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Matt Friedman

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Author of NJ Playbook. politico.com/newjerseyplayb…

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NEW: CBS News president and CEO Wendy McMahon is stepping down from the network. In a memo to staff, she cited leadership differences: "It's become clear that the company and I do not agree on the path forward."

NEW: CBS News president and CEO Wendy McMahon is stepping down from the network.

In a memo to staff, she cited leadership differences: "It's become clear that the company and I do not agree on the path forward."
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The State Health Benefits Plan has been in a "death spiral," with healthier local governments leaving for cheaper private sector plans if they can afford it, while those with less healthy workers stay in. A new bill would try to bar local governments from leaving for 5 years.

The State Health Benefits Plan has been in a "death spiral," with healthier local governments leaving for cheaper private sector plans if they can afford it, while those with less healthy workers stay in. A new bill would try to bar local governments from leaving for 5 years.
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We saw video of Baraka being let inside the gate and video of him leaving after being threatened with arrest. So the trespass charge against him just looked really weak.

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Not good news for Republican backers of SALT. Trump, headed into House GOP conference, says "we don't want to benefit Democrat governors."

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Noem defends potentially suspending habeas corpus, defines it as ‘right the president has to … remove people’ ow.ly/er0x1069tU5

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JUST IN: Attorneys for Burmese and Vietnamese migrants accuse the Trump administration deporting them to South Sudan in violation of a court order. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

JUST IN: Attorneys for Burmese and Vietnamese migrants accuse the Trump administration  deporting them to South Sudan in violation of a court order. 
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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NEW: A top aide to Tulsi Gabbard ordered rewrites to an ofifcial intelligence assessment explicitly stating hopes of insulating Gabbard and Trump from criticism over the admin's claims the Venezuelan govt controls a criminal gang in US nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/…

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Mayor Baraka on a hit mic after the end of the hearing, where a judge reprimanded the U.S. Attorney’s Office for more than five minutes: “Jesus, he tore these people a new asshole. Good grief.”

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NEW: Trump has suggested/demanded DOJ investigate his foes even w/ no evidence of crime. His "weaponization" czar has workaround: Publicly "shame" targets you can't prosecute -- contrary the DOJ's rule book and rule-of-law principles. Me & Alan Feuer nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/…

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Judge criticizes DOJ for ‘worrisome’ and ‘embarrassing’ blunders in arrest of New Jersey mayor at ICE facility politi.co/4msOifO

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Yesterday a federal judge rebuked interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba's office for bringing charges against Ras Baraka and quickly dropping them. That's the fourth time I know of that she's has been rebuked by a judge in the span of just a couple years. politico.com/newsletters/ne…

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So we have * DOJ investigating ActBlue * FTC investigating Media Matters * DHS targeting Harvard * the Executive Office going after Dem-allied law firms * A US Attorney charing a Dem lawmaker with a crime. * FBI arresting a liberal judge.

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Trump’s image of dead ‘white farmers’ came from Congo, not South Africa One of the many falsehoods in his Oval Office performance yesterday cnn.com/2025/05/22/afr…