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8:40 PM ET, April 21, 2023

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NBC News:
Supreme Court allows abortion pill to stay on the market for now  —  The Justice Department and Danco Laboratories, which makes the brand version of mifepristone, Mifeprex, had asked the court to step in immediately.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will allow the most commonly used abortion pill …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court protects access to abortion pill  —  The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage as appeals play out.  —  As a result, the US Food and Drug Administration's approval …
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Ensures, for Now, Broad Access to Abortion Pill  —  The order halts a sweeping ruling by a federal judge in Texas as an appeal moves forward in a case that could have profound implications for abortion access and the F.D.A.'s regulatory authority.
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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Washington Post:
Trump touts authoritarian vision for second term: ‘I am your justice’  —  The former president is proposing deploying the military domestically, purging the federal workforce and building futuristic cities from scratch  —  Mandatory stop-and-frisk.  Deploying the military to fight street crime, break up gangs and deport immigrants.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Playbook: How to lose friends and alienate people, by Ron DeSantis
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Exclusive: Text messages reveal Trump operatives considered using breached voting data to decertify Georgia's Senate runoff in 2021  —  In mid-January 2021, two men hired by former President Donald Trump's legal team discussed over text message what to do with data obtained from a breached voting machine …
CNN:
Details about multimillion-dollar stock holding concealed in abortion pill judge's financial disclosures  —  The federal judge who issued a nationwide ruling blocking the approval of a common abortion medication redacted key information on his legally mandated financial disclosures …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's financial reports include an unusual redaction  —  The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million.  The stock's name is redacted on financial disclosure forms.
Discussion: MSNBC and Joe.My.God.
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to ‘Block the Blue’ paid checkmarks  —  After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.  —  On Thursday, April 20, Elon Musk made a rare move: He delivered on a promise.
New York Times:
Airman Shared Sensitive Intelligence More Widely and for Longer Than Previously Known  —  A Discord user matching the profile of Jack Teixeira distributed intelligence to a larger chat group, days after the beginning of the Ukraine war.  —  The Air National Guardsman accused …
Discussion: Washington Post
Bloomberg:
McCarthy Is Coming Up Short in Support for House Debt-Limit Bill  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is coming up short in support for his first big legislative effort, a bill tying a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts, risking serious damage to both his stature and the US economy.
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Washington Post:
Enraged by GOP debt limit extortion? Blame MAGA's moderate enablers.
Discussion: Washington Times
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Republicans' Proposed Medicaid ‘Work Requirements’ Would Affect 10 Million
Discussion: Axios and Daily Kos
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
The Debt Ceiling Debate Is About More Than Debt
Discussion: Daily Kos and CNN
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Jim Jordan Just Got Busted With Evidence Of His Hunter Biden Lies  —  Jim Jordan and House Judiciary Republicans got caught editing witness interviews to smear the Sec. of State and push their Hunter Biden laptop scandal.  —  Here is what Rep. Jordan's House Judiciary Republicans tweeted.
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US Department of Justice:
Two Men Sentenced for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Plot to Attack Power Grids in the United States  —  Domestic Terrorism Plot was in Furtherance of White Supremacy  —  Two men were sentenced in federal court today to crimes related to a scheme to attack power grids in the United States in furtherance white supremacy.
Discussion: Raw Story and WCMH-TV
Jake Sheridan / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police investigating officers' response to mob attack in Loop after witness says police declined to help  —  Large groups of youths gather in downtown Chicago, April 15, 2023.  Two teens were shot in the area during the evening.  (Network Video Productions)
Ben Makuch / VICE:
Rightwing Edgelords Are the Real Threat to National Security  —  “The amount of Three Percenters and Boogaloo guys I work with is untenable,” said one Department of Defense worker.  —  Ben Makuch  —  Since the beginning of the Biden Administration, the GOP has painstakingly attacked the Pentagon as a …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Department of Defense riddled with ‘Three Percenters and Boogaloo guys’: report
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Steven Monacelli / The Texas Observer:
Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Who Sent Explicit Texts to Apparent Minor  —  After an Austin jury unanimously convicted Sergeant Daniel Perry of murder, it took Governor Greg Abbott less than one full day to call for his pardon.  —  Legal experts and lawmakers have described …
Nancy Scola / Politico:
Washington's Angriest Progressive Is Winning Over Conservatives - and Baffling Old Allies  —  The activist who breathed new life into the antitrust movement wants support from the other side.  But it could cost him.  —  American Economic Liberties Project Director of Research Matt Stoller speaks …
Mary Anne Franks / Slate:
Chief Justice John Roberts' Mockery of Stalking Victims Points to a Deeper Problem  —  The justices take their own safety very, very seriously.  Everybody else's?  Not so much.  —  Stalking is so closely correlated with lethal violence that experts refer to it as “slow motion homicide” …
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden lawyers to meet with Justice Department officials next week as scrutiny of investigation intensifies  —  Lawyers for Hunter Biden are scheduled to meet next week with US attorney David Weiss and at least one senior career official from Justice Department headquarters …
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Rightwing extremists defeated by Democrats in US school board elections  —  Republican-backed culture warrior candidates fare poorly in Illinois and Wisconsin, offering hope to the left  —  Scores of rightwing extremists were defeated in school board elections in April …
Discussion: Political Wire
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans follow their new leader, Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  This is the price America pays for Kevin McCarthy's ambition.  —  To understand the consequences of the many concessions the House speaker made to get his job, look at what has happened to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Discussion: Raw Story, BizPac Review and Daily Kos
Wall Street Journal:
JPMorgan's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein Were Deeper Than the Bank Has Acknowledged  —  The bank has said it shut the convicted sex offender's accounts in 2013, but its bankers were still meeting with him years later, people familiar with the matter said.  —  JPMorgan Chase & Co. had ties …
Discussion: The Information
Claire Goforth / The Daily Dot:
Brewery tapped to make Ultra Right beer backed out when they found out what it was  —  The brewery reportedly said it ‘took a pass’ after seeing the marketing.  —  A right-wing influencer appears to be having trouble finding a brewery willing to craft his anti-woke beer.
Discussion: Wired, Brewbound and Joe.My.God.
Danielle Jackson / WSMV-TV:
Lawmakers speak out after Rep. Campbell's resignation  —  Rep. Justin Jones says Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton is part of the “coverup.”  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - As the legislative session wrapped up for the day, former Rep. Scotty Campbell's desk inside of the House chambers was empty Thursday evening.
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Kari Lake says she told ‘Morning Joe’ hosts to stop ‘badmouthing’ her  —  Former Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says she confronted the hosts of MSNBC's “Morning Joe” at an airport in Florida this week.  —  “I happened to be at the airport in Palm Beach and I happened …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Any Questions?  Biden Holds Fewest News Conferences Since Reagan  —  As President Biden prepares to announce his bid for a second term as soon as Tuesday, his decision to keep the news media at arm's length is part of a deliberate strategy.  —  WASHINGTON — In the 100 years since Calvin Coolidge …
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
They're the Happiest People in America.  We Called Them to Ask Why.  —  Only 12% of respondents in a recent WSJ poll said they were ‘very happy.’ We called to ask what makes them different.  —  America's happiest people have a few traits in common: They value community and close personal relationships.
Discussion: Breitbart
Madison Alder / Bloomberg Law:
Justice Thomas Is ‘Man of Integrity’ Says Ex-Colleague Breyer  —  Retired Justice Stephen Breyer said Clarence Thomas is a “man of integrity,” as his former US Supreme Court colleague faces ethics questions over ties to a Republican donor.  “As far as I'm concerned, I sat next to him on the bench for 28 years.
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
We will hold the country hostage until our demands are met — once we know them  —  It's a stickup!  Don't move!  We are serious!  There is a reason we are holding up this bank, and it's because — well, the point is, we can agree, things are out of control with the money!
 
 
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Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
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Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Texas bill would require Ten Commandments in public school classrooms
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Revitalize Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All
Stephanie Pagones / New York Post:
Audrey Hale manifesto a ‘blueprint on total destruction’ say pols, who claim FBI is stalling its release
Richard North Patterson / Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Frontpage Mag
Washington Post:
Abortion ban states see steep drop in OB/GYN residency applicants
Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Todd Spangler / Variety:
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New York Times:
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