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12:20 PM ET, April 17, 2023

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Cheryl Hall / Dallas Morning News:
Harlan Crow: There's nothing wrong with my friendship with Clarence Thomas  —  The billionaire, in an exclusive interview, explains his relationship with Thomas, his love of American history and wanting to stay out of the limelight.  —  Harlan Crow believes he and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Clarence Thomas to amend financial disclosure forms to reflect sale to GOP megadonor  —  Justice Clarence Thomas intends to amend his financial disclosure forms to reflect a 2014 real estate deal he made with a GOP megadonor - an acknowledgment that the transaction should have been disclosed almost …
Politico:
Playbook: No GOP favors for Feinstein
Discussion: Washington Examiner
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Truth About Clarence Thomas's Disclosures
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
New York Times:
Why Joe Biden Has Slow-Walked His Way to a 2024 Run  —  Closed-door meetings about when to roll out the president's campaign are intensifying.  Still, with no serious primary challenge and Republicans infighting, he feels little pressure.  —  Closed-door planning meetings involving White House officials …
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Kevin Igoe / Washington Examiner:
Revenge is not a winning election message  —  Former President Donald Trump has announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.  Republican primary voters should say, “Thanks, but no thanks.  We need to win, and we can do better.”  I would argue, much better.
Doug Sosnik / New York Times:
The ‘Diploma Divide’ Is the New Fault Line in American Politics  —  The legal imbroglios of Donald Trump have lately dominated conversation about the 2024 election.  As primary season grinds on, campaign activity will ebb and wane, and issues of the moment — like the first Trump indictment …
New York Times:
Judge Delays Fox and Dominion Trial by a Day  —  Opening statements in the $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News were set to begin on Monday.  —  A Delaware judge on Monday said that he had delayed by a day the start of a highly anticipated defamation trial over the spread of misinformation in the 2020 presidential election.
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Washington Post:
Dominion v. Fox trial delayed for settlement talks, people familiar with the matter say  —  Two people familiar with the case said the sides are scheduled to meet Monday to determine if a last-minute deal can be brokered  —  The beginning of the much-anticipated defamation case between …
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Don't Settle, Dominion!  Drag Fox News Across the Hot Coals  —  Here's an instructive and telling little exercise for you, one that I engaged in myself this past Sunday morning.  —  Head over to Google and search for “NBC defamation lawsuits by former employees.”
Wall Street Journal:
Fox News, Dominion Prepare for Battle in $1.6 Billion Defamation Trial
Sarah Longwell / Bulwark+:
You Have to Think of Trump's Election as Year Zero  —  THERE ARE EVENTS SO EPOCHAL that they create clear periods of before and after: Hiroshima; the fall of the Berlin Wall; 9/11.  Eight years after he declared his intention to run for president, it's now clear that we should consider Donald …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Billy House / Bloomberg:   McCarthy Pledges Vote on US Debt Limit — With Spending Cuts
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
House Speaker McCarthy opens next phase of debt ceiling fight with direct pitch to Wall Street
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
Russia sentences Kara-Murza, Putin critic and Post contributor, to 25 years  —  RIGA, Latvia — A Russian court sentenced Vladimir Kara-Murza, a longtime opposition politician and Washington Post Opinions contributor, to 25 years in prison on Monday on charges of treason for criticizing Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Kathryn Armstrong / BBC:
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition figure jailed for 25 years
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
DA's Secret Weapon May Be Lawyer Who's Dogged Trump for Years  —  Matthew Colangelo has taken on Trump multiple times before.  Now, he's in the middle of his highest-stakes Trump case yet.  —  A little-known lawyer in New York has long been the thorn in Donald Trump's side …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Trump's House GOP allies take fight to Manhattan DA's turf
Juan Perez Jr / Politico:
Why GOP culture warriors lost big in school board races this month  —  “Don't assume that a blanket message on critical race theory or transgender issues is going to claim every district,” one GOP activist said.  —  Amid all the attention on this month's elections in Wisconsin and Illinois …
Discussion: Raw Story
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Trump Implores Rupert Murdoch to Say 2020 Election Was Rigged During His Testimony at Dominion Trial  —  Former president Donald Trump offered some unconventional legal advice to Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch on the eve of the Fox News-Dominion Voting Systems trial.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Max Tani / Semafor:   Meet the Murdochs' newest star
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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
KC Defender / Kansas City Defender:
“This Is A Hate Crime”: Kansas City Black Family Demanding Justice After A White Man Shoots Black Boy, Ralph Yarl, In The Head Twice For Ringing Doorbell Of The Wrong Home, White Man Released By Police Hours Later  —  Community members are demanding justice after a white man in Kansas City shot a black boy …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Sexton responds, constituents call for resignation  —  On Thursday, Popular Information reported that Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) secretly purchased a $600,000 home in Nashville.  Sexton and his family live in the Nashville home year-round, raising questions about whether Sexton …
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Del. Stacey Plaskett Exposes Rep. Jim Jordan's Glaring Hypocrisy  —  The Virgin Islands delegate hit the Donald Trump-loving Ohio Republican with a blunt reminder of the former president's own conduct.  —  Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) slammed Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for hypocrisy on Sunday's broadcast of MSNBC's “Ayman.”
Discussion: New York Daily News
Rose Horowitch / NBC News:
U.S. ambassador visits Evan Gershkovich in Russian prison  —  U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said that Gershkovich is “in good health and remains strong.”  —  U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy made her first visit to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Monday …
American Prospect:
Potential U.S. Attorney Nominee Has Demonstrated Disregard for Constitutional Rights  —  If Keva Landrum were chosen, it would serve as yet another example of the Biden administration betraying its promises to reform the criminal legal system. … This week, NOLA.com reported that Keva Landrum …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Senior ISIS leader suspected killed in US raid  —  U.S. forces believe they killed a senior Islamic State leader on Monday in an early morning helicopter raid in northern Syria, according to U.S. Central Command.  —  The raid sought the senior ISIS Syria leader, an unnamed operational planner responsible …
Financial Times:
‘Transformational change’: Biden's industrial policy begins to bear fruit  —  FT research shows commitments of more than $200bn to US manufacturing since IRA and Chips Act  —  The US appears poised for a manufacturing boom as companies tap into Biden administration subsidies with pledges …
 
 
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Mike Corder / Associated Press:
Dutch intel agency paints grim picture of multiple threats
Discussion: Bloomberg, TASS and Political Wire
Kamal Sultan / Daily Mail:
As Walmart shuts down four stores in crime-ridden Dem-led Chicago, DailyMail.com lists all the big box shops …
Discussion: Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. Scoop Up Russian Oil Products at Steep Discounts
Discussion: TASS, Just The News and Financial Times
Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired:
ICE Records Reveal How Agents Abuse Access to Secret Data
Discussion: S.T.O.P.
Financial Times:
China starts ‘surgical’ retaliation against foreign companies after US-led tech blockade
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Ron Klain rejoins law firm O'Melveny as partner
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Concern About Several Environmental Problems Dips in U.S.
Discussion: The Hill
Axios:
Exclusive: Hikvision internal review found contracts targeted Uyghurs
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Why Tim Scott thinks he has a lane in 2024
The Guardian:
‘A weapon of war’  —  Protesters in at least 100 US cities were met with teargas attacks in 2020 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
How Walmart Pushed Arkansas Public Schools to Go Woke
FOX 32 Chicago:
Hundreds of teenagers flood into downtown Chicago, smashing car windows, prompting police response
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Clarence Thomas's problems are also a John Roberts problem
Discussion: The Hill and Mock Paper Scissors
MSN:
Republican state officials in Louisiana ask lawmakers to ban the study of racism at universities, citing divisive ‘inglorious aspects’ of US history
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
 

 
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