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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.
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Sun-Sentinel, Mediaite and Althouse
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Week Ahead — This week there's a lot on tap. There are four things in particular that I'll be paying attention to: — In the Manhattan DA's case, we'll find out whether Judge Merchan's gag order covers family members of witnesses, jurors, prosecutors, and court personnel, including the Judge's own family members.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump Media plunges more than 25% after company reports net loss of $58 million in 2023 … This photo illustration shows an image of former President Donald Trump reflected in a phone screen that is displaying the Truth Social app, in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2022.
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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.
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.
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New Republic, The Guardian, Mock Paper Scissors, Rolling Stone, Raw Story and RedState
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.
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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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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.
Politico:
First human case of avian flu in Texas raises alarm — Potential cow-to-cow avian flu transmission in Idaho is worrying pandemic experts. — A Texas dairy worker has tested positive for the avian flu, marking the first identified human case of an illness in the U.S. that has sickened …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Frost endorses Alsobrooks in Maryland Senate race — Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) on Monday endorsed Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks over fellow Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) in the closely watched Democratic Senate primary in Maryland. — Frost adds to the growing divide …
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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 …
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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Reuters, Business Insider, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Mediaite
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
GOP rep on Trump targeting judge's daughter: ‘Families should always be off-limits’ — Republican Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y.) on Sunday said “families should always be off-limits” after former President Trump lashed out at the daughter of the Manhattan judge overseeing his hush money trial
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Launches Another Attack on Judge's Daughter, This Time with Photos
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