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10:15 AM ET, April 24, 2023

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Washington Post:
Democrats reluctant about Biden 2024, but they see no other choice  —  They are lukewarm about picking Biden as their nominee, but many believe he may be the best hope of preventing a second Trump term and fighting extremism  —  The leftover pizza was divvied up, the Girl Scout cookies had been exchanged …
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CBS News:
Biden set to name Julie Chavez Rodriguez as 2024 campaign manager  —  President Biden is set to name Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a senior West Wing official and longtime Democratic Party activist, to manage his reelection campaign, three people familiar with the ongoing deliberations tell CBS News.
CNN:
Biden to name senior White House adviser to manage his reelection campaign
Discussion: CBS News and Politico
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Susan Rice to step down as Biden's domestic policy chief  —  Rice's departure next month will bring to a close her prolific, wide-ranging and at times controversial tenure.  —  President Joe Biden's domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice, is stepping down from her post next month …
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden  —  I surprised a lot of people when I named Ambassador Susan Rice as my Domestic Policy Advisor.  Susan was synonymous with foreign policy, having previously served as National Security Advisor and UN Ambassador.  But what I knew then and what we all know now …
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:   Biden Opens a New Back Door on Immigration
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Trump's insane lies on DeSantis trash successful conservative policies  —  Presidential primaries get very dirty, and that's to be expected.  —  But here in April 2023, the GOP one has already descended into a disgusting spiral of lies and insanity — because of the increasingly disordered and amateurish Donald Trump campaign.
Discussion: Instapundit, Breitbart and HotAir
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Rolling Stone:
‘Destroy This Guy’: Why Trump's Campaign Against DeSantis Is So Personal
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden lawyer seeks ethics probe of Greene for ‘verbal abuses’  —  A lawyer for Hunter Biden called Monday for a congressional ethics investigation into the behavior of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), alleging that she has repeatedly directed “unmoored verbal abuses” at the president's son …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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Politico:
'Nobody knows when it's going to happen': Wall Street wakes up to default threat.  —  The government has until the summer to strike a deal.  —  NEW YORK — For months, Wall Street has barely focused on the possibility that the government might default on its debt.  It's paying attention now.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Alex Kirshner / Slate:
Elon Musk's Weekend-Long Masterclass in Business Failure  —  It's not that easy to get a hold of LeBron James' people.  Few celebrities are accessible, but James occupies a rarefied strata of fame where even getting his representatives to acknowledge you on some matter or another isn't a given for most reporters.
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Hunter Biden may be living at the White House to evade legal papers from his baby mama  —  Hunter Biden is believed to be hiding out at the White House while his baby mama goes on the warpath.  —  Lawyers for former stripper Lunden Roberts asked an Arkansas court Friday to jail the First Son …
Washington Post:
At U.S. behest, Ukraine held off anniversary attacks on Russia  —  Kyiv's head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, planned bold strikes deep behind enemy lines that unnerved officials in Washington  —  In February, with the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine days away …
Discussion: Fox News
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Positively disgraceful’ John Roberts buried by ethics expert for refusal to talk about Clarence Thomas  —  During an appearance on MSNBC early Sunday morning, the former director of the United States Office of Government Ethics trashed Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for saying nothing …
Discussion: HuffPost
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MSNBC:
Clarence Thomas didn't learn anything from Watergate, apparently
Discussion: NPR, Boston Herald and Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida school district bans dozens of books based on proposed bill  —  Schools in Clay County, Florida, are withholding dozens of books from students, citing legislation that has been proposed but not approved by the state legislature or signed into law.  —  In a spreadsheet published …
Discussion: National Review
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP warns FBI to stay out of controversial surveillance talks  —  The bureau is at the heart of a fight over a controversial surveillance program.  But its toxic relationship with the House GOP means it has to stay far away from reauthorization talks.
Discussion: Breitbart
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Eleni Kounalakis first to launch campaign for California governor in 2026  —  The state's lieutenant governor has assembled an A-team of political strategists and fundraisers for her run.  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis on Monday launched her campaign to become …
Harvard University:
SPRING 2023 POLL  —  Cambridge, MA - A national poll released today by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that among18-to-29-year-olds, President Biden's approval rating stands at 36%, a drop of three percentage points since last fall (39%) and five percentage points since last spring (41%.)
Punchbowl News:
4/24/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  THE TOP … Both the House and Senate come back into session tomorrow.  —  This is the most important week for Speaker Kevin McCarthy since he won the grueling floor fight in January to get the gavel.  —  The House is set to vote this week …
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Ukraine, China main focus as South Korean president visits White House  —  SEOUL — President Biden and his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk Yeol, don't have a whole lot in common.  —  They come from different ends of the political spectrum.  Biden is liberal and a lifelong politician …
Discussion: UPI, Reuters, Bloomberg and USA Today
Gabrielle Fonrouge / CNBC:
Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection after failed turnaround efforts  — Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy protection and has asked the courts for permission to auction its assets.  — The struggling home goods retailer has been warning of a potential bankruptcy since early January.
Wall Street Journal:
Bud Light Brewer Puts Two Executives on Leave After Uproar Over Transgender Influencer  —  Alissa Heinerscheid, who oversaw Bud Light marketing, and her boss Daniel Blake placed on leave  —  Anheuser-Busch InBev SA said it had placed on leave two executives who oversaw a Bud Light collaboration with a transgender activist.
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Control of the House goes through the Empire State  —  Dems fared shockingly poorly in 2022.  The one lawmaker who defied that trend has some thoughts about the future.  —  NEWBURGH, N.Y. — When Democrat Pat Ryan won a special House election in upstate New York last summer …
 
 
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
State leaders targeting climate investing have quiet stakes in the fossil fuel industry
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Suddenly, the GOP wants to pack some courts
Laura Santhanam / PBS NewsHour:
Supreme Court's move on abortion pill in line with majority of Americans
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Week Ahead  —  Lots of interesting legal issues surfaced last week, and we're headed for more in the week ahead.
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Baltic states condemn China envoy's remarks over sovereignty of ex-Soviet nations
Clare Ansberry / Wall Street Journal:
The Surprising Surge of Faith Among Young People
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
AOC: ‘Better for country’ if Dominion had secured Fox News apology
David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker:
Tunisia Arrests Its Most Prominent Opposition Leader
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com
 Earlier Items: 
Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
Why Phil Jackson's Anti-BLM Screed Is No Surprise
Danté Stewart / CNN:
I can't look away from the house where Ralph Yarl was shot
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Disgraced ABC Journalist James Meek ‘knew’ the age of the 16-year-old girl he pressured for nude photos, docs reveal, before FBI raid on his home
Discussion: Breitbart
ABC News:
9 teenagers shot, wounded at after-prom party in Texas
Axios:
House GOP's money machine
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
The conservative campaign to rewrite child labor laws
Discussion: Raw Story and Outside the Beltway
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Devin Gordon / New York Times:
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Ben Jacobs / Slate:
A profile of John Avlon, former CNN anchor, former Daily Beast EIC, former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani, and now a congressional candidate running in New York

 
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