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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 …
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Insider, USA Today, The Guardian and Raw Story
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 …
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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.
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Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Twitchy, CNN, Law & Crime and Politico
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.
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Axios, New York Post, 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.
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Alternet.org and FiveThirtyEight
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Fox News' Steve Doocy Calls Out Trump: ‘Very Bad Look To Attack’ Judge's Family
Fox News' Steve Doocy Calls Out Trump: ‘Very Bad Look To Attack’ Judge's Family
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BizPac Review, Mediaite, RADAR, The Hill, Insider and New Republic
Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Jane Rosenberg's “Courtroom Sketch, Manhattan Criminal Courthouse”
Jane Rosenberg's “Courtroom Sketch, Manhattan Criminal Courthouse”
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Showbiz411 and Insider
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 …
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The Hill, New York Times, CounterPunch, Digby's Hullabaloo, Bulwark+, Jezebel, abc7NY and Alternet.org
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.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The last 48 hours revealed the GOP's intractable 2024 dilemma
The last 48 hours revealed the GOP's intractable 2024 dilemma
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Washington Examiner, Sabato's Crystal Ball, New York Magazine, Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
Steady:
A Lesson From Wisconsin — Judge for yourself — Wisconsin is a state known for its cheese …
A Lesson From Wisconsin — Judge for yourself — Wisconsin is a state known for its cheese …
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CBS News and The Guardian
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
What happened in Wisconsin — Rebecca Crosby, Tesnim Zekeria, and Judd Legum
What happened in Wisconsin — Rebecca Crosby, Tesnim Zekeria, and Judd Legum
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Washington Examiner, Crooks and Liars, Minnesota Reformer and CBS 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 — Rupert Murdoch built an empire by giving viewers exactly what they wanted. But what they wanted — election lies and insurrection — put that empire (and the country) in peril. — On the evening of Nov. 19, 2020, Rupert Murdoch …
Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Ex-Fox News producer Abby Grossberg has been subpoenaed by Smartmatic in its lawsuit against Fox
Ex-Fox News producer Abby Grossberg has been subpoenaed by Smartmatic in its lawsuit against Fox
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Raw Story
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Judge says he can compel Fox's Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in Dominion trial
Judge says he can compel Fox's Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to testify live in Dominion trial
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Alex Roarty / Miami Herald:
‘Total and complete disaster’: DeSantis takes rhetorical aim at Fed Chairman Powell — Ron DeSantis has found a new rhetorical target as he prepares for a potential presidential bid: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. — In press conferences and speeches across the country …
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida lawmakers swing into action after Trump smacks DeSantis on insurance
Florida lawmakers swing into action after Trump smacks DeSantis on insurance
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Florida's Voice, Political Wire and The Capitolist
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump makes play for DeSantis donors
Trump makes play for DeSantis donors
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Boston Herald, Bloomberg, New York Post, The Hill and Breitbart
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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Vivian Jones / The Tennessean:
Expulsion vote thrusts Tennessee politics onto the national stage, could set precedent
Expulsion vote thrusts Tennessee politics onto the national stage, could set precedent
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Margaret Renkl / New York Times:
As Young People March for Their Lives, Tennessee Crushes Dissent and Overrides Democracy
As Young People March for Their Lives, Tennessee Crushes Dissent and Overrides Democracy
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Plain Dealer, Chalkbeat and WPLN News
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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CNN:
FBI and Army members raided the wrong hotel room during a training exercise and detained a guest inside — Members of the FBI and the US Army Special Operations Command who were conducting a training exercise in downtown Boston raided the wrong hotel room and detained the person inside …
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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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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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Reuters:
Macron calls on Xi to reason with Russia for Ukraine peace — French President Emmanuel Macron urged China's Xi Jinping on Thursday to reason with close ally Russia and help end the Ukraine war, while Xi responded by saying he hoped the two sides could hold peace negotiations as soon as possible.
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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.
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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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Haaretz:
Israel Intercepts Rocket Fired From Lebanon — Breaking news. — Rocket sirens were activated in northern Israel on Thursday afternoon, in the towns of Shlomi close to the Lebanese border. The Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson said that the army was looking into the matter.
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Axios, The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera, Atlantic Council and jihadwatch.org
The Lawrence Times:
Transgender student athlete ban on the books in Kansas, following three years of GOP campaigning — TOPEKA — Transgender girls are now blocked from playing women's sports from kindergarten through college, following the Legislature's successful override of Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a transgender student athlete ban.
Politico:
Whitmania: Dems eye Michigan gov's sister for battleground House race — If Liz Whitmer Gereghty runs against the Republican who shockingly upset Democrats' campaign chief last cycle, her family ties could bring a dose of star power. — The Whitmer political dynasty might be expanding — into the New York City suburbs.
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