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NBC News:
Ron DeSantis will launch his presidential bid with Elon Musk  —  The Florida governor will announce he is running for president on Twitter Wednesday evening in a conversation with Musk.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will announce he is running for president during a discussion with Twitter CEO Elon Musk …
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New York Times:
DeSantis Set to Announce 2024 Run on Twitter With Elon Musk  —  The Florida governor is expected to appear on a live audio conversation with Mr. Musk, the social platform's owner.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is planning to announce the start of his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday …
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network  —  It can no longer be denied.  —  Twitter has long been described, even by its most ardent users, as a hellsite.  But under Elon Musk, Twitter has evolved into a platform that is indistinguishable from the wastelands of alternative social-media sites such as Truth Social and Parler.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's right-wing media venture scores another big win
Discussion: Deadline
Semafor:
DeSantis will announce his 2024 bid on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Florida school bans poem read at Biden inauguration after objection of just one parent  —  The poem that was read by poet Amanda Gorman at President Joe Biden's inauguration has been banned from elementary schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida after the objections of just one parent.
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Sommer Brugal / Miami Herald:
Miami-Dade K-8 bars elementary students from 4 library titles following parent complaint  —  A K-8 school in Miami-Dade County last month issued restrictions for elementary-aged students on three books and one poem after a parent objected to five titles, claiming they included topics …
Patrick Smith / NBC News:
Driver arrested and Nazi flag seized after truck crashes into security barriers near the White House  —  The driver of the U-Haul truck faces multiple charges after the Monday night incident, which the Secret Service said may have been intentional.  —  A driver was arrested and a Nazi flag …
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ABC News:
Man who wanted to seize power struck White House barrier with truck, law enforcement says
Troy Pope / wusa9.com:
U-Haul truck smashes into security barrier near White House, driver arrested
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The looming existential crisis for cable news  —  The number of cable subscribers, dropping for years, just took a record-breaking plunge.  Sooner or later, it will hurt news channels' bottom line.  —  After a week of promotion and controversy, CNN staged a live town hall telecast …
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Peter Kafka / Vox:   Do Americans really want “unbiased” news?
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   CNN needs a new chief. Here's the ideal candidate.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump hush money trial in Manhattan DA criminal case set for March 2024  —  Former President Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan over his alleged role in a hush money scheme has been set for next March during the heat of the GOP primary election.  —  Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Judge sets 2024 date for Trump's criminal trial in Stormy Daniels case
Wall Street Journal:
Special Counsel Is Wrapping Up Trump Mar-a-Lago Probe  —  Some Trump associates anticipate an indictment—and raising funds off it  —  WASHINGTON—Special counsel Jack Smith has all but finished obtaining testimony and other evidence in his criminal investigation into whether former President …
Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
UT-Austin tried to hire a game theorist for its new free-enterprise think tank.  He turned down the job because of fights over tenure.  —  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to eliminate tenure, but his attempts have impacted the institute he helped create.  —  It was going to take Keith Schnakenberg …
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg:
Harlan Crow's Lawyers Say Congress Doesn't Have Authority to Investigate Supreme Court  —  Harlan Crow, the Texas billionaire and GOP megadonor with close ties to Clarence Thomas, refused to answer questions from a Senate committee about his years of gifts to the Supreme Court justice.
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Ruth Graham / New York Times:
Sex Abuse in Catholic Church: Over 1,900 Minors Abused in Illinois, State Says  —  A new report by the attorney general of Illinois covering decades names more than 450 credibly accused sexual abusers, including priests and lay religious brothers.  —  The Latest
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Associated Press:
Illinois AG probe: Catholic clergy sexual abuse of kids was far more common than church acknowledged
New York Post:
Unhinged NYC college professor who cursed out anti-abortion students holds machete to Post reporter's neck  —  The unhinged Manhattan college professor who went viral for cursing out anti-abortion students shockingly held a machete to a Post reporter's neck Tuesday — and made wild threats that she was going to “chop” him up.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court sets legal showdown on debt limit 14th Amendment argument  —  Justice Department lawyers declined to say whether Biden has the power to defy a debt cap.  —  A judge in Boston has ordered a hearing next week on one of the key arguments that President Joe Biden has the legal authority …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Target holds ‘emergency’ meeting over LGBTQ merchandise in some stores to avoid ‘Bud Light situation’  —  Some southern locations move Pride displays, apparel away from storefronts  —  FIRST ON FOX — Some southern Target stores were forced by the corporation to move LGBTQ Pride merchandise away …
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Amelia Nierenberg / New York Times:
The QR-Code Menu Is Being Shown the Door  —  A dining innovation that once looked like the future has worn out its welcome with many restaurateurs, customers and servers who say it takes the joy out of dining.  —  Heavenly Buffaloes, a chain of restaurants with locations …
Marist Poll:
Raising the U.S. Debt Ceiling  —  NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll  —  Majority of Americans Favor Raising Debt Ceiling Independent of Spending Cuts...More than Six in Ten Question Biden's Mental Fitness, Fewer Have Same View of Trump  —  As talks continue about raising the U.S. debt ceiling …
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
7 news outlets reimagining political journalism in smart ways  —  Political journalism is in crisis.  Over the past few months, BuzzFeed News, FiveThirtyEight, Vice and a number of other outlets that specialize in political news have substantially cut staffing and coverage.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Here's How Bad CNN's Post-Trump Town Hall Ratings Have Been  —  This reporting is featured in this week's edition of Confider, The Daily Beast's media newsletter.  Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.  —  More than a week after CNN's disastrous town hall …
Washington Post:
GOP extortion has backed Biden into a corner.  He still has a way out.  —  As America hurtles toward default on its debts and the subsequent economic cataclysm, it's looking as if President Biden is running out of options.  He still has a way out — remaining prepared to invoke the 14th Amendment …
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
As funds run short, Treasury asks agencies if payments can be made later  —  Senior Biden aides are rummaging through the nation's books, looking for new ways to conserve cash while Washington battles over the debt ceiling  —  The Treasury Department has asked federal agencies whether …
Clara Duhon / The Hill:
Disney's reputation jumps among Democrats, drops among Republicans: poll  —  Sentiments toward the Walt Disney Company have become increasingly divided along partisan lines amid a public relations and legal battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).  —  The company dropped a dozen spots …
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Heat Wave and Blackout Would Send Half of Phoenix to E.R., Study Says  —  New research warns that nearly 800,000 residents would need emergency medical care for heat stroke and other illnesses in an extended power failure.  Other cities are also at risk.  —  If a multiday blackout …
Discussion: Raw Story
Shan Wu / The Daily Beast:
AG Merrick Garland Needs to Get Out of the Business of Defending Trump  —  E. Jean Carroll wants to add Trump's latest insults to a pending defamation case.  The attorney general still allows the federal government to help Trump's defense. … E. Jean Carroll's latest legal move …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump Organization finishes last in brand reputation survey for second straight year  —  The Trump Organization, the company led by former President Trump and his family, finished last in an Axios Harris survey of brand reputations for the second year in a row.
Discussion: Axios
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Guess who just bid $100K for McCarthy's used chapstick  —  The fundraiser, which Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) won with a $100,000 bid, is set to benefit Republicans' campaign arm.  —  House Republicans are bidding for steep spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Charlie Kirk's ‘Turning Point’ Pivots to Christian Nationalism  —  The organization founded to promote the free market sure is spending a lot of time promoting attacks on the separation of church and state … Its mission, as recorded with the IRS since 2012, is to enlighten students about …
Drew Hawkins / The Guardian:
Republican John Kennedy: southern plain-talk or Foghorn Leghorn shtick?  —  The Louisiana senator, once a Democrat, trots out folksy, at times racist lines in an exaggerated accent - but is it a put-on?  —  enator John Neely Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, offended Mexicans across the world …
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Court Extends Evan Gershkovich's Pretrial Detention by Three Months  —  WSJ reporter was detained on March 29 while on a reporting trip in the Urals  —  A Russian court extended until at least Aug. 30 the pretrial detention of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter deemed …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy has identified the victims of America's debt: Babies  —  When Donald Trump was president, despite surging deficits, Republicans in Congress were happy to sign off on a suspension of the debt ceiling, despite every baby born in 2019 owing an $83,000 bill to the government
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Republicans Are Trying to Seize Control Over Voting In Texas' Largest Democratic County  —  The GOP-controlled legislature just passed bills to oust local election officials in Houston and neighboring cities.  —  The Texas legislature passed a series of bills on Monday that amounted …
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
House overturns Biden truck pollution rule  —  The House voted on Tuesday to overturn a Biden truck pollution rule, teeing up an expected White House veto.  —  The vote was 221-203.  —  Democrats Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas) and Mary Peltola …
Discussion: FreightWaves
 
 
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Texas AG Paxton slaps Biden admin with lawsuit over use of CBP One app: ‘Pre-approving more foreign aliens’
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump criminal trial over porn star payoff set for March, months before 2024 election
Margi Murphy / Bloomberg:
Predators Exploit AI Tools to Generate Images of Child Abuse
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Arizona Judge Tosses Kari Lake's 2022 Election Lawsuit
Adam Bass / North Star Reporter:
Auchincloss says attitude to housing in Massachusetts is changing
Discussion: Fortune
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DISD parents concerned about ‘run, hide, fight’ Winnie-the-Pooh book
Rotimi Adeoye / The Daily Beast:
Tim Scott's Vision for America Isn't for Black People
Char Adams / NBC News:
A Black professor has long said what the IRS now admits: The tax system is biased
Discussion: Politico
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
Objection to sexual, LGBTQ content propels spike in book challenges
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Reality is an endlessly useful political opponent
Discussion: NBC News and Joe.My.God.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
How Vivek Ramaswamy helped make Martin Shkreli the ‘pharma bro’
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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