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2:35 AM ET, March 15, 2023

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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 and NBC News
CBS News:
Ron DeSantis says U.S. support for Ukraine in war not a “vital” national interest  —  Washington — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is widely expected to seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, said Monday that continued support from the United States for Ukraine as it defends itself …
Sarah K. Burris / Alternet.org:
‘The level of ignorance is just profound’: Ron DeSantis blasted over his defense of Russia  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke out in support of Russia as he prepares to run for president in 2024.  But according to one retired general, DeSantis isn't stupid, and he knows exactly what he was signaling …
Washington Post:
On the trail, freewheeling Donald Trump counters scripted Ron DeSantis
Discussion: Breitbart
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Senator Marco Rubio On Aid To Ukraine And 2024
Ken White / The Popehat Report:
Hating Everyone Everywhere All At Once At Stanford  —  Don't Expect Free Speech Disputes To Have Heroes  —  When it comes to rights, deserve's got nothing to do with it.  —  When accused murderers and rapists get jury trials, we don't — at least, outside of Facebook …
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 …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats, led by Warren and Porter, unveil bill to repeal Trump-era bank law  —  WASHINGTON — A group of Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Katie Porter of California will unveil legislation Tuesday to restore bank regulations that were undone under …
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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.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Politico:
North Carolina's high court seems inclined to toss past redistricting rulings  —  Republican justices look ready to use their new majority on the North Carolina's state Supreme Court to tear up the state's congressional maps, and the new ones would likely favor the GOP up and down the ballot.
Lewis Kamb / NBC News:
FBI says it has no records related to Trump's claim he ‘sent’ agents to stop voter fraud in Florida during 2018 election  —  The FBI's search for records in response to NBC News' Freedom of Information request came up empty, the agency said.  Local officials had indicated Trump's assertions were false.
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Washington Post:
The 72-hour scramble to save the United States from a banking crisis  —  It seemed like a simple question: Did the treasury secretary have any concerns about the economic risks posed by Silicon Valley Bank?  —  It was Friday morning, and a wave of public panic had started to spread …
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 …
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.
Prem Thakker / New Republic:
Ron DeSantis Wants to Make It a Felony to Have an Undocumented Person in Your Home or Car  —  Around 772,000 Florida workers, students, and community members are undocumented.  And Governor Ron DeSantis wants to make it a felony for anyone to have them in their home or even give them a ride.
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.”
Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Russia's secret document for destabilizing Moldova  —  Yahoo News obtains Putin's strategic plan for promoting Russian interests in Ukraine's next-door neighbor.  —  Read full article  —  President of Russia  —  CHISINAU, Moldova — On Friday, John Kirby …
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.
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.
Margery A. Beck / Associated Press:
Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill  —  It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week.  She offered her support, then spent the next three days discussing everything …
Discussion: The Duckpin
Janie Har / Associated Press:
San Francisco board open to reparations with $5M payouts  —  Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family.
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.
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.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
PETA pleas for fakes at White House Easter egg roll  —  Tugging on the heartstrings of the pet-loving first family, PETA today urged first lady Jill Biden to pitch plans to use hen-laid eggs for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.  —  Instead, PETA President Ingrid Newkirk suggested …
Discussion: WFMY-TV, HotAir, RedState and USA Today
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Biden takes executive action on background checks for guns  —  President Biden is signing a gun control executive order on Tuesday that the administration says will get the country “as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation.”
Liel Leibovitz / Tablet Magazine:
Israel's Tech Resistance Took Their Money, and Put It Where?  —  One highly effective doomsday weapon deployed by the opposition to the Israeli government's proposed judicial reforms is the threat of removing large sums of money from Israel.  This self-inflicted form of BDS has been orchestrated …
Discussion: The Scroll
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Chris Murphy: Republicans 'don't give a crap' about children or gun violence  —  The senator, a leading force in the Democratic push for gun control, warns the US is ‘headed towards a very dangerous place’  —  A Democratic US senator at the forefront of a push to enact new gun control measures …
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Pedro L. Gonzalez / CONTRA:
The Persecution of Douglass Mackey  —  “Doug's case, which goes to the heart of the First Amendment, is going to trial.”  —  Under the Twitter pseudonym “Ricky Vaughn,” Douglass Mackey had more influence on the 2016 election than NBC News, Stephen Colbert, and Newt Gingrich.
Discussion: RedState and The Post Millennial
Ewa Krukowska / Bloomberg:
Three European Nations Push for Lower Price on Russian Oil Cap  —  A group of three European Union countries are calling to lower the price cap on Russian oil this month in a bid to further undermine the financing of President Vladimir Putin's war machine.  —  Estonia, Lithuania and Poland proposed …
Discussion: TASS
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Feds launch manhunt for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's ex-chief of staff  —  Federal authorities initiated a manhunt Tuesday for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's onetime chief of staff after he failed to appear in court in connection with a series of fraud and other charges.
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
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.
 
 
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
George Santos Signals Intention to Seek Re-election in 2024
The White House:
Executive Order on Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer
Discussion: Reason, Bloomberg and UPI
Noah Berlatsky / The Editorial Board:
Help for rich depositors? Yes. For student loan debtors? No
Discussion: Alternet.org and The Federalist
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Ron DeSantis Throws Baseball Like Normal Adult Man, Unlike Obama
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Deena Winter / Minnesota Reformer:
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Justice Dept can seize funds from white supremacist convicted in deadly Charlottesville car attack
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Ex-intelligence officials challenge the Hunter Biden witch hunt
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta to Lay Off Another 10,000 Workers