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TODAY'S NUGGETS

😶 Eric Adams’ master plan is complete. At the urging of the Trump administration, a federal judge permanently dismissed the bribery and corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams this morning. Multiple government prosecutors involved in trying the case have resigned from their positions over the president’s controversial push to wipe Adams’ slate clean, which (not so ironically) coincided with the mayor’s total capitulation to Trump on cracking down on migrants in NYC.