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10:30 AM ET, April 29, 2023

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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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Nicholas Reimann / Forbes:   Chief Justice John Roberts' Wife Made Over $10 Million As Legal Consultant, Report Says
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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Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Justice Alito says he has a ‘pretty good idea’ who leaked the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade but doesn't have the proof to name them publicly
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
As Biden Runs Again, Black Voters' Frustration Bubbles  —  In interviews, Black voters, organizers and elected officials pointed to what some saw as unkept promises — raising questions about the enthusiasm of Democrats' most loyal voters.  —  President Biden began his re-election campaign …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Joey Garrison / USA Today:
VP Kamala Harris becomes Republicans' go-to target after Biden launches 2024 reelection bid  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans have sharpened their attacks against Kamala Harris since Joe Biden announced his reelection bid Tuesday in a push to make the 2024 election as much about the vice president as the president.
New York Times:
Montana Governor Signs Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors  —  Gov. Greg Gianforte had been urged by his son, who is nonbinary, to reject the bill.  A transgender lawmaker was barred from the House floor after the debate.  —  HELENA, Mont. — The Republican governor of Montana …
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Kit O'Connell / The Texas Observer:
Ag Commissioner Sid Miller Doubles Down on Transphobic Dress Code
Discussion: DCReport.org and LGBTQ Nation
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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Justine McDaniel / Washington Post:
DeSantis can run for president and stay governor, Fla. lawmakers decide
ABC News:
5 dead in Texas shooting, suspect armed with AR-15 is on the loose  —  The shooting took place in Cleveland, Texas — about 55 miles north of Houston.  —  Five people are dead after being shot in a home by a suspect armed with AR-15 style rifle, police say.
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Effectively Voted to Raise Taxes.  They're Fine With That.  —  House GOP backed repealing clean-energy tax credits without offsetting tax cuts  —  WASHINGTON—Republicans finally found a tax increase they can support.  —  The party, united for decades around the view …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Federal judge blocks Illinois assault weapons ban  —  A federal judge has temporarily blocked an assault weapons ban in Illinois, ruling that multiple plaintiffs who sued alleging that the law violates their Second Amendment rights have a “reasonable likelihood” to succeed in their argument.
Victor Swezey / The Daily Beast:
Montana Lawmaker Suggests She'd Rather Her Daughter Die by Suicide Than Transition  —  “Someone once asked me, 'Wouldn't I just do anything to help save her?'  And I really had to think and the answer was, ‘No,’” Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe said.  —  Intern  —  A Montana state representative …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Montana state lawmaker's remarks about trans daughter draws backlash
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Kyrsten Sinema Theory of American Politics  —  Kyrsten Sinema knows what everybody says about her.  She pretends not to read the press coverage—"I don't really care"—but she knows.  She knows what her colleagues call her behind her back ("egomaniac," “traitor").
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The North Carolina Supreme Court Signs Off on a Political Gerrymander  —  We've talked about the North Carolina gerrymandering case, also called the independent state legislature theory case, that the Supreme Court is considering this term and how the Court's continued jurisdiction was compromised …
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
North Carolina Gerrymander Ruling Reflects Politicization of Judiciary Nationally
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
He blew the whistle on Trump's Truth Social.  Now he works at Starbucks.  —  The former high-ranking executive of Trump's media company says he's shared 150,000 internal documents with federal investigators.  Many of his new strip-mall coworkers have no idea who he is.
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Eliana Johnson / Washington Free Beacon:
Yale Law School Accepted a Donation for Clarence Thomas's Portrait.  Five Years Later, the Painting Is Nowhere To Be Seen.  —  In the spring of 2018, Yale Law School dean Heather Gerken happily acknowledged the receipt of a donation from the Texas billionaire Harlan Crow to fund the commission …
Discussion: Power Line
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
George Santos, Instead of Shrinking From the Spotlight, Steps Into It  —  Mr. Santos seems to be testing whether his notoriety will translate into a form of celebrity, if not eventual acceptance.  —  WASHINGTON — As he strode into a bar packed with margarita-sipping young Republicans here the other night …
New York Times:
Prosecutors in Jan. 6 Case Step up Inquiry Into Trump Fund-Raising  —  The Justice Department has been gathering evidence about whether the former president and his allies solicited donations with claims of election fraud they knew to be false.  —  As they investigate former President Donald …
Brenda Goodman / CNN:
Doctors watching for more cases after mysterious cluster of brain infections strikes kids in southern Nevada  —  Disease detectives with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a cluster of rare and serious brain abscesses in kids in and around Las Vegas, Nevada …
Patrick Whittle / ABC News:
What to know about tick, Lyme season following a mild winter  —  After a mild winter in the U.S., scientists are watching to see if there will be an uptick in ticks this year  —  PORTLAND, Maine — After a mild winter in the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this year?
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Over half of registered voters say political attacks on trans kids, families are a ‘major problem’: poll  —  More than half of registered voters believe political attacks on transgender children and families are a “major problem,” according to a Fox News poll.
Elliott Wenzler / The Colorado Sun:
Colorado governor signs four gun bills into law in a historic change to the state's firearm regulations  —  Gov. Jared Polis signed four gun measures into law Friday in what's likely the most consequential tightening of gun regulations in Colorado history.  —  The bills expand …
Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
Fox News Gambled, but Tucker Can Still Take Down the House  —  For the quarter-century-plus that the Fox News Channel has been coming into America's living rooms, it has operated according to a cardinal tenet: No one at the cable network is bigger than Fox News itself.
Discussion: The Hill and Mercury News
 
 
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