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Erica Orden / Politico:
Manhattan DA Bragg privately warns of intimidation after Trump calls for protest  —  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg offered a private retort to Donald Trump's message Saturday urging supporters to protest his expected indictment, telling office employees in an email that …
Michael Rothfeld / New York Times:
Inside the Payoff to a Porn Star That Could Lead to Trump's Indictment  —  Manhattan prosecutors investigating a payout to Stormy Daniels may be poised to make Donald J. Trump the first former president ever to be criminally indicted.  —  Rothfeld, an investigative reporter on the Metro desk …
Wall Street Journal:
Former Michael Cohen Lawyer Expected to Testify in Grand Jury Investigating Trump
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 18, 2023  —  Rumors that he is about to be indicted in New York in connection …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
ABC's Jon Karl Confronts Pence With Stunning Audio of Trump Defending ‘Hang Mike Pence!’  Chanters: He's ‘Justifying’ People ‘Calling for You to Be Hanged!’  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence faced an intense interview from ABC News's Jon Karl — during which he was forced to directly respond …
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Politico:
Why an indictment may help Trump — and threaten the GOP  —  Donald Trump long predicted that his MAGA followers would rush to his defense if an indictment against him materialized.  What became clear over the weekend was how quickly the rest of the Republican Party might follow.
ABC News:
Pence indicates he won't challenge all aspects of special counsel's subpoena, as more details emerge  —  The former vice president spoke with ABC News' Jonathan Karl for “This Week.”  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence indicated that he is not challenging all aspects of the subpoena  —  issued last month
Washington Post:
Mike Pence, unmoored from Donald Trump, finds his old voice
Discussion: Raw Story and Human Events
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Covid Politics Leave a Florida Public Hospital Shaken  —  Staff members of Sarasota Memorial Hospital are bewildered by critics who continue to wage a campaign against federal guidelines on Covid treatment.  —  SARASOTA, Fla. — The turmoil at Sarasota Memorial, one of Florida's largest public hospitals …
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Sen. Warren calls for lifting deposit insurance cap, blasts Fed  —  A longtime critic of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, she also urged the Fed to pause its rate hikes  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Sunday called on Congress to lift the federal insurance levels …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why white Christian nationalists are in such a panic  —  You might find it strange that a large segment of the Republican base thinks Whites are the true victims of racism and that Christians are under attack.  After all, America's biggest racial group is still Whites; the most common religious affiliation remains Christianity.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Proud Boys bloodied and jailed during NYC drag queen story hour protest  —  Clashes between Proud Boys and counter-protesters led to at least one arrest on Sunday.  —  The incidents occurred on 7th Avenue in New York City at the Drag Queen Story Hour with Attorney General Letitia James event.
Discussion: New York Daily News
New York Times:
Businesses in Phoenix Struggle As Homelessness Crisis Continues  —  As homelessness overwhelms downtown Phoenix, a small business wonders how long it can hang on.  —  Reporting from Phoenix  —  He had been coming into work at the same sandwich shop at the same exact time every weekday morning …
Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
GOP donor faces trial on charges of sex trafficking minors  —  A formerly well-connected Republican donor, accused of plying petite, vulnerable teenage girls with cash, liquor and gifts, goes on trial Tuesday on federal charges of sex trafficking minors.  Anton “Tony” Lazzaro is charged …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Voters of color are a big reason Trump leads the GOP primary  —  Former President Donald Trump holds an average double-digit advantage over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in national 2024 Republican primary surveys.  That, in itself, isn't notable given Trump, the frontrunner, has been ahead of DeSantis …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Rishi Sunak Charts Post-Brexit Role With Pivot From ‘Global Britain’  —  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has dropped Boris Johnson's bombastic approach to foreign policy, echoing the new British leader's personal style and reflecting the country's changed global status.  —  Reporting from London
Francesca Ebel / Washington Post:
‘Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich’ — Russian conscripts decry ‘criminal orders’  —  In a dimly lit room, a dozen or so men in Russian military uniforms, their faces concealed by dark balaclavas, stood around a man reading out a letter addressed to President Vladimir Putin.
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Higher cancer rates found in military pilots, ground crews  —  A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those aircraft are also getting sick.  The data had long been sought …
Ray Hartmann / Raw Story:
Alex Jones is transferring millions to family and friends to thwart creditors: report  —  The families of Sandy Hook shooting victims are finding themselves victimized once again by Infowars conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones, the New York Times reported today.
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
Stop requiring college degrees for jobs that don't need them  —  Employers are finally tearing down the “paper ceiling” in hiring.  —  When President Joe Biden recently touted the hundreds of billions of dollars invested into American manufacturing in the last two years …
Discussion: Politico
Daniel W. Drezner / Politico:
Is the United States Creating a ‘Legion of Doom’?  —  Moscow has directed a lot of vitriol toward the West over the past year.  The volume of that rhetoric sometimes drowns out an awkward fact about Moscow's foreign policy reorientation away from the West and toward allies like China and Iran …
Discussion: HotAir
Jerusalem Post:
Judaism is the foundation of Israel, not democracy, former chief rabbi claims  —  The conference, entitled “Reconnecting,” brought together Knesset members on the left and the right with the aim of fostering dialogue.  —  Israel is a Jewish state before it is a democratic state …
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
DeSantis's pivotal service at Guantánamo during a violent year  —  “Hey, you can actually force-feed,” Ron DeSantis advised, which detainee lawyers said amounted to torture  —  Ron DeSantis was a 27-year-old Navy lawyer fresh out of Harvard Law School when he arrived in Guantánamo Bay …
 
 
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George Santos never filed a key financial disclosure. Enforcement has been lax for years.
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NBC News:
Trump-DeSantis drama casts a shadow over House GOP retreat in Florida
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Abortion foes seek vows from 2024 GOP hopefuls
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How Midwest roots shaped Ron DeSantis' political values and perspective
Andrés R. Martínez / New York Times:
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Cara Tabachnick / CBS News:
Idaho hospital to stop labor and delivery services citing “political climate” and doctor shortages
Discussion: Fox News
Brian Stelter / Air Mail:
Politics by Other Means  —  David Sirota opened Slack at 4:35 p.m. Eastern time on Friday …
Michael A. Cohen / The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis Is Completely Out of Touch With Ordinary Americans
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
 

 
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