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5:50 PM ET, March 25, 2024

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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Chuck Todd's Scorcher Against NBC Matters  —  The revolving door between political operatives and the mainstream media has been spinning for decades.  —  As if responding to an alarm setting on a cosmic, biological clock, the press and its minders set to ringing and clanging bloody murder …
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Politico:
Playbook: Inside NBC's McDaniel meltdown  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SUDDENLY HE'S EVERYWHERE — “Big Republican Donor Jeff Yass Owned Shares in Trump Media Merger Partner,” by NYT's Matthew Goldstein: “JEFF YASS …
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Ronna McDaniel Was a MAGA Toadie Who Betrayed the GOP  —  SHAMELESS OPPORTUNIST  —  Now that she's an NBC News contributor, the ex-RNC chair says she was just being a team player when she did Trump's bidding.  That's completely bogus. … In case you missed it, former Republican National …
Christine Zhu / Politico:
NBC Guild: ‘Our journalism is tarnished’  —  The network's union alleged in a social media post that NBC News “illegally terminated” 13 union journalists two weeks prior to hiring Ronna McDaniel.  —  NBC's union accused the network of valuing former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel over its own journalists …
Discussion: Fox News
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
NBC's McDaniel mess threatens to explode  —  Network insiders are watching to see if more hosts and contributors speak out about the ex-RNC chair's hiring.  —  The uproar inside NBC over Ronna McDaniel's hiring spilled into Monday morning as more of the network's top personalities denounced …
Mark Jacob / Stop the Presses:
NBC stands for Now Boosting the Coup  —  Network gives aid to democracy's enemies by hiring Ronna McDaniel  —  No major television news operation is doing enough to confront right-wing extremism.  At a crisis point for our democracy, they are failing us.  —  But some are really failing us.
New York Times:
Trump Can Post Smaller Bond in Civil Fraud Case, Court Rules  —  The former president must post a bond of $175 million within 10 days as he appeals the $454 million judgment against him.  —  With Donald J. Trump on the clock to secure a nearly half-billion-dollar bond in his civil fraud case …
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NBC News:
N.Y. appeals court reduces Trump's bond in his civil fraud case to $175 million, a victory for the former president  —  The court also gave Trump an additional 10 days to post the bond, which his lawyers have said they've had trouble securing.  —  A state appeals court ruled that Donald Trump …
ABC News:
In win for Trump, appeals court lowers his bond to $175M in civil fraud case
Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Wife of Judge on Mifepristone Case Was Paid by Anti-Abortion Group  —  FRIENDS OF THE COURT  —  The fate of the abortion pill mifepristone is now before the Supreme Court, after a fifth-circuit appeals panel of three judges ruled against its distribution last summer.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
What's at stake in the Supreme Court abortion pill case
Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Abortion pill challenge gives Supreme Court chance to move toward national abortion ban
Melissa Segura / The Guardian:   The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife's shadowy connections
UN News:
UPDATING LIVE: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan  —  The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and “the urgent need to expand the flow” of aid into Gaza.
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Raffi Berg / BBC:
UN Security Council resolution calls for Gaza ceasefire
Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Netanyahu cancels trip to Washington to protest United Nations call for cease-fire in Gaza
Washington Post:
Live updates Hearing on new evidence in Trump N.Y. hush money case  —  New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan began a hearing this morning about a late release of more than 100,000 pages of potential evidence in former president Donald Trump's trial over 2016 hush money payments.
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The Hill:
Judge sets Trump's hush money trial for April 15, rejecting further delay  —  NEW YORK — A New York judge scheduled former President Trump's hush money trial to begin April 15, enabling his first criminal trial to still take place this spring after a last-minute delay.
Anna J Kaiser / Bloomberg:
Florida Bans Social Media for Kids Under 14  —  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill prohibiting minors under 14 from having social-media accounts, following similar efforts in other states that have been challenged in court.  —  The Florida law also requires parental permission …
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Douglas Soule / Tallahassee Democrat:
DeSantis signs social media restrictions for kids, age verification for porn sites
MediaRoom:
CEO Message to Employees  —  Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun shared the following message with all employees today:  —  Team,  —  As you all know, the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 accident was a watershed moment for Boeing.  We must continue to respond to this accident with humility and complete transparency.
Enough Already:
This Show Can't Go On ...  I reckon the end of my newspaper career as I'd known it ended on an ice-cold January day in 1995.  —  Back then, I was the sports editor of the Lewiston Sun-Journal in Central Maine.  It was the best job I ever had, even if there was absolutely no money in it.
israelhayom.com:
Trump to Israel Hayom: Only a fool would have not acted like Israel on Oct. 7  —  In an exclusive interview, the 45th president blames Joe Biden for the war in Israel.  “He can't talk.  He's a very dumb person.  He's a dumb person.  His foreign policy throughout 50 years has been horrible.
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Forensic psychiatrist on physical signs of Trump's mental decline: “Changes in movement and gait”  —  “His walk appears wide-based,” Dr. Elizabeth Zoffman notes of Trump.  “He has developed a swing of his right leg.”  —  Donald Trump's obvious public challenges with speech, language, and thinking are continuing to get worse.
Discussion: Raw Story
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Newly released transcripts reveal a MAGA betrayal: Donald Trump never cared about Ashli Babbitt  —  Trump now hypes her as a January 6 martyr, but when he was told of Babbitt's death, there was “no, like, reaction”  —  Nine people died as a result of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection that Republicans pretend was a “normal tourist visit.”
David Cay Johnston / New Republic:
Today Is the Day That 50 Years of Grifting Finally Comes to an End  —  Have you ever seen a millionaire begging for $5?  Me neither.  Yet I just watched Donald Trump in an internet video pleading for $5, or $10, or “even $25” from his supporters.  That's a pitch aimed at the people Trump says he loves …
 
 
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Heather Hunter / Washington Examiner:
Boston reparations group calls on ‘white churches’ and the city to pay billions to black residents
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HotAir:
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The secret to changing Trump's mind
Discussion: New Republic
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
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Discussion: The Guardian, New Republic and Mediaite