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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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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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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 …
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Trump and Emmer bury the hatchet with Mar-a-Lago fundraiser … - Trump showed up and spoke at the event, multiple sources told Axios, which raised over $300,000 for Emmer's fundraising committee. … - Trump urged Republicans not to vote for Emmer for speaker in October, calling him “RINO Tom Emmer.”
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Trump aims to outraise Biden-Obama event with $33mn fundraiser
Trump aims to outraise Biden-Obama event with $33mn fundraiser
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Associated Press:
3 presidents. Many stars. 1 New York fundraiser
3 presidents. Many stars. 1 New York fundraiser
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Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
U.S. updates how it classifies people by race, ethnicity for first time in decades — The changes, announced Thursday by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, aim to better capture an increasingly diverse country and give policymakers a fuller view of Americans
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OMB Publishes Revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
OMB Publishes Revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
US Census changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity
US Census changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A ship crashed into a Baltimore bridge and demolished the lies about immigration — From the day in the mid-2000s when a then-20-year-old Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval crossed the border into America, he never stopped working. The youngest of eight children, Suazo was fleeing numbing poverty …
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ABC News:
Trump attends NYPD officer's wake as he highlights crime on the campaign trail — President Biden will also be in the state for a fundraiser with Obama, Clinton. — Former President Donald Trump arrives for the wake for New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer Jonathan Diller in Massapequa, Long Island, N.Y., March 28, 2024.
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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
The Cynical Hypocrisy Behind Trump's Visit to an NYPD Officer's Wake
The Cynical Hypocrisy Behind Trump's Visit to an NYPD Officer's Wake
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John-John Williams IV / The Baltimore Banner:
Racists called Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott a ‘DEI mayor.’ Here's how he responded — Mayor Brandon Scott has come to expect overt and not-so-overt racism. — The latest example came in the aftermath of Tuesday night's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
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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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Ron Filipkowski / MeidasTouch:
MI GOP Launches ‘Migrant Invader Bus’ Hoax on Gonzaga Hoops Team
MI GOP Launches ‘Migrant Invader Bus’ Hoax on Gonzaga Hoops Team
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Stabbing Attack in Rockford, Illinois — Jill and I were horrified to learn of the brutal attack carried out in Rockford last night, which took the lives of four people, including one fifteen-year-old. Seven others were tragically wounded as a result of this senseless violence.
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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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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted — Appeals court rules Mason, now 49, did not know she was ineligible when she voted in 2016 and throws out conviction — The fight for democracy is supported by — A Texas appeals court has thrown …
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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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Pro-Trump fake electors in Arizona have pleaded the Fifth before grand jury — Requiring the targets of the probe to invoke their rights in front of grand jurors is an unusual tactic that raises a risk of bias, legal experts say. — Arizona Republicans who falsely posed as electors …
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The Hill:
Biden restores some, but not all, ESA protections — Energy & Environment — The Big Story — The Biden administration finalized a rule on Thursday that reverses some Trump-era rollbacks of protections for endangered species — but left others in place. — © Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press file
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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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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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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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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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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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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Hostage families told Netanyahu they get better treatment from the White House … - Senior members of Netanyahu's government, including ultranationalist finance minister Betzalel Smotrich, have said the hostages should not be Israel's top priority and it is more important to destroy Hamas.
CIS.org:
The Foreign-Born Share and Number at Record Highs in February 2024 — A look at the size and growth of the immigrant population in the United States — Analysis of the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) shows that the total foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal) …
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
House GOP misses “Fire Pelosi” on 2024 campaign trail … - “He's not shown that type of lightning rod negativity,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) told Axios. — “I think some of these members, and maybe this is Nancy's issue, they get to a certain age and they just get very caustic.”
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Emily Peck / Axios:
Boeing union wants a board seat and a say on plane safety … - The International Association of Machinists is taking the opportunity to negotiate beyond standard line items like pay and retirement benefits — they want a real say in quality and safety standards.
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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 …
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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