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New York Times:
A $787.5 Million Settlement and Embarrassing Disclosures: The Costs of Airing a Lie  —  Fox News's late-stage agreement with Dominion Voting Systems came with a rare acknowledgment of broadcasting false claims by the conservative media powerhouse.  —  Reporting from Wilmington, Del.
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Don't get it twisted: Fox's $787.5M defamation deal is record-setting, massive and painful, experts say  —  Listen to this episode on Apple, Spotify or wherever else you get your podcasts, and subscribe.  —  After Fox's $787.5 million settlement averted a historic defamation trial …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Fox Lawsuit Was Never Going to Save America
Discussion: New York Times, The Root and Insider
Washington Post:
Fox News still faces $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic
CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the historic settlement talks between Fox News and Dominion
Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
Exclusive: Two More Congressmen From Florida Plan to Endorse Trump in Blow to DeSantis  —  In yet another blow to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's not-yet-official presidential bid, two more Republican members of Congress from his own state are gearing to endorse Donald Trump for another term.
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
DeSantis is in a rut. His trek to D.C. didn't help.
Daniel Strauss / New Republic:
No Labels Took More Than $100,000 From Clarence Thomas Buddy Harlan Crow  —  Years before megadonor Harlan Crow was reading ProPublica stories about his close ties with Clarence Thomas, often seen as maybe the most partisan justice on the Supreme Court, he was doling out donations …
New York Times:
Boris Epshteyn, Trump Legal Adviser, Is to Be Interviewed by Special Counsel  —  The interview is the latest example of the focus by the special counsel, Jack Smith, on the role of lawyers working for former President Donald Trump.  —  Boris Epshteyn, a top adviser to former President Donald J. Trump …
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Top Trump lawyer may take limited role in Jan. 6 and documents cases
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Beast
Dell Cameron / Wired:
The Hacker Who Hijacked Matt Walsh's Twitter Was Just ‘Bored’  —  The breach of the right-wing provocateur was simply a way of “stirring up some drama,” the attacker tells WIRED.  But the damage could have been much worse.  —  The hacker who claims to have compromised the Twitter account …
Politico:
Biden rejects McCarthy's debt-limit plan  —  The speaker on Wednesday unveiled House Republicans' plan to raise the debt limit while cutting federal spending, saying he hopes to pass the package next week.  —  President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a sweeping rebuke …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Exclusive: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches unlikely presidential bid backed by 14% of Biden voters  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches his unlikely bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday with the support of 14% of voters who backed President Joe Biden in 2020, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds.
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
The Kennedy campaign the Kennedys don't want to see
Discussion: New York Times and USA Today
Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
So-called 'Don't Say Gay' rules expanded through 12th grade in Florida  —  Classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity is limited.  —  The Florida Board of Education has voted to  —  expand restrictions  —  on classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
'Don't Say Gay' expansion requested by DeSantis approved
Washington Post:
Inside the secret list of websites that make AI chatbots sound smart  —  AI chatbots have exploded in popularity over the past four months, stunning the public with their awesome abilities, from writing sophisticated term papers to holding unnervingly lucid conversations.
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
‘No one is above the law’: Federal judge trolls Manhattan DA as she green lights ex-deputy's deposition by House GOP  —  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's legal team lost their bid to block the deposition of his former deputy on Wednesday, as a federal judge appointed …
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Jim Jordan Wants to Make Alvin Bragg the Villain, but It's Not Working
Discussion: Alternet.org
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Abortion Pill Maker Sues F.D.A. to Protect Drug if a Court Orders It Off the Market  —  The suit by GenBioPro, the generic maker of mifepristone, is the latest strand in the intense legal battle over abortion pills.  —  The company that makes a majority of the abortion pill mifepristone sold …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion drug, sets Friday night deadline
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Oklahoma Official Who Discussed Killing Reporters Resigns  —  McCurtain County Commissioner Mark Jennings was caught on tape discussing killing reporters and lynching Black people.  —  A county commissioner in far southeast Oklahoma who was apparently caught on tape discussing killing reporters …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Marjorie Taylor Greene silenced in committee after accusing Mayorkas of lying  —  Democrats twice sought to strike remarks from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) during a Tuesday hearing, with the House Homeland Security Committee failing to reprimand her for accusing a colleague …
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform  —  Yet another big B2B service passes on paying for Twitter's new high-priced API.  —  Twitter is being removed from yet another big B2B platform.  And this time it's one of the biggest companies in the tech industry.
Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
Ivy League Exodus  —  The number of Jews on major Ivy League campuses has been cut in half or more over the past decade by new elite doctrines that downplay merit in favor of amorphous definitions of ‘diversity’ and ‘privilege.’ But one Ivy may be bucking the trend.
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Red-State Voters Give Democrats Tester, Manchin Opposite Marks Ahead of 2024  — 58% of Montana voters approve of Tester, while 55% of West Virginia voters disapprove of Manchin.  — Among the 59% of Montana voters who disapprove of Biden, 42% of them give Tester positive marks.
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Long COVID Is Being Erased—Again  —  What was once outright denial has morphed into a subtler dismissal.  —  Charlie McCone has been struggling with the symptoms of long COVID since he was first infected, in March 2020.  Most of the time, he is stuck on his couch or in his bed …
Liz Crampton / Politico:
Democratic governors lose their grip as Republicans nab supermajorities  —  A steady number of GOP wins and party-flipping have created a particularly challenging environment for Democratic governors in Kentucky, Kansas, Louisiana and North Carolina.  —  Kansas Rep. Heather Meyer …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Ex-Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg released from jail  —  Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was released from jail on Wednesday, according to New York City Department of Correction records.  —  Weisselberg was sent to New York's Rikers Island jail …
Washington Post:
DOJ, Jim Jordan reach agreement after rift over video interviews of staff  —  Jordan has requested transcribed interviews from over a dozen current and former FBI employees  —  The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee and the Justice Department dialed back tensions this week after Chairman Jim Jordan …
Discussion: Raw Story
Gideon Rubin / Raw Story:
New Lincoln Project ad uses Fox News' top talent to skewer right-wing network over 2020 election falsehoods  —  A newly released Lincoln Project video skewers Fox News over 2020 election falsehoods, and it uses the voices of the right-wing network's top talents to make its point.
Associated Press:
Maine quadruple murder suspect was recently released from prison  —  Joseph Eaton, 34, was released Friday from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, where he had been sentenced in March 2021, a state official said.  —  BOWDOIN, Maine — A Maine man who police say killed four people …
NBC News:
Boyfriend of N.Y. woman who was gunned down in the wrong driveway recalls her final moments  —  Blake Walsh said he was heartbroken after Kaylin Gillis, his girlfriend of four years, was fatally shot Saturday while they looked for a party.  —  SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The boyfriend of a New York woman …
Snejana Farberov / New York Post:
Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton to undergo mental health evaluation in luggage theft case  —  Sam Brinton, the disgraced former Biden administration official accused of stealing luggage on at least two separate occasions, has agreed to undergo a mental health evaluation as part of a Minnesota's adult diversion program.
Ashton / NPA:
South Carolina 2024 Presidential Primary Poll Findings  —  National Public Affairs conducted a poll among likely 2024 Presidential primary voters from April 11 to April 14, 2023.  We collected responses from 538 voters via landlines, text-to-web and online panel.
 
 
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
U.S. Authorizes a New Round of Covid Boosters
Discussion: Bridge Michigan, STAT and WWLP-TV
Peter Beinart / Jewish Currents:
Could Israel Carry Out Another Nakba?
Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal:
CFPB Says Staffer Sent 250,000 Consumers' Data to Personal Account
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Judge who denied girl abortion over grades shortlisted for Florida's top court
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Rioter who organized ‘fighters’ on Jan. 6 pleads guilty, agrees to cooperate with DOJ
Discussion: Raw Story and UPI
Evan Mealins / The Tennessean:
Capitol riot: Nashville's ‘zip-tie guy’ guilty on all charges
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Jana Winter / Rolling Stone:
DHS Official Has Office Raided, Covered in Crime Scene Tape
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Oklahomans terrified of right-wing extremists 28 years after Tim McVeigh's federal building bombing
Discussion: UPI, WHNT-TV and New York Times
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Man arrested after 2 Woodlands Elite cheerleaders were shot outside HEB near Austin, police say
 

 
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