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Statement by President Joe Biden — Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces in the northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place. Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces …
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Associated Press:
Biden: US raid in Syria killed top Islamic State leader — ATMEH, Syria (AP) — A U.S. special forces raid in northwestern Syria early Thursday killed the top leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, President Joe Biden said. — “Thanks to the skill and bravery …
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
US commandos kill ISIS leader, successor of al-Baghdadi, in Syria raid — The U.S. military killed the leader of ISIS in an early-morning operation in northwest Syria early Thursday morning, President Biden said. — Abu Ibrahim al Hahimi al Qurayshi, who took control of the terror group …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Special Forces Raid Syrian Site in Search of Terrorist Leader
U.S. Special Forces Raid Syrian Site in Search of Terrorist Leader
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U.S. Department of Defense, KRON4 and Outside the Beltway
Associated Press:
US forces launch raid in Syria, civilians also reported dead
US forces launch raid in Syria, civilians also reported dead
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Michael Graham / NH Journal:
Lewandowski's New Gig: Get Rid of Gov. Sununu — On the Howie Carr radio show Wednesday, Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski said his old boss has given him a new job: Get rid of Gov. Chris Sununu. — “When we spoke earlier in the day, you told me that [President Trump] assigned you a couple …
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Boston Herald, Politico and National Zero
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Jeff Zucker's legacy is defined by his promotion of Donald Trump — Many questions still swirl around Wednesday's startling announcement that, after nine years, Jeff Zucker's reign as CNN president was over. — Was his ouster really all about his failure to disclose to his corporate bosses …
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New Republic, Mediaite and Forbes, more at Mediagazer »
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
CNN and Brian Stelter forget how Jeff Zucker turned their network into Trump TV in 2016 — Back when Donald Trump was a washed-up businessman, tarnished by a decade of bankruptcies, it was Jeff Zucker, then the president of NBC Entertainment, who decided to resurrect him from the ash heap of history and reinvent him.
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HotAir, The Ankler and New York Post
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN insider says network ‘needs to step up and fire Brian Stelter’ for not exposing Jeff Zucker affair: report — The network employee said Stelter's 'been sitting on his moral high horse doing Jeff's biddling' — Zucker's actions an ‘embarrassment’ for CNN: Kurtz
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Kayla Brantley / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Brian Stelter should start looking for another job.’ …
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Brian Stelter should start looking for another job.’ …
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Breitbart, Fox News, HotAir, Washington Examiner, RedState, The Daily Caller, Twitchy and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
Howie Carr Show / HCRN:
Joining the Diehl Campaign - Corey Lewandowski - 2.02.22 - Hour 2
Joining the Diehl Campaign - Corey Lewandowski - 2.02.22 - Hour 2
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The Hill
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns, Citing Relationship With Colleague
CNN President Jeff Zucker Resigns, Citing Relationship With Colleague
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Josh Hawley seeks to be Putin's new favorite pet — In a body full of MAGA sycophants and Ivy League-educated senators spewing anti-elite rhetoric, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) manages to stand out. From his fist-pumping approval of the Jan. 6 mob to his whining that his canceled book deal amounts …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
America is in Europe to stay — thanks to Putin
America is in Europe to stay — thanks to Putin
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Florida Politics
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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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Judges Walk Out After ‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals Rudy Giuliani
Molly Minta / Mississippi Today:
Inside Mississippi's only class on critical race theory — As Republican lawmakers push to ban critical race theory, here's how the class changed the mind of one conservative Mississippian. — Brittany Murphree was born and raised in Rankin County, Mississippi, one of the most Republican counties …
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Washington Post:
Memo circulated among Trump allies advocated using NSA data in attempt to prove stolen election — The proposal to seize and analyze “NSA unprocessed raw signals data” raises legal and ethical concerns that set it apart from other attempts that have come to light.
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The Hill, New York Magazine and Raw Story
Politico:
Biden, Adams strike up alliance as Democrats face new threat: Rising violent crime — NEW YORK — One likes to go out at night before waking up early. The other keeps a compressed schedule and enjoys weekends on the Delaware shore. — One is a former cop who ran for office with the support of rank-and-file officers.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Eric Adams taught Joe Biden about the politics of crime
POLITICO Playbook: What Eric Adams taught Joe Biden about the politics of crime
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
NYC Mayor Adams dines with ex-Gov. Cuomo at Midtown restaurant
NYC Mayor Adams dines with ex-Gov. Cuomo at Midtown restaurant
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Washington Examiner
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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Daniel Henninger / Wall Street Journal:
End the Covid Panic Now — Biden should declare the pandemic is over, so Americans can return to normal lives. — It is manifestly clear that the panic phase of the Covid-19 pandemic has to end. The costs are too high. — I don't mean end as a state of mind.
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
So long, Omicron: White House eyes next phase of pandemic
John F. Harris / Politico:
Take The Hint, John Roberts — It's Time For You To Retire, Too — “Judges are like umpires,” John Roberts famously said at his confirmation hearing as Chief Justice. “Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them ... They make sure everybody plays by the rules, but it is a limited role.
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Raw Story
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
NORTH KOREA HACKED HIM. SO HE TOOK DOWN ITS INTERNET — Disappointed with the lack of US response to the Hermit Kingdom's attacks against US security researchers, one hacker took matters into his own hands. — For the past two weeks, observers of North Korea's strange and tightly restricted corner …
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NK News, Rehacked Newsletter and Ace of Spades HQ
Glenna Milberg / WPLG-TV:
South Florida seniors alarmed after political party was unknowingly changed to Republican — MIAMI - Despite the security at Haley Sofge Towers, a Miami-Dade public housing building, people with clipboards and Republican Party of Florida caps were in the hallways, door knocking.
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Raw Story
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever last quarter — A metaverse pivot isn't going to fix the social network's main problems: slowing user and ad growth — Since its inception, Facebook's user growth has essentially been up and to the right.
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Requiescat in Pace, Alma — Covid took my sister, a compassionate, tough soul who always put others first. — Tuesday morning, the hospital wouldn't let me say goodbye to my sister. Covid restrictions, they said. Only Alma's two daughters, masked and gowned, were allowed in with their mother …
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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James Kirchick / Tablet Magazine:
When the Pope Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie, That's Ahmari — From neoconservatism to integralist cosplay to active worship of China and Russia, the ‘post-liberal’ right has had a giddy five years — I first met Sohrab Ahmari, one of the most influential and controversial writers …
Ben Steverman / Bloomberg:
Tax-Free Inheritances Fuel America's New $73 Trillion Gilded Age — Americans can expect to inherit $72.6 trillion over the next quarter century, more than twice as much as a decade ago, in the latest indication of how soaring markets are poised to bolster the next generation of the ultra-rich.
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
How much 2022 candidates are paying after endorsements — Some big-name 2022 candidates are cutting checks to high-profile backers who endorsed their campaigns, records show. — Why it matters: Key endorsements are a known boon to campaigns battling for support, especially among ideologically committed primary voters.
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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