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11:35 AM ET, March 22, 2024

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CNN:
CNN Polls: Majority of voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania are dissatisfied with their presidential choices  —  Voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania - two states that flipped from red to blue in the 2020 presidential election - begin this year's general election campaign more dissatisfied …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump Would Break the Budget  —  No one is talking enough about one of the most important policy choices at stake in this election.  —  A decision Donald Trump made in his first presidential term has triggered one of the most important policy choices at stake in this year's election.
Discussion: CNBC and Bloomberg
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump canceled a rally in Arizona because his campaign was too broke: report  —  Former President Donald Trump is facing mounting financial difficulties in his campaign — to the point where he is reportedly being forced to triage which states he can afford to hold rallies in.
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump's invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC  —  Donald Trump's new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president's legal bills …
Politico:
Biden camp feels a reprieve from Democratic unease
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified
Dan Primack / Axios:
Trump's Truth Social is going public after winning DWAC merger vote … - As Axios reported earlier today, this ends a multiyear saga that's included civil lawsuits, criminal lawsuits, closing extensions and vote postponements.
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Politico:
Why Trump's big Wall Street payday won't bail him out of financial trouble  —  The approval from investors would come as Trump faces a severe financial crunch: He's been hit with more than $500 million in civil penalties, not to mention ongoing legal fees as he appeals verdicts against him.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's lawsuit against ABC is not the flex he thinks it is  —  In a sane world, the underlying facts would be disqualifying. … As if Trump wasn't already spending enough donor money defending himself against a truly staggering number of civil and criminal lawsuits, he just inexplicably decided …
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Letitia James Is Prepared to Seize One of Trump's Favorite Assets
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Trump's Lawyer Won't Deny If He's Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is in Line for a $3.5 Billion Windfall From Stake in Truth Social
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Ken Buck's parting gift to GOP: Signing Democrats' Ukraine discharge petition … - The measure needs 218 signatures to force a vote, however, and many progressives have said they won't sign onto it.  — Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) has a competing discharge petition on a $66 billion munitions …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Feared a ‘One-Term Presidency’ After Passing Health Care Law  —  A set of oral histories released on Friday documents the behind-the-scenes drama of President Barack Obama's drive to pass the Affordable Care Act, his most important legislative achievement.
Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Congressman apologizes for using racial slur instead of saying ‘bugaboo’  —  U.S. Senate hopeful Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) made the comment while discussing tax rates in a budget hearing  —  Senate hopeful Rep. David Trone (D) used a racial slur during a congressional budget hearing Thursday …
The Cause:
They don't want want this miracle™ to exist  —  It was four years ago today.  After about 34 hours inside Ann Arbor's St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and a lifetime of heroic pushing by my wife, my daughter was born.  She, like every newborn, was a miracle™.  That's the cliche™.
Discussion: NBC News
New York Times:
Inside Garland's Effort to Prosecute Trump  —  In trying to avoid even the smallest mistakes, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland might have made one big one: ending up in a race against the clock.  —  After being sworn in as attorney general in March 2021, Merrick B. Garland gathered …
Discussion: Politico
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Farah Griffin: There's ‘no question’ Trump would accept money from Russian oligarchs  —  Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said there is “no question” that former President Trump would accept money from foreign sources to secure the funds needed in his civil fraud case.
Discussion: HuffPost and Mediaite
HotAir:
Senator John Kennedy vs. Climate Change Activist  —  Senator John Kennedy had a busy day on the hill Wednesday, making fools out of some more democrat witnesses, including a climate change activist.
Discussion: Twitchy
Prem Thakker / The Intercept:
House Republicans Want to Ban Universal Free School Lunches  —  On Wednesday, the Republican Study Committee, of which some three-quarters of House Republicans are members, released its 2025 budget entitled “Fiscal Sanity to Save America.”  Tucked away in the 180-page austerity manifesto …
 
 
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