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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  —  If you thought the Nazi memorabilia collector secretly funding Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was bad, just hold on.  It appears that Clarence Thomas might have violated the law in the process of hiding a real estate deal with that same Republican 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.
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.
New York Times:
New Leaked Documents Show Broad Infighting Among Russian Officials  —  The additional documents also suggest the breach of American intelligence agencies could contain far more material than previously believed.  —  The depth of the infighting inside the Russian government appears broader …
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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Politico:
Tim Scott gets tripped up on abortion ban questions
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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Associated Press:
DOJ to ask Supreme Court to put abortion pill limits on hold
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The FDA Should Not Enforce the 5th Circuit's Indefensible Abortion Pill Decision
Discussion: Common Dreams
Washington Post:
U.S. to ask Supreme Court to restore full access to abortion pill
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.
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
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Legal expert: Jack Smith could charge Donald Trump with espionage after latest revelations
Discussion: New York Times
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 …
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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 …
New York Times:
Trump Is Questioned in N.Y. Attorney General's Lawsuit  —  Letitia James, the attorney general, has sued Donald J. Trump and three of his children, accusing them of a “staggering” fraud.  —  Donald J. Trump was questioned under oath on Thursday in a civil fraud lawsuit brought …
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CNN:
Trump appeared for deposition in high-stakes civil lawsuit threatening the fate of his business empire
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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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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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 …
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 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Could Trump's fundraising emails add to his legal trouble?  —  Breaking down what we know about the situation — and what the emails actually said  —  In the dishonest business that is politics, perhaps nothing is as dishonest as its lifeblood: fundraising.  —  Fundraising emails are routinely, utterly misleading.
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 …
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
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
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 and Power Line
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 …
Discussion: The Dispatch
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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Trust children to change gender, says Daniel Radcliffe
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Stuart Stevens / Resolute Square:
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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
Discussion: The Intercept
ProPublica:
Collapsing Roofs, Broken Toilets, Flooded Classrooms: Inside the Worst-Funded Schools in the Nation
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