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Daily Mail:
Secret double life of Kristi Noem's crossdressing husband Bryon: The pouting ‘busty bimbo’ photos and trove of explicit messages — Kristi Noem's husband is today revealed as a secret crossdresser who dons gigantic fake breasts and pink hotpants to chat with online fetish models.
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Mediaite, Advocate, The Post Millennial, them., New Republic, The Gateway Pundit, LGBTQ Nation, Megyn Kelly, IJR, New York Sun, The US Sun, The Independent and Instapundit
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Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Kristi Noem weighs in on report husband lives cross-dressing double life: ‘The family was blindsided by this’ — Former Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem is “devastated” by salacious allegations her husband Bryon lives a double life in which he dabbled in cross-dressing and chatted online with fetish models.
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Rolling Stone, emptywheel, Advocate, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, TMZ.com, The Daily Caller, Newsweek and Raw Story
Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Shocking pictures of Kristi Noem's cross-dressing husband flaunting giant fake breasts revealed — sparking grave security questions — These are the photos that allegedly show Kristi Noem's husband Bryon wearing comically oversized, lopsided breasts - complete with fake protruding nipples …
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Fox News and Ace of Spades HQ
Phillip Nieto / Daily Mail:
Shocked Trump reacts to Kristi Noem's cross-dressing husband after Daily Mail blew lid on national security scandal
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New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, The US Sun and Mediaite
Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Kristi Noem ‘Devastated’ Over Report Of Husband's Fetish
Kristi Noem ‘Devastated’ Over Report Of Husband's Fetish
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Wonkette
Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service — A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Halts White House Ballroom Construction — What We're Covering Today — White House Ballroom: A federal judge ordered construction of President Trump's White House ballroom halted on Tuesday, saying work must come to a stop “unless and until Congress blesses this project.”
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twitchy.com
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend its construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House.
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Rages After Judge Blocks White House Ballroom Construction — Judge Richard Leon wrote that Congress must authorize the project before it can move forward … Judge Richard Leon, an appointee of Ronald Reagan, ruled that construction “has to stop!” until Congress “blesses this project through statutory authorization.”
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Judge Orders Construction Stopped on Trump's White House Ballroom
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NBC News:
Federal judge temporarily blocks further demolition of the White House for Trump's ballroom
Federal judge temporarily blocks further demolition of the White House for Trump's ballroom
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Robert Reich, One America News Network, MeidasTouch News and Daily Mail
Washington Post:
Judge halts construction on Trump's ballroom, says Congress must decide
Judge halts construction on Trump's ballroom, says Congress must decide
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New York Magazine, NOTUS, Washington Examiner, The Hill, CNN, NewsMax.com, The Guardian, Mediaite, Forbes, MS NOW and New Republic
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Judge orders Trump to halt $400 million White House ballroom project, for now
Judge orders Trump to halt $400 million White House ballroom project, for now
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Raw Story and Just Jared
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
And He Ran, He Ran So Far Away. From Iran, He Ran All... Average gasoline prices hit $4 per gallon today as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed. As we'll discuss below, President Trump doesn't really care whether it opens again. So, uh, better adjust that gas budget for the long term.
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New York Times, New Republic, Salon and Raw Story
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors — Colorado and more than 20 other states restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of L.G.B.T.Q. clients under the age of 18. — The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided …
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Slate, Gay City News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, HotAir and The Forward
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ kids — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice. An 8-1 high court majority sided …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”
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New York Post, Newsbusters, RedState, Daily Caller News Foundation and LGBTQ Nation
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules against Colorado's ban on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ youth
Supreme Court rules against Colorado's ban on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ youth
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The Daily Caller, Politico, New York Post, Axios, NOTUS, Washington Post, The Daily Signal, The Federalist, The Independent, Gay City News, The Gateway Pundit, Advocate and CBS News
New York Times:
Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn — The government's effort to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus as it investigates antisemitism has upset some people who worry about how the information will be used.
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KTVZ-TV, NBC News, Associated Press, The Hill, Jewish Insider, Diane Ravitch's blog and The Forward
Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump To Crack Down On Mail-In Voting With New Executive Order — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday cracking down on mail-in voting across the country, the Daily Caller learned first. — The executive order will require the Secretary …
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NBC News, CBS News, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Hill, Democracy Docket, Washington Examiner, The Independent, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
BREAKING: Trump will sign sweeping order attacking mail-in voting — President Donald Trump will sign a sweeping executive order aimed at cracking down on mail-in voting the White House announced Tuesday, escalating his long-running effort to restrict voting access ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Garrett Downs / CNBC:
Trump signs executive order limiting mail-in voting ahead of 2026 U.S. elections
Trump signs executive order limiting mail-in voting ahead of 2026 U.S. elections
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The National Pulse
NPR:
A U.S. journalist is kidnapped in Iraq after threats from Iran-backed groups — A U.S. journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad after threats by Iran-backed militias in the region against American citizens. — The journalist was identified as Shelly Kittleson by one of the news organizations she reported for, Al-Monitor.
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AL-Monitor:
American journalist Shelly Kittleson abducted in Iraq
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Kidnapping of US journalist in Iraq linked to Iranian militants
Kidnapping of US journalist in Iraq linked to Iranian militants
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CBS News and New York Sun
ProPublica:
Trump's Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration — Reporting Highlights — A Striking Departure: The number of declinations marks a striking departure not only from the Biden administration but also the first Trump term, according to the ProPublica analysis.
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Project Salt Box, New Republic, The Independent and Raw Story
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump tells The Post the war against Iran won't last ‘much longer’ —Strait of Hormuz will reopen ‘automatically’ after US exit — WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post on Tuesday that he believes the Iran war is likely to end soon and that other nations can reopen the Strait of Hormuz themselves …
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.), the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Reveals Presidential Library Design: A Glass Tower in Miami — Video shows renderings of the building with golden escalators and a golden statue of the president raising his fist in the air — President Trump released mock-up images of a gleaming glass tower emblazoned with his last name …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
The antisemitic influencers who popularized the term “J-pilled” know exactly what it means — A New York Times report on young attendees at last weekend's Conservative Political Action Conference soft-peddled the movement's antisemitism by describing some right-wingers as “J-pilled” …
NBC News:
Army suspends aircrew flying helicopters near Kid Rock's home — The Army identified the aircraft as AH 64 Apache helicopters operating in the Nashville area. — The Army suspended the aircrew flying military helicopters by Kid Rock's house over the weekend, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Weeks After Denouncing Government Censorship On Rogan, Zuckerberg Texted Elon Musk Offering To Take Down Content For DOGE — On January 10th, 2025, Mark Zuckerberg sat down with Joe Rogan and put on quite a performance. He talked about how the Biden administration had pressured Meta to take down content.
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Track AIPAC's Methodology Is Just Vibes — Red light districts — Lately, you may have noticed red and green graphic cards from an organization called Track AIPAC 1 making the rounds on social media. As is often the case with viral political content online, the cards do not make much sense.
Paul Krugman:
The Oil Crisis is About to Get Physical — From market speculation to crude reality — In normal times, about 20 percent of the world's oil production passes through the Strait of Hormuz. That flow has been cut off except for Iranian oil and a handful of other vessels the Iranians are allowing through.
Discussion:
The Cross Section
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
TMZ Goes After Members of Congress Living It Up Amid DHS Shutdown — After lawmakers left Washington for a two-week spring break with the Department of Homeland Security shut down, the Hollywood tabloid began publishing photographs of them living it up around the country.
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Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Trump's home airport in Florida will now be named after him — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a law authorizing the name change, marking another example of Trump's name and likeness appearing on American buildings and institutions. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) …
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NBC News, RedState, New York Times, Politico, Straight Arrow News, The New World and The US Sun
New York Times:
The People Trump Pardoned Are on a Crime Spree — The Constitution grants sweeping pardon powers to the president, which means that public opinion has historically been the only check on that power. The risk of a backlash is the reason that presidents have waited until their last days …


