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7:30 PM ET, March 14, 2023

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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Is Ron DeSantis Flaming Out Already?  —  The Florida governor has a plan to win the Fox News primary—and lose everything else.  —  Florida governor Ron DeSantis has long sought to avoid taking a position on Russia's war in Ukraine.  On the eve of the Russian invasion …
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New York Times:
DeSantis, Backing Away From Ukraine, Angers G.O.P. Hawks  —  The Florida governor, who joined Donald Trump in declaring that defending Ukraine from Russia was not a vital interest, drew swift condemnations from establishment Republicans.  —  Declaring this week that defending Ukraine …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
This is ‘serious damage Ron DeSantis did to the United States’: Retired general  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that Russia's war with Ukraine is a “territorial dispute” that the U.S. should not get itself further embroiled in - and one retired American general says the Republican knows exactly …
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Marco Rubio On Aid To Ukraine And 2024  —  Senator Marco Rubio joined me this morning:  —  Audio:  —  03-14hhs-rubio  —  Transcript:  —  HH: Beginning this hour with United States Senator Marco Rubio.  He is vice chair of the Senate Intel committee.  He's also a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
David Badash / Raw Story:
Donald Trump just called for another coup and hardly anyone even noticed  —  Donald Trump, the one-term ex-president who is running for the Republican nomination for president once again, on Monday advocated for yet another coup against the United States.  —  Trump is currently under …
Discussion: Big League Politics
NBC News:
Ron DeSantis says protecting Ukraine is not a ‘vital’ U.S. interest
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:   Conservatism Inc. Surrenders (Again)
Sarah K. Burris / Alternet.org:
‘The level of ignorance is just profound’: Ron DeSantis blasted over his defense of Russia
Discussion: Raw Story
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
DeSantis Sends Putin a Message
David Enrich / New York Times:
Signature and Silicon Valley Bank Collapses Followed Softened Regulation  —  Officials with Signature and Silicon Valley banks, which regulators seized in recent days, called for looser financial requirements for midsize banks.  —  In the spring of 2018, President Donald J. Trump signed …
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Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department, SEC Investigating Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Boys Who Cried ‘Woke!’
Oren Liebermann / CNN:
Russian fighter jet forces down US drone over Black Sea after intercept  —  A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to a US official familiar with the incident.
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eucom.mil:
Russian aircraft collides into US unmanned system in international waters
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Russian jets force down U.S. drone over Black Sea, military says
Rachel Uranga / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. riders bail on Metro trains amid ‘horror’ of deadly drug overdoses, crime  —  Matthew Morales boarded the Metro Red Line at MacArthur Park as classical music blared over the station loudspeakers.  —  It was rush hour on a Tuesday afternoon, and Morales made his way to a back corner seat …
Washington Post:
GOP election deniers increasingly admit they're just going off vibes  —  There has never really been evidence the 2020 election was stolen, but even election deniers are acknowledging it  —  Sidney Powell has tacitly conceded that she didn't have the proof of a stolen election that she claimed.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why ‘MAGA’ is so appealing to older Republicans
Discussion: Denver Post
Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
DeSantis administration revokes Hyatt Regency Miami alcohol license after it hosted ‘A Drag Queen Christmas’  — Florida regulators revoked a hotel liquor license for hosting a drag show performance where minors were present.  — The DeSantis administration had previously said it was looking into “A Drag Queen Christmas.”
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta to Lay Off Another 10,000 Workers  —  It would be the tech company's second round of cuts since November.  Mark Zuckerberg, its chief executive, has declared 2023 the “year of efficiency.”  —  Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, said on Tuesday that it planned to lay off about 10,000 employees …
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OpenAI:
GPT-4  —  We've created GPT-4, the latest milestone in OpenAI's effort in scaling up deep learning.  GPT-4 is a large multimodal model (accepting image and text inputs, emitting text outputs) that, while less capable than humans in many real-world scenarios, exhibits human-level performance …
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Cheering Silicon Valley Bank Bailout, Gavin Newsom Doesn't Mention He's a Client … On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom praised the Biden administration's decision to intervene on behalf of Silicon Valley Bank's clients after the bank was taken over by the FDIC on Friday amid a bank run.
Meg O'Connor / The Appeal:
Police Killed His Son.  Prosecutors Charged The Teen's Friends with His Murder.  —  It's been four years since a Phoenix police officer killed Jacob Harris.  Records obtained by The Appeal show officials have made inconsistent or false statements about the night police killed him.
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Sheriff David Clarke Dusts Off Cowboy Hat and Eyes Run for Senate  —  The controversial Sheriff David Clarke has re-emerged just in time to toy with running for Senate in Wisconsin. … Over his controversial years in politics, David Clarke has worn several hats: Milwaukee sheriff …
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Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
Judge denies Jan. 6 defendant's motion for release, says no rights violated at DC Jail  —  A federal judge denied Christopher Quaglin's motion for release from custody, saying many of the issues his attorney raised were of Quaglin's making.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge denied …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ex-intelligence officials challenge the Hunter Biden witch hunt  —  Right-wing House Republicans have left little doubt that they want to spend the bulk of their time and energy investigating phony conspiracies and made-up scandals.  Their main obsession appears to be Hunter Biden …
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Noga Tarnopolsky / Rolling Stone:
Israelis Are Now Openly Talking About the ‘Total Destruction’ of the Jewish State  —  Benjamin Netanyahu's push towards autocracy has triggered massive protests — and a sense that the end of the 75-year-old Israeli experiment may be near … A grunt, or a long, drifting whistle.  Very often, a deep sigh.
Associated Press:
Vermont Christian School that Refused to Play Trans Player Banned from Future Tournaments  —  A Vermont religious school that withdrew its girls' basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student was playing on the opposing team won't be able to participate in future tournaments …
New York Times:
He Helps Trump Navigate Legal Peril While Under Scrutiny Himself  —  Boris Epshteyn is the latest aide to take on the role of slashing defender of the former president, even as the Justice Department seeks information about him in the Jan. 6 and documents inquiries.
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Silicon Valley, once the underdog, is now too big to fail  —  The government stepped in to save the start-up industry from itself.  Not everyone is relieved.  —  An industry built on risk-taking, which made mountains of money when those risks paid off, has just been reminded of what happens when they don't.
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Student Activists Target Stanford Law School Dean in Revolt Over Her Apology  —  Hundreds of Stanford student activists on Monday lined the hallways to protest the law school's dean, Jenny Martinez, for apologizing to Fifth Circuit appellate judge Kyle Duncan, whom the activists shouted down last week.
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Stacey Abrams gets a new job after election loss, joins environmental group trying to eliminate gas stoves … Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has announced she will be joining an environmental advocacy dark money group that is pushing to regulate and ban natural gas-powered stoves.
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Michigan Senate approves repeal of right-to-work law  —  Lansing — The Michigan Senate was approving landmark victories for organized labor Tuesday evening by repealing the 2012 right-to-work law that made union membership optional at unionized workplaces and re-establishing a prevailing wage standard for state projects.
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Justice Dept can seize funds from white supremacist convicted in deadly Charlottesville car attack  —  The Justice Department can seize money that has recently flowed into the prison inmate account of white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr., the Ohio man who in 2017 rammed his car into a group …
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
ProPublica:
Doctors Warned Her Pregnancy Could Kill Her.  Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion.  —  Post-Roe America  —  This story graphically describes serious complications in pregnancies and births, and it mentions suicide.  —  One day late last summer, Dr. Barry Grimm called a fellow obstetrician …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Zac Anderson / USA Today:
Gov. Ron DeSantis' takeover of New College of Florida puts $29 million in donations at risk  —  A former trustee at New College of Florida says 13 major donors told her they are canceling more than $29 million in planned contributions since Gov. Ron DeSantis began transforming the school, a huge financial blow to the small college.
 
 
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
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Noah Berlatsky / The Editorial Board:
Help for rich depositors? Yes. For student loan debtors? No
Discussion: Alternet.org
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Ron DeSantis Throws Baseball Like Normal Adult Man, Unlike Obama
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 Earlier Items: 
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USA Today:
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Politico:
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Discussion: CNN and CBS News
CNN:
Comer says Treasury will allow Oversight Committee to review certain bank activity reports related to Biden family and business partners