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8:20 PM ET, March 15, 2024

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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Mike Pence Says He Won't Endorse Donald Trump For President  —  This should come as “no surprise,” Trump's former vice president said.  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence confirmed Friday that he will not be endorsing Donald Trump for president.  —  “It should come as no surprise …
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Washington Post:
Pence says he will not endorse Trump in 2024  —  The former vice president who served under Trump but has been critical of the former president after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in which Pence was targeted, said Trump's agenda doesn't align with conservatives.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
I Listened to Trump's Rambling, Unhinged, Vituperative Georgia Rally—and So Should You  —  The ex-President is building a whole new edifice of lies for 2024.  —  I'm sure you had better things to do on Saturday evening than watch Donald Trump rant for nearly two hours to an audience of cheering fans in Rome, Georgia.
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Pence says he ‘cannot in good conscience’ endorse Trump  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday said he “cannot in good conscience” endorse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, arguing that Trump is pursuing an agenda that is “at odds with the conservative agenda.”
Discussion: NBC News and UPI
Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Mike Pence ran with Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. In 2024, he won't even endorse him
Discussion: The Sun and New York Post
Washington Post:
Trump hush money trial: 15,000 more pages of potential evidence coming  —  A growing fight over more than 100,000 pages of new information is likely to delay the start of Donald Trump's first criminal trial  —  NEW YORK — New York prosecutors said Friday that they expect to get an additional 15,000 pages …
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Associated Press:
Judge delays Trump's hush-money criminal trial 30 days, citing last-minute evidence dump  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Friday delayed former President Donald Trump's hush-money criminal trial until at least mid-April after his lawyers said they needed more time to sift through a profusion …
emptywheel:
Eight Possible Explanations — Many Bad, Some Good — for SDNY's Delay in Turning Over Cohen Files
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Samantha Chery / Washington Post:
Ginsburg family blasts plan to give RBG Award to Musk, Murdoch, others  —  The family of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and some of the Supreme Court justice's former colleagues have denounced this year's slate of honorees for an award that a philanthropic foundation bestows in the name of the liberal icon.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and DNyuz
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Samantha Chery / Washington Post:
And the RBG Award goes to ... Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch?
Discussion: Mediaite, The Forward and WSET-TV
New York Times:
Live Updates: Judge Says Fani Willis Can Stay on Trump Case If Ex-Boyfriend Withdraws  —  The Atlanta district attorney's romantic relationship with the lead prosecutor she hired to oversee the case created an “appearance of impropriety,” the judge said, ruling that the prosecution can't proceed unless he leaves or she steps aside.
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Washington Post:
Fani Willis can stay on Trump Georgia case, but only if Wade steps aside, judge says
NBC News:
Fulton County DA Fani Willis case against Trump can continue if she or special prosecutor Wade remove themselves, judge rules
Associated Press:
Fulton County DA Fani Willis must step aside or remove special prosecutor in Trump case, judge says
Manu Raju / CNN:
Schumer discusses ‘long-shot scenario’ with Manchin: Last-ditch Senate run in West Virginia  —  Hear more from Sen. Joe Manchin and the fight for control of the US Senate on “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju” at 8 a.m. ET and 11 a.m. ET.  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer recently discussed …
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Biden's team to Speaker Johnson: Your impeachment inquiry is over
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Mike Johnson Suddenly Seems Ready to Stick a Shiv in MAGA  —  Poor Mike Johnson is in quite a bind.  The House speaker simply doesn't have a governing majority: It is borderline impossible to pass anything with only Republican votes, because the hard-right MAGA bloc wants to thwart governing at all costs.
CBS News:
Secret Service, Justice Dept locate person of interest in swatting attacks on DHS Secretary Mayorkas and other officials  —  Federal agents have located a person of interest in over 100 swatting calls, which included calls targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas …
Discussion: Raw Story
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets Landmark Reduced Sentencing Law  —  The justices sided with the government in a case focused on who is eligible for shorter prison sentences under the bipartisan First Step Act passed in 2018.  —  The Supreme Court sided with the government on Friday …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court denies ‘thousands’ of inmates a chance at shorter sentences
Discussion: Associated Press
Casey Newton / Platformer:
How CrowdTangle predicted the future  —  Eight years after buying the data analysis tool CrowdTangle, and four years after it began exasperating the executives responsible for it, Meta said Thursday that it would shut down the tool on August 14.  —  CrowdTangle, a data analysis tool …
Discussion: Ars Technica and Nieman Lab
New York Times:
Kushner Developing Deals Overseas Even as His Father-in-Law Runs for President  —  Donald Trump's son-in-law, who was also a senior White House official, said he was close to finalizing real estate projects in Albania and Serbia.  —  Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald J. Trump …
Justin Horowitz / Media Matters for America:
Lara Trump says she wants to hire QAnon conspiracy theorist Scott Presler to work for the RNC  —  Lara Trump, who was recently elected as co-chair to the Republican National Committee, said on March 14 that she is interested in hiring right-wing influencer, QAnon conspiracy theorist, and …
Debra Kamin / New York Times:
Powerful Realtor Group Agrees to Slash Commissions to Settle Lawsuits  —  The National Association of Realtors will pay $418 million in damages and will amend several rules that housing experts say will drive down housing costs.  —  American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost …
Associated Press:
Brazil's military leaders told police Bolsonaro was involved in plan to reverse 2022 election result  —  Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned …
Washington Post:
GOP backtracks on closing community centers and sidetracking early-vote program  —  Officials said Friday that the shift in announced plans was a result of the fast pace of the takeover of the Republican National Committee at the start of the week  —  The Republican Party's new chairman …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
As Trump continues to remake RNC in his image, new memo outlines what that looks like
Reuters:
‘Squid Game’ actor O Yeong-su convicted of sexual harassment and given a suspended sentence  —  As he was leaving the court, O told reporters he planned to appeal against the decision.  —  SEOUL — South Korean actor O Yeong-su, who starred in the first season of the hit Netflix series …
Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times:
2 Orange school board conservatives ousted by recalls with LGBTQ+ policies at the center  —  Voters in the city of Orange appear to have ousted two conservative school board members who had spearheaded policies widely opposed by advocates for LGBTQ+ youth in a recall election viewed …
 
 
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Craig Simpson / Telegraph:
British countryside can evoke ‘dark nationalist’ feelings in paintings, warns museum
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Security footage of Boeing repair before door-plug blowout was overwritten
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
A Watershed Moment for the Politics of Israel, Courtesy of Chuck Schumer
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
DeSantis details alarming find aboard Haitian migrant boat seized off Florida coast
Iryna Voichuk / Euromaidan Press:
France, Germany, and Poland pledge more weapons for Ukraine in show of unity
Pew Research Center:
8 in 10 Americans Say Religion Is Losing Influence in Public Life
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Mainstream G.O.P. Group to Target Bob Good As It Shifts Mission and Members
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Douglas Soule / USA Today:
Moms for Liberty to advise librarians on book removals in Florida
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
It's not just our democracy at stake, it's our freedom
 

 
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