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10:30 PM ET, April 13, 2022

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Manu Raju / CNN:
Book details tension with McConnell over Trump's bid to reverse Biden's electoral win  —  In the weeks after he lost the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump had a plan to stay in office - and he wanted Mitch McConnell to know about it.  —  If Trump could successfully pressure Republican …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump pours money into a midterm race for the first time  —  Former President Donald Trump's political operation is plowing cash into Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary — his organization's first major financial investment in a midterm race and an indication that he's willing to dig …
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
First Texas bus drops off migrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC  —  The buses are part of Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to counter the Biden administration's approach to illegal immigration  —  Texas agencies preparing for wave of illegal immigrant crossings in late May
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Astrid Galván / Axios:
Gov. Abbott doubles down on new inspection rule for truckers at Texas border
Discussion: National Review
Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Gov. Greg Abbott eases truck inspections at key border crossing in Laredo
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
'We're actually about to experience doomsday!'  NYC subway suspect's racial ramblings  —  'WE'RE ACTUALLY ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE DOOMSDAY!'  NYC SUBWAY SUSPECT'S RACIAL RAMBLINGS.  New York City police have arrested 62-year-old Frank James as the suspect in Tuesday's subway shooting.
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Associated Press:
Man arrested in Brooklyn subway attack, charged with terror  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway train was arrested Wednesday and charged with a federal terrorism offense after a daylong manhunt and a tipster's call brought police to him on a Manhattan street.
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Biden White House waives executive privilege for more Trump records  —  President Biden has authorized the National Archives and Records Administration to hand over a new tranche of Trump White House documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Are Democrats Headed for a Shellacking in the Midterm Election?  —  What the generic ballot model predicts  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Presidential party midterm losses are a regular feature of American politics.  — President Biden's numbers are weak as well.
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The Hill:
Democrats blame messaging for their political problems
Discussion: Breitbart, Mock Paper Scissors and NPR
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
DNC panel strips Iowa of guaranteed first vote for president; state party can still apply for coveted spot … Iowa Democrats are no longer guaranteed a place at the front of the presidential nominating calendar after a panel of Democratic National Committee members voted Wednesday …
Discussion: Insider, New York Times and HotAir
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Joel Burgess / Asheville Citizen Times:
Mark Meadows removed from NC voter roll amid election fraud investigation  —  ASHEVILLE - Mark Meadows has been removed from North Carolina's voter rolls, a move made as the State Bureau of Investigation continues a probe into allegations the former White House Chief of Staff committed election fraud.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Mark Meadows removed from N.C. voter rolls amid fraud investigation
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Le Pen Backs NATO-Russia Reconciliation and Reduced French Role in Alliance  —  PARIS — Rejecting a “herd-like conformity” with the Biden administration, Marine Le Pen, the French far-right candidate for the presidency, said Wednesday that France would quit NATO's integrated military command …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
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Reuters:
France's Le Pen outlines foreign policy vision, leaving Russia door ajar
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
How to Make Sense of the New L.B.G.T.Q. Culture War  —  To understand the contours of the renewed culture wars over sex education, sexual orientation and gender identity, start with a Rorschach test.  —  According to Gallup, the share of younger Americans who identify as lesbian, gay …
Discussion: HotAir and GC News
Katie King / Virginian-Pilot:
Democrats ‘stunned’ as Youngkin vetoes 25 bipartisan bills — including 3 from Hampton Roads lawmakers  —  Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed 25 bills this week — all from Democrats — that received bipartisan support in the General Assembly, a move some lawmakers viewed as an act of retaliation.
Politico:
U.S. weighs sending top-level official to meet Zelenskyy in Kyiv  —  The Biden administration is holding internal discussions about sending a high-level official to Kyiv to show further support to Ukraine, two U.S. officials told POLITICO.  —  No decision on the potential visit has yet …
Discussion: РИА … and ABC News
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ABC News:
Biden announces $800M in new military aid for Ukraine
New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Evidence of Abuses Mount as Biden Promises More Aid  —  ‘Clear patterns’ of Russian rights abuses are found in Ukraine, a report says.  —  Investigators from almost a dozen countries combed bombed-out towns and freshly dug graves in Ukraine on Wednesday for evidence of war crimes …
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Victoria Kim / New York Times:
President Biden accuses Russia of committing genocide in Ukraine.
Quinnipiac University Poll:
74% Of Americans Think Worst Of War In Ukraine Is Yet To Come, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; More Than 8 In 10 Think Vladimir Putin Is A War Criminal  — mail_outline  —  As the world witnesses the atrocities in Ukraine committed by Russian troops, the vast majority of Americans …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Expands Flow of Intelligence to Ukraine as White House Sends More Arms  —  Extra U.S. aid comes as Ukrainian forces try to hold off a major Russian offensive in the eastern part of Ukraine  —  The Biden administration is moving to significantly expand the intelligence it is providing …
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
MSNBC:
How Jared Kushner and the Trump admin traded U.S. foreign policy for $2 billion  —  Chris Hayes: “Essentially, the Trump administration sold U.S. foreign policy, Jamal Khashoggi's life, and American principles on liberal democracy and freedom of the press for $2 billion that went straight into Jared Kushner's pocket.”
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Democrats Are Doing Basically Nothing to Counter the GOP's ‘Pedophile’ Attacks  —  Democrats are rolling their eyes at GOP attacks that they're, as Marjorie Taylor Greene put it, the “party of pedophiles.”  Should they be?  —  CJ  —  Republicans are increasingly accusing Democrats …
Discussion: As I See It and The Guardian
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
CNN+ Is Said to Surpass 100,000 Subscribers in Its First Week  —  Under pressure from new owner Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. to justify its costs, CNN's streaming service eclipsed 100,000 subscribers in its first week, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Asha Rangappa / CAFE:
Note from Asha: When the Right-Wing Eye of Sauron Landed on Me … - Show Notes  —  A couple of weeks ago, I was heading to bed close to midnight on a Sunday night when I decided to check Twitter (always a mistake).  It was Oscars night, and the twitterverse was buzzing with shock …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
How to Disarm the Crazies  —  It starts with nonpartisan primaries.  —  (SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  There is probably no easy cure for the Marjorie Taylor Greene phenomenon.  That a woman with zero political experience, who inherited a business from her dad and spent her days fantasizing for fringe websites like …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
The Real Reason Republicans Are Loading Their 2022 Campaign Ads With Guns  —  Conservative candidates have responded to the attack on the Capitol by doubling down on firearm worship and violent imagery to court their base  —  Garrett Soldano released a pretty strange campaign ad last fall.
Fox News:
Durham probe: Judge denies Sussmann motion to dismiss case; trial to begin next month  —  The trial for former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman is set to begin on May 16  —  Special counsel John Durham releases evidence against Clinton lawyer: ‘The same lie in writing’
CISA:
Alert (AA22-103A)  —  APT Cyber Tools Targeting ICS/SCADA Devices  —  Summary  —  Actions to Take Today to Protect ICS/SCADA Devices:  —  The Department of Energy (DOE), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA) …
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
TikTok created an alternate universe just for Russia  —  The Chinese-owned social media giant weathered Putin's information crackdown by muzzling its users there and cutting them off from the outside world, while allowing state propaganda  —  Last month, as many tech companies sided …
Amanda Rabines / Orlando Sentinel:
Two men from The Villages admit to casting multiple ballots in 2020 election  —  Two residents from The Villages confessed to voter fraud charges after filing two ballots in the 2020 Presidential election, court records show.  —  Charles F. Barnes and Jay Ketcik pleaded guilty to casting …
 
 
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Noah Kirsch / The Daily Beast:
Billionaire Facing Record $2 Billion Tax Case Says Covid Worsened His Dementia
Discussion: Raw Story
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Civil Settlement in Lafayette Square Cases
Discussion: NBC News and CNN
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Army's suicide crisis in Alaska spurs bipartisan call for action
Discussion: The Hill
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox Corp LGBTQ Staff Group Condemns Fox News' ‘Hateful’ Rhetoric
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Duehren / Wall Street Journal:
Yellen Warns Nations Staying Neutral in Russia's War With Ukraine
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Texas Tribune, trying to be less “Austin-centric,” will expand into regional coverage
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
David Gilbert / VICE:
‘She Needs to Be Executed’: The Far-Right Is Doxxing School Officials They Think Are ‘Groomers’
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Before Joe Biden Cracked Down On Natural Gas, Hunter Biden Pushed It On China
New York Times:
U.S. and Ukrainian Groups Pierce Putin's Propaganda Bubble