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4:25 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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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  —  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.
NBC News:
If elected president, Sen. Tim Scott vows to sign the ‘most conservative, pro-life legislation’ that Congress sends him  —  In an interview with NBC News, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., emphasized his opposition to abortion but declined to weigh in on a national ban.
Discussion: Political Wire
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
Republicans Are Forgetting One Crucial Truth About People and Their Bodies
Discussion: Axios and Rolling Stone
Julia Manchester / The Hill:   Tim Scott says he would sign ‘most conservative, pro-life legislation’ if elected president
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  —  Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Massachusetts man arrested for his suspected connection to the disclosure of dozens of secret documents that revealed sensitive intelligence …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Alleged Pentagon leaker charged under Espionage Act
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 …
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
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Dem Megadonor Secretly Funds Rape Lawsuit Against Donald Trump
Discussion: CourtListener and The Daily Caller
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
All eyes on SCOTUS for abortion pill ruling  —  The Supreme Court could rule as soon as today in the legal battle over abortion pills — and could effectively override the Food and Drug Administration's decision-making if it doesn't turn back a ruling limiting the use of the drug mifepristone.
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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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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Clarence Thomas enters the danger zone
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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NBC News:
Trump asks appeals court to immediately block Pence from testifying in Jan. 6 probe
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
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Democracy Docket:
The Depth of the Tennessee GOP's Disdain for Democracy
Discussion: Politico and New Republic
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
REVEALED: He's fighting new gun laws in Tennessee, and he says kids protesting gun violence are ‘props’
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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: Insider
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: Bloomberg, Political Wire and Roll Call
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.
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: The Hill, The Triad and Al Jazeera
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: Raw Story and Wall Street Journal
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: Insider, Sun-Sentinel, Politico and Mediaite
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.
Discussion: Just The News
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
NBC News:
See what Fox News tried to redact in the Dominion defamation case  —  Internal communications that the company wanted to keep from the public included hosts disparaging guests and acknowledging that election conspiracy theories were off base.  —  The Dominion Voting Systems trial against Fox News …
 
 
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New York Times:
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
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Isaac Avilucea / Axios:
Fetterman back to Capitol Hill with swing voter support
Discussion: Political Wire
Jim Defede / CBS News:
State Rep. Basabe under investigation for allegedly slapping an aide
Lindsay Owens / American Prospect:
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Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
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Discussion: Mercury News
Washington Post:
D.C. faces big challenges as remote work demand persists, poll finds
Discussion: New Republic
Katherine Donlevy / New York Post:
Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton accepts plea deal in Las Vegas luggage theft
 

 
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
UMG and Amazon Music strike a new deal to collaborate on audiobooks and livestreams, address unlawful AI-generated content, protect against fraud, and more

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

New York Times:
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