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6:55 PM ET, April 14, 2023

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Vanessa Etienne / People.com:
Rape, Incest Victims Must Show Proof to Get Exception to Florida's New Abortion Ban  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Heartbeat Protection Act into law, which bans abortions after six weeks and increases restrictions to the standing exceptions  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has doubled …
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
For better or worse, Ron DeSantis now owns Florida's six-week abortion ban  —  A pro-DeSantis group is defending the governor against his critics, telling NBC News: “Trump is dispatching his allies to attack America's most accomplished, pro-life governor.”  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' decision …
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
The Conundrum of the DeSantis Base: Pro-Trump and Anti-Trump Voters  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has had to appeal to two conflicting elements of his base: Republicans who are repelled by Donald Trump, and those who remain enthralled by him.  —  Bob Sikorski, a 57-year-old business owner …
Politico:
DeSantis could be walking into a general election trap on abortion
NBC News:
If elected president, Sen. Tim Scott vows to sign the ‘most conservative, pro-life legislation’ that Congress sends him
Discussion: The Hill
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Republican presidential hopefuls are already struggling with the abortion issue
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
Republicans Are Forgetting One Crucial Truth About People and Their Bodies
Discussion: Axios
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Briefly Preserves Broad Availability of Abortion Pill  —  The temporary stay of an appeals court ruling is meant to preserve the status quo while the justices study the case, and it did not forecast how they would ultimately rule.  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. issued …
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
All eyes on SCOTUS for abortion pill ruling
Associated Press:
Supreme Court Keeps Abortion Pill Rules In Place For Now
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Fox News viewer who crushed officer with a shield on Jan. 6 sentenced to over 7 years in prison  —  Federal prosecutors sought what would have been the longest sentence to date — 15 years — for a Jan. 6 rioter who, defense lawyers say, “knew next to nothing” about the 2020 election.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Like an animal’: Jan. 6 defendant who pinned officer in tunnel is sentenced to 7.5 years  —  Before receiving his sentence, Patrick McCaughey described his actions as “monumentally stupid.”  —  Few images captured the visceral violence and horror of Jan. 6 more clearly than the moment Patrick McCaughey …
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Tech Executive Was Left to ‘Slowly Die’ After Stabbing, Prosecutors Say  —  Bob Lee was stabbed three times on a dark San Francisco street after what appeared to be an argument over a personal relationship, prosecutors said in court documents.  —  The man accused of killing the tech executive Bob Lee …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Mike Pence is booed at the NRA convention in his home state  —  Two years after he certified President Joe Biden's election, the former vice president was greeted by lusty boos and some applause in the state where he served as governor.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Former Vice President Mike Pence …
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Politico:
Pence calls for quick execution of mass shooters at NRA summit but Trump gets the standing ovation  —  The former vice president said punishment was key to stopping mass shootings, the former president pointed to mental health.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Former Vice President Mike Pence …
Washington Post:
Leak suspect charged with retention of defense information, willful control of classified documents  —  BOSTON — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member suspected of leaking a trove of classified military intelligence, was charged by the federal government Friday with retention …
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CBS News:
Jack Teixeira, suspect in leak of Pentagon documents, charged with unauthorized retention of classified material
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Federal judge slaps down another bid to delay E. Jean Carroll's civil rape trial, but Trump still isn't done trying  —  Donald Trump lost another attempt to delay trial in author E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit accusing him of rape, but the former president hasn't stopped trying to keep the jury at bay.
Discussion: CBS News
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
LinkedIn Founder Is Secretly Funding E. Jean Carroll's Lawsuit Against Trump
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
No shield for Trump in rape accuser's case as court declines to rule
Rose Horowitch / NBC News:
Liz Cheney says Greene should lose security clearance for defending suspect in Pentagon docs leak  —  Former representative Cheney criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for her defense of the alleged leaker of hundreds of pages of classified U.S. intelligence.
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
An Acute Attack of Trumpism in Tennessee  —  Shame is a toxic emotion, and it often causes people to direct hostility outward.  —  What's happened in Tennessee in recent weeks should be no surprise, coming from a party whose sensibilities and racial attitudes are embodied by Donald Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story, Jezebel and New York Times
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Democracy Docket:
The Depth of the Tennessee GOP's Disdain for Democracy
Discussion: Politico and New Republic
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Conservatives plot text warnings on “woke” products  —  A conservative group is offering a new service that texts “Woke Alerts” straight to the phones of grocery shoppers who want to know which brands are accused of taking political positions that are offensive to the right.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Fox News isn't talking about Clarence Thomas much  —  Two complementary reports from ProPublica published in recent days have resulted in intense new scrutiny of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.  Last week, the independent news site reported that Thomas had received hundreds of thousands …
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Washington Post:
This plan for a third-party presidential bid in 2024 is dangerous  —  Jonathan Cowan is president of Third Way, Rahna Epting is executive director of MoveOn and Patrick Gaspard is CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.  —  As leaders of three groups that represent various segments …
Discussion: New Republic
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Alien motherships: Pentagon official floats a theory for unexplained sightings  —  One astronomy professor called the notions “highly questionable” and “odd.”  —  The official in charge of a secretive Pentagon effort to investigate unexplained aerial incursions has co-authored an academic paper …
Politico:
Dianne Feinstein digs in  —  The senator's confidants and allies scoff at her detractors and are firing back.  —  Dianne Feinstein is once more displaying the stubborn approach that's powered her storied career as pressure mounts on her to return to Washington or resign.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Politico:
McCarthy prepares his opening debt-limit bid — and it's full of potential pitfalls  —  The stakes couldn't be higher for the California Republican, who must avoid a misstep in the talks that would weaken his speakership.  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy is accelerating the long-stalled push …
Discussion: Roll Call and Bloomberg
Mark A. Kellner / Washington Times:
Bud Light halts promotion with Dylan Mulvaney, transgender ‘influencer,’ after share value plummets  —  Parent corporation's shares lost $6.6 billion in value in single week  —  After a weeklong $6.6 billion loss in share value, executives at AB InBev, parent company of Anheuser-Busch's Bud Light brand …
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Sarah Sanders blames ‘design error’ for form asking job applicants to name something nice about her  —  The office of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) is blaming a controversial state job application form demanding prospective hires write a short essay on what they admire about her most on a …
Joyce Slocum / TPR:
Why Texas Public Radio is stepping away from Twitter: A message from TPR's president & CEO  —  Texas Public Radio has suspended posting on its Twitter accounts (@TPRNews, TPRCommunity, @TPRNoticias, @TPRClassical).  —  Without notice or explanation, Twitter added a “state-affiliated media” tag to NPR's main account last week.
CNN:
Special counsel prosecutors press witnesses for details about how Trump has paid for their lawyers  —  Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents are pressing multiple witnesses for details about their attorneys, including whether …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Russia's commando units gutted by Ukraine war, U.S. leak shows  —  Russia's clandestine spetsnaz forces have been put to use alongside the infantry, suffering massive numbers of dead and wounded  —  The war in Ukraine has gutted Russia's clandestine spetsnaz forces and it will take Moscow years …
Discussion: New York Post, The Triad and The Hill
David Badash / Alternet.org:
Everything Ron DeSantis did yesterday was wrong — and people are noticing  —  Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis managed to anger both Democrats and Republicans on Thursday, people in his state and out of his state, as he continued his unofficial run for president while ignoring real problems …
Discussion: Miami Herald, Insider and Sun-Sentinel
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Parler shuts down as new owner says conservative platform needs big revamp  —  Parler sold to firm that says conservative Twitter clone isn't a “viable business.”  —  Parler, the self-described “uncancelable free speech platform,” has been sold and shut down while its new owner conducts a “strategic assessment.”
 
 
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Uwa Ede-Osifo / NBC News:
Montana on cusp of becoming first state to block TikTok downloads
Michael A. Cohen / MSNBC:
Marco Rubio's bigoted fight with the U.S. military just got worse
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New York Times:
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NBC News:
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