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5:20 PM ET, March 15, 2023

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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Putin holds a trump card in the 2024 US election  —  The Russian leader's best hope of winning the war in Ukraine lies in American politics  —  This year's oddest moment was when Vladimir Putin attacked the Church of England.  Its sin was to consider the idea of a gender neutral God.
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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 …
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
The GOP's stunning realignment on foreign policy
Julia Ioffe / Puck:
Putin's Boy from Tallahassee
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Former NATO Chief: Trump Could Sabotage the War
Discussion: The Hill and TASS
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
The Ukraine Untruths of Disingenuous DeSantis
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 …
Discussion: CNN
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
DOJ charges Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, associate of Steve Bannon, in $1 billion fraud  — The controversial Chinese businessman Guo Wengui, an associate of former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon, was arrested in New York for orchestrating what federal prosecutors called a more than $1 billion fraud conspiracy.
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes of the Trump grand jury  —  A bomb-sniffing dog, SWAT team escort and months of careful silence  —  The bomb-sniffing dog was new.  The special grand jurors investigating interference in Georgia's 2020 elections hadn't before seen that level of security …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
How an Offer to Testify Before a New York Grand Jury Signals Trouble for Trump
Discussion: Associated Press, CNN and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
Seth Stern / Bloomberg Law:
Judges Want ‘Disruptive’ Law Students Flagged to Employers  —  Share To:  —  Two federal appeals court judges say law schools should consider informing potential employers if students participate in protests that disrupt speakers on campus.  —  Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho …
Discussion: National Review
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Expensively credentialed, negligibly educated Stanford brats threw a tantrum
abc7NY:
FBI investigating fire at Upper East Side hotel where Chinese billionaire arrested … Eyewitness News was there after flames broke out on the 18th floor of the Sherry-Netherland Hotel on Fifth Avenue.  —  UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — A fire broke out inside an Upper East Side hotel …
Discussion: CoinDesk, Joe.My.God. and ABC7
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.”
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The “Free State of Florida” Is Coming for You  —  In Florida you are totally free to do whatever Ron DeSantis allows you to do.  —  1. The Free State of Florida  —  It's a small thing.  —  Yesterday Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation filed a complaint against the Hyatt Regency Miami.
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Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
DeSantis may pull Miami Hyatt's liquor license over drag show
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New York Times:
Senate Confirms Garcetti as Ambassador to India, Capping a Two-Year Fight  —  Despite concerns among some Democrats about claims that the former Los Angeles mayor condoned sexual harassment by an aide, several Republicans supported him, saving his confirmation from collapse.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Garcetti confirmed to ambassadorship despite cloud of scandal
Washington Post:
Abortion pill fight may have broader implications for FDA drug approval  —  Legal experts say a Texas judge's ruling on mifepristone may sow chaos in how the agency regulates medicines  —  The legal battle over an abortion pill threatens to upend the Food and Drug Administration's drug-approval process …
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Washington Post:
Texas judge presses lawyers on FDA approval of key abortion drug
Randall Eliason / Sidebars:
The Pace of the January 6 Investigation  —  Don't confuse running out of patience with running out of time  —  It's been more than two years since the events following the 2020 presidential election that culminated in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.  You don't have to spend …
Discussion: Insider and New York Times
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Financial Times:
Barney Frank defends role at Signature Bank: ‘I need to make money’  —  Ex-congressman behind landmark banking law says he has no regrets about joining failed lender's board  —  Former US congressman Barney Frank, an architect of landmark legislation designed to make the banking system safer …
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
What did Congressman Andy Ogles do with nearly $25,000 meant for child burial garden?  He won't say  —  Ogles used photo of stillborn child in 2014 for GoFundMe, promising a place for burial of babies with benches for families, life-size statue of Jesus.  It never happened, but he kept the money.
Politico:
MAGA favorite Kathy Barnette says she won't run again for Senate  —  Conservative commentator Kathy Barnette, who waged a surprising Senate campaign in 2022 that briefly panicked GOP insiders, will not make another run for that office in 2024, she told POLITICO in an interview.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Market Stress Snarls Trading in U.S. Treasurys
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Quick Look at the Lying Trumpist Liars Behind that Database on Corporate Giving to “BLM”
Chip Roy / Fox News:
3 years after COVID, it's past time taxpayers stop funding this corrupt organization
Semafor:
Why the biggest banks were first shut out of bidding on Silicon Valley Bank
Discussion: Bloomberg and Summit News
Raw Story:
Students at Florida university want to keep diversity programs and classes, survey shows
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Delivered on His Promises
Discussion: Newsweek
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Goldberg / Associated Press:
Electric car stores will be restricted in Mississippi
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
Now that Hate has Become the GOP's Main Political Weapon, What Can Americans Do?
Associated Press:
What's known and not about US drone-Russian jet encounter
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Steps from the Capitol, Trump allies buy up properties to build MAGA campus
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Exclusive: Effective Altruist Leaders Were Repeatedly Warned About Sam Bankman-Fried Years Before FTX Collapsed
Discussion: The Block
The Economist:
Russia's allies are a motley—and shrinking—crew
Discussion: The Hill and Yahoo News
 

 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

CBS News:
Greg Gumbel, a CBS Sports anchor and commentator who covered the NFL and college basketball for more than 20 years, died at 78 of cancer

Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg:
Shares of South Korean entertainment companies related to Squid Game drop 20%+ following a less-than-perfect debut for the new season of the series on Netflix

 
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