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10:20 AM ET, March 29, 2023

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Associated Press:
Poll: Cut federal spending — but not big-ticket programs  —  In the federal budget standoff, the majority of U.S. adults are asking lawmakers to pull off the impossible: Cut the overall size of government, but also devote more money to the most popular and expensive programs.
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Steve Clemons / Semafor:
Principals  —  with Steve Clemons  —  Ron DeSantis doesn't text or email, Shelby Talcott reports …
Discussion: Bloomberg and CNBC
Punchbowl News:
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Twitter is dying  —  It's five months since Elon Musk overpaid for a relatively small microblogging platform called, Twitter.  The platform had punched about its weight in pure user numbers thanks to an unrivalled ability to both distribute real-time information and make expertise available.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A new book-ban fiasco in Florida reveals the monster DeSantis created  —  By now, it should be blindingly obvious that many red-state book crackdowns are designed to encourage the impulse toward censorship.  By enabling lone actors to get dozens of titles removed from school library shelves …
Dennis Aftergut / Slate:
Mike Pence Will Testify Against Donald Trump  —  On Tuesday, a federal district court in Washington ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to testify before the grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Judge Luttig Has a Warning for America  —  It was called the “tweet heard round the world.”  —  On the morning before the January 6 attack on the Capitol, one of the nation's most prominent conservative jurists, former Federal Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig, posted a message aimed at Vice President Mike Pence.
Washington Post:
GOP donors open to other Trump challengers as DeSantis tries to find footing  —  Interviews show the desire for a backup option in 2024 has intensified amid questions about the Florida governor  —  Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis were nowhere to be found at this year's spring gathering …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Axios
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Chris Christie Is the Worst Never Trumper
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Scoop: Christie pledges never to support Trump again
Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
D.C. U.S. Attorney declined to prosecute 67% of those arrested.  Here's why.  —  'I can promise you, it's not MPD holding the bag on this,' D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III said.  'That's B.S.'  —  As the District grapples with rising crime and increasing attention from federal lawmakers …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter Account Restricted Over Trans Post  —  LOCKED OUT  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's congressional Twitter account was restricted Tuesday after the Georgia Republican shared an image about a “Trans Day of Vengeance.”  Greene said the graphic was promoting an …
S.E. Cupp / New York Daily News:
Gun massacres & the collapse of American values: Nashville elementary school shooting is just another that we accept  —  My phone buzzed with a news alert, which happens numerous times throughout the day.  —  This one, at 1:45 p.m. on Monday, was yet another mass shooting.
Discussion: NBC News and LGBTQ Nation
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:   On guns, conservatives are winning. This nightmare is the result.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Manhattan DA Insiders Worry the Trump Hush Money Case Is Weak Sauce  —  Donald Trump looks like he could be indicted any day now.  Insiders who have worked on this particular case worry it may not be enough to convict him. … The indictment that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg …
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Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Credit Suisse whistleblowers say Swiss bank has been helping wealthy Americans dodge U.S. taxes for years  — The bank notoriously pleaded guilty in 2014 to criminal charges for “knowingly and willfully” helping U.S. clients hide offshore assets and income from the IRS.
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
He came to D.C. as a Brazilian student.  The U.S. says he was a Russian spy.  —  Johns Hopkins graduate Victor Ferreira was unmasked as GRU operative Sergey Cherkasov, according to a federal indictment and Western security officials  —  THE HAGUE — Like anyone who gets into his dream college …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rand Paul / Courier-Journal:
Do Congressional Republicans really want to emulate China by banning TikTok?  —  Congressional Republicans have come up with a national strategy to permanently lose elections for a generation: Ban a social media app called TikTok that 94 million, primarily young Americans, use.
Popular Information:
The dangers of Dollar General  —  Dollar General is one of the most successful retailers in the world.  Last year, it recorded $37.8 billion in sales, up more than 10% over the prior year, and generated $3.3 billion in operating profit.  Over the last five years, its stock has increased by more than 120%.
Discussion: UPI and New York Times
Dan Kaufman / New Yorker:
A High-Stakes Election in the Midwest's “Democracy Desert”  —  The race for control of Wisconsin's Supreme Court could change the course of the entire country.  —  Last month, Mary Lynne Donohue drove me along Superior Avenue, a long artery that runs across Sheboygan, Wisconsin, a small industrial city on Lake Michigan.
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Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
F.D.A. Approves Narcan for Over-the-Counter Sales  —  The nasal spray reverses opioid overdoses and public health officials hope that making it more widely available could save lives and reduce the nation's high rates of drug fatalities.  —  Narcan, a prescription nasal spray that reverses opioid overdoses …
NBC News:
Fear pervades Tennessee's trans community amid focus on Nashville shooter's gender identity  —  “We were already fearing for our lives.  Now, it's even worse,” one transgender advocate in the state said.  —  Shortly after news broke Monday of a fatal shooting at a private Christian Nashville …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Katie Hobbs' Press Secretary Josselyn Berry Slammed For Trans-Rights Gun Meme After Shooting  —  Republicans in Arizona called the gun tweet from the Democratic governor's spokesperson offensive and demanded action.  —  The press secretary for Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs of Arizona shared …
Jennifer Jett / NBC News:
China threatens retaliation if Kevin McCarthy meets with Taiwan's president  —  A meeting between the House speaker and President Tsai Ing-wen while she is transiting through the U.S. would be a “provocation,” a Chinese official said Wednesday.  —  HONG KONG — China on Wednesday threatened retaliation …
John F. Harris / Politico:
Why Glenn Youngkin Would Be Crazy Not to Run for President  —  The Virginia governor offers two things Republicans need: A non-hostile alternative to Trump and a compelling centrist challenge to Biden.  —  RICHMOND, Va. — People, please, implored the Republican governor of Virginia: Let us …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Republicans Face Setbacks in Push to Tighten Voting Laws on College Campuses  —  Party officials across the country have sought to erect more barriers for young voters, who tilt heavily Democratic, after several cycles in which their turnout surged.  —  Alarmed over young people increasingly proving …
Jacob Siegel / Tablet Magazine:
A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century  —  Thirteen ways of looking at disinformation  —  PROLOGUE: THE INFORMATION WAR  —  In 1950, Sen. Joseph McCarthy claimed that he had proof of a communist spy ring operating inside the government.  Overnight, the explosive accusations blew …
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Idaho Is About To Become The First State To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion  —  A bill would create a whole new crime — dubbed “abortion trafficking” — which aims to limit minors' ability to travel for abortion care without parental consent.  —  Idaho already has some of the most …
Tom Knighton / bearingarms.com:
Attempt at examining shooting statistics falls flat  —  Emotions carry a lot of weight in political discourse, but not everyone will fall for that.  Some people want hard data, not feelings, before making a decision about where to stand on a given issue.  They want statistics.  —  To be honest, that's fair.
Discussion: HotAir and Axios
Associated Press:
Russia stops sharing information on nuclear forces with the U.S.  —  Moscow had halted all information exchanges with Washington, said Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister.  —  A senior Russian diplomat said Moscow had suspended sharing information about its nuclear forces …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Fox tries to stop Rupert Murdoch from testifying in person at the Dominion trial  —  The judge overseeing the trial did not seem sympathetic to the company's argument that it would be an “inconvenience” for the 92-year-old chairman to provide testimony in court.
Billy Ball / The Atlantic:
My 6-Year-Old Son Died.  Then the Anti-vaxxers Found Out.  —  Opponents of COVID vaccines terrorize grieving families on social media.  —  My 6-year-old boy died in January.  We lost him after a household accident, one likely brought on by a rare cerebral-swelling condition.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Obamacare Keeps Winning  —  Its North Carolina victory is a sign of larger changes.  —  The government benefits began their existence as objects of partisan rancor and harsh criticism.  Eventually, though, they became so popular that politicians of both parties promised to protect them.
Politico:
New Hampshire's Dem senators bet their party clout on divisive judicial pick  —  Michael Delaney's nomination has split chamber Democrats, given his past handling of a school sexual assault case.  —  New Hampshire's two Democratic senators are lobbying with uncharacteristic zeal …
Discussion: The Hill, HuffPost and Political Wire
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Granholm Gone Wild?  Energy Sec Takes Fourth Trip to Puerto Rico in Five Months  —  ‘Unless Granholm is there installing the solar panels herself, there is no reason for her to be on the ground for that long,’ expert says  —  Department of Energy secretary Jennifer Granholm is spending spring break …
 
 
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The GOP's gun obsession goes deeper than campaign donations
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
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Carlos Moreno Wanted to Improve Cities. Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for Him.
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Republican senator draws blowback for blocking military promotions over abortion policy
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