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2:45 PM ET, March 13, 2024

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Associated Press:
Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case  —  The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and others, but the rest of the sweeping racketeering indictment remains intact.
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Cheney fuels speculation about her next move  —  Speculation is growing about the role former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will play in the 2024 election as President Biden and former President Trump barrel toward a rematch.  —  Cheney has vowed that she'll do whatever it takes to keep Trump from returning to the White House.
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Putin Recalls Trump Acting Like Jealous GF in Private  —  According to him, Trump made no attempt to hide his own insecurities about Joe Biden.  —  Russia's Vladimir Putin has revealed an apparently previously unreported conversation with Donald Trump in which he claims the then-American president …
NBC News:
Judge in Georgia election interference case dismisses three counts against Trump  —  Judge Scott McAfee found some of the counts against the former president and some of his co-defendants were lacking details.  —  ATLANTA — The judge presiding over the election interference case in Georgia …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Trailing Trump in Polls, Biden Can Be More Bullish in One Battleground  —  The president faces lagging energy in many key states.  But in Wisconsin, which he will visit on Wednesday, rolling clashes over abortion rights and democracy have kept Democratic voters fired up.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
No Labels to appoint a panel Thursday to pick presidential candidate
Discussion: Fox News and Political Wire
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Repeats Obama's Mistake
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's RNC makeover signals his plans for 2025
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Washington Post:
Biden and Trump secure their parties' presidential nominations
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
‘Make the RNC White Again’: GOP Ends Minority Outreach Program  —  With Trump allies taking over the RNC and cleaning house, one of the casualties was a minority outreach program that seemed to be working for Republicans. … After years of accusations of financial mismanagement …
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Max Burns / The Hill:
Trump's GOP is already dying  —  For Donald Trump, last week must have seemed like a final, crowning victory over his lingering Republican critics.  On Friday the Republican National Committee made official what Trump had already decreed weeks ago, electing Trump's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, as party co-chair.
ABC News:
Criminal referrals emerge as possible ‘exit strategy’ of struggling Biden impeachment inquiry, sources say
Discussion: New Republic
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   RNC slashes budget for minority outreach after MAGA takeover
Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
House passes TikTok crackdown that could ban app in U.S.  —  The swift rebuke shifts attention to the Senate, where the bill faces significant political barriers and constitutional concerns  —  The House overwhelmingly passed a measure Wednesday to force TikTok to split from its parent company …
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Bloomberg:
TikTok Will Use Every Legal Tool to Fight a Forced Sale
Katherine Gypson / Voice of America:
US House Passes Bill Forcing Chinese Company to Give Up TikTok
Washington Post:
House approves TikTok bill that could lead to a ban of the app
Punchbowl News:
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Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and IJR
Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
Hunter Biden rebuffs Republicans' invitation to appear for a public hearing  —  Hunter Biden on Wednesday rejected an invitation from House Republicans to appear for a public hearing next week alongside former business associates, an inquiry his attorney dismissed as a “carnival side show.”
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:   Hunter Biden declines House committee invitation to testify publicly
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Man pleads guilty to scheme to create giant sheep hybrids for captive hunting  —  A Montana man pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony charges connected to an effort to create a giant sheep hybrids for captive hunting, the Justice Department announced.  —  Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 80 …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Say gay, Florida  —  This week, the State of Florida agreed to settle a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Parental Rights in Education Act, better known as the “Don't Say Gay” law.  The bill's text prohibited “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties …
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Melissa Gira Grant / New Republic:
Ron DeSantis's Anti-LGBTQ Regime Is Crumbling
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Brett Kavanaugh knows truth of alleged sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford says in book  —  In memoir, professor whose accusation rocked 2018 supreme court hearings says rightwing justice not ‘consummately honest person’  —  The US supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh is not a …
Discussion: Forbes and Raw Story
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
A small city in Oklahoma elected a white nationalist.  Will it be able to vote him out?  —  Judd Blevins, a city commissioner in Enid, Oklahoma, marched in the 2017 white nationalist Unite the Right rally.  Now he faces a recall vote.  —  ENID, Okla. — The photo of Judd Blevins was unmistakable.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:   He Didn't Deny Being A White Supremacist. Then He Was Elected To City Council.
Washington Post:
On popular online platforms, predatory groups coerce children into self-harm  —  Vulnerable teens are blackmailed into degrading and violent acts by abusers who then boast about it  —  Editor's note: This story describes extremely disturbing events that may be upsetting for some people.
Discussion: Wired, more at Techmeme »
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%  —  More than one in five Gen Z adults identify as LGBTQ+  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to grow, with 7.6% of U.S. adults now identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or some other sexual orientation besides heterosexual.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
$500K Sand Dune Designed to Protect Coastal Homes Washes Away in Just 3 Days  —  CRUMBLED  —  In a drastic attempt to protect their beachfront homes, residents in Salisbury, Massachusetts, invested $500,000 in a sand dune to defend against encroaching tides.
Discussion: DNyuz
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Family Dollar and Dollar Tree will close 1,000 stores  —  New York CNN —  Family Dollar, the struggling discount chain that caters to low-income customers predominantly in cities, said Wednesday it will close nearly 1,000 stores.  —  Years of mismanagement and poor conditions in stores have hurt Family Dollar's brand.
 
 
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Apple Inc.:
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