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8:50 AM ET, April 6, 2023

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Washington Post:
Wisconsin Supreme Court election sends message on abortion rights  —  MILWAUKEE — In overturning a national right to abortion last summer, the U.S. Supreme Court gave conservatives a policy they'd been seeking for nearly half a century.  In the process, the justices also angered millions …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Wisconsin's stunning outcome puts MAGA Republicans in a serious bind  —  To understand the significance of the victory that liberals just pulled off in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race, a win largely driven by abortion rights, consider what is set to happen some 1,100 miles from Madison …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Protasiewicz's Wisconsin Victory Shows Power of Abortion Rights for Democrats  —  A resounding victory by a liberal judge who ran on abortion rights showed that a largely unified political left is keeping up its momentum, and served as a new warning sign to Republicans.
Wall Street Journal:
The Left Wins Big in Midwest Elections  —  The GOP's decline in Wisconsin's suburbs is a warning for 2024.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Progressives had a banner day in the Midwest Tuesday, with victories for Chicago mayor and a swing seat on Wisconsin's Supreme Court.
Politico:
Playbook: A ‘five-alarm warning’ for the GOP
Discussion: The 19th
Maya Boddie / Alternet.org:
Wisconsin Republicans threaten to impeach newly elected Democratic State Supreme Court justice: report
ProPublica:
Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire  —  IN LATE JUNE 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia.  He and his wife were going on vacation: nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago …
New York Times:
Trump's Charges Bring Doubts, Hopes and Uncertainty in Both Parties  —  To some Republicans and Democrats, the charges appeared flimsy and less consequential than many had hoped.  To others, the case had the potential to reverberate politically.  —  In an ordinary presidential-primary season …
Discussion: Raw Story, Fox News and Vanity Fair
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Jed Handelsman Shugerman / New York Times:
The Trump Indictment Is a Legal Embarrassment  —  Tuesday was historic for the rule of law in America, but not in the way Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, would have imagined.  The 34-count indictment — which more accurately could be described as 34 half-indictments — was a disaster.
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Depraved, Deranged, and Doing Real Damage  —  The former president is a grotesque man presiding over a grotesque party.  In his speech last night to his supporters at Mar-a-Lago, made several hours after he was arraigned in Manhattan on 34 felony counts, Donald Trump took aim at Juan Merchan, the judge in the case.
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and Mediaite
Ann Coulter / Unsafe:
You're Being Played, Republicans!  —  A few years ago, I posted this riddle on Twitter:  —  What's easier to roll than an Easter egg?  —  Answer: Donald Trump.  —  Now, I can add:  —  What's easier to roll than Donald Trump?  —  Answer: Republican voters.  —  Democrats are playing Republicans like a fiddle.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Brad Brooks / Reuters:
Tennessee Republicans likely to expel three Democratic lawmakers from statehouse  —  Republicans who control the Tennessee House of Representatives will vote on Thursday on whether to expel three Democratic members for their role in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse last week.
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Margaret Renkl / New York Times:
As Young People March for Their Lives, Tennessee Crushes Dissent and Overrides Democracy  —  NASHVILLE — Yesterday the eyes of the country were on the indictment of a former president, along with the all too real possibility that political or public chaos would erupt as a result.
Discussion: Plain Dealer, Chalkbeat and WPLN News
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch Can Be Forced to Testify in Defamation Trial, Judge Says  —  Star hosts for Fox News like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity may also appear in person at the high-profile trial, which is set to start April 17.  —  The witness list for the Fox News $1.6 billion defamation trial …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:   How Fox Chased Its Audience Down the Rabbit Hole
San Francisco Chronicle:
‘A child of dreams.’ Friends mourn Cash App founder Bob Lee, stabbed to death in S.F.  —  San Francisco's tech community mourned the violent death of one of their own Wednesday, calling Cash App founder Bob Lee a standout among Silicon Valley geniuses, someone idolized as a brilliant thinker …
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. challenging Biden in 2024  —  Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and scion of one of the country's most famous political families, is running for president.  Kennedy filed a statement of candidacy Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission.
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Axios:
The House GOP's shadow speaker … Trump's indictment has kicked that dynamic into overdrive — unnerving some vulnerable Republicans in the process. … - With House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) already walking a tightrope, Trump's call to action has injected a fresh demand …
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Maryland AG accuses Baltimore's Catholic Church of widespread sexual abuse  —  Maryland's Attorney General on Wednesday released a report accusing Catholic priests and others at the Archdiocese of Baltimore of decades of sexual abuse against more than 600 children, following a multi-year grand jury investigation.
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Semafor:
Twitter is no longer policing Russian and Chinese state-backed media  —  Twitter is no longer taking steps to limit the reach of Chinese and Russian state-controlled media outlets, violating the social media platform's own stated policies.  —  In 2020, Twitter started labeling official government …
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Twitter labels NPR's account as ‘state-affiliated media,’ which is untrue
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida lawmakers swing into action after Trump smacks DeSantis on insurance  —  Their plan comes three weeks after the former president accused the governor of bailing out the politically-powerful companies.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers want to bring the “hammer” down on …
Discussion: Florida's Voice and The Capitolist
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Laura Jarrett / NBC News:
Pence will not fight the order that he testify before special counsel grand jury  —  Trump could still pursue an appeal to try to block Pence from testifying about their communications ahead of the Jan. 6 election certification.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence will not appeal …
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Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:
You won't be talking about Donald Trump's arrest for long  —  The Donald Trump indictment was historic with a capital “H.”  News outlets, including Semafor, flooded the zone with coverage of the scene, the politics, and the law surrounding his arrest on Tuesday.
Discussion: Breitbart, Mashable, YouGov and The Guardian
Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
Over 200 Russian journalists, activists demand release of WSJ reporter  —  Some 200 Russian journalists and activists have signed an open letter demanding the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter detained by Moscow last week.
 
 
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Reuters:
Macron calls on Xi to reason with Russia for Ukraine peace
The Guardian:
King Charles signals first explicit support for research into monarchy's slavery ties
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and Semafor
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Freedom Caucus and progressives lock arms — and that could be bad news for McCarthy
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Fear of economic ‘lost decade’ hangs over world leaders in Washington
Chris Tomlinson / Houston Chronicle:
Grid experts and execs slam $10 billion electricity plan, Republicans approve it anyway
Discussion: Bloomberg
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The Lawrence Times:
Transgender student athlete ban on the books in Kansas, following three years of GOP campaigning
New York Daily News:
NYC and PBA police union reach new contract after seven years of disagreement; deal extends to 2025
Jennifer Shutt / The States:
As future of abortion pill is weighed, Democrats in Congress see little they can do
Discussion: Reuters and Associated Press
Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Teen guilty in shooting of Commanders player has absconded, judge says
Chicago Tribune:
Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson found a place in his acceptance speech for God. But not Barack Obama.