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6:00 PM ET, April 26, 2023

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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 …
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 …
Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:
Republican billionaire rules out supporting DeSantis: 'Doesn't even return phone calls'  —  EXCLUSIVE — New York billionaire and Trump megadonor John Catsimatidis is ruling out supporting Ron DeSantis for president in the 2024 election, telling the Washington Examiner in an interview …
Discussion: Political Wire
Tim Miller / Bulwark+:
Ron DeSantis Has an Elizabeth Warren Problem
Discussion: NH Journal
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.
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and Fox News
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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 …
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 …
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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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Montana House Republicans ban Rep. Zooey Zephyr from House chamber for remainder of legislative session  —  Montana's Republican-dominated House voted Wednesday to ban Rep. Zooey Zephyr, who had said GOP lawmakers would have “blood” on their hands for passing bills restricting transgender rights …
Mara Silvers / Montana Free Press:   Gianforte's son one of many lobbying governor against trans bills
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson's Vulgar, Offensive Messages About Colleagues Helped Seal His Fate at Fox News
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
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Washington Post:
GOP adopts middle-of-the-night changes to debt ceiling package
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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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” …
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors and Raw Story
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Biden cheat sheet shows he had advance knowledge of journalist's question  —  A cheat sheet held by President Biden during a Wednesday press conference revealed that the 80-year-old commander in chief had advance knowledge of a question from a journalist.  —  “How are YOU squaring …
Discussion: USA Today
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden took ‘hard look’ at his age, would run even if Trump wasn't  —  Biden told ABC's Mary Bruce he respects voters taking a look at his age.  —  President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he respects Americans taking a “hard look” at whether his age is a factor and to decide if he's fit to serve as he seeks a second term.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Biden's strategy to repair Harris' image
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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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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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‐ …
Discussion: Politico and Eschaton
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Sam Borcia / Lake and McHenry County Scanner:
79-year-old man charged with ‘senselessly’ murdering his neighbor who was doing yard work near Antioch  —  Police say a 79-year-old man has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting his neighbor, who was performing yard work, in the head near Antioch.
Discussion: Raw Story, Law & Crime and ABC7
NBC News:
Far-right laments Tucker Carlson's ouster, and loss of their shot at the mainstream  —  Carlson's show echoed conspiracy theories and disinformation that gained traction on extremist forums like 4chan — and that would otherwise not have appeared on Fox News.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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 …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and WAGA-TV
 
 
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Tim Scott Introduces Legislation Redirecting $15 Billion From IRS To Border Security
Perild:
The Prosecutor's Office of Poland confiscated money from the accounts of the Russian Embassy
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Biden issues first presidential proclamation recognizing ‘Lavender Scare’
Discussion: The White House and Joe.My.God.
Reem Nadeem / Pew Research Center:
Nearly a Year After Roe's Demise, Americans' Views of Abortion Access Increasingly Vary by Where They Live
Discussion: Politico, UPI and Mercury News
 Earlier Items: 
Kevin Baron / Defense One:
How Tucker Carlson Helped Turn Americans Against the Military
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump zeroes in on a key target of his ‘retribution’ agenda: Government workers
Discussion: The Spectator World and Raw Story
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. and South Korea Agree to Cooperate on Nuclear Weapons
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Ivanka Trump Ditches Attorneys In Fraud Suit, Splitting From Don Jr. And Eric
Financial Times:
Xi urges Zelenskyy to negotiate with Moscow
David Gilbert / VICE:
A Far-Right Moms Group Is Terrorizing Schools in the Name of Protecting Kids
Discussion: Oregonian
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours
 
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