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9:50 PM ET, April 4, 2024

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Wall Street Journal:
No Labels Will Abandon 2024 Presidential Campaign Effort  —  The centrist group plans to announce it won't field a third-party ‘unity ticket’ after months of failing to find a candidate to lead its effort  —  WASHINGTON—No Labels, the centrist group which has sought to field a third-party presidential bid …
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
No Labels abandons 2024 presidential effort  —  The bipartisan group No Labels won't put forward a third-party presidential ticket after failing to find a candidate, multiple outlets have reported.  —  No Labels will reportedly announce Monday that it hasn't been able to recruit …
New York Times:
Election Updates: No Labels abandons its effort to field a presidential candidate.
Discussion: Raw Story and Semafor
Associated Press:
No Labels won't run a third-party campaign after spending millions trying to recruit a candidate
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:   Centrist group No Labels won't field a ticket in the presidential election
Katrina Kaufman / CBS News:
Is Trump's $175 million civil fraud bond valid in New York?  —  When former President Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in New York on Monday, it appeared that he had evaded a financial crisis.  He had paused enforcement of the more than $460 million judgment against him following a civil fraud trial, while his appeal is pending.
New York Times:
G.O.P. Congressman's Wild Claim: F.B.I. Entrapped Jan. 6 Rioters  —  More than three years after the attack on Congress, a Republican subcommittee chairman offered a series of baseless and disproved claims about it, reflecting an effort on the right to falsify what occurred.
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Washington Post:
RFK Jr. campaign describes Jan. 6 defendants as ‘activists,’ then disavows email  —  Candidate's team later said the communication, which stated the defendants had been stripped of their rights, 'does not reflect Mr. Kennedy's views'  —  Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy's …
Kelly Garrity / Politico:   RFK Jr. disavows fundraising email boosting ‘J6 activists’
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jeffrey Clark's bid to aid Trump election scheme violated attorney rules, DC Bar panel finds  —  Disciplinary investigators who brought the charges against Clark say they intend to advocate for his disbarment.  —  A disciplinary panel in Washington has found that Jeffrey Clark …
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Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Trump says he'll jail his opponents. Members of the House Jan. 6 committee are preparing
Discussion: Raw Story and KTLA
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:   Trump's Jan. 6 Accomplice Jeffrey Clark Broke Attorney Ethics Rules, Legal Panel Says
Politico:
A blinking red light for Israel in American politics  —  The shift has come amid rising internal frustrations inside the administration about the war.  —  In notably blunt terms Thursday, top U.S. officials made a series of warnings to the Israeli government that they were nearly out of patience with its conduct of the war in Gaza.
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Washington Post:
Biden warns Netanyahu the situation in Gaza is ‘unacceptable’
CNN:
Biden to Netanyahu: Protect civilians or else
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Ted Cruz Is Getting Nervous He's Going to Lose His Senate Seat  —  The Texas senator's questionable podcast deal with iHeartMedia is raising eyebrows amid his increasingly desperate fundraising efforts  —  THE WALLS ARE closing in around Ted Cruz, and the Republican senator is lashing out.
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Musk's X pivots again, restoring blue checks to popular accounts  —  The social network formerly known as Twitter is now gifting premium features to users with at least 2,500 verified followers  —  A year after his controversial decision to remove verification from popular Twitter accounts unless …
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Former President Donald Trump On Israel's War, 2024 And Much More  —  Former President Donald Trump joined me this morning:  —  Audio:  —  04-04hhs-trump  —  Transcript:  —  HH: Joined by our very special guest, former President Donald Trump.  Mr. President, welcome back.
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Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic:
Pluralistic: Too big to care (04 Apr 2024)  — Too big to care: Enshittification is a choice.  — Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.  — This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023  — Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.  — Recent appearances: Where I've been.
Politico:
Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar subpoenaed in Arizona probe of Trump fake electors  —  The Arizona attorney general is nearing a decision on whether to charge Trump allies with crimes, but there is no indication Biggs or Gosar will face charges.  —  Arizona investigators probing Republicans' efforts …
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and Mediaite
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The Washington press corps doesn't have a freaking clue  —  I've been away for nearly two weeks, almost entirely unplugged, and let me tell you, a little distance makes the failure of the American political press even more horrifying and inexcusable.  —  The nation stands on the edge of a precipice …
Discussion: annieasksyou
Kelly Jensen / BOOK RIOT:
Louisiana HB 777 Would Criminalize Librarians and Libraries Who Join the American Library Association  —  Despite the fact that l ibrarians are among the most trusted professionals, per data acquired in several studies of parents on the perceptions of the profession, lawmakers across …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Why Trump wants to game Nebraska's electoral vote, mapped  —  A transparent Donald Trump-backed attempt to reconfigure — dare we say “rig” — the electoral college to be more in his favor in 2024 has fallen short.  At least for now.  —  The technically nonpartisan but heavily Republican …
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WOWT-TV:
Attempt to consolidate Electoral College votes fails in Nebraska Legislature
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge denies Trump bid to dismiss classified documents prosecution  —  A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution against Donald Trump, rejecting a defense argument that the case should be tossed because he was entitled as a former president to retain the records after he left office.
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Biden Takes Aim at SpaceX's Tax-Free Ride in American Airspace  —  President Biden wants companies that use American airspace for rocket launches to start paying taxes into a federal fund that finances the work of air traffic controllers.  —  Every time a rocket soars into the sky carrying satellites …
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Biden says U.S. economy is world's best.  Trump calls it a ‘cesspool.’ Data is clear. … U.S. President Joe Biden, delivers remarks on the U.S. economy and his administration's effort to revive American manufacturing, during his visit in Flex LTD, a factory that makes solar energy microinverters …
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Alyssa Farah Griffin rips RFK Jr. in op-ed: ‘Gaslighting and real-time pivoting’  —  Former Trump administration aide Alyssa Farah Griffin went after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in an op-ed published in The Daily Beast, calling out the independent presidential candidate for “gaslighting and real-time pivoting” …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Blinken says Ukraine will eventually ‘become a member of NATO’  —  Debate of Ukraine's membership to the 32-member alliance continues amid its war with Russia  —  Ukraine will eventually join NATO as support from its member countries remains “rock solid,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
How Trump's story about Ruby Garcia's family went horribly awry  —  Donald Trump boasted about speaking to members of a murder victim's family.  It now appears he made that up.  —  In light of Donald Trump's overtly anti-immigrant platform, it wasn't too surprising to see the Republican seize …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Melania Trump is back, set to hold event for Log Cabin Republicans  —  The former first lady had been largely absent from the campaign trail.  —  Melania Trump, who has been largely absent from the campaign trail during her husband's presidential run, is back on the GOP fundraising circuit.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Let Me Rewrite That For You: NY Times Misinforms Readers About RFK & Biden  —  from the journalists-need-to-get-it-together dept  —  It's been a few years since I last did a “Let me rewrite that for you” post.  This idea was first suggested by the brilliant press critic Dan Froomkin.
 
 
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Trump's GOP isn't built to win, but only to protect himself
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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