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Washington Post:
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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Washington Post:
Freedom Caucus chair faces primary peril  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  Our condolences to the friends and family of former Democratic senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who died Wednesday.  He was 82.  Tips: earlytips@washpost.com.  Was this forwarded to you?  Sign up here.  Thanks for waking up with us.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Michael H. Brown / Washington Post:
Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice presidential nominee, dies at 82
Popular Information:
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.”
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Judge rules Georgia Republican Party vice chairman voted illegally  —  Brian K. Pritchard voted nine times while serving probation for felony forgery charges  —  A judge ruled Wednesday that the Georgia Republican Party's first vice chairman, Brian K. Pritchard, violated state election laws …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Jan. 6 Architect John Eastman Roasted By Judge In Disbarment Case  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  —  Thanks for reading Morning Memo!  Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.  —  The Closest We Get To A Jan. 6 Verdict Before November?
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
John Eastman, architect of Trump's 2020 election plot, should be disbarred, judge rules
Washington Post:
GOP scrambles to organize early and mail voting despite Trump's attacks  —  Republicans are playing catch-up to Democrats on voting before Election Day in battleground states, but Trump disparages those methods  —  In December, Donald Trump called for the end of mail-in voting in presidential elections.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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.
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 …
Discussion: WAGA-TV
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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Conservative bigwig Matt Schlapp agreed to hefty settlement to end sexual assault lawsuit  —  The Republican operative who accused American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp of sexual assault last year received a significant financial settlement in exchange for dropping …
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Matt Schlapp's Accuser Was Paid to Drop Sexual Assault Suit
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Philip Rotner / The Bulwark:
Here's What It Would Look Like to Remove Judge Cannon  —  THE JUDGE PRESIDING OVER Donald Trump's classified documents prosecution just gave Special Counsel Jack Smith a gift that he desperately needed: a fresh opening to seek her removal from the case.  —  Last week, Judge Aileen Cannon …
Discussion: Raw Story
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
Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals  —  World's fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade's end, report finds  —  The world's fossil-fuel producers are on track to nearly quadruple the amount …
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.
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 …
Discussion: RedState
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s vice presidential pick calls IVF 'one of the biggest lies being told about women's health'  —  She has weighed in on in-vitro fertilization many times through her nonprofit work.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate has been a harsh critic of in-vitro fertilization …
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 …
Biong M. Biong / USA Today:
Liz Cheney warns U.S. can't ‘survive’ another Donald Trump presidency  —  Rep. Liz Cheney, a one-time Wyoming lawmaker turned fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, said the Republican party is currently threatening democracy and that the nation is undergoing a political shift during …
Discussion: Mediaite and New Jersey Online
Joe Fisher / UPI:
States moving to require schools to show inaccurate fetus video  —  At least four states are considering legislation to follow North Dakota in mandating the showing of an animated fetal development video in elementary school classrooms.  —  The particular video suggested, Meet Baby Olivia …
Yehuda Lukacs / The Hill:
Netanyahu doesn't deserve to address Congress again  —  Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced that he is considering inviting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress.  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who recently said Netanyahu “lost his way” …
Discussion: CNN
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 …
A.W. Ohlheiser / Vox:
The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse  —  Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news.  The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone.  —  Line up a few years' worth of tragedies and disasters …
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
NBC Proves the Media Can't Save Democracy  —  The decision to hi former RNC chair is a symptom of a larger problem  —  Sometimes, a piece of news pops up that is so up my alley that I have so much to say/write/Tweet/Thread about it that I become paralyzed.
Bloomberg:
US and UK Probe $20 Billion of Crypto Transfers to Russian Exchange  — Allies review Tether transfers to sanctioned exchange Garantex  — Tether says it works with law enforcement to ensure compliance  —  The US and UK are reviewing more than $20 billion of cryptocurrency transactions …
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 …
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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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
The White House expects about 40,000 participants at its ‘egg-ucation’-themed annual Easter egg roll
Zvi Mowshowitz / New York Times:
How A.I. Chatbots Become Political
Discussion: BuzzMachine
NBC News:
Trump claims crime rates are soaring. The numbers indicate otherwise.
Discussion: Illinois Policy
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Next U.S. census will have new boxes for ‘Middle Eastern or North African,’ ‘Latino’
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House Democrats grow their GOP target list for 2024
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden expands window to try and keep millions more low-income Americans insured
Discussion: Maryland Matters
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's RNC struggles in swing states as Biden's team grows
Discussion: HuffPost and Talking Points Memo
 Earlier Items: 
CBS News:
Stop Putin now or war will come your way, Ukraine's leader warns U.S.
Axios:
Kellyanne Conway considers return to Trumpworld
Jessica Washington / The Root:
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Called Beyoncé a ‘Skank,’ And It Gets Worse ... But Where Is the BeyHive?!
Discussion: Raw Story
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’
Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats' VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
Michael Lee / bellingcat:
Fugitive US Militant Ammon Bundy Geolocated to Utah