Donald Trump and Elon Musk are passing blame back and forth for a disruption in the Starshield service that Ukraine relies on in running operations to defend itself from Russia’s war. The Washington Post reports the White House is holding up the transfer of Patriot missiles to Ukraine on the same day a new report in the Wall Street Journal reveals Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, resulting in confusion from Kyiv to Washington, D.C. Plus, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that discussions are underway about a summit with President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine — but Ukrainian President Zelenskyy would not be included.

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Hawaii just made history, becoming the first state in the nation to effectively ban dark money in elections. The new law takes a novel approach: rather than trying to restrict corporate speech, it redefines the powers corporations have in the first place — and political spending is not among them. The strategy, known as the “Corporate Power Reset,” was developed by Tom Moore of the Center for American Progress. And at least a dozen states are now working toward passing similar laws.

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According to new reporting from ProPublica, Trump appointees at the Department of Homeland Security wanted the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to hack a voting machine and “report back the findings so they could be given to the White House,” shocking agency staffers. Nicolle Wallace is joined by Andy Mannix, bylined on this story, and Marc Elias for discussion on Deadline: White House.

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Ken Paxton’s list of scandals keeps growing – from his wife’s tweet last summer (”Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds”) to “Wall Street Journal” reporting last week that he rang in the New Year in Dubai a couple years ago with two fugitives from justice. But if you listen to Republicans, his opponent James Talarico is the real monster. “The Atlantic” writer Adam Serwer joins Chris to break down how the right has tried to turn Paxton’s negative qualities into positives by painting real men as jerks and men like Talarico are, well, not men. Serwer argues this Republican strategy has been heavily influenced by the toxic manosphere that’s been brewing in this country. “If we can make men feel insecure about themselves they will adopt right-wing views in order to feel better about themselves,” he says. “And then they will vote Republican.”

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A new Fox News poll finds that government corruption is the top concern of American voters, which not only puts Donald Trump at a deep disadvantage, but also means the billionaires spending to keep Trump in power may see their participation backfire. Michael Steele discusses with Chuck Rocha, senior advisor to the Talarico Senate campaign, and Rob Flaherty, former assistant to President Biden.

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