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11:45 AM ET, March 20, 2024

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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Shadowing Trump's attacks on mental fitness — his own father's dementia  —  Trump avoids mention of his father's Alzheimer's disease as he lashes Biden for being ‘cognitively impaired’  —  Donald Trump invited his extended family to Mar-a-Lago in the mid-1990s.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Is Trump Cracking Under the Pressure of the Election?  —  Trump has repeatedly stumbled during the first couple of weeks of the general election  —  Donald Trump made it through the Republican primary largely unscathed.  He never had to get on a debate stage or adopt a position to outflank a rival.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Donald Trump Isn't Running A Presidential Campaign  —  It's a campaign for immunity from the law, and Democrats aren't doing nearly enough to counter it.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Every now and again it's fun to hold the unfiltered public comments of normal politicians up against the Donald Trump's ravings on social media.
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Axios:
Trump's “crazies” are back in his mix … - They're returning as Trump more aggressively touts Jan. 6 rioters as “patriots,” ramps up his racist, incendiary rhetoric — and embraces some of his most provocative loyalists. … - Trump's team is in talks to hire 2016 campaign advisers Paul Manafort …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney still plans to make a difference in the election  —  Liz Cheney doesn't mince words about Donald Trump.  She calls the former president a “liar,” a “con man” and a potential “tyrant” who, if elected again, would “torch the Constitution” and its guarantees of free speech and rule of law.
Jennifer Gould / New York Post:
Donald Trump may not pay bond — and instead let Letitia James seize Trump Tower: insiders  —  As Donald Trump faces a Monday deadline to post a $454 million bond in the civil fraud case against him in New York, insiders said he may be weighing a little-discussed option: Do nothing.
Zac Anderson / USA Today:
Trump saluted the J6 Prison Choir. It likely included defendants who attacked cops
Discussion: Just Security, The Root and Semafor
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump has indefinitely delayed his Jan. 6 criminal trial. Hundreds of his supporters haven't been so lucky.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Politico:
Playbook: Sherrod Brown's dilemma  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ABOUT LAST NIGHT — The biggest story from yesterday's elections was in Ohio, where former car dealer BERNIE MORENO …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
3 takeaways from primaries in Illinois, Ohio and elsewhere  —  With the general-election matchup between President Biden and former president Donald Trump solidified as of last week, Tuesday began the process of filling out the ballot in some key House and Senate races.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
This state senator eviscerated Trump's voter fraud claims. Now, he's back on the Trump train.
Discussion: The Bulwark and BizPac Review
Associated Press:
Biden to tout government investing $8.5B in Intel's computer chip plants in four states
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump-backed Bernie Moreno wins Ohio GOP Senate primary
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Divided Supreme Court lifts stay on a Texas law giving police broad powers to arrest migrants  —  A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally while a legal battle over the measure plays out.
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Sanders sending Arkansas National Guard troops to US border with Mexico  —  Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) announced Tuesday that she would deploy state National Guard troops to aid Texas in its mission to combat the surge of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Texas Tribune:
Texas' new immigration law is blocked again
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce immigration law
Max Burns / The Hill:
No Labels can't get a ‘yes’ on a candidate for 2024 — and there's a good reason why  —  It's tough to understand what's going on at No Labels, the centrist political group that is trying — and repeatedly failing — to find a candidate for its presidential ticket this year.
Discussion: NBC News, Bloomberg, RedState and Raw Story
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent  —  Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.  —  Glassdoor, where employees go to leave anonymous reviews of employers, has recently begun adding real names to user profiles without users' consent …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Banning abortion was the first step, not the last  —  They also won't stop with ending privacy rights. … When the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion smugly declared that …
Ray Brescia / The Daily Beast:
Judge Aileen Cannon Could Get Herself Booted From Trump's Classified Documents Case  —  The Trump-friendly judge is so obviously putting her thumb on the scales of justice in favor of the ex-president that she might not end up adjudicating the trial at all.
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Judge in Trump classified documents case proposes ‘insane’ jury instructions, experts say
The Hill:
Judge declines to sanction Michael Cohen, lawyer over AI-generated fake case citations  —  A federal judge on Wednesday declined to sanction Michael Cohen and his lawyer for submitting fraudulent case citations generated by artificial intelligence (AI) - but chided them for the “embarrassing and certainly negligent” episode.
Tiana Lowe Doescher / Washington Examiner:
Half a decade later, Christine Blasey Ford still has no corroborating witness  —  More than half a decade after Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh became the second of three Supreme Court justices appointed by former President Donald Trump, Christine Blasey Ford has reemerged from the wilderness of #Resistance-era one-hit wonders.
Jessica Moore / CBS News:
Women in New York can now buy birth control without a prescription, Hochul announces  —  ALBANY, N.Y. - New York lawmakers are taking steps to protect reproductive rights for women in the state.  —  Two big announcements were made Tuesday.  —  With a stroke of a pen Tuesday morning …
Discussion: HotAir and Slate
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Chubb ended Trump fraud bond talks after backing E. Jean Carroll appeal bond, court filing says  — Donald Trump and his co-defendants were in talks with insurance giant Chubb for a $464 million appeal bond, but the company backed out, a Trump Organization lawyer said.
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood Action Fund backs Gallego in Arizona Senate race
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Up To $8.5 Billion Preliminary Agreement with Intel under the CHIPS & Science Act
emptywheel:
David Weiss Does Not Contest He Reneged on Hunter Biden's Plea Agreement to Chase Russian Lies
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Manchin warns Ukraine could be ‘worst atrocity in history’
Discussion: HuffPost, Political Wire and Axios
Associated Press:
Arizona lawmaker says she announced plans to get abortion to underscore out-of-touch laws
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
McCaul apologizes after telling GOP colleague to ‘go f—’ himself at hearing
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Climate researcher on what's causing the record rise in ocean temperatures
 

 
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