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Abortion proves winning strategy for Alabama Democrat

(Politico) An Alabama Democrat who campaigned aggressively on abortion access won a special election in the state Legislature on Tuesday, sending a message that abortion remains a winning issue for Democrats, even in the deep South. Marilyn Lands won a state House seat in a rare competitive race to represent a district that includes parts of Huntsville. Lands, a mental health professional, centered her bid on reproductive rights and criticized the state’s near-total abortion ban along with a recent state Supreme Court ruling that temporarily banned in vitro fertilization.

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A New Litmus Test for RNC Employees

(Political Wire) “Those seeking employment at the Republican National Committee after a Trump-backed purge of the committee this month have been asked in job interviews if they believe the 2020 election was stolen, making the false claim a litmus test of sorts for hiring,” the Washington Post reports. “The question about the 2020 election has startled some of the potential employees, who viewed it as questioning their loyalty to Trump and as an unusual job interview question.”

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McDaniel eyes big payout after NBC drama ($600,000 and more for doing nothing)

(Politico) The ramifications of NBC’s decision yesterday to part ways with former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel just two days after her paid network debut on “Meet the Press” are just starting to shake out. But they could be expensive. McDaniel expects to be fully paid out for her contract — two years at $300,000 annually — since she did not breach its terms, according to a person close to McDaniel. That means that her single, not-quite-20-minute interview Sunday could cost NBC more than $30,000 per minute, or $500 per second.

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Judge Merchan hits Trump with a gag order

(New York Times) The New York judge presiding over one of Donald J. Trump’s criminal trials imposed a gag order on Tuesday that prohibits him from attacking witnesses, prosecutors and jurors, the latest effort to rein in the former president’s wrathful rhetoric about his legal opponents. The ruling comes on the heels of Justice Merchan’s setting an April 15 trial date, rejecting Mr. Trump’s latest effort to delay the proceeding. It will mark the first criminal prosecution of a former American president.

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GOP Lawmaker Blames 'Diversity' for Bridge Collapse

(Political Wire) Utah lawmaker Phil Lyman (R), who is running for governor, quickly used Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse to boost his gubernatorial campaign by blaming the accident on efforts to make workplaces more diverse, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Said Lyman: “This is what happens when you have Governors who prioritize diversity over the wellbeing [sic] and security of citizens.”

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Trump campaign says it will deploy 'soldiers' to polling places

(Raw Story) The Trump campaign says it plans to change tactics from 2020 when Joe Biden beat the then-incumbent president by more than 7 million votes, and this time go on "offense" by having "soldiers" and "poll watchers" at polling places. "We're not going to play defense, like we unfortunately did in 2020. We're going to have soldiers, poll watchers on the ground who are making sure that there are no irregularities and fraud like we saw in the last election."

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Trump is leading a 'top-down conspiracy against the constitutional order': Ex-GOP insider David Frum

(Raw Story) David Frum, a former Republican insider who worked as a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, put former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election in stark terms on Wednesday. "We haven't seen a top-down conspiracy against the constitutional order since the 1860s in the United States," he said. "And so... it feels new because it's so old and a lot of people are baffled."

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Trump Goes on Bizarre Rant About 'CROOKED JOE BUDEN' Who 'DISINFORMATES AND 'MISINFORMATES' About Obamacare

(Mediaite) The former president and presumptive Republican nominee seems to think that word is out that he would terminate the Affordable Care Act, because that’s precisely what he ran in 2016, tried to do in his four years in the White House, failed to accomplish — and has vowed to attempt again if he is re-elected. But Trump is blaming President Joe Biden or some mythical figure named “CROOKED JOE BUDEN” in his social media post, whom he claims “DISINFORMATES AND MISINFORMATES ALL THE TIME.”

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Woman convicted of stealing diary of Biden's daughter misses NYC sentencing again

17 min ago - PUBLISHED: March 27, 2024 at 6:08 p.m. | UPDATED: March 27, 2024 at 6:34 p.m. A Florida woman convicted of stealing President Biden’s daughter’s diary from a Delray Beach rental to sell to far-right group Project Veritas was a no-show at he ... (NY Daily News)

Election denier who Trump wanted to take over DOJ invokes the 5th in disbarment hearing

25 min ago - March 27, 2024, 5:13 PM EDT WASHINGTON — An environmental lawyer whom Donald Trump wanted to take over the Justice Department in the days before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol repeatedly asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-inc ... (NBC News)

Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says

35 min ago - March 27, 2024, 10:25 PM HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots does not run afoul of a civil rights law, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesd ... (ABC News/AP)

Baltimore bridge collapse recovery team finds victims' likely vehicles

4 hrs ago - Divers recovered the bodies of two construction workers who died when a massive cargo ship struck and collapsed a Baltimore bridge, as investigators revealed Wednesday that hazardous material was leaking from breached containers on the stranded vesse ... (Washington Post)

Trump Attacks R.F.K. Jr., a Third-Party Wild Card

6 hrs ago - Former President Donald J. Trump attacked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate, on Wednesday morning, casting Mr. Kennedy as a liberal Democrat in disguise while also seeming to back him as a spoiler for President Biden’ ... (NY Times)

NBC offered Ronna McDaniel a better contract to appear on MSNBC

7 hrs ago - MSNBC President Rashida Jones participated in recruiting former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel earlier this month and McDaniel was offered a more lucrative contributor contract after she agreed to appear on MSNBC and not just NBC ... (Washington Post)

Chris Christie turns down No Labels presidential bid after discussions

7 hrs ago - Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie (R) has decided against running as the No Labels candidate for president after spending time and money gaming out the prospects of a centrist third-party bid against President Biden and former president Donal ... (Washington Post)

In reversal, Netanyahu sending delegation to White House for Rafah talks

8 hrs ago - Updated 7 hours ago Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to send two top Israeli officials to Washington as early as next week for talks about a possible military operation in Rafah, four U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios. Why it ... (Axios)

Interior Department rule aims to crack down on methane leaks from oil, gas drilling on public lands

9 hrs ago - Mar 27, 2024 6:57 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at curbing methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a p ... (PBS News Hour/AP)

Montana's high court strikes down voting reform laws

9 hrs ago - The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a series of voting reform laws passed by the state Legislature in 2021 violate the fundamental right to vote. The ruling, issued Wednesday, reaffirms a 2022 lower court ruling that found four voting-relate ... (The Hill)

Judge rules John Eastman should be disbarred over efforts to overturn 2020 election

9 hrs ago - A California judge recommended disbarring a lawyer at the center of former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election on Wednesday. State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland found John Eastman culpable on 10 of the 11 coun ... (The Hill)

US sanctions Gaza Now site, founder over Hamas support allegations

9 hrs ago - Posted: 2:44 p.m. EDT Mar 27, 2024 The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on online media site Gaza Now and its founder Mustafa Ayash for allegedly supporting Hamas. The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control says that after the Oct. 7 att ... (Scripps News/AP)

Ireland backs bid to include blocking of aid in definition of genocide

9 hrs ago - Ireland is to seek to widen the definition of genocide to include blocking humanitarian aid in a landmark international court of justice (ICJ) case against Israel. The Irish government will intervene in the case taken by South Africa and argue that r ... (The Guardian)

4 dead, 1 in critical condition after Illinois stabbings; suspect in custody

10 hrs ago - An adult male allegedly stabbed multiple victims in the Rockford, Illinois area on Wednesday, leaving four people dead, one in critical condition and four others in stable condition, authorities said in a press conference Wednesday. A postal worker i ... (ABC News)

Senate Democrat Asks Feds To Declassify Documents On Paul Manafort And Russia

10 hrs ago - Mar 27, 2024, 02:57 PM EDT Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to declassify information on the investigation of Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who served federal prison time as a result of Robert ... (Huff Post)

Smithsonian's Latino museum settles with affirmative action foe

10 hrs ago - Updated March 27, 2024 at 3:50 p.m. EDT | Published March 27, 2024 at 11:52 a.m. EDT The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Latino has promised to make it clear that its undergraduate internship is open to all ethnicities ... (Washington Post)

France Doubles Down on Weapons to Ukraine, Top Official Says Russia Leaves No Option but Arms Build-Up

10 hrs ago - France is fully committed to throwing its military-industrial might behind Ukraine’s war effort, and Paris’ immediate priority is arming Kyiv with high-tech precision-guided bombs and advanced artillery pieces, French Defense Minister Sebas ... (Kyiv Post)

Joe Lieberman, 2000 vice presidential nominee, dies at 82

11 hrs ago - Joe Lieberman, a longtime senator from Connecticut who became the first Jewish American to be nominated on a major party’s ticket, died Wednesday. He was 82. Lieberman’s family stated that he died “due to complications from a fall. He ... (Politico)

Medical examiner's report of Nex Benedict's death released

12 hrs ago - Authorities have released the full autopsy report for Nex Benedict. Benedict, a nonbinary 16-year-old Owasso High School student, died by suicide the day after a fight in a school bathroom with three girls who reportedly picked on them for how they d ... (Public Radio Tulsa)

US offers $10 million bounty for info on 'Blackcat' hackers who hit UnitedHealth

12 hrs ago - March 27, 2024 1:43 PM EDT WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday offered up to $10 million for information on the "Blackcat" ransomware gang who hit the UnitedHealth Group's tech unit and snarled insurance payments a ... (Reuters)

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