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9:10 AM ET, March 11, 2024

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Washington Post:
Trump's freewheeling speeches offer a dark vision of a second term  —  A close examination of one appearance in Rock Hill, S.C., offers an anatomy of a signature rally by the former president  —  A Donald Trump rally is a freewheeling extravaganza.  A festival of grievance and retribution.
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Washington Post:
Forget the presidential race.  Statehouses are where it's at.  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  Today is the first full day of Ramadan.  Ramadan Mubarak to all those who observe.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Was this forwarded to you?  Sign up here.  Thanks for waking up with us.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democratic Senate group reserves $239 million in ads to defend seats in seven states  —  The reservations include more than $100 million to defend Ohio's Sherrod Brown and Pennsylvania's Bob Casey in a tough cycle for the majority party  —  Senate Majority PAC, an independent group associated …
Discussion: Political Wire
Maria Bustillos / Flaming Hydra:
There should be newspapers that we work at where we do this  —  Katie Britt, the Republican junior United States senator from Alabama, became a national punchline Thursday night by delivering a deeply bizarre and disastrous State of the Union rebuttal.  Social media was already going nuts …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Confronts Katie Britt on Falsely Connecting Biden to Sex-Trafficking Story
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
The GOP can't leave MAGA — “Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party”  —  An ex-MAGA activist warns “no civic savior is coming” as Donald Trump's cognitive decline becomes undeniable  —  Power not used is power wasted.  Fascism is corrupt power.
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John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Trump Finds Another Line to Cross  —  Former President Donald Trump, perhaps threatened by President Joe Biden's well-received State of the Union address, mocked his opponent's lifelong stutter at a rally in Georgia yesterday.  “Wasn't it—didn't it bring us together?”  Trump asked sarcastically.
Discussion: Washington Post, DNyuz and Raw Story
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
NYT columnist calls Biden SOTU speech a ‘comeback’ after saying he should not run
New York Times:
Election Updates: Trump mocks and attacks Biden as the two ended their frenzied week in Georgia, kicking off the general election campaign.
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Byron Donalds finds it ‘disgusting’ that Biden scolded Supreme Court during SOTU
Discussion: PJ Media and Axios
Politico:
Netanyahu vows to defy Biden's ‘red line’ on Rafah  —  Paul Ronzheimer is the deputy editor-in-chief of BILD and a senior journalist reporting for Axel Springer, the parent company of POLITICO.  —  TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to press ahead …
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Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Business Insider:
The Trump campaign paid an expert $750,000 to find fraud in the 2020 election, only for him to dismiss their complaints in minutes  — A new book sheds light on the lengths Trump's campaign went to find fraud in the 2020 election.  — Ken Block, a software engineer, revealed he was paid about $750,000 to help conduct the search.
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump campaign insider recounts failed hunt for 2020 fraud in new book
Discussion: Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's $91.6 million question  —  New York juries have found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-90s and then repeatedly defamed her, falsely accusing Carroll of lying about the incident.
Associated Press:
Trump supporters hoping to oust Wisconsin leader say they have enough signatures to force recall  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Backers of an effort to oust Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office over his opposition to former President Donald Trump announced Sunday …
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Kimmel knocks Britt for SOTU rebuttal at Oscars: She's an ‘adult woman with the brain of a child’  —  Jimmy Kimmel is taking a knock at Sen. Katie Britt at the Academy Awards for the Alabama Republican's much-mocked State of the Union rebuttal.  —  The late-night TV host took to the stage …
Emily Stewart / Business Insider:
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell could wind up deciding the presidential election  —  How the Fed chair plays the next six months could swing the election to Biden — or Trump  —  IT INDICATES AN EXPANDABLE SECTION OR MENU, OR SOMETIMES PREVIOUS / NEXT NAVIGATION OPTIONS.  HOMEPAGE
Discussion: DNyuz
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
The Body Shop is closing down all US operations after filing for bankruptcy  —  The Body Shop announced this month that it has closed all its stores in the United States as it filed for bankruptcy.  —  The Body Shop Canada Limited, the Canadian subsidiary of the UK-based cosmetics company …
Discussion: Mercury News
New York Times:
Elon Musk Has a Giant Charity.  Its Money Stays Close to Home.  —  After making billions in tax-deductible donations to his philanthropy, the owner of Tesla and SpaceX gave away far less than required in some years — and what he did give often supported his own interests.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden budget proposal would raise taxes on large corporations, lower deficit over 10 years  —  President Biden on Monday will unveil his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, calling for tax increases for large corporations and for billionaires to pay a minimum 25 percent tax rate.
Lauren Helkowski / WSLS-TV:
Five dead after private jet crashes at Ingalls Field Airport in Hot Springs  —  One of the passengers was a child, VSP says  —  Lauren Helkowski, Digital Content Producer  —  BATH COUNTY, Va. - Five people are dead after a small, private jet crashed at Ingalls Field Airport, according to Virginia State Police.
Axios:
Democrats attack Senate GOP's wealthy “carpetbagger” candidates … - It's not unusual to see candidates move to the state they want to run in, but “carpetbagger” attacks can be potent. … - Democrats also hope to use the wealth of Republican candidates to convey the message that the GOP …
 
 
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Chiara Albanese / Bloomberg:
Meloni's Party Avoids Second Straight Defeat in Regional Ballot
Discussion: Reuters
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Billie Eilish, Ramy Youssef show support for Gaza cease-fire at Oscars
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Colin Allred says Texas Republican Party is seeing an ‘internal civil war’
Steve Janoski / New York Post:
Republican politico accused of ‘sexual torture’ and murder of pal in Alabama
Discussion: DNyuz and Law & Crime
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pa.'s TikTok billionaire, Donald Trump, and the Selling of the President 2024
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Lankford calls to ‘lock the clock’ over daylight saving time
Discussion: DNyuz
 Earlier Items: 
The Hill:
Battle for the House: 9 races that will determine the majority
Reuters:
Macron backs ‘end of life’ bill, aims for parliament debate in May
Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Heather Hamilton / Washington Examiner:
Lara Trump promises legal ballot harvesting to be part of new RNC strategy
Discussion: IJR, Washington Times, The Hill and UPI
The Hill:
GOP's Mark Robinson under growing scrutiny in North Carolina
Reuters:
Ukraine minister, responding to Pope Francis, says Kyiv will never raise white flag
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Forget ‘polarization.’ It's the GOP's radicalization.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Nancy Mace explodes at ABC host for rape ‘shaming’ her for supporting rapist Donald Trump
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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