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12:00 PM ET, March 15, 2023

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New York Times:
DeSantis, Backing Away From Ukraine, Angers G.O.P. Hawks  —  The Florida governor, who joined Donald Trump in declaring that defending Ukraine from Russia was not a vital interest, drew swift condemnations from establishment Republicans.  —  Declaring this week that defending Ukraine …
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Washington Post:
A Republican ‘civil war’ on Ukraine erupts as Reagan's example fades  —  GOP leaders and voters are increasingly skeptical of an extended commitment, part of a broader shift away from conservative support for foreign interventions  —  When Ronald Reagan addressed a brand new organization …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Julia Ioffe / Puck:
Putin's Boy from Tallahassee  —  In the zero-sum world of rightward Republicanism, politicians are using a yearning to confront China as a veil to abandon Ukraine. … The Fox News host, who had solicited answers from anyone considering tossing their hat in the ring, was clearly impressed.
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
DeSantis' Ukraine flip alarms pro-Israel Republicans … In declaring his belief that protecting Ukraine from Russian aggression is a “territorial dispute” and not a vital interest to the United States, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who is widely expected to run for president in 2024 …
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Former NATO Chief: Trump Could Sabotage the War  —  Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former secretary-general of NATO, packs his prognosis for Donald Trump's 2024 campaign into one loaded word.  —  “I think President Trump will be a loser,” he tells me.  —  It is a notoriously triggering term …
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner and TASS
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
The GOP's stunning realignment on foreign policy  —  Ron DeSantis' claim that protecting Ukraine isn't in the “vital” interest of the U.S. highlights a remarkable divide in the GOP over foreign policy — pitting its top two presidential candidates against the party's more hawkish establishment.
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
The Ukraine Untruths of Disingenuous DeSantis
Washington Post:
On the trail, freewheeling Donald Trump counters scripted Ron DeSantis
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Is Ron DeSantis Flaming Out Already?
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say  —  Exclusive: New York prosecutors expanded criminal inquiry of company last year and examined acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties  —  Federal prosecutors in New York involved in the criminal investigation …
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Forbes
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Julia Love / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump's Truth Social Cuts Staff as SPAC Languishes
Discussion: Insider
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Silicon Valley Bank and Joe Biden's $19 Trillion Monday  —  His latest bailout is a solution for him now and a problem for us later.  —  WSJ Opinion: The President Drops a Totally Political Budget  —  Your bank deposits are safe from bank failures.  They aren't safe from inflation.
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New York Times:
How Washington Decided to Rescue Silicon Valley Bank's Depositors
Discussion: Politico and Eschaton
Washington Post:
The 72-hour scramble to save the United States from a banking crisis
Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis hit with an ethics complaint from Trump super PAC  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Donald Trump's allies are stepping up their battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, formally accusing him of violating state ethics and election laws with his “shadow presidential campaign.”
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump prepares an extensive opposition file on ‘Ron DeSanctimonious’  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not yet officially entered the 2024 presidential arena but former President Donald Trump's campaign is preparing a grenade to launch his way.  —  Trump's team and his allied PAC are preparing …
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Exiled Chinese Billionaire Charged in New York With Financial Conspiracy  —  Guo Wengui, a fugitive financier and associate of Steve Bannon, is accused by federal prosecutors of engaging in a complex scheme to bilk thousands of online followers.  —  Guo Wengui, a fugitive Chinese billionaire …
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New York Times:
George Santos's Role in Sale of $19 Million Yacht Attracts F.B.I. Interest  —  Just before his House election, Mr. Santos helped two of his largest donors reach a private deal on a $19 million boat, mixing his political and personal interests.  —  A $19 million luxury yacht deal brokered …
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Alternet.org and Raw Story
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
George Santos Signals Intention to Seek Re-election in 2024
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed Encourages Reporters to Write More Stories in Attempt to Turn Profit  —  ‘What we can control is how many stories we publish each day,’ BuzzFeed News editor in chief tells newsroom  —  BuzzFeed Inc. BZFD -.65%decrease; red down pointing triangle is encouraging its newsroom to produce …
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Exclusive: Effective Altruist Leaders Were Repeatedly Warned About Sam Bankman-Fried Years Before FTX Collapsed  —  Leaders of the Effective Altruism movement were repeatedly warned beginning in 2018 that Sam Bankman-Fried was unethical, duplicitous, and negligent in his role as CEO of Alameda Research …
Megan Rose Dickey / Axios:
San Francisco supervisors open to reparations proposal  —  A reparations plan in San Francisco that includes a one-time, $5 million lump sum payment to each eligible Black person had its first public hearing before city officials Tuesday, with dozens of members of the public calling for the proposal's adoption.
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Janie Har / Associated Press:
San Francisco board open to reparations with $5M payouts
The Princetonian:
Princeton senior arrested in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol riot  —  On March 14, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Larry Giberson '23 was arrested in relation to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.  —  Giberson did not immediately respond to The Daily Princetonian's request for comment.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ: Trump cannot save Navarro from contempt of Congress prosecution  —  Donald Trump never asserted executive privilege to block Peter Navarro from testifying to the Jan. 6 select committee — and even if he did, it wouldn't have excused the former Trump trade adviser's decision to blow off …
Discussion: The Hill, USA Today and Bloomberg
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Lewis Kamb / NBC News:
FBI says it has no records related to Trump's claim he ‘sent’ agents to stop voter fraud in Florida during 2018 election
Nick Catoggio / The Dispatch:
The Schism Is Here … What would you get if you asked ChatGPT to craft a Ukraine policy optimized to pander to Tucker Carlson viewers rather than to maximize American interests?  —  This.  You'd get this. … Even if we didn't know already that Ron DeSantis was moving toward …
Discussion: Florida Politics
Dmytro Kuleba / The Hill:
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: Russia must be removed from the United Nations Security Council  —  Russia's unprovoked, barbaric war on Ukraine has forced the world to confront many unsettling questions.  One of the most important is: Where is multilateral diplomacy when you need it?
Russell Contreras / Axios:
First look: Young and unaffiliated Latino voters surge across U.S.  —  First-time Latino voters are outpacing first-time non-Latino voters in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New York, and Texas, according to a report first obtained by Axios. … - The 2022 election showed …
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Steps from the Capitol, Trump allies buy up properties to build MAGA campus  —  At first glance, the flurry of real estate sales two blocks east of the U.S. Capitol appeared unremarkable in a city where such sales are common.  In the span of a year, a seemingly unrelated gaggle …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
How an Offer to Testify Before a New York Grand Jury Signals Trouble for Trump  —  The Manhattan District Attorney offered to let Donald Trump speak to a grand jury—but only if he waived the immunity that would come with his testimony.  That's bad news for Trump.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A viral moment reinforces the hollowness of ‘woke’ as an attack  —  One of conservative writer Bethany Mandel's least disputable comments during her appearance on The Hill's streaming show “Rising” was a prediction she made as she fumbled a reply to host Briahna Joy Gray: “This is going to be one of those moments that goes viral.”
 
 
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The Economist:
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Feds launch manhunt for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's ex-chief of staff
Pedro L. Gonzalez / CONTRA:
The Persecution of Douglass Mackey
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Discussion: The Scroll
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Eight free-speech groups, including the EFF, and three members of Congress file briefs with SCOTUS in support of TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law

Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg:
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