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12:25 PM ET, April 5, 2023

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
A Surprise Accusation Bolsters a Risky Case Against Trump  —  The unsealed case against Donald J. Trump accuses him of falsifying records in part to lay the groundwork for planned lies to tax authorities.  —  WASHINGTON — The unsealed indictment against former President Donald J. Trump …
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New York Times:
We Finally Know the Case Against Trump, and It Is Strong  —  Ms. Agnifilo is a former Manhattan chief assistant district attorney.  Mr. Eisen is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.  —  For weeks, Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, has come under heavy fire for pursuing a case against Donald Trump.
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The Trump indictment is a dangerous leap on the highest of wires  —  As a presidential candidate in 2016, frantic to keep evidence of his extramarital affairs secret, Donald Trump made extensive efforts to buy the silence of the women involved.  There's never been much doubt about that.
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Trump Loses (and Dems Win) Again  —  Donald Trump was arrested and once again the rest of his party paid the price  —  Tuesday was the perfect metaphor for the Republican Party in the Trump era.  The former President and current frontrunner for the GOP nomination was arrested, fingerprinted, and arraigned like a common criminal.
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:   Trump's Indictment Adds Insult to Injury
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The dubious legal theory at the heart of the Trump indictment, explained
Wall Street Journal:
What's Missing in the Trump Indictment
Ken White / Rolling Stone:
Alvin Bragg's Case Against Trump Is Still a Mystery
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Did Media Learn Nothing From 2016?
Discussion: Breitbart, The Guardian and Al Jazeera
Michael Weiss / New Lines Magazine:   Queens Man Arrested
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Donald Trump Probably Should Not Have Been Charged With (This) Felony
Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:   After Donald Trump's indictment wave goodbye to our justice system, say hello to this
Politico:
With an ‘arraignment party,’ Trump jolts his campaign  —  The ex-president chose a familiar defiance in his speech following his arrest.  His fellow Republicans say it suits him well.  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — Allies, aides, club members and the press were packed into the gilded ballroom of Mar-a-Lago …
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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Team Putin Brutally Mocks Their Beloved Trump in Arrest Skit
Discussion: Raw Story
Calder McHugh / Politico:
Trump Is Not Ready For His Closeup
Discussion: PJ Media
Shruti Rajkumar / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Tries To Explain The ‘Only Crime’ He's Committed In Post-Arraignment Remarks
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Supreme Court Election: Protasiewicz Wins With Abortion Message  —  Janet Protasiewicz prevailed in the state's highly consequential contest for the Supreme Court, which will now be likely to reverse the state's abortion ban and end the use of gerrymandered legislative maps.
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Liberals gain control of the Wisconsin state Supreme Court for the first time in 15 years  —  The victory of Janet Protasiewicz over conservative Dan Kelly will allow the court's new liberal majority to determine the future of key issues like abortion rights.
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Liberals win control of Wisconsin Supreme Court ahead of abortion case  —  MILWAUKEE — Liberals claimed control of Wisconsin's high court in an election Tuesday, giving them a one-vote majority on a body that in the coming years will likely consider the state's abortion ban …
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.
Matt Novak / Forbes:
Twitter Adds ‘State-Affiliated Media’ Label To NPR Account Putting It On Par With Russia Today  —  Twitter added a warning to NPR's Twitter account on Tuesday, declaring it as “state-affiliated media,” a label that's typically been reserved for foreign media outlets that represent the official views …
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Reaches Multimillion Dollar Civil Settlement in Principle in Sutherland Springs Mass Shooting  —  The Justice Department announced today an agreement in principle to settle the civil cases arising out of the tragic November 2017 mass shooting at the First Baptist Church …
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Ryan Gaydos / Fox News:
LSU's Angel Reese won't accept Jill Biden apology: 'We'll go to the Obamas'  —  Reese called Jill Biden's suggestion ‘A JOKE’  —  LSU forward Angel Reese appeared to be burnt up about the suggestion first lady Jill Biden made about the possibility of inviting Iowa to the White House for its run to the national championship.
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Brandon Johnson, Progressive Union Organizer, Elected Mayor Of Chicago  —  Johnson's victory over centrist Paul Vallas is a major achievement for the activist left.  —  Overcoming a major fundraising gap, accusations that he would “defund” the police and public polling that predicted his defeat …
Military.com:
The Threat from Extremist Groups Is Growing.  Service Members and Vets Are Getting Sucked into the Violence.  —  “Nothing shall deter us from our duty in this eternal struggle — not death nor prison,” Brandon Russell wrote from his jail cell in May 2020.  “We are always comforted by the thought …
Discussion: Raw Story
Seima Oki / The Japan News:
China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech  —  BEIJING — China is considering banning the export of technologies used to produce high-performance rare earth magnets deployed in electric vehicles, wind turbine motors and other products, citing “national security” as a reason, it has been learned.
David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
Realignment, More Than Redistricting, Has Decimated Swing House Seats  —  For more than 25 years, the Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) has served as a useful metric to compare the partisan leanings of all 435 House seats and 50 states.  Today, we're publishing historical PVI values for every set …
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.
Vox:
The viral story of a girl and her goat explains how the meat industry indoctrinates children  —  The slaughter of Cedar the goat shines a light on the ideology of 4-H.  —  The story of a California girl and her goat named Cedar, which captured national and international headlines this past week …
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Why journalists can't quit Twitter  —  The media should be building alternatives.  Instead, some are doubling down  —  Today, Donald Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a series of hush-money payments related to the 2016 US presidential campaign.
 
 
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