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9:00 PM ET, April 13, 2023

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ProPublica:
Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas.  The Justice Didn't Disclose the Deal.  —  In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow's companies purchased a string of properties on a quiet residential street in Savannah, Georgia.  It wasn't a marquee acquisition …
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Sarah Jones / PoliticusUSA:
Unfit: Clarence Thomas Hid Real Estate Deal with GOP Billionaire
Discussion: Raw Story
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Clarence Thomas' Family Got $133K from Nazi-Obsessed Billionaire
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
FBI Arrests National Guardsman in Leak of Classified Documents  —  Authorities say Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, posted sensitive materials in an online chat group.  —  NORTH DIGHTON, Mass. — The F.B.I. arrested a 21-year-old member …
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New York Times:
Leaked Documents Live Updates: Leader of Online Group Where Secrets Appeared Is Air National Guardsman  —  Federal investigators are searching for the person who shared classified U.S. intelligence revealing government secrets about the Ukraine war, but they have not identified a suspect.  —  Pinned
CNN:
FBI arrests suspect in connection with intelligence leaks  —  A member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard was arrested by the FBI on Thursday in connection with the leaking of classified documents that have been posted online, according to a US official familiar with the matter.
Washington Post:
He's from a patriotic family — and allegedly leaked U.S. secrets  —  Online, the suspect in the breach of dozens of classified documents took on a persona seemingly at odds with his military career.  —  As a newly minted member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard returned home from training …
Reuters:
U.S. Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking intel to be arrested Thursday  —  An Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking highly classified U.S. documents will be arrested on Thursday in Massachusetts, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.  —  The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not elaborate.
Washington Post:
Suspected leaker of top secret Pentagon documents identified
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:   AP source: Investigators narrow suspect pool in leak probe
New York Times:
Florida Legislature Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban  —  The prohibition would be among the most restrictive in the country, and Florida would no longer be a destination for women from across the Deep South seeking abortions.  —  MIAMI — Florida lawmakers voted to prohibit abortions after six weeks …
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Florida's Legislature passes a 6-week abortion ban
Arek Sarkissian / Politico:
Meet the Florida Republicans who oppose the 6-week abortion ban
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The 5th Circuit uncorks a travesty on abortion pill case  —  Do not be confused by headlines that a federal appeals court has allowed the abortion drug mifepristone to remain available.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit's action is a defeat for the rule of law, for scientific expertise and for reproductive health.
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Washington Post:
U.S. to ask Supreme Court to restore full access to abortion pill
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The FDA Should Not Enforce the 5th Circuit's Indefensible Abortion Pill Decision
Joe Eskenazi / Mission Local:
Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec's alleged killer also worked in tech  —  Mission Local is informed that the San Francisco Police Department early this morning made an arrest in the April 4 killing of tech executive Bob Lee, Mission Local is told that San Francisco police …
Politico:
Where Democrats go from here on Feinstein's perilous absence  —  The senior California senator greenlit a temporary replacement for her Judiciary Committee seat as she recovers from shingles, but filling it requires Republican buy-in.  —  Amid growing doubts that she will ever return to Washington …
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NBC News:
Republicans want to make it difficult for Senate to replace Feinstein on key panel  —  At Feinstein's request, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he'll seek to temporarily swap her out of the Judiciary Committee.  But such a move requires GOP consent.
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CNN:
Trump appeared for deposition in high-stakes civil lawsuit threatening the fate of his business empire
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Romance novel cover model who dragged Capitol officer on Jan. 6 sentenced 3 years in prison  —  Logan Barnhart, a Trump fan who dragged a Capitol Police officer down the stairs and attacked officers in the western tunnel, was identified by online sleuths.  —  WASHINGTON — A former bodybuilder …
Discussion: Fox News
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New York Times:
Dan Snyder Agrees to Sell Washington Commanders for $6 Billion  —  The N.F.L. team is on track to be sold to a group led by Josh Harris for a record figure, as investigations into sexual harassment claims and the team's finances mount.  —  Daniel Snyder, the owner of the scandal-plagued …
Miami Herald:
‘What are you waiting for?’:  DeSantis' 2024 supporters worry he's launching too late  —  Ron DeSantis' critics have spent weeks knocking his national political rollout, attacking his operation's slow-motion pace and raising doubts about whether he's already fallen irrevocably behind Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential primary.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Florida Mayor Wonders Why DeSantis Hasn't Called Him as City Floods
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Tennessee House Speaker secretly bought $600,000 home in Nashville  —  Tennessee Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) secretly bought a home in Nashville for nearly $600,000 in September 2021 through an anonymous trust, Popular Information has learned.  The revelation raises serious new questions …
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Appeals court declines to rule if Trump was acting in official capacity when he allegedly defamed E. Jean Carroll  —  Trump has argued that the DOJ should be substituted as the defendant.  —  The D.C. Court of Appeals has declined to answer whether then-President Donald Trump was acting within the
Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Insider and Raw Story
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CNN:
Former Trump intel official testifies in Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe  —  Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell testified Thursday before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump's handling of classified documents.  —  CNN identified Grenell as he was departing the courthouse in Washington, DC.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows $6 billion student loan debt settlement  —  The justices declined to intervene over a class-action settlement that could lead to the cancellation of more than 200,000 loans based on claims that colleges misled students.  —  WASHINGTON — A settlement that will allow thousands …
Stuart Stevens / Resolute Square:
The Court That McConnell Built: The Erosion Of Ethics, Justice, And Public Trust  —  Respect for the Supreme Court is at an all-time low, and rightfully so.  Stuart Stevens believes that Gen Z has the power, ethics, and drive to restore the Court to a state worthy of Americans' trust.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Trump Is Forever  —  How to ruin your day with this one weird trick.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Fatalism  —  Republicans have talked themselves into believing that 2024 is absolutely, positively, the last time they'll have to deal with Donald Trump.  Yesterday Benjy Sarlin brought the room …
Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:
New Details Emerge Over ‘Mistake’ That Led To Bud Light's Paid Marketing Engagement With Trans Influencer  —  New details have emerged over what allegedly happened inside Anheuser Busch earlier this Spring that led to a highly controversial transgender influencer landing a paid marketing engagement …
Amanda Y. Su / The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Affiliates Slam Ken Griffin Donation, Citing Support for DeSantis  —  Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences is now $300 million richer, and its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has taken a new name — that of billionaire hedge fund CEO and Republican megadonor Kenneth C. Griffin '89.
Discussion: The Boston Globe
David Merritt Johns / The Atlantic:
Nutrition Science's Most Preposterous Result  —  Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream.  Scientists don't want to talk about it.  —  Last summer, I got a tip about a curious scientific finding.  “I'm sorry, it cracks me up every time I think about this,” my tipster said.
Discussion: HotAir
Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
How MAGA Conspiracies Infected Autism Groups  —  By any measure, Stephanie Seneff is an accomplished scientist.  A senior researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, she's been a leader in the emerging field of computer response to human speech.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Nazi-admiring Jan. 6 rioter sentenced to 3 years in separate weapons case  —  A federal judge rebuked Hatchet M. Speed, 41, for trying to emulate Hitler and the Unabomber  —  A convicted Jan. 6 rioter who expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and studied high-profile killers was sentenced …
 
 
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David Brooks / New York Times:
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Lucy Bannerman / The Times:
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AAMC:
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Noah Lanard / Mother Jones:
Why Rutgers Faculty Are Striking for the First Time in 257 Years
NBC News:
Workers for slaughterhouse cleaning firm that hired children repeatedly used stolen identities to get jobs
Bolts:
Minnesota's Keith Ellison Thwarts a Reform Prosecutor He Endorsed
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The most shocking intel leak reveals new Chinese military advances
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Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
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