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10:00 AM ET, April 11, 2024

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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Self-Immolation of the AZ GOP  —  Inflation is still running a little hot, according to the Department of Labor.  Overall inflation was at 3.5 percent year-over-year, with more stable “core” inflation at 3.8 percent.  While it's moving in the right direction, it's not returning …
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Dani Anguiano / The Guardian:
‘Shame!  Shame!’:  Arizona Republican leaders block effort to repeal abortion ban  —  Democrats stymied after state supreme court rules that 1864 law with no exceptions for rape or incest can go into effect  —  Arizona's state Republican leadership halted an effort by Democrats on Wednesday …
Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Abortion ruling is a full-on disaster for Arizona Republicans  —  Opinion: With the return of an 1864 abortion ban, Republicans now face a five-alarm fire that could consume their grip on Arizona.  If you are Trump or Kari Lake, you are freaking out right now.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Arizona Republicans condemn their own abortion policy  —  On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a bombshell decision banning virtually all abortions in the state.  The majority found that since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a near-total ban from 1864 — before Arizona was a state — was back in effect.
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Arizona Republicans Thwart Attempts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban  —  Democrats in both houses of the Legislature were blocked from advancing bills to roll back a reinstated 160-year-old ban on nearly all abortions in the state.  —  A decision by Arizona's highest court upholding an 1864 ban …
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Arizona Democrats Tried To Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban, But Were Shot Down By GOP  —  “By their actions, the message from this chamber is that they are so pro-life they will kill you,” a state senator wrote.  —  LOADING  —  Arizona Democrats tried to repeal a controversial …
Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:
Trump can't escape the firestorm over abortion rights — just like Joe Biden hoped
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Matt Gaetz Is Winning … Usually, you need about 10 minutes to walk from the Rayburn House Office Building to the House Chamber.  But if you're running from a reporter, it'll only take you five.  —  When Matt Gaetz spotted me outside his office door one afternoon early last November …
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Politico:
Playbook: Why Trump is Johnson's best friend right now  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JUST POSTED — “Matt Gaetz Is Winning,” by The Atlantic's Elaine Godfrey: Rep. MATT GAETZ (R-Fla.) “is a creature of our time: versed in the art …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
McCarthy says Gaetz ousted him to stop ethics complaint over sex scandal
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Florida 2024 Poll: Plurality Plan to Vote “Yes” on Abortion Protection Ballot Measure  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey in Florida finds 42% of voters plan to vote yes on the November ballot measure that will provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, 32% are unsure, and 25% will vote no.
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CNN:
RNC under Lara Trump spreads ‘massive fraud’ claims about 2020 election  —  The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters' phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election.
Dan Hopkins / ABC News:
The less you vote, the more you back Trump
Discussion: Reason
New York Times:
Biden Administration Approves Expansion of Background Checks on Gun Sales  —  The new rule, which is likely to face legal challenges, is an attempt to regulate a fast-growing shadow market of weapons that has fueled gun violence.  —  The Biden administration has approved the broadest expansion …
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales  —  ‘Historic’ action by justice department closes ‘doggone dangerous’ loophole in Biden administration's fight against gun violence  —  The sale of firearms on the internet and at gun shows in the US will in future …
Discussion: Florida Phoenix and UPI
BBC:
Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud  —  Truong My Lan is accused of looting one of Vietnam's largest banks over a period of 11 years  —  It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen.
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump loses third bid this week to delay hush money trial  —  A New York appeals judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump's third last-ditch attempt this week to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, paving the way for the first-ever trial of a former U.S. president.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Reps Have a Familiar Strategy for Trump Trial: What About Hunter Biden?
Discussion: Raw Story
April Rubin / Axios:
U.S. voters take Trump's hush money charges seriously: Poll
Discussion: Reuters and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Loses Support Among Black Men, WSJ Poll Finds  —  New survey of seven battleground states also shows some Black women are weighing other options
Discussion: The Hill
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Police Report: Trump County Chair Threatened To Rape Boss's Wife, Then Kill Him  —  Jonathan Stone, a former New Hampshire police officer, has been a part of Trump's campaign since 2016, when he gave Trump an inscribed AR-15 assault rifle.  —  LOADING  —  One of Donald Trump's county campaign chairs …
Discussion: Raw Story
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US Department of Justice:
Alabama Man Charged with Detonating an Explosive Device Outside of Alabama Attorney General's Office  —  For Immediate Release  —  An Alabama man was indicted for his alleged role in detonating an explosive device in downtown Montgomery, Alabama.  —  On April 10, law enforcement arrested …
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Politico:
How Biden's campaign plans to pummel Trump on abortion  —  The reelect is going to spend the next half year publicizing the testimonials of those affected by harsh new state abortion laws.  —  Joe Biden's campaign plans to hammer Donald Trump for his role in erasing abortion rights largely …
Misty Severi / Washington Examiner:
White House hosts star-studded state dinner including Clintons, Bezos, and finance giants  —  The White House hosted its glitzy state dinner for the Japanese prime minister on Wednesday night, and some star-studded names are on the guest list.  —  Former President Bill Clinton …
Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times:
‘Please leave!’  A Jewish UC Berkeley dean confronts pro-Palestinian activist at his home  —  Altercation between pro-Palestinian protestor and law professor at UC Berkeley law school dean's home  —  What was supposed to be a celebratory dinner at a dean's home for graduating UC Berkeley law students …
 
 
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Bolton says he will write in Dick Cheney for president again this year
Discussion: Raw Story, HuffPost and Mediaite
CNN:
Trump looms over fight to oust Speaker Johnson
David Weigel / Semafor:
Could two red states keep Joe Biden off the ballot?
Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Try to Convince Supreme Court He'd Never Order Hit on Rival
Discussion: Florida Politics
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