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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Coming Biden Blowout — Republicans thought about running without Trump in 2024—but lost their nerve. They're heading for electoral disaster again. — The Republican plan for 2024 is already failing, and the party leadership can see it and knows it.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Peter Thiel, Republican megadonor, won't fund candidates in 2024 - sources — Tech billionaire and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel, an early backer of former President Donald Trump who later broke with him, has told associates he is not planning to donate to any political candidates in 2024 …
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Washington Post:
GOP study on poor 2022 election showing doesn't mention Trump — Republican officials said they avoided including the former president in part because the party aims to stay neutral in the 2024 primaries — A draft Republican Party autopsy report on the 2022 midterm elections examining …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Biden's strategy to repair Harris' image — Top White House officials are rushing to the aid of Vice President Kamala Harris to try to shore up her underwhelming poll numbers heading into 2024. Why it matters: Harris' numbers are even worse than President Biden's (approval in the high 30%s versus low 40%s).
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden took ‘hard look’ at his age, would run even if Trump wasn't
Biden took ‘hard look’ at his age, would run even if Trump wasn't
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Biden cheat sheet shows he had advance knowledge of journalist's question
Biden cheat sheet shows he had advance knowledge of journalist's question
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USA Today
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Big money donors rally behind Biden as he launches his reelection bid
Big money donors rally behind Biden as he launches his reelection bid
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Politico and Letters from an American
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disney Sues DeSantis Over Control of Its Florida Resort — The company claimed “a targeted campaign of government retaliation,” which it said stemmed from its criticism of a contentious state education law. — The fight between Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the Walt Disney Company is headed to court.
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Aaron Gregg / Washington Post:
Disney sues Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleging political retaliation — The Florida governor is working with the legislature to overturn the entertainment giant's latest oversight agreement. — Disney is suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over what it called a “relentless campaign to weaponize government power …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Disney sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleges political effort to hurt its business — Walt Disney Co. sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleging the Republican governor has waged a “relentless campaign to weaponize government power” over the company. — The lawsuit dramatically escalates …
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The Hill, Florida's Voice, Mediaite and The Post Millennial
Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:
Republican billionaire rules out supporting DeSantis: 'Doesn't even return phone calls'
Republican billionaire rules out supporting DeSantis: 'Doesn't even return phone calls'
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Political Wire and HuffPost
Jason Lange / Reuters:
DeSantis could win Republican votes with Disney clash -Reuters/Ipsos poll
DeSantis could win Republican votes with Disney clash -Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Mediaite, New York Times, TMZ.com, New York Post, Washington Examiner and Florida Politics
Ben Ashford / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Appetizers plus entrée!’ Looks like Tucker Carlson doesn't give two Fox about his ouster from network - gleefully telling DailyMail.com his future plans while tooling off to a romantic date night with wife Susan — Tucker Carlson was ‘blindsided’ by the news …
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Washington Post:
For the Murdochs, Tucker Carlson became more trouble than he was worth — Precise reasons for the top-rated host's dismissal remain clouded, but the move reflected a reversal for the exasperated family that once championed him — Tucker Carlson had dinner with his ultimate boss …
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Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson's Vulgar, Offensive Messages About Colleagues Helped Seal His Fate at Fox News — Prime-time host called senior executive the c-word in redacted missive; network grew wary of further embarrassment from possible disclosure — Several weeks ago, as Fox News lawyers prepared …
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
One Neat Trick to Raise the Debt Limit — Welcome to Bw Daily, the Bloomberg Businessweek newsletter, where we'll bring you interesting voices, great reporting and the magazine's usual charm every weekday. Let us know what you think by emailing our editor here! If this has been forwarded to you, click here to sign up.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden ‘happy to meet’ with McCarthy but says raising debt limit ‘not negotiable’
Biden ‘happy to meet’ with McCarthy but says raising debt limit ‘not negotiable’
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Karen Dolan / The Hill:
The human cost of McCarthy's debt ceiling demands would be catastrophic
The human cost of McCarthy's debt ceiling demands would be catastrophic
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Fox News:
Americans are on the hook for this crazy amount of debt. Republicans want to return sanity to fiscal talks
Americans are on the hook for this crazy amount of debt. Republicans want to return sanity to fiscal talks
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The Hill, Washington Examiner and Breitbart
Washington Post:
GOP adopts middle-of-the-night changes to debt ceiling package
GOP adopts middle-of-the-night changes to debt ceiling package
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CNN:
Trump lawyers rail against DOJ in letter, reveal foreign leader briefings may be among classified documents taken from White House — Two of Donald Trump's defense lawyers now believe that classified briefings of phone calls with foreign leaders were among “all manner of documents” …
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Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
Judge Sentences Trump Allies in ‘We Build the Wall’ Scheme — Andrew Badolato was sentenced to three years in prison and Brian Kolfage four years and three months, after being accused of channeling donor contributions into their own pockets. — In 2019, Brian Kolfage …
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Reuters:
Bannon ally handed four-year prison term over Trump border-wall fraud
Bannon ally handed four-year prison term over Trump border-wall fraud
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Raw Story, Washington Times and Reuters
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Donald Trump needs protective order to prevent him from publicizing evidence, prosecutors say
Donald Trump needs protective order to prevent him from publicizing evidence, prosecutors say
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Diego Mendoza / Semafor:
Steve Bannon associate sentenced to more than 4 years in ‘We Build the Wall’ scam
Steve Bannon associate sentenced to more than 4 years in ‘We Build the Wall’ scam
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Axios, CBS News, New York Daily News, The Gateway Pundit and Joe.My.God.
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
‘Trump raped me,’ E. Jean Carroll testifies in battery, defamation case — E. Jean Carroll has sued Trump for defaming her when he denied her rape claim. — Former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll, on the first day of testimony in her civil defamation and battery case against former President Donald Trump …
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
The Washington gambler — Sean McElwee, a young Democratic insider with friends in high places, bet on himself in the post-Trump era. But that wasn't all he was betting on. … It was poker night at Sean McElwee's Logan Circle bachelor pad. In the living room, a big‐ …
ProPublica:
As Rail Profits Soar, Blocked Crossings Force Kids to Crawl Under Trains to Get to School — When crossings are blocked for hours, kids risk their lives to get to school by crawling through trains that could start at any moment. Ambulances and fire trucks can't get through. The problem has existed for decades.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senators unveil bipartisan proposal to require Supreme Court to adopt code of conduct — Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced a bipartisan bill to require the Supreme Court to create a new code of conduct for itself after ProPublica revealed …
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David Sirota / The Lever:
Thomas Helped Kill Eviction Ban Threatening Benefactor's Business
Thomas Helped Kill Eviction Ban Threatening Benefactor's Business
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Shaylee Ragar / NPR:
Montana House votes to formally punish transgender lawmaker, Rep. Zooey Zephyr — HELENA, Mont. - Republicans, who dominate the Montana House of Representatives, have voted Wednesday to formally punish Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr. — Zephyr, who is transgender, has been blocked …
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New York Times:
He Calls the Shots for New York's Governor. He Lives in Colorado. — Adam Sullivan holds deep influence over Gov. Kathy Hochul, her administration and campaign team, even as skepticism mounts over his judgment and distance from New York. — With the Democratic nomination all but assured last spring …
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New York Magazine
Philip Klein / National Review:
How Tucker Carlson Will Lose Influence without Fox — Regardless of their views on Tucker Carlson, most people assume that he will land on his feet when the dust settles on his departure from Fox. I think this assumption is largely correct. With his devoted following …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Top Trump lawyer never saw proof of Dominion fraud claims — One of the chief architects of pro-Donald Trump election conspiracy theories conceded in a recording that she never saw evidence of voting machine fraud in Georgia — and that's why she didn't target election equipment maker Dominion …
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
Trans marathoner Glenique Frank offers to give back medal after beating 14K in female category — Transgender runner Glenique Frank is offering to return her London Marathon finisher's medal over the outrage caused by her beating nearly 14,000 women in the female category.
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Breitbart, The Daily Caller and Telegraph
Mara Silvers / Montana Free Press:
Gianforte's son one of many lobbying governor against trans bills — In late March, David Gianforte made an appointment to talk about three bills with Montana's Republican governor, Greg Gianforte, who happens to be his father. — David, 32, sat down in the governor's office on March 27 …
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Ivanka Trump Ditches Attorneys In Fraud Suit, Splitting From Don Jr. And Eric — Ivanka Trump replaced the lawyers defending her in a fraud suit against the New York attorney general on Friday. Her former attorneys are still representing her brothers, Don Jr. and Eric.
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Alternet.org, Washington Press and Political Wire
Tim Miller / Bulwark+:
Ron DeSantis Has an Elizabeth Warren Problem — THE OTHER DAY I HEARD FROM a Democratic strategist with a particularly apt comparison for the DeSantis proto-campaign that was too delicious to be spoken aloud in polite lefty company and thus has been entrusted to me.
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NH Journal and Alternet.org
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Biden issues first presidential proclamation recognizing ‘Lavender Scare’ — President Biden issued the first presidential proclamation recognizing the impact of the “Lavender Scare” — a period of time starting in the 1950s that lasted decades in which LGBTQ Americans were banned from serving in the federal government.
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The White House
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Fugees rapper Pras found guilty in political conspiracy — A Fugees rapper accused in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies spanning two presidencies was convicted Wednesday after a trial that included testimony ranging from actor Leonardo DiCaprio to former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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