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1:45 PM ET, March 25, 2024

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Politico:
Playbook: Inside NBC's McDaniel meltdown  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SUDDENLY HE'S EVERYWHERE — “Big Republican Donor Jeff Yass Owned Shares in Trump Media Merger Partner,” by NYT's Matthew Goldstein: “JEFF YASS …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Chuck Todd's Scorcher Against NBC Matters  —  The revolving door between political operatives and the mainstream media has been spinning for decades.  —  As if responding to an alarm setting on a cosmic, biological clock, the press and its minders set to ringing and clanging bloody murder …
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
NBC's McDaniel mess threatens to explode  —  Network insiders are watching to see if more hosts and contributors speak out about the ex-RNC chair's hiring.  —  The uproar inside NBC over Ronna McDaniel's hiring spilled into Monday morning as more of the network's top personalities denounced …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Open Revolt at NBC as ‘Morning Joe’ Joins the Ronna McDaniel Pile-On  —  ‘RECONSIDER’  —  NBC journos have been publicly blasting their own network for hiring the former RNC chair most infamous for her election denialism and Trump sycophancy.  —  The stars of MSNBC's Morning Joe kicked off Monday …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Ronna McDaniel quickly demonstrates that her view isn't worth the cost  —  There's not a lot of value for journalists in interviewing an echo.  Instead of standing inside a canyon trying to ask follow-up questions of the words bouncing off the walls around you, better to just go to the source.
New York Times:
Trump Can Post Smaller Bond in Civil Fraud Case, Court Rules  —  The former president must post a bond of $175 million within 10 days as he appeals the $454 million judgment against him.  —  With Donald J. Trump on the clock to secure a nearly half-billion-dollar bond in his civil fraud case …
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NBC News:
N.Y. appeals court reduces Trump's bond in his civil fraud case to $175 million, a victory for the former president  —  The court also gave Trump an additional 10 days to post the bond, which his lawyers have said they've had trouble securing.  —  A state appeals court ruled that Donald Trump …
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
'No one's ever seen a bond this size': Eric Trump criticises $454m judgment against his father
UN News:
UPDATING LIVE: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan  —  The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and “the urgent need to expand the flow” of aid into Gaza.
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Netanyahu cancels trip to Washington to protest United Nations call for cease-fire in Gaza
Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Abortion pill challenge gives Supreme Court chance to move toward national abortion ban  —  In the first major abortion case since overturning Roe v. Wade, the high court is considering restrictions on a drug used for medication abortions.  —  WASHINGTON − Two years after the Supreme Court erased …
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Melissa Segura / The Guardian:
The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife's shadowy connections
Discussion: Raw Story
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Newly released transcripts reveal a MAGA betrayal: Donald Trump never cared about Ashli Babbitt  —  Trump now hypes her as a January 6 martyr, but when he was told of Babbitt's death, there was “no, like, reaction”  —  Nine people died as a result of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection that Republicans pretend was a “normal tourist visit.”
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The secret to changing Trump's mind  —  On August 6, 2020, then-President Donald Trump issued an executive order “addressing the threat posed by TikTok,” the popular social network run by ByteDance, a Chinese company.  According to Trump's executive order, TikTok “automatically captures vast swaths …
Discussion: The Hill
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Trump calls on Republicans to take out DeSantis' lone Florida supporter in Congress  —  Rep. Laurel Lee previously served as the state's chief election officer — and refused demands to audit the 2020 election.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Former President Donald Trump wants a Republican …
Washington Post:
Live updates Hearing on new evidence in Trump N.Y. hush money case  —  New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan began a hearing this morning about a late release of more than 100,000 pages of potential evidence in former president Donald Trump's trial over 2016 hush money payments.
David Cay Johnston / New Republic:
Today Is the Day That 50 Years of Grifting Finally Comes to an End  —  Have you ever seen a millionaire begging for $5?  Me neither.  Yet I just watched Donald Trump in an internet video pleading for $5, or $10, or “even $25” from his supporters.  That's a pitch aimed at the people Trump says he loves …
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company:
Measles outbreak 2024: CDC map and tracker shows cases have already surpassed all of 2023  —  It's not even the end of March yet, but measles cases in the United States have already surpassed the total number of measles cases in the country during all of 2023, according to new data released …
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel, RTÉ and ABC7
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Jim Jordan Gets Flustered As Simple Question Turns Awkward On ‘60 Minutes’  —  The Ohio lawmaker was asked about Donald Trump's debunked claims about the 2020 election.  —  LOADING  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) seemed to have an uncomfortable moment on “60 Minutes” during Sunday night's segment on social media disinformation.
Discussion: The Guardian, New Republic and Mediaite
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Forensic psychiatrist on physical signs of Trump's mental decline: “Changes in movement and gait”  —  “His walk appears wide-based,” Dr. Elizabeth Zoffman notes of Trump.  “He has developed a swing of his right leg.”  —  Donald Trump's obvious public challenges with speech, language, and thinking are continuing to get worse.
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Joe Biden's Political Origin Story Is Almost Certainly Bogus.  It May Land Him In Legal Trouble.  —  For nearly two decades, President Joe Biden has told a story about why he devoted his life to politics.  He repeated the tale, at the risk of facing criminal charges for lying to a federal agent …
 
 
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump turns to his ‘old cast’ to raise millions for 2024 and the PAC paying his legal bills
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Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Disgraced Clerk Accused of Tampering With Murdaugh Jury Resigns
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