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Trump calls his globe-trotting ex-diplomat ‘my envoy.’ Neither is in office. — Richard Grenell is meeting with far-right foreign leaders, attacking President Biden and offering a glimpse at what U.S. foreign policy could be like in a second Trump term — After an anti-corruption crusader …
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These 50 companies have donated over $23 million to election deniers since January 6, 2021 — Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. — Then, according to the report of the bipartisan January 6 Commission, Trump engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 Presidential election.”
Politico:
How Greene's bid to topple Johnson could blow up the House — or in her own face — One House Republican summed up the fear: Her move could “deliver aid to Ukraine” by giving Johnson no choice but to seek common cause with Democrats. — Marjorie Taylor Greene's bid to vote …
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Michael H. Brown / Washington Post:
Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice presidential nominee, dies at 82 — Joseph I. Lieberman, the doggedly independent four-term U.S. senator from Connecticut who was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000, becoming the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party, died March 27 in New York City.
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Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats' VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats' VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
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Politico:
Playbook: Biden's NYC money bomb — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG KITTY — President JOE BIDEN heads to the Big Apple tonight for a star-studded fundraising event with former Presidents BARACK OBAMA and BILL CLINTON and “Late Show” host STEPHEN COLBERT.
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Biden campaign to bring in massive $25M haul at star-packed fundraiser
Biden campaign to bring in massive $25M haul at star-packed fundraiser
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Trump Attacks R.F.K. Jr., a Third-Party Wild Card
Trump Attacks R.F.K. Jr., a Third-Party Wild Card
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New Republic, Washington Examiner, New Jersey Online, Washington Times and Mother Jones
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Matt Schlapp's Accuser Was Paid to Drop Sexual Assault Suit — EXONERATED? — The GOP operative who sued Matt Schlapp over allegations of sexual assault dropped his lawsuit, prompting Schlapp to take a victory lap. It's more complicated, however.
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Judge Forges Ahead With Pretrial Motions In Trump Georgia Election Interference Case — Lawyers for Trump argued that the charges in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize speech that is protected by the First Amendment. — LOADING — The charges against former …
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The Hill:
Judge rules John Eastman should be disbarred over efforts to overturn 2020 election — A California judge on Wednesday recommended disbarring a lawyer at the center of former President Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. — State Bar Judge Yvette Roland found …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump Bibles make a mockery of Christianity — and that's exactly why MAGA will eat them up — Faith without morality or theology, much less that “soyboy” Jesus? Sign MAGA Republicans up! — Earlier this week, Donald Trump unveiled his newest grift to squeeze money out of his cult followers: Trump-branded Bibles.
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Legal experts worry about presidential abuse of the Insurrection Act. Here's why — A bipartisan group of legal experts is sounding an alarm about presidential power this election season. — They're pushing Congress to update a cluster of laws known as the Insurrection Act and limit …
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Launches Fresh Attack on Judge's Daughter After Gag Order — Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump got hit with a gag order in his hush-money trial, he launched a fresh attack on the judge and his family. — In posts on Truth Social Wednesday morning, Trump blasted Judge Juan Merchan and his family …
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Michael Lee / bellingcat:
Fugitive US Militant Ammon Bundy Geolocated to Utah — In February 2024, American anti-government agitator Ammon Bundy posted a video with a provocative title to his YouTube channel: ‘Want to know where Ammon Bundy is?’ — Earlier in 2023, Bundy was ordered by an Idaho court to pay …
Associated Press:
MyPillow, owned by election denier Mike Lindell, formally evicted from Minnesota warehouse — A court ordered the eviction Wednesday of MyPillow from a suburban Minneapolis warehouse that it formerly used, but company founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said that it's …
CBS News:
Stop Putin now or war will come your way, Ukraine's leader warns U.S. — Eastern Ukraine — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met our CBS News team at an undisclosed, bombed-out building in the far east of his country. Bombed-out buildings aren't hard to come by here.
Axios:
Kellyanne Conway considers return to Trumpworld … - Senior Trump advisers tell Axios no offer is on the table, however. — What is clear is that Conway has been inserting herself into several hot policy debates in what many Republicans — with mixed feelings — see as an effort …
Suzy Weiss / The Free Press:
Tale of a Tampon — Scenes from a sit-in at Vanderbilt. — Let me tell you about some Vanderbilt girl's tampon. — It all started yesterday morning, when a wave of undergrad students rushed Kirkland Hall, where Vanderbilt's chancellor's office is located.
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Patterico's Pontifications, Blaze Media and The Vanderbilt Hustler
Jamie Ducharme / TIME:
COVID-Cautious Americans Feel Abandoned — For all of 2020, Alex, a 28-year-old living in New York, followed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) COVID-19 guidance “religiously.” Then, in 2021, something began to shift. That spring, the CDC said it was okay …
Washington Post:
NBC offered Ronna McDaniel a better contract to appear on MSNBC — The cable channel was part of the broad push to clinch a contributor deal for McDaniel, whose hiring caused an uproar — MSNBC President Rashida Jones participated in recruiting former Republican National Committee chair …
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New York Times:
Trump Attacks Judge's Daughter After Gag Order in Hush-Money Case — Donald Trump said a photo of him behind bars on Loren Merchan's X account meant he could not get a fair trial, but a court official said someone had appropriated the account. — It was an explosive claim from Donald J. Trump …
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden expands window to try and keep millions more low-income Americans insured — The end of a Covid-era Medicaid protection has created an acute problem for the president in the leadup to November. — President Joe Biden is widening a critical window for low-income Americans to join Obamacare …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House Democrats grow their GOP target list for 2024 … - Derek Tran: A veteran and personal injury attorney challenging Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) in the Orange County-based 45th district. — Dave Min: A state senator running in Porter's Orange County-based 47th district.
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Mary K. Jacob / New York Post:
Jon Stewart benefited by 829% ‘overvalue’ of his NYC home even as he labels Trump's civil case ‘not victimless’ — Comedian Jon Stewart ranted this week that Donald Trump's civil real-estate case overvaluing his properties was “not victimless,” yet when it came to his own home, Stewart benefited from a similar inflation.
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's RNC struggles in swing states as Biden's team grows … - About a third of those ousted staffers were state directors and regional political directors, jobs that are key to recruiting, training and mobilizing volunteers far ahead of Election Day. — They've been in limbo for two weeks …
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