memeorandum: Scoop: National Archives gives new tranche of Biden emails to House GOP (Andrew Solender/Axios)

5:00 PM ET, March 30, 2024

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Trump's weaknesses with GOP voters go beyond the suburbs — Primary results from more than 1,000 counties show clear warning signs for Trump with Republican voters in exurbs and small towns. — The battle for Trump-skeptical Republican voters isn't just about the suburbs.

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Phillip M. Bailey / USA Today:

Donald Trump faces backlash after sharing video featuring a hogtied Joe Biden — Former President Donald Trump is facing intense criticism for what Democrats say is a new low this weekend after sharing a video on his social media website that has an image of President Joe Biden hogtied.

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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:

We Need to Talk About This — Today's widely discussed Trump post on Truth Social isn't just another instance of bad behavior. It's not just a shrug of the shoulders and a resigned sigh of, “What are you going to do?” Far too often, people resignedly accept Trump's behavior because they believe there's no alternative.

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Edith Olmsted / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Former Defense Secretary Tells Bill Maher He Is ‘Definitely Not’ Voting for Ex Boss

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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Donald Trump shares image of Joe Biden with hands and feet tied

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Stef W. Kight / Axios: Why there's no big wave of immigrants voting illegally

Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump shares video with image depicting Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Could Biden's problems with Black voters help Trump win?

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Greg Sargent / New Republic:

MAGA's Ugly, Hateful Response to Bridge Horror Is About to Get Worse — One of the ugliest features of MAGA politics is the eagerness to seize on large scale accidents, disasters, and pandemics to spread conspiracy theories, invent new culture-war obsessions, and pit one region of the country against another.

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Peter Cordi / Washington Examiner:

Biden proclaims Easter Sunday as Transgender Day of Visibility, sparking outrage online — President Joe Biden sparked outrage online when he proclaimed March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility on Friday. This year, Easter Sunday falls on that day. — A number of prominent political figures …

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Joseph R. Biden Jr / The White House:
A Proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility, 2024

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Fox News:
Religious-themed designs banned from White House Easter egg art contest

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Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:

Publisher's slip-up reveals James Comer is hawking book about Biden impeachment inquiry — A publisher's slip-up revealed that House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-KY) is hawking a book about his effort to impeach President Joe Biden, according to a new report.

Discussion: Axios

Lauren Irwin / The Hill:

Bolton claims Trump 'doesn't have the brains' to be a dictator — Former National Security Advisor John Bolton said in an interview that his former boss, former President Trump “doesn't have the brains” to be a dictator, as questions arise about what a second Trump term would look like.

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George Monbiot / The Guardian:

From the playground to politics, it's the bullies who rule. But it doesn't have to be this way — At every stage of our lives we are forced into destructive competition. It's not natural, and it holds the best people back — A large and impressive study of children's progress …

Andrew Solender / Axios:

Scoop: National Archives gives new tranche of Biden emails to House GOP … - Republicans have increasingly acknowledged that the investigation has still failed to uncover evidence that could propel a vote to impeach Biden. … - “As we have explained to your staff, we are conducting …

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner and New York Post

Associated Press:

Zelenskyy fires more aides in a reshuffle as Russia launches drones and missiles across Ukraine — KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight.

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Chris Quinn / Plain Dealer:

Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren't two sides to facts: Letter from the Editor — A more-than-occasional arrival in the email these days is a question expressed two ways, one with dripping condescension and the other with courtesy: — Why don't our opinion platforms …

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

Trump Rekindles Relationships With Key 2016 Donors — The former president met with the Mercers and others as he sought to keep pace financially with President Biden. — Donald J. Trump, facing a cash crunch that puts him at a severe disadvantage to President Biden, dined on Thursday night …

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:

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Washington Post:

Mnuchin's plan to buy TikTok has some insiders bewildered — His proposal to buy the app without its algorithm from its Chinese owner has drawn skeptical reactions, including from those he's pitched — Former treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin is telling rich investors he has a plan to take over TikTok …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and Ohio Capital Journal, more at Techmeme »

Nate Cohn / New York Times:

Revisiting Florida 2000 and the Butterfly Effect — The evidence is strong that Al Gore would have won had it not been for an infamous ballot design in Palm Beach County. — We're still in a post-primary lull before the campaign starts to heat up — and before Donald J. Trump goes on trial.

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