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1:40 PM 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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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.
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 …
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
Michael Starr Hopkins / The Hill:
The GOP's states' rights smokescreen is cover for a national abortion ban
Discussion: HuffPost and Hackwhackers
Associated Press:
Arizona abortion ruling upends legal and political landscape from Phoenix to Washington
Camille Baker / New York Times:
How Voters Describe the 2024 Election in One Word … A voter casts a ballot in Southfield, Mich., during the state's presidential primary in February.Emily Elconin for The New York Times  —  It's no secret that many voters are not looking forward to the election in November.
Discussion: Fox News
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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.
Dan Hopkins / ABC News:
The less you vote, the more you back Trump
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: NPR, The White House, Reuters, CBS News and UPI
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
O.J. Simpson, Football Star Whose Trial Riveted the Nation, Dies at 76  —  He ran to football fame and made fortunes in movies.  His trial for the murder of his former wife and her friend became an inflection point on race in America.  —  O.J. Simpson, who ran to fame on the football field …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
OJ Simpson dies at 76, family says
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
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.
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
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Harvard, 12 other schools get failing grades on ADL campus antisemitism evaluation  —  Harvard University, Tufts University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and 10 other schools received failing grades for their policies on antisemitism prevention, according to an assessment from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
FBI chief to share concerns of organized attack in US after Russia massacre  —  FBI Director Christopher Wray plans to warn Congress on Thursday that intelligence officials are increasingly concerned about the possibility of an ISIS-K attack on U.S. soil, similar to the massacre carried out last month at a Russia concert hall.
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 …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Men Rescued From Desert Island Thanks to Giant ‘HELP’ Sign  —  SOS  —  The trio had been stranded for over a week and surviving on coconut meat.  —  Three mariners were rescued from a remote atoll in the Pacific on Tuesday after a U.S. Navy plane spotted a sign reading “HELP” …
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.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump campaign demands Biden debate him ‘much earlier’ and more often  —  The Trump campaign is asking for additional debates and for the showdowns to begin much earlier than initially scheduled  —  EXCLUSIVE: The Trump campaign is calling for additional 2024 presidential debates and for them to take place …
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
 
 
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Washington Post:
Where 2024 voters moved since 2020 — and how they registered
Discussion: USA Today
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Treasury wants “sharper scalpel” to dissect foreign investment
Zoe Hussain / The Daily Beast:
This Trumpy Long Island Politician Plans to Deputize Armed Civilians
Discussion: BizPac Review and New York Post
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump's the likely GOP nominee. He can serve even if convicted of a crime.
Discussion: The Hill
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
Discussion: Axios, The 19th and American Greatness
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Loses Support Among Black Men, WSJ Poll Finds
Discussion: HotAir, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Reps Have a Familiar Strategy for Trump Trial: What About Hunter Biden?
Discussion: Raw Story
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Police Report: Trump County Chair Threatened To Rape Boss's Wife, Then Kill Him
Discussion: Raw Story
Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Try to Convince Supreme Court He'd Never Order Hit on Rival
Discussion: Florida Politics
 

 
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