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DiscussionDiscussion Thread: Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Case on TikTok Ban (self.politics)

submitted 19 hours ago by PoliticsModeratorBot🤖 Bot - announcement

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MegathreadMegathread: President-Elect Trump Sentenced in New York Fraud Felony Case to "Unconditional Discharge", Will Not Be Incarcerated (self.politics)

submitted 17 hours ago * by PoliticsModeratorBot🤖 Bot - announcement

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MAGA Has Emotional Meltdown After Trump Is Declared a Felon (thedailybeast.com)

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President-elect Donald Trump is a convicted felon. Here are the rights he is set to lose (nbcnewyork.com)

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Tim Walz endorses David Hogg for DNC vice chair, continues endorsement trend (thehill.com)

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Soft PaywallTrump can still vote after sentencing, but can’t own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample (bostonglobe.com)

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Soft PaywallTrump becomes first U.S. president sentenced as a felon (latimes.com)

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Biden to deliver a farewell address to the nation on Wednesday (nbcnews.com)

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Soft PaywallWe’ve Never Been Here Before: The Zero-Accountability Presidency - The only institutions that will try to hold Trump accountable are powerless, while the only ones with the power to punish him will never do it. (newrepublic.com)

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GOP Pushes Bill to Stop Student Loan Forgiveness Ever Happening Again (newsweek.com)

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Conservatives blame LA wildfires on fire chief being gay. They don't know what she did, but her being gay, they say, proves that she was a diversity hire. (lgbtqnation.com)

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Trump’s hush money sentence ensures a convicted felon is going to the White House (independent.co.uk)

submitted 16 hours ago by theindependentonlineThe Independent

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US announces $25m reward for arrest of Venezuela's President Maduro (bbc.com)

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Duckworth: Trump’s Pentagon pick has less experience than Applebee’s manager (thehill.com)

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Soft PaywallTrump Dealt Major Blow as Judge Cannon’s Ruling Struck Down (newrepublic.com)

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This New Immigration Bill That’s About to Pass Is a Horrifying Trojan Horse (slate.com)

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Donald Trump backtracks on pledge to end Ukraine war in 24 hours as special envoy sets 100-day timeline (abc.net.au)

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Soft PaywallA Tale of Two Justice Systems: Only Trump Gets Convicted of 34 Felonies and Receives No Punishment | Public defenders and legal professionals said they never see the leniency offered to Trump given to other defendants. (theintercept.com)

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Biden says federal government to cover 100% of costs for initial LA fire recovery (abcnews.go.com)

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Trump being sentenced is a small but important win for the rule of law (msnbc.com)

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Florida Accidentally Paid Healthcare Company $5 Million Instead of $50K; CEO Used Extra Funds to Run for Congress: Report (ibtimes.com)

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Biden distributes $5B in last infrastructure push (semafor.com)

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Soft PaywallFox Corp must face Smartmatic $2.7 billion defamation claim (reuters.com)

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Yes, We Need To Call Out The Climate Criminals Right Now | The California wildfires are not a mere act of God. These apocalyptic scenes will increase as the climate crisis worsens unless we end the culture of denial. (currentaffairs.org)

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Trudeau says Trump didn't find his joke about a trade for Vermont or California funny PM says he suggested the trade as a joke when Trump brought up the 51st state idea during the meeting at Mar-a-Lago. '(Trump) immediately decided that it was not that funny anymore' (nationalpost.com)

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Republicans sound eager to deny fire aid to Los Angeles (msnbc.com)

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Fox News headed for trial, again, over 2020 election fraud claims (npr.org)

submitted 5 hours ago by Snowfish52

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