trump won't be speaking to his usual self-selected crowd of adoring red-hatted MAGA fans …
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NBC News:
Libertarian convention crowd appears hostile to Trump ahead of Saturday speech — Vivek Ramaswamy was booed when he mentioned Trump, while a convention-goer who called for “Donald Trump to go f— himself” was met with widespread applause. — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump …
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Reason, Forbes, NPR, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Associated Press and Washington Post
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
‘It Was Pure Retaliation’: The Feud That Will Define the Senate GOP — Rick Scott hasn't given up his quest to vanquish Mitch McConnell and restore his own battered image inside the Republican conference. — In late November of 2022, Sen. Rick Scott received a text from an aide to Mitch McConnell.
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New York Times, The Post Millennial and Washington Examiner
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Key Senate Democrats seek meeting with Chief Justice Roberts over 'Supreme Court's ethics crisis' — The senators are asking Chief Justice John Roberts to “ensure” that Justice Alito recuses himself from certain cases. — Two top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked to meet …
Jenny Kleeman / The Guardian:
America's premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world: ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’ — Elon Musk (father of 11) supports their cause. Thousands follow their ideology. Malcolm and Simone Collins are on a mission to make it easier for everyone to have multiple children.
Rolling Stone:
GOP Officials Are Outsourcing Their Lawsuits to a Far-Right Christian Group — Conservative public officials are hiring the Alliance Defending Freedom to lead their culture war lawsuits — and handle their public statements — TWO SEPARATE, CONTROVERSIAL Idaho laws have landed in front …
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Justice Sotomayor Describes Frustration With Being a Liberal on the Supreme Court — In a conversation at Harvard, the justice spoke of her despair at some of the court's decisions, but she urged optimism and a focus on future generations. — Some days, after Justice Sonia Sotomayor listens …
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The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Twitchy and Washington Examiner
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Polish foreign minister calls for long-term rearmament of Europe — Exclusive: Radosław Sikorski also says he favours deepest possible inclusion of UK in EU defence structures — A long-term rearmament of Europe, in which the UK can play the closest possible role …
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Politico and The Kyiv Independent
Edith Olmsted / The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld Claims 25,000 People Attended His Rally. Aerial Shots Show Otherwise. — COUNTING IS EASY — The Trump campaign was adamant 25,000 people attended his Bronx rally. Footage, and The Daily Beast's reporter in attendance, suggested otherwise. — Trumpworld is once again splintering from reality.
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New York Post, New Republic, Fox News, Raw Story, The Post Millennial, acecomments.mu.nu and Twitchy
Variety:
As ‘The Apprentice’ Seeks Cannes Sale, Trump Team Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Block Film's Release (EXCLUSIVE) — Attorneys for Donald Trump have sent a cease and desist letter to the filmmakers behind “The Apprentice” in an effort to block its U.S. sale and release.
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