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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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.
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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 …
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The American Conservative, Blue Virginia and Digby's Hullabaloo
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Fla. parent files complaint about second-graders watching ‘Ruby Bridges’
Fla. parent files complaint about second-graders watching ‘Ruby Bridges’
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Progress Pond
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 …
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The Times of Israel, Haaretz, Haaretz, USA Today, Al-Monitor and Politico
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New York Times:
Netanyahu Delays Bid to Overhaul Israel's Judiciary as Protests Rage
Netanyahu Delays Bid to Overhaul Israel's Judiciary as Protests Rage
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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.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Rot of nation's core values quantified by single poll — Rarely does one poll stare so deeply into the soul of a nation and tell its story. But a new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll exposes generational and political divides that echo loudly and transformatively across our culture, politics and governance.
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Fox News and Digby's Hullabaloo
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.
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Christie sees a lane in the GOP primary: Trump destroyer
Christie sees a lane in the GOP primary: Trump destroyer
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
The Chris Christie rebrand runs through New Hampshire
The Chris Christie rebrand runs through New Hampshire
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USA Today, HuffPost, Fox News and Political Wire
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.
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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 …
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Political Wire
Tom LoBianco / Yahoo News:
Veterans of Ted Cruz's 2016 campaign sign up to help DeSantis beat Trump — Former top aides to the Texas senator are gearing up for a fight that's already reminiscent of the GOP's brutal 2016 primary. — Read full article — President of the United States from 2017 to 2021 — 46th Governor of Florida
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Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
DeSantis hit with second ethics complaint before prospective presidential bid takes off
DeSantis hit with second ethics complaint before prospective presidential bid takes off
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Pro-DeSantis PAC hires senior team from Cruz, Trump, Youngkin campaigns
Pro-DeSantis PAC hires senior team from Cruz, Trump, Youngkin campaigns
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Politico, Salt Lake Tribune, The Daily Caller and The Hill
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 …
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 …
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CNBC:
Sam Bankman-Fried paid over $40 million to bribe at least one official in China, DOJ alleges in new indictment — FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried paid out tens of millions of dollars in bribes to at least one Chinese government official, federal prosecutors alleged in a new indictment.
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Reuters:
FTX's Bankman-Fried charged with bribing Chinese officials in new indictment
FTX's Bankman-Fried charged with bribing Chinese officials in new indictment
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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.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
North Carolina Expands Medicaid After Republicans Abandon Their Opposition
North Carolina Expands Medicaid After Republicans Abandon Their Opposition
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WTVF-TV:
She checked her Instagram. She didn't expect a message from The Covenant School shooter. — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — At 9:57 a.m., a former middle school basketball teammate of Audrey Hale looked at her phone to find a message from The Covenant School shooter on Instagram.
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CNN:
Nashville private school shooting suspect had maps of building and scouted possible second attack location, police say
Nashville private school shooting suspect had maps of building and scouted possible second attack location, police say
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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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
The IRS Makes a Strange House Call on Matt Taibbi — An agent shows up at the home of the Twitter files journalist who testified before Congress. Democrats are denouncing the House GOP investigation into the weaponization of government, but maybe that's because Republicans are getting somewhere.
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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
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Protect Democracy:
Towards Proportional Representation for the U.S. House — “Each American lives in a congressional district in which every two years they may vote for a single official to alone represent their district in the U.S. House of Representatives. This reality is so familiar to most that it perhaps …
Christian Paz / Vox:
The House GOP's investigations are flopping — House Republicans are still looking for their next Benghazi. But their investigations are unpopular. — Even before they had taken control of the House, House Republicans were promising payback. — Using the powers of the various …
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Washington Examiner