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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 …
NBC News:
Ron DeSantis is set to jump into the 2024 presidential fray in mid-May  —  The Florida governor is poised to launch his presidential exploratory committee next month.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to jump into the presidential fray as soon as mid-May …
Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:
Republican billionaire rules out supporting DeSantis: 'Doesn't even return phone calls'
Discussion: Washington Post
Tim Miller / Bulwark+:   Ron DeSantis Has an Elizabeth Warren Problem
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Associated Press:
Montana transgender lawmaker barred by GOP from House floor  —  Montana Republicans on Wednesday barred transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from the House floor for the rest of the 2023 session in retaliation for her participation in protests after she was silenced for rebuking colleagues …
Mara Silvers / Montana Free Press:
Gianforte's son one of many lobbying governor against trans bills
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Montana House Republicans ban Rep. Zooey Zephyr from House chamber for remainder of legislative session
Washington Post:
House to debate debt ceiling bill as GOP confronts last-minute holdouts
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: Washington Post and Politico
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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 …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Biden's strategy to repair Harris' image
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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New York Times:
Live Updates: E. Jean Carroll Accuses Trump of Rape in Testimony
Discussion: Mediaite and CBS News
New York Times:
On Eve of Trial, Discovery of Carlson Texts Set Off Crisis Atop Fox  —  Private messages sent by Tucker Carlson that had been redacted in legal filings showed him making highly offensive remarks that went beyond the comments of his prime-time show.  —  The day before Dominion Voting System's …
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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The Lever:
Roberts Memo Threatened To Challenge Ethics Rules  —  The Chief Justice questioned Congress' ethics rules a decade ago; now he's punted the Clarence Thomas corruption review to a secret committee.  —  A decade before Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a Senate request this week to testify …
Discussion: Truthout, SCOTUSblog and Raw Story
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Slate:
John Roberts Is Acting Like Justices Are Kings  —  Last Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about, well, to put it directly—the Supreme Court's diaphanous ethics regime.  On Tuesday evening, in his letter to Durbin …
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Senate votes to revoke tougher EPA emissions regulation for trucks  —  The Senate voted Wednesday to rescind a Biden administration emissions regulation for heavy-duty trucks that Republicans decry as too burdensome, warning it will hurt the trucking industry and have negative ripple effects through the economy.
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Senate votes to overturn Biden truck pollution limit
Discussion: Washington Times and Roll Call
CNN:
House votes to pass debt ceiling bill in win for McCarthy
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.
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 …
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: ABC7, Law & Crime and Raw Story
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 The Spectator World
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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Erik Uebelacker / The Daily Beast:   Ivanka Hires Jeffrey Epstein Lawyer, Ditches Don Jr. and Eric Trump in Fraud Case
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: Twitchy and Los Angeles Times
Reuters:
Bannon ally handed four-year prison term over Trump border-wall fraud  —  US air force veteran Brian Kolfage admitted to conspiring to defraud donors to campaign to build wall along US-Mexico border  —  Brian Kolfage, a US air force veteran and former associate of the Trump ally and adviser Steve Bannon …
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Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
Judge Sentences Trump Allies in ‘We Build the Wall’ Scheme
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Challenges Tennessee Law that Bans Critical, Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Youth  —  The Justice Department today filed a complaint challenging Tennessee Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), a recently enacted law that denies necessary medical care to youth based solely on who they are.
 
 
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Eleanor Watson / CBS News:
Air Force suspends leaders of alleged Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira's unit
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
Congress wants to stop robots from detonating nuclear bombs
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Florida Republicans Pass Bill To Weaken Public-Sector Unions, Send It To DeSantis
Axios:
Bud Light pours at bars take a dive amid boycott calls
The Hill:
DOJ asks appeals court to reverse Texas abortion pill ruling
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Fugees rapper Pras found guilty in political conspiracy
The White House:
Washington Declaration  —  President Joseph R. Biden of the United States of America …
Maureen Tkacik / American Prospect:
Born to Die  —  Medicare spends tens of billions of dollars on hospice care each year.
Discussion: Fortune
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
One Neat Trick to Raise the Debt Limit
Discussion: The Hill and USA Today
Lee Brown / New York Post:
Trans marathoner Glenique Frank offers to give back medal after beating 14K in female category
Discussion: spiked and Breitbart
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
David Gilbert / VICE:
A Far-Right Moms Group Is Terrorizing Schools in the Name of Protecting Kids
Discussion: Oregonian
 

 
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