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Brian Stelter / CNN:
ADL calls on Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson over racist comments about ‘replacement’ theory — New York (CNN Business)The Anti-Defamation League is calling for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson. — “Given his long record of race-baiting, we believe it is time for Carlson to go,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt says.
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
How do the immigrants who run Fox feel about Tucker Carlson's anti-immigrant rants? — Tucker Carlson, the top-rated host on Fox “News” Channel, has been attracting attention for a while with his vile rhetoric against immigrants. Yet now he's reached a new low.
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HuffPost and Media Matters for America
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Media Matters for America:
White nationalists praise Tucker Carlson's full embrace of their “replacement” conspiracy theory — On the April 8 broadcast of Fox News Primetime, Tucker Carlson offered perhaps his most explicit justification yet for the core belief of the so-called “great replacement” conspiracy theory …
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Media Matters for America
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
The Anti-Defamation League calls for Tucker Carlson to be fired over ‘replacement theory’ remarks.
The Anti-Defamation League calls for Tucker Carlson to be fired over ‘replacement theory’ remarks.
Suzanne Scott / Anti-Defamation League:
ADL Letter to Fox News Condemns Tucker Carlson's Impassioned Defense of “Great Replacement Theory”
ADL Letter to Fox News Condemns Tucker Carlson's Impassioned Defense of “Great Replacement Theory”
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Forbes, HuffPost, The Times of Israel, The Hill, Mediaite, Deadline and New York Times
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Jewish Groups Blast Carlson for Openly Endorsing White Supremacist Theory: ‘Tucker Must Go’
Jewish Groups Blast Carlson for Openly Endorsing White Supremacist Theory: ‘Tucker Must Go’
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Tucker Carlson Endorses White Supremacist Theory by Name
Tucker Carlson Endorses White Supremacist Theory by Name
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Vanity Fair, Insider, Fox News and Crooks and Liars
House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Matt Gaetz — Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement:
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The Daily Beast:
Facing New Ethics Investigation, Matt Gaetz Declares He's ‘Not Going Anywhere’ — SCANDAL? WHAT SCANDAL? — Rep. Matt Gaetz resurfaced Friday night to ignore the saga of scandals and deliver MAGA boilerplate. — After 10 days of relentless developments in the Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
By 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Prayer Meetings in Homes — The court shifted direction in cases on Covid-related limits on religious services after Justice Amy Coney Barrett replaced Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court late Friday night lifted …
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The White House:
Executive Order on the Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
Executive Order on the Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
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New York Times:
Biden Creating Commission to Study Expanding the Supreme Court
Biden Creating Commission to Study Expanding the Supreme Court
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The White House:
President Biden to Sign Executive Order Creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
President Biden to Sign Executive Order Creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
White House steers clear of pressure campaign calling for Stephen Breyer to retire
White House steers clear of pressure campaign calling for Stephen Breyer to retire
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New York Times:
White House Border Coordinator to Step Down — Roberta S. Jacobson's departure comes amid the administration's efforts to reduce the flow of immigration from Central America. — WASHINGTON — Roberta S. Jacobson, the former ambassador to Mexico whom President Biden chose as his “border czar” …
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Reuters:
Exclusive-U.S. considering cash payments to Central America to stem migration
Exclusive-U.S. considering cash payments to Central America to stem migration
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New York Post, Townhall, IJR, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
White House Border Coordinator Roberta Jacobson to Step Down at End of Month
White House Border Coordinator Roberta Jacobson to Step Down at End of Month
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ABC News, IJR, Washington Free Beacon and CNBC
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Biden Border Coordinator Roberta Jacobson stepping down
Biden Border Coordinator Roberta Jacobson stepping down
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Los Angeles Times, Townhall, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit and CNN
Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
White House considering cash payments to Central Americans to stem migration
White House considering cash payments to Central Americans to stem migration
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Cyprus Mail and RedState
Emma Ockerman / VICE:
Cops Caught on Video Holding a Black Army Lieutenant at Gunpoint, Then Pepper-Spraying Him — When Lt. Caron Nazario said he was afraid to get out of the vehicle, one officer responded, “Yeah, you should be.” — EO — Caron Nazario was driving his newly-purchased Chevy Tahoe home …
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American Military News and MyNorthwest.com
CNN:
Texas GOP chairman Allen West falsely says Texas could secede from the US: ‘We could go back to being our own Republic’ — (CNN)Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West falsely suggested that Texas could secede from the United States and become an independent country, a CNN KFile review of his comments in recent months shows.
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POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite and Mock Paper Scissors
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
How an online ‘Lego’ gamer infiltrated the White House press corps — Four times in recent weeks, members of the White House press corps have relayed questions to press secretary Jen Psaki from someone claiming to be a fellow reporter who was not able to be there in the room due to Covid protocols.
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Raw Story
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
State Department revokes security clearance for acting chief of staff to UN ambassador — A top aide to the U.S. envoy to the United Nations has stepped aside after her security clearance was revoked, according to two people familiar with the matter. — Jennifer Davis, the de facto chief …
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
When to Reopen — America has entered a confusing stage of the pandemic. It is vaccinating its citizens at an impressively fast clip. COVID-19 cases have come down precipitously since the start of the year. The daily number of new infections is less than a quarter of what it was at its peak in mid-January.
Washington Post:
Putin is slowly murdering Alexei Navalny. Here's how the U.S. can save him. — RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin's regime is slowly but very intentionally murdering his leading political opponent, Alexei Navalny. Mr. Navalny, whom the Russian secret police unsuccessfully sought to kill …
Washington Post:
CDC ramps up scrutiny of rare post-vaccination ‘breakthrough infections’ — Experts say the number of people testing positive for the virus after being inoculated is to be expected — As tens of millions of people in the United States reach the coronavirus vaccination finish line …
Malachi Barrett / MLive.com:
Slotkin asks Biden administration to label foreign white supremacists as terrorists — U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, is asking the Biden administration to designate overseas white supremacists as foreign terrorist organizations, giving the American government more tools to check their influence.
Cam Edwards / bearingarms.com:
New West Virginia Law Removes Sales Tax On Guns, Ammo — While California Democrats are looking to jack up the taxes on guns and ammunition in their latest attempt to punish those exercising their Second Amendment rights, the Republicans in charge of the West Virginia legislature are moving in the opposite direction.
Justice News:
Four Members Of Militia Group Identifying With “Boogaloo” Movement Charged With Conspiracy To Obstruct Justice By Destroying Records And Destruction Of Records — Members of the “Grizzly Scouts” Allegedly Conspired to Obstruct Investigation and Proceedings Involving the Murder of a Federal Officer in Oakland, California
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Kathy Frankovic / YouGov:
Half of vaccine rejectors believe it is safe to travel now, compared to 29% of vaccinated adults — Economist/YouGov Poll Politics & current affairs — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now say it is safe for fully vaccinated Americans to travel.
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HotAir, National Review and Mediaite
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
A Truce Proposal In The Trans Wars — There is a compromise available. Here's one version. — 10 hr ago — If we were going to construct a test-case for how dysfunctional our politics have become, it would be hard to beat the transgender issue. It profoundly affects …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
High number of Trump political appointees sought permanent jobs in final year — The number of political appointees who sought permanent positions in the final year of former President Donald Trump's term outpaced the number who did so under his predecessor during the same time frame, according to documents obtained by NBC News.
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