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4:40 PM ET, March 21, 2023

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New York Times:
Make No Mistake, the Investigation of Donald Trump and the Stormy Daniels Scheme Is Serious  —  Though it may be tempting to do so, it is a mistake to assess the Manhattan district attorney's investigation of Donald Trump by comparing its relative severity with those of myriad other crimes possibly committed by him.
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Chris Pandolfo / Fox News:
Manhattan DA issues scathing response to GOP letter on possible Trump indictment: ‘We will not be intimidated’ … Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office has issued a statement after top House Republicans demanded that Bragg testifies to Congress on a possible indictment of former President Trump.
Wesley Parnell / Politico:
MAGA protesters in Manhattan crowded out by anti-Trump rivals  —  NEW YORK - Demonstrators who want a Donald Trump indictment far outnumbered MAGA supporters Tuesday morning outside the Manhattan Criminal Court, where the former president is expected to be charged as early as Wednesday.
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Trump's Potential Indictment Could Alienate Some G.O.P. Voters in 2024  —  The former president strengthened his political position in recent weeks, but an impetuous response to his potential indictment could alienate voters he will need to win back the White House.
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Nobody Likes Mike Pence  —  Mike Pence is making little secret of his presidential ambitions.  He's written his book; he's assembling his team; he's mastered the art of the coy nondenial when somebody asks (in between trips to Iowa) if he's running.  In early Republican-primary polls …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
The porn star, the checks and the president: Trump's tawdry path to peril  —  The first indictment of a former president may result from an episode with a long, rippling tail of criminal consequence  —  Donald Trump had been president for only a month when his longtime lawyer …
Erica Orden / Politico:
By-the-book DA confronts unpredictable opponent in Trump  —  Progressive policies pushed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg have made him a convenient target for Trump, who has a history of claiming bias by those investigating him.  By ERICA ORDEN NEW YORK — As an indictment looms for Donald Trump …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
‘An indictment would help Trump!’ is wholly premature
Rachel Looker / USA Today:
Sen. Rand Paul says Manhattan DA leading Trump investigation should ‘be put in jail’
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham warns Trump arrest would ‘blow up our country’
CBS News:
“Significant increase” in threats online ahead of possible Trump indictment
Washington Post:
McCarthy downplays N.Y. case against Trump, dismisses it as ‘personal money’
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:   Just Shut It, Donny  —  Donald Trump's penchant for verbal intemperance is nothing new …
Matthew Loh / Insider:
Donald Trump wants his ‘74 million’ supporters to sign a petition railing against his potential arrest. Those who sign it are asked to donate $3,300 and more.
Reuters:
Dominion tells judge Fox News knew vote-rigging claims were false  —  Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems on Tuesday told the Delaware judge in its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp (FOXA.O) that Fox News knew allegations of vote-rigging in the 2020 U.S. election were false …
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NBC News:
Fox News producer alleges network coerced her into giving misleading testimony on Dominion
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Is Sean Hannity a journalist? Role of hosts is key in Fox News lawsuit.
Discussion: CNN, more at Mediagazer »
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
From red bastion to blue bulwark: What political shift in Colorado and West means for U.S.  —  Kevin Priola was a Republican before he could even vote.  —  Inspired by Ronald Reagan, he preregistered with the GOP at age 17.  He joined the College Republicans at the University of Colorado in Boulder …
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The GOP gains among ‘voters of color’ are overhyped
Discussion: Althouse
Patrick Ruffini / The Intersection:   The shape of polarization in America
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the C.D.C. as the Pandemic Erupted  —  Current and former employees recall rising desperation as Trump administration officials squelched research into the new coronavirus.  —  In early March 2020, as the nation succumbed to a pandemic, a group of young scientists walked …
Patricia Hurtado / Bloomberg:
Bomb Threat Called In to New York Court Where Trump Hearing Held  —  A bomb threat was called in just as a judge in lower Manhattan was about to start a hearing over a $250 million lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James against Donald Trump.  —  Tuesday's 911 call was investigated …
Scott Streater / Politico:
Biden creates national monuments in Nevada and Texas  —  President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the creation of two national monuments in Nevada and Texas, and directed the study of a possible marine sanctuary southwest of Hawaii that's so large it would allow the administration to meet …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Biden Creates Two National Monuments in the Southwest
ProPublica:
DeSantis Privately Called for Google to Be “Broken Up”  —  In previously unreported videos from a closed-door Teneo Network conference, Florida's Republican governor takes his anti-big tech rhetoric beyond what he has said publicly.  —  Co-published with Documented
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Financial Times:
Xi Jinping backs Vladimir Putin on Ukraine but holds out on Russian gas pipeline  —  Leaders of China and Russia hold centrepiece talks in Moscow  —  Xi Jinping has backed Vladimir Putin's stance on his war in Ukraine but held back from confirming plans for a key pipeline to reroute Russia's gas exports from Europe to Asia.
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Tucker Carlson's senior producer repeatedly made antisemitic comments to Jewish staffers, lawsuit claims  —  Abby Grossberg, a senior producer at Fox News, filed a lawsuit against the network, Carlson and his team claiming rampant sexism and discrimination  —  A Jewish producer at Fox News filed …
New York Times:
Comer, Republicans' Investigative Chief, Embraces Role of Biden Antagonist  —  The fourth-term Kentuckian and chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee has become an aggressive promoter of sinister-sounding claims about the president and his family.
Anya Zoledziowski / VICE:
‘Under His Wings’: Leaked Emails Reveal an Anti-Trans ‘Holy War’  —  Leaked emails from anti-trans lobbyists and state lawmakers read, at times, like scripts from The Handmaid's Tale.  —  Anya Zoledziowski  —  “Under His wings,” one lobbyist wrote in an email.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Raw Story
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Fan poops in aisle near Hillary and Chelsea Clinton at Broadway show  —  Some like it... steaming hot.  —  Page Six hears that a serial pooper has been stalking the halls of the legendary Schubert Theater — and the last time they struck, a turd appeared in the aisle near Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.
Associated Press:
Trump loses last bid to keep key evidence out of rape trial  —  NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump's effort to keep key evidence out of his civil rape trial next month was rejected by a federal judge Monday.  —  Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan ruled that key witnesses will be allowed …
Discussion: Reuters, Insider, CNBC, The Hill and ABC News
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
A president has never been indicted.  But one was arrested.  —  Donald Trump's claim that he will be arrested imminently has sparked political maneuvering and a debate about the implications of indicting an ex-president.  —  No president or former president has ever been indicted.
Discussion: NBC News, Poynter and al.com
CNN:
US to send Patriot missile systems and tanks to Ukraine faster than originally planned  —  US Patriot missile defense systems and Abram tanks are set to be deployed to Ukraine faster than originally planned, US defense officials said on Tuesday.  —  A group of 65 Ukrainian soldiers will complete …
Karen Schwartz / Washington Post:
Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale  —  Four people aboard the Raindancer were stranded in the Pacific Ocean for 10 hours  —  His circumstances sounded straight out of “Moby-Dick,” but Rick Rodriguez wasn't kidding.  In his first text messages from the life raft, he said he was in serious trouble.
Discussion: Insider
New York Times:
Tracking the Chinese Balloon From Space … Methodology — Finding the Chinese Balloon in Satellite Images  —  A satellite collects images of the Earth by taking pictures in different wavelengths of light and stitching them together.  The satellite photographs the same location on the ground …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Inside Ron DeSantis's Plan to Ride Anti-vaxxism to the White House
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Aubrie Spady / Fox News:
‘Not just a right wing thing’: AOC snaps at left-wing ‘rumors’ she hosted a military recruitment event
Discussion: IJR
Just Security:
Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
The pre-Pearl Harbor GOP is back
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Open letter to Jeffrey Sachs on his position regarding Russian war on Ukraine
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