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New York Times:
Menace Enters the Republican Mainstream — Threats of violence have become commonplace among a significant part of the party, as historians and those who study democracy warn of a dark shift in American politics. — At a conservative rally in western Idaho last month …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Stephen K. Bannon Indicted for Contempt of Congress — Two Charges Filed for Failing to Honor House Subpoena From Select Committee Investigating Jan. 6 Capitol Breach — Stephen K. Bannon was indicted today by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of Congress stemming from his failure …
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New York Times:
Bannon Indicted on Contempt Charges Over House's Capitol Riot Inquiry — Stephen K. Bannon, a former top aide to Donald Trump, had refused to comply with subpoenas from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. — WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon …
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Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Balloon Juice
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The big warning signal Stephen Bannon's indictment sends — For more than two years, the Democratic-controlled House struggled to obtain crucial testimony from Trump White House counsel Donald McGahn in its Russia investigation. When he declined to submit to a subpoena, they fought it out in court.
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon indicted by federal grand jury for contempt of Congress
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon indicted by federal grand jury for contempt of Congress
Select Committee to Investigate …:
Thompson & Cheney Statement on Mark Meadows
Thompson & Cheney Statement on Mark Meadows
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Townhall, POLITICUSUSA, Insider, National File and The Guardian
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The Republican Party's violence problem
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Steve Bannon indicted after refusal to comply with Jan. 6 committee subpoena
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Justice Department charges Steve Bannon with criminal contempt of Congress
Justice Department charges Steve Bannon with criminal contempt of Congress
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The Washington Post corrects, removes parts of two stories regarding the Steele dossier — The Washington Post on Friday took the unusual step of correcting and removing large portions of two articles, published in March 2017 and February 2019, that had identified a Belarusian American businessman …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant Zervos abruptly ends lawsuit against Donald Trump — Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her, on Friday ended her nearly five-year-old defamation lawsuit against the former U.S. president.
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Washington Post:
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant Summer Zervos ends defamation lawsuit against Trump — Former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos on Friday announced that she would drop her 2017 lawsuit alleging former president Donald Trump had defamed her by denying he had sexually assaulted her years earlier.
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Associated Press, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit and ABC News
New York Times:
Project Veritas Tells Judge It Was Assured Biden Diary Was Legally Obtained — But a search warrant in the case suggests the Justice Department believes the diary kept by the president's daughter Ashley Biden was stolen. — Project Veritas, the conservative group under scrutiny …
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Raw Story, National Review, Mediaite, BizPac Review, Breitbart, Page Array and The Daily Caller
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Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Some journalists and court watchers admit initial bias in Rittenhouse trial — The nation has been glued to the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, watching live feeds of courtroom proceedings and flocking to social media to discuss everything from the judge's quirks to the defendant's “crocodile tears.”
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National Review, Townhall and Instapundit
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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
Don't Blame Judge Schroeder if Kyle Rittenhouse Goes Free
Don't Blame Judge Schroeder if Kyle Rittenhouse Goes Free
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The Daily Wire, Washington Post, Raw Story, The Intercept, Common Sense with Bari Weiss, The Western Journal and Forbes
Jamil Smith / Vox:
Kyle Rittenhouse's tears
Kyle Rittenhouse's tears
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive audio: Trump defends threats to “hang” Pence — Former President Trump — in a taped interview with Jonathan Karl of ABC News that was shared with Axios — defended, quite extensively, supporters who threatened to “hang” former Vice President Mike Pence.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's defense of ‘Hang Mike Pence!’ is only the most notable rationalization of violence
Trump's defense of ‘Hang Mike Pence!’ is only the most notable rationalization of violence
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA mulling rarely used special grand jury for Trump probe — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is likely to impanel a special grand jury to support her probe of former President Donald Trump, a move that could aid prosecutors in what's expected to be a complicated and drawn …
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Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Andrew Court / New York Post:
‘Super flexible’ Joe Rogan says he can perform fellatio on himself — He's no ordinary Joe Blow! — Joe Rogan says he's so flexible he is capable of performing oral sex on himself. — The controversial podcaster, 54, made the crude claim during a new episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience …
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Nicki Swift
ProPublica:
St. Jude Hoards Billions While Many of Its Families Drain Their Savings — St. Jude's Unspent Billions … A series of sharp knocks on his driver's side window startled Jason Burt awake. — It was the middle of the night on a Saturday in 2016. Burt was sleeping in his pickup truck …
NBC News:
Covid vaccine holdouts are caving to mandates — then scrambling to ‘undo’ their shots — As mandates spread, anti-vaccine groups have been trafficking in pseudoscience treatments meant to remove or counteract the vaccines. Experts say it's like trying to “unring a bell.”
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Gizmodo and HillReporter.com
CNN:
Pardon for Homer Plessy, of Plessy v. Ferguson's ‘separate but equal’ ruling, heads to Louisiana governor's desk — (CNN)Homer Plessy, whose 19th century case Plessy v. Ferguson became a landmark civil rights Supreme Court ruling, is only a step away from a posthumous full pardon from the state of Louisiana.
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Janet Mcconnaughey / Associated Press:
Homer Plessy, key to ‘separate but equal,’ on road to pardon
Homer Plessy, key to ‘separate but equal,’ on road to pardon
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WBRZ, Associated Press and The Hill
Wilson Email / Parents Defending Education:
Additional NSBA Board Member Emails — Over the past several weeks, additional emails from NSBA board members were received from a variety of public records requests. Highlights are attached and excerpted below. — Viola Garcia's colleagues in Aldine ISD congratulated her on her appointment …
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Townhall and The Daily Caller
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Jeff Thomas / Blue Virginia:
Youngkin's Racist Yearbook Imagery ("An Oriental Occasion") Shows He Was Not Vetted — [UPDATE by Lowell 10 am - After Jeff Thomas posted this story, I spoke with McAuliffe spokesperson Jake Rubenstein and he told me the McAuliffe campaign DID “vet” Youngkin's yearbooks, but that for whatever reason …
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Twitchy and The American Independent
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Messonnier, Birx detail political interference in last year's coronavirus response — Officials describe to congressional investigators efforts to muzzle scientific agencies and change guidance … The Trump administration repeatedly interfered with efforts by the Centers for Disease Control …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Documents reveal new details of Trump political interference in COVID-19 response
Documents reveal new details of Trump political interference in COVID-19 response
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Politico and Bipartisan Report
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
When All The Media Narratives Collapse — In case after case, the US MSM just keeps getting it wrong. — The news is a perilous business. It's perilous because the first draft of history is almost always somewhat wrong, and needs a second draft, and a third, and so on, over time …
New York Times:
Judge Terminates Britney Spears's Conservatorship — Judge Brenda Penny ruled that “the conservatorship of the person and estate of Britney Jean Spears is no longer required,” ending an arrangement that has long overseen the singer's life and finances. — RIGHT NOW Judge terminates Britney Spears's conservatorship.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Appeals Court Extends Block on Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Employers — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that challengers were likely to succeed in their claim that the mandate was an unlawful overreach. — WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court …
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CNN:
Blue Origin astronaut Glen de Vries dies in plane crash — (CNN Business)One of Blue Origin's newest astronauts, 49-year-old Glen de Vries, survived a ride to space in October alongside actor William Shatner. But less than a month later, he was killed in a small plane crash on Thursday in New Jersey.
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New York Times:
In France, Kamala Harris Asserts Herself as a Diplomatic Asset — The vice president met with President Emmanuel Macron of France, skirting recent U.S.-French tensions, and immersed herself in issues like Libya and cybersecurity. — PARIS — Vice President Kamala Harris spent hours talking …
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
South Carolina governor calls for LGBTQ book to be banned in schools — Critics: South Carolina governor's call to investigate book a ‘political attack on LGBTQ youth’ — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster urged his state Department of Education this week to remove a book about gender identity …
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New York Times, WIS-TV, The Hill and Raw Story
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
‘Deplorable’: Top Yale Law Professor Rips Administration Over Handling of ‘Trap House’ Incident — A prominent Yale Law School professor on Friday blasted the administration's treatment of law student Trent Colbert and the Federalist Society, calling it “dishonest, duplicitous, and downright deplorable.”