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3:40 AM ET, March 5, 2023

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Laura Jedeed / New Republic:
The Sad, Desolate Scenes of CPAC 2023  —  “It's so great to see everyone here, and it's so great to see a packed house, too!”  —  It is approximately 11:15 AM in Washington DC, and investigative reporter Sara Carter is lying.  The house is never crowded this early on the first day of CPAC …
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New York Times:
Trump Says He Would Stay in 2024 Race if Indicted  —  Donald Trump says he “wouldn't even think about” dropping out of the race for the White House if he's indicted.  The former president has increasingly used his campaign as a cudgel against investigators.
New York Times:
Eyeing DeSantis, Trump Readies for a Long Primary Battle  —  Donald Trump will be basking in affection from activists at CPAC on Saturday.  But his campaign is preparing for an ugly, protracted primary fight for the nomination.  —  OXON HILL, Md. — Inside the MAGA-clad corridors …
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
At CPAC, A Call For Trans People To Be ‘Eradicated’ Gets Big Cheers  —  The conservative movement's annual confab was creepily obsessed with trans kids and showcased the GOP's alarming and intensifying anti-trans rhetoric.  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Thousands of conservatives …
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Promises to Continue Presidential Campaign if Indicted, Then Delivers a Snoozy CPAC Speech  —  “I wouldn't even think of leaving,” Trump said when asked whether he would drop out of the presidential race if he is charged criminally … “I wouldn't even think of leaving [the race],” Trump responded.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump easily wins CPAC straw poll  —  Former President Donald Trump easily won the Conservative Political Action Conference's (CPAC) closely watched straw poll on Saturday, notching a symbolic win among the Republican grassroots as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024.
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump To His Followers: ‘I Am Your Retribution’  —  OXON HILL, Md. — Donald Trump returned to a Conservative Political Action Conference recast in his image Saturday, capping a three-day agenda heavy with adoration for the coup-attempting former president but considerably less-well attended …
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘I am your retribution’: Trump rules supreme at CPAC as he relaunches bid for White House  —  Former president claims Biden is leading America into ‘oblivion’ and that he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine  —  Donald Trump turned back the clock to the darkest elements of his presidency …
Associated Press:
Trump says an indictment would not end presidential campaign
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Inside the Panic at Fox News After the 2020 Election  —  “If we hadn't called Arizona,” said Suzanne Scott, the network's chief executive, according to a recording reviewed by The New York Times, “our ratings would have been bigger.”  —  WASHINGTON — A little more than a week …
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Jacob Solis / The Nevada Independent:
Monroe-Moreno elected NV Dems chair, ousts democratic socialist incumbent  —  Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Monroe (D-Las Vegas) was elected chair of the Nevada State Democratic Party Saturday, ousting incumbent chair Judith Whitmer in a vote of 314-99 — a rebuke of Whitmer's leadership ahead …
Discussion: The Hill
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Democratic socialists swept out of power in Nevada
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Beast
Katie Hawkinson / The Daily Beast:
Michael Knowles Says Transgenderism Must Be ‘Eradicated’ at CPAC  —  The transphobic tirade at the Conservative Political Action Conference prompted horror from a variety of people, with many calling the comment ‘genocidal.’  —  Michael Knowles—right-wing political commentator associated …
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:   CPAC Speaker Calls for Transgenderism to Be ‘Eradicated’
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Asks Judge to Block Pence's Testimony to Grand Jury  —  The former president's lawyers cited executive privilege, a tactic they have used with other ex-Trump aides.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump has filed a motion asking a federal judge to prevent his former vice president …
Discussion: CNN and L.A.'s Newsletter
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Bar Peleg / Haaretz:
‘Good Evening, Anarchists and Terrorists’ |  Record Number of Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu's Judicial Coup  —  Despite the force used by police against protesters on Wednesday, up to 150,000 people arrived to the central Tel Aviv demonstration ■ Police use water cannons against Tel Aviv protesters who blocked highway
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Josh Breiner / Haaretz:
Israeli Pro-democracy Protests Enter Ninth Week as Police Ramp Up Forces in Tel Aviv
Discussion: WTOP News and The Times of Israel
Judy Heumann:
The World Mourns the Passing of Judy Heumann, Disability Rights Activist  —  Judith “Judy” Heumann (1947-2023)  —  Judith “Judy” Heumann—widely regarded as “the mother” of the disability rights movement—passed away in Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of March 4, 2023.
Discussion: NPR, WTOP News and The Hill
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Former Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway and George Conway Are Planning to Divorce  —  The political odd couple had bewildered Washington when Ms. Conway was serving as an adviser to President Donald J. Trump and her husband was one of his fiercest critics.  —  WASHINGTON — Kellyanne Conway …
Steven Beschloss / America, America:
How Has Fox News Infected Your World?  —  You have a chat with a friend, a family member, a neighbor, a co-worker, maybe a guy sitting next to you at a bar.  You hear their love for Donald Trump and their hatred for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.  You learn they think Biden should be impeached …
Erin Woo / The Information:
Musk Delayed Paying Twitter's Amazon Cloud Bill, Sparking Ad Threat  —  Elon Musk is running into an obstacle in his relentless drive to cut costs at Twitter: some of the same vendors that Twitter is squeezing to save money are also its advertising clients.  —  As recently as last month …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Insider:
Florida courts could take ‘emergency’ custody of kids with trans parents or siblings — even if they live in another state  — Florida Senate Bill 254 would grant courts emergency custody of kids who receive gender-affirming care.  — The bill, introduced Friday, would also allow …
Nicky Robertson / CNN:
Texas GOP censures Republican congressman for ‘lack of fidelity’ to party principles and priorities  —  Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday by the state GOP for “for lack of fidelity to Republican principles and priorities,” the party announced.
Hayden Vernon / The Guardian:
Russian minister's claim Ukraine war ‘launched against us’ met with laughter  —  Sergei Lavrov says Moscow ‘trying to stop’ war in remarks at India's Raisina Dialogue conference  —  Comments by Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, were met with laughter at an international conference in India …
Corey Kilgannon / New York Times:
Remember Pamela Smart?  ‘To Die For’ Convict Now Seeks Mercy.  —  The woman who became a national sensation in 1990 after her teenage lover killed her husband has become a prison preacher.  She hopes New Hampshire will set her free.  —  Pamela Smart hung up her green prison uniform jacket …
 
 
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