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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers cringe over Trump's effort to destroy DeSantis  —  Senate Republicans are wincing over former President Trump's early barrage of attacks against his chief rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), fearing they're seeing a preview of a brutal primary to come that could leave …
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The Daily Beast:
The GOP Campaign Trail Is Already Getting DeSantis-Proofed  —  As he explores a run for president, the demanding Florida governor is already coming across as a “nightmare” in the early primary states.  —  At any given fundraiser or VIP room where he's present, Ron DeSantis is usually easy to find—in the corner, keeping to himself.
Politico:
Ron DeSantis has a Florida problem  —  Ron DeSantis would seem to have everything going for him in the Republican presidential primary.  There's just one small question: Will the good vibes now result in election doom later?  —  As the Florida governor cast out to early nominating states in recent days …
Wall Street Journal:
Ron DeSantis's First Big Mistake  —  The Florida Governor toys with Trumpian retreat on Ukraine.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Ron DeSantis is sketching out a presidential campaign based on his manifest governing success in Florida and as a fearless fighter for principle who ignores the polls.
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
DeSantis's Ukraine Statement Was Careful Electoral Politics, and That's a Good Thing
Discussion: HotAir
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Republicans Are Delusional If They Think Biden Will Be Easy to Beat  —  At this juncture, no one else in the country is as likely to be president of the United States come January 2025 as Joe Biden.  —  Republicans telling themselves otherwise are engaged in self-delusion.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Much of the 2024 GOP field focuses on dark, apocalyptic themes
Discussion: Raw Story
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:   Inside the Trump world-organized retreat to plot out Biden oversight
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Swamp GOP ‘secretly’ worked with Democrats to doom Trump: Voters
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
DOJ Told Court to Expect a Deluge of New Jan. 6 Prosecutions  —  More than 1,000 additional people could still face charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, according to a letter to the DC federal court from the US attorney in Washington.
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CNN:
There's a new chief judge in DC who could help determine the fate of Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Fulton County investigators have another recording of a Trump phone call pressuring a Georgia official
Washington Post:
Ukraine live briefing: Poland to send Ukraine fighter jets; U.S. released footage of apparent drone collision  —  Poland plans to give Ukraine Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the first NATO country to provide long-sought warplanes since the Russian invasion began last year …
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Fox News:
US video shows moment Russian fighter jet collides with US drone
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Washington Post:
Fla. reporter fired after calling news release on DeSantis event ‘propaganda’
ProPublica:
Wealthy Executives Make Millions Trading Competitors' Stock With Remarkable Timing  —  The Secret IRS Files  —  On Feb. 21, 2018, August Troendle, an Ohio billionaire, made a remarkably well-timed stock trade.  He sold $1.1 million worth of shares of Syneos Health the day before a management shake …
Popular Information:
Silicon Valley Bank donated zero dollars to Black Lives Matter  —  Rebecca Crosby, Tesnim Zekeria, and Judd Legum  —  Tuesday night on Fox News, host Jesse Watters asserted that Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) “donated $74 million to Black Lives Matter.”  That was why, Watters claimed …
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:   After Silicon Valley Bank's failure, one policy response is gaining bipartisan momentum
Variety:
21% of Fox News Viewers Trust Network Less After Texts Revealed in Dominion Lawsuit: Survey  —  More than a fifth of Fox News Channel viewers are less trusting of the cable network in the wake of publicly disclosed text messages and emails from Fox executives and on-air personalities, according to a new survey.
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Washington Post:   At center of Fox News lawsuit, Sidney Powell and a ‘wackadoodle’ email
Lauren Egan / Politico:
Marianne Williamson's ‘abusive’ treatment of 2020 campaign staff, revealed  —  The best-selling author Marianne Williamson has built a career preaching love and forgiveness.  It is the cornerstone of her second Democratic campaign for president which she launched on March 4.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Democrats' Sympathies in Middle East Shift to Palestinians  — Democrats sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis for first time  — Independents, Republicans still side more with Israelis in the conflict  — Favorable views of Israel remain high across party groups
Dean Obeidallah / The Dean's Report:
Glenn Kirschner is right: “We will see charges way beyond 'hush money” by Manhattan DA versus Trump.  Here is how we know.  —  The media is missing the bigger case  —  Many in the media reporting on the Manhattan District Attorney's investigation into Donald Trump are solely fixated …
Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story, Insider and CNN
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Stormy Daniels: Donald Trump legal team ‘pushes for end to hush money case’
Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
The FBI And DOJ Are Investigating ByteDance's Use Of TikTok To Spy On Journalists  —  Months before the U.S. government demanded ByteDance divest from TikTok, the Department Of Justice's Criminal Division subpoenaed the app's Chinese parent company, according to a source.
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Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal:
TikTok CEO's Message to Washington: A Sale Won't Solve Security Concerns
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Florida Scoured Math Textbooks for ‘Prohibited Topics.’ Next Up: Social Studies.  —  Behind the scenes, one publisher went to great lengths to avoid mentions of race, even in the story of Rosa Parks.  —  The nitty-gritty process of reviewing and approving school textbooks has typically …
Bloomberg:
US Pushes First Republic Rescue With Big Banks After Stock Slump  —  The US government is trying to orchestrate a rescue of First Republic Bank with the aid of the nation's biggest banks, according to people with knowledge of the matter, after the California lender's shares plunged.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Former editor of Jewish newspaper charged for Jan. 6 actions  —  The former editor of an Orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York City — identified two years ago as a member of the Jan. 6 mob by POLITICO — was charged Thursday with two felonies for his actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Washington Post:
Marianne LeVine joins The Post as national political reporter  —  Announcement from National Editor Matea Gold, Deputy National Editor Philip Rucker, Senior Politics Editor Dan Eggen and Deputy Politics Editor for Campaigns Sean Sullivan:  —  We are thrilled to announce that Marianne LeVine …
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Dilemma of Horny Bro Conservativism  —  Plus: Defining “wokeness.”  —  Irony is dead, Chapter 897,453: Trump Super PAC hits DeSantis With Ethics Complaint.  —  Because we know how much Trump values... ethics. … Speaking of ethics, here's man-of-the-people Steve Bannon and his buddies:
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Fox's Tucker Carlson questions 9/11 attacks, complains you'd “lose your job” on TV for bringing it up  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently appeared on a podcast and pushed a central tenet of the conspiracy theory that 9/11 was an inside job, stating: “What actually happened with building 7?
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and AE911Truth
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Be skeptical of Elon Musk's claims of educational ‘indoctrination’  —  Elon Musk, unlike most users of the social media platform he owns, has an incentive to tweet controversial opinions.  The more he riles people up, the more people engage on Twitter.  It's hate-clicks as a business strategy …
Discussion: Just The News and BizPac Review
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
MyPillow CEO Says Company Is Going Broke Defending Election Fraud Claims  —  Mike Lindell claims the company has had to borrow almost $10 million to keep the lights on  —  MYPILLOW FOUNDER AND CEO Mike Lindell claims the company has had to borrow almost $10 million to keep the lights on.
Matthew Desmond / New York Times:
America Is in a Disgraced Class of Its Own  —  The United States has a poverty problem.  —  A third of the country's people live in households making less than $55,000.  Many are not officially counted among the poor, but there is plenty of economic hardship above the poverty line.
 
 
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Jonathan Guyer / Vox:
If you love Israel, you must protest this government, says the former prime minister
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Jen Psaki enters TV's weekend fray with show starting Sunday
Discussion: The Hill, Variety and Los Angeles Times
Freddie deBoer:
Of Course You Know What “Woke” Means
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Abrams says she will ‘likely run again.’ That doesn't excite some Democrats
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nick Gilbertson / Breitbart:
Poll: McCarthy's Approval Surges, Far Superior to Paul Ryan's at Same Point in Speakership
 

 
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