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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Jen Psaki planning to leave White House this spring for MSNBC gig  —  White House press secretary Jen Psaki is in exclusive talks with MSNBC to join the network after she leaves the White House around May, according to a source close to the matter.
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Axios:
Scoop: New clue on Trump gap  —  On Jan. 6, 2021, during an apparent seven-hour gap in White House call logs that the House select committee investigating the attack is now trying to piece together, then-President Trump's executive assistant, Molly Michael, was absent for most of the day, three sources with direct knowledge tell Axios.
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Trump ripped off his White House photographer because he rips off everyone who gets close to him  —  When Donald Trump's handpicked White House photographer Shea Craighead asked him to write the foreword to her book of Trump-era White House photos, he had one thought: How can I make money off this?
CNN:
Official review of Trump phone logs from January 6 finds record is complete
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New York Times:
Amazon Workers on Staten Island Vote to Unionize in Stunning Win for Labor  —  Despite heavy lobbying by the company, workers at the facility voted by a wide margin for a union.  It was seen as a rebuke of the company's treatment of its employees.  —  Workers at Amazon's massive warehouse …
Discussion: NPR
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for company's first unionized warehouse in U.S.  — Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted Friday to join a union, the first time that's happened at one of the company's U.S. facilities.  — The outcome represents a landmark win for organized labor …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
‘The baggage is too heavy’: GOP foes tee up last-ditch effort to sink Herschel Walker  —  Herschel Walker, the former football star who's armed with former President Donald Trump's enthusiastic endorsement, has been on a glide path to the GOP nomination since announcing his Senate bid in Georgia.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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CNN:
GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker has been overstating his academic achievements for years  —  (CNN)For years, Herschel Walker has told the same inspiring story: that he graduated in the top 1% of his class at the University of Georgia.  He's told the story, according to a review …
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Trump is struggling again in Georgia, with 2022 endorsements driven by his 2020 loss
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Inside Ginni Thomas' ‘Insane’ Hiring Memos for Trump  —  Ginni Thomas' suggested hires included known bigots and at least one suspected foreign spy, sources say.  —  Years before she became one of then-President Donald Trump's most prominent coup supporters, Ginni Thomas was already notorious …
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Biden on jobs report: ‘Americans are back to work’  —  March marks the 11th consecutive month of job growth above 400,000.  —  President Joe Biden touted the nation's economic recovery on Friday while also acknowledging the financial hardships currently intensified by the war in Ukraine.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Mediaite
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Matt Labash / Slack Tide:
Slap Happy: Who Needs Punched In The Mouth?  —  Generally speaking, I don't wish to burden you with my problems.  Just look at you, you poor bastards - you have enough of your own.  Life is hard.  And it only gets easier when you get six feet under it, which brings a whole new set of complications.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Raw Story and Salon
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Will Smith didn't slap just Chris Rock
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
BBC:
Gerard Depardieu: Kremlin responds to actor's Putin criticism  —  The Kremlin has hit back after French actor Gerard Depardieu accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “crazy, unacceptable excesses” in Ukraine.  —  Depardieu said the Russian people were not responsible for their president's behaviour.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser to publish sweeping history of Trump presidency  —  Peter Baker and Susan Glasser will be out Sept. 20 with a sweeping history of the Trump presidency, “The Divider,” billed as “an ambitious first cut at this historical moment.”  —  The backdrop: Baker …
Michael Ames / New Yorker:
A New Video Shows a Missing American Hostage Pleading for Help in Taliban Custody  —  Senator Tammy Duckworth called for the Biden Administration to free an Afghan drug trafficker in exchange for the release of the American engineer Mark Frerichs, who was kidnapped in Afghanistan.
Discussion: CNN and WTOP News
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Last Defense of DeSantis's Anti-Vaccine Campaign Goes Poof … This week, Chris Persaud of the Palm Beach Post reported out a devastating revelation about the impact of Ron DeSantis's war on vaccines.  The story has received barely any attention in the national press …
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
‘A cry for help’: CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of an accelerating mental health crisis among adolescents, with more than 4 in 10 teens reporting that they feel “persistently sad or hopeless,” …
New York Times:
Russia's War Lacks a Battlefield Commander, U.S. Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — Russia is running its military campaign against Ukraine out of Moscow, with no central war commander on the ground to call the shots, according to American officials who have studied the five-week-old war.
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NPS.gov:
100 year-old National Park Service Ranger Betty Reid Soskin retires after remarkable career  —  WASHINGTON - Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service's (NPS) oldest active ranger, retired today after a decade and a half of sharing her personal experiences and the efforts of women …
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level  —  Bill passes 220-204, with three Republicans voting yes and two Democrats voting no  —  House voting on bill to decriminalize marijuana  —  The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to decriminalize possession of marijuana on the federal level.
Todd C. Frankel / Washington Post:
How Disney fell flat in fight over LGBTQ talk in Florida's schools … Disney employs 38 lobbyists to press its interests inside Florida's state capitol complex in Tallahassee.  With its Orlando theme park empire and roughly 80,000 workers, the company already wields considerable influence in a state closely tied to tourism.
Discussion: Salon
Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Support for 15-Week Abortion Ban Outweighs Opposition, WSJ Poll Finds  —  Majority think abortion should be legal in most cases, but many back 15-week ban being considered by Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON—More American voters favor the idea of a 15-week abortion ban than oppose it …
Discussion: Forbes and Power Line
Steve Contorno / CNN:
Ron DeSantis signals support for stripping Disney of special self-governing status as feud escalates  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signaled support for stripping Disney of its 55-year-old special status that allows the entertainment company to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme park.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
CDC Orders  —  To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help our country cope during the pandemic, CDC has occasionally issued legally binding orders and regulations.  —  People must wear face masks in indoor areas of public transportation traveling into, within, or out of the United States …
Discussion: USA Today and New York Post
Max Bearak / Washington Post:
A Belarusian battalion fights in Ukraine ‘for both countries’ freedom'  —  KYIV — For more than a decade, Pavel Kulazhanka has sought to overthrow the authoritarian regime of Alexander Lukashenko in his native Belarus.  —  First, it was simple street protests.  Then, sabotaging train lines and bombing military outposts.
Julia Terruso / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Conor Lamb says John Fetterman's afraid to debate, calling shotgun incident ‘a huge problem’  —  U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb issued a direct attack, not yet seen in the Democratic primary.Lamb accused frontrunner, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, of dodging scrutiny on a controversial incident from his past …
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
D.C. attorney general expands Jan. 6 lawsuit
NBC News:
For all of Biden's troubles, he's still more popular than Trump in the NBC News poll
Discussion: TheBlaze
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Supply Chain Fixes, Energy Transition Take Major Steps Forward
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ari Shapiro / NPR:
The far-right and environmentalism overlap is bigger than you think — and growing
Discussion: Raw Story
Amy Walter / Cook Political Report:
How Big Is the House Playing Field?
Kimberly Wehle / The Bulwark:
A Federal Judge Found That Trump “Likely” Committed Serious Crimes—Now What?
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Raw Story
Christopher F. Rufo / City Journal:
Disney's Child-Predator Problem
 Earlier Items: 
JONATHAN TURLEY:
In Like Flynn: Clinton Lawyer Adopts a Familiar Defense Against Durham Charge
Discussion: The Liberty Loft and Law & Crime
The Daily Beast:
There Might Be a Stupid Explanation for the 7-Hour Gap in Trump's Phone Logs
Discussion: Raw Story
Detroit Free Press:
'He's a b—': Defense rests case in Whitmer kidnap plot after suspect's wild testimony
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Appeals Court Upholds Gibson's Bakery Massive Verdict Against Oberlin College
Miami Herald:
Federal judge: Some new Florida voting laws unconstitutional
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
House passes $35-a-month insulin cap as Dems seek wider bill