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9:35 PM ET, March 27, 2024

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Michael H. Brown / Washington Post:
Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice presidential nominee, dies at 82  —  Joseph I. Lieberman, the doggedly independent four-term U.S. senator from Connecticut who was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000, becoming the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party, died March 27 in New York City.
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Trump Attacks R.F.K. Jr., a Third-Party Wild Card  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate, has asserted that he intends to be a “spoiler” for both Donald Trump and President Biden.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump attacked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
Washington Post:
Chris Christie turns down No Labels presidential bid after discussions  —  The decision removes one of the top remaining prospects for the centrist group hoping to upset the two-party system this year with a “unity ticket”  —  Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie (R) …
David Corn / Mother Jones:   Will RFK Jr. and Other Third-Party Candidates Help Doom Democracy?
Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Biden leans on his Democratic predecessors as Trump remains isolated from other Republican leaders
Discussion: Washington Examiner and PJ Media
The Hill:
Judge rules John Eastman should be disbarred over efforts to overturn 2020 election  —  A California judge on Wednesday recommended disbarring a lawyer at the center of former President Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.  —  State Bar Judge Yvette Roland found …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
John Eastman, architect of Trump's 2020 election plot, should be disbarred, judge rules  —  Judge Yvette Roland made the recommendation.  —  A California judge on Wednesday recommended the disbarment of John Eastman, calling to revoke the law license of one of Donald Trump's top allies …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
McDaniel eyes big payout after NBC drama  —  The former RNC chair is in talks with a prominent media talent lawyer about potential legal claims.  —  Will it be the $600,000 interview?  —  The ramifications of NBC's decision yesterday to part ways with former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel …
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Politico:
Playbook: Ronna strikes back  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ROLL TIDE — More evidence came in overnight that reproductive rights remains a potent issue for Democrats, at least in low-turnout contests: The party flipped an Alabama state House seat …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Chris Cuomo rips NBC's reversal on Ronna McDaniel hiring
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
When an Operative Becomes a Journalist — and Why Ronna McDaniel Flopped
Discussion: New York Times and Chicago Tribune
Associated Press:
Settlement reached in lawsuit between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis allies and Disney  —  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney reached a settlement agreement Wednesday in a lawsuit over who controls Walt Disney World's governing district.
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Skyler Swisher / Orlando Sentinel:
Disney, Florida settle lawsuits over tourism district  —  DeSantis-appointed board ‘eager to work with Disney’; company sees ‘new chapter of constructive engagement’  —  A Gov. Ron DeSantis-backed board and Disney settled lawsuits Wednesday over who controls the governing district of Disney World's theme parks and resorts.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: Disney Surrenders in Reedy Creek War
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
DeSantis tourism board and Disney reach settlement to end legal feud
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Democrat wins Alabama special election in early test for IVF as a campaign issue  —  Marilyn Lands, who defeated Republican Teddy Powell, highlighted IVF and abortion rights in her campaign for a state House seat that had been held by the GOP.  —  Democratic candidate Marilyn Lands …
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Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
In Alabama, Abortion and IVF Helped Flip a Red Seat in a Special Election
Liz Crampton / Politico:
Abortion proves winning strategy for Alabama Democrat
Jamie Ducharme / TIME:
COVID-Cautious Americans Feel Abandoned  —  For all of 2020, Alex, a 28-year-old living in New York, followed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) COVID-19 guidance “religiously.”  Then, in 2021, something began to shift.  That spring, the CDC said it was okay …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Matt Schlapp's Accuser Was Paid to Drop Sexual Assault Suit  —  EXONERATED?  —  The GOP operative who sued Matt Schlapp over allegations of sexual assault dropped his lawsuit, prompting Schlapp to take a victory lap.  It's more complicated, however.
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and HuffPost
New York Times:
How Trump Moved Money to Pay $100 Million in Legal Bills  —  Former President Donald J. Trump has spent more than $100 million since leaving office, on lawyers and other costs related to fending off various investigations, indictments and his coming criminal trials, according to a New York Times review of federal records.
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Kari Lake and the Trump movement's billion-dollar defamation problem  —  For the second time in eight months, a top Donald Trump ally has, extraordinarily, declined to try to prove that they didn't defame an election worker.  Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake (R) has joined former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani in that distinction.
Michael Lee / bellingcat:
Fugitive US Militant Ammon Bundy Geolocated to Utah  —  In February 2024, American anti-government agitator Ammon Bundy posted a video with a provocative title to his YouTube channel: ‘Want to know where Ammon Bundy is?’  —  Earlier in 2023, Bundy was ordered by an Idaho court to pay …
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Greene says she won't take blame if Jeffries becomes Speaker  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that it is not her fault if House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is promoted to the House's top role after she filed a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from the position last week.
Washington Post:
Caps, Wizards would stay in D.C. under deal announced by Bowser, Leonsis  —  D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and Ted Leonsis, owner of the Wizards and Capitals, said Wednesday they were finalizing a deal that — if approved by the D.C. Council — would keep the teams in downtown D.C. until 2050, ending the owner's planned move to Virginia.
Torino Biennale Tecnologia / Pluralistic:
End of the line for corporate sovereignty (permalink)  —  Back in the 1950s, a new, democratically elected Iranian government nationalized foreign oil interests.  The UK and the US then backed a coup, deposing the progressive government with one more hospitable to foreign corporations:
Discussion: Jacobin
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
D.C. bar investigators rest case against Jeffrey Clark  —  The former Trump DOJ official said on the witness stand that “a veritable phalanx of privileges” allowed him to avoid answering questions.  —  Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official who aided Donald Trump's …
US Department of Justice:
East Bay Man Sentenced To Eleven Months In Prison For Making Threats To Public Officials  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California  —  David Carrier Threatened United States Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
 
 
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Associated Press:
Joe Lieberman  —  Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats' VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
Emma Colton / Fox News:
DeSantis eliminates ‘squatters’ rights' in Florida, gives power to cops to remove offenders
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Climate change is altering Earth's rotation enough to mess with our clocks
Discussion: Bloomberg and Associated Press
Politico:
He's just Ken: Ex-Rep. Buck talks Boebert and his Freedom Caucus firing
New York Times:
Israeli Hostage Says She Was Sexually Assaulted and Tortured in Gaza
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Majority in U.S. Now Disapprove of Israeli Action in Gaza
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan / Business Insider:
Mike Lindell's MyPillow is getting evicted from its Minnesota warehouse after the company failed to cough up over $200,000 in unpaid rent
Jason DeRose / NPR:
People say they're leaving religion due to anti-LGBTQ teachings and sexual abuse
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump is selling ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $59.99 as he faces mounting legal bills
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
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