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Widespread Texas Power Outage Expected To Last Days

The Dallas Morning News reports: Power outages caused by severe weather Tuesday morning in Dallas County will likely span days as more storms approach the region, officials said. County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins signed a declaration of disaster as more than 322,000 residents were without electricity. Oncor reported more than 600,000 of its customers, including those in Dallas and Tarrant …

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Golfer Says Trump Boasted About Sex With Stormy

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump boasted about having sex with adult film star Stormy Daniels at the 2006 golf tournament where the two met, a celebrity athlete who played the tournament has said. The celebrity athlete, who spoke to The Daily Beast on condition of anonymity, citing fear of harassment or retaliation, said he was close to Trump and …

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GOP Rep Wins Primary Against Far-Right “Gunfluencer”

The Associated Press reports: Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas narrowly won his primary Tuesday against a gun-rights activist who pushed the border congressman into a bruising runoff that threatened to unseat a U.S. House incumbent. Gonzales defeated Brandon Herrera, a gun enthusiast who calls himself “The AK Guy” on social media and attacked him over positions that angered the …

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Louisiana Gov Gets Ten Commandments In Schools Bill

Axios reports: Louisiana will become the first state to require the Ten Commandments be displayed in all schools and colleges that receive public funding, if Gov. Jeff Landry signs a new bill into law. Rep. Dodie Horton (R-Haughton) wrote HB71 to require the text of the Ten Commandments be printed on a poster no smaller than 11 inches by 14 …

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Trump Hush Money Jury To Begin Deliberations Today

The New York Times reports: Jurors in Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial will begin deliberations on Wednesday after hearing hours of closing arguments that portrayed the case in stark and irreconcilable terms. It could take hours, days or even weeks for the 12 New Yorkers to reach a verdict in the first criminal trial of an American president. And before …

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Neighbors Contradict Flag Story Told By The Alitos

The Washington Post reports: The police in Fairfax County, Va., received an unusual phone call on Feb. 15, 2021. A young couple claimed they were being harassed by the wife of a Supreme Court justice. The couple placed the call after a series of encounters with Martha-Ann Alito, wife of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., that had gone from uneasy …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: TV audiences tracked down “Tracker” in a big way this season. The freshman CBS drama, which stars Justin Hartley as a survivalist who helps law enforcement and others solve tough cases, was the 2023-24 TV season’s most-watched entertainment series. According to the Eye network, that’s the first time a first-year TV series was ranked as the No. 1 …

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Felony Costs Jenna Ellis Her Law License For 3 Years

Denver’s NBC affiliate reports: Former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis has agreed to a three-year suspension of her Colorado law license for a felony guilty plea in Georgia after admitting she made repeated false statements about the 2020 presidential election. A state disciplinary judge approved the settlement between Ellis and Colorado’s Attorney Regulation Counsel on Tuesday afternoon. Ellis was former President …

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Handicapper Shifts Race For NC Governor To “Toss-Up”

The Hill reports: The nonpartisan Cook Political Report (CPR) on Tuesday shifted the closely watched gubernatorial race in North Carolina from “lean Democrat” to “toss up,” attributing the change to the GOP candidate’s impressive fundraising markers. The race pits Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson against Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, as they vie to succeed the Democratic term-limited governor, Roy …

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