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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Depraved, Deranged, and Doing Real Damage — The former president is 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.
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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.
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Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
This Is Actually Quite Bad
This Is Actually Quite Bad
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
While Trump's base rallies, the GOP fractures
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 …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The last 48 hours revealed the GOP's intractable 2024 dilemma — Trump and pro-lifers own the Republican Party. That's bad for its political future. — In the past 48 hours, three major news events have revealed a fundamental problem for the Republican Party's political future.
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Sabato's Crystal Ball and Raw Story
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.
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Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Trump mocks failed Wisconsin judicial candidate for not seeking his endorsement
Trump mocks failed Wisconsin judicial candidate for not seeking his endorsement
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Exclusive: National security officials tell special counsel Trump was repeatedly warned he did not have the authority to seize voting machines — Former top national security officials have testified to a federal grand jury that they repeatedly told former President Donald Trump and his allies …
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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 …
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Twitter labels NPR's account as ‘state-affiliated media,’ which is untrue — Twitter added a “state-affiliated media” tag to NPR's main account on Tuesday, applying the same label to the nonprofit media company that Twitter uses to designate official state mouthpieces and propaganda outlets in countries such as Russia and China.
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Matt Novak / Forbes:
Twitter Adds ‘State-Affiliated Media’ Label To NPR Account Putting It On Par With Russia Today
Twitter Adds ‘State-Affiliated Media’ Label To NPR Account Putting It On Par With Russia Today
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Judge says he can compel Fox's Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in Dominion trial — A Delaware judge said Wednesday he would compel Fox Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in court during the trial that's slated to kick off later this month.
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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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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 …
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Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Don Lemon's Misogyny at CNN, Exposed: Malicious Texts, Mocking Female Co-Workers and ‘Diva-Like Behavior’ — Back in 2008, Don Lemon was co-anchoring CNN's “Live From” weekday show with Kyra Phillips, a gig that he landed after he arrived at the network two years prior from local news in Chicago.
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NBC News:
Baltimore's Catholic Church sexually abused at least 600 children over 60 years, Maryland AG says — “Young people in some parishes were preyed upon by multiple abusers over decades,” the state's top prosecutor said after a 4-year investigation. — Maryland's top prosecutor accused Catholic …
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Maryland AG accuses Baltimore's Catholic Church of widespread sexual abuse
Maryland AG accuses Baltimore's Catholic Church of widespread sexual abuse
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Archbishop William E. Lori / Archdiocese of Baltimore:
A Message from Archbishop William E. Lori on the Maryland Attorney General's Report
A Message from Archbishop William E. Lori on the Maryland Attorney General's Report
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.
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New York Times:
Tricia Cotham Switches Parties, Giving Republicans Veto-Proof Majority — The change in allegiances by a Democratic state representative gave Republicans narrow veto-proof majorities in both chambers of the legislature, allowing them to bypass Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat.
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Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
North Carolina Democrat Switches Parties, Now Says She's Open To Abortion Restrictions
North Carolina Democrat Switches Parties, Now Says She's Open To Abortion Restrictions
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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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Washington Post:
ChatGPT sometimes makes up facts. For one law prof, it went too far. — The AI chatbot fabricated a sexual harassment scandal involving a law professor — and cited a fake Washington Post article as evidence — One night last week, the law professor Jonathan Turley got a troubling email.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Robert Kennedy Jr., a Noted Vaccine Skeptic, Files to Run for President — While he has not yet announced his plans, he filed the federal paperwork for a campaign to run as a Democrat. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the political activist known most recently for his campaign to discredit coronavirus vaccines …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. files to run for president as Democrat
Anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. files to run for president as Democrat
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The Lawrence Times:
Transgender student athlete ban on the books in Kansas, following three years of GOP campaigning — Share this post or save for later — TOPEKA — Transgender girls are now blocked from playing women's sports from kindergarten through college, following the Legislature's successful override …
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Whitney Downard / Indiana Capital Chronicle:
Holcomb signs transgender medical care ban, ACLU files suit
Holcomb signs transgender medical care ban, ACLU files suit
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Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Jane Rosenberg's “Courtroom Sketch, Manhattan Criminal Courthouse” — Truth is stranger than fiction: for the first time in its long history, The New Yorker is publishing a courtroom sketch on the cover. — Though we often ask artists to reflect on the events of the day for the weekly cover …
Chicago Tribune:
Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson found a place in his acceptance speech for God. But not Barack Obama. — ExpandAutoplay — 1 of 85 — On the morning after the runoff election, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is greeted by people outside the Chinatown CTA train station, April 5, 2023.
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Financial Times:
Ukraine ‘ready’ to talk to Russia on Crimea if counteroffensive succeeds — Senior official says Kyiv does not exclude liberation of occupied peninsula by military means — Kyiv is willing to discuss the future of Crimea with Moscow if its forces reach the border of the Russian-occupied peninsula …
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Jennifer Shutt / The States:
As future of abortion pill is weighed, Democrats in Congress see little they can do — WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats appear lukewarm about pursuing reproductive rights legislation in a divided Congress, even as a federal judge in Texas considers overturning access to abortion pills nationwide.
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Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
GOP lawmaker wins Wis. Senate seat, creating supermajority — Republican state Rep. Dan Knodl defeated a Democratic attorney to win an open Senate seat in Tuesday's special election, creating a GOP supermajority in the chamber that could be used to impeach Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and other office holders.
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US Department of Justice:
Frederick County Sheriff and Gun Dealer Indicted for Scheme to Illegally Acquire Machineguns — Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Charles Austin Jenkins, age 66, of Thurmont, Maryland, and Robert Justin Krop, age 36, of Frederick, Maryland …
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New York Daily News:
NYC and PBA police union reach new contract after seven years of disagreement; deal extends to 2025 — Mayor Adams and the Police Benevolent Association unveiled a tentative new labor agreement Wednesday, marking the end of a seven-year stretch in which the NYPD's biggest union worked without a formal contract.
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