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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers cringe over Trump's effort to destroy DeSantis  —  Senate Republicans are wincing over former President Trump's early barrage of attacks against his chief rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), fearing they're seeing a preview of a brutal primary to come that could leave …
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The Daily Beast:
The GOP Campaign Trail Is Already Getting DeSantis-Proofed  —  As he explores a run for president, the demanding Florida governor is already coming across as a “nightmare” in the early primary states.  —  At any given fundraiser or VIP room where he's present, Ron DeSantis is usually easy to find—in the corner, keeping to himself.
Politico:
Ron DeSantis has a Florida problem  —  Ron DeSantis would seem to have everything going for him in the Republican presidential primary.  There's just one small question: Will the good vibes now result in election doom later?  —  As the Florida governor cast out to early nominating states in recent days …
Wall Street Journal:
Ron DeSantis's First Big Mistake  —  The Florida Governor toys with Trumpian retreat on Ukraine.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Ron DeSantis is sketching out a presidential campaign based on his manifest governing success in Florida and as a fearless fighter for principle who ignores the polls.
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
DeSantis's Ukraine Statement Was Careful Electoral Politics, and That's a Good Thing
Discussion: HotAir
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Republicans Are Delusional If They Think Biden Will Be Easy to Beat  —  At this juncture, no one else in the country is as likely to be president of the United States come January 2025 as Joe Biden.  —  Republicans telling themselves otherwise are engaged in self-delusion.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Much of the 2024 GOP field focuses on dark, apocalyptic themes  —  Many of the declared and potential Republican hopefuls feature rhetoric focused on existential dangers and demonizing Democrats  —  Speaking to conservative activists this month just outside of D.C., former president Donald Trump promised …
Discussion: Raw Story
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:   Inside the Trump world-organized retreat to plot out Biden oversight
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Swamp GOP ‘secretly’ worked with Democrats to doom Trump: Voters
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
DOJ Told Court to Expect a Deluge of New Jan. 6 Prosecutions  —  More than 1,000 additional people could still face charges in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, according to a letter to the DC federal court from the US attorney in Washington.
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CNN:
There's a new chief judge in DC who could help determine the fate of Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Fulton County investigators have another recording of a Trump phone call pressuring a Georgia official
Washington Post:
Ukraine live briefing: Poland to send Ukraine fighter jets; U.S. released footage of apparent drone collision  —  Poland plans to give Ukraine Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the first NATO country to provide long-sought warplanes since the Russian invasion began last year …
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Fox News:
US video shows moment Russian fighter jet collides with US drone
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Washington Post:
Fla. reporter fired after calling news release on DeSantis event ‘propaganda’
ProPublica:
Wealthy Executives Make Millions Trading Competitors' Stock With Remarkable Timing  —  The Secret IRS Files  —  On Feb. 21, 2018, August Troendle, an Ohio billionaire, made a remarkably well-timed stock trade.  He sold $1.1 million worth of shares of Syneos Health the day before a management shake …
Popular Information:
Silicon Valley Bank donated zero dollars to Black Lives Matter  —  Rebecca Crosby, Tesnim Zekeria, and Judd Legum  —  Tuesday night on Fox News, host Jesse Watters asserted that Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) “donated $74 million to Black Lives Matter.”  That was why, Watters claimed …
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:   After Silicon Valley Bank's failure, one policy response is gaining bipartisan momentum
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Yellen to tell Congress US banking system ‘remains sound’
Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
The FBI And DOJ Are Investigating ByteDance's Use Of TikTok To Spy On Journalists  —  Months before the U.S. government demanded ByteDance divest from TikTok, the Department Of Justice's Criminal Division subpoenaed the app's Chinese parent company, according to a source.
Discussion: Bloomberg, HuffPost and The Hill
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New York Times:
U.S. Pushes for TikTok Sale to Resolve National Security Concerns
Lauren Egan / Politico:
Marianne Williamson's ‘abusive’ treatment of 2020 campaign staff, revealed  —  The best-selling author Marianne Williamson has built a career preaching love and forgiveness.  It is the cornerstone of her second Democratic campaign for president which she launched on March 4.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Democrats' Sympathies in Middle East Shift to Palestinians  — Democrats sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis for first time  — Independents, Republicans still side more with Israelis in the conflict  — Favorable views of Israel remain high across party groups
Variety:
21% of Fox News Viewers Trust Network Less After Texts Revealed in Dominion Lawsuit: Survey  —  More than a fifth of Fox News Channel viewers are less trusting of the cable network in the wake of publicly disclosed text messages and emails from Fox executives and on-air personalities, according to a new survey.
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Washington Post:   At center of Fox News lawsuit, Sidney Powell and a ‘wackadoodle’ email
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Florida Scoured Math Textbooks for ‘Prohibited Topics.’ Next Up: Social Studies.  —  Behind the scenes, one publisher went to great lengths to avoid mentions of race, even in the story of Rosa Parks.  —  The nitty-gritty process of reviewing and approving school textbooks has typically …
Bloomberg:
US Pushes First Republic Rescue With Big Banks After Stock Slump  —  The US government is trying to orchestrate a rescue of First Republic Bank with the aid of the nation's biggest banks, according to people with knowledge of the matter, after the California lender's shares plunged.
Washington Post:
Marianne LeVine joins The Post as national political reporter  —  Announcement from National Editor Matea Gold, Deputy National Editor Philip Rucker, Senior Politics Editor Dan Eggen and Deputy Politics Editor for Campaigns Sean Sullivan:  —  We are thrilled to announce that Marianne LeVine …
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Dilemma of Horny Bro Conservativism  —  Plus: Defining “wokeness.”  —  Irony is dead, Chapter 897,453: Trump Super PAC hits DeSantis With Ethics Complaint.  —  Because we know how much Trump values... ethics. … Speaking of ethics, here's man-of-the-people Steve Bannon and his buddies:
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Former editor of Jewish newspaper charged for Jan. 6 actions  —  The former editor of an Orthodox Jewish newspaper in New York City — identified two years ago as a member of the Jan. 6 mob by POLITICO — was charged Thursday with two felonies for his actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
MyPillow CEO Says Company Is Going Broke Defending Election Fraud Claims  —  Mike Lindell claims the company has had to borrow almost $10 million to keep the lights on  —  MYPILLOW FOUNDER AND CEO Mike Lindell claims the company has had to borrow almost $10 million to keep the lights on.
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Fox's Tucker Carlson questions 9/11 attacks, complains you'd “lose your job” on TV for bringing it up  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently appeared on a podcast and pushed a central tenet of the conspiracy theory that 9/11 was an inside job, stating: “What actually happened with building 7?
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and AE911Truth
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Marjorie Taylor Greene's ‘Bomb’ Was Actually A Bag Of Sand  —  The Georgia Congresswoman claimed the cartels were planting explosives on the U.S. border, but officials say the “bomb” was just a wad of sand  —  Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed that Mexican drug cartels were now …
 
 
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Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
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Jonathan Guyer / Vox:
If you love Israel, you must protest this government, says the former prime minister
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Jen Psaki enters TV's weekend fray with show starting Sunday
Discussion: The Hill, Variety and Los Angeles Times
Freddie deBoer:
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Peterson Institute Update:
Five years into the trade war, China continues its slow decoupling from US exports
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Abrams says she will ‘likely run again.’ That doesn't excite some Democrats
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nick Gilbertson / Breitbart:
Poll: McCarthy's Approval Surges, Far Superior to Paul Ryan's at Same Point in Speakership
Mitch Ryals / Washington City Paper:
More Than Two-Thirds of the People Arrested in D.C. Are Never Charged