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2:30 PM ET, April 18, 2022

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Reuters:
Alex Jones' InfoWars files for bankruptcy in U.S. court  —  Far-right wing website InfoWars on Sunday filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in the face of multiple defamation lawsuits.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Mike Lee's Role in Trump's Attempted Coup  —  What would have happened if his plan worked?  —  Senator Mike Lee's defenders insist his repeated texts to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows offering his guidance on the proper constitutional process to overturn the 2020 election results prove his honor.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mike Lee has some explaining to do  —  CNN released nearly 100 texts from Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in the wake of the 2020 election.  The two sets of texts, coming on the heels of the 2020 election …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Florida's vile ‘groomer’ law may soon blow up in DeSantis's face  —  One of the more repulsive features of Florida's new law restricting classroom discussion of sex and gender is its vagueness.  This may be a feature, not a bug: It could encourage conservative parents to sniff …
Discussion: Raw Story
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Marjorie Taylor Greene outraised by Democratic challenger in 2022  —  News and analysis from the politics team at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  Friday's deadline to report fundraising for the first three months of 2022 has given us more information to sift through in some of Georgia's most contested federal races.
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Sarah Longwell / The Atlantic:
Trump Supporters Explain Why They Believe the Big Lie  —  Some 35 percent of Americans—including 68 percent of Republicans—believe the Big Lie, pushed relentlessly by former President Donald Trump and amplified by conservative media, that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Jamie McIntyre / Washington Examiner:
After a valiant 53-day defense compared to the Alamo and Stalingrad, Mariupol appears about to fall  —  MARIUPOL'S LAST STAND: Low on food and ammo, Mariupol's last defenders are surrounded and confined to a small area of the city in and around the Azovstal iron and steelworks …
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Gizmodo:
We're Publishing the Facebook Papers.  Here's What They Say About Donald Trump, the 2020 Election, and Jan. 6.  —  Gizmodo has reviewed, redacted, and published more than two dozen leaked Facebook documents, the first of hundreds to come.  —  Alerts  —  In the hours following the Jan. 6 attack …
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Lethal darts were fired into a Ukrainian neighborhood by the thousands  —  BUCHA, Ukraine — At Svitlana Chmut's house outside Kyiv, there are carrots in her garden and deadly Russian mini-arrows in her yard.  —  A pile of the sharp, finned projectiles rounded up by Chmut are now gathering rust in the spring's fine mist.
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Jon Stewart's new show on AppleTV+ is reportedly a flop  —  Jon Stewart is struggling to gain traction on his new talk show, according to a report.  —  “The Problem with Jon Stewart,” which launched on AppleTV+ in September, appears to be a flop, as it trails far behind its competitors …
Discussion: BloombergQuint and OutKick
Elizabeth Warren / New York Times:
Democrats Can Avoid Disaster in November  —  Ms. Warren is a U.S. senator from Massachusetts  —  Democrats are the party of working people.  Ahead of the 2020 election, we advanced ideas and plans that we believed would, in ways big and small, make our democracy and our economy work better for all Americans.
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
We Regret to Inform You That Tucker Carlson's New Special Does In Fact Promote ‘Testicle Tanning’  —  The promo for the new season of Tucker Carlson Originals incurred a veritable tsunami of mockery online for its montage of mostly shirtless men firing guns, wrestling, doing push-ups …
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Andrew M. Cuomo / New York Daily News:
There's a better way forward for New York State  —  These are perilous times and the ship of state must maneuver quickly, but smartly.  —  The problems are mounting and public skepticism about the future of New York is at frightening levels.  —  The legislative session is still ongoing in Albany and the priorities are clear.
Politico:
Biden's been consumed by Ukraine.  His team wants to bring the focus back home.  —  The rest of the world might not allow it.  But Joe Biden wants to return his focus to matters happening at home.  —  With the war in Ukraine entering its second month and continuing to dominate global headlines …
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Democrats are now fighting over how Biden's agenda imploded
Discussion: NBC News
Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Trump attempt at a coup to be a focus of U.S. House hearings, lawmaker Raskin says  —  Then-President Donald Trump attempted a coup on Jan. 6, 2021, and that will be a centerpiece of committee hearings in Congress next month, said Democrat Jamie Raskin, a committee member who led the prosecution of Trump's second impeachment.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
War on the Rocks:
Eight New Points on the Porcupine: More Ukrainian Lessons for Taiwan  —  Watching Russia falter in Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping may conclude that if he decides to invade Taiwan, he cannot hope to achieve victory with little or limited fighting.  The risk is that this will lead …
Discussion: Lawfare and The spying game
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens  —  The inside story of the world's most notorious commercial spyware and the big tech companies waging war against it.  —  NSO Group's software has been linked to repressive regimes, but now “all types of governments” use it, an observer said.
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Lonely Anatoly: The Russian ambassador is Washington's least popular man  —  No one wants to talk to Anatoly Antonov.  —  Russia's ambassador to the United States can't get meetings with senior officials at the White House or the State Department.  He can't convince U.S. lawmakers to see him, much less take a photo.
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman has a huge cash advantage for the homestretch of the Pa. Senate primary  —  A turbulent few weeks and hard-hitting attacks have done little to change one of the persistent realities of Pennsylvania's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate: John Fetterman has a crucial money lead …
Claire McNear / The Ringer:
Kamala Harris Talks to ‘The Ringer’ About Her Wordle Strategy  —  The Wordle craze has hit the vice president's office, but there's a problem: The veep can't send anyone her squares  —  When Vice President Kamala Harris admitted last week at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. …
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
What late filers should know on Tax Day  —  It's Tax Day, and here is what people who still haven't filed their returns with the IRS should know.  —  Tax Day falls on April 18 this year.  Typically, the tax filing deadline is April 15, but Washington, D.C., observed Emancipation Day on that Friday …
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
It Looks Like Genocide  —  Rich Lowry thinks President Biden shouldn't have used that term.  But the evidence of genocide is mounting.  —  Rich Lowry, a man who spent much of the Donald Trump presidency arguing his rhetoric doesn't matter, look at his policies, is very worried about Joe Biden's words.
Washington Post:
Rick Scott became the Senate GOP's election general, then went to war  —  With an aggressive fundraising effort and a controversial policy plan, the Florida senator has been upsetting colleagues.  He's okay with that.  —  Florida Sen. Rick Scott has been publicly dressed …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The End of Presidential Debates  —  The Marvel entertainment company fused its superhero movies into a “Marvel Cinematic Universe” so involute that only the most devoted fans can make sense of it.  —  The Trump Cinematic Universe works the same way.  Only those conversant …
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Twelve lessons from the book banners  —  How they are using political power to undermine public institutions  —  Annie Gowen of the Washington Post published an in-depth report about a what is happening to libraries in Llano County, Texas: “The culture wars next frontier: Public libraries.”
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Democrats Are Blocking Republican Efforts To Digitally Upload Hunter Biden's Laptop
Kathryn Joyce / Salon:
Think Capitol rioters were “ordinary people”? New research connects many to far-right groups
Daniel Payne / Politico:
White House Global Covid-19 Summit to be held in May
The Marshall Project:
Texans Spend Billions on Border Operations. What Do They Get in Return?
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
Humberto Sanchez / The Nevada Independent:
Poll: Cortez Masto leads Laxalt for Nevada Senate; ominous signs over Biden approval
Discussion: The Hill
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Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
The Messy Politics of Teaching Gender
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Fighting Trump, Dems launch plan to elect thousands of local election supervisors
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux / FiveThirtyEight:
It Can Already Take Weeks To Get An Abortion
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Biden to require US-made steel, iron for infrastructure
Discussion: CBS News
Ben Kesslen / New York Post:
Woke Ariz. diversity activists falsely accuse black DJ of wearing blackface
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

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

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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