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4:35 PM ET, April 15, 2023

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Washington Post:
The controversial article Matthew Kacsmaryk did not disclose to the Senate  —  The judge who delivered a high-stakes abortion pills ruling last week removed his name from a law review article during his judicial nomination process, emails show  —  As a lawyer for a conservative legal group …
Discussion: Forbes and Mother Jones
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump judge behind abortion pill ban accused of hiding information from Senate investigators  —  Prior to his Senate hearings after Donald Trump nominated him to a lifetime appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, then-lawyer Matthew Kacsmaryk asked that his name …
Washington Post:
Taiwan highly vulnerable to Chinese air attack, leaked documents show  —  Troubling details raise questions about U.S. intelligence agencies' ability to detect a pending invasion and the island's capacity to defend itself  —  Taiwan is unlikely to thwart Chinese military air superiority …
Discussion: The Hill
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Wall Street Journal:
Airman, Arrested for Leaks, Chatted in Groups Fascinated by Weapons and War  —  Jack Teixeira, charged with leaking classified documents, belonged to forums full of opinions and provocations  —  The people in the online spaces where Airman First Class Jack Teixeira spent …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Bernd Debusmann Jr / BBC:
Jack Teixeira's charges in full: ‘Top secret’ access, leak searches and the Espionage Act  —  Criminal charges filed against Jack Teixeira, the man alleged to have leaked sensitive US defence documents, shed new light on his access to classified documents, his career in the military …
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Why document leak suspect Jack Teixeira had a high-level top secret security clearance  —  Questions were raised about how Jack Teixeira accessed high-level documents.  —  Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old junior enlisted airman with the Massachusetts Air National Guard, who has been charged as being behind the
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
What's Unusual About Jack Teixeira's Leaked Documents Case
Discussion: emptywheel and Raw Story
Madison Darbyshire / Financial Times:
Top Republican donor sours on Florida governor's stance on social issues  —  Thomas Peterffy highlights actions of Ron DeSantis on abortion and book banning and warns against courting far-right  —  Top Republican donor Thomas Peterffy is halting plans to help finance the US presidential bid …
Discussion: Raw Story and Bloomberg
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Virginia's Youngkin Pauses on Possible 2024 Campaign
Discussion: HotAir and National Review
Politico:
Playbook: The GOP's abortion problems are only beginning
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
DeSantis faces political quagmire on abortion
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
DeSantis' New Hampshire GOP Event Hits a Snag
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Republican donor retreat suggests Donald Trump is far from a coronation  —  But a solution to stopping Trump has proved elusive.  —  NASHVILLE — Donald Trump still gets top billing at this weekend's exclusive gathering of Republican donors.  —  But for a full 24 hours before the former president …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Donald Trump's Civil Trial for Rape Begins in Ten Days
Washington Post:
A top Trump lawyer has recused himself from Mar-a-Lago documents case  —  Evan Corcoran is still representing Trump in other cases, including the probe into the former president's role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol  —  One of former president Donald Trump's top lawyers …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Alternet.org
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Wealthy investors, PACs and big GOP donors fill Sinema's campaign  —  More than half of the Democratic-turned-independent senator's first-quarter fundraising came from contributors who gave donations of $3,300 or more.  —  Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's campaign raised over $2.1 million …
Discussion: Politico
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump, staring down GOP rivals, raised $14.5 million in first quarter
Discussion: Bloomberg
David Weissman / Washington Press:
Tucker Carlson is a national security threat  —  The reach of Tucker Carlson and Fox's factless opinion lineup in America's military represents a unique and serious danger to the nation.  —  Indeed, it's a national security threat.  I don't believe the show should ever appear in U.S. military installations.
Skyler Swisher / Orlando Sentinel:
Reedy Creek finds ‘no records exist’ for Moody's probe into Disney agreements  —  Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody came up empty on a public records request that sought to gain insight into agreements the Reedy Creek Improvement District's board made with Disney ahead of a state takeover.
Adam Sabes / Fox Business:
Anheuser-Busch breaks silence after Bud Light's Dylan Mulvaney controversy  —  Bud Light has faced backlash after releasing a marketing campaign featuring transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney  —  Anheuser-Busch's chief executive officer is breaking his silence two weeks after Bud Light sparked …
Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
Alexei Navalny in ‘critical’ situation after possible poisoning, says ally  —  Russian opposition leader said to have had severe stomach pains, with ambulance being called to penal colony  —  Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition politician, has been grappling with severe stomach pain …
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Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
Navalny, jailed Russian opposition figure, is severely ill, aides say
Discussion: Political Wire
Democracy Docket:
Texas Senate Passes Bill To Seize Control of Elections from Local Authorities  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, April 13, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 1933, a bill that would empower the secretary of state to seize election authority from county officials.
New York Times:
Six Takeaways From Trump's New Financial Disclosure  —  In a 101-page filing, Donald J. Trump revealed lower-than-expected values on his social media company and sizable bank loans.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump provided the first look at his post-presidency business dealings on Friday with a new personal financial disclosure.
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
GOP Quietly Backs Off Attacking Bud Light—Its Own Major Donor  —  The NRCC put out and then swiftly deleted a direct attack on the beer company that donated nearly $500,000 to its candidates in the most recent campaign cycle. … The National Republican Congressional Committee quietly deleted …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CREW:
CREW files civil and criminal complaint against Clarence Thomas  —  The Department of Justice and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court should investigate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for failing to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from and property sales …
Discussion: UPI, The Hill, Washington Post and HuffPost
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Slate:
Clarence Thomas Has Always Hated Disclosure. Just Look at His Jurisprudence.
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Biden Says He Will Announce 2024 Campaign ‘Relatively Soon’  —  The president, who is widely expected to run again but faces little pressure to imminently announce a formal bid, tiptoed beyond his previous public comments on the subject.  —  President Biden inched closer on Friday …
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Reuters:
Tearful Biden meets priest in Ireland who gave son last rites
 
 
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