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9:55 AM ET, April 12, 2023

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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Inside Rupert Murdoch's Succession Drama  —  With the $1.6 billion Dominion lawsuit threatening to hobble Fox News, the ink on his divorce to Jerry Hall still wet, and his broken engagement to Ann Lesley Smith even fresher, it's been a chaotic 12 months for the 92-year-old conservative media baron.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Judge chides Fox News over Dominion claim of ‘missing’ Murdoch documents  —  The judge in a $1.6 billion defamation case said the cable-news giant has a ‘credibility problem’ after Dominion's legal team says it was misled about the co-founder's role at the company
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Judge Limits Fox's Options for Defense in Dominion Trial  —  A Delaware judge said Fox News could not argue newsworthiness to defend airing false claims, and limited how Dominion Voting Systems could reference the Jan. 6 attack.  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — A judge ruled on Tuesday that Fox News …
Timothy Puko / Washington Post:
Biden to remake U.S. auto industry with toughest emissions limits ever  —  Proposed rules could lead to 67% of all car and truck sales to be EVs by 2032, EPA says, but some automakers are wary of the timeline.  —  As part of his fight against climate change, President Biden is attempting …
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Associated Press:
EPA pollution limits aim to boost US electric vehicle sales  —  The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require as many as two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032, a nearly tenfold increase over current electric vehicle sales.
Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:   Biden's Toughest-Ever Auto Pollution Crackdown to Drive EV Sales
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
How Tennessee Became the Poster State for Political Meltdown  —  The Volunteer State was long defined by its unique culture.  Then came toxic redistricting, poisoned social media, parties polarized on race and other pathologies.  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Standing in the sun outside Tennessee's …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Republican Strategists Who Have Carefully Planned All of This  —  Republican leaders are now adopting increasingly autocratic measures, using the police powers of government to impose moralized regulations, turning private citizens into enforcement officers and expelling defiant elected Democrats …
Discussion: National Review
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:   Between the Tennessee Three, Abortion, and Trump, the GOP Just Loves Losing
Politico:
Republicans facing a reckoning later this week
Discussion: The Tennessean and Chicago Tribune
New York Times:
Bragg Sues Jim Jordan in Move to Block Interference in Trump Case  —  Mr. Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, had subpoenaed a former prosecutor who worked on the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into former President Donald J. Trump.  —  The Manhattan district attorney …
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
SC Sen. Tim Scott takes another White House step: Launching 2024 exploratory committee  —  Tim Scott, the South Carolina senator who has built a national profile pushing a message of hope and unity in a divisive Republican Party, is taking his biggest step so far toward running for president in 2024, The Post and Courier has learned.
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Washington Post:
Republican Sen. Tim Scott launches presidential exploratory committee
Discussion: Fox News, CBS News and The Hill
Phillip M. Bailey / USA Today:
Tim Scott launches exploratory committee for president, moving closer to joining the GOP 2024 field
Punchbowl News:
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Discussion: National Review
Hannah Hartig / Pew Research Center:
By more than two-to-one, Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state  —  With the future of abortion pills in legal jeopardy, more Americans say medication abortion should be legal than illegal in their state, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Republicans Are Silent On The Abortion Pill Ruling, Despite Confirming The Judge Behind It  —  GOP senators voted for the Trump-appointed judge knowing he was rabidly anti-abortion.  But none would tell HuffPost if they're happy about his court order.  —  Democrats are all but banging pots …
Kate Lý Johnston / Heartland Signal:
Missouri House Republicans vote to defund libraries  —  Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state's public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate.  —  The Missouri House debated for over eight hours …
Radley Balko / The Watch:
The smearing of Garrett Foster  —  The far right justifies political violence by villainizing a decent man  —  Last week, an Austin, Texas, jury convicted Daniel Perry for the murder of Garrett Foster.  In the summer of 2020, Perry ran a red light, then drove into a crowd of people protesting the murder of George Floyd.
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Andrea Marks / Rolling Stone:
'He Didn't Deserve It': Widow of Murdered BLM Protester Speaks Out
Winthrop University:
April 2023 Winthrop Poll Results  —  General Population poll of 1657 (weighted) adults (+/-2.41%) in SC with a breakout of 485 (weighted) Republicans who are registered to vote (+/-4.45%)  —  ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - Support for former President Donald Trump's run for president …
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Asks to Delay His Rape Trial After Hush-Money Drama  —  Lawyers for the former president wrote a letter to the judge in the E. Jean Carroll case, pleading for a cooling-off period after the media frenzy over his recent arrest.  —  Donald Trump has asked a United States District Court judge …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump says criminal conviction wouldn't stop him from running for president
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Iowa House GOP bill to require in-person caucusing, endangering Democrats' mail-in plans  —  House Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to require Iowans to be physically present to participate in the state's caucuses — a move that would upend Democrats' plans to allow mail-in participation.
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:   Trump and Iowa evangelicals: A bond that is hard to break
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Fox News will host first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee  —  Republicans will hold their first presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, host city for the GOP's 2024 national nominating convention  —  EXCLUSIVE - The Republican National Committee (RNC) …
BBC:
Ukraine war: Leak shows Western special forces on the ground  —  The UK is among a number of countries with military special forces operating inside Ukraine, according to one of dozens of documents leaked online.  —  It confirms what has been the subject of quiet speculation for over a year.
Matt Welch / Reason:
Democrats Choose to Advertise Failures of Single-Party Democratic Rule by Holding the 2024 DNC in Chicago  —  The Democratic National Committee on Tuesday announced that the party has decided to hold its 2024 national political convention in a city that has been ravaged by decades of one-party Democratic rule: Chicago.
Discussion: New York Times
Michael Harriot / The Guardian:
Removing Black lawmakers is voter suppression - and the US has done it for centuries  —  Despite the claims of politicians and the media, the expulsion of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson is far from ‘unprecedented’  —  hen Tennessee lawmakers expelled two Black legislators …
Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:
Don't assume this is Donald Trump's last run  —  Here's a fun Wednesday morning thought for everyone: Donald Trump will probably run again in 2028 if he loses.
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Texas county weighs closing local library after federal judge orders banned books returned to circulation  —  The Llano County commissioners scheduled a special meeting Thursday where they will discuss whether to “continue or cease operations” at the library.
Discussion: CNN, al.com and Raw Story
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Biden administration to propose tighter health privacy rules around abortion  —  The proposed changes are aimed at strengthening HIPAA protections amid concerns medical information could be disclosed to help prosecute abortion care.  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday will propose …
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Anti-'Groomer' Republican Accused of ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ With Intern  —  Texas Rep. Bryan Slaton called all-ages drag shows “grooming events” that “sexualize” children.  An official complaint alleges he had an “inappropriate relationship” with a young intern.
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Leaked Social Media Pics From Bud Light Ad Exec Who Slammed ‘Fratty’ Culture Seem Pretty Fratty  —  The vice president of marketing at Bud Light, who recently said the company needs to update its “fratty” image and “out-of-touch humor,” can be seen partaking in the same behavior she seemed …
John Koblin / New York Times:
‘Succession’ and ‘Dr. Pimple Popper’ Together in New Warner Streaming App  —  The service, expected to be called Max, is meant to help the company compete more directly with Netflix and Disney.  —  Two years ago, the media mogul David Zaslav said he had a plan to compete with the streaming titans Netflix …
US EPA:
Proposed Rule: Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles  —  Basic Information  — 40 CFR Parts 19, 86, 523, 600, 1066, and 1867  —  On this page:  — Rule Summary  — Additional Resources  —  Rule Summary  —  Related Information
Discussion: Roll Call
 
 
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Geir Moulson / Associated Press:
Germany scales back cannabis liberalization after EU talks
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Joe Schoffstall / Fox News:
Biden DOJ recommends no jail time for trans vandal of Catholic church: ‘F— Catholics’
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
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Taiwan's ruling party taps VP as presidential candidate
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Tampa Bay Times:
Names of Florida Governor's Mansion guests would be shielded under this bill
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
‘Free Speech’ Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critical Of The Modi Government
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Sarah Sanders asks state board applicants to name what they admire about her most while applying for job
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

Jon Phillips / PCWorld:
PCWorld executive editor Gordon Mah Ung, former Maximum PC editor-in-chief and renowned PC hardware journalist for 25+ years, died at 58 of pancreatic cancer

 
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