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10:05 PM ET, April 17, 2023

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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
‘Stop the Steal’ Organizer Apologizes After Being Accused of Asking Teen Boys for D*ck Pics  —  “I apologize for any inappropriate messages sent over the years,” said Ali Alexander, an ally of former President Trump and white nationalist Nick Fuentes.  —  A key figure in the pro-Trump …
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
The Far Right Is Roiled by an Underage-Sex Scandal  —  Over the past month or so, the far right has been embroiled in a scandal involving the alleged grooming practices that its loudest voices have claimed are rampant among liberals.  According to two accusers who have come forward …
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Disney announces LGBTQ event night at its California resort immediately after DeSantis threats  —  The Disneyland resort in California will hold a new LGBTQ-themed event night, according to the company in a tweeted statement on Monday.  —  “The first-ever Disneyland After Dark …
Discussion: New Republic and Insider
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
DeSantis's Thuggish Threats Against Disney … Last year, Florida governor Ron DeSantis retaliated against the Walt Disney Company for criticizing his ban on gender instruction in the state (a law DeSantis has advertised as merely restricting sexualized instruction but in fact is driving …
Orlando Sentinel:
DeSantis says lawmakers will reassert control of Reedy Creek, jokes about building prison
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
DeSantis, in Latest Volley Against Disney, Suggests Punitive Steps
Discussion: Florida Politics
Reuters:
DeSantis escalates battle with Disney in new legislative push
CNN:
Accused shooter in Kansas City shooting of Black teen who went to the wrong house is White man in his 80s  —  A white man in his 80s is the individual who apparently shot and seriously wounded Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, on April 13 in Kansas City, Missouri, according to a CNN review of property records …
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Washington Post:
White Kansas City man, 85, charged in shooting of Black teen  —  Sixteen-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot twice — once in the head — after knocking on the wrong door after being sent by his parents to retrieve his siblings from a friend's house.  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 85-year-old White Kansas City man …
New York Times:
84-Year-Old Is Charged in Shooting of Black Teenager Who Went to Wrong House  —  Lawyers for the family of Ralph Yarl, 16, said he was critically injured when he was shot twice in Kansas City, Mo.  —  The errand that nearly cost Ralph Yarl his life was of the sort that falls to older brothers everywhere.
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Fiscal crisis nears as McCarthy takes debt ceiling plan to Wall Street  —  The House speaker is set to outline the party's new proposal at the New York Stock Exchange, more than a decade after a similar GOP-led standoff hammered U.S. markets  —  NEW YORK — Nearly 40 years ago …
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New York Times:
McCarthy Proposes One-Year Debt Ceiling Increase Tied to Spending Cuts  —  Clashing with President Biden, who has called for a debt limit hike with no conditions, the Republican speaker went to Wall Street to pitch what he called a “responsible, sensible” solution.
Gideon Rubin / Raw Story:
Lincoln Project lampoons Kevin McCarthy in brutal debt crisis how-to video  —  The Lincoln Project on Monday lampooned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) in a how-to create a debt crisis video.  —  “How to Manufacture a Debt Ceiling Crisis in 4 Steps, by @SpeakerMcCarthy” …
Discussion: Insider, The Hill and Washington Times
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Speaker McCarthy Is Feeling the Heat
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer pans McCarthy's one-year debt-ceiling extension as ‘terrible idea’
Austin Linfante / Heartland Signal:
FBI investigating GOP Oklahoma officials caught on tape talking about lynching Black people, murdering newspaper reporters  —  GOP officials from McCurtain County, Okla. are being investigated by the FBI after they were caught on tape expressing their frustration about it not being socially acceptable beat …
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Nate Chute / The Oklahoman:
Transcript of McCurtain County Sheriff, Commissioners discussing lynching, hiring hit men
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Josh Dulaney / The Oklahoman:
Oklahoma sheriff, commissioner, accused of discussing killing a reporter and returning to Black hangings
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
What Dominion Has to Prove in Its Case Against Fox News  —  Did the hosts of the country's most popular cable news network know that Trump's lies about the election were untrue?  —  Downtown Wilmington was already lousy with reporters when the news broke, on Sunday evening, that the Dominion v. Fox trial would be delayed by a day.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
GOP governor says he's urged Fox News to break out of its ‘echo chamber’
Discussion: Mediaite
Steve Hughes / Albany Times Union:
Saratoga County woman killed after turning into wrong driveway  —  Kaylin Gillis of Saratoga County was shot Saturday evening; a 65-year-old stands charged with second-degree murder  —  HEBRON — A 65-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after he allegedly shot and killed …
Politico:
Republicans start to line up against replacing Feinstein on critical committee  —  It would take at least 10 GOP votes to let Democrats replace the ailing Californian on the pivotal Judiciary panel — a mark that's increasingly out of reach.  —  Senate Republicans are preparing to stop …
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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Senate GOP poised to block Feinstein's Judiciary Committee replacement
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:   Dianne Feinstein's Health and the Judicial Confirmation Crunch
Victoria Bekiempis / Rolling Stone:
Jim Jordan Tried to Pull Some D.C. Bullshit on New Yorkers  —  It went over exactly as well as you'd expect … It didn't get better from there.  —  As the hearing began, members of the public who were denied access shouted at cops and sundry congressional staffers outside the meeting room, demanding admittance.
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Arrests Two on Charges Tied to Chinese Police Outpost in New York  —  Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged the men with conspiring with the People's Republic of China and destroying evidence in connection with a Chinese police outpost in Lower Manhattan.
David Millward / Telegraph:
Pro-Russia propagandist unmasked as New Jersey tropical fish seller  —  Sarah Bils identified as the woman behind ‘Donbas Devushka’ social media accounts, notorious for spreading disinformation about the war  —  To her devoted followers, “Donbas Devushka” - or Donbas Girl …
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Wall Street Journal:
FBI Investigating Ex-Navy Noncommissioned Officer Linked to Pro-Russia Social-Media Account
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate COVID origins report details lab leak theory  —  The coronavirus pandemic appeared to originate from a laboratory accident, based on biosafety issues in the epicenter in Wuhan, China, and factors observed in the nature and early spread of the virus, according to a 302-page Senate report obtained by Axios.
Hannah Dreier / New York Times:
As Migrant Children Were Put to Work, U.S. Ignored Warnings  —  The White House and federal agencies were repeatedly alerted to signs of children at risk.  The warnings were ignored or missed.  —  In the spring of 2021, Linda Brandmiller was working at an arena in San Antonio that had been converted …
US Department of Justice:
40 Officers of China's National Police Charged in Transnational Repression Schemes Targeting U.S. Residents  —  Defendants Accused of Creating Fake Social Media Accounts to Harass PRC Dissidents, and Working with Employees of a U.S. Telecommunications Company to Remove Dissidents from Company's Platform
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
A War Crimes Team Investigated the Portland Police.  The Results Are Damning  —  A forensic investigation found the police used dangerous amounts of tear gas in an attempt to put down Black Lives Matter protests  —  A BRITISH RESEARCH group that typically investigates war crimes …
Discussion: Raw Story
US Department of Justice:
Construction Company Owner Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison and Ordered to Pay Nearly $1 Million in Restitution for Rigging Bids and Bribing a Public Official  —  Case Involved Public Works for the California Department of Transportation  —  A construction company owner in California …
Verdict:
The So-Called Platinum Coin Option is Illegal, Even on Its Own Terms  —  Conventional wisdom holds that the 2022 midterm elections went surprisingly well for Democrats.  They defended all of their US Senate seats and even picked up Pennsylvania's vacant seat, won back some governors' mansions …
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Rep. Paul Gosar promotes pro-Hitler and Holocaust-denying site after it praised him for attacking “Jewish warmongers”  —  Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) used his House.gov newsletter to direct people to a story posted on a Holocaust-denier website that praised him for attacking “Jewish warmongers” for their support of Ukraine.
The Pew Charitable Trusts:
More Flexible Zoning Helps Contain Rising Rents  —  New data from 4 jurisdictions that are allowing more housing shows sharply slowed rent growth  —  A national housing shortage has driven up rents, leaving a record share of Americans spending more than 30% of their income on rent and making them what is known as rent-burdened.
Washington Post:
Egypt nearly supplied rockets to Russia, agreed to arm Ukraine instead, leak shows  —  Egypt made detailed plans to export rockets at Moscow's request, but after a diplomatic offensive from Washington, later approved artillery production for Kyiv  —  Egypt paused a plan to secretly supply rockets …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Matt Spetalnick / Reuters:
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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Team DeSantis mocks Bud Light in new parody video supporting women's sports
Discussion: RedState and Florida Politics
Justin Kendall / Brewbound:
Bud Light Off-Premise Sales and Volume Decline in 1st Week of Boycott; Impact ‘Rough, Not Catastrophic’
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NYC will target food choices in its battle against climate change
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NBC News:
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Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Katherine Stewart / New Republic:
The Bigger Story Behind the Charter School That Requires Girls to Wear Skirts
Juan Perez Jr / Politico:
Why GOP culture warriors lost big in school board races this month
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