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4:55 AM ET, April 6, 2023

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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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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: Raw Story and Mediaite
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: Fox News, Raw Story and Vanity Fair
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.
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Fox News' Steve Doocy Calls Out Trump: ‘Very Bad Look To Attack’ Judge's Family  —  The former president and his sons targeted the daughter of the judge handling Trump's case on Tuesday.  —  Fox News' Steve Doocy criticized former President Donald Trump on Wednesday for going after the family …
Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Jane Rosenberg's “Courtroom Sketch, Manhattan Criminal Courthouse”
Discussion: Showbiz411
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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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.
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 …
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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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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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.
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
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Laura Jarrett / NBC News:
Pence will not fight the order that he testify before special counsel grand jury
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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Vivian Jones / The Tennessean:
Expulsion vote thrusts Tennessee politics onto the national stage, could set precedent  —  The Democrats could become political martyrs if expelled from the legislature.  The move shows the power the GOP holds and could set a precedent for the future.  —  Tennessee's Republican supermajority …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump makes play for DeSantis donors  —  Donald Trump's campaign is reaching out directly to Ron DeSantis' donors to convince them to jump ship.  —  Donald Trump is moving to undercut what's expected to be a major point of strength for rival Republican Ron DeSantis — reaching …
Discussion: Bloomberg, New York Post and The Hill
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida lawmakers swing into action after Trump smacks DeSantis on insurance
Discussion: Florida's Voice and The Capitolist
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.
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Blinken: “No doubt” WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained  —  Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters Wednesday that he has “no doubt” that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained by Russia.  —  Driving the news …
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Wall Street Journal:
How You Can Use Social Media to Support Evan Gershkovich
Discussion: HuffPost
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.
Discussion: Associated Press
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.
Chicago Tribune:
Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson found a place in his acceptance speech for God.  But not Barack Obama.  —  In its election Tuesday of Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson as its 57th mayor, Chicago chose an inspiring orator.  This will be a City Hall first for most Chicagoans.
Discussion: American Prospect
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
At least two Republican DAs want to prosecute Bidens: Rep. James Comer  —  WASHINGTON — At least two local GOP prosecutors are looking at ways to charge President Biden and his family amid Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of former President Donald Trump …
Politico:
Defense Department detains hotel guest in training mix-up  —  Participants in a training exercise entered the wrong room and mistakenly detained a hotel guest instead of the individual assigned the role of the person to be detained.  —  BOSTON — Participants in a Department …
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Idaho Passes Law To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion Care For Minors  —  Abortion trafficking is now a felony offense in the state, punishable by up to five years in prison.  —  Idaho just became the first state to implement an interstate travel restriction on abortion care since …
 
 
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Chris Tomlinson / Houston Chronicle:
Grid experts and execs slam $10 billion electricity plan, Republicans approve it anyway
Discussion: Bloomberg
The Guardian:
Revealed: royals took more than £1bn income from controversial estates
Reuters:
Husband of ex-Scottish leader Sturgeon quizzed by police in SNP funding probe
New York Daily News:
NYC and PBA police union reach new contract after seven years of disagreement; deal extends to 2025
Fact Check:
No proof for claim Karine Jean-Pierre drove while intoxicated
Discussion: PolitiFact
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bob Casey takes significant steps towards a reelection bid
Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Teen guilty in shooting of Commanders player has absconded, judge says
 Earlier Items: 
Spencer Baculi / Bounding Into Comics:
‘Dungeons & Dragons’ To Remove Half-Species From Player's Handbook, Claims The Entire Idea Is “Inherently Racist”
Discussion: Reason, Comic Book and The Daily Caller
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
Musk's Month Pushing Twitter Blue Failed To Win Many Subscribers
The Guardian:
Dark money groups push election denialism on US state officials
Discussion: Raw Story
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
GOP lawmaker wins Wis. Senate seat, creating supermajority
New York Times:
Tricia Cotham Switches Parties, Giving Republicans Veto-Proof Majority
 

 
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Cablevision founder Charles Dolan, a cable TV industry pioneer who launched HBO and AMC Networks and whose family controls Madison Square Garden, dies at 98

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

CBS News:
Greg Gumbel, a CBS Sports anchor and commentator who covered the NFL and college basketball for more than 20 years, died at 78 of cancer
 
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