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Politico:
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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Edith Olmsted / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Former Defense Secretary Tells Bill Maher He Is ‘Definitely Not’ Voting for Ex Boss — ‘DEFINITELY NOT’ — “There's no way I'll vote for Trump, but every day that Trump does something crazy, the door to voting for Biden opens a little bit more, and that's where I'm at,” Esper said.
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Raw Story, Fox News, Washington Examiner and Deadline
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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New York Magazine, New York Post, Raw Story, The Guardian, TMZ.com, New York Daily News, Balloon Juice, PoliticusUSA and Diane Ravitch's blog
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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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The Hill, The Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Floridian, Raw Story and MeidasTouch
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump shares video with image depicting Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck
Trump shares video with image depicting Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck
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Politico, UPI and Business Insider
Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Donald Trump shares image of Joe Biden with hands and feet tied
Donald Trump shares image of Joe Biden with hands and feet tied
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CNN, New York Times, Axios, Rolling Stone, MSNBC, Outside the Beltway, The Moderate Voice, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
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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The Mahablog, MinnPost, Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Fox Business and Fox News
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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Balloon Juice
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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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.
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Axios
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 …
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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Washington Examiner, Telegraph, HuffPost and Mediaite
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 …
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The Hill, New York Post and Washington Examiner
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 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Will the media learn the right lesson from the Ronna McDaniel debacle? — You're reading Jennifer Rubin's subscriber-only newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox. — This week, I look at the Ronna McDaniel debacle, pick the distinguished person of the week and share a magnificent theatrical experience.
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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