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Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors blocked by Trump-appointed judge

A federal judge in Indiana on Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking a ban on gender-affirming care for minors from taking effect, in a ruling celebrated as a “victory” by civil rights advocates.

Tribune News Service

Biden 2024 kickoff counters Trump with focus on economy, wealthy

President Joe Biden called for new taxes on the wealthy and corporations and warned Republicans would roll back policies he argued had saved the U.S. economy, setting out core themes as he kicked off his reelection campaign.

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Joe Biden rallies with union workers in Philadelphia: ‘You built America’

President enlists support of union members against GOP tax cuts for the wealthy at first political rally of 2024 re-election campaign

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Ethics rules waived for Texas AG lawyers defending boss, Ken Paxton, in impeachment trial

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas attorney general’s office waived its own ethics rules when allowing six employees to take extended leaves to defend their boss, Ken Paxton, in his upcoming impeachment trial, according to agency records obtained by The Dallas Morning News.

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Biden to counter Trump by focusing on economy not indictments

President Joe Biden plans to press his economic case for reelection at a campaign kickoff rally, setting up a contrast with now twice-indicted Republican rival Donald Trump.

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The 25-year-old Democratic party chairwoman who wants to turn North Carolina blue: ‘It’s now or never’

Anderson Clayton, the Gen Z chairwoman of the North Carolina Democratic Party, talks with Eric Garcia about why Democrats shouldn’t abandon rural communities

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Mark Z. Barabak: Barbara Boxer warns progressives to back off on Dianne Feinstein or they may be sorry

Barbara Boxer was once among the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate, a favorite of progressives, who much preferred her over California's other Democratic senator, the more staid and centrist Dianne Feinstein.

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Trump wants 20 Republicans primaried

"There are plenty of great candidates out there," Trump said in a push to replace Republicans who disagree with him

Salon

Participants at Trump's Jan. 6 rally push false election claims in Virginia legislative campaigns

Most Republican candidates running for the Virginia legislature this year are centering their pitches to voters on issues such as education, the cost of living and gun rights

The Independent UK

Gear celebrating special counsel Jack Smith is hot as Dems embrace Trump foe

E-commerce shops are filling up with merchandise celebrating the Trump prosecutor.

Axios

Some Democrats are already warning of a government shutdown as budget battle with GOP takes shape

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s bid to appease hardliners in his caucus and get the House moving again has some Democratic worried about the road ahead when it comes time to passing legislation to keep the government running

The Independent UK

US rightwing group planned $6m for anti-trans messaging in 2022 midterms

Independent Women’s Voice turned resources to fighting trans rights in 10 key swing states, documents reveal

The Guardian - US

Biden’s inner circle: who’s who in the president’s 2024 bid for re-election?

Mix of trusted advisers making up campaign team gives an insight into president’s strategy as he runs for a second term

The Guardian - US

Jack Smith is no hero

The special prosecutor is a professional doing his job — and that is exactly why Trump fears him

Salon

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Trump has had a lot of lawyers but still longs for his wartime consigliere

When it comes to former President Donald Trump's legal team, it's easy to get spun in the revolving door. It seems like he's looking for a wartime consigliere — another Roy Cohn.

The Guardian - US

Who is running for president in 2024? Harris, Trump and the full list of candidates

Trump and Harris, the Republican and Democratic nominees, are frontrunners as few other candidates remain

Chicago Sun-Times

Pandemic relief scammers have stolen billions nationwide. Illinois is poised to get tougher on them.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to sign a bill that extends the statute of limitations to prosecute pandemic relief fraud. The federal government last year made a similar move, as billions in Paycheck Protection loans and other relief have been stolen or misspent across the country.

The Guardian - US

Trump and the Republican party exemplify these five elements of fascism

Trump is often described as ‘authoritarian’. But that doesn’t really capture the more alarming aspects of his movement

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The Guardian - US

Biden begins re-relection campaign – does he have what it takes to win again?

The oldest president in US history is ditching his Covid-imposed ‘basement strategy’ for the most gruelling campaign of his life

The Guardian - US

‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags

Many liberals celebrated when Hamtramck, Michigan, elected a Muslim-majority council in 2015 but a vote to exclude LGBTQ+ flags from city property has soured relations

Salon

Tom Fitton's advice got Trump arrested

Trump could have avoided charges if he listened to his lawyers. He trusted Judicial Watch activist instead

Tribune News Service

Melinda Henneberger: Trump indictment is political yet ‘only strengthens him’ politically? Both can’t be true

“Why are they even doing this,” a Kansas Republican asked me the other day, “when it’s only going to give him the nomination?”

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Too much is at stake in Trump case for Judge Cannon to preside. She should recuse

The last time U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon ruled on a case involving Donald Trump and his alleged hoarding of classified documents, the dressing-down from appellate judges above her was stern and blunt.

Miami Herald

Fabiola Santiago: Always the con man, Trump didn’t pay for anyone’s meal at Versailles like he promised

Cuban Americans who don’t support disgraced ex-president Donald Trump — and there are many of us — are disgusted and furious with his post-arraignment host, the landmark restaurant-bakery Versailles.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Democrats and Republicans met to subvert a third party option. So much for caring about what voters want

This week, it was reported that a group of leading Democratic strategists and former officials — including President Joe Biden’s former chief of staff — met recently with anti-Trump Republicans to hatch a plan to “subvert” a third option for the 2024 presidential race from the group No Labels, which…

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