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Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Chris Christie Doesn't Want to Hear the Name Trump — “How many different ways are you gonna ask the same fucking question, Mark?” Chris Christie asked me. We were seated in the dining room of the Hay-Adams hotel. It's a nice hotel, five stars. Genteel.
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Victor Swezey / The Daily Beast:
Trump Once Again Trounces DeSantis in New WSJ Poll
Trump Once Again Trounces DeSantis in New WSJ Poll
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Mother Jones, Raw Story, National Review, Breitbart and Wall Street Journal
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
DeSantis Faces Republican Scrutiny on Issues While Trump Skates By
DeSantis Faces Republican Scrutiny on Issues While Trump Skates By
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Suzanne Bates / Deseret News:
Recent poll shows DeSantis ahead of Trump in Utah
Recent poll shows DeSantis ahead of Trump in Utah
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
44 percent of Republicans don't want Trump to run for reelection: poll
44 percent of Republicans don't want Trump to run for reelection: poll
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court delivers a sigh of relief — and an outrageous dissent — Justice Clarence Thomas has gotten the attention of late due to questionable ethics. But it's high time Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. received the scrutiny he deserves. Alito's dissent in the mifepristone case …
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Not Quite Midnight at the Supreme Court — I was happily knitting away on my flight home from New York this evening, certain that the Supreme Court would go down to the wire on the Mifepristone case. The deadline Justice Alito had imposed for the Court to reach a decision was 11:59 p.m. Friday night.
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Dani Anguiano / The Guardian:
A California journalist documents the far-right takeover of her town: 'We're a test case' — Doni Chamberlain's been a journalist in Shasta county for nearly 30 years. Now she's targeted by the extremists who are looking to reshape the region — The fight for democracy is supported by
Washington Post:
Inside the final days before Biden announces his reelection bid — The last-minute scramble as Biden looks to release a video Tuesday officially declaring his 2024 candidacy — By the time Air Force One returned from Ireland in the pre-dawn hours of April 15, President Biden's plans …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden is running out of time to avoid calamitous debt ceiling outcomes
Biden is running out of time to avoid calamitous debt ceiling outcomes
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Washington Post:
Afghanistan has become a terrorism staging ground again, leak reveals — Less than two years after President Biden withdrew U.S. personnel from Afghanistan, the country has become a significant coordination site for the Islamic State as the terrorist group plans attacks across Europe and Asia …
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Washington Post:
In a thriving Michigan county, a community goes to war with itself — Ottawa County offers a glimpse of what happens when one of the building blocks of American democracy is consumed by ideological battles — WEST OLIVE, Mich. — The eight new members of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Bombshell revelation of Trump election texts is ‘more damning’ than his Georgia phone call: legal analyst — Reacting to a CNN report that Trump operatives were making plans to use breached voting data to not only undercut the 2020 presidential election results but also to give the GOP control of the Senate …
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Katlyn Brieskorn / WFLA-TV:
Florida couple delivering Instacart groceries shot at after driving to wrong address — (WFLA) — A couple in Broward County said someone shot at them after they ended up at the wrong address while delivering groceries for Instacart. — Waldes Thomas told NBC affiliate WTVJ that he was delivering …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Chief Justice John Roberts punts on request to investigate Clarence Thomas — Chief Justice John Roberts has declined to directly respond to a congressional request to investigate Justice Clarence Thomas' alleged ethical lapses. — Roberts instead referred the request …
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Politico:
The GOP's new electability problem: North Carolina — Mark Robinson, North Carolina's highly controversial Republican lieutenant governor, is the latest test of firebrand politics in the GOP. — Republicans are on the verge of wiping out what remains of Democrats' political power in North Carolina.
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Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
Missouri trans ‘snitch form’ down after people spammed it with the ‘Bee Movie’ script — A Missouri government tip site for submitting complaints and concerns about gender-affirming care is down after people flooded it with fanfiction, rambling anecdotes and the “Bee Movie” script.
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Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Jewish student with autism had swastika carved onto his back, mother says — The woman said she noticed the hate symbol after her nonverbal son came home from Clark High School in Las Vegas. — The FBI said it is in contact with authorities in Las Vegas after a woman said her Jewish son …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Ohio Republicans try to change rules to defeat abortion rights amendment — State lawmakers are seeking to toughen rules when public opinion appears to be running against them — For 111 years, Ohio voters have lived with a set of rules for amending their state constitution through citizen initiative.
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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Twitter removes labels from state-controlled media, helping propaganda — The move comes the same week that Russia and China were revealed to be operating armies of fake profiles — SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has removed labels designating global media accounts as government-controlled or funded …
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Acarvin / DFRLab:
State-controlled media experience sudden Twitter gains after unannounced platform policy change
State-controlled media experience sudden Twitter gains after unannounced platform policy change
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Dara Kerr / NPR:
Twitter once muzzled Russian and Chinese state propaganda. That's over now
Twitter once muzzled Russian and Chinese state propaganda. That's over now
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
It Is a Delusion to Think Having a Gun in the Home Makes Us Safer — In most of the world, going to the wrong house is not a deadly risk. — But in the United States it is, because we're awash in an estimated 450 million guns and suffer from a mass delusion that a gun in the home makes us safer.
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
‘Wrong Address’ Shootings Reflect America's Rising Paranoia
‘Wrong Address’ Shootings Reflect America's Rising Paranoia
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Greene silencing leads to new pledges of civility — The silencing of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after she called Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a liar in a hearing has led to a pledge for a more civil House Homeland Security Committee going forward …
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Republican governor to call special session in Tennessee to discuss gun reform — Gov. Bill Lee proposed keeping guns away from those deemed a risk to others. — LIVE — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will call a special legislative session to address gun reform nearly a month after a mass shooting …
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