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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Inside the CNN Newsroom's Clash with Jason Kilar — Fear, anger, profound loyalty to Jeff Zucker and full-blown resentment for Jason Kilar dominated a confidential meeting in CNN's D.C. newsroom on the night of Zucker's February surprise. — Just after 7 p.m. ET last night …
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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 York Post:
Zucker, Gollust's cozy ties with Andrew Cuomo included coaching him on COVID briefings — Ousted CNN honcho Jeff Zucker and his paramour Allison Gollust made personal calls to Andrew Cuomo in 2020 in a bid to lure the governor to make more flattering appearances on his brother Chris Cuomo's show, The Post has learned.
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Tatiana Siegel / Rolling Stone:
CNN Probe Eyes Jeff Zucker's Ties to Andrew Cuomo — The ongoing investigation, which exposed an affair that led to Zucker's abrupt resignation yesterday, has expanded to include possible improprieties during Cuomo's tenure as governor of New York, sources tell Rolling Stone
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
More CNN: Critics wondering why Stelter still has a job after Zucker scandal
More CNN: Critics wondering why Stelter still has a job after Zucker scandal
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Cuomo News Network: Zucker, Gollust reportedly coached Andrew Cuomo on COVID briefings
Cuomo News Network: Zucker, Gollust reportedly coached Andrew Cuomo on COVID briefings
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
CNN and Brian Stelter forget how Jeff Zucker turned their network into Trump TV in 2016
CNN and Brian Stelter forget how Jeff Zucker turned their network into Trump TV in 2016
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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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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
U.S. Exposes What It Says Is Russian Effort to Fabricate Pretext for Invasion — Officials said Russia was planning a fake video showing an attack by Ukrainians on Russian territory or Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine. — WASHINGTON — The United States has acquired intelligence …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
What Does Putin Really Want? — There are questions about troop numbers, questions about diplomacy. There are questions about the Ukrainian military, its weapons, and its soldiers. There are questions about Germany and France: How will they react? There are questions about America …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Josh Hawley seeks to be Putin's new favorite pet
Josh Hawley seeks to be Putin's new favorite pet
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Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
US says Russia planning video of fake Ukrainian attack with corpses, mourners to justify invasion
US says Russia planning video of fake Ukrainian attack with corpses, mourners to justify invasion
Washington Post:
U.S. to allege Russian plot to stage attack as pretext for Ukraine invasion
U.S. to allege Russian plot to stage attack as pretext for Ukraine invasion
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The White House:
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 …
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
US commandos kill ISIS leader, successor of al-Baghdadi, in Syria raid
US commandos kill ISIS leader, successor of al-Baghdadi, in Syria raid
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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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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Fox News is filling its editor positions with GOP operatives and Trump staffers — Since the start of President Joe Biden's term, Fox News has hired at least nine editors who previously worked for former President Donald Trump's administration, Republican campaign offices, or Republican politicians.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
QAnon Flags Fly Onscreen After Fox News Describes Anti-Vax Truckers as ‘Mainstream’
QAnon Flags Fly Onscreen After Fox News Describes Anti-Vax Truckers as ‘Mainstream’
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Raw Story, Washington Post and Axios
Riley Snyder / The Nevada Independent:
Before death, Reid emptied campaign accounts — The day before he died, federal campaign accounts affiliated with former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) reported doling out more than $133,000 in donations to a broad swath of federal, state and local-level Democratic candidates in Nevada.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Whoopi Goldberg's American Idea of Race — It made sense, to the New York Daily News sports editor, that these guys dominated basketball. After all, “the game places a premium on an alert, scheming mind and flashy trickiness, artful dodging and general smartalecness,” not to mention their “God-given better balance and speed.”
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why are Democrats struggling with working class voters? Don't blame ‘wokeness.’ — With President Biden set to meet New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday, pundits will spin this as a sign of profound political failure on Democrats' part, an act of ritual penitence for failing to treat rising crime as a serious issue.
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Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
Crime, “Normie Voters” and the Return to Normal
Crime, “Normie Voters” and the Return to Normal
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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 …
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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Politico:
Opening statements in Palin's libel case against the New York Times — NEW YORK — Attorneys for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday argued there was “no link” between their client and a 2011 shooting that left six people dead and an Arizona congresswoman injured …
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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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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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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Why Voter Suppression Probably Won't Work — Voting procedures, turnout, and vote margins in the 2020 election — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — In the aftermath of the high-turnout 2020 election, many Republican-controlled state governments have passed legislation that Democrats believe will harm their party's voter turnout.
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Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Biden nominee scrutinized over work with fintech company that got prized Fed account — Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Joe Biden's pick for a top Federal Reserve role, is facing scrutiny over her role at a financial technology company and her husband's violation of stock disclosure rules.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator: $1.5 million private sector payout to Biden nominee 'doesn't smell right'
GOP senator: $1.5 million private sector payout to Biden nominee 'doesn't smell right'
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
A Jewish Teacher Criticized Israel. She Was Fired. — Jessie Sander had just started a job at a synagogue in Scarsdale. But then a blog post she had written was found. — Last summer, Jessie Sander had been on the job at a Jewish school in Westchester County for less than a month …
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
‘I am doing the devils work’ — Staff at Dem firm revolt over work for Sinema — Since the beginning of 2020, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's reelection campaign has paid the Democratic consulting firm Authentic nearly a half million dollars for digital work and list acquisition.
FOX13 News Memphis:
Katrina Robinson expelled from Tennessee Senate — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Katrina Robinson has been expelled from her position in the Tennessee Senate. — The state's full Senate voted Feb. 2 on whether to expel her from office. — A Senate Ethics Committee recommended the expulsion …
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Trisha Powell Crain / al.com:
Alabama officials receive complaints about Black History Month as state debates CRT legislation — 1,214 — As Alabama lawmakers look to take up multiple bills in the coming weeks that would ban divisive concepts associated with critical race theory, Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey …
Molly Minta / Mississippi Today:
Inside Mississippi's only class on critical race theory — Brittany Murphree was born and raised in Rankin County, Mississippi, one of the most Republican counties in one of the most Republican states. — She went to Northwest Rankin High School where she was the president of the school's chapter …
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