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Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Jane Roberts, who is married to Chief Justice John Roberts, made $10.3 million in commissions from elite law firms, whistleblower documents show — Jane Roberts was paid more than $10 million by a host of elite law firms, a whistleblower alleges. — At least one of those firms argued …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump Could Definitely Beat Biden — Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 Republican primary is not certain. But it now looks more than merely likely. — The former president boasts more than twice as much support as Ron DeSantis, leading the Florida governor by a 51-to-24 percent margin …
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Politico:
DeSantis allies go to war with an unlikely foe: Nikki Haley — When the super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis turned its fire on Nikki Haley, it said volumes about the shifting dynamics of the 2024 campaign. — For months, the presidential primary looked like the Ron DeSantis-Donald Trump show.
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Raw Story, Tampa Bay Times, The Political Insider, LGBTQ Nation, Political Wire, Joe.My.God. and Reuters
Burgess Everett / Politico:
How McConnell is trying to front-run Trump ahead of 2024
How McConnell is trying to front-run Trump ahead of 2024
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner and New York Times
Justine McDaniel / Washington Post:
DeSantis can run for president and stay governor, Fla. lawmakers decide
DeSantis can run for president and stay governor, Fla. lawmakers decide
NBC News:
'I think he's in trouble': Growing number of Ron DeSantis donors and allies hope for a shake-up
'I think he's in trouble': Growing number of Ron DeSantis donors and allies hope for a shake-up
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Bloomberg, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Florida Politics and UPI
Aila Slisco / Newsweek:
Kevin McCarthy Urges Ron DeSantis to End Disney Feud
Kevin McCarthy Urges Ron DeSantis to End Disney Feud
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USA Today, RedState, HuffPost, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, The Hill, Florida Politics, Just The News, BizPac Review and Breitbart
Aaron McDade / Insider:
Fox News has lost half its 8 p.m. audience in just days since Tucker Carlson's firing
Fox News has lost half its 8 p.m. audience in just days since Tucker Carlson's firing
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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Samuel Alito: ‘This Made Us Targets of Assassination’ — The author of the Dobbs abortion ruling answers attacks on the court's ‘legitimacy.’ He says he thinks he knows who leaked the draft and is certain about the motive. — Washington — Justice Samuel Alito was supposed …
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Revealed: Senate investigation into Brett Kavanaugh assault claims contained serious omissions — The 2018 investigation into the then supreme court nominee claimed there was ‘no evidence’ behind claims of sexual assault — A 2018 Senate investigation that found there was “no evidence” …
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
North Carolina's Supreme Court Reverses Vote in Gerrymandering Case — When it had a Democratic majority last year, the North Carolina Supreme Court voided the state's legislative and congressional maps as illegal gerrymanders. Now the court has a Republican majority, and says the opposite.
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
North Carolina Supreme Court clears way for partisan gerrymandering — This sets up a process that allows national Republicans to expand their majority in the House. — The North Carolina Supreme Court has overturned its own past ruling that said partisan gerrymandering is illegal …
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Dennis Aftergut / Verdict:
Trump's Nonsensical Letter to Congress Attacking the DOJ's Mar-a-Lago Case Shows He Has No Defense — On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump's lawyers sent a desperate, 10-page letter to Rep. Mike Turner, chair of the House Intelligence Committee. The punch line comes in its conclusion …
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Raw Story, The Hill, Just The News, Washington Post, The Post Millennial and Washington Examiner
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NBC News:
Donald Trump embraces Jan. 6 defendant who wants Mike Pence executed
Donald Trump embraces Jan. 6 defendant who wants Mike Pence executed
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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Pence on the Stand — Plus: A new Bulwark/Lawfare collaboration. — Well, that was fast.
Pence on the Stand — Plus: A new Bulwark/Lawfare collaboration. — Well, that was fast.
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The Status Kuo, BizPac Review, Raw Story, Daily Kos and Twin Cities
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Outcome of Proud Boys Trial Could Decide Trump's Fate
Outcome of Proud Boys Trial Could Decide Trump's Fate
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Civil Discourse … and Lawfare
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Jan. 6 convict embraces Trump at campaign event, calls for Pence's execution
Jan. 6 convict embraces Trump at campaign event, calls for Pence's execution
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Ellie Hall / BuzzFeed News:
TikToker Kat Abu Is So Happy Tucker Carlson Got Fired — The 24-year-old senior video producer watches “conservatives for work but makes fun of them for pleasure.” — Katherine Abughazaleh, better known to her fans as Kat Abu, was glowing. — It was Monday afternoon …
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Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
Tucker Carlson Isn't Going Anywhere
Tucker Carlson Isn't Going Anywhere
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Tucker Carlson Is Off Fox News, but Remains on Fox Nation
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Biden's age trap: Risks of running at 80 — Polls show that most voters of most ages wonder the same thing: Can President Biden really win the White House again at nearly 82 — and run it competently into age 86? … But there are so many unknowns to rolling into your mid-80s with more power than anyone on Earth.
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Washington Post:
Florida's book-ban frenzy targets Nora Roberts, and she's not happy — Tiffany Justice, co-founder of the right-wing book-purging organization Moms for Liberty, offered a righteous-sounding answer when asked this past weekend on “CBS Sunday Morning” what sort of book she wants to see remain in schools.
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Digby's Hullabaloo, The Hill and Washington Press
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Montana state lawmaker's remarks about trans daughter draws backlash — State Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe said in a floor debate in March that her daughter “was suicidal for three years” and when asked if she'd do anything to save her, her answer was “no.” — A recent comment by a Montana state lawmaker …
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Victor Swezey / The Daily Beast:
Montana Lawmaker Suggests She'd Rather Her Daughter Die by Suicide Than Transition
Montana Lawmaker Suggests She'd Rather Her Daughter Die by Suicide Than Transition
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NBC News
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
House Republicans walk the plank — Jen Kiggans had the haunted look of a woman about to walk the plank. — The first-term Republican from Virginia barely took her eyes off her text Wednesday as she read it aloud on the House floor. She tripped over words and used her fingers to keep her place on the page.
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Florida Politics, Blue Virginia and Stars & Stripes
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Nate Jones / Washington Post:
Newly released White House photos capture the day bin Laden was killed — A cache of newly released government photographs reveals key moments inside the White House during the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, including images of top officials shaking hands after learning that bin Laden …
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Political Wire
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana latest to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors — Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday to ban gender-affirming medical care for young transgender people — the battle over which ended with the removal of a transgender lawmaker from the House floor.
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LGBTQ Nation, The Post Millennial and CBS News
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Nicole Girten / Daily Montanan:
Zephyr working from bench outside House floor; while her committee meetings cancelled
Zephyr working from bench outside House floor; while her committee meetings cancelled
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New York Times, Montana Free Press and The Federalist
Mike Baker / New York Times:
Homeless in the City Where He Was Once Mayor — Craig Coyner's descent onto the streets of Bend, Ore., came after decades spent fighting as a lawyer and politician for those on the edge of society. — BEND, Ore. — As he navigated one day last fall through a crowded grid of beds …
Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Colorado governor signs gun control bills after massacre — Colorado's governor signed four gun control bills Friday, edging the once-purple state closer to liberal-leaning governments in California and New York just months after a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs …
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Chinese hackers outnumber FBI cyber staff 50 to 1, bureau director says — U.S. cyber intelligence staff is vastly outnumbered by Chinese hackers, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray told Congress as he pleaded for more money for the agency.
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CNN:
When a conservative podcaster came to campus, students did not want to listen — At sunset on a beautiful spring evening on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh last week, conservative podcaster Michael Knowles was burned in effigy. Police lights flashed on several street corners, and a firetruck waited nearby.
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Newsbusters and The American Conservative
New York Times:
U.S. Begins Overland Evacuation of American Civilians From Sudan — A bus convoy carrying about 300 U.S. citizens followed a long route previously used by other nations and the U.N. It was the first organized American evacuation effort. — NAIROBI, Kenya — A convoy of buses carrying …
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Al-Monitor, The Sun, BBC and Washington Post
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Frost calls out GOP silence on Greene's ‘not a mother’ attack — Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) is calling out Republicans for their silence on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) attack on American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, in which she said the union leader is …
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National Review, USA Today, Alternet.org and Twitchy
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Why Millions Could Lose Their Medicaid Coverage In The Coming Months — A return to pre-COVID-19 policies and budgets will make qualifying for the program more difficult and bureaucratic for low-income people. … Today's newsletter is about the possibility that millions of Americans …
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The Atlantic, Raw Story, Washington Post, The Hill and Washington Examiner
Andrew Perez / The Lever:
How Biden's New Communications Director Made His Millions — Former Obama spokesperson Ben LaBolt earned millions working for Facebook, Instacart, and Union Pacific before joining the Biden White House. — In February, President Joe Biden tapped well-connected political advisor Ben LaBolt to be his new communications director.
Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
And in This Corner, Hailing From Dagestan, Presenting Hasbulla — A charismatic viral video star who stands just over three feet tall has become the most beloved man in the U.F.C. universe — even though he doesn't actually fight. — At an N.B.A. game between the Los Angeles Lakers …
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
‘The Most Dangerous Person in the World Is Randi Weingarten’ — School closures and culture wars turned classrooms into battlegrounds — and made the head of one of the country's largest teachers' unions a lightning rod for criticism. — When the former secretary of state and C.I.A. director Mike Pompeo …
Aric Toler / bellingcat:
Anatomy of Three Leaked US Intelligence Documents — Among the documents leaked on the social messaging platform Discord in February 2023 were three purported damage assessments from recent strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian targets behind the front lines.
Katie Couric Media:
Moms Aren't Waiting — We're Taking Action on Assault Weapons In States Across the Country — Here's why (and how) we're demanding a safer future for our families. — We've seen extremist lawmakers worship assault weapons with an almost religious fervor recently, posing with them in Christmas cards …