How Susie Wiles Became the Most Admired and Feared Political Operative Nobody Has Ever Heard Of - POLITICO

Susie Wiles helped dismantle Ron DeSantis and salvaged Donald Trump’s campaign. Is she a MAGA hero or an enemy of democracy?

Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation | Donald Trump | The Guardian

Trump’s social media company went public relying partly on loans from trust managed by person of interest to prosecutors

AP African American studies surges in popularity. Florida ban remains

Meanwhile, the DeSantis administration's board of education has approved its own Black history standards that opponents say minimize key concepts.

Special counsel charges FBI informant with lying to the bureau about Hunter and Joe Biden

Alexander Smirnov, an FBI confidential human source, was charged with lying about President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden and Burisma.

Ex-F.B.I. Informant Is Charged With Lying Over Bidens’ Role in Ukraine Business - The New York Times

The informant’s story was part of a series of explosive and unsubstantiated claims by Republicans that the Bidens engaged in potentially criminal activity.

Ex-F.B.I. Informant Is Charged With Lying Over Bidens’ Role in Ukraine Business - The New York Times

The informant’s story was part of a series of explosive and unsubstantiated claims by Republicans that the Bidens engaged in potentially criminal activity.

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A Texas woman was driven off her land by a racist mob in 1939. More than eight decades later, she owns it again. - CBS News

In 1939, when Opal Lee was just 12, her family moved into a house that stood in an all-White neighborhood. They had lived at the home for just five days when a mob showed up and "tore it asunder."

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Ten years later, the ACA has actually exceeded CBO enrollment projections...just not quite the way it expected to | ACA Signups

For ten years now, I've had Google Alerts set up to send me links to stories about the Affordable Care Act using various commonly-used phrases like "health exchanges" and such. Normally these bring up the most recent articles about the law, but last night one of them included a surpri..

We Talked to Some Kamala-but-Not-Joe Voters. Here’s What They Said. - The New York Times

A slice of voters would vote for Vice President Harris but not President Biden, reflecting his challenges and opportunities.

Pope Francis removes Tyler, Texas, bishop Joseph Strickland | AP News

Pope Francis removed Joseph Strickland, the bishop of Tyler, Texas, who is active on social media and has been a fierce critic of the pontiff.

James Comer, Like Joe Biden, Also Paid His Brother $200K

James Comer is going after Joe Biden because he loaned his brother, James Biden, $200,000. If that's the standard, James Comer may want to investigate himself.

Louisiana Judges Systematically Ignored Prisoners’ Petitions Without Review — ProPublica

The all-white judges of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal systematically ignored thousands of claims from prisoners, most of them Black, who said they had been wrongly convicted. Efforts to expose the decadelong injustice went unheard.