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6:45 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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, Insider and Mediaite
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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  —  Even without a trial, the Dominion suit made plain that the network's main goal is the maintenance of a reality bubble.  —  On Tuesday, Fox News reached a settlement in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit over the spread of election disinformation.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Last minute brinkmanship and overseas assist end Fox case
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Press
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Fox News's next big problem: Smartmatic
CNN:
Exclusive: Inside the historic settlement talks between Fox News and Dominion
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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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 …
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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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 …
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.
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Washington Post:
After high-flying start, DeSantis hits stumbling blocks on road to 2024  —  The governor, who started the year with momentum, is now confronting a considerably more difficult path as he prepares to launch a national campaign  —  Republican megadonor Ken Langone is eager to support Ron DeSantis for president in 2024.
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Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
Exclusive: Two More Congressmen From Florida Plan to Endorse Trump in Blow to DeSantis
New York Times:
Hundreds of Miles Apart, Separate Shootings Follow Wrong Turns  —  Two men appeared in courtrooms in different parts of the country on Wednesday, charged in shootings that came after minor missteps on everyday tasks.  —  Hundreds of miles apart, the two men stood in courtrooms, accused of shooting at someone who had made a wrong turn.
Discussion: NPR
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Kansas City Star:
‘Fear and paranoia.’ Grandson says Andrew Lester bought into conspiracies, disinformation
Discussion: New York Times
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.
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 …
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion drug, sets Friday night deadline  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday temporarily extended a hold on a lower court ruling that would have imposed restrictions on access to an abortion drug, a move meant to give the justices more time to consider the issue.
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court extends nationwide abortion pill access through Friday
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 …
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Washington Post:
Top Trump lawyer may take limited role in Jan. 6 and documents cases
Discussion: The Daily Beast and New York Post
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: CBS News
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: Politico
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
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
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 …
Anna Wilder / Politico:
DeSantis-backed board moves closer to nixing Disney pact  —  The board also announced a series of proposals that further the clash between the DeSantis administration and the California-based entertainment giant.  —  GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The board appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis …
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Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC allows second covid booster: Who should get it and when … Federal health officials this week updated their recommendations for the coronavirus vaccine to allow people who are at least 65 years old or immunocompromised to receive a second updated booster shot to strengthen protection …
Discussion: STAT, CBS News and PBS NewsHour
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Matthew Dallek / New York Times:
How Fox Helped Break the American Right  —  The settlement in the Dominion-Fox case is a moment of reckoning for Fox News.  —  Yes, Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and others were spared testifying under oath.  But the voluminous, shocking revelations unearthed showed …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana Republicans want censure while misgendering lawmaker  —  A group of conservative Republican lawmakers in Montana deliberately misgendered a transgender colleague in demanding that she be censored for language she used on the floor while speaking against a bill that would ban gender-affirming medical care for children.
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
 
 
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Michael Collins / USA Today:
As drug crisis rages in US, Biden meets with progressive Colombian president pushing decriminalization
Discussion: Bloomberg and Foreign Policy
Nicolas Camut / Politico:
Italy must open up beach concessions, EU's top court says
Discussion: Bloomberg
Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
Trump Forgets His Own Record on Entitlement Reform
Discussion: Miami Herald and Bulwark+
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Citing Neo-Nazi Plots Against The Grid, States Pass Laws Meant To Thwart Climate Protests
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
Associated Press:
DEA chief faces probe into ‘swampy’ hires, no-bid contracts
Discussion: VICE and MyNorthwest.com
 Earlier Items: 
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Jonathan Majors' Issues Worsen as More Alleged Abuse Victims Cooperate With D.A.'s Office (EXCLUSIVE)
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Capitol rioter who was armed with gun is found guilty on all charges
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Anti-Abortion Activist on 10-Year-Old Rape Victim: 'A Woman's Body Is Designed to Carry Life'
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Long COVID Is Being Erased—Again
Discussion: NPR
Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
Ivy League Exodus
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Marjorie Taylor Greene silenced in committee after accusing Mayorkas of lying
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Oklahoma Official Who Discussed Killing Reporters Resigns
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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