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5:15 PM ET, April 1, 2024

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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
The Easter Madness Of Donald J. Trump  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  —  Trump's Messianic Complex  —  I trust that most of you were offline celebrating the holiday, warming to the Spring, welcoming baseball back, or watching college basketball.
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
The Church of Trump: How He's Infusing Christianity Into His Movement  —  Ending many of his rallies with a churchlike ritual and casting his prosecutions as persecution, the former president is demanding — and receiving — new levels of devotion from Republicans.
Washington Post:
Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation's strictest abortion bans to take effect  —  The high court simultaneously ruled that a referendum enshrining abortion rights can go on the November ballot  —  Florida's conservative Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's constitution does …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people … Targets would range from decades-old policies aimed at giving minorities economic opportunities, to more recent programs that began in response to the pandemic and the killing of George Floyd.
Reuters:
Would-be Tesla buyers snub company as Musk's reputation dips  —  The ranks of would-be Tesla buyers in the United States are shrinking, according to a survey by market intelligence firm Caliber, which attributed the drop in part to CEO Elon Musk's polarizing persona.
Discussion: Electrek, Quartz and Bloomberg
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
US judge receptive to Trump documents claims in warning sign for prosecutors  —  A federal judge overseeing the criminal case that accuses Donald Trump of mishandling classified documents has signaled an openness to the former U.S. president's defense claims, in a sign that prosecutors might face a difficult road ahead.
Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press:
A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant.  It's finally changing  —  (AP Video by Tassanee Vejpongsa; Production by Shelby Lum)  —  Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news …
Discussion: WGN-TV
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Driver rams into front gate of Atlanta FBI office, taken into custody  —  The car appeared to try to follow an authorized vehicle entering the gate.  —  A man rammed a vehicle into the FBI entrance gate at the Atlanta field office, April 1, 2024.  —  A driver rammed into the front gate …
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Israel's government passes law to temporarily shut down Al Jazeera  —  Israel's legislature passed a law Monday paving the way to shut down the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network, under legislation allowing for the temporary ban of foreign news networks that the government deems a threat to national security.
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Washington Post:
How Republicans texted and emailed their way into a money problem  —  Small-dollar donations to Trump and the GOP are way down since 2019 and 2020.  But the former president's team says they see a turnaround.  —  In the years after Donald Trump lost the presidency to Joe Biden …
Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
The GOP's extremism problem predates Trump  —  This free edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please click the button below to support our independent journalism.  —  🐘 Subscribe to Public Notice 🐘  —  There's an old adage that politics has no tolerance for losers.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
A U.S. Senator Is Shaming Universities Into Returning Native American Human Remains  —  “The worst kind of colonialism,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said of schools and museums holding onto thousands of stolen bones.  But it's complicated.  —  WASHINGTON - A couple of months ago …
NBC News:
Ex-Trump aide Hope Hicks expected to testify in former president's New York criminal trial  —  The former White House communications director met with prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office last year.  —  Former White House communications director Hope Hicks is expected …
Sarah Ewall-Wice / Daily Mail:
More than half of voters support slapping 10 percent tariffs on all imports, in boost for Trump's populist, protectionists policy  — Former President Trump is proposing to put a 10 percent tariff on all imports  — A Daily Mail poll found that 54 percent of likely voters support the idea
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Breitbart
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
“Trending: Easter Controversy,” or: How little lies pave the way for the next big lie  —  No-News Weekend Internet is stupid-dangerous in the Trump era — as this weekend's attack on the Transgender Day of Visibility shows.  —  This weekend's gaslighting from the right around Easter falling …
Washington Post:
Democrats spar over registration as worries over young and minority voters grow  —  The rise in Trump support among nonregistered voters has run up against a long-held Democratic policy priority of growing the voter rolls  —  A confidential memo circulated among top Democratic donors …
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Migrants in Iowa wonder whether to leave over a bill that could see some arrested and deported  —  A bill in Iowa that would allow the state to arrest and deport some migrants is stoking anxiety among immigrant communities, leaving some to wonder: “Should I leave Iowa?”
Discussion: Associated Press
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
Hospitals Must Get Written Patient Consent for Pelvic Exams, H.H.S. Says  —  In a letter to teaching hospitals, the federal health agency said that institutions could lose Medicare funding if they didn't comply.  —  The Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday …
New York Times:
China's Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms  —  China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say.  —  Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters …
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Melania Trump Is Back — But Maybe Not for Long  —  Melania Trump has been found, but don't throw out your “Where is Melania?” flyers or call off the search planes just yet.  —  The former First Lady appeared at Donald Trump's November 2022 presidential-campaign announcement.
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and Raw Story
CNN:
Exclusive: Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny  —  Within hours of opposition leader Alexey Navalny's death in February in a Russian prison, a group of anti-Kremlin hackers went looking for revenge.  —  Using their access to a computer network  …
 
 
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Financial Times:
Moves to ban lab-grown meat intensify in Republican US states
Discussion: Semafor
Patrick Whittle / Associated Press:
Maine's trail system makes the state an outdoor destination. $30M in improvements could come soon
Discussion: Associated Press
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Frost endorses Alsobrooks in Maryland Senate race
Discussion: HuffPost
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden marks annual White House Easter Egg Roll: ‘Time for forgiveness’
Gleb Tsipursky / The Hill:
Remote work can reshape DC's urban core for the better
 Earlier Items: 
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
GOP rep on Trump targeting judge's daughter: ‘Families should always be off-limits’
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Trump attacks resigning GOP Reps as ‘cowards and weaklings’ as majority thins
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“Stand where he tells you to stand”: Why the GOP is doubling down on misogyny in 2024
Discussion: The US Sun
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Exclusive: Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack, sources say
Discussion: USA Today, Reuters and PJ Media
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
New smear campaign puts first Muslim appellate nominee in jeopardy
Discussion: JNS.org