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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 …
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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 …
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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.”
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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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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.
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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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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC weighs limiting NBC's access at this summer's convention — It is the latest fallout from Ronna McDaniel's ouster from the network. — The Republican National Committee is weighing whether to restrict NBC's access to this summer's convention, following the network's decision …
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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.
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
GOP Michigan state rep mistakenly claims Gonzaga team buses are for ‘illegal invaders’ — A Republican state legislator in Michigan railed against buses of “illegal invaders” landing at his local airport Wednesday, but garnered criticism after it was discovered the buses carried a college basketball team.
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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.
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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 …
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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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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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3 presidents. Many stars. 1 New York fundraiser
3 presidents. Many stars. 1 New York fundraiser
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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 …
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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.
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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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Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
With 3rd Democratic senator opposed, Biden judicial nominee in jeopardy — White House, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J) continue to back lawyer Adeel A. Mangi's nomination to 3rd Circuit appeals court — President Biden's pick to be the first Muslim American appeals court judge appears …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
James Comer sums up his ‘evidence’ of Biden crimes. It's scant. — The Fact Checker — In an interview Monday with conservative talk radio host Jimmy Failla, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, provided an unusually succinct description of his case against President Biden.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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.
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.
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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 …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
House to send Mayorkas impeachment charges to Senate on April 10 — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republican impeachment managers informed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in a letter Thursday that they will send two impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary …
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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.
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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.
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Cy Neff / USA Today:
Wyoming Republicans fractured as the GOP-led state is set for a summer showdown — As local and state politics increasingly match politics on the national level, Wyoming's Republican Party begins to split among national lines — Wyoming is a supermajority state, with Republicans making up 86 of the state's 93 legislators.
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Aria Bendix / NBC News:
Sexually transmitted infection rates have risen sharply among adults 55 and older, CDC data shows — The trend is prompting doctors to call for more discussions with older people about sexual health. — Sexually transmitted infections are becoming more common in older adults.
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