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10:40 AM ET, April 14, 2023

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Rolling Stone:
'We're Getting Killed on Abortion': Inside Trump's Secret Meetings With the Religious Right  —  The ex-president expects anti-abortion activists to line up behind his presidential campaign, but his bid for their support is off to a rocky start  —  SINCE LATE LAST year …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Hill
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Politico:
DeSantis could be walking into a general election trap on abortion  —  The Florida governor signs a six-week abortion ban that could hurt his White House aspirations.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new abortion ban.  His Democratic opponents are preparing to use it against him.
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Focus groups: Pennsylvania swing voters detest MAGA and abortion overreach  —  Some Pennsylvania swing voters who identify as “pro-life” are still firmly against banning the common abortion drug mifepristone — and view it as the latest example of GOP extremism and overreach, according to our latest Engagious/Sago focus groups.
Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis quietly signs Florida's 6-week abortion ban into law  —  The governor had no fanfare around the bill-signing, sending out a news release late in the night.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis quietly signed legislation Thursday that would ban most abortions after six weeks in Florida …
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis May Fall Into His Own Abortion Trap
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
ProPublica:
Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas.  The Justice Didn't Disclose the Deal.  —  In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow's companies purchased a string of properties on a quiet residential street in Savannah, Georgia.  It wasn't a marquee acquisition …
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Shirin Ali / Slate:
Clarence Thomas' Mom Definitely Still Lives in the House the Billionaire Bought  —  We were there just a couple of weeks ago.  —  The revelations about Clarence Thomas' financial ties to billionaire donor Harlan Crow—most of which the justice has routinely declined to disclose in his annual ethics documentation—keep coming.
Alec MacGillis / ProPublica:   The Reopening That Wasn't: As Government Employees Work From Home, People Find Services Curtailed
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Drugmaker asks Supreme Court to block abortion pill ruling  —  The company wants to freeze a court decision that curbs access to the abortion pill mifepristone.  —  WASHINGTON — A maker of abortion drug mifepristone on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block part of a court decision …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The FDA Should Not Enforce the 5th Circuit's Indefensible Abortion Pill Decision
Washington Post:
U.S. to ask Supreme Court to restore full access to abortion pill
Washington Post:
He's from a patriotic family — and allegedly leaked U.S. secrets  —  Online, the suspect in the breach of dozens of classified documents took on a persona seemingly at odds with his military career.  —  As a newly minted member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard returned home from training …
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The Guardian:
US arrests suspect behind leak of Pentagon documents
United States Capitol Police:
U.S. Capitol Police Stop Assault Rifle from Getting to Capitol Hill  —  This morning the United States Police (USCP) stopped an assault rifle, with an extended magazine, before it reached Capitol Hill.  —  Just after 5:00 a.m, a USCP screening team spotted the gun, which was partially wrapped …
Discussion: CBS News
Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Racist text messaging investigation rocks Northern California police department  —  The messages, which detail Antioch officers allegedly using racial epithets and homophobic slurs, could have far-reaching implications for criminal cases linked to the officers.
Discussion: Mercury News
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Russia's commando units gutted by Ukraine war, U.S. leak shows  —  Russia's clandestine spetsnaz forces have been put to use alongside the infantry, suffering massive numbers of dead and wounded  —  The war in Ukraine has gutted Russia's clandestine spetsnaz forces and it will take Moscow years …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Jose Pagliery / Yahoo Lifestyle:
LinkedIn Founder Is Secretly Funding E. Jean Carroll's Lawsuit Against Trump  —  Reid Hoffman, the billionaire behind LinkedIn who's now a megadonor to Democrats, has been quietly bankrolling E. Jean Carroll's rape case against former President Donald Trump, according to court records filed Thursday.
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
No shield for Trump in rape accuser's case as court declines to rule
Associated Press:
Missouri to limit gender-affirming care for minors and adults  —  At least 13 other states have enacted laws restricting or banning transition-related care for transgender minors.  —  COLUMBIA.  Mo. — Missouri's attorney general announced new restrictions Thursday on gender-affirming care …
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Washington Post:
This plan for a third-party presidential bid in 2024 is dangerous  —  Jonathan Cowan is president of Third Way, Rahna Epting is executive director of MoveOn and Patrick Gaspard is CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.  —  As leaders of three groups that represent various segments …
Discussion: Insider
Katherine Donlevy / New York Post:
Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton accepts plea deal in Las Vegas luggage theft  —  The former Biden administration official accused in two separate stolen-luggage cases in different states was ordered to pay one of their victims back — but given no jail time — Tuesday after they pleaded no contest to the bizarre theft.
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene defends National Guardsman suspected of leaking classified docs  —  The Georgia lawmaker's comments were at odds with those of fellow Republicans and drew backlash from Democrats.  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday defended the man arrested in connection …
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New York Times:
When ‘Top Secret’ Is Not So Secret  —  The arrest of Jack Teixeira, a junior Massachusetts airman …
Kelsey Ables / Washington Post:
Man who killed BLM protester shared racist content, new documents show  —  Daniel Perry, the man who killed a Black Lives Matter protester at a rally in Austin in July 2020, regularly shared racist memes and content in private messages and social media posts, including descriptions …
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Lindsay Owens / American Prospect:
Ripping Off the Invisible Straitjacket  —  We need better economic models, but we also need Congress to free itself from the self-imposed constraints of modeling on the policymaking process. … In the final year of my doctorate program, I was fortunate enough to win a fellowship that would bring …
David French / New York Times:
How Tennessee Illustrates the Three Rules of MAGA  —  On Monday afternoon, a previously unknown 27-year-old Tennessee lawmaker named Justin Jones walked triumphantly up the steps of the Tennessee Capitol building and — surrounded by a crush of press and hundreds of supporters …
Discussion: Associated Press
Washington Post:
D.C. faces big challenges as remote work demand persists, poll finds  —  D.C.-area leaders have tried desperately to lure teleworking employees back into their offices, hoping to restore the vibrancy and generous tax revenue previously offered by buzzy commercial and downtown corridors that largely emptied during the pandemic.
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Examiner:
Uncle Joe has a car you can't refuse  —  It's hard to tell what is most preposterous about President Joe Biden's new mandate that two-thirds of all new cars sold in 2032 must be electric vehicles.  The competition is tough.  —  Is it the huge shortage of critical minerals needed to meet such a goal?
Discussion: Washington Post
Politico:
The Pence-Trump divide deepens, this time over guns  —  The former vice president's team is drawing contrasts on the brink of his speech to the NRA.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Pence is aiming to get to the right of Donald Trump on guns, bringing debates the two once had behind closed doors in the White House into the public eye.
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Unemployment Is Low.  Inflation Is Falling.  But What Comes Next?  —  Despite hopeful signs, economists worry that a recession is on the way or that the Federal Reserve will cause one in trying to rein in inflation.  —  There are two starkly different ways of looking at the U.S. economy right now …
Discussion: The Hill and Insider Paper
 
 
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US Department of Justice:
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Emmett Till's Murder: The Importance of Seeing and Remembering
New York Times:
Germany Quits Nuclear Power, Ending a Decades-Long Struggle
Discussion: Ars Technica and Financial Times
Al Jazeera:
Exposed: The links between Indonesia's deforestation and Xinjiang
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Is the Trump Indictment a “Legal Embarrassment”?
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Insider
Grigor Atanesian / BBC:
Twitter staff cuts leave Russian trolls unchecked
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Kate Morrissey / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Migrants say Border Patrol is keeping them between the border walls for days without food or shelter
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Why People Are Fleeing Blue Cities for Red States
Discussion: Althouse and The Atlantic
Stuart Stevens / Resolute Square:
The Court That McConnell Built: The Erosion Of Ethics, Justice, And Public Trust
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Tennessee House Speaker secretly bought $600,000 home in Nashville
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David Merritt Johns / The Atlantic:
Nutrition Science's Most Preposterous Result
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