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Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
Walgreens' supplier of abortion pills said it would not distribute the drug in 31 states  —  A list circulated by the distributor in January underscores the uncertainty surrounding abortion pills in the post-Roe era.  —  Earlier this month, Politico broke news that Walgreens …
Discussion: ABC7 and Axios
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Texas judge presses lawyers on FDA approval of key abortion drug
CNN:
Fulton County investigators have another recording of a Trump phone call pressuring a Georgia official  —  Fulton County investigators have an audio recording of a phone call that f ormer President Donald Trump made to the Georgia House speaker to push for a special session …
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes of Trump grand jury; jurors hear 3rd leaked Trump call  —  A bomb-sniffing dog, SWAT team escort and months of careful silence  —  The bomb-sniffing dog was new.  The special grand jurors investigating interference in Georgia's 2020 elections hadn't before seen …
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Reporter Describes Being Fired By Axios After Being Targeted By Ron DeSantis' Media ‘Machine’  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) press team often attacks the reporters who cover his state.  On Monday, they cost one of those journalists, Ben Montgomery, his job with Axios.
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Washington Post:
Fla. reporter fired after calling news release on DeSantis event ‘propaganda’  —  An Axios reporter in Tampa said he was fired this week after he responded to a Florida Department of Education email about an event featuring Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), calling the news release “propaganda.”
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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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
DeSantis' Ukraine Comments Show He's Playing for the Pro-Putin Wing of the GOP
New York Times:
U.S. Pushes for TikTok Sale to Resolve National Security Concerns  —  The demand hardens the White House's stance toward the popular video app, which is owned by the Chinese internet company ByteDance.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration wants TikTok's Chinese ownership to sell the app …
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John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Threatens to Ban TikTok if Chinese Founder Doesn't Sell Ownership Stake  —  TikTok says forced sale won't resolve national security issues; its CEO set to appear before Congress next week  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok's Chinese owners sell their stakes …
DVIDS:
US Air Force MQ-9 camera footage: Russian Su-27 Black Sea intercept … Two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept with a U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance unmanned MQ-9 aircraft operating within international airspace over the Black Sea on March 14, 2023.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Barney Frank Went to Work for Signature Bank  —  The former congressman, who overhauled financial regulation after the 2008 crisis, sits on the board of a bank that was just seized by the government.  What happened?  —  Last week, depositors rushed to pull money out of Silicon Valley Bank …
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Rebecca Crosby / 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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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Quick Look at the Lying Trumpist Liars Behind that Database on Corporate Giving to “BLM”
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
What did Congressman Andy Ogles do with nearly $25,000 meant for child burial garden?  He won't say  —  Ogles used photo of stillborn child in 2014 for GoFundMe, promising a place for burial of babies with benches for families, life-size statue of Jesus.  It never happened, but he kept the money.
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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 …
CNN:
Partisan rancor in Oregon spills over into Idaho effort to absorb its rural neighbors  —  Matt McCaw cringes if you say the word “secessionist” around him.  —  A native of eastern Oregon, McCaw is a mild-mannered, former high school math teacher who fosters children to help his community.
Politico:
In the mob's eyeline: A senior Republican's close brush revealed in new Jan. 6 footage  —  Newly released video of the Capitol attack shows just how close rioters came to a senior GOP senator who was third in line for the presidency on Jan. 6, 2021.  —  The footage, released after media requests …
Discussion: Craig's Newsletter
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.
Kristen Soltis Anderson / Codebook:
Do Republicans really not care about Ukraine?  —  While there is a shift happening within the G.O.P., it is far from unanimous.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made news this week when responding to questions about his position on the war in Ukraine, indicating:
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
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Haley Ott / CBS News:
Ukraine invites Ron DeSantis to visit after Florida governor calls war a “territorial dispute”
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
FBI investigates fire where Chinese billionaire, a Steve Bannon ally, was arrested  —  Guo Wengui is accused of orchestrating a $1 billion fraud.  —  Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese billionaire with business ties to Steve Bannon, faces federal fraud charges out of New York …
NBC News:
Russian leadership approved aggressive actions of jets that damaged U.S. drone, U.S. officials say  —  Three U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence said the highest levels of the Kremlin approved the aggressive actions of Russian military fighter jets against a U.S. military drone over the Black Sea Tuesday.
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Trump Inches Higher In GOP Primary, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly Half Of Americans Would Support A Ban On Tiktok  — mail_outline  —  In an early look at the 2024 Republican presidential primary, 46 percent of Republican and Republican leaning voters support …
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 …
New York Times:
Senate Confirms Garcetti as Ambassador to India, Capping a Two-Year Fight  —  Despite concerns among some Democrats about claims that the former Los Angeles mayor condoned sexual harassment by an aide, several Republicans supported him, saving his confirmation from collapse.
Mitch Ryals / Washington City Paper:
More Than Two-Thirds of the People Arrested in D.C. Are Never Charged  —  The gap between arrests and criminal charges has widened in recent years.  The U.S. Attorney's Office says unreliable forensic evidence and body camera footage are primarily to blame.  —  We know D.C. Get our free newsletter to stay in the know.
 
 
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
DOJ Told Court to Expect a Deluge of New Jan. 6 Prosecutions
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Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Feds' Foreign-Corruption Double Standard: They Protected Bidens Even as They Bore Down on Trumpworld
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
WaPo Board Member On Editorial Shredding Gavin Newsom For Punishing Walgreens: We Are ‘Against Coercively Using Power of the State’
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Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
Chris Christie lays out time frame for possible 2024 run
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NBC News:
Personal info from data breach that impacted lawmakers appears on hacker site
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Border Patrol chief publicly backs agents falsely accused by Biden of whipping Haitian migrants
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
‘The Era of Urban Supremacy Is Over’
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10 Saudi judges are charged with treason. They were too ‘lenient.’
 

 
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