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.

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.

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.

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.

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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“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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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  …

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 …

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

“Unit 29155's scope is global for conducting lethal operations and acts of sabotage.  Their mission is to find, fix, and finish, all in support of Vladimir Putin's imperial dreams."  —  Originally conceived as a training unit within the GRU, it was reorganized and expanded in 2008 …