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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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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Israel to Add Gaza Aid Routes as Biden Hinges Support on Civilian Protection — The president denounced the killing of seven humanitarian workers in a tense call with Israel's prime minister. Within hours, Israel agreed to increase aid deliveries. — President Biden threatened on Thursday …
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CBS News:
Israeli military fires 2 officers as probe blames World Central Kitchen deaths on “mistaken identification” — The Israeli military announced Friday that it dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their roles in drone strikes in Gaza that killed seven aid workers on a food-delivery mission …
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
UN body calls for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes — Human rights council adopts resolution as Israel opens new routes into Gaza after Biden-Netanyahu phone call — The UN human rights council on Friday adopted a resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable …
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Al Jazeera, Reuters and Twitchy
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“Screws up female brains”: MAGA leaders are conditioning Republicans to back birth control bans — Charlie Kirk says the pill causes “angry, bitter young ladies” who vote for Democrats to get “free stuff” — Charlie Kirk, the head of the MAGA propaganda behemoth Turning Point USA …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Florida ensures Trump has to talk about abortion — It's the last thing Republicans want to do. — ∙ Paid — 📈 Subscribe to Public Notice 📈 — At a Donald Trump event this week in Michigan, a reporter asked the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to comment on Florida's new six-week abortion ban.
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Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
‘The nuclear button’: Special counsel could seek removal of judge in Trump classified docs case, attorneys warn — Special counsel Jack Smith and Judge Aileen Cannon traded terse words in filings this week. — WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith could soon seek to have the judge presiding …
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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
RFK Jr. disavows fundraising email boosting ‘J6 activists’ — The statement was an “error,” Kennedy's campaign said. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign walked back a line in a fundraising email sent to supporters Thursday afternoon, which described people detained for storming the Capitol in 2021 as “J6 activists.”
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Hot streak for U.S. job growth continues in early months of 2024 — The unemployment rate has now been below 4% for 26 consecutive months — a streak unseen in the United States since the 1960s. — Expectations heading into this morning showed projections of about 200,000 new jobs having been added in the United States in March.
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Shrug Off the ‘Massive Problem’ Awaiting Trump — DON'T SWEAT IT — Republicans acknowledge that Donald Trump is facing some big problems and is about to have a couple really bad months, but they're contending he's in a great position. … Republicans Grapple With Trump's Structural Disadvantage
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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.
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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.
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Crooks and Liars, Raw Story, Queerty, New Republic, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and The Daily Beast
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
An unlikely sight: Freedom Caucus chief asks GOP speaker for help surviving — Rep. Bob Good is the second straight chair of the conservative bloc to face political peril. This time it's coming from within his own party. — The House Freedom Caucus has long hammered Republican speakers …
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Axios, Fox News, The Bulwark, The Epoch Times and RedState
Frank Figliuzzi / MSNBC:
The disturbing irony behind a disgraceful new endorsement of Trump — The Police Officers Association of Michigan claims backing Trump will restore “honor” to the profession. Tell that to the U.S. Capitol Police. — On Tuesday, the 12,000-member Police Officers Association of Michigan …
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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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 …
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Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir / Bloomberg:
Iceland's Prime Minister Steps Down to Run for President — Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir will quit a year before the next general election to run for president in a move that could cost her environmentalist force the premiership in the north Atlantic nation.
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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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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
China Is Targeting U.S. Voters and Taiwan With AI-Powered Disinformation — Findings from Microsoft and others shed light on Beijing's expanding covert influence operations — SAN FRANCISCO—Online actors linked to the Chinese government are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence …
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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.
Noah Robertson / Defense News:
Russian military ‘almost completely reconstituted,’ US official says — Russia has rebuilt its military after suffering enormous losses during its invasion of Ukraine, according to a U.S. State Department official. — “We have assessed over the course of the last couple of months that Russia …
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Balloon Juice, Sputnik News and Daily Caller News Foundation
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.
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Bloomberg:
EBRD Calls For Subsidized Insurance to Quickly Rebuild Ukraine — Subsidized insurance would attract investors to help rebuild Ukraine's war-battered economy, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. — “Reconstruction could start very quickly,” …
The Independent:
How climate change is hitting vulnerable Indonesian trans sex workers — Nearly 93% of respondents saw decreased income during the rainy season — Joya Patiha, a 43-year-old Indonesian transgender woman, first started to notice that changing weather patterns in the mountain-ringed city …
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