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8:50 AM ET, April 20, 2023

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Washington Post:
Fox was resigned to a tough trial.  Then, a secret mediator stepped in.  —  Dominion held firm to its big-money claim, and the jury was seated, just before a dramatic ending to the defamation case  —  For months, as the pretrial proceedings wore on and the embarrassing internal messages kept spilling …
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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 …
Julia Rock / The Lever:
Fox Can Claim Tax Writeoff For Defamation Settlement  —  Fox's massive settlement with private equity-backed voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems didn't just spare the conservative news organization from a lengthy public defamation trial or a full public reckoning for its election lies …
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now
Matthew Dallek / New York Times:
How Fox Helped Break the American Right
Discussion: Alternet.org and Mercury News
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Fox News's next big problem: Smartmatic
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
Fox News, Unapologetic and Unwavering, Steams Ahead After Staggering Dominion Settlement
Washington Post:
Abortion divides 2024 candidates and confounds many within the GOP  —  Presidential hopefuls have struggled to settle on a position amid warning signs that the party is on the wrong side of public opinion on the issue  —  When Republican donors arrived at the Four Seasons in Nashville last weekend …
Discussion: New York Times
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
DeSantis's Electability Pitch Wobbles, Despite G.O.P. Losses Under Trump
Washington Post:
After high-flying start, DeSantis hits stumbling blocks on road to 2024
Politico:   Playbook: As DeSantis falters, Christie sees an opening
Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
Exclusive: Two More Congressmen From Florida Plan to Endorse Trump in Blow to DeSantis
Rolling Stone:
Trump Plotted for Weeks to ‘Mindf-ck’ DeSantis With Florida Endorsements
Associated Press:
Biden Blasts GOP ‘Wacko Notions’ Amid Debt Limit Standoff  —  President Joe Biden has lambasted the House Republicans' emerging proposal to raise the nation's debt limit in a speech at a union hall.  —  President Joe Biden lambasted Republicans' emerging trade-off plans to raise …
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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 …
Washington Post:
Three takeaways from McCarthy's debt limit bill
Discussion: The White House
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 …
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Washington Post:
Whistleblower claims administration is mishandling probe of Biden's son
Discussion: Fox News
Kansas City Star:
‘Fear and paranoia.’ Grandson says Andrew Lester bought into conspiracies, disinformation  —  A grandson of the man charged with shooting a Black teen in Kansas City's Northland last week said he was “appalled” and “disgusted” at his grandfather's actions and is thankful Ralph Yarl is recovering.
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New York Times:
Hundreds of Miles Apart, Separate Shootings Follow Wrong Turns
Discussion: New York Post and NPR
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida poised to make DeSantis' travel records secret  —  Open government advocates called it one of the worst ever proposed exemptions to the state's much-lauded Sunshine Law.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' use of state planes and other information about his official travel …
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
‘Deeply frustrated’: Florida legislators worn out by DeSantis
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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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 …
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘I got duped’: Republican senator fumes over Trump-appointed judge's ethics scandal  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is upset that a controversial Trump-appointed judge concealed his involvement in an article attacking abortion rights and transgender people during his confirmation hearing, reported POLITICO on Wednesday.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Politico
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court extends nationwide abortion pill access through Friday  —  Decision had been expected by Wednesday evening, but the justices gave themselves more time  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave itself more time to decide whether a key drug that has been used by millions of women …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion drug, sets Friday night deadline
Jack Resneck Jr / New York Times:   This Could Be One of the Most Brazen Attacks on Americans' Health Yet
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Trump Says He May Skip Rape Case to Spare New Yorkers Traffic Hassles  —  The trial of writer E. Jean Carroll's allegations that the former president assaulted her at a department store is to begin next week.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump wants to come to a Manhattan trial over allegations …
Queen City News:
Little girl, parents shot after basketball rolls into gunman's yard in Gastonia; suspect sought: police  —  GASTONIA, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) - A manhunt is underway for an “armed and dangerous” man accused of shooting several people including a six-year-old girl and her parents, according to the Gaston County Police Department.
Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
DeKalb County releases autopsy in ‘Cop City’ protester Manuel Teran's death  —  Teran was protesting the development of a police training center.  DeKalb County has released the autopsy results related to the death of Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, who demonstrated against the construction …
Discussion: WAGA-TV and CBS News
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 …
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Makes His White House Run Official  —  Announcing his long-shot bid to challenge President Biden, he spoke to a crowd of people who voiced their shared skepticism about vaccines and the pharmaceutical industry.  —  Reporting from Boston
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
The Kennedy campaign the Kennedys don't want to see
Discussion: HuffPost and Breitbart
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 …
Politico:
Republicans are alarmed about a Mastriano for Senate bid.  Even Trump.  —  The former president has privately conveyed concerns about having the Pennsylvania Republican on the top of the ticket alongside him this cycle.  —  MAGA firebrand Doug Mastriano is inducing panic among GOP officials …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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A White man was ‘scared to death’ of Ralph Yarl. For Black boys, this isn't new.
Discussion: CBS News
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