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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 …
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
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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Punchbowl News:
4/20/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  THE TOP … As of now, even the GOP senators most prone to deal-making say they'll oppose a clean debt-limit bill — a positive development for McCarthy in this saga.  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it very clear …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
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 …
Politico:
Biden rejects McCarthy's debt-limit plan
Washington Post:
Three takeaways from McCarthy's debt limit bill
Washington Post:
Whistleblower claims administration is mishandling probe of Biden's son
Discussion: Fox News
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
Politico:
Republicans are alarmed about a Mastriano for Senate bid. Even Trump.
Discussion: Slate and Raw Story
Washington Post:
After high-flying start, DeSantis hits stumbling blocks on road to 2024
Rolling Stone:
Trump Plotted for Weeks to ‘Mindf-ck’ DeSantis With Florida Endorsements
Politico:   Playbook: As DeSantis falters, Christie sees an opening
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  —  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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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 …
Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
Trump Forgets His Own Record on Entitlement Reform  —  MAGA Inc., a super PAC supporting the campaign of former president Donald Trump, has made clear in a series of ads that it views Florida governor Ron DeSantis's past views on entitlement reform as a weakness heading into 2024.
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Will Saletan / Bulwark+:
Donald Trump Is Running a Democratic Campaign in a Republican Primary
Discussion: Miami Herald
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Why Biden's orbit isn't worried about Robert F. Kennedy's 2024 campaign  —  President Joe Biden's campaign didn't respond to the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign kick-off because, though there is now a major donor summit on the books for next week, there still technically is no Biden campaign.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Makes His White House Run Official
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
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 …
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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Jack Resneck Jr / New York Times:   This Could Be One of the Most Brazen Attacks on Americans' Health Yet
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.
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 …
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
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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A new Smithsonian boss settled multiple employee retaliation lawsuits
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
GOP conservatives are thrilled with the House's new debt ceiling bill
Discussion: Press Herald
Associated Press:
More peril for Trump in pending probes than NY: AP-NORC poll
Discussion: AP-NORC and The Hill
Errin Haines / The 19th:
Americans want change on guns. It could shape the 2024 election.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
How Trump's Dubious Tax Break for Donated Land Paid Off
Discussion: Raw Story
Madeline Holcombe / CNN:
Most adults value reproductive rights when deciding where to go to college, poll shows
Jay Kirk / New York Times:
At Sandy Hook, Crime-Scene Investigators Saw the Unimaginable
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
A White man was ‘scared to death’ of Ralph Yarl. For Black boys, this isn't new.
Discussion: CBS News
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Tennessee's largest newspaper says House Speaker may not be a legal resident of his district
Discussion: The Tennessean
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana Republicans want censure while misgendering lawmaker
Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Offers Post of Israel's Consul General in New York to ‘Proud Racist’ May Golan
Politico:
Finally, a problem Canada helped solve
Discussion: CNN
Anna Wilder / Politico:
DeSantis-backed board moves closer to nixing Disney pact
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Jonathan Majors' Issues Worsen as More Alleged Abuse Victims Cooperate With D.A.'s Office (EXCLUSIVE)
 

 
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