memeorandum: Nick Fuentes was paid more than $30K by Kanye West's presidential campaign (Julia Mueller/The Hill)

5:55 PM ET, April 16, 2023

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Clarence Thomas has for years claimed income from a defunct real estate firm — The misstatements, which began when a family business transferred its holdings to another company, are part of a pattern that has raised questions about how the Supreme Court justice views his obligation …

Discussion: The Hill, The Dean's Report, Bloomberg, CNBC, Joe.My.God., Alternet.org and Daily Kos

Project On Government Oversight:

POGO Calls for DOJ to Investigate Clarence Thomas, Seek Civil Penalties — Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General — Via email to [email protected] and United States mail — Dear Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Boynton: — On behalf of the Project On Government Oversight …

Discussion: Raw Story, Rolling Stone, Alternet.org, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times

Adam Nichols / Raw Story:
Clarence Thomas claimed up to $750k from defunct real estate firm: report

Discussion: Wall Street Journal

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 …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, WRBL-TV, UPI and Crooks and Liars

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 …

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Montgomery Advertiser:

At least four dead in mass shooting at teen's birthday party in Dadeville — DADEVILLE — At least four people were killed and numerous injured when a gunman opened fire late Saturday night at a sweet 16 birthday party in a downtown Dadeville dance studio. — Gunfire erupted just after 10:30 p.m., law enforcement confirmed.

Discussion: Associated Press, NPR, NBC Connecticut, Fox News, New York Post, New York Times, al.com and Law & Crime

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: Breitbart

The Hill:
‘Multitude of injuries,’ 4 killed in Alabama birthday party shooting

Discussion: al.com, Metro.co.uk, Florida Phoenix, WRBL-TV and WHNT-TV

Emily Mae Czachor / CBS News:
2 dead, 4 wounded in mass shooting at crowded park in Louisville

Discussion: New York Post and Fox News

CNN:
A beloved athlete was among 4 people killed and more than 15 teens shot at a Sweet 16 birthday party in Alabama

Discussion: Alabama Reflector, Tennessee Lookout, The Mahablog, al.com, KLBK | KAMC, Vanity Fair and Insider Paper

Eduardo Medina / New York Times: 2 Dead in Louisville Chickasaw Park Shooting

Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
2 dead, 4 injured in Louisville shooting days after mass shooting at bank

Discussion: Associated Press, al.com, CNN and Fox News

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 …

Discussion: Mediaite, Bloomberg, Washington Post, Fox News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Joe.My.God., Alternet.org, Breitbart, Florida Politics, Associated Press and The Daily Beast

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.

Discussion: RedState, Lawyers, Guns & Money, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story

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 …

Discussion: Associated Press, CNN and Mother Jones

Erin Moriarty / CBS News:
Dominion vs. Fox News: The case against conspiracy theories

Discussion: Raw Story

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Here are five things to watch in the Fox-Dominion trial

Discussion: Variety, Mediaite, Fox News, The Wrap, NBC News, ABC News, Insider, Raw Story and NPR

Washington Post:
The Dominion vs. Fox defamation case is finally going to trial

Discussion: BuzzFeed News, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite

Wall Street Journal:

Social-Media Account Overseen by Former Navy Noncommissioned Officer Helped Spread Secrets — An American administrator of the Donbas Girl blogger network uses a pro-Russian persona across online platforms — A social-media account overseen by a former U.S. Navy noncommissioned officer …

Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Political Wire

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

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 …

Matt Tait / PwnAllTheThings:
Pentagon Leaks: What's the Damage?

Discussion: RedState and Washington Post

Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
The military loved Discord for Gen Z recruiting. Then the leaks began.

Discussion: The Guardian and New York Post, more at Techmeme »

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 …

Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Wide World of News, Washington Examiner, Political Wire, Alternet.org, Mediaite and Financial Times

Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump, facing probes, seeks to assert dominance over GOP at donor retreat

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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 …

Julia Mueller / The Hill:

Nick Fuentes was paid more than $30K by Kanye West's presidential campaign — Far-right activist and white supremacist Nick Fuentes was paid more than $30,000 by the 2020 presidential campaign of rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, according to campaign finance filings.

Discussion: Raw Story and Rolling Stone

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