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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 …
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  —  Many of the declared and potential Republican hopefuls feature rhetoric focused on existential dangers and demonizing Democrats  —  Speaking to conservative activists this month just outside of D.C., former president Donald Trump promised …
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
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 …
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
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
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’
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.
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
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.
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
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 …
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
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 …
Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
Louis DeJoy's Surprising Second Act  —  Louis DeJoy thought his workday was done as he arrived home one evening in February 2022.  The Postmaster General was locked in a grueling, monthslong battle with Congress over a bill to shake up the Postal Service.  But as he settled in …
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.
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:
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's ‘Bomb’ Was Actually A Bag Of Sand  —  The Georgia Congresswoman claimed the cartels were planting explosives on the U.S. border, but officials say the “bomb” was just a wad of sand  —  Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed that Mexican drug cartels were now …
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.
Jerusalem Demsas / The Atlantic:
The Great Defenders of the Status Quo  —  Environmental laws are being used to justify oil drilling in Los Angeles, single-family zoning in Minneapolis, and the construction of the border wall.  —  Anti-immigration activists, a Los Angeles oil and natural-gas company, historic preservationists …
 
 
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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:
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