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DeSantis holds slight lead in PredictIt’s 2024 Republican presidential primary market

As of March 13, 2023, PredictIt’s 2024 presidential market shows President Joe Biden (D) leading at $0.39, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at $0.29, and former President Donald Trump (R) at $0.25. Biden has held the lead in this market since Jan. 22, 2023. No other candidate has…

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ICYMI: Top stories of the week

Each week, we bring you a collection of the most viewed stories from The Daily Brew, condensed. Here are the top stories from the week of March 13-March 17.

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Seth Meyers: ‘If you like normal, DeSantis is a little bit too weird’

Late-night hosts discussed the feud between Trump and DeSantis and the former president’s many legal headaches

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Gosar snuck Lake into Prayer Breakfast

Lake rejected the prayer breakfast's calls for reconciliation, said God "enacts justice"

Salon

School District Superintendent Sought Gag Order Against Critic

From yesterday's opinion in Cozad v. Ohio Elections Commission, decided by the Ohio Court of Appeals: In September 2019, John M. Stafford, an elector and resident of the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District, filed with the commission a complaint against Citizens for Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Schools—a political action committee formed to promote the passage…

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The ‘Dallas Express’: Your Go-To Source for Right-Wing, Astroturf News

The formerly Black-owned, progressive newspaper has re-emerged as a "pink slime" media site that launders conservative propaganda.

Texas Observer

Marianne Williamson calls claims she abused staff a ‘distraction technique’

Democratic presidential candidate says: ‘If I can be a bitch at the office at times, I don’t think anybody’s happy about that’

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Texas, Florida push border laws as governors eye presidency

Texas and Florida are being led by tough-talking Republican governors weighing presidential runs as their state lawmakers debate especially strict legislation on border security

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How Trump’s team plans to launch ‘smear campaign’ against Manhattan DA’s office over hush money probe

Trump’s campaign will seek to claim that any charges are the work of a politically-motivated attack by the Democratic Party – with a particular focus on aiming to tie DA Alvin Bragg to President Joe Biden, says report

The Independent UK

MAGA replaces Reaganism

The Republican Party drops Reagan's revolution for Donald Trump's culture wars

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George Santos says ‘the truth still matters’ as he refuses to quit Congress despite mountain of alleged lies

Besieged Republican Rep George Santos is carrying on in Congress despite calls for him to resign after he admitted to fabricating many aspects of his life story

The Independent UK

Special counsel targets new Trump lawyer

Jack Smith's team is seeking to compel testimony from Jennifer Little, Trump's lawyer in the Fulton County probe

Salon

Fears in Trumpworld? Ex-president’s camp issues statement slamming Manhattan prosecutors as charges loom

This week, Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen testified before the grand jury – while Trump’s attorney went on a media blitz slamming the Manhattan criminal probe

The Independent UK

Allison Arwady, City Hall’s calming voice on COVID, hopes to stay on under next mayor

Chicago’s public health commissioner and coronavirus point person says she doesn’t get recognized as much as she used to. But that’s OK with her, especially given the “scary mail at my house” she’d get.

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The "woke" wars are worse than you think

However racist you thought the "woke banks" talking point was, somehow it's even worse

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Can the surge of Black shopping directories actually help Black businesses?

These entrepreneurs created lists of Black-owned businesses so that consumers can spread the wealth that big business refuses to relinquish

The Independent UK

Supreme Court remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being remembered during ceremonies at the Supreme Court

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A tale of two cities, told in Chicago’s mayoral election

As Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson barnstorm in churches and parades before the April 4 runoff, policing and public education are front and center. This election also touches on power, identity, and of course, race.

Salon

Biden-Trump pact not to run in 2024

A presidential pact not to run for the White House in 2024

The Independent UK

Trump vs. DeSantis: Rivals' very different styles on display

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is a leading Republican presidential prospect who has emerged as a potent force in national politics while avoiding the personal connections, intimate moments and unscripted questions that have long fueled successful White House bids

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Michigan Democrats are getting their way for the first time in nearly 40 years

For the first time in decades, Democrats run the show in Michigan, passing legislative priorities they've been after for years: repealing a 1931 abortion law, repealing right-to-work and more.

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Q&A: New Majority Whip Tom Emmer is here to listen to colleagues, not bully them

WASHINGTON — Warm and cuddly is not the approach you’d expect from a former college hockey star who’s now in a position called “majority whip,” but that’s how the House Republican Conference’s new No. 3, Tom Emmer, describes his job.

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Commentary: Reframing judicial elections — not 'who should we elect,' but 'why should we elect them at all?'

The nation is watching Wisconsin as a state Supreme Court race with major implications for democratic outcomes—at both state and national levels—becomes an all-out spending war on behalf of the liberal and conservative candidates. No one expects the record-breaking spending or heated partisan rhetoric to die down until the race…

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Editorial: Florida’s surgeon general picks a fight with the CDC, and DeSantis scores political points

The feds took on Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo last week in a highly critical letter responding to the state’s top doctor’s fear-mongering claims about COVID vaccine risks.

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