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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Mike Johnson says the quiet part on Fox  —  PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers.  Appreciate our independent journalism?  Then please sign up to support us.  —  📈 Subscribe to Public Notice 📈  —  It was a given, of course …
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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Speaker Johnson's secret muse … - In our column on Johnson's historic road-to-Kyiv conversion, we told you how the speaker defied the loudest, most threatening GOP personalities, dug deep into government intelligence, and shifted his position on the most vital foreign policy legislation in years.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
‘2,000 Mules’ Retracted, Still Lodged in Grandma's Brain  —  Sen. Tim Scott wants you to know: 2024 is not an abortion-policy election.  —  “The Supreme Court has already ruled that this is a states' issue.  President Trump and Speaker Johnson have both said that this will remain a states' issue …
ProPublica:
Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign  —  Nine witnesses in the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages …
Discussion: New Republic and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Sally Buzbee steps down as Executive Editor of The Washington Post.  Matt Murray and Robert Winnett take editorial leadership roles in new newsroom structure.  —  The Washington Post also announced today its intention to launch a new division of the newsroom dedicated to better serving audiences …
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Politico:
Playbook: The Trump verdict lands on the Hill  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WAPO SHOCKER — SALLY BUZBEE is out as the Washington Post's executive editor after a three-year run, to be immediately replaced by former WSJ editor in chief MATT MURRAY and …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
The campaign dichotomy in one newsletter :slightly_smiling_face:
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Texas professors sue to fail students who seek abortions  —  Men are using abortion bans to control and abuse women in their lives for “consensual sexual intercourse”  —  A pair of Texas professors figured out that their female students have sex and, boy, they do not like it.
Politico:
Hunter Biden's gun trial starts today.  Here's what to know.  —  The president's son is accused of illegally possessing a gun as a drug user in 2018.  —  WILMINGTON, Delaware — As Hunter Biden walks into court Monday to go on trial, he'll pass a familiar sight: a large photo of his father, sporting a reassuring grin.
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Jury selection kicks off in Hunter Biden's federal gun crime trial
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents  —  Google has accidentally collected childrens' voice data, leaked the trips and home addresses of car pool users, and made YouTube recommendations based on users' deleted watch history, among thousands of other employee-reported privacy incidents …
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Jackson Lee, Veteran Democrat in Congress, Says She Has Pancreatic Cancer  —  The Texas congresswoman, who has served in the House for nearly three decades, said she had begun treatment and would work with leaders to be present for votes in Washington.  —  Representative Sheila Jackson Lee …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
8 years later, Trump haunted by rhetoric about candidates, crimes  —  By the reasoning Donald Trump pushed in 2016, his candidacy creates “an unprecedented constitutional crisis,” and he has “no right to be running.”  —  Eight years later, some find it easy to forget some of the more ridiculous elements …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court sends dispute over Arkansas' GOP-drawn congressional map back to lower court  —  Last month, the Supreme Court ruled on South Carolina's congressional map, making it more difficult to bring racial gerrymandering claims.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday told …
Washington Post:
Russia co-opts far-right politicians in Europe with cash, officials say  —  A Kremlin-backed media outlet — the Prague-based Voice of Europe — funneled hundreds of thousands of euros to far-right politicians, officials say.  —  PRAGUE — When an associate of one of Russian President …
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Dánica Coto / Associated Press:
Puerto Rico's two biggest parties hold primaries as governor seeks 2nd term and voters demand change  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The future of Puerto Rico's political status and its rebounding but fragile economy are at the center of fiery debates as the island's two biggest political …
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Menendez will file independent re-election bid  —  The New Jersey Globe has learned that Bob Menendez will enter the race for the United States Senate today, filing nominating petitions with over 2,000 signatures in Trenton to seek re-election to a fourth term as an independent.
Discussion: CNN, NBC News, Mediaite and The Guardian
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Jamie Raskin blasts GOP at hearing: ‘Some of them blindly worship convicted felons’  —  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) blasted Republican members of Congress for their blind “worship” of convicted felons like former President Donald Trump.  —  At a Monday hearing with former National Institutes …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Two years later, obvious misinformation is finally taken down  —  “2000 Mules” is a case study in how appealing, lucrative falsehoods endure.  —  I was sitting at dinner with my editor in early 2022 when filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza challenged me to a debate.  —  I had written an article …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump falsely claims he didn't call to lock up Hillary Clinton  —  Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed in a new interview that he didn't make a “lock her up” call for the imprisonment of his Democratic opponent of the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton.
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump falsely claims he never called for Hillary Clinton to be locked up
 
 
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Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Why is a group of billionaires working to re-elect Trump?
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Democrats must defend Trump's guilty verdict against MAGA jury denial
Myah Ward / Politico:
Biden executive action on the border could come as early as Tuesday
John Parkinson / ABC News:
Anthony Fauci faces grilling by Republicans over COVID-19 response, origins
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
Top Democrats launch inquiry into Trump's brazen $1bn pitch to oil execs
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Ruxandra Iordache / CNBC:
Kremlin warns Washington of ‘fatal’ miscalculation to let Kyiv use U.S.-supplied weapons inside Russia
Discussion: Financial Times, UPI, Politico and Reuters
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Claudia Sheinbaum claims sweeping mandate to become Mexico's first female president
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
What Europe Fears … In early april, a crowd of diplomats and dignitaries gathered …
Discussion: NBC News
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
All the arguments against Trump's convictions, debunked
Isabella Murray / ABC News:
Half of Americans think Trump's guilty verdict was correct, should end campaign: POLL
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Donald Trump joins TikTok after reversal on app he tried to ban as president
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

 
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