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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Ron DeSantis Has Learned Trump's Most Important Insight — For Christian nationalists, the cruelty is the point. — Tonight on the TNB livestream I'm going to spend the entire show talking about Ukraine and Russia with Cathy Young and Eric Edelman. — Not going to lie: This isn't going to be the sexiest conversation ever.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
DeSantis Tries to Prove Liberals Hate Immigrants As Much As He Does, Fails … Sunday night, I sat in the ballroom of a Miami resort and watched Florida governor Ron DeSantis tell the crowd about how Texas governor Greg Abbott had been sending busloads of illegal immigrants to Washington, D.C. His envy was undisguised.
Eve Zuckoff / NPR:
Florida flies dozens of migrants to Martha's Vineyard — MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Mass. — About 50 migrants arrived by plane in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Wednesday on a flight paid for by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and that originated in San Antonio, Texas. — The migrants touched down at about 3:15 p.m. local time.
Washington Post:
DeSantis gave GOP donors a glimpse of plans for migrant flights — The Florida governor told applauding supporters that he might send immigrants “to Chicago, Hollywood, Martha's Vineyard. Who knows?” — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told the Republican Party's top donors last weekend …
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
DeSantis criticizes Democrats after sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard: ‘Their virtue signaling is a fraud’
DeSantis criticizes Democrats after sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard: ‘Their virtue signaling is a fraud’
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Fox News:
2 migrant buses arrive outside Vice President Kamala Harris' Naval Observatory residence in DC
2 migrant buses arrive outside Vice President Kamala Harris' Naval Observatory residence in DC
Kelly Hooper / Politico:
White House says Republican governors shipping migrants to other states is ‘reckless,’ ‘shameful’
White House says Republican governors shipping migrants to other states is ‘reckless,’ ‘shameful’
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Politico:
Judge appoints special master, rejects DOJ bid to delay Mar-a-Lago ruling — U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday rejected a Justice Department demand to let federal prosecutors continue their review of records marked classified that were recovered from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.
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Washington Post:
Dearie named special master to review Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents — Judge Aileen Cannon rejects Justice Dept. request to exempt classified items from the special master review — A federal judge has appointed Raymond J. Dearie, a former chief federal judge in New York …
Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Trump warns of ‘big problems’ if indicted, says he'd still run for office
Trump warns of ‘big problems’ if indicted, says he'd still run for office
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Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
New Trump Attorney Negotiated $3 Million Advance Payment for Work — Chris Kise sought the arrangement based on unprecedented investigation, Trump's reputation for not paying legal fees — The Florida lawyer brought on to defend former President Donald Trump against potential government prosecution …
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Trump's Save America paid $3 million to cover top lawyer's legal work — Donald Trump's outside spending arm has paid $3 million to cover attorney Chris Kise's legal work representing the former president, according to three people familiar with the arrangement.
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Blake Masters Wants to Fire All Generals and Replace Them With Conservatives — Masters explicitly called for a wholesale firing of the generals at least seven times between August 2021 and March 2022. — Cameron Joseph — WASHINGTON, US — Blake Masters, the Republican nominee …
Washington Post:
Georgia 2020 election inquiry may lead to prison sentences, prosecutor says — Fulton County district attorney says her team has received allegations that serious crimes were committed — ATLANTA — The prosecutor investigating efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to challenge …
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New York Times:
Here's what Putin is hoping for from Xi. … Putin acknowledges China may have ‘questions and concerns’ about the war. — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said on Thursday that Moscow understood that China had “questions and concerns” about the war in Ukraine — a notable, if cryptic …
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CNN:
Mike Lindell's phone search reveals new details about scope of federal probe into efforts to subvert 2020 election results — The Justice Department is seeking information about at least seven people in connection with a breach of a Colorado county's voting system as part of efforts to subvert …
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Washington Post:
The letters left behind by demoralized Russian soldiers as they fled — IZYUM, Ukraine — About 10 days before Ukrainian forces retook the city of Izyum last weekend, Russian troops stationed here were so demoralized that they drafted letters begging their superiors to dismiss them from their roles.
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HotAir, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Sky News and FDD
Brian Flood / Fox News:
CNN shakeup: Don Lemon moved from primetime to mornings, struggling ‘New Day’ to be replaced — ‘New Day’ hosts John Berman and Brianna Keilar will be shuffled to new CNN roles — CNN's Don Lemon says Biden ‘telling the truth’ with ‘semi-fascism’ comments: ‘That is unifying’
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
CNN's Lemon-aid, rail strike averted, Trump speaks, and a new FBI scandal: Today's #TEMS
CNN's Lemon-aid, rail strike averted, Trump speaks, and a new FBI scandal: Today's #TEMS
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Townhall
John Koblin / New York Times:
CNN Overhauls Its Morning Show
CNN Overhauls Its Morning Show
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Rioter who wore ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt gets jail term — A Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing an antisemitic “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt over a Nazi-themed shirt was sentenced on Thursday to 75 days of imprisonment. — Robert Keith Packer, 57 …
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Nicole Moeder / ABC News:
Jan. 6 rioter wearing ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt sentenced
Jan. 6 rioter wearing ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt sentenced
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Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Alabama GOP chair refused to show license to vote. That became a problem for poll workers. — This is an opinion column. — Clyde Martin is a retired TVA supervisor at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant who now rides motorcycles and does a little yoga. He has a wife and a kid, but that only comes up when I ask him later.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump chief of staff used book on president's mental health as guide — John Kelly secretly consulted The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, according to new book by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser — Donald Trump's White House chief of staff secretly bought a book in which 27 mental health professionals warned …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump scoops from Peter Baker and Susan Glasser's new book
Trump scoops from Peter Baker and Susan Glasser's new book
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
In Defense of Lindsey Graham — Boy, did Lindsey Graham step in it. — The South Carolina senator proposed a national restriction on abortion that has popular support and that could represent a defensible consensus GOP position. — For this, he's being portrayed as a political incompetent …
The Dispatch:
Partisanship Over Policy at the Heritage Foundation — Interviews with more than a dozen current and former employees reveal how the think tank sidelines its scholars to score political points. — In the weeks after Russian tanks rolled across the Ukrainian border on February 24 …
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Washington Post, Heritage Foundation, Morning Shots and The Bulwark
Bloomberg:
Patagonia Billionaire Who Gave Up Company Skirts $700 Million Tax Hit — Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard described his decision to give away the outdoor apparel-maker as his last-ditch effort to do all he could to protect the planet. — The deal is structured in ways that also bring …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate delays same-sex marriage vote until after midterms — A bipartisan group of senators trying to pass same-sex marriage protection legislation on Thursday pushed a vote until after the election, a move they say increases their chances of success but avoids forcing the GOP on record before the midterms.
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / Washington Post:
Senate punts on same-sex marriage vote until after midterms
Senate punts on same-sex marriage vote until after midterms
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nsarchive.gwu.edu:
The Moscow Signals Declassified Microwave Diplomacy, 1967-1977 — Declassified Records Detail Diplomatic Efforts to End Microwave Radiation Directed at Moscow Embassy — Kissinger to Dobrynin: “We Are Trying to Keep the Thing Quiet”; “You Could Give Me a Radiation Treatment”
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Friction between White House and senior Homeland Security officials mounts as migrant border crossings soar — Friction between the Biden White House and senior officials at the Department of Homeland Security over how to handle immigration is mounting, according to internal documents …
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The Hill