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12:05 PM ET, April 23, 2022

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Politico:
GOP lawmakers were deeply involved in Trump plans to overturn election, new evidence suggests  —  Republican members of Congress were heavily involved in calls and meetings with former President Donald Trump and his top aides as they devised a strategy to overturn the election in December 2020 …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
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Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
'It's Time to Head for the Lifeboats': Democratic Fatalism Intensifies  —  Strategists and pollsters are increasingly talking about limiting the party's expected losses in November rather than how to gain new seats.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Meadows was warned of violence before Jan. 6, new court filings show  —  White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was warned before Jan. 6, 2021, about the threat of violence that day as supporters of President Donald Trump planned to mass at the U.S. Capitol, according to new testimony released late Friday …
New York Times:
Meadows Was Warned Jan. 6 Could Turn Violent, House Panel Says  —  The committee investigating the attack also said in a filing that the former White House chief of staff proceeded with a plan for “alternate electors” despite being told it wasn't legally sound.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Axios, UPI, CNN, CBS News, NBC Boston and Insider
Annie Karni / New York Times:
McCarthy's Lie Puts G.O.P. Hypocrisy on Trump on Display
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Exclusive: Madison Cawthorn photos reveal him wearing women's lingerie in public setting  —  Photographs obtained by POLITICO appear to show Madison Cawthorn, the embattled Republican congressman from North Carolina who recently accused his GOP colleagues of inviting him to orgies, wearing lingerie in what appears to be a party setting.
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Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Madison Cawthorn's Blunders Open Door to Primary Challengers  —  Some voters in rural district say lawmaker is too focused on national profile  —  Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R., N.C.) speaking before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at an April rally in Selma, N.C. Chris Seward/Associated Press
Discussion: Raw Story
Ariana Garcia / Laredo Morning News:
Gov. Greg Abbott truck inspections turned up zero drugs, migrants but cost Texas $4.2 billion  —  The costly policy, which experts estimate cost hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of a single week, did not result in any migrant detentions or illegal substance seizures.
Washington Post:
Person of interest in shooting that injured 4 found dead, officials say  —  A man identified as a person of interest in a shooting Friday in which four people were injured by what appeared to be indiscriminate gunfire was found dead hours later in an apartment near the scene, two officials with knowledge of the investigation said.
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Wikipedia deletes entry for Hunter Biden investment firm Rosemont Seneca Partners  —  Wikipedia editors removed the entry for Rosemont Seneca Partners earlier this week on the ground that it was “not notable,” archived comments from its Talk Page reveal.  —  The deletion happened Wednesday.
Discussion: Townhall
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New York Post:
Joe Biden met with Hunter Biden business partner at the White House  —  Hunter Biden's closest business partner made at least 19 visits to the White House and other official locations between 2009 and 2015, including a sitdown with then-Vice President Joe Biden in the West Wing.
Discussion: Fox News
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Associated Press:
Ukraine Says Russia Trying to Storm Last Stronghold in Mariupol  —  Russian forces resume air strikes on the steel plant, which has been sheltering around 3,000 civilians and soldiers, in a U-turn from Putin's order to blockade the last Ukrainian bastion in Mariupol two days earlier
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Robert Schlesinger / New Republic:
Republicans Give Up on the Free Market and Put Their Faith in Vindictive Governance  —  “The market is rational and government is dumb,” Dick Armey, one of the leaders of the 1994 Republican Revolution, liked to say.  That used to be a cornerstone of conservatism.  Today, it's increasingly the reverse.
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Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill Stripping Disney of Special Tax Status
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Punishing Disney, DeSantis Signals a Lasting G.O.P. Brawl With Business
Bill Chappell / NPR:
DeSantis wanted to punish Disney. Repealing its tax status may hurt taxpayers instead
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Seeking to Prevent Her Disqualification, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Claims Under Oath That She Can't Remember Much About Talks Before Jan. 6
Timothy Snyder / New York Times:
The War in Ukraine Has Unleashed a New Word  —  In a creative play on three different languages, Ukrainians identify an enemy: ‘ruscism.’  —  The City Council of Mariupol, Ukraine, was trying to make a point about mass death.  Their city had been hit hardest by the Russian invasion …
Discussion: NPR and BBC
Steve Rosenberg / BBC:
Ukraine war: The Russia I knew no longer exists  —  There are no shells exploding in Moscow.  There are no foreign forces encircling the city.  What Muscovites are experiencing now is nothing compared to the horrors in Ukraine.  —  At first glance life here even looks normal.
Justice News:
California Man Arrested and Charged with Making Threats Against LGBTQ Community  —  Defendant allegedly targeted Springfield-based Merriam-Webster, Inc. and other institutions and individuals with threats to commit anti-LGBTQ violence  —  BOSTON - A California man was arrested on Tuesday …
Chris Smyth / The Times:
Sajid Javid inquiry into gender treatment for children … Vulnerable children are wrongly being given gender hormone treatment by the NHS, Sajid Javid believes, as he prepares to launch an urgent inquiry.  —  The health secretary thinks the system is “failing children” …
Discussion: The Guardian
New York Times:
What Happened on Day 58 of the War in Ukraine  —  Here's the latest on the war in Ukraine.  —  Ukrainian officials acknowledged Friday that Russian forces had taken more than three dozen small towns in their initial drive this week to seize eastern Ukraine, offering the first glimpse …
Discussion: The Hill, Portland Mercury and UPI
Dustin Jones / NPR:
Firearms overtook auto accidents as the leading cause of death in children  —  For decades, auto accidents have been the leading cause of death among children, but in 2020 guns were the No. 1 cause, researchers say.  —  Overall firearm-related deaths increased 13.5% between 2019 and 2020 …
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Starbucks Is Sued by U.S. Labor Board Over Retaliation Claims
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Jan. 6 panel gets inconsistent testimony on key Trump family conversation
Discussion: Raw Story
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Taliban vows crackdown on ISIS as violence surges in Afghanistan
Gabriel Hays / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton ripped over tweet urging EU to police ‘disinformation’ and ‘extremism’ online
Discussion: NOQ Report
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Police Raid MAGA ‘King of Toxic Masculinity’ in Human-Trafficking Investigation
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 Earlier Items: 
Lwvfl / League of Women Voters of Florida:
League of Women Voters of Florida and Others Sue Over Gov. DeSantis' Congressional Map
Arpan Rai / The Independent:
Nearly 3,000 of Russia's notorious Wagner mercenary group have been killed in the war, UK MPs told
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James McAuley / New Yorker:
The French Far Right Comes on Little Cat Feet
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Randi Weingarten says parental rights bills are ‘the way in which wars start’
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Son of Far-Right Group Leader Charged with Child Sex Abuse