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6:15 PM ET, April 15, 2022

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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: 'We need ammo.  We need fraud examples.  We need it this weekend.' What the Meadows texts reveal about how two Trump congressional allies lobbied the White House to overturn the election.  —  The texts, which have not been previously reported, were sent by Republican Sen. Mike Lee …
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CNN:
READ: Mark Meadows' texts with Mike Lee and Chip Roy  —  (CNN)CNN has obtained text messages of separate conversations that then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows had with Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas after the 2020 presidential election and through early January 2021.
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
‘Please tell me what I should be saying.’ Text messages show Sen. Mike Lee assisting Trump efforts to overturn 2020 election  —  Newly released text messages show Lee knew of scheme to send alternate electors to Congress nearly a month earlier than he claimed.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:   Mike Lee and the “Good Republicans” Were No Different Than the Crazy Kraken Lady
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk's $43 billion bid to buy company  — Twitter adopted a limited duration shareholder rights plan, often called a “poison pill,” a day after billionaire Elon Musk offered to buy the company for $43 billion, the company announced Friday.
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PR Newswire:
Twitter Adopts Limited Duration Shareholder Rights Plan, Enabling All Shareholders to Realize Full Value of Company
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Liberation Without Victory  —  Kyiv is halfway normal now.  Burnt-out Russian tanks have been removed from the roads leading into the city, traffic lights work, the subway runs, oranges are available for purchase.  A cheerful balalaika orchestra was performing for returning refugees …
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Exclusive: Zelensky says world should be prepared for possibility Putin could use nuclear weapons  —  You can see more of the interview on ‘The Lead’ at 4pm ET and the full interview will run on Sunday at 9am ET on ‘State of the Union’  —  (CNN)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN Friday that …
Washington Post:
Russia believed the West was weak and decadent. So it invaded.
Discussion: UPI, Raw Story and New York Post
New York Times:
Trump Endorses J.D. Vance in Republican Primary for Senate in Ohio  —  The move amounts to a major bet on Mr. Vance's ability to prevail over a crowded field, and on the former president's power to alter the course of key congressional races.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Bidens report $610,702 in 2021 income as they release tax returns  —  President Biden, Vice President Harris and their spouses released tax forms Friday showing they earned incomes and paid tax rates similar to those reported last year.  —  The Bidens reported a federal adjusted gross income …
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The White House:   The President and Vice President release their 2021 tax returns
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House releases Biden's 2021 tax returns
Discussion: CBS News and CNN
Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Texas repeals immigration order that caused border gridlock  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday repealed his traffic-clogging immigration order that backed up commercial trucks at the U.S.-Mexico border, after a week of intensifying backlash and fears of deepening economic losses.
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Zijia Song / Bloomberg:   Produce Worth Millions Gets Stuck in Blockade by Mexico Truckers
Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
Vladimir Kara-Murza from jail: Russia will be free.  I've never been so sure.  —  Editor's note: On Monday, Russian human rights activist and Post contributing columnist Vladimir Kara-Murza gave an interview in Moscow to CNN in which he harshly criticized the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Discussion: The Hill
Tess Owen / VICE:
A High-Ranking Proud Boy Is Now Snitching for the Feds  —  A Proud Boy chapter leader has flipped for the U.S. government, and that's trouble for dozens of members facing charges over the Jan. 6 insurrection.  —  TO  —  Federal prosecutors appear to have made their biggest breakthrough yet …
Discussion: Raw Story
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer will appear on primary ballot, Iowa Supreme Court rules … U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer will appear on the June Democratic primary ballot, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday, reversing a district court decision that found Finkenauer failed to qualify.
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David Pitt / Associated Press:
Iowa Supreme Court: Finkenauer qualifies for Senate ballot
Discussion: CNN and Des Moines Register
Randy Krehbiel / Tulsa World:
Scott Pruitt, former Oklahoma AG, files for U.S. Senate seat  —  Former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is running for U.S. Senate.  —  Also the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency appointed by Donald Trump, Pruitt has filed to campaign for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Jim Inhofe.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
An author was set to read his unicorn book to students.  The school forbade it.  —  Jason Tharp wants to write books for weird kids — because he was one.  —  Growing up in Ohio, the 45-year-old children's author, illustrator and inspirational speaker sometimes felt invisible.
New York Daily News:
Amid NYPD manhunt, subway shooting suspect Frank James ate lunch at Katz's Deli, walked NYC in plain view of surveillance cameras  —  As the NYPD and federal law enforcement scoured the city for the accused Brooklyn subway shooter on Wednesday, the burly suspect enjoyed some of Manhattan's culinary delights.
Discussion: ABC News
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Ukraine is scanning faces of dead Russians, then contacting the mothers … Ukrainian officials have run more than 8,600 facial recognition searches on dead or captured Russian soldiers in the 50 days since Moscow's invasion began, using the scans to identify bodies and contact hundreds …
Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Pope Francis: ‘We Are Racists, We Are Racists’  —  ROME, Italy — Pope Francis accused the West of racism Friday, insisting migrants are “subdivided” by skin color and country of origin.  —  “Refugees are subdivided,” the pontiff declared during a lengthy Good Friday interview on Italian television.
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Resumes Oil Leases on Federal Land  —  Royalty rates on production to rise, acreage available for leasing to decrease  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration announced lease sales for oil and gas drilling on federal land Friday, but said it would sharply reduce …
Rebecca C. Lewis / City & State New York:
Suozzi calls Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law ‘reasonable’  —  Asked on a conservative radio talk show about the controversial law, Rep. Tom Suozzi leaned into right-wing talking points about not wanting teachers discussing sexual orientation and gender identity.
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Russia's Black Sea flagship was hit by 2 Ukrainian missiles, a U.S. official says.  —  WASHINGTON — Two Ukrainian Neptune missiles hit Russia's flagship Moskva in the Black Sea, a senior Defense official said on Friday, providing the first American confirmation that the sinking of the Russian cruiser …
Discussion: The Hill, NPR and NDTV
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Disney Faces Backlash in Florida Amid 'Don't Say Gay' Controversy
Discussion: National Review
Daniel Bosch / AAF:
Tracker: The Cost of Tax Paperwork
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Reason
Julia Shumway / Oregon Capital Chronicle:
Biden to visit Portland next week to promote $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan
Washington Post:
Zelensky asks Biden to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism
Discussion: NBC News
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Jen Psaki Says Peter Doocy Might ‘Sound Like A Stupid Son of a Bitch’ Because of the Questions Fox News ‘Provides’
Kyle Hooten / Alpha News:
EXCLUSIVE: New details emerge from DFL's Farmfest rollover
Discussion: American Experiment and Power Line
Derek Brouwer / News + Opinion, Seven Days:
Wilder Man Charged After Pipe Bombs, ‘White Power’ Rifle Discovered
 Earlier Items: 
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: You'll Never Believe The Journo Who Just Filed To Run for Congress
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Virginia Bridges / Raleigh News & Observer:
‘It is offensive’  —  One of Howard's attorneys, Brad Bannon, contends the facts of the case …
Discussion: Raw Story
Abdi Latif Dahir / New York Times:
Tanzania's First Female President Wants to Bring Her Nation in From the Cold
Discussion: The White House
Nick Grube / Honolulu Civil Beat:
Documents Show US Rep. Kai Kahele Has A Special Deal With Hawaiian Airlines
Cecilia Nowell / Mother Jones:
The Long, Scary History of Doctors Reporting Pregnant People to the Cops
Discussion: The Editorial Board
San Francisco Chronicle:
If Feinstein is mentally unfit, Democrats need to tell her openly. And she should resign
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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