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11:15 AM ET, March 19, 2023

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Erica Orden / Politico:
Manhattan DA Bragg privately warns of intimidation after Trump calls for protest  —  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg offered a private retort to Donald Trump's message Saturday urging supporters to protest his expected indictment, telling office employees in an email that …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 18, 2023  —  Rumors that he is about to be indicted in New York in connection with the $130,000 hush-money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels have prompted former president Donald Trump to pepper his alternative social media site with requests for money and to double down on the idea …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Washington Post:   Mike Pence, unmoored from Donald Trump, finds his old voice
Luke Clausen / Iowa Capital Dispatch:
Pence, in Iowa, characterizes potential Trump prosecution as ‘politically motivated’
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Get ready for Manhattan DA's made-for-TV Trump prosecution: high on ratings, but short on the law
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
MTG: Trump arrest ‘Is what they do in communist countries!’
New York Post:
Donald Trump says he will be arrested Tuesday
Peter Baker / New York Times:
An Untold Story Behind Jimmy Carter's Presidential Defeat  —  A prominent Texas politician said he unwittingly took part in a 1980 tour of the Middle East with a clandestine agenda.  —  WASHINGTON — It has been more than four decades, but Ben Barnes said he remembers it vividly.
Ray Hartmann / Raw Story:
Alex Jones is transferring millions to family and friends to thwart creditors: report  —  The families of Sandy Hook shooting victims are finding themselves victimized once again by Infowars conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones, the New York Times reported today.
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New York Times:
Sandy Hook Families Are Fighting Alex Jones and the Bankruptcy System Itself
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and KFOR-TV
Andrés R. Martínez / New York Times:
Putin Makes Surprise Visit to Occupied Ukraine  —  State media said the Russian leader flew by helicopter to Mariupol, site of one of the bloodiest battles since Russia invaded Ukraine last year.  —  President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia traveled to Mariupol, a surprise visit to the Ukrainian city …
ABC News:
Pence indicates he won't challenge all aspects of special counsel's subpoena, as more details emerge  —  The former vice president spoke with ABC News' Jonathan Karl for “This Week.”  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence indicated that he is not challenging all aspects of the subpoena  —  issued last month
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Covid Politics Leave a Florida Public Hospital Shaken  —  Staff members of Sarasota Memorial Hospital are bewildered by critics who continue to wage a campaign against federal guidelines on Covid treatment.  —  SARASOTA, Fla. — The turmoil at Sarasota Memorial, one of Florida's largest public hospitals …
New York Times:
Businesses in Phoenix Struggle As Homelessness Crisis Continues  —  As homelessness overwhelms downtown Phoenix, a small business wonders how long it can hang on.  —  Reporting from Phoenix  —  He had been coming into work at the same sandwich shop at the same exact time every weekday morning …
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
TikTok now has 150 million active users in the U.S., CEO to tell Congress  —  When TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before Congress on Thursday, he plans to unveil new internal data that suggests the popular video-sharing app is far more enmeshed in Americans' daily lives than anyone realizes.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Rishi Sunak Charts Post-Brexit Role With Pivot From ‘Global Britain’  —  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has dropped Boris Johnson's bombastic approach to foreign policy, echoing the new British leader's personal style and reflecting the country's changed global status.  —  Reporting from London
Jessica Piper / Politico:
George Santos never filed a key financial disclosure.  Enforcement has been lax for years.  —  A financial disclosure form that now-Rep. George Santos was supposed to file in 2021 might have offered key insight into the embattled congressman's finances at a pivotal point in his campaign.
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
How Midwest roots shaped Ron DeSantis' political values and perspective  —  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — In 1960, political scandal erupted at the Board of Elections in Mahoning County, Ohio.  The Republican secretary of state, furious because voting machines hadn't worked properly during the May primary …
Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal:
Biden's ‘Go It Alone’ Trade Deals Draw Warnings From Congress  —  Lawmakers raise constitutional concerns over trade pacts that bypass congressional involvement  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is accelerating its efforts to pursue trade agreements that bypass Congress as it seeks to counter China …
Discussion: Political Wire
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Navajo Nation's long quest for water — and for the federal government to keep its promises — ends up at Supreme Court  —  NAVAJO NATION, N.M. — Her hands gripping the steering wheel, Marilyn Help-Hood gingerly drove her rugged Ford pickup truck along rutted unpaved roads …
Dave Lawler / Axios:
20 years on, most Americans say Iraq invasion was the wrong decision  —  Two decades after the U.S. invaded Iraq, 61% of Americans do not believe the U.S. made the right decision by invading Iraq, according to a new Axios/Ipsos poll. … The invasion toppled a brutal dictator but sparked 20 years …
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Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
What Ron DeSantis Got Right in His Ukraine Statement
Discussion: Washington Post
Cara Tabachnick / CBS News:
Idaho hospital to stop labor and delivery services citing “political climate” and doctor shortages
Brian Stelter / Air Mail:
Politics by Other Means  —  Is David Sirota—whose two-year-old news site, the Lever …
Michael A. Cohen / The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis Is Completely Out of Touch With Ordinary Americans
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Washington Post:
Long-covid symptoms are less common now than earlier in the pandemic
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
Wyoming Bans Abortion Pills
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Heekyong Yang / Reuters:
North Korea claims almost 800,000 have signed up to fight against US
Discussion: Fox News, Bloomberg, Reuters and UPI
Christopher Rowland / Washington Post:
Senior care is crushingly expensive. Boomers aren't ready.
Discussion: Oregonian
Shruti Rajkumar / HuffPost:
Maryland House Passes Bill Requiring Gender-Affirming Care Under Medicaid
Discussion: Raw Story
Kali Holloway / The Daily Beast:
Mississippi Republicans Want to Take Over a Majority Black City to ‘Save’ It
Washington Post:
The aide who stayed: Walt Nauta, key witness in Trump documents case
Discussion: Forbes and Washington Press
 

 
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Richard Deitsch / New York Times:
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches

Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:
Newsweek says its “fairness meter”, added in Oct. 2023 to let readers decide if an article is biased based on five potential choices, has gotten strong support

BBC:
The BBC says Gavin & Stacey: The Finale topped UK Christmas Day overnight ratings with 12.3M viewers, and its shows were the top 10 most-watched of the day
 
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