memeorandum: Mike Pence must testify about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, judge rules (CNN)

3:15 PM ET, March 28, 2023

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CNN:

Mike Pence must testify about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, judge rules — A federal judge has decided that former Vice President Mike Pence must testify to a grand jury about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, 2021 …

Discussion: Insider, USA Today, Deadline, National Review, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Press, Raw Story and Mediaite

New York Times:

Pence Must Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury, Judge Rules — The ruling in Washington was the latest setback to efforts by former President Donald J. Trump's legal team to limit testimony to grand juries investigating him on various matters. — A federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and The Hill

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:

Chris Christie, Putting Out Feelers for a 2024 Run, Takes Aim at Trump — A speech in New Hampshire looks back on 2016 and ahead to another potential campaign — one that would have to start from square one. — GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Chris Christie wants a New Hampshire do-over.

Discussion: Politico, Semafor, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The Triad, CBS News, Breitbart and Fox News

NBC News:
Federal judge orders Pence to testify in special counsel probe investigating Trump

Discussion: New Republic

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: Pence ordered to testify in probe of Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election

ABC News:
Judge rejects Trump's privilege claims over Pence testimony in Jan. 6 probe

Discussion: Bloomberg, Forbes, Raw Story, Just The News, Slate, Bernard Goldberg's Commentary and HuffPost

Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Christie sees a lane in the GOP primary: Trump destroyer

Discussion: USA Today, New York Post, Bloomberg, HotAir, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Fox News, HuffPost, The Hill, Mediaite and The Daily Caller

Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
The Dangerous Journey of John Eastman

Discussion: Political Wire

Washington Post:

Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations — Funding for group that battled ‘cultural Marxism’ was channeled through right-wing think tank, Post investigation finds — A little-known conservative activist group led by Virginia “Ginni” Thomas …

Discussion: USA Today, Washington Press, Forbes and Raw Story

Sandra Stojanovic / Reuters:

Video shows police storming building, killing Nashville school shooter — Video released on Tuesday showed Nashville, Tennessee, police officers storming a private Christian grade school on Monday before confronting and fatally shooting an attacker who killed three 9-year-old students and three adult staff members.

CNN:

Covenant school shooter was under care for emotional disorder and hid guns at home, police say — Editor's Note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. — CNN — The 28-year-old who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville …

Discussion: NBC News, New York Post, Boing Boing, WAVY-TV, WKRN-TV, Associated Press, Insider, The Western Journal, Twitchy, Washington Examiner, al.com, Mercury News, The Post Millennial, Raw Story, Fox News, Louder With Crowder, KTVX-TV and Common Dreams

Matt Young / The Daily Beast:

Photos Show Nashville School Shooter Personalized Weapons Used in School Massacre — EVIDENCE PILES UP — Police have released pictures of the weapons used in the mass shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville Monday morning, two of which were obtained legally and locally, authorities said.

Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Beast, New York Post, al.com, Vanity Fair, NBC News, Semafor, Breitbart and Raw Story

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

The inside story of why a Florida school removed a movie about Ruby Bridges — Ruby Bridges is a civil rights hero. At just six years old, Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, fulfilling the promise of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

Discussion: VICE and Balloon Juice

Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:

What the Republican Push for ‘Parents’ Rights' Is Really About — You may have heard the phrase “parents' rights.” — It sounds unobjectionable — of course parents should have rights — which is probably why it's become the term of choice for the conservative effort to ban books …

Discussion: The American Conservative, Blue Virginia and Digby's Hullabaloo

Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Fla. parent files complaint about second-graders watching ‘Ruby Bridges’

Discussion: Progress Pond, Political Wire, The Daily Beast and Zandar Versus The Stupid

David E. Sanger / New York Times:

Inside the U.S. Pressure Campaign Over Israel's Judicial Overhaul — President Biden and his advisers bombarded the Israeli government with warnings that the country's image as the sole democracy in the Middle East was at stake. — WASHINGTON — In the 48 hours before Prime Minister …

Discussion: Haaretz, The Times of Israel, HuffPost, Cyprus Mail, Haaretz, USA Today, Al-Monitor, Politico and Political Wire

New York Times:
Netanyahu Delays Bid to Overhaul Israel's Judiciary as Protests Rage

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Netanyahu Cannot Be Trusted

Discussion: Haaretz, Washington Examiner and Wall Street Journal

Patrick Ruffini / The Intersection:

Why this extremely viral poll result might not be real — It's unlikely that Americans are half as patriotic as they were four years ago. Here's what's happening instead. — This chart from the March Wall Street Journal/NORC poll was destined to go viral.

Discussion: National Review, The Federalist, American Greatness, Boston Herald, Breitbart, Washington Post, The Daily Signal, Political Wire, Fox News and Wall Street Journal

Mike Allen / Axios:
Rot of nation's core values quantified by single poll

Discussion: Fox News, Not the Bee, Digby's Hullabaloo and NewsNation

Connor O'Brien / Politico:

'It's a powerful effect': Austin fires back at GOP senator's blockade of military promotions — Sen. Tommy Tuberville is holding up personnel moves over the Pentagon's new abortion policies. — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin went on offense Tuesday against one Republican senator's blockade …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Fox News, Raw Story, The American Independent, The Daily Caller and al.com

Punchbowl News:
3/28/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM

Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, Washington Examiner and Board of Governors …

CNN:

Dominion wants Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other Fox hosts and executives to take the stand at trial — Dominion Voting Systems said in a court filing Monday that it wants to put some of Fox News' top executives and most well-known hosts on the witness stand when its $1.6 billion defamation case …

Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite, Deadline, Washington Press, Political Wire, The Daily Beast and Washington Post

Alex Burness / Bolts:

“Back to 1902”: Virginia Governor Revives Lifetime Ban on Voting — Governor Glenn Youngkin just gave himself a lot more power to pick and choose Virginia voters. The Republican governor's administration told state lawmakers in a letter last week that he was rescinding his predecessors' policy …

Discussion: Political Wire

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Sean Hannity's attempt to coach Trump backfires — again — Despite the Fox host's prompts, Trump declined to give him the answers he sought. And they pertain to some central questions in a key legal fight. — Donald Trump's long-awaited return to Fox News's airwaves on Monday night …

Discussion: Sean Hannity, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, Washington Press, Boing Boing, BizPac Review, CITIZEN FREE PRESS, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and The Last Refuge

Maria Verza / Associated Press:

Official: 39 dead in fire at migrant facility in Mexico — More than three dozen migrants have died in a fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border, an official said Tuesday. Images from the scene showed rows of bodies lying under shimmery silver sheets outside …

Aleks Phillips / Newsweek:

Tucker Carlson Has the American People on His Side, Poll Shows — A majority of American voters agree with Tucker Carlson that the events of the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol were less violent than have been portrayed by the media. — According to exclusive polling for Newsweek …

Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:

'We're Going Away': A State's Choice to Forgo Medicaid Funds Is Killing Hospitals — Mississippi is one of 10 states, all with Republican-led legislatures, that continue to reject federal funding to expand health insurance for the poor, intensifying financial pressure on hospitals.

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story, Pluribus News and Washington Times

Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
North Carolina Expands Medicaid After Republicans Abandon Their Opposition

Discussion: Raleigh News & Observer, governor.nc.gov, Fox News and The Pulse

NBC4 Washington:

Suspect Accused of Stabbing Senate Staffer in DC Got Out of Prison Day Before, Records Show — A man accused of stabbing a U.S. Senate staffer in Northeast D.C. on Saturday was released from federal prison 24 hours earlier, court records show. — Glynn Neal, 42, was arrested and charged …

Paul McLeary / Politico:

U.S. suspends sharing nuke information with Russia — The announcement comes after Moscow said it would put a key nuclear pact on ice. — The U.S. has stopped sharing information about its strategic nuclear stockpile with Russia in response to Moscow's decision last month to suspend …

Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Stops Sharing Data on Nuclear Forces With Russia

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner, Financial Times, TASS and Peoria | WMBD AM & FM

Max Parrott / The Lever:

To Crush Unions, Starbucks Targets Employee Communications — In a federal court case over Starbucks' alleged anti-union retaliation, the coffee giant is deploying a maneuver that labor experts say could have a chilling effect on workers' organizing efforts and potentially set a disastrous precedent …

Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg, More Perfect Union, New York Times, NPR, MLive.com and Truthout

Lee O. Sanderlin / Baltimore Sun:

FBI offers $10K reward for info on Roy McGrath, now an ‘international flight risk’ — The FBI has determined Roy McGrath is an “international flight risk” and is offering a $10,000 reward for information about his whereabouts. — McGrath, 53, was former Gov. Larry Hogan's chief of staff …

Discussion: Political Wire

Igor Bobic / HuffPost:

The Man Who Leads Senate Prayer Is Fed Up With ‘Thoughts And Prayers’ — “When babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers,” Senate Chaplain Barry Black said in his opening prayer. — After another mass shooting took the lives of six people …

Discussion: CBS News, Washington Post, Vanity Fair and Talking Points Memo

Aamna Mohdin / The Guardian:

Guardian owner apologises for founders' links to transatlantic slavery — Scott Trust to invest in decade-long programme of restorative justice after academic research into newspaper's origins — The owner of the Guardian has issued an apology for the role the newspaper's founders …

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CNN:

Inside the backchannel communications keeping Donald Trump in the loop on Republican investigations — Donald Trump continues to wield enormous power on Capitol Hill as House Republicans seek to curry favor with the former president, pursuing his fixations through their investigations …

Omari Daniels / Washington Post:

Adnan Syed conviction reinstated by Maryland appellate court panel — A Maryland appellate court panel on Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of “Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed, deciding a lower court had violated the right of the victim's family to attend a critical hearing in the case.

Discussion: Baltimore Sun, WMAR 2 News Baltimore and Semafor

Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:

“I'll Walk Away From Anything”: Kara Swisher Calls the Shots — The ultimate media insider is juggling podcasts, writing a memoir, and texting with “half the planet.” ("She has a coffee before bed," says Ben Smith.) Swisher opens up to Vanity Fair about her career, including leaving The New York Times …

Wall Street Journal:

Disney Eliminates Its Metaverse Division as Part of Company's Layoffs Plan — The unit, once seen as developing a new form of storytelling, had about 50 employees — White-Collar Recession: Why Job Cuts Are Hitting Professional Workers — White-Collar Recession: Why Job Cuts Are Hitting Professional Workers