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10:15 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 …
Matthew Dallek / New York Times:
How Fox Helped Break the American Right
Discussion: Alternet.org
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
Fox News, Unapologetic and Unwavering, Steams Ahead After Staggering Dominion Settlement
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: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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Berny Belvedere / The Bulwark:
Decoding DeSantis's Weird War on Disney  —  It may seem crazy for a governor to wildly attack one of his state's major employers—but you gotta understand MAGA logic.  —  This week, when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suggested that he might build a prison next to Disney World …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
'I'm not a paid assassin': Inside Chris Christie's 2024 decision  —  The former New Jersey governor is eager to take on Donald Trump.  But he's only running, he says, if he thinks he can win.  —  A few weeks ago, Chris Christie called up a former Republican presidential candidate and asked for some advice …
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
Washington Post:
After high-flying start, DeSantis hits stumbling blocks on road to 2024
Anna Wilder / Politico:
DeSantis-backed board moves closer to nixing Disney pact
Rolling Stone:
Trump Plotted for Weeks to ‘Mindf-ck’ DeSantis With Florida Endorsements
Politico:   Playbook: As DeSantis falters, Christie sees an opening
Washington Post:
Three takeaways from McCarthy's debt limit bill  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  It's 4/20, the 152nd anniversary of the signing of the Ku Klux Klan Act, which is still used to prosecute groups tied to white supremacy.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  Reading this online?
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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 …
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
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.
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: Alternet.org, Raw Story and Slate
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Florida Rep. Michael Waltz Endorses Trump for President in 2024  —  Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) became the latest Florida Republican to endorse former President Donald Trump over Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 GOP presidential primary on Thursday, issuing an exclusive statement to Breitbart News endorsing Trump.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
DeSantis's Electability Pitch Wobbles, Despite G.O.P. Losses Under Trump
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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
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:
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, Reason and CBS News
Washington Post:
A new Smithsonian boss settled multiple employee retaliation lawsuits  —  The selection of Nancy Yao to run the American Women's History Museum is being re-evaluated because of questions about firing three sex-harassment accusers at a New York museum  —  When the Smithsonian Institution announced …
Sara Murray / CNN:
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell ordered to pay $5 million to expert who debunked his 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.
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
Madeline Holcombe / CNN:
Most adults value reproductive rights when deciding where to go to college, poll shows  —  Class sizes, available majors and extracurriculars aren't the only things going into college decisions this year.  —  A new poll shows that incoming and current college students are also thinking …
Will Saletan / Bulwark+:
Donald Trump Is Running a Democratic Campaign in a Republican Primary  —  He's defending entitlements.  And Republican voters are here for it.  —  DONALD TRUMP IS PUMMELING RON DESANTIS in the battle for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.  He accuses DeSantis of exaggerating …
Discussion: Miami Herald
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 …
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 …
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
House Republicans to vote on barring trans athletes from women's sports  —  House Republicans are set to pass a bill Thursday that would amend a landmark federal civil rights law to bar transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports.  —  The two-page bill proposed …
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.
 
 
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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
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Nicolas Camut / Politico:
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Discussion: Bloomberg
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘I got duped’: Republican senator fumes over Trump-appointed judge's ethics scandal
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