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Trump's promise of payback for prosecution follows years of attacking democratic traditions

Donald Trump’s attacks on the justice system after his indictment on federal charges this week are the latest step in a now eight-year campaign by the former president and his allies against the traditions and institutions that have helped maintain American democracy

The Independent UK

Biden is returning to his union roots as his 2024 campaign gears up

Joe Biden opened his 2020 presidential run at a Pittsburgh union hall

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Trump declared ‘food for all’ in post-arrest stop at Miami cafe – but reportedly skipped bill

The former president visited the restaurant after being arraigned on federal charges

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Miami Mayor Suarez is in GOP presidential race: ‘Unity is more powerful than division’

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez publicly kicked off his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination with a speech Thursday evening at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.

Miami Herald

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes more than 70 bills amid property tax impasse

The governor says other issues aren’t as important as breaking a House-Senate stalemate over the best course on reducing property taxes.

The Texas Tribune

To Trump supporters: Read the indictment

Loose talk about political violence has to be taken seriously, columnist Gene Lyons writes. His advice to would-be, pro-Trump insurrectionists: Read the indictment of the former president. It’s only 44 pages.

Chicago Sun-Times

As Paxton allies press to avoid impeachment trial, House managers warn against “sham” proceeding

All eyes are on a secretive Senate committee that is drafting rules for an impeachment trial. Those rules are expected to be presented to the Texas Senate on Tuesday.

The Texas Tribune

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Biden’s hope to kill debt limit evaporates after recent deal

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s deal with congressional Republicans staved off a federal default crisis for another two years — but also evaporated hopes for now of ending debt ceiling battles once and for all, legal experts and White House allies say.

Tribune News Service

Suarez backs 15-week federal abortion ban, says he has 'credibility' on immigration conversation

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, the newest candidate in the Republican presidential field, is drawing some distinctions between himself and his rivals, suggesting that the six-week abortion ban signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is too severe and showing an openness to changing the country’s immigration system

The Independent UK

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Secession talks emerge in one Northern California county. Is a new state a possibility?

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Group recommends reforms for scandal-plagued Los Angeles city council

Los Angeles should add more city council members, create two new independent redistricting commissions and better enforce ethics rules, a panel of academics tasked with proposing reforms for the scandal-plagued city government said Thursday

The Independent UK

VP Harris to visit NC discussing abortion, days before state’s 12-week ban takes effect

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit Charlotte, North Carolina, next week to mark the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a 1973 landmark case that federally protected abortion rights, White House officials told McClatchy on Thursday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

RFK Jr.'s "counterfeit populism"

"Progressive populists make tangible economic offers...Kennedy is not actually proposing any of this," Klein wrote

Salon

Lawyer still representing Trump might be key witness in classified documents case

MIAMI — When a federal magistrate judge imposed a “special condition” on Donald Trump’s bond that he could not communicate with witnesses in his classified documents case in Miami, the former president’s defense attorney objected and said that it would be “unworkable” because some of them still interact with Trump…

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: 'Confident' Michigan's presidential primary will be Feb. 27

LANSING, Mich. — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday that Michigan's presidential primary will take place on Feb. 27, as currently scheduled, despite a push from Republicans to shift the date into early March.

The Independent UK

Donald Trump scores rare legal win as DA drops golf course tax probe

A prosecutor has closed a multiyear investigation into whether former President Donald Trump, or his company, misled authorities to reduce taxes on properties they own in the New York City suburbs

Salon

Ted Cruz is why Pat Benatar is trending

While discussing President Biden on the Joe Pags show, Cruz succumbed to a Satanic flight of fancy

Chicago Sun-Times

New mayor off to ‘very encouraging start,’ local business leader says

Jack Lavin, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce president, still isn’t willing, however, to back $800 million in business taxes Mayor Brandon Johnson wants for social programs that are key to his anti-violence strategy.

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Lauren Boebert called out over treatment of witness: ‘An insult is not an argument’

‘An insult is not a substitute for an argument,’ Jamie Raskin says

Chicago Tribune

Jury convicts politically connected Chicago businessman James Weiss of attempting to bribe two state legislators

CHICAGO — A federal jury on Thursday convicted a politically connected Chicago businessman of attempting to pay off two state legislators to pass a bill beneficial to his sweepstakes gaming company and then lying about it to the FBI.

The Independent UK

Ex-NYC Mayor de Blasio ordered to pay $475K for misusing public funds on failed White House bid

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been ordered to pay nearly half a million dollars after he was found to have misused public funds on a police security detail during his failed presidential bid

The Independent UK

Trump declared ‘food for all’ in post-arrest stop at Miami cafe – but skipped the bill, report says

The former president visited the restaurant after being arraigned on federal charges

Salon

Watchdog demands Judge Cannon's removal

Judge Cannon's history "creates an unacceptable risk of an unavoidable appearance of bias" in the case, group says

The Independent UK

Karl Rove says Trump and America will pay high price for ex-president’s ‘reckless petulance’

Veteran Bush administration figure lays out how Trump’s indictment is direct result of own actions

Chicago Sun-Times

Some Republicans know Trump’s indictment is devastating

Most of the talking heads on Fox and other right-wing outlets decried the “weaponization” of the justice system. But there were some Republicans who swallowed hard this time and told the truth.

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