Red State,
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Bonchie
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2/4/2024 12:43:23 AM
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There's no doubt Elon Musk has done a lot of good over the last several years. His companies have made incredible leaps in rocket technology and remote internet. He even makes a decent car if electric vehicles are your thing. Certainly, we can't ignore his buying of Twitter and rebranding it as a free speech platform, which, despite some bumps in the road, has largely come to pass. Still, no one is perfect, and Musk proved that on Saturday with one of the drunkest takes I've seen on social media. Specifically, he wants a "carbon tax" in the mold of taxes on cigarettes and alcohol because all three are "bad."
Politico,
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Olivia Alafriz
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Kirrra Frazier
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2/4/2024 12:38:16 AM
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Gov. Greg Abbott’s disregard of a Supreme Court order to comply with federal agents at the southern border isn’t making fellow Texas Republicans nervous. It’s making them even bigger fans of the governor’s aggressive posture.
The state is embroiled in two major court battles with DOJ over its use of razor wire and floating buoys designed to block migrants from entry, leading to an intensifying standoff between Texas and the Biden administration. The enforcement effort — and the migrant crisis itself — has sparked nationwide controversy. But it is especially acute in Texas.
The Supreme Court ruled last week that federal border patrol agents may remove razor wire Texas
Associated Press,
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Will Weissert
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Meg Kinnard
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2/3/2024 8:38:47 PM
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Joe Biden easily won South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, clinching a state he pushed to lead off his party’s nominating process after it revived his then-struggling White House bid four years ago.
Biden on Saturday defeated the other long-shot Democrats on South Carolina’s ballot, including Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips and author Marianne Williamson. His reelection campaign invested heavily in driving up turnout in what it saw as a test drive of its efforts to mobilize Black voters, a key Democratic bloc central to Biden’s chances in a likely November rematch against former President Donald Trump.
Associated Press,
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Staff
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2/3/2024 5:40:04 PM
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The United States and Britain struck at least 30 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked US and international interests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, American officials told the Associated Press. Ships and fighter jets launched the latest strikes against the Houthis. The strikes follow an air assault in Iraq and Syria on Friday that targeted other Iran-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in retaliation for the drone strike that killed three US troops – William Jerome Rivers, Kennedy Ladon Sanders and Breonna Alexsondria Moffett – in Jordan last weekend.
Red State,
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Bob Hoge
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2/3/2024 10:57:42 AM
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On Wednesday, we brought you the terrible story of a group of illegal immigrants savagely beating two NYPD cops in Times Square and how several were arrested and all but one were quickly released without bail by the pathetic Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Of course, it turns out they all had prior arrests, and there is suspicion some may be tied to a notorious Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua. As if that wasn’t bad enough, several of the perps mocked us all as they departed the courthouse. Not only is this how many of the millions of Biden-era illegals feel about America, it's how the US government feels about you.
NBC News,
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Megan Lebowitz *
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2/2/2024 6:05:18 PM
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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's federal election interference trial in Washington, D.C., will no longer begin on March 4, Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in a court order released Friday.
It is unclear when exactly the trial will now start, but the case has been on pause for nearly two months — Trump's team requested a stay on Dec. 7, and it was granted on Dec. 13 —which would mean the soonest the trial could start would likely be late April or early May. In a previous order, Chutkan reiterated that a total of seven months was "sufficient time" for Trump to prepare for trial, not including the time the
NBC News,
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Dan De Luce
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2/2/2024 4:33:35 PM
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The United States launched attacks in the Iraq and Syria on Friday, its first retaliatory strikes for the killing of three American soldiers, according to an official at the Department of Defense.
The military action is a significant escalation in Washington's bid to deter the growing threat from Iran-backed groups across the Middle East — a step fraught with risk abroad and at home, as President Joe Biden seeks to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from spiraling into a wider conflict while working to secure his re-election. The Biden administration had made clear that the U.S. would take military action
Variety,
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Ethan Shanfeld
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2/2/2024 4:26:13 PM
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Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four “Rocky” films opposite Sylvester Stallone, died Thursday, his manager Matt Luber confirmed to Variety. He was 76.
Weathers also starred in 1987’s “Predator” and had a memorable role in Adam Sandler’s “Happy Gilmore.” He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his work in the “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian.” He voiced Combat Carl in “Toy Story 4” and played a fictionalized version of himself in a recurring role on “Arrested Development.” His other credits include the TV series “Street Justice,” “Colony,” “The Shield,” “Chicago Justice” and “Brothers,” and the films
Red State,
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Brad Slager
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2/2/2024 3:39:00 PM
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There are still aftershocks being felt across the media landscape from the massive layoffs experienced at the Los Angeles Times. That paper culled over 20 percent of its news division, affecting departments as broad as its D.C. bureau, local sports beat reporters, as well as culture and opinion sections. This was a news outlet regarded as an institution — one with a wealthy benefactor — and it was still incapable of dodging the bloodletting experienced across the media landscape. In a deeply curious move, the Washington Post — itself a paper backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos yet undergoing a string of layoffs — had a piece regarding
National Review,
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Jack Crowe
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2/2/2024 2:15:28 PM
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis acknowledged in a court filing on Friday that she had a personal relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade, but said that the “salacious” allegations against her do not provide the court with any basis to have her disqualified from the 2020 election-fraud case in Georgia against former president Donald Trump and 18 other defendants.
In the filing, obtained by by the Washington Post, Willis said the allegations that she hired her under-qualified romantic partner to lead the prosecution of the case “are salacious and garnered the media attention they were designed to obtain,” but she added that “none provide
New York Post,
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Joe Marino *
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2/2/2024 10:41:06 AM
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Four of the migrants cut loose without bail after allegedly ganging up on two NYPD cops near Times Square may be on the run, The Post has learned.
Cops believe the group could have hopped on a bus bound for California on Wednesday after giving phony names to a church-affiliated nonprofit group that helps migrants get rides out of the city, according to law enforcement sources. The four accused cop-attackers believed to have skipped town were charged with assault on a police officer and obstruction immediately after the shocking, caught-on-video attack Saturday in Midtown.
Red State,
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Bonchie
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2/2/2024 10:32:16 AM
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CNN anchor Erica Hill was stunned into silence on Friday morning after a panelist explained to her why illegal immigrants don't stay in Florida.
The exchange came after four illegal immigrants were released from jail with no bail after assaulting two police officers in New York City. As they walked out of the police station, they flipped off the cameras and then, according to the NYPD, got on a bus to flee California. During the CNN segment, Jon Miller, who is a law enforcement analyst for CNN, explained how organized these criminal illegal aliens are, noting their rap sheets. He then brings up what NYPD detectives are telling him