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11:50 AM ET, April 26, 2023

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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Coming Biden Blowout  —  Republicans thought about running without Trump in 2024—but lost their nerve.  They're heading for electoral disaster again.  —  The Republican plan for 2024 is already failing, and the party leadership can see it and knows it.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Biden's strategy to repair Harris' image  —  Top White House officials are rushing to the aid of Vice President Kamala Harris to try to shore up her underwhelming poll numbers heading into 2024.  Why it matters: Harris' numbers are even worse than President Biden's (approval in the high 30%s versus low 40%s).
New York Times:
Biden's 2024 Campaign Begins.  You Might Miss It at First.  —  The president has no immediate plans to barnstorm key states with large rallies.  He will instead try to burnish his record, and hope Republican infighting continues.  —  President Biden has formally moved from a campaign-in-waiting to a campaign of waiting.
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Joe Biden's 2024 Opening Argument: It's Me or the Abyss
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden launches first TV ad of re-election campaign
Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson's Vulgar, Offensive Messages About Colleagues Helped Seal His Fate at Fox News  —  Prime-time host called senior executive the c-word in redacted missive; network grew wary of further embarrassment from possible disclosure  —  Several weeks ago, as Fox News lawyers prepared …
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Rolling Stone:
Fox Has a Secret ‘Oppo File’ to Keep Tucker Carlson in Check, Sources Say  —  Eight sources tell Rolling Stone that the network's top brass has been stockpiling information on the departing primetime host … When Fox announced Carlson's departure on Monday, the network presented the separation as amiable.
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
No, Tucker Carlson should not run for president
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Tucker Carlson's Prayer Talk May Have Led to Fox News Ouster: “That Stuff Freaks Rupert Out”
Washington Post:
House to debate debt ceiling bill as GOP confronts last-minute holdouts  —  After a handful of moderate and conservative Republicans aired concerns with the bill overnight — jeopardizing its passage — Republicans tweaked the legislation in hopes of holding a vote Wednesday.
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Ivanka Trump Ditches Attorneys In Fraud Suit, Splitting From Don Jr. And Eric  —  Ivanka Trump replaced the lawyers defending her in a fraud suit against the New York attorney general on Friday.  Her former attorneys are still representing her brothers, Don Jr. and Eric.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Wall Street Journal's Double Standards  —  The once-estimable editorial page demonstrates its own partisan blindness.  —  The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto is befuddled.  He cannot understand how people who are or once were Republican or conservative can criticize Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senators unveil bipartisan proposal to require Supreme Court to adopt code of conduct  —  Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have introduced a bipartisan bill to require the Supreme Court to create a new code of conduct for itself after ProPublica revealed …
Discussion: CNN and Wall Street Journal
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
The Washington gambler  —  Sean McElwee, a young Democratic insider with friends in high places, bet on himself in the post-Trump era.  But that wasn't all he was betting on. … It was poker night at Sean McElwee's Logan Circle bachelor pad.  In the living room, a big‐ …
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
Exclusive: Peter Thiel, Republican megadonor, won't fund candidates in 2024 - sources  —  Tech billionaire and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel, an early backer of former President Donald Trump who later broke with him, has told associates he is not planning to donate to any political candidates in 2024 …
Discussion: Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
CNN:
Special counsel investigating January 6 interested in former Fox News producer's audiotapes, her lawyer says  —  Special Counsel Jack Smith has expressed interest in audio tapes recorded by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg while she worked at the right-wing network, her lawyer said.
Discussion: Political Wire and New Republic
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Christopher Miller / Financial Times:
Xi Jinping holds long-awaited call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy  —  Ukrainian leader says conversation with China's president was ‘long and meaningful’  —  Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday he had held “a long and meaningful phone call with [Chinese] President Xi Jinping” …
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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
U.S. to send nuclear submarines in new pledge to protect South Korea from North's threats
David Gilbert / VICE:
A Far-Right Moms Group Is Terrorizing Schools in the Name of Protecting Kids  —  Moms for Liberty has targeted teachers, administrators, parents, and school board members, orchestrating harassment campaigns that have left people fearing for their safety—and in some cases, their lives.  —  David Gilbert
Shirin Ghaffary / Vox:
Elon's blue check disaster is getting worse  —  Celebrities are refusing to pay, and the trolls keep trolling.  —  Elon Musk's decision to strip certain users of their legacy verification check marks — one of the biggest changes he's made as the new owner and CEO of Twitter — is off to a chaotic start.
Discussion: New York Times, Wired and Daily Kos
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Donald Trump needs protective order to prevent him from publicizing evidence, prosecutors say  —  The prosecutors pointed to Trump's propensity to post attacks on social media.  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office has asked the judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Top Trump lawyer never saw proof of Dominion fraud claims  —  One of the chief architects of pro-Donald Trump election conspiracy theories conceded in a recording that she never saw evidence of voting machine fraud in Georgia — and that's why she didn't target election equipment maker Dominion …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and WAGA-TV
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Proud Boys leader, awaiting Jan. 6 sedition verdict, assails Justice Department  —  In a call from his jail cell, Enrique Tarrio embraced far-right critiques of DOJ's Jan. 6 prosecutions.  —  Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio — awaiting a verdict on charges he conspired …
New York Times:
Montana House to Vote on Discipline of Transgender Lawmaker  —  Republicans have refused to let Representative Zooey Zephyr speak until she apologizes for comments made during a House debate.  Several of her supporters were arrested during a protest.  —  HELENA, Mont. — Legislators …
Charles Homans / New York Times:
Ad Flap Leaves Bitter Aftertaste for Bud Light and Warning for Big Business  —  Bud Light's marketing effort with a transgender influencer has put it “in the center of the culture wars in a way that no company could possibly want to be,” one observer said.  —  When she was named Anheuser …
Elisabetta Povoledo / New York Times:
Pope Will Allow Women to Vote at Meeting of Bishops  —  Although it is a step forward for women, they are still barred from becoming deacons, which many advocates of female leadership in the Roman Catholic Church have pushed for.  —  The Vatican announced on Wednesday that the pope …
Discussion: Associated Press
John Gramlich / Pew Research Center:
What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.  —  More Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2021 than in any other year on record, according to the latest available statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  That included record numbers of both gun murders and gun suicides.
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Mastermind of Kabul airport massacre killed by Taliban, U.S. says  —  An ISIS suicide bomber killed dozens of Afghans and 13 U.S. troops during the Biden administration's evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021  —  The suspected mastermind of a gruesome suicide bombing during the United States' pullout …
Miles Johnson / Financial Times:
Horses, art and private jets: the charmed life of Russian warlord's family  —  Western governments have struggled to impose costs on relatives of the Wagner founder, even though they have been heavily involved in his businesses  —  When a 77-year-old St Petersburg grandmother signed …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, UnHerd and TASS
 
 
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Pro-abortion rights group Emily's List endorses Gillibrand
Discussion: Washington Examiner
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa:
Grassley: Democrats Offer A Political Resolution That Ignores Their Past Political Weaponization Of The FBI
Discussion: The Federalist and Just The News
Adam Paul Susaneck / New York Times:
American Road Deaths Show an Alarming Racial Gap
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Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
‘Immense And Needless Suffering’: Idaho's Abortion Ban Is Creating A Crisis Of Care
Discussion: Idaho Capital Sun and Raw Story
GOV.UK:
Microsoft / Activision deal prevented to protect innovation and choice in cloud gaming
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge tosses Devin Nunes suit over Esquire article
NPR:
Chief Justice Roberts declines to testify before Senate panel
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Woman with Cancerous Pregnancy Was Told to Wait in Parking Lot Until She Was ‘Crashing’
Discussion: NPR and KFOR-TV
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump: Trials are unpredictable, but here's the roadmap for this one
 

 
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
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