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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty in Fatal Kenosha Shooting — “The defendant will rise to face the jury and hearken to its verdicts.” “As to the first count of the information, Joseph Rosenbaum, we the jury, find the defendant, Kyle H. Rittenhouse, not guilty.
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Robby Soave / Reason:
The ACLU Thinks Kyle Rittenhouse's Civil Liberties Got Too Much Protection — Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who shot and killed two men during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer, was acquitted on Friday. Prosecutors had charged him with first-degree reckless homicide …
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ACLU of Wisconsin:
ACLU Responds to ‘Not Guilty’ Verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse Case — KENOSHA, Wis. — The American Civil Liberties Union released the following statement after a jury decided that Kyle Rittenhouse was not guilty of the fatal shooting of two protestors and injuring of another …
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The White House:
Statement by President Biden — While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken. I ran on a promise to bring Americans together, because I believe that what unites us is far greater than what divides us.
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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Kyle Rittenhouse Could Face Federal Charges As Rep. Nadler Calls For DOJ Review — Rep. Nadler tweeted: … Kyle Rittenhouse Crossed State Lines Which Means That He Can Be Federally Charged — There are a wide variety of federal charges that Kyle Rittenhouse could potentially face …
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TK News by Matt Taibbi:
The Rittenhouse Verdict is Only Shocking if You Followed the Last Year of Terrible Reporting
The Rittenhouse Verdict is Only Shocking if You Followed the Last Year of Terrible Reporting
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Anti-Defamation League:
Right-Wing Extremists Cheer Rittenhouse Verdict in Predictable Fashion
Right-Wing Extremists Cheer Rittenhouse Verdict in Predictable Fashion
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
The jury gave Rittenhouse the benefit of the doubt. That's what advocates of criminal justice reform should have wanted.
The jury gave Rittenhouse the benefit of the doubt. That's what advocates of criminal justice reform should have wanted.
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Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Kyle Rittenhouse trial was designed to protect white conservatives who kill
Kyle Rittenhouse trial was designed to protect white conservatives who kill
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Biden expected to replace Ron Bloom, USPS board chair and key DeJoy ally, on postal board — Bloom, a Democrat, has backed the postmaster general as the agency slowed mail delivery standards and raised prices — President Biden is expected to announce Friday that he will not renominate Ron Bloom …
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Biden replaces DeJoy allies on Postal Service board
Biden replaces DeJoy allies on Postal Service board
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Kamala D. Harris becomes first woman to serve as acting president — for 85 minutes
Kamala D. Harris becomes first woman to serve as acting president — for 85 minutes
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge faults Trump for Jan. 6 attack — Judge Amit Mehta describes rioter John Lolos as ‘pawn’ of the former president, imposes 2-week jail sentence — A federal judge on Friday squarely placed the blame for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Donald Trump, suggesting that the former president's role …
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Federal judge says Trump has responsibility for January 6, calling rioter a ‘pawn’
BuzzFeed News:
Top Justice Department Officials Were Told There Were “No Credible Threats” Hours Before The Capitol Riot — WASHINGTON — On Jan. 6 at 10:43 a.m., three top Justice Department officials received an email with an update on a briefing that morning from the counterterrorism section.
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GoFundMe Stories:
GoFundMe Policy on Fundraisers for the Legal Defense of Violent Crimes — GoFundMe's Terms of Service prohibit raising money for the legal defense of an alleged violent crime. In light of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, we want to clarify when and why we removed certain fundraisers in the past.
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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Democrats are in denial about what they're up against — Wisconsin Republicans are plotting election theft, and Biden is boasting about bipartisanship — On Friday morning, Democrats passed their Build Back Better agenda through the House. Only hours before their triumphant celebrations …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Republicans Push to Take Over the State's Elections
Wisconsin Republicans Push to Take Over the State's Elections
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Washington Post:
Attempted breach of Ohio county election network draws FBI and state scrutiny — Federal and state investigators are examining an attempt to breach an Ohio county's election network that bears striking similarities to an incident in Colorado earlier this year, when government officials helped …
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CNN:
Peng Shuai: UN calls for proof of Chinese tennis star's whereabouts; WTA chairman willing to pull out of China — Hong Kong (CNN)China is facing pressure from the United Nations over Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's whereabouts as the organization called for an investigation into her allegations of sexual assault.
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Joshua Robinson / Wall Street Journal:
Women's Tennis Takes On China With Threat to Pull Its Business
Women's Tennis Takes On China With Threat to Pull Its Business
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Kyle Rittenhouse to Appear on Tucker Carlson as Reality Trails The Onion by 6 Hours — The teen is cementing his place in right-wing culture as a conservative darling and future pundit — The Onion called it with their headline: “Kyle Rittenhouse Sentenced to 45 Years of CPAC Appearances …
Jessica Huseman / Votebeat:
How Trump ally Cleta Mitchell won a seat on the EAC advisory board — An unorthodox process at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, largely done in secret, led to the controversial bipartisan appointment. — Cleta Mitchell, a voter fraud conspiracy theorist who joined President Trump …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Nashotah man sentenced for attacking U.S. Service Member — Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on November 18, 2021, Ian Alan Olson of Nashotah, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 14 months in prison, to be followed by one year …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Steele Dossier and Donald Trump's Betrayal of America — Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. — Vladimir Putin must be delighted. With the recent indictment of Igor Danchenko, the primary source …
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Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Governors Distance Themselves From Trump, Drawing His Ire — About half of the 16 GOP governors up for re-election in 2022 face primary challenges from opponents endorsed or inspired by him — PHOENIX—As Republicans in the nation's capital mostly fall in line behind former …
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Danusha V. Goska / Front Page Magazine:
A Letter to the Management of the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach — Give free speech a chance. — Editor's note: The management of the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida recently informed the David Horowitz Freedom Center that the hotel will no longer host the Center's Restoration Weekend …
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Fauci claims ‘gain of function’ is ‘completely meaningless term’ as he defends NIH actions — Dr. Anthony Fauci — said “gain-of-function,” the term for research to make viruses more dangerous, is a “completely meaningless term” in a new interview. — The octogenarian virologist …
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Pew Research Center:
What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies — Family is preeminent for most publics but work, material — well-being and health also play a key role — What do people value in life? How much of what gives people satisfaction in their lives is fundamental …
Kelly Crow / Wall Street Journal:
Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin Outbid a Group of Crypto Investors for Copy of U.S. Constitution — The 53-year-old billionaire paid $43.2 million for the historic document, plans to lend it to Crystal Bridges museum in Arkansas — Chicago hedge-fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin said he won …
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New York Times:
3 Women in the Senate Object to ‘Sexist’ Focus on Sinema's Style — The senators criticize The Times's coverage of their colleague's style and fashion choices. — To the Editor: — The Times has published four separate pieces analyzing the style and dress of our colleague Senator Kyrsten Sinema.
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New York Times:
U.S. Warns Allies of Possible Russian Incursion as Troops Amass Near Ukraine — Western intelligence officials are increasingly convinced that the Russian president wants to take control of a larger swath of territory. — WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials are warning allies …
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Dina Ley / dinachka82.medium.com:
Central Bucks Is Not Okay — Recently, New York Times' The Daily featured a two-part series called The School Board Wars about my school district, Central Bucks, in Bucks County, PA. Having lived through and — one could argue, having survived this 2021 election as a Democratic School Board Candidate …
Jacob Bliss / Breitbart:
DCCC Screws Up Response to Rittenhouse Acquittal with Factual Inaccuracies, Issues Correction — The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) — the top Democrat tasked with keeping their House majority — issued a statement filled with factual inaccuracies …
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