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11:20 PM ET, April 11, 2023

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New York Times:
Bragg Sues Jim Jordan in Move to Block Interference in Trump Case  —  Mr. Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, had subpoenaed a former prosecutor who worked on the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into former President Donald J. Trump.  —  The Manhattan district attorney …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Manhattan DA sues Rep. Jim Jordan to block GOP inquiry into Trump case
Discussion: ABC News, The Mahablog and PoliticusUSA
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Manhattan DA Sues Jim Jordan Over Trump Indictment Attacks
CNN:
Manhattan DA Bragg sues GOP House Judiciary chairman to prevent interference in Trump case
Austin Linfante / Heartland Signal:
Missouri House Republicans vote to defund libraries  —  Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state's public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate.  —  The Missouri House debated for over eight hours …
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Brandon Gage / Raw Story:
Missouri House Republicans vote to defund public libraries: report  —  Republicans in the Missouri State House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to strip all public libraries of their funding a week after lawmakers debated the budget proposal that Governor Mike Parson submitted to the legislature.
Hannah Hartig / Pew Research Center:
By more than two-to-one, Americans say medication abortion should be legal in their state  —  With the future of abortion pills in legal jeopardy, more Americans say medication abortion should be legal than illegal in their state, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
Discussion: New York Post and Political Wire
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Right-wing judges may cripple the GOP  —  U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk's widely panned ruling blocking the Food and Drug Administration's approval more than 20 years ago of an effective and safe medication, mifepristone, used both for medical abortions and to treat miscarriages …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Republicans Are Silent On The Abortion Pill Ruling, Despite Confirming The Judge Behind It  —  GOP senators voted for the Trump-appointed judge knowing he was rabidly anti-abortion.  But none would tell HuffPost if they're happy about his court order.  —  Democrats are all but banging pots …
New York Times:
Abortion Pill Ruling: Read Annotated Excerpts From F.D.A. Case
Molly Jong-Fast / Vanity Fair:
Between the Tennessee Three, Abortion, and Trump, the GOP Just Loves Losing  —  The GOP turned three Tennessee Democrats into celebrities, the unpopular antiabortion crackdown is still in full force, and the party is rallying around an indicted Donald Trump.  What politically disastrous decision will Republicans make next?
Discussion: New York Times
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Melissa Brown / The Tennessean:
Gov. Bill Lee calls for ‘order of protection law’ to keep guns away from dangerous individuals  —  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday will sign an executive order aimed at strengthening background checks for firearm purchases, in addition to calling for lawmakers to pass an order of protection law …
Politico:
Republicans facing a reckoning later this week  —  An NRA convention and an RNC confab in Nashville come at an inopportune time.  —  Republicans are openly distressed about the prospect of losing younger voters over their stances on abortion, firearms and democracy.
Discussion: New York Times
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Judge Limits Fox's Options for Defense in Dominion Trial  —  A Delaware judge said Fox News could not argue newsworthiness to defend airing false claims, and limited how Dominion Voting Systems could reference the Jan. 6 attack.  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — A judge ruled on Tuesday that Fox News …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Fox Producer: There Are Secret Rudy Giuliani Recordings About Dominion  —  In an amended legal complaint, Abby Grossberg said that Fox News failed to provide Dominion with several audio recordings she made featuring Giuliani and other Trump allies.  —  Abby Grossberg, the former Tucker …
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
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NBC News:
Ukraine agents pursued attacks inside Belarus and Russia, leaked U.S. docs say
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
David McAfee / Raw Story:
Jan. 6 rioter who wore ‘Jack Skellington’ costume gets hit with prison time  —  A Nevada man who donned a “Jack Skellington” costume during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to six years in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon amid the insurrection attempt.
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Kevin Sheridan / KOLO-TV:   Nevada man gets 6 years for assault during Capitol riots
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
SC Sen. Tim Scott takes another White House step: Launching 2024 exploratory committee  —  Tim Scott, the South Carolina senator who has built a national profile pushing a message of hope and unity in a divisive Republican Party, is taking his biggest step so far toward running for president in 2024, The Post and Courier has learned.
Associated Press:
Police: Louisville shooter legally bought gun a week ago  —  The shooter who opened fire at a Louisville bank legally bought the weapon from a local dealership a week ago, police said Tuesday.  Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said at a news conference …
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Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Dianne Feinstein Is MIA, and Her Absence Is Holding Up Judicial Confirmations  —  The 89-year-old senator has missed 60 votes of the 82 taken in 2023, at a critical time for Biden to be getting judges confirmed.  She needs to resign right now.  —  Alerts  —  At what is clearly a critical …
Christopher Flavelle / New York Times:
Biden Administration Proposes Evenly Cutting Water Allotments From Colorado River  —  As the river shrinks, the Biden administration is getting ready to impose, for the first time, reductions in water supplies to states.  —  WASHINGTON — After months of fruitless negotiations between …
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Radley Balko / The Watch:
The smearing of Garrett Foster  —  The far right justifies political violence by villainizing a decent man  —  Last week, an Austin, Texas, jury convicted Daniel Perry for the murder of Garrett Foster.  In the summer of 2020, Perry ran a red light, then drove into a crowd of people protesting the murder of George Floyd.
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Iowa House GOP bill to require in-person caucusing, endangering Democrats' mail-in plans  —  House Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to require Iowans to be physically present to participate in the state's caucuses — a move that would upend Democrats' plans to allow mail-in participation.
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Sam Karlin / The Advocate:
Another Louisiana House Democrat has switched parties to Republican
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Anti-'Groomer' Republican Accused of ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ With Intern  —  Texas Rep. Bryan Slaton called all-ages drag shows “grooming events” that “sexualize” children.  An official complaint alleges he had an “inappropriate relationship” with a young intern.
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Jet-Setting With Clarence Thomas Puts Spotlight on an Eccentric Billionaire  —  The justice's relationship with Harlan Crow has raised questions about whether a friendship can be separated from politics and intensified calls for an ethics code for the justices.
Discussion: Raw Story, Vanity Fair and The Nation
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Andrew Perez / The Lever:
The Paid Pundits Defending Clarence Thomas And His Billionaire Benefactor
Discussion: Jacobin and Raw Story
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago to host 2024 Democratic National Convention  —  The Democratic convention, to run from Aug. 19-22, 2024, is expected to draw up to 50,000 visitors to Chicago.  Chicago last hosted a convention in 1996.  —  WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee selected Chicago to host …
Politico:
The Jan. 6 problem inside a pro-democracy organization  —  With help from Nahal Toosi, Maggie Miller, Nick Taylor-Vaisey, Connor O'Brien and Alex Ward.  —  Frustration is growing inside the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, an organization that promotes democracy and election integrity abroad …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Sarah Sanders asks state board applicants to name what they admire about her most while applying for job  —  Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is asking applicants to serve on state boards and commissions to write explanations of what they admire about her leadership most, reported the Arkansas Times on Tuesday.
Jonathan Shaw / Harvard Magazine:
Ken Griffin's Naming Gift for the Graduate School  —  KENNETH C. GRIFFIN '89, founder and chief executive officer of Citadel LLC, the multibillion-dollar hedge-fund and financial-services company, has donated $300 million to Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump says criminal conviction wouldn't stop him from running for president  —  The former president also heaped praise on foreign dictators in an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson  —  Former president Donald Trump said he wouldn't drop out of the 2024 race even if convicted of a crime.
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” Movie Poses Terror Threat, Kansas City Intel Agency Claims … In 2021, a Texas intelligence command center disseminated a bulletin warning its law enforcement partners about activists interested in sabotaging fossil fuel infrastructure.
Discussion: TheBlaze
FiveThirtyEight:
Over 66,000 People Couldn't Get An Abortion In Their Home State After Dobbs  —  A few weeks ago, Jessica Marchbank got a call from a woman whose abortion had just been canceled.  The woman had driven more than two hours from Louisville, Kentucky, to Indianapolis, leaving three children at home.
 
 
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Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: Former Cassidy Hutchinson Attorney Sues House Of Representatives Over J6 Smears
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Kirstyn Brendlen / Brooklyn Paper:
Republican Rep. Malliotakis bought lucrative bank stocks amidst Signature Bank collapse
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Democrats want to call GOP's bluff on defunding the FBI
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The Future Is Happening in Tennessee
Discussion: The Nation and New York Times
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Florida GOP legislator apologizes after calling transgender people ‘mutants’ and ‘demons’
 

 
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans

Neal Mohan / The Hollywood Reporter:
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