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3:40 AM ET, April 7, 2024

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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015  —  Tim Sheehy was cited for illegally discharging a weapon in a national park but says he made up the gunshot to cover up a bullet wound he received as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan that he never reported to superiors
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:   GOP Candidate Says He Lied to Ranger About How He Was Shot
NBC News:
Biden may have trouble getting on Ohio's general election ballot, state's top elections official warns  —  In a letter to Ohio's Democratic Party chair, Secretary of State Frank LaRose warns that the Democratic National Convention will take place after a state deadline to declare a candidate.
Discussion: USA Today, New York Post and WKYC-TV
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ABC News:
Biden could face challenges getting on Ohio general ballot  —  The state's Dems were alerted Joe Biden could be non-compliant with state law.  —  President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a campaign event with Vice President Kamala Harris in Raleigh, N.C., March 26, 2024.
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Washington Post:
Trump in ‘full sprint’ to close Biden's money lead as legal bills mount
NPR:
March fundraising numbers show Biden significantly outpacing Trump
Associated Press:
Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online.  They also spread false information  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claimed that a government website had revealed …
Discussion: Twitchy
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Is Accidentally Exposing Aileen Cannon's Shady Pro-MAGA Game  —  When Judge Aileen Cannon handed down her latest ruling in the prosecution of Donald Trump for stealing classified documents, many legal observers immediately understood the shady gamesmanship lurking behind it.
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Sen. John Fetterman blasts squatters, violent crime: ‘I am not woke’  —  Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman ripped the idea of “squatter's rights” during an exclusive interview with The Post this week.  —  “Squatters have no rights,” Fetterman said, adding that the issue was one he often dealt …
Discussion: Twitchy, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 5, 2024  —  Today offered yet more evidence that Biden's rejection of the Republicans' supply-side economics in favor of investing in ordinary Americans is paying off with high growth, low unemployment, and strong wages.  —  Today's jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor …
Discussion: Fox News and Axios
Gayle Pollard-Terry / Los Angeles Times:
Cecil ‘Chip’ Murray, L.A. civil rights icon and spiritual leader, dead at 94  —  The Rev. Dr. Cecil L.  “Chip” Murray, who made the First African Methodist Episcopal Church the most prestigious Black pulpit in Los Angeles, attracting presidents, governors and mayors to hear his dynamic sermons, has died.
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
Biden Waves His First-Term Résumé at a Skeptical America  —  With increasing urgency, the president is trying to impress upon voters that he has accomplished quite a bit — even if they don't see it in their lives yet.  —  President Biden is discovering that passing …
Discussion: New York Daily News
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Mass. GOP ousts veteran Republican power player Ron Kaufman from RNC post  —  Kaufman, a former treasurer for the Republican National Committee, was upset by Brad Wyatt in a narrow 37-35 vote taken at a Republican State Committee meeting.  —  BURLINGTON, Massachusetts …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Shanti Das / The Guardian:
‘Extreme’ US anti-abortion group ramps up lobbying in Westminster  —  The UK branch of the Alliance Defending Freedom has increased its spending and is forging ties with key MPs  —  A rightwing Christian lobby group that wants abortion to be banned has forged ties with an adviser …
Douglas MacKinnon / The Hill:
Do our leaders, ‘experts’ and pundits want World War III?  —  At least within the circles I run, people who encounter purposely-created insanity and danger openly acknowledge the insanity and danger and, for reasons of self-protection and survival, want it stopped as fast as possible.
 
 
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Discussion: CNN
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
‘The Israelis usually fire and then ask questions’ in my experience: Former Defense Secretary
Discussion: Associated Press and IJR
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
No Labels wanted a centrist ticket. Polarization, Trump stood in the way.
Chris D'Angelo / HuffPost:
Trump's Second-Term Blueprint Would Take A Wrecking Ball To Public Lands
Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Biden wants union labor to rebuild the Baltimore bridge. That could touch off a fight
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
NATO chief's final battle: Protecting Ukraine from Trump, US
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