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8:20 PM ET, April 7, 2024

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NBC News:
Trump tells billionaires he'll keep their taxes low at $50 million fundraising gala  —  Biden hit Trump for promising to extend the tax cuts in a video released Saturday.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump emphasized the importance of extending his signature tax cuts …
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Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Melania's Appearance With Donald Trump Sparks Mockery: ‘Checking the Clock’  —  Melania Trump's appearance at a fundraiser with husband Donald Trump has prompted mockery on social media.  —  The former first lady has maintained a low profile as her husband seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024.
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Panders to Billionaires, Vows to Keep Their Taxes Low During Fundraiser  —  A handful of billionaires who abandoned the former president after the Jan. 6 attacks have come crawling back  —  Donald Trump promised to keep billionaires' taxes low at a fundraising dinner Saturday night in Palm Beach …
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Trump protest vote warnings … - In 10 recent primary contests, more than one-quarter of GOP primary voters cast a ballot for a non-Trump candidate.  — “Joe Biden has a real golden opportunity to capture all those disaffected people who voted for Nikki Haley,” said Arizona-based GOP strategist Barrett Marson.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
The polls are suggesting a huge shift in the electorate.  Are they right?  —  It's a significant reversal from recent history: President Joe Biden is struggling with young voters but performing better than most Democrats with older ones.  —  Something weird is happening beneath …
Politico:   Trump promises a ‘deal’ on abortion that will please everyone. It likely doesn't exist.
Tamara Keith / NPR:   Yes, Biden is really running in November. But a lot of voters say they doubt it
New York Times:
How Gaza Protesters Are Making Life Difficult for Democratic Leaders
Discussion: The Mahablog
US Department of Justice:
Suspect Arrested in Arson at Burlington Office of Senator Sanders  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Vermont  —  Burlington, Vermont - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont stated that Shant Soghomonian (also known as Michael Soghomonian) …
Shauneen Miranda / Axios:
Trump: Would be a “great honor” to be jailed for gag order violation … - “We have to Save our Country from these Political Operatives masquerading as Prosecutors and Judges, and I am willing to sacrifice my Freedom for that worthy cause,” he said. … - Merchan expanded the gag order …
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Reuters:
Trump: it would be ‘great honor’ to go to jail for violating gag order  —  Former U.S. President Donald Trump said it would be “my great honor” to go to jail for violating a gag order imposed by the judge who will hear his upcoming trial on charges stemming from a hush-money payment to a porn star.
Discussion: USA Today and New York Post
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Why is the Press Making Trump Seem More Normal?  —  Believe it or not, much of the political press has an inadvertent pro-Trump bias  —  On Thursday morning, Donald Trump was a guest on Hugh Hewitt's radio show.  Hewitt is a one time Never Trump conservative turned obsequious Trump flunkie.
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
‘Increasingly chaotic’: Why House Republicans are heading for the exits  —  The decision by 21 Republican lawmakers to step back is indicative of the broader morale problem within the GOP conference  —  House Majority Leader Steve Scalise thought he had a good argument for Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.).
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
House, Senate commerce chairs release bipartisan privacy bill  —  Commerce Committee chairs in the House and Senate released a bipartisan bill Sunday evening that aims to protect Americans' personal data online.  —  Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) …
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Axios:
Gaza buildings and land decimated in 6 months of war … - More than 100 Israelis are still being held hostage in Gaza.  — Even prior to Oct. 7, years of Israeli blockade and military operations in the densely-populated enclave left many in Gaza with inadequate access to clean water, electricity or sewer.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
6 months in, the Gaza war is in limbo — which may help Bibi stay in power
Discussion: The Times of Israel and Raw Story
Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost:
José Andrés Frustrated It Took Foreign Aid Workers' Deaths To Spark Global Outrage Over Gaza  —  The chef said that while the World Central Kitchen attack was devastating, it should not have taken six foreigners' deaths for the world to care about Gaza.  —  LOADING
 
 
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Jason Sattler / I Know How Much You Care:
‘But the Dobbs decision is just the beginning’
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
‘Mischief and problems’: rightwing activists ramp up drive to hand-count ballots
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Intel Chair Turner: ‘Absolutely true’ that Russia propaganda has infected US Congress
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
RNC chair: We're ‘going to be in the room’ when votes are cast, counted in November
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Former GOP rep says Trump ‘appeals to the worst of us,’ calls on Biden ‘to recognize the moment’
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ania Nussbaum / Bloomberg:
Russia Says Macron's Hawkish Statements Pose ‘Strategic Problem’
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
Navy cancels ship briefings after damning internal report
Discussion: nationalinterest.org
Jennifer Brown / The Colorado Sun:
Colorado Sun politics reporter kicked out of GOP state assembly
Discussion: The Guardian and Crooks and Liars
 

 
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