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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?
Are Jan. 6 investigators stuck with the gap in Trump's call logs?
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Raw Story
Washington Free Beacon:
Call Him Big Daddy When He Walks That Gaffe Back
Call Him Big Daddy When He Walks That Gaffe Back
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Washington Examiner, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Townhall, The Hill, Politico and Bloomberg
Politico:
Is Ginni Thomas a Trumpworld power player or a gadfly? It depends on who you ask.
Is Ginni Thomas a Trumpworld power player or a gadfly? It depends on who you ask.
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Raw Story
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Federal judge overturns parts of Florida election law, citing ‘horrendous history’ of racism — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge on Thursday struck down key provisions of a 2021 Florida election law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and, in a remarkable move, ruled the state must …
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Washington Post, New York Times and Election Law Blog
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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
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Washington Examiner, Twitchy, Forbes, WFLA-TV and Florida Politics
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 …
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Daily Wire to make conservative kids' shows to rival ‘woke’ Disney
Daily Wire to make conservative kids' shows to rival ‘woke’ Disney
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Power Line, Mediaite, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, The Wrap and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
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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ABC News, Washington Examiner and Maryland Matters
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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.
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Fox News, CBS News, New York Times, Politico, RedState, CNN, Forbes, WTOP News, Political Wire and FOX 2
David Siders / Politico:
'We've got to stop fooling ourselves': Enthusiasm gap keeps getting worse for Dems
'We've got to stop fooling ourselves': Enthusiasm gap keeps getting worse for Dems
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HotAir, Breitbart, The Daily Wire, Washington Free Beacon and Wide World of News
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
DC Homicide detectives pull out biohazard evidence from home connected to anti-abortion activist arrests
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The Guardian and Jezebel
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 …
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Townhall
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
Covid Live Updates: Senators Near Deal to Cut Stalled Aid Package to $10 Billion
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The Hill
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.
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Yahoo News, Insider and РИА …, more at Mediagazer »
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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New York Post, TechCrunch, The Daily Wire, The Western Journal, Common Dreams, National Review, Wired, The Daily Caller, Insider, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, The Verge, TheBlaze, IJR, NPR and РИА …
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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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North Stars and Cowboy Bars
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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.
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ABC News, Talking Points Memo, The American Independent and Raw Story
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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ABC News, CBO Publications, The Hill, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Common Dreams, The Daily Caller and Idaho Capital Sun
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 …
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A Sip of Freedom and Insider
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.
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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 …
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 …
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Althouse
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 …
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PoliticsPA and National Review
Jack Helean / KSTU:
Workers at Starbucks in Cottonwood Heights announce plans to form labor union — COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah — Workers at a Starbucks in Cottonwood Heights announced their plans Thursday to form a labor union. If successful, they would become the first Starbucks store in Utah to unionize.
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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.
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The Daily Caller, ABC7, Los Angeles Times, Political Wire and CNN
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 …
Miami Herald:
Federal judge: Some new Florida voting laws unconstitutional — A federal judge ruled that multiple parts of a voting law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year are unconstitutional, striking down various provisions and prohibiting the Legislature from passing future voter laws without first getting approval from a court.
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Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Daily Beast, Common Dreams, Roll Call, Florida Phoenix, ArkansasTimes and CBS Miami
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Sen. Rick Scott Says The ‘Woke Left’ Is The ‘Greatest Danger’ America Has Ever Faced — “We survived the War of 1812, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Cold War. But now today we face the greatest danger we've ever faced,” the GOP senator said. — Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) …
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The Daily Signal
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats urge changes for student loan borrowers in bankruptcy — When the Education Department told Congress last year it was revising a restrictive bankruptcy policy for federal student loans, some lawmakers assumed the agency would end its aggressive challenges in pending cases.
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
A Jan. 6 pastor divides his Tennessee community with increasingly extremist views — MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. — The pastor promised his followers that this church service would be like no other, and the event on a cold Sunday in March did not disappoint. — “Devil, your foot soldiers are coming …