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10:35 AM ET, April 11, 2023

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Abortion Pill Ruling May Face Headwinds at the Supreme Court  —  Even justices hostile to abortion and the administrative state may think twice, legal scholars said, before embracing a Texas judge's decision.  —  WASHINGTON — The conservative legal movement has long had two key goals …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Dueling abortion pill rulings put Biden administration in legal pickle  —  As the Justice Department sought to keep one decision on hold, it asked for clarification on the other.  —  The Biden administration is asking a judge to clarify how the federal government is supposed to comply …
Christina Jewett / New York Times:
Drug Company Leaders Condemn Ruling Invalidating F.D.A. Approval of Abortion Pill  —  More than 250 executives said that the decision ignored both scientific and legal precedent and, if it stands, would create uncertainty for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
NBC News:
Judge's abortion pill decision embraces extreme language and ideology of anti-abortion movement, experts say  —  Experts highlighted examples of the unprecedented nature of Judge Kacsmaryk's ruling on abortion pills, including his politicized language and nod to the idea of fetal personhood.
Discussion: HuffPost and Forbes
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Pressured by Their Base on Abortion, Republicans Strain to Find a Way Forward  —  Some in the party are urging compromise, warning of dire electoral consequences for 2024, while other stances, on guns and gay rights, also risk turning off moderates.  —  Republican leaders have followed …
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace says FDA should ignore judge's abortion pill ruling
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Punchbowl News:
4/11/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … This is a major victory for Congress and, more broadly, a validation of lawmakers' role as overseers of the U.S. intelligence community. … The Biden administration began producing the documents last week, we're told.
Lara Seligman / Politico:
'I'm sick to my stomach': Pentagon officials shocked by intel leaks
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 …
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New York Times:
Chicago Will Host 2024 Democratic Convention as Party Returns to Midwest  —  For their flagship gathering, President Biden and Democrats chose a city in the heart of a battleground region, which had argued that it embodied the party's liberal values.  —  President Biden and his party …
Discussion: NBC News
Slate:
Twitter Isn't a Company Anymore  —  In a court filing on Tuesday, April 4, Twitter Inc. quietly revealed a major development: It no longer exists.  The company is currently being sued by right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer, who accused it of violating federal racketeering laws when it banned her account in 2019.
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Adam Cohen / New York Times:
54 Years Ago, a Supreme Court Justice Was Forced to Quit for Behavior Arguably Less Egregious Than Thomas's  —  There are two distressing aspects to the scandal of Justice Clarence Thomas's years of accepting luxurious vacations and private jet trips from a billionaire, as revealed last week in a damning investigation by ProPublica.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Senate Democrats call on Chief Justice Roberts to investigate Thomas' undisclosed trips
Kerry Byrne / Fox Business:
Bud Light suffers bloodbath as longtime and loyal consumers revolt against transgender campaign  —  'In Bud Light's effort to be inclusive, they excluded almost everybody else,' says a St. Louis bar owner  —  Bud Light suffered a bloodbath this past weekend.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Tennessee Speaker admits his family lives hours away from the district he represents  —  Yesterday, Popular Information published an article that posed this question: Where does the Tennessee House Speaker actually live?  —  The issue is that Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) represents District 25 …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Numbed America  —  Another mass shooting.  Cue the doom loop.  —  Yesterday's murder of five Americans in Louisville was the 145th mass shooting here, so far this year.  And it is only mid-April.  Last year, there were 647 mass shootings in our country.  —  It is staggering that we are not staggered by this.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announces Parkinson's disease diagnosis  —  The 54-year-old Democrat makes the announcement on World Parkinson's Day  —  Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) announced Tuesday that she has Parkinson's disease, sharing her diagnosis on a day designated to raise awareness …
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Biden signs bill ending Covid-19 national emergency  —  The White House initially announced plans to extend the national emergency, as well as the public health emergency, until May 11.  —  President Joe Biden on Monday signed a House bill immediately ending the Covid-19 national emergency …
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Washington Post:
Popular handgun fires without anyone pulling the trigger, victims say … One warm afternoon in May, Dwight Jackson was getting dressed for a visit to his favorite cigar lounge.  He slipped his holstered SIG Sauer P320 pistol onto his belt, put on a button-down shirt and leaned across his bed for his wallet.
Washington Post:
Meet the young Democrats waging war on MAGA from behind enemy lines  —  Catalyzing events in U.S. history have a tendency to shape generations of public officials.  In the 1920s, Prohibition and the GOP's depression economics gave rise to the New Deal Democrats.
Reuters:
Tennessee Democrats push to bring second expelled lawmaker back to House  —  Tennessee Democrats on Tuesday will press for the reinstatement of the second of two state representatives who were expelled for leading a rule-breaking gun policy protest on the floor of the statehouse, after the first was reinstated on Monday.
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
Washington's Mideast Pullout Sets Israel and Iran on a Collision Course  —  Emboldened by new alliances and Israel's adventurism, Iran is ready to take higher risks in its shadow war ■ With the situation in the Palestinian territories deteriorating, a spark at the Al-Aqsa Mosque could plunge Israel into a multi-front war
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Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
Vladimir Kara-Murza's last statement to Russian court: A reckoning will come  —  Vladimir Kara-Murza delivered these remarks on Monday at the closing session of his trial in Moscow.  —  MOSCOW CITY COURT — Members of the court: I was sure, after two decades spent in Russian politics …
Dan Zaksheske / OutKick:
Megan Rapinoe Among Prominent Female Athletes Petitioning Title IX Change Banning Men From Women's Sports … Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., introduced the bill in February.  The bill seeks to clarify Title IX by classifying athletes by biology, rather than identity.
Discussion: The Hill, Twitchy and VICE
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Ed Shanahan / New York Times:
House Panel Plans Manhattan Hearing.  Bragg Calls It a ‘Political Stunt.’  —  The Republican-led Judiciary Committee hopes to tarnish the Democratic prosecutor who is leading the criminal case against former President Donald J. Trump.  —  The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee …
Discussion: Raw Story, RedState and Gothamist
Summer Concepcion / Associated Press:
Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to home detention and community service in obstruction case  —  Peters, a prominent 2020 election denier, had faced up to six months in jail for allegedly obstructing government operations.  —  Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters …
CNN:
An officer was shot in the head trying to stop a mass shooting at a Louisville bank.  He graduated from the police academy just 10 days ago.  —  A 26-year-old rookie Louisville police officer - who graduated from the police academy just 10 days ago - was hospitalized after being shot in the head …
The Texas Tribune:
State Rep. Bryan Slaton retains criminal defense lawyer in possible ethics investigation  —  The complaint came after an incident in which Slaton and the staffer allegedly met up at his Austin apartment last weekend.  A separate staffer told The Texas Tribune that Slaton drank alcohol with an intern under 21 years old.
Associated Press:
Judges block Tennessee move to cut Nashville council in half  —  The ruling stymies an effort by state Republican lawmakers to cut the council in half after it blocked the 2024 Republican National Convention from coming to the Music City.  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Democratic-leaning city …
Discussion: NBC News, Politico and Associated Press
The San Francisco Standard:
Downtown San Francisco Whole Foods Closing a Year After Opening  —  One of the largest supermarkets in Downtown San Francisco—the Whole Foods Market at Eighth and Market streets—intends to shut down at the close of business Monday just a little more than a year after the store opened, company officials told The Standard.
Chelsea Simeon / WKBN-TV:
Truck carrying toxic soil from East Palestine overturns in Columbiana County  —  EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WKBN) - A truck carrying toxic soil from the East Palestine train derailment site overturned just before 1 p.m. Monday in Columbiana County.  —  According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol …
 
 
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Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
‘People will die’: why is Ron DeSantis loosening gun laws that most Floridians support?
Discussion: Bearing Arms and WFLA-TV
Fox News:
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
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Slate:
The Effort to Suppress the Vote Is Spreading to the Republican Mainstream
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
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Financial Times:
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
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