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6:50 PM ET, April 20, 2023

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Washington Post:
Mike Lindell's firm told to pay $5 million in ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ election-fraud challenge  —  MyPillow founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell made a bold offer ahead of a “cyber symposium” he held in August 2021 in South Dakota: He claimed he had data showing Chinese interference …
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Sara Murray / CNN:
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell ordered to follow through with $5 million payment to expert who debunked his false election data  —  My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell has been ordered to shell out $5 million to an expert who debunked his data related to the 2020 election, according to a decision by the arbitration panel obtained by CNN.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:   Fox Paid a Parking Ticket; Mike Lindell Is Going To Get Wrecked
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
REVEALED: GOP leader, who voted to expel TN Three, resigns; found guilty of sexually harassing interns  —  A member of GOP leadership in the Tennessee House of Representatives was recently found guilty of sexually harassing at least one legislative intern, likely two, by an ethics subcommittee acting in secret,
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Erik Uebelacker / The Daily Beast:
He Voted to Expel the Tennessee Three—After He Sexually Harassed an Intern  —  Rep. Scotty Campbell only resigned on Thursday, three weeks after a secret ethics subcommittee found him guilty.  —  A Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, who voted last month to expel …
Discussion: Tennessee Lookout and Raw Story
New York Times:
BuzzFeed Shuts Down Its Namesake News Division  —  BuzzFeed News, which won a Pulitzer Prize but never made money, is “beginning the process of closing,” the company's founder, Jonah Peretti, said in a memo to employees.  —  BuzzFeed is shutting down its namesake news division …
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Ben Smith / The Atlantic:
After All That, I Would Still Publish the Dossier
Discussion: Fox News and Twitchy
Washington Post:
Top GOP lawyer decries ease of campus voting in private pitch to RNC  —  A presentation by Cleta Mitchell at a donor retreat urged tougher rules that could make it harder for college students to cast ballots  —  NASHVILLE — A top Republican legal strategist told a roomful of GOP donors …
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Republicans don't complain much about polling places at senior centers
Discussion: Alternet.org and Washington Press
ABC News:
Charges dropped against Alec Baldwin in fatal on-set ‘Rust’ shooting: Sources  —  Baldwin was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter.  —  Charges against Alec Baldwin have been dropped in the  —  fatal on-set “Rust” shooting  —  , according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Deadline:
Alec Baldwin & Ex-'Rust' Armorer Criminal Charges Dropped In Fatal Film Shooting - Update  —  EXCLUSIVE, updated with lawyers statement: Less than two weeks before a mini-trial is scheduled to begin in New Mexico over the October 2021 killing of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins …
Nicole Stacy / SBA Pro-Life America:
SBA: Donald Trump's States-Only Position Is Unacceptable to Pro-Life Movement  —  Dannenfelser: “We will oppose any presidential candidate who refuses to embrace at a minimum a 15-week national standard to stop painful late-term abortions...”  —  Washington, D.C. - SBA Pro-Life America issued …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
'I'm not a paid assassin': Inside Chris Christie's 2024 decision
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Lost on abortion politics, Republicans struggle for a solution
NBC News:
Capitol rioter shot at local deputies after FBI informed him of Jan. 6 charges  —  Nathan Donald Pelham, of Texas, now faces an additional felony count, on top of the four misdemeanor charges stemming from the attack on the Capitol.  —  A Texas man facing charges in the Jan. 6 riot opened fire …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Jan. 6 Defendant Opens Fire on Deputies Before Surrender to the F.B.I.  —  The Texas man, who had been charged with misdemeanors for entering the Capitol, was arrested on a felony count of shooting at local law enforcement officers.  —  A Texas man who was facing charges for taking part …
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
The (Republican) Party's Over  —  With each passing month, week, and day, the Republican Party contrives to go a little crazier, one step more radical—to smash one more norm or tradition.  If you still think that surely they'll come to their senses one of these days, you're just not paying attention.
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Alex Henderson / Alternet.org:   Four veteran conservatives declare today's ‘Trumpist’ GOP beyond salvation
Sam Hananel / Center for American Progress:
Trump and His Allies Must Be Held Accountable for the January 6 Insurrection
Discussion: The Dean's Report
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin slams Biden for ‘deficiency of leadership,’ applauds McCarthy debt limit plan  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who faces reelection in a Republican-leaning state, on Thursday slammed President Biden for showing “a deficiency of leadership” on a potential national default …
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Cheat sheet: What's in Republicans' sweeping 320-page debt limit proposal
Discussion: WFLA-TV
Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
SpaceX's Starship Rocket Will Try to Launch on 4/20: What to Expect  —  The most powerful rocket ever built got off the launchpad in South Texas, but did not achieve its most ambitious goals on Thursday.  —  A setback for Elon Musk and SpaceX, but not a fatal one.
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
JUST IN: Dan Bongino Parts Ways With Fox News  —  Dan Bongino, the pro-Trump firebrand who turned frequent appearances on Fox News into a job hosting a weekend show on the network, announced his departure on Thursday.  —  Bongino, the host of Unfiltered and Fox Nation's Canceled in the USA …
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com and IJR
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Mark Joyella / Forbes:
Fox News Parts Ways With Dan Bongino: 'It's A Sad Day'
Gary Fineout / Politico:
‘Deeply frustrated’: Florida legislators worn out by DeSantis  —  The governor didn't wow D.C. It's not great in Tallahassee either.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' iron-clad grip on the Republican-controlled Legislature may be slipping amid growing frustration among GOP legislators.
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Washington Post:
Biden preparing to announce reelection campaign next week  —  Aides are looking to release a video on Tuesday declaring the president's bid to return to the White House.  —  President Biden and his team are preparing to announce his re election campaign next week, with aides finalizing plans …
Connor Surmonte / RADAR:
Maria Bartiromo & Jeanine Pirro To Be Fired From Fox News As Rupert Murdoch Moves To Be Less ‘Vulnerable’ After $787.5 Million Defamation Settlement, Critic Predicts  —  At least one critic predicts Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro will be fired from Fox News as Rupert Murdoch moves to be less …
Discussion: Puck and Washington Press
Katelynn Richardson / The Daily Caller:
‘Double Standard’: Legal Experts Slam Dems For Ignoring Liberal Justice's Failure To Disclose Spouse's Consulting Work  — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's nominee financial disclosure from March 2022 reveals she “inadvertently omitted” consulting income her spouse “periodically receives …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Judicial record undermines Clarence Thomas defence in luxury gifts scandal  —  Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow was linked to a conservative group that had court business while Thomas was on the bench  —  Earlier this month, the supreme court justice Clarence Thomas put out a statement …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Durbin asks Roberts to testify in Congress amid Thomas controversy
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House insists no ‘political interference’ in Hunter Biden probe after IRS whistleblower comes forward  —  An IRS whistleblower alleges the Biden administration is mishandling the federal investigation into Hunter Biden  —  EXCLUSIVE: The White House on Thursday dismissed allegations …
ABC News:
House Republicans pass ban on transgender athletes competing with women, girls  —  The GOP had made passing the ban for school sports teams a key campaign promise.  —  House Republicans passed first-of-its-kind federal legislation on Thursday to ban  —  transgender athletes
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Ron DeSantis Has a Lizard Problem  —  Florida man has a horrible, terrible week  —  Happy Thursday!  —  Tim and Charlie.  Live in NYC.  —  Folks, before we get started: We're going on the road again next month, Thursday, May 18 in NYC.  —  We open with an in-person episode …
CNN:
Judge who suspended abortion pill failed to disclose interviews that discussed social issues  —  The federal district judge who first suspended the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of the so-called abortion pill mifepristone failed to disclose during his Senate confirmation process …
Discussion: Political Wire
Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
For Saner Politics, Try Stronger Parties  —  Well-intended reforms have made the national parties weak and ineffective—and unable to resist their most extreme elements  —  In the summer of 1968, while anti-Vietnam War protesters roared through the streets of Chicago, Hubert Humphrey …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
New secret recording reveals Oklahoma county leaders discussing sexual favors for pay raises  —  Last week the McCurtain Gazette News, suspecting that county meetings continued after the public left in a violation of Oklahoma's open-meetings laws, secretly placed a voice-activated recorder in the room.
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
British Man Died of Rare Blood Syndrome Linked to AstraZeneca's Vaccine  —  One expert said the blood-clotting syndrome was estimated to occur in one in 50,000 people under 40 and one in 100,000 over 40 who received AstraZeneca's vaccine.  —  A 32-year-old psychologist in Britain developed blood clots …
 
 
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Karina Elwood / Washington Post:
After months of controversy, Virginia approves new school history standards
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Sydney Kashiwagi / CNN:
DeSantis signs bill eliminating unanimous jury decisions for death sentences
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
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David Pierson / New York Times:
As Xi Befriends World Leaders, He Hardens His Stance on the U.S.
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Washington Post:
A new Smithsonian boss settled multiple employee retaliation lawsuits
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Donald Trump Is Running a Democratic Campaign in a Republican Primary
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