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4:50 PM ET, September 18, 2023

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Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
California Dems consider unique approach to getting Trump off ballot  —  California lawmakers urge AG Bonta to expedite court action against former president.  —  Democrats in the California Legislature are trying a novel approach to remove former President Donald Trump from the state's March 5 primary ballot.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Throws Anti-Abortion Activists Under the Bus … Donald Trump has been signaling for months that he considers the Republican Party's anti-abortion stance to be his party's greatest liability.  On Sunday, he explicitly severed himself from his party's position on the issue.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The unchanging malleability of Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump's success in the 2016 Republican nominating contest was, at its essence, uncomplicated.  —  Running against a cadre of sitting and former elected officials, Trump said things they wouldn't — mostly the things …
Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Rep. Jennifer Wexton will not seek reelection as diagnosis changes  —  Wexton was diagnosed this summer with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological condition for which there is no cure  —  Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) promised this spring to persevere as she revealed …
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CNN:
Jennifer Wexton will not seek reelection, citing health concerns
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Mariana Labbate / The Messenger:
Democratic Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton Won't Seek Reelection
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
Washington Post:
Former DOJ attorney acted under Trump's direction, his lawyer says  —  Jeffrey Clark did not appear at the hearing, where he is seeking to move his Fulton County eIection interference case on the grounds that he was acting in his federal capacity.  —  ATLANTA — As a Justice Department lawyer …
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New York Times:
Mark Meadows's Testimony in Georgia Case May Have Done Him No Favors
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Matt Dixon / NBC News:
'He's 100% in': Matt Gaetz widely expected to run for Florida governor  —  The Florida congressman, however, told NBC News that his only political goal at the moment is getting Donald Trump elected president in 2024.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— The idea that Rep. Matt Gaetz will run …
Punchbowl News:
9/18/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  This is an enormous week for Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans.  —  The federal government will shut down in 13 days unless Congress greenlights more funding.  And House Republicans are pushing a partisan stopgap spending bill …
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
How not to interview Trump  —  This free edition of Public Notice is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our work.  We're currently offering free trials for all new signups.  Just click the button below.  —  Subscribe now
Madison Hall / Insider:
Lauren Boebert won her last election by fewer than 600 votes.  Her vaping incident at Beetlejuice could doom her reelection bid and cost Republicans control of the House  — In 2022, Rep. Lauren Boebert won her bid for reelection by less than 600 votes.  — In mid-September …
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Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
Her students reported her for a lesson on race.  Can she trust them again?  —  Mary Wood's school reprimanded her for teaching a book by Ta-Nehisi Coates.  Now she hopes her bond with students can survive South Carolina's politics.  —  CHAPIN, S.C. — As gold sunlight filtered into her kitchen …
Discussion: Raw Story
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden sues IRS over disclosures  —  The lawsuit over the agency's interviews with Congress and the press comes as a special counsel weighs charging him with tax crimes.  —  President Biden's son Hunter filed a lawsuit Monday against the Internal Revenue Service …
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Yoel Roth / New York Times:
I Was Attacked by Trump and Musk.  It Was a Strategy to Change What You See Online.  —  When I worked at Twitter, I led the team that placed a fact-checking label on one of Donald Trump's tweets for the first time.  Following the violence of Jan. 6, I helped make the call to ban his account from Twitter altogether.
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
We Have Two Medias in This Country, and They're Going to Elect Donald Trump  —  It's often asked in my circles: Why isn't Joe Biden getting more credit for his accomplishments?  As with anything, there's no single reason.  Inflation is a factor.  His age is as well.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Ken Griffin, former DeSantis donor, on sidelines for GOP presidential primary  — Billionaire and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says he is sitting on the sidelines for the 2024 Republican presidential primary.  — Griffin explained that so far he's not impressed with what he's seeing …
CNN:
Five Americans released from Iranian detention are en route to the US  —  Doha and Washington CNN —  Five Americans freed from Iranian detention on Monday are on their way back to the United States after initially stopping in Doha, Qatar, according to a US official and a source familiar with the matter.
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Associated Press:
Five Americans detained in Iran walk free, released in deal for frozen Iranian assets
Andrew Mills / Reuters:
U.S.-Iran detainee swap deal to go ahead on Monday, says Tehran
Caroline Fredrickson / The Atlantic:
What I Most Regret About My Decades of Legal Activism  —  By focusing on civil liberties but ignoring economic issues, liberals like me got defeated on both.  —  Like many women activists of my generation, I came of age politically by joining in the fight over reproductive rights.
 
 
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