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7:05 PM ET, April 22, 2023

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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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
DeSantis Faces Republican Scrutiny on Issues While Trump Skates By
Discussion: Forbes and Just The News
MSN:
Trump Wants to End DeSantis's 2024 Campaign Before It Even Begins
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.
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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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 …
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
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 …
Discussion: RADAR and Vanity Fair
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 …
Discussion: Insider and NBC 6 South Florida
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Political Wire and Raw Story
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.
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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Azeen Ghorayshi / New York Times:
Many States Are Trying to Restrict Gender Treatments for Adults, Too
Discussion: NPR
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.
Discussion: WVXU
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
Discussion: PJ Media
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.
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Daily News
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
‘Wrong Address’ Shootings Reflect America's Rising Paranoia
Discussion: Daily Kos
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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Adam Sabes / Fox News:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams says ‘migrant crisis’ under Biden administration has ‘destroyed’ city
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
MAGA Pastor Says Christians Must ‘Be The Ones Writing the Laws’
Associated Press:
After Russia bombs own city, explosive found at same site
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Can Trump win over the GOP as the ‘moderate’ in the race?
Greenpeace USA:
A Victory for Free Speech: Greenpeace USA Defeats $100 Million Lawsuit
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Tomorrow is Earth Day, celebrated for the first time in 1970.  Coming the same week …
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Associated Press:
House Republicans, Manhattan DA end fight over Trump inquiry
Politico:
Jim Justice plans Senate launch for next week
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A new clue in the Fani Willis investigation
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