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11:55 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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's telling comment on punishing doctors who provide abortions  —  The Republican Party needs leadership on abortion.  Trump is so frightened of it that he's liable to just create more problems.  —  Back in 2022, when it looked as if the Supreme Court would soon overturn Roe v. Wade …
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.
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.
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 …
Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:
The GOP's states' rights smokescreen is cover for a national abortion ban
Discussion: HuffPost and Hackwhackers
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Arizona Republicans Thwart Attempts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban
Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:
Trump can't escape the firestorm over abortion rights — just like Joe Biden hoped
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Biden Administration Is Closing the ‘Gun Show Loophole’  —  HOLSTERED  —  People selling firearms at gun shows and elsewhere will now be required to carry out background checks on their customers.  —  The Biden administration on Thursday announced that it is moving to close …
Discussion: Reuters, The White House, CBS News, UPI and NPR
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New York Times:
Biden Administration Approves Expansion of Background Checks on Gun Sales
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales
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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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
McCarthy says Gaetz ousted him to stop ethics complaint over sex scandal
Politico:
Playbook: Why Trump is Johnson's best friend right now
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
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.
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Dan Hopkins / ABC News:
The less you vote, the more you back Trump
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
OJ Simpson dies at 76, family says  —  O.J. Simpson, the famed football player who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in a case that became a media sensation and was called the “trial of the century,” has reportedly died.  —  The 76-year-old former Buffalo Bills star …
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.
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump's the likely GOP nominee.  He can serve even if convicted of a crime.  —  While many states ban felons from voting, there is no federal prohibition on felons running for or serving in the White House  —  Donald Trump is facing felony charges in four separate criminal indictments …
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April Rubin / Axios:
U.S. voters take Trump's hush money charges seriously: Poll
Discussion: Reuters and The Hill
Nico Lang / The Daily Beast:
Florida's Anti-Trans Bathroom Law Spurs Harrowing Vigilante Attacks  —  ‘THAT FEAR IS REAL’  —  A new law in Florida aimed at trans people accessing bathroom facilities owned by the state government is reportedly encouraging vigilantes to patrol private businesses too.
Will Steakin / ABC News:
Bankruptcy documents detail how GOP NC governor nominee Mark Robinson failed to file federal income taxes for 5 years  —  Mark Robinson claims Democrats have caused the “death” of “responsibility.”  —  North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, whom Republican presidential candidate …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Supreme Court liberal won't run again, shaking up race for control  —  The retirement of Justice Ann Walsh Bradley improves conservatives' chances of retaking the majority after losing it last year in the most expensive judicial contest in U.S. history.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The GOP Is the Party of Putin  —  “RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA HAS MADE ITS WAY into the United States, unfortunately, and it's infected a good chunk of my party's base.”  That acknowledgement from Michael McCaul, Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was echoed a few days later …
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Before He Died in Prison, Aleksei Navalny Wrote a Memoir.  It's Coming This Fall.  —  In the book, Navalny tells his story in his own words, chronicling his life, his rise as an opposition leader, and the attempts on his life.  —  During the years leading up to his death in a Russian prison …
Discussion: Reuters, The Daily Beast and WTOP News
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: HotAir, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Zoe Hussain / The Daily Beast:
This Trumpy Long Island Politician Plans to Deputize Armed Civilians  —  ‘OPEN SEASON’  —  Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is taking heat for his bold plan to deploy deputized residents during county emergencies.  —  A Republican politician on Long Island—who just last week held …
Discussion: BizPac Review and New York Post
Kiley Hurst / Pew Research Center:
About 1 in 4 U.S. teachers say their school went into a gun-related lockdown in the last school year  —  Twenty-five years after the mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, a majority of public K-12 teachers (59%) say they are at least somewhat worried about the possibility of a shooting ever happening at their school.
Discussion: Axios, The 19th and American Greatness
 
 
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Reuters:
Russia advises against Mideast travel as Iranian threat stokes tensions
Discussion: The Guardian, Bloomberg and Politico
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Treasury wants “sharper scalpel” to dissect foreign investment
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Reps Have a Familiar Strategy for Trump Trial: What About Hunter Biden?
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Trump looms over fight to oust Speaker Johnson
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Try to Convince Supreme Court He'd Never Order Hit on Rival
Discussion: Florida Politics
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Trump fails to delay N.Y. criminal trial for a third time this week
 

 
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