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4:00 PM ET, March 20, 2024

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Jennifer Gould / New York Post:
Donald Trump may not pay bond — and instead let Letitia James seize Trump Tower: insiders  —  As Donald Trump faces a Monday deadline to post a $454 million bond in the civil fraud case against him in New York, insiders said he may be weighing a little-discussed option: Do nothing.
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Panic mode sets in for Trump as he faces deadline for massive bond  —  Former President Donald Trump is in panic mode as the deadline approaches to secure a half-billion-dollar bond to appeal his civil fraud case in New York, according to multiple sources familiar with his thinking.
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Shadowing Trump's attacks on mental fitness — his own father's dementia  —  Trump avoids mention of his father's Alzheimer's disease as he lashes Biden for being ‘cognitively impaired’  —  Donald Trump invited his extended family to Mar-a-Lago in the mid-1990s.
Ella Lee / The Hill:
New York AG urges appeals court to make Trump pay full bond  —  The New York attorney general's office urged a state appeals court to make former President Trump put up a full bond before pausing the multimillion-dollar judgment in his civil fraud case.  —  The state's filing follows claims …
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Is Trump Cracking Under the Pressure of the Election?  —  Trump has repeatedly stumbled during the first couple of weeks of the general election  —  Donald Trump made it through the Republican primary largely unscathed.  He never had to get on a debate stage or adopt a position to outflank a rival.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Donald Trump Isn't Running A Presidential Campaign  —  It's a campaign for immunity from the law, and Democrats aren't doing nearly enough to counter it.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Every now and again it's fun to hold the unfiltered public comments of normal politicians up against the Donald Trump's ravings on social media.
Discussion: Twitchy, HuffPost and Raw Story
Politico:
Playbook: Sherrod Brown's dilemma
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Political Wire
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
What Trump Supporters Think When He Mocks People With Disabilities
Discussion: Raw Story, The Dispatch and The Root
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Biden wanders off stage after spotting baby in crowd at Arizona campaign event: 'Couldn't resist'
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy
Allan Smith / NBC News:
This state senator eviscerated Trump's voter fraud claims. Now, he's back on the Trump train.
Discussion: The Bulwark, The Hill and BizPac Review
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
3 takeaways from primaries in Illinois, Ohio and elsewhere
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Trump, others can appeal Fani Willis removal ruling, judge allows  —  Judge Scott McAfee says he'll continue work on other aspects of case  —  Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday granted permission for former President Donald Trump and seven others to appeal …
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Associated Press:
Judge clears way for Trump to appeal ruling keeping Fani Willis on Georgia 2020 election case
Samantha-Jo Roth / Washington Examiner:
Lankford launches bid for No. 5 spot in Senate GOP leadership following failed border deal  —  Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) announced Wednesday that he will be running to become the Senate Republican Conference vice chairman.  —  The Oklahoma senator, who has served in the upper chamber since 2015 …
Discussion: Politico, Breitbart and The Hill
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Biden Administration Announces Rules Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles  —  The regulations would require automakers to sell more electric vehicles and hybrids by gradually tightening limits on tailpipe pollution.  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday issued one of the most significant …
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David Gilbert / Wired:
Elon Musk's X Is Suspending Accounts That Reveal a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist's Alleged Identity  —  Researchers and journalists have been blocked on X from sharing the alleged identity of the neo-Nazi cartoonist Stonetoss.  —  X has locked and suspended the accounts of journalists and researchers …
Discussion: Advocate and Vanity Fair
Max Burns / The Hill:
No Labels can't get a ‘yes’ on a candidate for 2024 — and there's a good reason why  —  It's tough to understand what's going on at No Labels, the centrist political group that is trying — and repeatedly failing — to find a candidate for its presidential ticket this year.
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent  —  Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.  —  Glassdoor, where employees go to leave anonymous reviews of employers, has recently begun adding real names to user profiles without users' consent …
NBC News:
Kennedy family set to step up its efforts to help Biden's campaign  —  The Kennedys recent visit to the White House, and big family photo with the president, previewed the coming push.  —  WASHINGTON — For President Joe Biden's re-election campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent candidacy looms as a potential political spoiler.
Discussion: MeidasTouch, The Hill and BizPac Review
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Rips Into Michael Cohen for Bank Fraud Trial ‘Perjury’  —  A federal judge has undermined the credibility of former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, the Manhattan District Attorney's top witness in the Stormy Daniels hush money case.  —  A federal judge on Wednesday refused …
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN and Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Post-UMD poll: GOP's Hogan leads both Democrats in Maryland Senate race  —  Rep. David Trone polls slightly ahead of Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks in a Democratic primary contest with more voters undecided than settled on a candidate  —  With control of the U.S. Senate in play …
Washington Post:
‘Very, very troubling’: Judges, lawyers flummoxed by Judge Cannon  —  The jurist overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida has raised eyebrows and alarms with her latest order  —  Lawyers and former judges said they are baffled by an order issued this week …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Parnas calls out GOP rep at hearing for ‘doing the bidding’ of Russia  —  Lev Parnas, a convicted former aide to Rudy Giuliani, named members of Congress Wednesday who he alleged were “doing the bidding” of Russia by attempting to dig up “dirt” on President Biden during his 2020 campaign.
The Hill:
Biden delivers remarks on investment in America: Watch live  —  President Biden is expected to announce a multi-billion dollar CHIPS & Science Act award for the major chip manufacturer Intel while visiting its campus Thursday in Chandler, Ariz. — just outside Phoenix.
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Up To $8.5 Billion Preliminary Agreement with Intel under the CHIPS & Science Act
 
 
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Jamie Joseph / Fox News:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says ‘next stop’ for Haitians who land in Florida Keys may be Martha's Vineyard
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Florida Democrat wears Putin mask to impeachment hearing
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Texts Reveal More Russia Ties for Key Anti-Biden Witness
USA Today:
Biden wins endorsement from US steelworkers' union a week after opposing sale of company
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Tiana Lowe Doescher / Washington Examiner:
Half a decade later, Christine Blasey Ford still has no corroborating witness
 Earlier Items: 
The Texas Tribune:
Texas' new immigration law is blocked again
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Banning abortion was the first step, not the last
David Milliken / Reuters:
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emptywheel:
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Henry Mance / Financial Times:
Researcher Sonia Livingstone says constraining tech companies and empowering young people and parents are better alternatives to banning kids from social media
 
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