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3:55 PM ET, April 16, 2023

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William Thornton / al.com:
Dadeville birthday party mass shooting: 4 dead, 20 reportedly injured  —  Four people are dead and as many as 20 reportedly injured following a shooting at a birthday party in Dadeville Saturday night, according to multiple reports.  —  The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency reported …
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Elizabeth White / WRBL-TV:
More than 20 shot at Dadeville gathering, investigators on scene  —  DADEVILLE, Ala. (WRBL) - A celebration turned violent in downtown Dadeville Saturday night as a shooting left more than 20 people injured according to law enforcement on the scene.  —  According to witnesses …
WSFA-TV:
Multiple deaths, injuries in Alabama birthday party mass shooting  —  ALEA confirms 4 people have died and multiple others are injured  —  DADEVILLE, Ala. (WSFA) - State and local officials called a 10 a.m. news conference to provide updates on an Alabama mass shooting that took the lives of four and injured multiple others.
Discussion: NPR, Breitbart, Fox News and New York Times
The Hill:
‘Multitude of injuries,’ 4 killed in Alabama birthday party shooting  —  DADEVILLE, Ala. (WRBL) - At least four people were killed Saturday night in a shooting at a celebration in Alabama, according to law enforcement.  —  Witnesses said the shooting occurred at a 16th birthday party …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: DeSantis super PAC strafes Trump in first TV ad  —  Video  —  The super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis today debuts its first TV ad, charging straight at former President Trump with the loaded question: “What happened to Donald Trump?”  — Never Back Down, the pro-DeSantis group …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Liberals Should Hope DeSantis Beats Trump … I am not, to say the least, a fan of Ron DeSantis.  I was one of the first writers to notice his emerging authoritarian ambitions and unnerving success in discovering illiberal uses of state power to intimidate his enemies.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:   Why DeSantis Has to Run  —  The resurgence of Donald Trump in the 2024 primary polls …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Fox News Is on Trial, and So Are Falsehoods About 2020  —  A jury in Delaware will be asked to weigh the limits of the First Amendment.  Another question in the case is whether the network will pay a financial penalty for disseminating election lies.  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — On Monday …
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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Russians boasted that just 1% of fake social profiles are caught, leak shows  —  The estimate is contained in a document that is part of a trove of top secret material leaked in a Discord chatroom  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Russian government has become far more successful at manipulating social media …
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Matt Tait / PwnAllTheThings:
Pentagon Leaks: What's the Damage?
Discussion: RedState
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
The military loved Discord for Gen Z recruiting. Then the leaks began.
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:   A new kind of leaker: Spilling state secrets to impress online buddies
New York Times:
How a Campaign Against Transgender Rights Mobilized Conservatives  —  Defeated on same-sex marriage, the religious right went searching for an issue that would re-energize supporters and donors.  The campaign that followed has stunned political leaders across the spectrum.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
2 Dead in Louisville Chickasaw Park Shooting  —  The gunfire in a Louisville park came as hundreds of people were outside enjoying a warm spring night.  It comes just days after a mass shooting in the same city.  —  Two people were dead and four others injured after a shooting at a park in Louisville …
Discussion: Fox News
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can't count on family support to take on Biden  —  The Kennedys have been through a lot.  They don't want to go through this.  —  No name has appeared on more ballots or lawn signs.  Even across branches of the family that have grown distant and divided since …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump turns from past to future at RNC donor retreat  —  The former president traded his election grievance rhetoric for a forward-looking vision for party and country, according to a copy of his Nashville remarks obtained by POLITICO.  —  NASHVILLE — Donald Trump stood …
Joyce E. Lupiani / WAGA-TV:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defends man accused of leak, demands answers about Ukraine  —  ATLANTA - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is defending Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who has been arrested in connection with a high-profile investigation into leaked documents.
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Gun absolutists don't trust democracy because they know they're losing  —  Gunned-down children don't seem to change the political equation on guns.  Neither do dead teachers.  Are parents petrified to send their sons and daughters to school?  Tough.  I expect the next new slogan on right-wing T-shirts will be: “Arm the Kids!”
Discussion: New York Daily News
CBS News:
Most want abortion pill to remain available — CBS News poll  —  A big majority of Americans want to see the abortion pill mifepristone remain available.  Even some who are more generally opposed to abortion hold this view.  —  On a broader level, American women feel access to reproductive health care …
Discussion: Insider and NBC News
Mirna Alsharif / NBC News:
Parody hitman website nabs Air National Guardsman after he allegedly applied for contract mercenary jobs  —  Josiah Ernesto Garcia eventually agreed to kill someone for $5,000 while in conversation with an undercover FBI agent, authorities said.  —  An Air National Guardsman was arrested …
UNITAMS:
Statement on humanitarian pause  —  16 Apr  —  General Burhan, the Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, and General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Commander of the Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a proposal by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Mr. Volker Perthes …
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Search underway for 3 Americans who were to sail from Mexico more than a week ago  —  Kerry O'Brien, Frank O'Brien, and William Gross set off for San Diego from Mazatlán, Mexico, on April 4 and haven't been seen or heard since.  —  SAN DIEGO — A search is underway after three Americans …
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
Iowa to spend millions kicking families off food stamps.  More states may follow.  —  Food banks in the state say they are already facing a surge in demand and the legislation will only exacerbate that.  —  TAMA, Iowa — As an icy prairie wind slapped down on the empty town …
 
 
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
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Aria Jones / Dallas Morning News:
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