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3:20 PM ET, April 11, 2024

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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Self-Immolation of the AZ GOP  —  Inflation is still running a little hot, according to the Department of Labor.  Overall inflation was at 3.5 percent year-over-year, with more stable “core” inflation at 3.8 percent.  While it's moving in the right direction, it's not returning …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Arizona Republicans condemn their own abortion policy  —  On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a bombshell decision banning virtually all abortions in the state.  The majority found that since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a near-total ban from 1864 — before Arizona was a state — was back in effect.
Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Abortion ruling is a full-on disaster for Arizona Republicans  —  Opinion: With the return of an 1864 abortion ban, Republicans now face a five-alarm fire that could consume their grip on Arizona.  If you are Trump or Kari Lake, you are freaking out right now.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's telling comment on punishing doctors who provide abortions  —  The Republican Party needs leadership on abortion.  Trump is so frightened of it that he's liable to just create more problems.  —  Back in 2022, when it looked as if the Supreme Court would soon overturn Roe v. Wade …
Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:
The GOP's states' rights smokescreen is cover for a national abortion ban
Discussion: HuffPost and Hackwhackers
Dani Anguiano / The Guardian:
‘Shame! Shame!’: Arizona Republican leaders block effort to repeal abortion ban
Associated Press:
Arizona abortion ruling upends legal and political landscape from Phoenix to Washington
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Florida 2024 Poll: Plurality Plan to Vote “Yes” on Abortion Protection Ballot Measure  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey in Florida finds 42% of voters plan to vote yes on the November ballot measure that will provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, 32% are unsure, and 25% will vote no.
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Camille Baker / New York Times:
How Voters Describe the 2024 Election in One Word … A voter casts a ballot in Southfield, Mich., during the state's presidential primary in February.Emily Elconin for The New York Times  —  It's no secret that many voters are not looking forward to the election in November.
Discussion: Fox News
Dan Hopkins / ABC News:
The less you vote, the more you back Trump
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
O.J. Simpson, Football Star Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76  —  He ran to football fame and made fortunes in movies.  His trial for the murder of his former wife and her friend became an inflection point on race in America.  —  O.J. Simpson, who ran to fame on the football field …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
OJ Simpson dies at 76, family says
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Biden Administration Is Closing the ‘Gun Show Loophole’  —  HOLSTERED  —  People selling firearms at gun shows and elsewhere will now be required to carry out background checks on their customers.  —  The Biden administration on Thursday announced that it is moving to close …
Discussion: NPR, The White House, Reuters, UPI and CBS News
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Big Lie About Biden Implodes After MAGA Ally Admits Truth  —  Steve Bannon no doubt thought he was being deviously clever.  Speaking with The New York Times this week, he elaborated on a sophisticated plan that Donald Trump's allies have developed for boosting third-party candidates, so they siphon votes from President Biden.
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Matt Gaetz Is Winning  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  Usually, you need about 10 minutes to walk from the Rayburn House Office Building to the House Chamber.  But if you're running from a reporter, it'll only take you five.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
McCarthy says Gaetz ousted him to stop ethics complaint over sex scandal
USA Today:
Mike Johnson and Donald Trump will propose bill to prevent non-citizens from voting  —  WASHINGTON - House Speaker Mike Johnson will introduce a bill with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence aimed at preventing non-citizens from voting.
BBC:
Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud  —  Truong My Lan is accused of looting one of Vietnam's largest banks over a period of 11 years  —  It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen.
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Men Rescued From Desert Island Thanks to Giant ‘HELP’ Sign  —  SOS  —  The trio had been stranded for over a week and surviving on coconut meat.  —  Three mariners were rescued from a remote atoll in the Pacific on Tuesday after a U.S. Navy plane spotted a sign reading “HELP” …
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Supreme Court liberal won't run again, shaking up race for control  —  The retirement of Justice Ann Walsh Bradley improves conservatives' chances of retaking the majority after losing it last year in the most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history.
Will Steakin / ABC News:
Bankruptcy documents detail how GOP NC governor nominee Mark Robinson failed to file federal income taxes for 5 years  —  Mark Robinson claims Democrats have caused the “death” of “responsibility.”  —  North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, whom Republican presidential candidate …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ry Rivard / Politico:
Menendez trial still set for May, but wife's will be delayed  —  Menendez attorney Adam Fee argued against the delay because the senator's career is affected every day the charges loom over him.  —  Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial will start in May — without his wife.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump campaign demands Biden debate him ‘much earlier’ and more often  —  The Trump campaign is asking for additional debates and for the showdowns to begin much earlier than initially scheduled  —  EXCLUSIVE: The Trump campaign is calling for additional 2024 presidential debates and for them to take place …
Daniel Smithson / WSMV-TV:
Bill to make marrying your first cousin illegal in Tennessee passes but not without a fight  —  Two Republican lawmakers voted against making marriage between first cousins illegal in Tennessee.  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee House passed a bill on Thursday that would make it illegal …
Discussion: MeidasTouch and Raw Story
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Florida can't ban teacher from asking students to use her preferred pronouns, judge rules  —  Katie Wood, a transgender algebra teacher, has long gone by ‘Ms Wood’ but the law required students to say ‘Teacher Wood’  —  Florida cannot prohibit a 10th-grade math teacher from asking her students …
Discussion: The Hill, HotAir and UPI
 
 
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David Strom / HotAir:
BLS ‘Super Users’ Got Insider Information
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump intensifies his grip on congressional GOP agenda
Washington Post:
Where 2024 voters moved since 2020 — and how they registered
Discussion: USA Today
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Treasury wants “sharper scalpel” to dissect foreign investment
Nico Lang / The Daily Beast:
Florida's Anti-Trans Bathroom Law Spurs Harrowing Vigilante Attacks
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Zoe Hussain / The Daily Beast:
This Trumpy Long Island Politician Plans to Deputize Armed Civilians
Discussion: BizPac Review and New York Post
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump's the likely GOP nominee. He can serve even if convicted of a crime.
Discussion: The Hill and Digby's Hullabaloo
Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times:
‘Please leave!’ A Jewish UC Berkeley dean confronts pro-Palestinian activist at his home