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7:30 AM ET, April 21, 2023

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Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Tops Ron DeSantis in Test of GOP Presidential Field, WSJ Poll Finds  —  No candidate beyond the two leaders draws substantial support in the still-developing primary race  —  WASHINGTON—Donald Trump has gained command of the GOP presidential-nomination race over Ron DeSantis …
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Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
Top DeSantis Donor Says He's Ready to Put His Fortune Behind 2024 Bid  —  It's been a rough two weeks for Ron DeSantis.  Members of Congress from his own state have been endorsing Donald Trump in droves.  A crippling gas shortage in South Florida coincided with the governor's travel …
Politico:
Playbook: How to lose friends and alienate people, by Ron DeSantis  —  Presented by The U.S. Chamber of Commerce  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  NEW 2024 POLLS — “Donald Trump Tops Ron DeSantis in Test of GOP Presidential Field, WSJ Poll Finds,” …
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Biden preparing to announce reelection campaign next week
Todd Spangler / Variety:
BuzzFeed News Is Shutting Down, Company Laying Off 180 Staffers  —  BuzzFeed is shutting down BuzzFeed News because it is not able to turn a profit, according to a memo CEO Jonah Peretti sent to company staff Thursday.  The digital publisher is laying off 15% of its employees, or about 180 people …
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
The end of the BuzzFeed era in news  —  My old boss and partner Jonah Peretti announced today that he's shutting down BuzzFeed News, which we built together starting in 2012.  —  He wrote to staff that he'd been “slow to accept that the big platforms wouldn't provide the distribution …
New York Times:
BuzzFeed Shuts Down Its Namesake News Division
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Attorney General Merrick Garland is ‘senior’ Biden official in Hunter Biden IRS whistleblower claim
NBC News:
Federal prosecutors have considered four possible charges against Hunter Biden
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
JONATHAN TURLEY:
“Preferential Treatment”: IRS Whistleblower Claims Political Influence and Possible Perjury Related to the Hunter Biden Investigation
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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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
House GOP Hard-Liners Push For Changes To Debt Ceiling Bill  —  Some Republicans say the proposed work requirements for Medicaid and other federal safety net programs are not as strict as they'd expected.  —  WASHINGTON ― One day after unveiling legislation to overhaul federal spending …
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 Not Absolved In Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting Despite Planned Dropping Of Charges, Prosecutors Say - Update
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 …
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New York Times:
How Hard Lines in Fox-Dominion Deal Talks Suddenly Softened  —  The $787.5 million settlement, believed to be the largest in a defamation case, came together quickly.  —  Reporting from Wilmington, Del.  —  On Tuesday morning, as the legal team for Dominion Voting Systems walked …
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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News and the prison of profit
Discussion: Washington Post, Alternet.org and IJR
Shania Shelton / CNN:
Larry Elder announces 2024 White House bid  —  Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder announced Thursday that he's launching a 2024 presidential campaign, joining a growing list of Republicans vying for the GOP nomination.  —  Elder will speak at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition this weekend.
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
McDaniel announces California will host second GOP debate for 2024
Discussion: Fox News and Politico
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
The Internet of the 2010s Ended Today  —  BuzzFeed News was more than a website: It defined an era.  —  If you're curious to know what it was like to work at BuzzFeed News in the salad days of the mid-2010s, here is a representative anecdote: I was sitting at my desk one morning …
The Verge:
LeBron James didn't pay for his Twitter checkmark, but Elon gave it to him anyway  —  / After saying he wouldn't pay, James was offered a complimentary subscription ‘on behalf of Elon Musk.’  —  Twitter has started getting rid of legacy blue checks for those who don't pay up.  Well, unless you're LeBron James.
Uwa Ede-Osifo / NBC News:
Widow of man who died in custody of deputies in Oklahoma county where officials talked about lynching Black people files suit  —  A Tulsa woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the McCurtain County Sheriff and other local officials.  —  A Tulsa woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit …
Discussion: Raw Story and MyNorthwest.com
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:   McCurtain Gazette-News releases entire audio of county leaders talking about killing reporters, lynching Black residents
Brian Lopez / The Texas Tribune:
Public schools would have to display Ten Commandments under bill passed by Texas Senate  —  The Senate also passed a bill that would set prayer and Bible reading times during the school day.  —  Public schools in Texas would have to prominently display the Ten Commandments …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump-appointed judge facing more scrutiny as Christian radio interviews surface  —  The far-right Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas who authored the opinion revoking the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone failed to disclose interviews he gave …
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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 …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Clarence Thomas and the Plague of Bad Reporting
Discussion: Washington Examiner and NBC News
Washington Post:
Ukraine defended Bakhmut despite U.S. warnings in leaked documents  —  BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Months after dire warnings from Washington that Ukraine would not be able to hold Bakhmut against an onslaught of Russian mercenaries, Ukrainian forces still cling to the city's western edge …
Discussion: Insider and TASS
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Gideon Rubin / Raw Story:
‘Self-infatuated extremist’: Marjorie Taylor Greene hit with brutal op-ed after rushing to defend a ‘reckless brat’  —  Shortly after federal authorities announced the arrest of Jack Douglas Teixeira on allegations the 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard member leaked sensitive …
Discussion: New York Times
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Our new terror: The ‘law-abiding’ gun owner who is ready to kill  —  Andrew Lester is not a drug kingpin or a mafia don or an international spy being hunted by assassins.  But when his doorbell rang one evening last week in Kansas City, Mo., the 84-year-old went to answer with a gun in his hand.
Discussion: VICE and CNN
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James Call / Tallahassee Democrat:
Prosecutor's memo said Hispanics get tougher plea deals; state attorney calls it a mistake  —  State Attorney Jack Campbell moved quickly Wednesday night to counter allegations his office singles out Hispanic defendants in rural North Florida for stiffer penalties in plea bargain offers.
Discussion: Insider
Remy Tumin / New York Times:
Republicans Call for Censure of Transgender Lawmaker Who Condemned Care Ban  —  After a Democratic Montana state representative, Zooey Zephyr, said the measure was “tantamount to torture,” Republicans misgendered her and said they would formally reprimand her.
 
 
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Washington Post:
Kremlin tries to build antiwar coalition in Germany, documents show
Discussion: TASS
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
US to begin training Ukrainian troops on Abrams tank
Associated Press:
Former Pennsylvania congressman, ‘King of Asphalt’ Bud Shuster dead at 91
U.S. Senator Roger Wicker:
Wicker Leads Legislators in Call to Free Vladimir Kara-Murza
Decca Muldowney / The Daily Beast:
Prez of Trumpy Zionist Org Hit With Lawsuit Over Racist, Sexist Behavior
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ron DeSantis Has a Lizard Problem