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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Unmasking Of Rudy Giuliani On Fox's ‘The Masked Singer’ Prompts Judges Ken Jeong & Robin Thicke To Walk Off In Protest — EXCLUSIVE, SPOILER ALERT: Rudy Giuliani was last week unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant in the taping of the first episode of Fox's popular prime time show The Masked Singer.
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CNN:
Jeff Zucker resigns from CNN — New York (CNN Business)CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker, the influential news executive who reshaped the iconic network, abruptly announced Wednesday morning that he has resigned from his position effective immediately. — “As part of the investigation …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
The Mystery Behind the Zucker Shocker … At first, it seemed like Jeff Zucker was just another piece of collateral damage from Andrew Cuomo's demise, caught in the same blast radius that knocked Chris Cuomo out of CNN months earlier. It all seemed so rich, considering Zucker …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jeff Zucker Exits CNN After Relationship With Senior Executive
Jeff Zucker Exits CNN After Relationship With Senior Executive
New York Times:
Memos Show Roots of Trump's Focus on Jan. 6 and Alternate Electors — Just over two weeks after Election Day, lawyers working with the Trump campaign set out a rationale for creating alternate slates of electors as part of an effort to buy time to overturn the results.
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Conspiracy charges possible for filing bogus Trump election slates, experts say
Conspiracy charges possible for filing bogus Trump election slates, experts say
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As Trump rages, a new plan to prevent a 2024 coup quietly advances
As Trump rages, a new plan to prevent a 2024 coup quietly advances
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Raw Story and The Status Kuo
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump considered blanket pardons for Jan. 6 rioters before he left office — In the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump seriously considered issuing a blanket pardon for all participants in the Jan. 6 riot, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Tom Tapp / Deadline:
L.A. Mayor Garcetti Says He Held His Breath For Maskless Photo With Magic Johnson — Los Angeles Mayor — and Biden Administration ambassadorial nominee — Eric Garcetti today defended his actions after maskless photos surfaced of him and Lakers great Magic Johnson, along …
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Washington Post:
Labor groups wary of potential Supreme Court pick backed by top House Democrat — Union leaders are increasingly wary of President Biden's potential selection of Judge J. Michelle Childs as a Supreme Court justice, citing her time working on behalf of employers against worker claims.
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Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
Michelle Childs's Punitive Criminal Justice Rulings Were Repeatedly Overturned
Michelle Childs's Punitive Criminal Justice Rulings Were Repeatedly Overturned
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Whoopi Goldberg ‘livid,’ threatening to quit ‘The View’ over her suspension: source — Whoopi Goldberg is “livid” after she was suspended from “The View” over her claim that the Holocaust was “not about race” — and is telling coworkers she is going to quit the show, according to a source.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Whoopi Goldberg's Suspension from The View Is Illiberal and Irrational
Whoopi Goldberg's Suspension from The View Is Illiberal and Irrational
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Washington Examiner, Mediaite and Althouse
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Olympic athletes are getting ready to boycott the opening ceremony in Beijing — When the Winter Olympics officially begins Friday in Beijing, U.S. diplomats and international fans won't be the only ones missing from the festivities. Olympic athletes from multiple countries who want to show solidarity …
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Army to immediately start discharging vaccine refusers — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army said Wednesday it will immediately begin discharging soldiers who have refused to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, putting more than 3,300 service members at risk of being thrown out soon.
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Adeel Hassan / New York Times:
The U.S. Army will begin dismissing vaccine holdouts.
Insider:
3 more women say Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy filmed them without asking during sex … In November 2021, three young women came forward about sexual encounters they had with Barstool Sports' founder, Dave Portnoy. These women told Insider the experiences with Portnoy turned frightening …
Ali Breland / Mother Jones:
The Plan Was Simple: Infiltrate MAGA World and Tell Everyone What She Saw. Then She Was Found Out. — Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. — “Looks like my cover is fully blown, actually, fuck,” Amanda Moore told me over Twitter direct message.
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Politico:
Jan. 6 select committee subpoenas phone records of Arizona GOP chair — The Jan. 6 select committee has subpoenaed the phone records of Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward and her husband, Michael Ward, who both signed documents falsely claiming to be among their state's presidential electors in 2020.
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New York Times:
A ‘Master Class’ in Gerrymandering, This Time Led by N.Y. Democrats — The maps approved by Democrats in the New York State Legislature could lead their party to seize as many as three House seats from Republicans. — Democrats across the nation have spent years railing against partisan gerrymandering …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Exclusive: Hawley calls on Biden to drop support for Ukraine membership in NATO — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is calling on the Biden administration to drop longstanding U.S. support for Ukraine's eventual membership in NATO, arguing that a binding commitment to defend the country would undermine efforts to counter China.
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Insider:
Adam Kinzinger calls Josh Hawley ‘one of the worst human beings’ and a ‘con artist’ after the senator urges Biden to block Ukraine from joining NATO
Adam Kinzinger calls Josh Hawley ‘one of the worst human beings’ and a ‘con artist’ after the senator urges Biden to block Ukraine from joining NATO
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Justice News:
Four Defendants Arrested In Connection With The Overdose Death Of Michael K. Williams — Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Keechant Sewell, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"), announced that IRVIN CARTAGENA …
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Phil Rosen / Insider:
Metaverse mortgages are being issued to buy virtual land — and one of the first ever was just signed for a property in Decentraland — TerraZero Technologies facilitated one of the first ever “metaverse mortgages” for a client buying virtual property in Decentraland.
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CNN:
How Schumer explains his Senate dilemma — (CNN)Last July, trying to get Sen. Joe Manchin to let Democrats move forward on their agenda, Chuck Schumer came up with a plan. He had the West Virginia Democrat lay out what he could accept and how much he'd be willing to spend. Manchin signed his name.
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Cayla Harris / Houston Chronicle:
National Butterfly Center on Texas border closing indefinitely after attacks from right-wing conspiracy theorists — The National Butterfly Center on the Texas border is closing “for the immediate future” after conspiracy-fueled attacks against the center on social media escalated in recent days.
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Insider and Talking Points Memo
NBC News:
FBI identifies 6 juveniles as persons of interest in bomb threats at Black colleges — FBI identifies six juvenile persons of interest in HBCU bomb threats — Six “tech savvy” juveniles have been identified as persons of interest by the FBI in threats to historically Black colleges …
Angela Swartz / AlmanacNews.com:
Woodside freezes SB 9 projects, citing an exemption for mountain lion habitats — New housing law allows up to four residential units per lot — Mountain lions and housing policy aren't often uttered in the same sentence, but that was the case last week in Woodside.
FIRE:
10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2022 — There's no shortage of colleges and universities that will go to great lengths to stifle free speech. Some institutions are worse than others, which is why each year for over a decade, FIRE compiles a list of the worst-of-the-worst.
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UPI and Instapundit
Washington Post:
Biden officials push to hold up $11.3 billion USPS truck contract, citing climate damage — The Environmental Protection Agency warns Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to halt his plan to replace the aging delivery fleet with thousands of gas-powered vehicles.
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Associated Press, New York Times, WTOP News and One America News Network
Alexander Vindman / USA Today:
Why I'm seeking accountability from Trump allies in court — Public servants who do their duty, tell the truth and uphold their oaths of office shouldn't be subjected to intimidation and retaliation. — In July 2019, my life took a dramatic and unexpected turn when I listened …
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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
COVID Derangement Is Working Out Just Fine for the GOP — Joe Biden didn't want a vaccination culture war. He got one anyway. And he's losing it. — The Republican treatment for coronavirus is quite simple. You mix doubt with denial, look past the lost lives and then wait.
Politico:
Directed-energy could explain unsolved ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases, U.S. intelligence panel finds — A panel convened by the U.S. intelligence community has assessed that the core symptoms of some unsolved “Havana Syndrome” cases cannot be explained by mass hysteria or psychosomatic effects alone …
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Nate Hochman / National Review:
Inside Georgetown Law's Campaign to Cancel Ilya Shapiro: ‘This Is Melting Down’ — How the school's administration helped instigate a woke student mob that is now implacable — ess than two weeks ago, Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) welcomed Ilya Shapiro as the new executive director …
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