Top Items:
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:
Fox News and Washington Post
RELATED:
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).
Discussion:
Fox News, Bloomberg, New York Times, RedState, The Daily Caller, El País, Financial Times, Just The News, New York Post, CNN and The American Independent
Politico:
Biden v. Trump: A race for the White House with actuarial tables in the background — A second win by either would lead to an octogenarian in the White House. — Joe Biden's formal entrance into the presidential campaign this week will put to test the question of whether or not this is a country for old men.
Discussion:
NPR, New York Post, Fox News, The Daily Beast, City & State New York and Twitchy
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Big money donors rally behind Biden as he launches his reelection bid — Big money Democratic donors are lining up to support President Joe Biden now that he confirmed he's running for reelection. — Reid Hoffman, the billionaire LinkedIn co-founder, has offered to host fundraising events for Biden.
Discussion:
Washington Post, Morning Consult and Alternet.org
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Joe Biden's 2024 Opening Argument: It's Me or the Abyss
Discussion:
Alpha News, New York Times, The Wrap, New York Post, New York Daily News, Politico, Truthout, The Dispatch, Just The News, Daily Kos, The Hill, Page Array and ABC News
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden launches first TV ad of re-election campaign
Discussion:
Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Washington Post, The Hill, Washington Times, Florida Politics, Joe.My.God., Hopium Chronicles, Forbes, Blue Virginia, Newsbusters, CBS News, Mashable, New York Daily News, Iowa Starting Line and One America News Network, more at Mediagazer »
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 25, 2023 — Exactly four years after he announced he would challenge then-president Donald Trump …
Discussion:
New York Times and PBS NewsHour
Myah Ward / Politico:
Top Dem super PAC starts Biden ad blitz, pledges $75 million campaign effort
Discussion:
NBC News, Fox News, The Hill and OpenSecrets.org
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 …
RELATED:
Rolling Stone:
Fox Has a Secret ‘Oppo File’ to Keep Tucker Carlson in Check, Sources Say — Eight sources tell Rolling Stone that the network's top brass has been stockpiling information on the departing primetime host … When Fox announced Carlson's departure on Monday, the network presented the separation as amiable.
Discussion:
Joe.My.God., Forbes, RADAR, BizPac Review, Adweek, acecomments.mu.nu, Mediaite, Raw Story, Breitbart and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Ben Ashford / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Appetizers plus entrée!’ …
Discussion:
Insider, IJR, Page Array, The Gateway Pundit and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Lara Seligman / Politico:
‘Good riddance’: Pentagon officials cheer Tucker Carlson's ouster
Discussion:
al.com, Alternet.org, Breitbart, Page Array, The Post Millennial, Summit News, Twitchy, Mediaite, BizPac Review and TheBlaze
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
No, Tucker Carlson should not run for president
Discussion:
Buttermilk Sky and Press Enterprise
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Tucker Carlson's Prayer Talk May Have Led to Fox News Ouster: “That Stuff Freaks Rupert Out”
Discussion:
The Nation, Forbes, No More Mister Nice Blog, TheBlaze, The Independent, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Arizona Republic, Louder With Crowder, Summit News, New Republic, Financial Times, Page Array, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Western Journal, Alternet.org, HuffPost, The Post Millennial and National Review, more at Mediagazer »
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.
Discussion:
NBC News, The Hollywood Reporter and Orlando Sentinel
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Associated Press, Politico, BizPac Review, National Review, USA Today and Raw Story
Jason Lange / Reuters:
DeSantis could win Republican votes with Disney clash -Reuters/Ipsos poll — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' battles with Walt Disney Co over a state law banning public school lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity could boost his support among U.S. Republican voters as he mulls …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, New York Post, Florida Politics, New Republic and WFLA-TV
Washington Post:
GOP adopts middle-of-the-night changes to debt ceiling package — Good morning, Early Birds. Our colleague Jeff Stein is watching all of Joel and Ethan Coen's films. Let him know why you think “Barton Fink” is underrated (but please don't yell at him): jeffrey.stein@washpost.com.
Discussion:
Politico, Semafor, The Hill, Associated Press, New York Daily News, Just The News, DCCC, Daily Kos and NPR
RELATED:
Washington Post:
House to debate debt ceiling bill as GOP confronts last-minute holdouts
Discussion:
NBC News, Fox News, CNN, Washington Examiner, Mock Paper Scissors, Raw Story, Roll Call and The Hill
Washington Post:
Ethanol, clean energy fuel drama over GOP debt limit deal
Discussion:
The Hill, Forbes, Roll Call, E&E News and Heatmap News
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
McCarthy runs into a wall of corn
Discussion:
HuffPost, Insider, New York Times, Reason and Talking Points Memo
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 …
Discussion:
Mediaite, The Dispatch and Joe.My.God.
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 …
Discussion:
ABC News, king.senate.gov, CNN, Wall Street Journal and Just The News
RELATED:
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
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.
Discussion:
Raw Story
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. and South Korea Agree to Cooperate on Nuclear Weapons — The agreement is a centerpiece of this week's state visit by President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea, who will appear with President Biden at the White House on Wednesday. — WASHINGTON — The United States will give South Korea …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, ABC News, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, CNN, NPR and Reuters
RELATED:
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Donald Trump needs protective order to prevent him from publicizing evidence, prosecutors say — The prosecutors pointed to Trump's propensity to post attacks on social media. — The Manhattan district attorney's office has asked the judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump …
Discussion:
Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Rolling Stone, Associated Press and Al Jazeera
CNN:
Special counsel investigating January 6 interested in former Fox News producer's audiotapes, her lawyer says — Special Counsel Jack Smith has expressed interest in audio tapes recorded by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg while she worked at the right-wing network, her lawyer said.
Discussion:
Political Wire and New Republic
RELATED:
Christopher Miller / Financial Times:
Xi Jinping holds long-awaited call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy — Ukrainian leader says conversation with China's president was ‘long and meaningful’ — Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday he had held “a long and meaningful phone call with [Chinese] President Xi Jinping” …
Discussion:
New York Times, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, fmprc.gov.cn, CNN, Washington Post, Politico, Bloomberg, Semafor, Fox News, UPI, NDTV, Cyprus Mail, CNBC, TASS, Metro.co.uk, ABC13, New York Daily News, Political Wire and NPR
David Gilbert / VICE:
A Far-Right Moms Group Is Terrorizing Schools in the Name of Protecting Kids — Moms for Liberty has targeted teachers, administrators, parents, and school board members, orchestrating harassment campaigns that have left people fearing for their safety—and in some cases, their lives. — David Gilbert
Discussion:
Oregonian and Media Matters for America
Kevin Baron / Defense One:
How Tucker Carlson Helped Turn Americans Against the Military — The partisan firebrand told viewers that uniformed leaders were out to weaken the armed forces and the country itself. — EXECUTIVE EDITOR, DEFENSE ONE — For all the ways Tucker Carlson left his mark on U.S. politics …
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
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump zeroes in on a key target of his ‘retribution’ agenda: Government workers — The former president's plan to radically change the civil service is causing “anxiety” for career officials, in no small part because it is becoming “basically doctrine” on the right.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Miles Johnson / Financial Times:
Horses, art and private jets: the charmed life of Russian warlord's family — Western governments have struggled to impose costs on relatives of the Wagner founder, even though they have been heavily involved in his businesses — When a 77-year-old St Petersburg grandmother signed …
Discussion:
Al Jazeera, UnHerd and TASS
Shirin Ghaffary / Vox:
Elon's blue check disaster is getting worse — Celebrities are refusing to pay, and the trolls keep trolling. — Elon Musk's decision to strip certain users of their legacy verification check marks — one of the biggest changes he's made as the new owner and CEO of Twitter — is off to a chaotic start.
Discussion:
New York Times, Wired and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Montana House to Vote on Discipline of Transgender Lawmaker — Republicans have refused to let Representative Zooey Zephyr speak until she apologizes for comments made during a House debate. Several of her supporters were arrested during a protest. — HELENA, Mont. — Legislators …
Charles Homans / New York Times:
Ad Flap Leaves Bitter Aftertaste for Bud Light and Warning for Big Business — Bud Light's marketing effort with a transgender influencer has put it “in the center of the culture wars in a way that no company could possibly want to be,” one observer said. — When she was named Anheuser …
Discussion:
Associated Press, Althouse, Raw Story and Media Matters for America
John Gramlich / Pew Research Center:
What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S. — More Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2021 than in any other year on record, according to the latest available statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That included record numbers of both gun murders and gun suicides.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Proud Boys leader, awaiting Jan. 6 sedition verdict, assails Justice Department — In a call from his jail cell, Enrique Tarrio embraced far-right critiques of DOJ's Jan. 6 prosecutions. — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio — awaiting a verdict on charges he conspired …
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
