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2:25 PM ET, March 22, 2024

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Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
The Publicly-Traded Presidential Candidate  —  We've all been focused lately on a question appropriate for Schadenfriday: How is Donald Trump going to post a $450+ million bond to cover his appeal in the New York civil fraud case?  The clock is ticking, and Trump claims he doesn't have the ability to post it.
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Matt Egan / CNN:
Trump is about to get $3 billion richer after deal is approved to take his company public.  But it won't solve his cash crunch  —  Investors have approved a deal on Friday to make Truth Social owner Trump Media a publicly traded company.  —  The green light from shareholders clears …
Politico:
Why Trump's big Wall Street payday won't bail him out of financial trouble  —  The approval from investors would come as Trump faces a severe financial crunch: He's been hit with more than $500 million in civil penalties, not to mention ongoing legal fees as he appeals verdicts against him.
Dan Primack / Axios:
Trump's Truth Social is going public after winning DWAC merger vote … - As Axios reported earlier today, this ends a multiyear saga that's included civil lawsuits, criminal lawsuits, closing extensions and vote postponements.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Claims He's Scraped Together Almost $500M ‘IN CASH’ as Fraud Bond Deadline Looms
NBC News:
Trump claims he has $500 million in cash, undercutting lawyers' claims on bond money
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Letitia James Is Prepared to Seize One of Trump's Favorite Assets
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to remove Speaker Mike Johnson … - Johnson's predecessor, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), became the first House speaker to be ousted after hardline Republicans triggered a motion to vacate against him last year.  — Greene's move came after she voiced …
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The Daily Beast:
MTG Officially Launches Revolt Against Speaker Mike Johnson  —  On Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion to force a vote on Mike Johnson's removal from the speakership.  —  It's anarchy again in the House GOP.  —  On Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) …
NBC News:
Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher will resign early, leaving House majority hanging by a thread  —  House Republicans lost another member in Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., on Friday.  Gallagher's early departure could leave Republicans with just one vote to spare on legislation.
Spencer Brown / Townhall:
Here We Go Again?  MTG Files Motion to Remove Speaker Johnson.  —  After the U.S. House of Representatives passed a funding package to avert a government shutdown in a bipartisan 286-134 vote on Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced a motion to vacate the chair …
Politico:
Johnson's margin drops to one vote as Gallagher heads for early exit  —  Allies of the Wisconsin Republican say he was long jaded by the antics of the House following the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House passes $1.2 trillion spending bill, sending it to Senate hours before shutdown
CNN:
CNN Polls: Majority of voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania are dissatisfied with their presidential choices  —  Voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania - two states that flipped from red to blue in the 2020 presidential election - begin this year's general election campaign more dissatisfied …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump Would Break the Budget
Discussion: CNBC and Bloomberg
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Ronna McDaniel, Former R.N.C. Chair, Joins NBC News  —  Her new role as a commentator on NBC and MSNBC programs comes shortly after she stepped down as the leader of the Republican National Committee.  —  Ronna McDaniel, who stepped down as chairwoman of the Republican National Committee this month …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:   Ronna McDaniel joins NBC News as contributor
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC News Hires Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel
Discussion: New York Post and Twitchy
New York Times:
Inside Garland's Effort to Prosecute Trump  —  In trying to avoid even the smallest mistakes, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland might have made one big one: ending up in a race against the clock.  —  After being sworn in as attorney general in March 2021, Merrick B. Garland gathered …
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Politico:
Playbook: Inside the new Democratic politics of Israel
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump's invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC
The Cause:
They don't want want this miracle™ to exist  —  It was four years ago today.  After about 34 hours inside Ann Arbor's St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and a lifetime of heroic pushing by my wife, my daughter was born.  She, like every newborn, was a miracle™.  That's the cliche™.
Politico:
House Dems could have Johnson's back on ouster threat — if Ukraine aid gets a vote  —  All Democrats had previously voted to oust McCarthy along with a group of Republicans last fall.
Discussion: Adam Kinzinger and Political Wire
Eboni Boykin-Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Candace Owens Stumped by Basic Black History Quiz  —  The conservative commentator missed an opportunity to score a few likability points with the Black community this week on ‘The Breakfast Club.’  —  The day before Daily Wire ended their relationship with the often controversial right-wing commentator …
MSNBC:
Fox News' demands to impeach Biden blew up in the GOP's face  —  The network deserves a big share of the blame for leading Republicans into this debacle.  —  It's time to call it: The House GOP's shambolic inquiry into the impeachment of President Joe Biden expired on Wednesday night …
 
 
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