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10:30 PM ET, April 26, 2024

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Brynn Tannehill / New Republic:
The Court Just Sealed Everyone's Fate, Including Its Own  —  This week, the Supreme Court managed to fail to meet the already extremely low expectations most sane people already had for it.  First, during the Idaho EMTALA case on whether hospitals receiving federal funding can refuse …
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Samuel Alito's Resentment Goes Full Tilt on a Black Day for the Court  —  On the day Donald Trump took office in January 2017, pondering what he might do to the country's democratic norms and institutions, I wrote these words: “Trump will destroy them, if keeping Trump on top requires it.  Or try to.
Slate:
We've Been Entertaining an Illusion About the Supreme Court.  It's Finally Been Shattered.  —  There will be no more self-soothing after this.  —  For three long years, Supreme Court watchers mollified themselves (and others) with vague promises that when the rubber hit the road …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Trumpification of the Supreme Court  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  The notion that Donald Trump's supporters believe that he should be able to overthrow the government and get away with it sounds like hyperbole …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Conservative Legal Philosophy Was All a Lie, Too  —  Great analysis of yesterday's oral arguments across The Bulwark: Kim Wehle was on the site and then talked with Mona and Gregg Nunziata on the livestream.  Sarah and George Conway did an emergency pod.  Andrew Egger had good stuff in Morning Shots.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog - and goat - in new book  —  South Dakota governor includes bloody tale in campaign volume - and admits 'a better politician ... wouldn't tell the story here'  —  In 1952, as a Republican candidate for vice-president …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Kristi Noem Describes Executing Puppy She ‘Hated’ in New Book
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and The Hill
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Potential Trump VP Pick Brags That She Murdered a Puppy She Hated
Discussion: Raw Story
Anjali Huynh / New York Times:
'Where's Cricket?' Don't Ask. Kristi Noem Defends Killing Her Dog.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Noem Reportedly Describes Executing Her Pet in New Book: ‘I Hated That Dog’
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida GOP Rep. Posey abruptly announces retirement  —  He first won his deep-red seat in 2008.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) abruptly announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection, after initially planning to run for another term.
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Bill Posey for Congress:
Bill Posey Announces Retirement, Endorses Mike Haridopolos
Discussion: Axios
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Biden Taunts Trump, Calling Him a ‘Loser,’ Trying to Get Under His Skin  —  President Biden has been trying to hit his opponent where it hurts, critiquing everything from his hairstyle to his energy levels in court.  —  This week, one presidential candidate has called the other a loser …
Discussion: Forbes and RedState
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New York Times:
Election Updates: Biden says he is ‘happy to’ debate Trump, a notable shift.
New York Times:
Biden, Asked if He's Planning to Debate Trump, Says ‘I Am’
Gil Duran / New Republic:
The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco … To fully grasp the current situation in San Francisco, where venture capitalists are trying to take control of City Hall, you must listen to Balaji Srinivasan.  Before you do, steel yourself for what's to come …
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Refusing To Go After David Pecker Raises Questions  —  Speculation has risen as to why Donald Trump has not risked violating his gag order to attack former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker following his damning testimony in the hush money trial.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The dishonest — and ironic — push to blame campus protests on George Soros  —  There is very obviously an element of opposition to the ongoing protests on college campuses that is rooted in familiar partisan rhetoric.  The political right's hostility to college professors and insistences …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
RNC's ‘election integrity’ lawyer charged with election crimes  —  Christina Bobb is the lawyer overseeing the RNC's “election integrity” efforts.  She was also just indicted by a grand jury for election-related crimes.  —  A total of 18 Republicans were indicted in Arizona yesterday as part …
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Erwin Chemerinsky / The Atlantic:
No One Has a Right to Protest in My Home  —  The difference between a private yard and a public forum  —  as a constitutional scholar and the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, I strongly defend the right to speak one's mind in public forums.  But the rancorous debate over the Israel-Hamas war seems …
Discussion: Reason
Axios:
Scoop: Biden changes walking routine to Marine One … - Weeks ago the president told aides that he'd prefer a less formal approach, a White House official told Axios. … White House staffers and reporters alike noticed the sudden change in Biden's walk routine beginning in mid-April …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Drops Plan to Ban Menthol Cigarettes  —  White House had been weighing health benefit of ban against angering Black voters  —  The Biden administration is reversing course on its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, after the White House weighed the potential public-health benefits …
The Dispatch:
After RNC Shakeup, Trump Ground Game Could Be Compromised  —  Plus: A look at the Washington GOP's unconventional gubernatorial endorsement.  —  Happy Friday!  And we better not bury the lead on the biggest political story of the day: Babydog, the English bulldog owned by Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia …
Discussion: Democrats and Raw Story
 
 
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Marc Rod / Jewish Insider:
Torres, Lawler push for federal antisemitism monitors on college campuses
Dharna Noor / The Guardian:
Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘A lot would have to go wrong for Biden to lose’: can Allan Lichtman predict the 2024 election?
Discussion: The Hill
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump Jr. appreciates but rejects offer to run NRA
Discussion: The Reload
Liz Hoffman / Semafor:
Top Democrats pressed for Rahm Emanuel to lead Biden campaign
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Court is Corrupt.  Say It With Me.  —  I was watching cable news this afternoon at the gym.
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