memeorandum: Did Trump actually appoint Jeffrey Clark to lead the Justice Department? Clark's lawyer just said yes. (Kyle Cheney/Politico)

3:55 PM ET, March 29, 2024

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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:

Trump's actual record comes back to haunt him — This free edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one, please click the button below to support our independent journalism. — 🇺🇸 Subscribe to Public Notice 🇺🇸

CNN:

Byron Donalds, potential VP pick, once attacked Trump and praised outsourcing, privatizing entitlements — Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, a Donald Trump loyalist and one of the former president's most trusted surrogates, is widely viewed to be on Trump's short list of vice presidential contenders.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Mediaite, New Republic, Raw Story and Washington Examiner

The Daily Beast:

Trump Has a Big Problem With GOP Voters — NOT DONE YET — The GOP primary has been effectively over for weeks, but voters are still showing up to cast their ballots for anyone but Donald Trump. … ZOMBIE PRIMARY — Donald Trump may believe the 2024 Republican presidential primary is done—but clearly, it's not done with him.

Discussion: HuffPost, MeidasTouch, New York Post, The Hill, One America News Network, PoliticusUSA, Washington Times, Raw Story, The Dispatch and Washington Examiner

Beth Harris / Associated Press:

Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87 — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. — Gossett's first cousin Neal L. Gossett told …

Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Louis Gossett Jr., Oscar-winning actor from ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ and ‘Roots,’ dies at 87

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, ABC7, Twitchy, New York Times, Associated Press, The Hollywood Reporter and CBS News

Jay Stahl / USA Today:
Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win best supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

Discussion: Associated Press and The US Sun

Daniel Han / Politico:

Andy Kim defeats NJ's ‘county line’ boss system in court — The judge ordered the use of office block ballots for the June primary, where candidates are placed together by the office they are seeking. — New Jersey's controversial ballot design that gives party-backed candidates an advantage …

Discussion: Associated Press, Washington Examiner, New Jersey Globe, New Republic, UPI, Roll Call, New York Times, New York Daily News, New Jersey Monitor, Gothamist and New Yorker

Jared Gans / The Hill:
New Jersey ballot design scrapped by judge in win for Andy Kim

Discussion: New Jersey Online and Washington Post

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

Trump can't remember much. He hopes you won't be able to, either. — The Very Stable Genius is glitching again. — This week, he announced that he is not — repeat, NOT — planning to repeal the Affordable Care Act. He apparently forgot that he had vowed over and over again to do exactly that …

Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story, The Hill and Forbes

Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Americans Really Don't Like Trump's Health-Care Plans

Discussion: The Status Kuo and The Dispatch

Kanishka Singh / Reuters:

Biden threatens Russia with costs on Evan Gershkovich arrest anniversary — President Joe Biden said on Friday the U.S. will impose costs for Russia's “appalling attempts” to use Americans as bargaining chips in a statement to mark the one-year anniversary of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's arrest in Russia.

Discussion: ABC News, Washington Examiner, The Moscow Times, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, CBS News, Politico, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, WGN-TV, The Hill and The Free Press

Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Evan Gershkovich's Year in Captivity

Discussion: Fox News, Politico, Vox, KDFX-TV, The Daily Beast, Atlantic Council, NPR, The Guardian, New York Post and Associated Press

The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Wrongful Detention of Evan Gershkovich

Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal:
Evan Gershkovich's Stolen Year in a Russian Jail

Discussion: USA Today, Breitbart, Fox News, Business Insider, Axios, abc7NY, Vox, Associated Press, Politico and New York Post

Colin Lecher / The Markup:

NYC's AI Chatbot Tells Businesses to Break the Law — The Microsoft-powered bot says bosses can take workers' tips and that landlords can discriminate based on source of income … In October, New York City announced a plan to harness the power of artificial intelligence to improve the business of government.

Discussion: Quartz

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Did Trump actually appoint Jeffrey Clark to lead the Justice Department? Clark's lawyer just said yes. — In the days leading up to Jan. 6, Trump believed Clark would harness the department to buttress false claims of voter fraud. — It's one of the lingering mysteries of the Jan. 6 investigation …

Discussion: Raw Story

Bailee Hill / Fox News:

Trump sends message to Biden, Obama for missing NYPD officer's wake: Have to go ‘whether they like it or not’ — Trump talks to Brian Kilmeade in exclusive interview after attending wake for officer Jonathan Diller — Former President Trump slammed President Biden during an exclusive interview with …

Discussion: Raw Story, NBC New York, New York Post, IJR, Breitbart, Blaze Media, The Western Journal, RedState, New York Times, Washington Examiner, New York Daily News, PIX11, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, NBC News, The Daily Beast and ABC News

Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:

Lara Trump Taunts Her ‘YUGE Fans in the Liberal Media’ With New Song — ‘THE SONG IS SH*T’ — The internet has not been kind. — Look out, Beyoncé. — The newly installed co-chair of the Republican National Committee debuted a new single at midnight on Friday …

Discussion: HuffPost, BizPac Review, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Hill, Washington Examiner and IJR

Travis Gettys / Raw Story:

'They all say he's bad': Morning Joe astonished by number of Trump appointees who hate him — President Joe Biden was joined by two of his Democratic predecessors for a fundraiser that raked in more than $26 million, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough pointed out that Donald Trump would never be able …

Discussion: PJ Media

CBS News:

Cesar Chavez's family to endorse Biden after RFK Jr. claims civil rights leader would've voted for him — President Biden is set to be endorsed Friday by members of Cesar Chavez's family — a mostly symbolic gesture, but one meant to send a signal to independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, UPI, The Hill and Los Angeles Times

Washington Post:

Many GOP billionaires balked at Jan. 6. They're coming back to Trump. — Elite donors are rediscovering their affinity for the former president over taxes — even as he vows to free Jan. 6 defendants, promises mass deportations and faces 88 felony charges

Discussion: Raw Story

Julia Terruso / The Philadelphia Inquirer:

All three of John Fetterman's top communications staffers have resigned in the last month — Clout learns there's been some serious turnover in Sen. John Fetterman's office. In the last month, all three of Fetterman's top communications staffers have left Capitol Hill.Nick Gavio …

Discussion: New Republic and RedState

US EPA:

Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Strongest Ever Greenhouse Gas Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles to Protect Public Health and Address the Climate Crisis While Keeping the American Economy Moving — WASHINGTON - Today, March 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced final …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, New York Post, ABC News, UPI, The Hill, Daily Caller News Foundation, KDFX-TV and The Verge

Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Biden cracks down on diesel trucks in bid to fight climate change, reduce emissions

Discussion: Washington Post, NPR, Associated Press, Breitbart, Washington Times, NRDC and Electrek

New York Times:
New Pollution Rules Aim to Lift Sales of Electric Trucks

Discussion: BatBoyBlog, NRDC and CleanTechnica

New York Post:

Anti-Israel protesters disrupt Biden's lavish NYC fundraiser with Obama, Clinton, where tickets went for up to $500K: ‘War pig’ — Several waves of protesters disrupted President Biden's grandiose fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall Thursday, where he kicked it with former Presidents Barack Obama …

ABC News:
Biden fundraiser with Obama, Clinton sees jokes and some protests over war

Politico:

The real D.C. crime wave — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. — In a sense, it's a daring crime given that the aircraft and the individual traveling in its executive cabin are among the most heavily secured entities in the world.

Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart, Business Insider, The Guardian, New Jersey Online, Mediaite and Bongino

Andrew Picken / BBC:

Scotland was ‘hoodwinked’ by Donald Trump, says former aide — Donald Trump flanked by his children and pipers on the official opening day of the Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeenshire in 2012 — The man who helped broker the deal for Donald Trump's first Scottish golf resort …

Discussion: Raw Story and KDFX-TV

Orlando Mayorquín / New York Times:

Woman Who Received 5-Year Sentence in Voter Fraud Case Is Acquitted — A Texas appeals court reversed its earlier opinion that had upheld the conviction of Crystal Mason, who was found guilty of illegally casting a provisional ballot in 2016, even though she claimed she hadn't known she was ineligible to vote.