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7:05 AM ET, April 14, 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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Shirin Ali / Slate:
Clarence Thomas' Mom Definitely Still Lives in the House the Billionaire Bought  —  We were there just a couple of weeks ago.  —  The revelations about Clarence Thomas' financial ties to billionaire donor Harlan Crow—most of which the justice has routinely declined to disclose in his annual ethics documentation—keep coming.
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Justice Thomas Failed to Report Real Estate Deal With Texas Billionaire  —  An investigation by ProPublica revealed a deal worth more than $100,000 between the real estate magnate and the justice.  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose that he had sold a string of properties …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Clarence Thomas' Family Got $133K from Nazi-Obsessed Billionaire
Discussion: Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
Sarah Jones / PoliticusUSA:
Unfit: Clarence Thomas Hid Real Estate Deal with GOP Billionaire
Discussion: Ohio Capital Journal
Rolling Stone:
'We're Getting Killed on Abortion': Inside Trump's Secret Meetings With the Religious Right  —  The ex-president expects anti-abortion activists to line up behind his presidential campaign, but his bid for their support is off to a rocky start  —  SINCE LATE LAST year …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis quietly signs Florida's 6-week abortion ban into law  —  The governor had no fanfare around the bill-signing, sending out a news release late in the night.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis quietly signed legislation Thursday that would ban most abortions after six weeks in Florida …
Politico:
DeSantis could be walking into a general election trap on abortion  —  The Florida governor signs a six-week abortion ban that could hurt his White House aspirations.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new abortion ban.  His Democratic opponents are preparing to use it against him.
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:   Ron DeSantis May Fall Into His Own Abortion Trap
New York Times:
Florida Legislature Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban
Washington Post:
Freedom is under assault in Ron DeSantis's Florida
Politico:
Tim Scott gets tripped up on abortion ban questions
Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Florida's Legislature passes a 6-week abortion ban
Steve Contorno / CNN:
Florida Gov. DeSantis signs 6-week abortion ban
Discussion: LifeSite, CBS News and WFLA-TV
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 …
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New York Times:
F.B.I. 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 …
New York Times:
The Airman Who Wanted to Give Gamers a Real Taste of War  —  The group liked online war games.  But then Airman Jack Teixeira, members say, began showing them classified documents.  —  The 21-year-old National Guard airman was frantic as he joined a call with members of a small online gamer community …
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  —  A federal appeals court late Wednesday denied the Justice Department's request to allow full access to mifepristone and reinstated restrictions to obtaining the medication.  —  A federal appeals court late Wednesday partially blocked …
Austin American-Statesman:
‘I am a racist:’ Daniel Perry's social media posts reveal racist comments, anti-protester views  —  A Travis County judge Thursday unsealed court records that revealed more anti-protester social media posts and messages that a jury did not see or hear while deciding whether to convict Daniel Perry …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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Houston Chronicle:
Daniel Perry, convicted of murder, wrote of wanting to kill protesters, Muslims, Black people, new court docs show
Discussion: Strangely Blogged
David French / New York Times:
How Tennessee Illustrates the Three Rules of MAGA  —  On Monday afternoon, a previously unknown 27-year-old Tennessee lawmaker named Justin Jones walked triumphantly up the steps of the Tennessee Capitol building and — surrounded by a crush of press and hundreds of supporters …
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
Grigor Atanesian / BBC:
Twitter staff cuts leave Russian trolls unchecked  —  Hundreds of Russian and Chinese state propaganda accounts are thriving on Twitter after Elon Musk wiped out the team that fought these networks, the BBC has found.  —  The unit worked to combat “information operations” …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Why People Are Fleeing Blue Cities for Red States  —  There are a lot of us in the Northeastern media who properly spend a lot of time slamming the Republican Party for what a mess it's become.  I have only one question: If we're right, why are so many people leaving blue states so they can live in red ones?
Discussion: The Atlantic
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: Al Jazeera
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.
Kate Morrissey / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Migrants say Border Patrol is keeping them between the border walls for days without food or shelter  —  Several migrants interviewed from between the slats in the border wall said they'd been held there by agents for four to seven days without food or blankets
Discussion: BorderReport
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.
NBC News:
Texas county convenes meeting to discuss the possible closure of its more than 100-year-old library system  —  Llano County commissioners made the decision at a special meeting where members of the community turned out to voice their support for the century-old library system.
Katherine Donlevy / New York Post:
Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton accepts plea deal in Las Vegas luggage theft  —  The former Biden administration official accused in two separate stolen-luggage cases in different states was ordered to pay one of their victims back — but given no jail time — Tuesday after they pleaded no contest to the bizarre theft.
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
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 …
Associated Press:
China vows not to sell arms to any party in Ukraine war  —  China won't sell weapons to either side in the war in Ukraine, the country's foreign minister said Friday, responding to Western concerns that Beijing could provide military assistance to Russia.  China has maintained that it is neutral …
Bloomberg:
Trump's Immunity Defense Narrowed by DC Appeals Court  —  Donald Trump will get another chance to fend off a defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll, but it will be harder for him to argue that because he was president at the time, he is immune from being sued.
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Lucy Bannerman / The Times:
Trust children to change gender, says Daniel Radcliffe
Discussion: spiked and Washington Free Beacon
AAMC:
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Noah Lanard / Mother Jones:
Why Rutgers Faculty Are Striking for the First Time in 257 Years
CNN:
Trump appeared for deposition in high-stakes civil lawsuit threatening the fate of his business empire
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ProPublica:
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Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:
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NBC News:
Republicans want to make it difficult for Senate to replace Feinstein on key panel
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows $6 billion student loan debt settlement
Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
How MAGA Conspiracies Infected Autism Groups
Discussion: Alternet.org
Joe Eskenazi / Mission Local:
Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec's alleged killer also worked in tech