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12:30 PM ET, April 4, 2022

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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Truth Social Is Doing Even Worse Than You Thought  —  The engagement numbers are truly awful.  —  The app that Donald Trump once hoped would avenge his exile from social media and make him a MAGA Mark Zuckerberg has instead plummeted to the 28th most popular social media platform …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
US seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin  —  PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — The U.S. government seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president on Monday, the first in the government's sanctions enforcement initiative to …
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Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Exiled oligarch calls on other Russian tycoons to break with Putin
Discussion: The Hill and The Times of Israel
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:   Putin oligarchs stashed billions in U.S. banks, secret records show
ABC News:
Secret Service paying over $30K per month for Malibu mansion to protect Hunter Biden  —  The luxury rental property has “gorgeous ocean views,” according to its listing.  —  Hunter Biden is apparently spending his father's presidency living in luxury in Malibu — and so is his taxpayer-funded security detail.
New York Times:
In a Kyiv Suburb,'They Shot Everyone They Saw'  —  With Russian forces retreating, Ukrainians in Bucha are finding scores of bodies in yards and on the roads amid mounting evidence of intentional and indiscriminate killings of civilians.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Biden calls to put Putin on trial for war crimes over Russia killings in Ukraine
The Economist:   Retreating Russian troops leave behind harrowing evidence of atrocities
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Democrats' two-do: Confirm Jackson, land Manchin  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  LOOK WHO'S BACK — Former President BARACK OBAMA will join President JOE BIDEN at a White House event Tuesday celebrating the Affordable Care Act, the first time Obama's going back to 1600 Penn since leaving office, NBC's Mike Memoli scooped.
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dems plot spring sprint for party-line spending deal with Manchin
Discussion: HotAir
Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Stake in Twitter After Hinting at Shake-Up  —  Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. to become the platform's biggest shareholder, a week after hinting he might shake up the social media industry.  —  Twitter shares surged about 26% in premarket trading …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack panel scores two major wins as it inches closer to Trump's inner circle  —  House select committee seizes momentum as it embarks on final push to conclude evidence-gathering phase of inquiry  —  The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack is moving …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
Jan. 6 panel wonders: Is Trump criminal referral necessary?  —  Should the Jan. 6 committee ask the Justice Department to pursue a criminal case against Donald Trump?  It's a question with political heft but no practical effect — and some panel members are increasingly skeptical.
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Craig Howie / Politico:
Trump endorses Palin in Alaska House special election
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. Vice President Harris' deputy chief of staff to depart  —  U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's deputy chief of staff Michael Fuchs is leaving the administration, the latest top aide from her office to announce a departure, according to an internal staff memo seen by Reuters.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
David Perdue, Trump's Sacrificial Lamb  —  He's killing his career in honor of Trump's election grievances.  —  The thing about sacrificial lambs is that they can only be sacrificed once.  What makes David Perdue's political career unique is that, in honor of Donald Trump's 2020 election grievances, Perdue is killing it twice.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jamie Dimon / JPMorgan Chase & Co.:
Dear Fellow Shareholders,  —  We are facing challenges at every turn: a pandemic, unprecedented government actions, a strong recovery after a sharp and deep global recession, a highly polarized U.S. election, mounting inflation, a war in Ukraine and dramatic economic sanctions against Russia.
ABC News:
Border politics worsen for Biden: The Note  —  Over two year old border restrictions, known as Title 42, end next month.  —  A deteriorating political environment means no shortage of small things that can become big things as well as big things that become all-encompassing and devastating.
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Sean Campbell / New York Magazine:
Black Lives Matter Secretly Bought a $6 Million House  —  Allies and critics alike have questioned where the organization's money has gone.  —  On a sunny day late last spring, three leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement — Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Melina Abdullah …
Washington Monthly:
Inside Tucker Carlson's Brain  —  On February 22, as tensions that would soon spill into war mounted on the Ukrainian border, Fox News' Tucker Carlson opened his show—the most popular cable news program in the country—with a searing monologue ripping into the U.S. foreign policy establishment.
Anna Merlan / VICE:
The Ivermectin Guys' Whole Thing Has Really Fallen Apart  —  Meanwhile, they're still pretending the drug is viable as a treatment for COVID.  —  Anna Merlan  —  In the summer of 2021, a group of the most vociferous people online put all their energies behind the unproven thesis that ivermectin …
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Mass Shooting in Sacramento  —  Today, America once again mourns for another community devastated by gun violence.  In a single act in Sacramento, six individuals left dead and at least a dozen more injured.  Families forever changed.
Discussion: CBS News, The Guardian and Breitbart
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Adam Beam / Associated Press:
California mass shooting: 6 dead, 12 injured in Sacramento
 
 
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Why Michael Shellenberger, A Centrist, Is Challenging California Gov. Gavin Newsom
Bethan McKernan / The Guardian:
Rape as a weapon: huge scale of sexual violence inflicted in Ukraine emerges
Nikki Haley / Fox News:
Biden's budget would bankrupt America, put national security at risk
The Hill:
Democratic anxiety grows over Biden's dismal polls
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jennifer Hiller / Wall Street Journal:
Tribes, Industry Groups Reach Deal to Boost U.S. Hydroelectric Power
Marty Makary / Wall Street Journal:
FDA Shuts Out Its Own Experts in Authorizing Another Vaccine Booster
Washington Post:
How Trump allies are pushing to hand-count ballots around the U.S.
Discussion: American Greatness
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
Ted Cruz endorses Josh Mandel in Ohio Senate race
Discussion: Fox News
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Aaron Schaffer / Washington Post:
It's a big day at the State Department for U.S. cyberdiplomacy
Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Liz Cheney Can't Rely On Democrats To Save Her In Wyoming's Republican Primary
New York Times:
Flurry of New Laws Move Blue and Red States Further Apart
Julia Marsh / Politico:
Adams demands ‘discipline of message’ to combat ‘gotcha’ press corps, audio reveals
Discussion: Political Wire
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senate eyes historic week with a vote to put Jackson on Supreme Court
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman skipped the first Pa. Senate debate. His rivals made it all about him anyway.
Wall Street Journal:
Hungary's Viktor Orban Wins Another Term in Office
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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