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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 Systems …
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Anthony L. Fisher / The Daily Beast:
Nobody Sold Out Harder Than Tucker Carlson
Nobody Sold Out Harder Than Tucker Carlson
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National Review and Washington Post
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Is Trump Inevitable? Some in the GOP Are Starting To Wonder — It's still quite early, but the parade of sycophants to Mar-a-Lago worries Chris Christie and others who've rejected the ex-president. — HENNIKER, N.H. — Standing before a room filled with lightly interested college students …
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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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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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Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, ABC News, Fox News and NBC Bay Area
Washington Post:
Trump is racking up GOP endorsements, even amid criminal jeopardy
Trump is racking up GOP endorsements, even amid criminal jeopardy
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, HotAir and Trending Politics Conservative
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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Washington Post, New York Post, Breitbart, Insider, Forbes, Trending Politics Conservative, NBC News, Political Wire and Fox News
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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The Hill, Politico, Fox News, Human Events and Washington Post
Politico:
Dems ready to pounce on GOP debt bill — Presented by The Alzheimer's Association — After House Republicans barely passed their debt bill, House Democrats are getting ready to pull out the playbook that worked for them in 2018 to win back the majority in 2024.
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Punchbowl News:
4/27/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — THE TOP … This was an important step by McCarthy and his leadership team. Does it end the debt-limit debate? No, of course not. But it's the end of the beginning, to borrow a famous phrase. We have some thoughts on how this could all unfold during the next few weeks.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
The GOP wonks trying to get their party not to detonate the debt limit bomb — An increasingly personal spat among conservative policy nerds could have big implications as U.S. nears economic disaster — A small group of conservative budget experts is cautioning House Republicans …
CNN:
House votes to pass debt ceiling bill in win for McCarthy
House votes to pass debt ceiling bill in win for McCarthy
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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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Bloomberg, Joe.My.God., Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Political Wire
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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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Raw Story, UPI, Politico and New York Times
Associated Press:
Montana transgender lawmaker barred by GOP from House floor — Montana Republicans barred transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from the House floor on Wednesday, wielding “decorum” rules after she rebuked colleagues supporting a ban on gender-affirming care for children and protested their efforts to silence her.
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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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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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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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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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HotAir
Mitchell Epner / The Daily Beast:
Jury Has Likely Decided Trump's Fate in Rape Case Already — E. Jean Carroll took the stand on Wednesday—and jurors have likely already made up their minds about whether she is telling the truth. … On the first day of trial testimony Wednesday, E. Jean Carroll took the witness stand …
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Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
Judge rebukes Trump for ‘entirely inappropriate’ post before E Jean Carroll testimony
Judge rebukes Trump for ‘entirely inappropriate’ post before E Jean Carroll testimony
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The Bulwark, NBC News, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, New York Daily News, Alternet.org, Al Jazeera and Raw Story
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, Civil Discourse …, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, Politico, Bloomberg, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, HotAir, PoliticusUSA, Insider and ABC News
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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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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Florida Politics and The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
US to send nuclear ballistic submarines to Korean Peninsula — President Joe Biden and South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol unveiled a new plan Wednesday to counter North Korea's nuclear threat, with the U.S. leader issuing a blunt warning that such an attack would “result in the end of whatever regime” took such action.
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Tisya Mavuram / American Prospect:
The Real Tucker Carlson — A neofascist who opposes corporate globalism is still a neofascist—and a threat to democracy. … On Tuesday afternoon, the Prospect posted an article about Tucker Carlson on its home page. Focusing almost solely on Carlson's opposition to corporate globalism …
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Mediaite
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
‘DEI is dead’: At VMI, Youngkin's diversity chief slams diversity, equity, inclusion — At Virginia Military Institute, a college trying to attract more women and minorities, Martin D. Brown declares diversity is the ‘wrong mission’ — Virginia's chief diversity officer was blunt.
Ted Barrett / CNN:
GOP revolts against bill to study cannabis to help veterans with pain and PTSD — A group of Senate Republicans Wednesday unexpectedly rejected efforts to advance a bipartisan bill that would direct the Veterans Affairs Department to carry out studies and clinical trials on the use of cannabis to treat veterans' chronic pain and PTSD.
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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Mediaite, The Post Millennial, Power Line, Breitbart, RedState, Twitchy, Trending Politics Conservative, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Political Wire and USA Today
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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Wall Street Journal and The Wrap, more at Mediagazer »
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
April 2023 National Poll: Biden and Trump on Track for 2024 Rematch — Home Polls April 2023 National Poll: Biden and Trump on Track for 2024 Rematch — A Decade Later, Many Attitudes Surrounding Gun Policy Remain the Same — BOSTON - The latest Emerson College Polling national survey …
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Washington Examiner
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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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Airman Accused of Leak Has History of Racist and Violent Remarks, Filing Says — Prosecutors accused Jack Teixeira of trying to fecklessly cover up his actions and described a possible propensity toward violence. — WASHINGTON — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused …
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Joe.My.God. and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
The Tiny, Tight-Lipped Circle of Aides Guiding Biden 2024 — They rarely give on-the-record interviews. Only two are on Twitter. But they will be the main force behind the president's political strategy. — When President Biden announced his re-election campaign and its top two staff members …
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.
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 26, 2023 — April 26, 5pm ET — Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. — Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive …