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4:35 PM ET, March 28, 2024

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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: PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
GOP official who claimed 2020 was stolen voted illegally nine times, judge rules  —  A Georgia Republican official who pushed false claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” was found to have voted illegally nine times, a judge ruled this week.  —  Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman …
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Crooks and Liars
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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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Judge recommends disbarment for architect of Trump's election plot
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
John Eastman, architect of Trump's 2020 election plot, should be disbarred, judge rules
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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.”
Discussion: WisPolitics
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
Discussion: Roll Call and Washington Examiner
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
Trump's Unbearable Temptation to Dump His Truth Social Stock  —  Remember in Godfather II when the mobster Hyman Roth tells Michael Corleone, his co-investor in President Fulgencio Batista's Cuba, “Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel”?  U.S. Steel is no longer the colossus it was in 1958, when that scene takes place.
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 …
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
South Carolina to use congressional map deemed unconstitutional  —  The Supreme Court heard arguments on the redistricting case in October but has yet to rule, essentially running out the clock for this year's election  —  A federal court ruled Thursday that time had run out to draw …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Kentucky bill strips governor of power to appoint senator  —  The Kentucky Senate sent a bill to Gov. Andy Beshear (D) Thursday that would strip him of his power to appoint people to the U.S. Senate.  —  The bill seeks to hold special elections for Senate vacancies in Kentucky, according to The Associated Press.
Discussion: Politico
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Associated Press:
Republican-passed bill removes role of Democratic governor if Senate vacancy occurs in Kentucky
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
Financial Times:
Trump aims to outraise Biden-Obama event with $33mn fundraiser  —  US president's team says rival star-studded New York gala on Thursday will pull in $25mn  —  Donald Trump's campaign is expected to raise $33mn from a blockbuster fundraiser next week in Florida, according to two people familiar …
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Associated Press:
3 presidents. Many stars. 1 New York fundraiser
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 …
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.
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
US Census changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity  —  Story at a glance  — The census will include checkboxes for “Hispanic or Latino” and “Middle Eastern or North African” starting in 2030  — Revisions mark the first change to ethic and racial demographic collection since 1997.
Discussion: Politico
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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.
Ron Filipkowski / MeidasTouch:
MI GOP Launches ‘Migrant Invader Bus’ Hoax on Gonzaga Hoops Team  —  Their stupidity never ends.  —  Republican paranoia over migrants has reached a new level of absurdity, as a State Representative and the State GOP Chair launched a conspiracy that buses of migrants were invading Michigan.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Elon Musk gets SLAPPed  —  He got his ass handed to him in federal court for — irony alert! — trying to stifle speech.  —  Read →  —  Top First  —  CCDH: X provides ads appearing next to neo-Nazi content on the site.  —  MEDIA MATTERS: X provides ads appearing next to neo-Nazi content on the site.
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 …
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
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.
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.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Does the Left Think Young Left-Wing Protesters Matter or Not? … This week, The Atlantic published an account of how the war between Israel and Hamas has convulsed a campus (in this case, that of the author, Stanford sophomore Theo Baker).  The most explosive details in the story showed …
Discussion: HotAir
Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Republican committee to select Buck's likely replacement, adding a challenge to Boebert's campaign  —  A panel of Colorado Republicans will select a candidate Thursday who will likely serve out the final months of U.S. Rep. Ken Buck 's term — and could pose a challenge to Rep. Lauren Boebert's bid for another term in Congress.
Politico:
DOD in early talks to fund a peacekeeping force in Gaza  —  U.S. officials have been clear the plan would not include American boots on the ground.  —  Biden administration officials are in preliminary “conversations” about options for stabilizing post-war Gaza, including a proposal …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
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
 
 
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Cy Neff / USA Today:
Wyoming Republicans fractured as the GOP-led state is set for a summer showdown
Discussion: Political Wire
Melanie Mason / Politico:
Hunter Biden's bid to dismiss tax case meets judge's skepticism
Aria Bendix / NBC News:
Sexually transmitted infection rates have risen sharply among adults 55 and older, CDC data shows
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Republican: ‘Outrageous’ for Biden to promise feds will pay for Baltimore bridge
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Zvi Mowshowitz / New York Times:
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Judge Forges Ahead With Pretrial Motions In Trump Georgia Election Interference Case
CBS News:
Stop Putin now or war will come your way, Ukraine's leader warns U.S.
Discussion: The Hill and Euromaidan Press
Associated Press:
MyPillow, owned by election denier Mike Lindell, formally evicted from Minnesota warehouse
Mary K. Jacob / New York Post:
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