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1:15 PM ET, April 3, 2019

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New York Times:
How Rupert Murdoch's Empire of Influence Remade the World … 1. ‘I LOVE ALL OF MY CHILDREN’  —  Rupert Murdoch was lying on the floor of his cabin, unable to move.  It was January 2018, and Murdoch and his fourth wife, Jerry Hall, were spending the holidays cruising the Caribbean on his elder son Lachlan's yacht.
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New York Times:
Part 3: The Future of Fox: An Even More Powerful Political Weapon
New York Times:
Part 2: Inside the Succession Battle for the Murdoch Empire
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Subpoena for Mueller Report and Documents Approved by House Judiciary Committee  —  WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee authorized its chairman on Wednesday to use a subpoena to try to force the Justice Department to give Congress a full copy of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report …
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Terrence Dopp / Bloomberg:   Mueller Testimony Before Congress ‘Inevitable,’ Schiff Says
Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
House panel votes to authorize subpoenas to obtain full Mueller report
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
White House No Longer Enthusiastic About Releasing Mueller Report
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Wire and The Hill
Todd C. Frankel / Washington Post:
After hundreds of crashes, this Britax jogging stroller faced recall.  Then Trump appointees stepped in.  —  The crashes were brutal.  With no warning, the front wheel on the three-wheeled BOB jogging strollers fell off, causing the carriages to careen and even flip over.  Adults shattered bones.
Andrew Keiper / Fox News:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit with FEC complaint for alleged ‘subsidy scheme’  —  EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has been hit with another Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint, this one alleging she and her campaign manager operated a “subsidy scheme” that ran afoul of campaign finance laws.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Rand Paul, Ocasio-Cortez praise Trump for Syria withdrawal
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
Biden's Tactile Politics Threaten His Return in the #MeToo Era  —  WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr. came up in politics as an old-school backslapper whose greatest strength was his ability to connect.  He doled out handshakes and hugs to friends and strangers alike, and his tendency to lavish …
New York Times:
Trump's Takeover of the Republican Party Is Almost Complete  —  On Election Day in 2016, the Republican Party was divided against itself, split over its nominee for president, Donald J. Trump.  —  In Ohio, a crucial battleground, the state G.O.P. chairman had repeatedly chided Mr. Trump in public …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
Pork industry soon will have more power over meat inspections  —  The Trump administration plans to shift much of the power and responsibility for food safety inspections in hog plants to the pork industry as early as May, cutting the number of federal inspectors by about 40 percent and replacing them with plant employees.
Anita Kumar / Politico:
As Trump rages over border, Kushner quietly plans legal immigration boost  —  Hardline activists are ready to oppose any move to expand immigration.  —  Even as President Donald Trump threatens to shut down the southern border, his administration is quietly working on a plan to expand some forms of legal immigration into the U.S.
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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump To Pursue ‘Aggressive’ Executive Crackdown On Immigration
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Old, Online, And Fed On Lies: How An Aging Population Will Reshape The Internet  —  Older people play an outsized role in civic life.  They also are more likely to be online targets for misinformation and hyperpartisan rhetoric.  —  Reporting From  —  Fort Washington, Maryland
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Says Wind Turbine Noise Causes Cancer.  (It Does Not.)  —  President Trump has long despised wind power.  He has repeatedly blamed wind turbines for killing birds (which they do at a lower rate than other energy sources) and for allegedly causing electrical power to halt when the wind stops blowing …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:   On Tuesday, Trump claimed wind turbines cause cancer.  Today, 19 senators urged more federal funding for them.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Donald Trump of the left  —  In politics, as in physics, every action has an equal and opposite reaction.  —  Hence, Sen. Bernie Sanders's emergence as the Donald Trump of the left.  —  Fundraising and polls show that many Democrats think the best answer …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Fox News says it will host a Bernie Sanders town hall
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Coming soon: The death of the filibuster  —  The filibuster is in peril.  —  With Republicans expected to change the Senate rules to slash debate time on President Donald Trump's nominees this week, it will mark the third time the “nuclear option” — changing Senate rules by a simple majority — has been triggered in just six years.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
House poised to rebuke Trump's attempt at a court-ordered destruction of Obamacare
Discussion: The Resurgent, Politico and The Hill
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
‘Abhorrent’: Watch ex-federal prosecutor's epic takedown of White House breaking the law to retaliate against whistleblower  —  Former federal prosecutor Maya Wiley lectured the White House on MSNBC for reportedly violating the law to retaliate against whistleblower Tricia Newbold.
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YouTube:
Why Tucker Carlson pretends to hate elites … Why would Tucker Carlson, who used to brag about being an “out-of-the-closet elitist,” use his primetime Fox News show to rail against the “ruling class?”  —  Tucker Carlson has branded himself as a populist, condemning the “liberal elite” …
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
Ex-White Nationalist Says Tucker Carlson Hits Far-Right Messaging “Better Than They Have”
Discussion: Splinter
NBC News:
Donors to the Trump inaugural committee got ambassador nominations.  But are they qualified?  —  “Trump's picks are less qualified than prior presidents',” said a law professor at Marquette who has looked at the qualifications of nearly 2,000 nominees.  —  When President Donald Trump's pick …
Discussion: Axios, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and CNN
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Brian Hagedorn declares victory in tight Wisconsin Supreme Court race that has both campaigns bracing for a recount … Judge Brian Hagedorn and Christina Hagedorn cast their votes in the 2019 Spring election in the Town of Summit.  The Wisconsin Supreme Court race is a judicial showdown between …
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Brandon Finnigan / Decision Desk HQ:   Election Results: Wisconsin Supreme Court, Chicago Mayor, PA SD 37
Elizabeth Warren / Washington Post:
Corporate executives must face jail time for overseeing massive scams  —  Elizabeth Warren represents Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate and is running for the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  Opening unauthorized bank accounts.  Cheating customers on mortgages and car loans.
The Daily Beast:
On Middle East Peace, the White House Turns to... Alan Dershowitz  —  President Trump isn't the first Oval Office denizen to ask for the celebrity lawyer's thoughts on Israel.  —  Alan Dershowitz, the celebrity lawyer famous in the Trump era for criticizing the president's legal antagonists on Fox News …
Doha Madani / NBC News:
‘White power’ symbol found after fire destroys social justice center that hosted Rosa Parks, MLK Jr.  —  “Now is the time to be vigilant.  To love each other and support each other and to keep each other safe in turbulent times,” the center said.  —  A Tennessee social justice center …
miamiherald:
Chinese woman carrying ‘malware’ arrested at Mar-a-Lago heading to a Cindy Yang event  —  A Chinese woman carrying a thumb drive loaded with malware was detained at Mar-a-Lago Saturday after trying to gain access to an event advertised on Chinese-language social media by Li “Cindy” Yang …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The United Kingdom Has Gone Mad  —  The problem with holding out for a perfect Brexit plan is that you can't fix stupid.  —  LONDON — Politico reported the other day that the French European affairs minister, Nathalie Loiseau, had named her cat “Brexit.”  Loiseau told the Journal du Dimanche …
Discussion: Splinter
Washington Post:
The Senate is rushing to confirm this Trump nominee despite ethics concerns  —  Former AccuWeather CEO Barry Myers could oversee NOAA soon.  Will he have conflicts of interest?  —  When President Trump first nominated Barry Myers, then the CEO of AccuWeather and a fierce critic …
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Never-Ending Campaign Keeps Getting Angrier  —  A new president typically comes into the White House ready to spend his time governing and, ideally, binding a nation polarized by the electoral battle that has just finished.  Donald Trump upended that centuries-old tradition.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The Pete Buttigieg boom  —  How the mayor of South Bend became a surprisingly serious contender in the 2020 Democratic primary race.  —  As strange as it may sound, the mayor of a medium-size city in the Midwest is now a real contender for the Democratic nomination for the presidency.
Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
Kamala Harris locking down Hillary Clinton's well-heeled donors  —  Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris' 2020 presidential campaign is scooping up Hillary Clinton's deep-pocketed donors while nabbing some of her former staff as well.  —  A review of Harris's recent fundraising circuit reveals …
Discussion: Breitbart
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Chart of the Day: Democratic Fundraising So Far … Here are the fundraising numbers for each of the top Democratic candidates in the first quarter.  For those who haven't announced their totals, I've guessed—making the assumption that their numbers are probably a little disappointing if they're holding back.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 
 
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Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Wilbur Ross rejects second invite to testify before Congress
Discussion: Axios
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Interior Dept. watchdog reviewing allegations that acting secretary violated Trump ethics pledge
The Times of Israel:
AG says insufficient evidence showing Likud behind fake social media army
Discussion: Breitbart
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
House Democrat declares herself ‘proud capitalist’ …
Discussion: Fox News, TheBlaze and IJR
Mark Fallon / New York Times:
The Government Had to Approve This Op-Ed
Paul Demko / Politico:
Legalizing pot is the new Democratic litmus test
Discussion: NORML
Michael Wilner / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump campaign seeks a list of ‘climate change victories’ to tout on 2020 trail
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James Salzer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia House Republicans file bill to create state Journalism Ethics Board
Discussion: Reason
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Luján's move opens up Jeffries' path to speaker's chair
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Reuven Blau / The City:
High-Flying Cy: How Manhattan DA Vance Spent $250K on Travel and Food
Discussion: New York Post
David Knowles / Yahoo News:
Trump keeps claiming his father was born in Germany. It was the Bronx.
Jonathan Rauch / New York Times:
Why Are We Feeling So Bad When Life Is So Good? Two Books Want Us to Accentuate the Positive
Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Facebook Says White Nationalist Video Doesn't Break New Policy Against White Nationalism
Discussion: Daily Kos
 

 
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
The Atlantic says it is increasing its print publication from 10 to 12 issues per year starting in January 2025 and announces some expansions to reporting staff

Mathew Ingram / The Torment Nexus:
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