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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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Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
DeSantis-backed New College board scraps 5 professors tenure — The New College of Florida trustees now dominated by conservatives appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis voted Wednesday to deny tenure to five professors, overriding concerns by faculty and students that the decision poses a threat to academic freedom.
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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 …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump still top 2024 Republican preference, DeSantis slipping — Poll also shows President Biden with a strong lead over his Democratic challengers — Former President Donald Trump maintains his advantage in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race …
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LZ Granderson / Los Angeles Times:
Disney's lawsuit will show what DeSantis' war on LGBTQ+ allies is really about — While the lawsuit brought by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Inc. against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his handpicked oversight board came as a surprise to many, the defendants apparently saw it coming.
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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'
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Disney Tells Ron DeSantis: Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
Disney Tells Ron DeSantis: Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
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Stefan Boscia / Politico:
Trump who? Farage's party cozies up to DeSantis as White House hopeful lands in UK
Trump who? Farage's party cozies up to DeSantis as White House hopeful lands in UK
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Charles Homans / New York Times:
Man vs. Mouse: Ron DeSantis Finds Taking On Disney Is a Dicey Business
Man vs. Mouse: Ron DeSantis Finds Taking On Disney Is a Dicey Business
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Tim Miller / Bulwark+:
Ron DeSantis Has an Elizabeth Warren Problem
Ron DeSantis Has an Elizabeth Warren Problem
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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 …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump loses appeal to block Pence from testifying about direct communications — Former President Donald Trump has lost an emergency attempt to block former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying about their direct conversations, in the latest boost to a federal criminal investigation examining Trump's …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Trump can't stop Pence from testifying to Jan. 6 grand jury, court rules — Donald Trump cannot block his former vice president from testifying before a grand jury investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Federal court rules Trump cannot block Pence from testifying to grand jury investigating Jan. 6: reports — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected former President Trump's effort to block former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying to a grand jury probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to reports.
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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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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 …
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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 …
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Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
Judge rebukes Trump for ‘entirely inappropriate’ post before E Jean Carroll testimony — Lewis Kaplan condemns ex-president for calling civil rape trial ‘a made-up scam’ and Carroll's lawyer a ‘political operative’ — E Jean Carroll, the advice columnist suing Donald Trump for rape …
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
'I'm here because Donald Trump raped me': E. Jean Carroll tells jury she stepped forward to ‘get my life back’
'I'm here because Donald Trump raped me': E. Jean Carroll tells jury she stepped forward to ‘get my life back’
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New York Times:
Live Updates: E. Jean Carroll Accuses Trump of Rape in Testimony
Live Updates: E. Jean Carroll Accuses Trump of Rape in Testimony
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
‘Trump raped me,’ E. Jean Carroll testifies in battery, defamation case
‘Trump raped me,’ E. Jean Carroll testifies in battery, defamation case
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
David Zipper / Slate:
The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature — Automakers are starting to admit that drivers hate touchscreens. Buttons are back! — You don't see a lot of good news about road safety in the United States. Unlike in most peer countries, American roadway deaths surged during the pandemic, and have barely receded since.
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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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Trump lawyers: Notes for calls with foreign leaders are among classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago
Trump lawyers: Notes for calls with foreign leaders are among classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago
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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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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Coming Biden Blowout
The Coming Biden Blowout
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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.
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Drops First Video After Fox News Ouster — Tucker Carlson released a video on Wednesday addressing his firing from Fox News several days prior. … During the video, which was published to Carlson's Twitter account, the former Fox News host said he realized after stepping …
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Associated Press:
Founder of the We Build The Wall group linked to Steve Bannon is sentenced to 4 years — NEW YORK — The co-founder of a fundraising group linked to Steve Bannon that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border was sentenced to four years and three months …
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Senate votes to overturn Biden truck pollution limit — The Senate on Wednesday passed a Republican-led effort to undo a Biden administration rule that aims to cut pollution from heavy-duty trucks. — The vote was 50-49. Sen Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) voted with Republicans to get rid of the rule.
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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.
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CNN:
House votes to pass debt ceiling bill in win for McCarthy — The House voted Wednesday to pass a bill raising the nation's debt ceiling, after days of wrangling Republican lawmakers to unify behind the package, which would bolster House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's position at the negotiating table with the White House.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
WSJ, WaPo, NYT leaders run joint ad demanding reporter's release — The publishers and top editors at the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and New York Times on Thursday will run a joint letter as a full-page, color advertisement in all three of their papers urging support …
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Texas Woman Who Nearly Died Tears Into Ted Cruz at Abortion Hearing — Amanda Zurawski said she was denied an abortion until her pregnancy went septic as “a direct result of the policies” that her senators support. — A Texas woman testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee …
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Anthony L. Fisher / The Daily Beast:
Nobody Sold Out Harder Than Tucker Carlson — The Gen X culture warrior said a lot of terrible things he didn't believe because he thinks his audience is stupid—and he thirsts for money and clout. … Generation X—the relatively small and cynical generational cohort when compared to its predecessors …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Watch: Marjorie Taylor Greene implies stepmoms are not real moms as she rages at teacher's union chief — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has only been allowed back onto the House Education and Labor Committee for the last few years after previously losing all her committee assignments.
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Washington Post:
Buildup resumed at suspected Chinese military site in UAE, leak says — American spy services detected construction at a suspected Chinese military facility in the United Arab Emirates in December — one year after Washington's oil-rich ally announced it was halting the project because of U.S. concerns …
Fiona Harvey / The Guardian:
Record ocean temperatures put Earth in ‘uncharted territory’, say scientists — ‘Unprecedented’ warming indicates climate crisis is taking place before our eyes, experts say — Temperatures in the world's oceans have broken fresh records, testing new highs for more than a month in an …
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Raw Story
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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