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New York Times:
She Took the White House Photos.  Trump Moved to Take the Profit.  —  The former chief White House photographer made plans to publish a book of Trump photos.  The former president had other plans.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — As President Donald J. Trump's tenure came …
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Lisa Rubin / MSNBC:
Are Jan. 6 investigators stuck with the gap in Trump's call logs?
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Is Ginni Thomas a Trumpworld power player or a gadfly? It depends on who you ask.
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
What explains the suspicious gap in Trump's call log?
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:
DeSantis broaches repeal of Disney World's special self-governing status in Florida  —  DeSantis and Disney have recently sparred over a controversial parental rights bill he recently signed into law  —  Angle: Disney turns its back on millions of Americans
Jake Stofan / Action News Jax:
Gov. DeSantis to lawmakers on Disney: ‘Reevaluate any special privileges’  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The battle between DeSantis and Disney is heating up with some state lawmakers looking at possibly revoking the Reedy Creek Improvement Act.  —  That act essentially allows Disney to operate …
FiveThirtyEight:
The House Map's Republican Bias Will Plummet In 2022 — Because Of Gerrymandering  —  Congressional redistricting — the process of redrawing the nation's 435 congressional districts to reflect the results of the 2020 census — is not quite finished, but it's getting darn close.
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
New York judge strikes down Democratic-drawn maps  —  A New York judge on Thursday struck down the state's new congressional and legislative maps as defying a voter-backed constitutional amendment that aimed to end partisan gerrymandering, dealing a blow to Democrats hoping to hold onto their fragile majority in the House this November.
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Dems air anxieties after Biden's brutal NBC poll
Discussion: NRCC
wusa9.com:
Five fetuses found at home of anti-abortion activist, DC Police say  —  Lauren Handy and eight others were indicted this week on felony charges stemming from the 2020 invasion of an abortion clinic.  —  WASHINGTON — Police discovered five fetuses at the home of an anti-abortion activist …
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Nathan Baca / wusa9.com:
DC Homicide detectives pull out biohazard evidence from home connected to anti-abortion activist arrests
Discussion: The Guardian and Jezebel
Politico:
Senate closes in on $10B Covid aid deal despite Dem frustrations  —  Key senators are nearing a deal on a roughly $10 billion package of coronavirus relief, setting Congress on a path to deliver funding Democrats had hoped to pass weeks ago.  —  But some in the majority party are deeply unhappy …
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Senators Near Deal to Cut Stalled Aid Package to $10 Billion
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Pregnant people at much higher risk of breakthrough covid, study shows … Pregnant people who are vaccinated against the coronavirus are nearly twice as likely to get covid-19 as those who are not pregnant, according to a new study that offers the broadest evidence to date of the odds …
Discussion: Townhall
Alex Heath / The Verge:
A Facebook bug led to increased views of harmful content over six months … A group of Facebook engineers identified a “massive ranking failure” that exposed as much as half of all News Feed views to “integrity risks” over the past six months, according to an internal report on the incident obtained by The Verge.
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden's Plan to Respond to Putin's Price Hike at the Pump  —  Americans face rising prices at the pump because of Putin's Price Hike.  Since Putin accelerated his military build-up around Ukraine, gas prices have increased by nearly a dollar per gallon.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Americans aren't really buying into the ‘Putin price hike’
Discussion: HotAir and CNN
Politico:
House passes insulin bill over insurers' opposition  —  The House voted Thursday in favor of a bill to cap out-of-pocket costs on insulin at $35 a month, a policy Democrats hope will give them a concrete win to campaign on when they face voters in November as the rest of their health care agenda remains stalled.
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
House passes $35-a-month insulin cap as Dems seek wider bill
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Why Does No One Ever Say “Republicans Have to Stop Acting Crazy or Voters Will Punish Them”?  —  One-way voter accountability.  —  Come hang out with me, Tim Miller, Amanda Carpenter, and Will Saletan to talk about ALL THE THINGS.  —  Tonight at 8:00 p.m. right here.  —  Only for members of Bulwark+.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mike Pence's rehab tour begins, and a big Trumpian truth is revealed  —  By all indications, many Republicans appear determined to begin purging their party of the stain created by Donald Trump's embrace of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.  You might call this the “de-Putin-ization” of the GOP, but in truth, it only goes so far.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Fight with Clinton campaign and DNC looms in Sussmann case  —  A looming legal battle could reveal new details about the decision by Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign to commission a research project that produced a controversial dossier on Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russia.
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
DNC, Clinton campaign agree to Steele dossier funding fine
Farida Rustamova / Faridaily:
“Now we're going to f*ck them all.”  What's happening in Russia's elites after a month of war  —  Эту стать ю на русск ом язык е можн …
Discussion: A Sip of Freedom and Insider
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon hired an influential Democratic pollster to fight Staten Island union drive  — Amazon hired Global Strategy Group, an influential Democratic polling firm, to fight unionizing efforts on New York's Staten Island, CNBC has learned.  — The firm created anti-union materials on behalf …
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Jack Helean / KSTU:   Workers at Starbucks in Cottonwood Heights announce plans to form labor union
David Cruz / Gothamist:
Breaking: Judge tosses out NY's new redistricted maps, declaring them unconstitutional  —  A Steuben County judge has struck down the recently redrawn congressional and legislative maps for New York, ordering the state Legislature to “submit bipartisanly supported maps” by April 11th.
Discussion: The Hill and Joe.My.God.
Katherine Eban / Vanity Fair:
“This Shouldn't Happen”: Inside the Virus-Hunting Nonprofit at the Center of the Lab-Leak Controversy  —  Chasing scientific renown, grant dollars, and approval from Dr. Anthony Fauci, Peter Daszak transformed the environmental nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance into a government-funded sponsor of risky …
Marist Poll:
Marist National Poll: Biden Job Approval Rating, March 31, 2022  —  Biden Job Approval Rating Down to 39%, Democratic Base Fractured  —  President Joe Biden's post-State of the Union job approval rating bounce has come back down.  39% of Americans approve of the job President Biden is doing in office …
Discussion: PoliticsPA
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Tommy Thompson meeting with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago as he considers a run for governor  —  MADISON - Tommy Thompson is meeting Thursday with former President Donald Trump as he ponders another run for governor.  —  The get-together comes three weeks after former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch …
Discussion: Althouse
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Another Dem senator has “concerns” about Garcetti  —  Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) says he has “concerns” about the sexual harassment allegations surrounding Eric Garcetti, publicly raising the possibility he could oppose President Biden's nominee for ambassador to India.
Politico:
Moderate Dems hand Biden his first nomination vote defeat  —  A trio of moderate Senate Democrats dealt a fatal blow to David Weil's bid to head the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division Wednesday night by unexpectedly voting against moving forward on his nomination and, in the process …
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
California city to give transgender and nonbinary residents up to $900 a month  —  A California city is hoping to launch a pilot program that will guarantee a monthly income of up to $900 to transgender and nonbinary residents.  —  The city council of Palm Springs, California …
Discussion: IJR and BizPac Review
 
 
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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
A Jan. 6 pastor divides his Tennessee community with increasingly extremist views
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Sen. Rick Scott Says The ‘Woke Left’ Is The ‘Greatest Danger’ America Has Ever Faced
Discussion: The Daily Signal
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Reinforces Federal Nondiscrimination Obligations in Letter to State Officials Regarding Transgender Youth
Discussion: The Hill
David Folkenflik / NPR:
When police cracked down on reporters on one chaotic night in LA's Echo Park
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Does Hunter Biden Face Indictment?
J. Seth Huston / Fox News:
NCAA swimming chooses inclusion over integrity, fairness
Discussion: Townhall and Washington Examiner
Andrea Gallo / The Advocate:
Jeff Landry spent $420,000+ from campaign donors on his own staffing company
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Politics of the Nation's Fastest-Growing Counties
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CNN:
Trump can't get his Georgia allies to back David Perdue for governor
Discussion: WABE
BBC:
French intelligence chief Vidaud fired over Russian war failings
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