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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump post appearing to depict him as Jesus removed amid backlash  —  Before the post was deleted, Evangelical and Catholic allies called the image blasphemous in a rare public break from a base that has largely stood by Trump.  —  President Donald Trump's posting of an image that appeared …
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Staunch Trump Supporters Are Now Asking if He's the Antichrist  —  The Iran war and a series of social media posts, including one depicting Trump as Jesus Christ, have some conservative commentators and fans suspecting the president may be the antichrist.  —  In a matter of days …
Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
Trump deletes post with AI image of himself as Christ-like figure after outcry  —  The US president's conservative, Christian supporters decried the Truth Social post, calling it ‘disgusting’  —  Less than a year after signing legislation that will pull nearly 12 million Americans off health insurance …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Image depitching Trump as Christ-like savior removed from president's social media page following backlash  —  The post prompted condemnation from both sides of the aisle.  —  A social media post on President Donald Trump's page depicting him as a Christ-like savior appeared to have been removed …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump deletes Truth Social image depicting him as Jesus: ‘It was me as a doctor’ … President Donald Trump on Monday morning deleted a Truth Social post with an image showing Trump appearing like Jesus Christ after it was met with backlash.  —  “I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor …
Claire Moses / New York Times:
Trump Takes Down Post Depicting Himself as a Jesus-Like Figure
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate  —  As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and “clearly insane.”
Discussion: Mediaite and Eschaton
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
U.S. begins blockade in Strait of Hormuz; Trump warns Iran ‘attack ships’ to stay away … The U.S. on Monday said it began blocking ships from entering or exiting Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, attempting to ratchet up pressure on Iran to reopen the key oil route after peace negotiations collapsed.that a
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The Economist:25 minutes ago
Donald Trump's blockade of Hormuz is a dangerous gamble  —  It further undermines international law and could lead to new fighting  —  When america and Israel began their war on February 28th, it was widely expected that Iran would choke off shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. asked Iran to freeze uranium enrichment for 20 years, sources say
Reuters:
NATO allies refuse to join Trump's Iranian port blockade
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable  —  If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.  —  In the end, the defeat of Viktor Orbán, Hungary's autocratic prime minister, required not just an ordinary election campaign or new messaging but rather …
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The Guardian:
Viktor Orbán is gone.  What does his fall mean for Europe?  Our panel responds  —  Hungary's return to democracy will be hard.  But the impact of Péter Magyar's decisive victory could be profound, inside the country and beyond  —  We've shown that even entrenched illiberal regimes are not invincible
Paul Krugman:
The Axis of Autocracy Loses a Wheel
Discussion: Euronews
ProPublica:
Inside Trump's Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections  —  Reporting Highlights  — Safeguards Destroyed: In advance of this year's midterm elections, President Donald Trump has systematically demolished federal guardrails that prevented him from overturning the 2020 election.
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Dismisses Trump's Defamation Lawsuit Against WSJ Publisher  —  The president alleged an article about a bawdy Epstein birthday letter was defamatory  —  A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Trump's defamation lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
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Politico:
Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against WSJ over Epstein birthday letter
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein drawing
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump's God Complex15 minutes ago
DoorDash:
Dasher Completes First Ever White House Delivery to Mark Impact of No Tax on Tips  —  The special delivery to the Oval Office highlights how No Tax on Tips is helping millions of workers keep more of what they earn, including hundreds of millions of dollars for Dashers.
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Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Trump tips DoorDash driver $100 for McDonald's delivery at Oval Office to promote ‘no taxes on tips’
Associated Press:
Trump administration agrees to keep flying rainbow Pride flag at New York's Stonewall monument  —  The Trump administration agreed Monday to keep flying a rainbow Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument, reversing course after removing the banner in February.
Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers Hardly Ever Get Expelled.  That Could Change This Week.  —  Momentum grows among Democrats and Republicans to seek ouster of Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales—and maybe more  —  WASHINGTON—Only three members of the House have been expelled since the Civil War.
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Associated Press:
Minnesota county is investigating potential kidnapping and false imprisonment by federal officers  —  A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials announced Monday.
Adam Wren / Politico:
Iowa looks competitive, according to new Dem poll  —  Iowa looks to be seriously in play for Democrats in November up and down the ballot, according to a new survey from a Democratic group that backs moderate candidates.  Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand holds an eight-point lead in the governor's race …
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Eric Swalwell  —  Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement:
Associated Press:
Already under financial pressure, Midwest soybean farmers are squeezed further by tariffs, Iran war  —  Strong winds whipped around Doug Bartek, a fifth-generation farmer, as he headed into a grain bin to shovel soybeans onto a conveyor chute.  The 60-year-old was anxious at the onset …
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The world's worst dealmaker screws up the Iran negotiations  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🤝 Subscribe to PN 🤝  —  “The Iranians don't seem to realize they have no cards, other than a short term extortion of the World …
 
 
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Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Meloni slams ‘unacceptable’ Trump comments on Pope Leo   Find
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump's God Complex   Find
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Correction: Trump Says AI ‘Jesus’ Post Was ‘Me As a Doctor’   Find
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New Republic:
Transcript: Trump's America Is Deeply Unwell, and It's Time to Say So   Find
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The Economist:
Donald Trump's blockade of Hormuz is a dangerous gamble   Find
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Evan Hurst / Wonkette:
Jesus Trump Deletes Pic Of Himself Healing Sick Because MAGA Is No Fun Anymore   Find
 
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New Republic:
Transcript: Trump's America Is Deeply Unwell, and It's Time to Say So20 minutes ago
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Dell Cameron / Wired:
Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
Discussion: Gizmodo
Robert Reich:
How to Impeach the Bastard, for Real
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
MAGA allies say Trump is going soft on deportations
Discussion: Blaze Media
Jamie Smyth / Financial Times:
Oil supply crunch intensifies as last Hormuz tankers reach refineries
Discussion: Reuters
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Harmeet Dhillon Is Not Wasting Any Time
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Riley Beggin / Washington Post:
Voters grill Republican lawmaker in crucial swing district on Iran war
Jeff Tomich / Politico:
Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Daily Caller
Nikolas Guggenberger / Lawfare:
America Used to Own the Internet. Now It's Running Scared.
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
What the death of Direct File tells us about state capacity
Discussion: MS NOW
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
New data suggests Trump's assault on democracy may be stalling out
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Bryan Cranston, Joaquin Phoenix, and 1,000+ writers, actors, and directors sign a letter opposing Paramount's WBD bid, warning it cuts jobs and audience choice

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the US FTC is in settlement talks with ad companies to end an antitrust probe into their alleged coordinated boycotts against sites like Elon Musk's X

TMZ.com:
TMZ officially launches its Washington, DC operations, dubbed TMZDC, with a three-person production team of Charlie Cotton, Jacob Wasserman, and Jakson Buhaj
 
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