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6:20 PM ET, March 15, 2024

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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Mike Pence Says He Won't Endorse Donald Trump For President  —  This should come as “no surprise,” Trump's former vice president said.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence confirmed Friday that he will not be endorsing Donald Trump for president.  —  “It should come as no surprise …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
I Listened to Trump's Rambling, Unhinged, Vituperative Georgia Rally—and So Should You  —  The ex-President is building a whole new edifice of lies for 2024.  —  I'm sure you had better things to do on Saturday evening than watch Donald Trump rant for nearly two hours to an audience of cheering fans in Rome, Georgia.
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Pence says he ‘cannot in good conscience’ endorse Trump  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday said he “cannot in good conscience” endorse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, arguing that Trump is pursuing an agenda that is “at odds with the conservative agenda.”
Washington Post:
Pence says he will not endorse Trump in 2024  —  The former vice president who served under Trump but has been critical of the former president after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in which Pence was targeted, said Trump's agenda doesn't align with conservatives.
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:   Joe Biden's obsessive search for the right words
New York Times:
Live Updates: Judge Says Fani Willis Can Stay on Trump Case If Ex-Boyfriend Withdraws  —  The Atlanta district attorney's romantic relationship with the lead prosecutor she hired to oversee the case created an “appearance of impropriety,” the judge said, ruling that the prosecution can't proceed unless he leaves or she steps aside.
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Washington Post:
Fani Willis can stay on Trump Georgia case, but only if Wade steps aside, judge says
NBC News:
Fulton County DA Fani Willis case against Trump can continue if she or special prosecutor Wade remove themselves, judge rules
Associated Press:
Fulton County DA Fani Willis must step aside or remove special prosecutor in Trump case, judge says
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Judge rules Fulton DA Willis can stay — if Wade steps aside
CNN:
Fulton County judge says district attorney Fani Willis can continue to prosecute the 2020 election interference case
Samantha Chery / Washington Post:
Ginsburg family blasts plan to give RBG Award to Musk, Murdoch, others  —  The family of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and some of the Supreme Court justice's former colleagues have denounced this year's slate of honorees for an award that a philanthropic foundation bestows in the name of the liberal icon.
Discussion: Axios
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Mother Jones:
Justice Ginsburg's Family Decries Bestowing RBG Award on Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch
Samantha Chery / Washington Post:
And the RBG Award goes to ... Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch?
Discussion: WSET-TV and The National Pulse
Manu Raju / CNN:
Schumer discusses ‘long-shot scenario’ with Manchin: Last-ditch Senate run in West Virginia  —  Hear more from Sen. Joe Manchin and the fight for control of the US Senate on “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju” at 8 a.m. ET and 11 a.m. ET.  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer recently discussed …
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Biden's team to Speaker Johnson: Your impeachment inquiry is over
Justin Horowitz / Media Matters for America:
Lara Trump says she wants to hire QAnon conspiracy theorist Scott Presler to work for the RNC  —  Lara Trump, who was recently elected as co-chair to the Republican National Committee, said on March 14 that she is interested in hiring right-wing influencer, QAnon conspiracy theorist, and …
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Washington Post:
GOP backtracks on closing community centers and sidetracking early-vote program
Discussion: Raw Story
Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
As Trump continues to remake RNC in his image, new memo outlines what that looks like
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump hush money trial postponed until mid-April, judge rules  —  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had said he would support the trial being delayed 30 days, while Trump's legal team requested that it be postponed for 90 days.  —  The trial in the New York hush money case …
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Washington Post:
Trump hush money trial: 15,000 more pages of potential evidence coming
Casey Newton / Platformer:
How CrowdTangle predicted the future  —  Eight years after buying the data analysis tool CrowdTangle, and four years after it began exasperating the executives responsible for it, Meta said Thursday that it would shut down the tool on August 14.  —  CrowdTangle, a data analysis tool …
Discussion: Ars Technica and Nieman Lab
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets Landmark Reduced Sentencing Law  —  The justices sided with the government in a case focused on who is eligible for shorter prison sentences under the bipartisan First Step Act passed in 2018.  —  The Supreme Court sided with the government on Friday …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court denies ‘thousands’ of inmates a chance at shorter sentences
Discussion: Associated Press
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Mike Johnson Suddenly Seems Ready to Stick a Shiv in MAGA  —  Poor Mike Johnson is in quite a bind.  The House speaker simply doesn't have a governing majority: It is borderline impossible to pass anything with only Republican votes, because the hard-right MAGA bloc wants to thwart governing at all costs.
Debra Kamin / New York Times:
Powerful Realtor Group Agrees to Slash Commissions to Settle Lawsuits  —  The National Association of Realtors will pay $418 million in damages and will amend several rules that housing experts say will drive down housing costs.  —  American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost …
Reuters:
‘Squid Game’ actor O Yeong-su convicted of sexual harassment and given a suspended sentence  —  As he was leaving the court, O told reporters he planned to appeal against the decision.  —  SEOUL — South Korean actor O Yeong-su, who starred in the first season of the hit Netflix series …
New York Times:
Kushner Developing Deals Overseas Even as His Father-in-Law Runs for President  —  Donald Trump's son-in-law, who was also a senior White House official, said he was close to finalizing real estate projects in Albania and Serbia.  —  Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald J. Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Associated Press:
Brazil's military leaders told police Bolsonaro was involved in plan to reverse 2022 election result  —  Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned …
 
 
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France, Germany, and Poland pledge more weapons for Ukraine in show of unity
Pew Research Center:
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Mainstream G.O.P. Group to Target Bob Good As It Shifts Mission and Members
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Douglas Soule / USA Today:
Moms for Liberty to advise librarians on book removals in Florida
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel and RedState
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
It's not just our democracy at stake, it's our freedom
Discussion: mapresearch.org
emptywheel:
Eight Possible Explanations — Many Bad, Some Good — for SDNY's Delay in Turning Over Cohen Files
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CBS News:
Red flags raised about FBI's Biden informant as far back as 2016
Discussion: Raw Story and Truthout
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Republicans don't actually want you to remember 4 years ago
Discussion: RedState, Mediaite and Vanity Fair