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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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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, Advocate, Washington Times and Newsweek
Phillip Nieto / Daily Mail:
Shocked Trump reacts to Kristi Noem's cross-dressing husband after Daily Mail blew lid on national security scandal — Donald Trump was stunned to learn that Kristi Noem's husband is a secret cross-dresser who experts say could have compromised national security, the President revealed …
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New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and The US Sun
emptywheel:
Days after Daily Mail Implicates Stephen Miller in Alex Pretti Murder, Daily Mail Responds with Boobies — The most important passage from the Daily Mail (archive link) you need to read this week are these paragraphs describing how, in advance of the Alex Pretti murder …
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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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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New York Times and Wonkette
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 …
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Associated Press:
Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list, a move sure to face legal challenges — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order creating a nationwide list of verified eligible voters, a move that is sure to draw legal challenges as the president continues …
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Politico:
Trump signs order limiting mail-in voting … “If Trump signs an unconstitutional Executive Order to take over voting, we will sue. I don't bluff and I usually win,” Elias wrote on social media. — At the signing ceremony, Trump dismissed any potential challenge, saying “I don't know how it can be challenged. ...
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NBC News:
Trump signs an executive order to create federal voter lists — The order, which is expected to be quickly challenged in court, is the president's second effort to use executive authority to shape the country's election rules. — President Donald Trump again attempted to exert control …
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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 …
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Trump signs order on mail ballots, escalating election overhaul push — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules nationwide that would direct his administration to create a list of confirmed U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state.
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Garrett Downs / CNBC:
Trump signs executive order limiting mail-in voting ahead of 2026 U.S. elections
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
BREAKING: Trump will sign sweeping order attacking mail-in voting
BREAKING: Trump will sign sweeping order attacking mail-in voting
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NPR, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and The Hill
Mark R. Warner / New York Times:
The Greatest Threat to Our Elections Is No Longer Foreign
The Greatest Threat to Our Elections Is No Longer Foreign
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France 24
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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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it
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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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New York Times, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and NOTUS
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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NPR:
Trump hints at an end to military action in Iran, saying U.S. will leave in 2-3 weeks — President Trump said on Tuesday that the United States will be leaving Iran very soon, giving a two to three week timetable. — Trump's remarks came in response to a question about gas prices …
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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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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”
Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”
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Slate, Washington Post, The Federalist, New York Sun, RedState, LGBTQ Nation, Newsbusters and Townhall
NBC News:
Trump plans to attend oral arguments in Supreme Court birthright citizenship case — Both the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Historical Society have said there is no official record of any sitting president attending oral arguments. — President Donald Trump said that he plans …
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Michael Waldman / Brennan Center for Justice:
Birthright Citizenship Shouldn't Be Up for Debate
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Politico:
With gas prices on the rise, Trump officials discuss feared $150 oil — White House braces for a potential oil spike to $150 or higher as the Iran war chokes supply … The oil price discussions are largely being run through the National Energy Dominance Council, a standard policy coordinating committee …
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Cameron Peters / Vox:
Trump's gas prices problem
Trump's gas prices problem
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Pete Hegseth lifts suspension of Kid Rock Army helicopter flyby crews after Trump comments … Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday abruptly reversed the U.S. Army's suspension hours earlier of two AH 64 Apache helicopter crews that flew around musician Kid Rock's home in Nashville, Tenn., over the weekend.
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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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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.
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Struggles to Respond to Trump's Suit Against I.R.S. — Officials at the department and the White House are in the middle of a messy and complicated debate over how to respond to President Trump's lawsuit demanding $10 billion from the I.R.S. — The Justice Department …
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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.
Guy Benson / Washington Examiner:
The politics of erasing Iryna Zarutska — Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was murdered in Charlotte last summer. She was minding her own business, seated on a public transit train, when a deranged felon abruptly attacked her from behind, without warning, allegedly stabbing her to death.
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Sharon Terlep / Wall Street Journal:
America Now Has an EV Rust Belt. High Gas Prices Won't Rescue It. — GM supplier Magna is stuck with a plant built to churn out parts for battery-powered pickups; ‘the magnitude of uncertainty is unparalleled’ — ST. CLAIR, Mich.—At first, North America's biggest auto-parts supplier …
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” …
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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