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1:55 PM ET, March 21, 2023

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New York Times:
Make No Mistake, the Investigation of Donald Trump and the Stormy Daniels Scheme Is Serious  —  Though it may be tempting to do so, it is a mistake to assess the Manhattan district attorney's investigation of Donald Trump by comparing its relative severity with those of myriad other crimes possibly committed by him.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
‘An indictment would help Trump!’ is wholly premature  —  With a decision looming from a New York grand jury and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) regarding an indictment of Donald Trump, possibly for keeping false business records, media coverage has repeated ad nauseam speculation …
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Rachel Maddow Obliterates The Right's Trump Indictment Hysteria  —  Rachel Maddow shot down the idea that Trump is anything special and that the country will fall into violence if he is indicted.  —  Video of Maddow:  —  Video  —  Rachel Maddow put Trump's indictment into context:
Erica Orden / Politico:
By-the-book DA confronts unpredictable opponent in Trump  —  Progressive policies pushed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg have made him a convenient target for Trump, who has a history of claiming bias by those investigating him.  By ERICA ORDEN NEW YORK — As an indictment looms for Donald Trump …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 20, 2023  —  As rumors swirl about what may be an upcoming indictment …
Discussion: Twitchy
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:   Just Shut It, Donny  —  Donald Trump's penchant for verbal intemperance is nothing new …
New York Times:
For the G.O.P., a Looming Trump Indictment Takes Center Stage
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Nobody Likes Mike Pence  —  Mike Pence is making little secret of his presidential ambitions.  He's written his book; he's assembling his team; he's mastered the art of the coy nondenial when somebody asks (in between trips to Iowa) if he's running.  In early Republican-primary polls …
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CBS News:
“Significant increase” in threats online ahead of possible Trump indictment
Matthew Loh / Insider:
Donald Trump wants his ‘74 million’ supporters to sign a petition railing against his potential arrest. Those who sign it are asked to donate $3,300 and more.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Inside the 3 Months That Could Cost Fox $1.6 Billion  —  The decision by Fox News executives in November 2020 to treat the more hard-right Newsmax as a mortal threat spawned a possibly more serious danger.  —  Since 2002, when Fox News first overtook CNN as the most-watched cable news channel …
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NBC News:
Fox News producer alleges network coerced her into giving misleading testimony on Dominion  —  A Fox News producer on Monday filed lawsuits against the network, alleging its lawyers coerced her into providing misleading testimony in the Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Is Sean Hannity a journalist? Role of hosts is key in Fox News lawsuit.
Discussion: CNN, more at Mediagazer »
David Folkenflik / NPR:
The FBI raided a notable journalist's home.  Rolling Stone didn't tell readers why  —  Warning: This story contains references to disturbing accusations and incidents of child sex abuse.  —  Last Oct. 18, Rolling Stone served up a foreboding scoop: The FBI had raided the home …
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the C.D.C. as the Pandemic Erupted  —  Current and former employees recall rising desperation as Trump administration officials squelched research into the new coronavirus.  —  In early March 2020, as the nation succumbed to a pandemic, a group of young scientists walked …
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Visit by Japan's Kishida to Kyiv gives sharp contrast to Xi in Russia
Associated Press:
Trump loses last bid to keep key evidence out of rape trial  —  NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump's effort to keep key evidence out of his civil rape trial next month was rejected by a federal judge Monday.  —  Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan ruled that key witnesses will be allowed …
Discussion: Reuters, Insider, CNBC, The Hill and ABC News
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Fan poops in aisle near Hillary and Chelsea Clinton at Broadway show  —  Some like it... steaming hot.  —  Page Six hears that a serial pooper has been stalking the halls of the legendary Schubert Theater — and the last time they struck, a turd appeared in the aisle near Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.
Karen Schwartz / Washington Post:
Sailboat crew rescued in Pacific after abandoning ship sunk by whale  —  Four people aboard the Raindancer were stranded in the Pacific Ocean for 10 hours  —  His circumstances sounded straight out of “Moby-Dick,” but Rick Rodriguez wasn't kidding.  In his first text messages from the life raft, he said he was in serious trouble.
Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
George W. Bush misrepresented our work at CIA to sell the Iraq invasion.  It's time to call him what he is: ‘A liar.’  —  Two former CIA officials spoke to Insider before the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.  They gave a firsthand account of the George W. Bush administration's attempts …
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Punchbowl News:
House GOP opposition to Iraq AUMF repeal softens
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ProPublica:
DeSantis Privately Called for Google to Be “Broken Up”  —  In previously unreported videos from a closed-door Teneo Network conference, Florida's Republican governor takes his anti-big tech rhetoric beyond what he has said publicly.  —  Co-published with Documented
Discussion: The Hill
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The war on drag shows  —  On February 3, the State of Florida filed an administrative complaint against the operators of the Plaza Live theater in Orlando for hosting a drag show.  According to the complaint, the drag show performed on December 28, 2022, at Plaza Live included …
New York Times:
Tracking the Chinese Balloon From Space … Methodology — Finding the Chinese Balloon in Satellite Images  —  A satellite collects images of the Earth by taking pictures in different wavelengths of light and stitching them together.  The satellite photographs the same location on the ground …
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:
TikTok Trackers Embedded in U.S. State-Government Websites, Review Finds  —  State governments might be inadvertently helping Chinese-owned app in data collection  —  WASHINGTON—More than two dozen state government websites contain web-tracking code made by TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd. …
Anya Zoledziowski / VICE:
‘Under His Wings’: Leaked Emails Reveal an Anti-Trans ‘Holy War’  —  Leaked emails from anti-trans lobbyists and state lawmakers read, at times, like scripts from The Handmaid's Tale.  —  Anya Zoledziowski  —  “Under His wings,” one lobbyist wrote in an email.
 
 
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
The pre-Pearl Harbor GOP is back
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
A president has never been indicted. But one was arrested.
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Action to Conserve and Restore America's Lands and Waters
Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller and UPI
VoxUkraine:
Open letter to Jeffrey Sachs on his position regarding Russian war on Ukraine
Discussion: Euractiv
Dake Kang / Associated Press:
Ignoring experts, China's sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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