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11:45 PM ET, March 25, 2024

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Tom Maloney / Bloomberg:
Trump's Net Worth Hits $6.5 Billion, Making Him One of World's 500 Richest People  — Former president joins Bloomberg's list of 500 richest people  — Trump Media merger adds billions of dollars to paper fortune  —  Trump Bond Cut to $175 Million Amid Appeal of NY Fine
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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 …
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Team Biden Roasts ‘Feeble, Confused, Tired’ Trump After Unhinged Presser  —  The president has been going after his presumptive 2024 opponent with a little more venom than usual … The president's campaign responded to Trump's wild press conference in New York on Monday by slamming the former president as …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The other failure of the Republican investigation into Biden  —  Donald Trump needs money.  Maybe he doesn't need as much as it seemed like he was going to need a week ago; a judge on Monday substantially reduced the size of the bond Trump needs to post while he appeals the judgment from his civil fraud trial in New York.
Discussion: Fox News
Alexandra Ulmer / Reuters:
Billionaires sought to help fund Trump bond in civil fraud case, sources say  —  Some major Republican donors were working together to help U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump fund the original bond amount needed to cover his $454 million civil fraud judgment ahead of Monday's deadline …
ABC News:
In win for Trump, appeals court lowers his bond to $175M in civil fraud case
NBC News:
N.Y. appeals court reduces Trump's bond in his civil fraud case to $175 million, a victory for the former president
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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 …
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Ronna McDaniel Was a MAGA Toadie Who Betrayed the GOP  —  SHAMELESS OPPORTUNIST  —  Now that she's an NBC News contributor, the ex-RNC chair says she was just being a team player when she did Trump's bidding.  That's completely bogus. … In case you missed it, former Republican National …
Mark Jacob / Stop the Presses:
NBC stands for Now Boosting the Coup  —  Network gives aid to democracy's enemies by hiring Ronna McDaniel  —  No major television news operation is doing enough to confront right-wing extremism.  At a crisis point for our democracy, they are failing us.  —  But some are really failing us.
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Maddow blasts ‘inexplicable’ decision by NBC to hire McDaniel
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
NBC's McDaniel mess threatens to explode
Christine Zhu / Politico:
NBC Guild: ‘Our journalism is tarnished’
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Liz Cheney: controversial NBC hire Ronna McDaniel enabled Trump ‘depravity’
Discussion: Washington Post and HuffPost
Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Wife of Judge on Mifepristone Case Was Paid by Anti-Abortion Group  —  FRIENDS OF THE COURT  —  The fate of the abortion pill mifepristone is now before the Supreme Court, after a fifth-circuit appeals panel of three judges ruled against its distribution last summer.
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
What's at stake in the Supreme Court abortion pill case
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs's homes raided by Homeland Security  —  The Los Angeles and Miami homes of renowned musician and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs were raided by authorities as part of a federal investigation, officials said.  —  The action is related to a sex trafficking probe in New York …
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Kabc / ABC7:
Homeland Security raids Holmby Hills home associated with Diddy film company
US Department of Justice:
Man Sentenced for Sending Death Threats to Arizona State Election Official  —  For Immediate Release  —  An Ohio man was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for sending death threats to an election official in the Arizona Secretary of State's Office during Arizona's primary and general elections.
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Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Elon Musk Fought Government Surveillance — While Profiting Off Government Surveillance  —  Musk made hay of his legal battle against secret surveillance but continued selling X user data to a company that facilitates government monitoring.  —  Ten years ago, the internet platform X …
Discussion: X
Wall Street Journal:
Florida Passes Law Banning Social Media for Minors Under 14  —  The legislation prohibits social-media accounts for some teens regardless of parental consent  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday that prohibits people under 14 years old from having social-media accounts …
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Anna J Kaiser / Bloomberg:
Florida Bans Social Media for Kids Under 14
Politico:
Could Murkowski's dislike for Trump remake the Senate?  —  With assists from POLITICO's Congress team  —  TIME FOR SOME ALASKA GAME THEORY  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has always been a free thinker.  But a second White House term for Donald Trump could force her into a new lane.
Discussion: Axios and New Jersey Globe
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.
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The Hill:
Judge sets Trump's hush money trial for April 15, rejecting further delay
MediaRoom:
CEO Message to Employees  —  Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun shared the following message with all employees today:  —  Team,  —  As you all know, the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 accident was a watershed moment for Boeing.  We must continue to respond to this accident with humility and complete transparency.
Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic:
Pluralistic: Conspiratorialism and the epistemological crisis (25 Mar 2024)  — Conspiratorialism and the epistemological crisis: We may not know what's in the box, but we can tell if it's been damaged in transit.  — Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.  — This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023
Discussion: Mitchipedia
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Netanyahu provoking crisis with White House for domestic politics: U.S. officials … - Netanyahu today canceled a visit by his senior advisers to the White House later this week after the U.S. abstained from the UN vote calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by Hamas.
 
 
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: GOP group privately warns against all-in Biden attacks
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Records confirm Trump's mother-in-law came to U.S. through process he derided
Kenny Stancil / Slate:
Why Biden Should Pardon the IRS Whistleblower Who Leaked Trump's Taxes
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: GOP candidate wants to ax Homeland Security agency
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The goofy origins of Trump's ‘too big to rig’ mantra
Julia Johnson / Fox News:
New census data analysis suggests Pennsylvania advantage for Trump and GOP in 2024
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Associated Press:
Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden documents case
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Brittany Gibson / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s family trust earns thousands from an oil and gas company
israelhayom.com:
Trump to Israel Hayom: Only a fool would have not acted like Israel on Oct. 7
Myah Ward / Politico:
Biden was planning executive action on the border. Now he's gone silent.
Enough Already:
This Show Can't Go On ...  I reckon the end of my newspaper career as I'd known it ended on an ice-cold January day in 1995.
UN News:
UPDATING LIVE: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan
David Cay Johnston / New Republic:
Today Is the Day That 50 Years of Grifting Finally Comes to an End
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Forensic psychiatrist on physical signs of Trump's mental decline: “Changes in movement and gait”
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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