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6:45 PM ET, April 19, 2023

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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 …
Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Fox News Defamation Settlement: Here's Where Dominion And Smartmatic's Other Lawsuits Stand Now
Washington Post:
Fox News still faces $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now
Discussion: Mediaite and Iowa Capital Dispatch
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 …
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
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Lawmaker Files Bill to Lure Disney World to North Carolina Amid DeSantis Feud
Discussion: Queen City News and Raw Story
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  —  Boris Epshteyn continues in role as top adviser but has clashed with other lawyers on Trump's team over his advice and approach  —  One of Donald Trump's top advisers and most loyal allies may be taking a more limited role related …
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Beast
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
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 …
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
The Kennedy campaign the Kennedys don't want to see  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened his longshot presidential bid with a crowd full of conspiracy theorists, vaccine skeptics and Republicans.  —  BOSTON — John F. Kennedy harnessed the nation's ambition in his moonshot speech in Houston.
Discussion: New York Times and USA Today
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Exclusive: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches unlikely presidential bid backed by 14% of Biden voters
Wall Street Journal:
IRS Whistleblower Says U.S. Is Mishandling Hunter Biden Probe  —  In letter to lawmakers, Internal Revenue Service supervisor says he has information of ‘preferential treatment and politics’  —  WASHINGTON—An IRS supervisor has told lawmakers he has information that suggests the Biden administration …
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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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.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Capitol rioter who was armed with gun is found guilty on all charges  —  Christopher Alberts had a gun on his hip when he charged up the stairs of the Capitol on Jan. 6, and later yelled at police officers before he was arrested.  —  WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 rioter who admitted he was armed …
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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
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
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Jonathan Majors' Issues Worsen as More Alleged Abuse Victims Cooperate With D.A.'s Office (EXCLUSIVE)  —  As Jonathan Majors prepares for a May 8 court appearance on domestic violence charges, his PR problems are about to get bigger.  —  Sources familiar with the matter tell Variety …
Discussion: Vanity Fair
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.
Jana Winter / Rolling Stone:
DHS Official Has Office Raided, Covered in Crime Scene Tape  —  The head of the office that tracks cross-border threats — including fentanyl and cartel activity — was walked out by security and questioned on Monday, sources tell Rolling Stone  —  THE DEPARTMENT OF Homeland Security intelligence official …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
U.S. Authorizes a New Round of Covid Boosters  —  Older Americans and those with weakened immune systems, groups still particularly vulnerable to the virus, may receive additional shots of the reformulated vaccine, federal officials said.  —  In a nod to the ongoing risk the coronavirus poses …
Discussion: Bridge Michigan, WWLP-TV and STAT
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.
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 …
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
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 …
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
 
 
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Judge who denied girl abortion over grades shortlisted for Florida's top court
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Evan Mealins / The Tennessean:
Capitol riot: Nashville's ‘zip-tie guy’ guilty on all charges
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