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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Former Trump Aide Michael Caputo Wants to Give Roseanne Reboot a New Home … Less than 24 hours after the “Roseanne” reboot was canceled, former Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo began plotting ways to get her back on air.  —  Caputo is the chief marketing officer of an online streaming …
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Reuters:
Roseanne Barr blames sleep aid Ambien for racist tweet  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. comedian Roseanne Barr said she was tired of “being attacked and belittled” and blamed sleep aid Ambien for her tweet that compared a black former Obama administration official to an ape, a racist remark that sparked a wave of outrage.
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Drugmaker to Roseanne Barr: ‘Racism is not a known side effect’ of Ambien
Discussion: Politico, Althouse and CANNONFIRE
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Canceling ‘Roseanne’ has everything to do with race and media in Trump-era America
Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
Disney is considerably more repulsive than Roseanne
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Keeping Up with the Kushners: With Jared Back on Top, Kim Kardashian Heads to the White House  —  Months of talks between Jared Kushner and Kim Kardashian is set to culminate in a meeting with President Trump, in which the reality-TV star will ask him to pardon a 62-year-old great-grandmother serving …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ivanka Trump Abruptly Leaves Call After Question About China Trademarks  —  Ivanka Trump abruptly left a conference call on Tuesday about a coming fitness event after receiving questions about her company's trademarks in China and her father's exercise regimen.
The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides Brutally Turn on Each Other in War on Leaks … Not long after news broke that White House communications aide Kelly Sadler had made a flippant comment about Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) impending death from brain cancer, President Donald Trump gathered a small group of staffers in the Oval Office.
Associated Press:   Kardashian West en route to White House
BBC:
Arkady Babchenko: ‘Murdered’ Russian journalist is alive  —  Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, widely reported to have been assassinated in Kiev on Tuesday, has turned up alive at a press conference.  —  In an extraordinary development, the high-profile critic of the Kremlin appeared live on Ukrainian TV.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Ukraine faked death of Russian journalist  —  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the reported slaying in Ukraine of a Russian journalist: (all times local):  —  Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who had been reported shot and killed in the Ukrainian capital Tuesday, has shown up at a news conference very much alive.
Associated Press:   'I'm alive': Russian reporter, Ukraine police faked killing
Summer Concepcion / Associated Press:
Reportedly Killed Russian Journalist Appears At News Conference In Ukraine
Discussion: National Review and Balloon Juice
Yahoo:   Ukraine admits faking death of anti-Kremlin journalist
Financial Times:   ‘Assassinated’ Russian journalist Babchenko turns up alive
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
‘Murdered’ Russian journalist turns up alive
Discussion: Meduza.io and Splinter
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
On Fox News of all places, Trump's ‘spy’ claim is debunked by Trey Gowdy and even Judge Napolitano  —  President Trump has made it clear he likes what he hears on Fox News.  The network often covers the president favorably, bringing on conservative commentators that push the president's agenda and …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
White House silence on Melania stokes conspiracy theories  —  The first lady hasn't been seen in public since her release from the hospital after a routine procedure.  —  She's left the White House and moved back to New York City.  —  She's cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller.
ANNE FLAHERTY / Associated Press:
Gowdy disputes Trump's ‘spy’ claim, says FBI acted properly
Discussion: Townhall
New York Times:
Trump Asked Sessions to Retain Control of Russia Inquiry After His Recusal  —  WASHINGTON — By the time Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrived at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort for dinner one Saturday evening in March 2017, he had been receiving the presidential silent treatment for two days.
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Giuliani Says He Might Have Recused Himself From Russia Probe Too  —  The president's lawyer said he understands Trump's frustration but Sessions' recusal is defensible.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that he can fully understand why Attorney General …
Victor Skinner / The American Mirror:
Elizabeth Warren praises communist China ‘long-term whole-of-government’ strategy  —  Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren would rather praise communist China than the President of the United States.  —  The 2020 presidential hopeful and darling of the left appeared on CBS This Morning to hawk …
Discussion: Sean Hannity, Townhall and twitchy.com
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
CIA report says North Korea won't denuclearize, but might open a burger joint
Michael Crowley / Politico:
The White House Official Trump Says Doesn't Exist
Discussion: ABC News
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Top North Korean official meets American counterpart in a meeting shrouded in secrecy
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Senate Intelligence Committee Now Wants to Grill Roger Stone … The Senate intelligence committee has asked to interview Roger Stone, Donald Trump's longtime political adviser and self-described dirty trickster.  —  Stone's lawyer, Grant Smith, told The Daily Beast that the committee …
Discussion: Paste
John DiStaso / WMUR:
Exhaustive investigation reveals little evidence of possible voter fraud in NH  —  Secretary of state office, attorney general's office present data to state Ballot Law Commission  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  CONCORD, N.H. —  An exhaustive review by state election officials …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Being Jeff Sessions  —  Think of the job that you dreamed you could have when you grew up.  Think of going through your whole life — and in an extraordinary twist of fate and luck and with a smart move — and, finally, that job will be the capstone to your career.
Discussion: Splinter
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Paul Manfort's Friends Have Launched A Legal Defense Fund, Saying He's Struggling To Pay His Bills  —  Manafort hasn't been able to access several financial accounts and other assets since the special counsel's office filed charges last year, according to his lawyer.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
Discussion: Raw Story
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Polls Are All Right  —  With the 2018 midterm elections approaching, we've updated FiveThirtyEight's pollster ratings for the first time since the 2016 presidential primaries.  Based on how the media portrayed the polls after President Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton later that year …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors poised to get more than 1 million files seized from Michael Cohen's phones  —  Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen are poised to receive on Wednesday one million files from three of his cellphones seized last month …
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Thank Republicans for your Right to Try  —  Imagine the horror of learning you have a terminal illness for which science has not yet come up with a treatment.  Now imagine receiving the same diagnosis, and then learning a promising new treatment exists that could save your life …
Discussion: FOX2now.com
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump bragged about classified Syria skirmish at fundraiser  —  The White House has tried to avoid discussing a February skirmish between U.S. troops and Russian mercenaries in Syria, but that didn't stop President Donald Trump from bragging about the Pentagon's performance at a recent closed-door fundraiser.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Giuliani-connected law firms have a history with a pro-Trump super PAC linked to Cambridge Analytica  — Two law firms linked with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani worked for a super PAC that employed controversial data-gathering firm Cambridge Analytica during the 2016 presidential election.
Kansas City Star:
Greitens offered to resign as part of deal to dismiss computer-tampering charge  —  ST. LOUIS  —  Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens offered to resign as part of an agreement to dismiss a felony computer-tampering charge against him, according to the St. Louis prosecutor's office.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Schock loses appeal of criminal indictment  —  A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected former Rep. Aaron Schock's effort to throw out his criminal indictment, a major setback for the Illinois Republican's efforts to avoid a trial on corruption charges.
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
GOP sweats Trump's Heitkamp flirtation  —  The vulnerable North Dakota Democrat has been invited on Air Force One and to the White House — even as Republicans target her in the midterms.  —  When a small group of alarmed White House aides caught wind that Sen. Heidi Heitkamp …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
 
 
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Guy Benson / Townhall:
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CBS Denver:
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Discussion: Daily Wire
Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian:
French riot police clear 1,000 migrants from Paris makeshift camp
Discussion: Daily Wire
The Guardian:
Brazil faces calls for return to military dictatorship amid truckers' strike
Discussion: Al Jazeera English
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
The Man Who Would Be Speaker  —  They began praying without him.
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
EPA cites bogus study to justify lowering pollution standards
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New York Times:
How a Pentagon Contract Became an Identity Crisis for Google
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Republicans target Trump voters in California push
George Avalos / Mercury News:
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Black women candidates feel slighted by Democrats
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Disney said Disney+ Q4 ARPU in the US and Canada, down 1% QoQ to $7.70, was affected partly by new wholesale arrangements with some distributors

The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney expects to spend $24B on content in 2025, up from $23.4B in 2024, due to sports programming expenses rising after NFL rate increases and NBA contracts

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