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1:05 PM ET, April 4, 2022

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Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch  —  The two Southern tech entrepreneurs had the two qualities that Donald Trump's Truth Social startup needed: tech-industry expertise and a politically conservative worldview aligned with the former president …
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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
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.
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 …
Discussion: Insider and Political Wire
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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
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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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  — President Joe Biden said evidence needs to be gathered to put Russian leader Vladimir Putin on trial for war crimes related to his nation's invasion of Ukraine.  — “He is a war criminal,” Biden said of Putin …
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
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: Talking Points Memo and 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
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Fighting a red-hot job market, the IRS struggles to rebuild  —  OGDEN, Utah — Four months had passed since the Internal Revenue Service warned that during the coronavirus pandemic it had built up a staggering pile of unprocessed tax returns, and finally the day had arrived to try to do something about it.
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: In series of false claims, Republican Rep. Lisa McClain says Trump caught Osama bin Laden  —  Reporters keep exposing evidence of Trump's ‘big lie’ 01:46  —  Washington (CNN)Michigan Rep. Lisa McClain, a freshman Republican member of Congress, made a series of false claims …
Discussion: Raw Story and Uniic Media
Bethan McKernan / The Guardian:
Rape as a weapon: huge scale of sexual violence inflicted in Ukraine emerges  —  Women and girls have recounted the abuse they have suffered at the hands of Russian soldiers  —  Bethan McKernan in Lviv  —  Women across Ukraine are grappling with the threat of rape as a weapon of war …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Biden called Murdoch the ‘most dangerous man in the world,’ new book alleges  —  New York (CNN Business)In a forthcoming book, a pair of New York Times reporters and CNN political analysts report that President Joe Biden “assessed” Fox News “as one of the most destructive forces in the United States.”
 
 
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Josh Siegel / Politico:
‘Swallowing a toad’: Progressives warm to Manchin's fossil fuel demands to clinch climate package
Discussion: Jacobin
Juliana Kaplan / Insider:
Meet the doctors unionizing and walking out for better conditions: 'There's this growing sentiment that we can do better'
wusa9.com:
Longtime WUSA9 anchor Bruce Johnson dies at 71
Discussion: The Hill and The US Sun
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Why Michael Shellenberger, A Centrist, Is Challenging California Gov. Gavin Newsom
Nikki Haley / Fox News:
Biden's budget would bankrupt America, put national security at risk
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Mass Shooting in Sacramento
Discussion: CBS News, The Guardian and Breitbart
The Hill:
Democratic anxiety grows over Biden's dismal polls
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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
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: Mediaite and Political Wire
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senate eyes historic week with a vote to put Jackson on Supreme Court
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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