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How Josh Dawsey Downplays Paul Manafort's Ties to Alleged Russian Spies

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Donald Trump is considering hiring the former business partner of two alleged Russian spies, admitted money launderer Paul Manafort, to help with fundraising. 
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"Not Your Mother's Ireland Anymore"

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From the grocery store to the freeways to the diversity, my spouse and I often describe how "it's not your mother's Ireland anymore."
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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We discuss Scott McAfee's order that Fani Willis has to get rid of Nathan Wade, delays in the Alvin Bragg trial, and the Robert Hur testimony.
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Judge Scott McAfee Orders Fani Willis to Get Rid of Nathan Wade

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Judge Scott McAfee ruled that either Fani Willis and her team must step down from the Trump prosecution, or Nate Wade must.
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Eight Possible Explanations -- Many Bad, Some Good -- for SDNY's Delay in Turning Over Cohen Files

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There are at least eight possible reasons why SDNY may have delayed turning over files relating to Michael Cohen's SDNY prosecution to Alvin Bragg and Trump. Most involve preventing (or delaying) DOJ embarrassment. But there are several confirmed investigations that could also explain and would entirely justify it.
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A Third Tie between Trump World and Alexander Smirnov

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Remember that any tie between Alexander Smirnov and Donald Trump is most interesting if there's some obvious way that Scott Brady would have learned of Smirnov's meeting with Burisma.
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The "Waiting for Mueller" Mistake and the Right Wing Bubble

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Simon Rosenberg is optimistic about Joe Biden's chances in November. But he notes that Democrats can't wait for Jack Smith like they waited for Robert Mueller.
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How Alleged Geezer Joe Biden Caught Rob Hur and Marc Krickbaum Trying to Sandbag Him

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Robert Hur and Marc Krickbaum's novelistic theory about how a folder of Afghan documents came to be in Joe Biden's garage looks even stupider when you review the transcript.
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Tucking In Alexander Smirnov: Abbe Lowell Accuses David Weiss of Doing Russia's Bidding

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Abbe Lowell just pointed to the Scott Brady transcript to claim that David Weiss was doing Russia's bidding by reneging on the plea deal with Hunter Biden.
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David Weiss Is Smoking Roger Stone's Witness-Tampering Gun

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In an effort to defend his Hunter Biden tax indictment, David Weiss has now claimed that a Roger Stone memoir that almost got him jailed doesn't exist at all.

"History Is Watching"

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For one night at the State of the Union last night, Joe Biden deployed political shame.
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Fresh Off an Interview with Vladimir Putin, Tucker Carlson Repeats the Trick with Keith Ablow

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For a guy claiming to protect Hunter Biden's confidentiality, Keith Ablow was sure willing to share details of his treatment of Hunter Biden.

Ten Days after David Slater Told His Honeypot American Officials Were Traveling to Kyiv, Lloyd Austin and Tony Blinken Arrived

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Ten days after David Slater's honeypot thanked him for providing information of "two officials from the USA are going to Kyiv," Lloyd Austin and Tony Blinken arrived by train.
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Kash Patel's Deep State: How Trump Trained the GOP to Hate Rule of Law 2

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A series of individual choices -- often cowardice -- brought members of what used to be the Grand Old Party to the point they need to do anything to make sure Trump defies the law.
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