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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Republicans rebuke Liz Cheney in unprecedented moves  —  Party leaders meeting in Salt Lake City move a censure resolution against the congresswoman from Wyoming and prepare to fund her primary opponent  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Republican leaders forged an agreement this week to potentially fund …
NBC News:
At RNC gathering, rift emerges between Trump's interests and the party's
Discussion: Raw Story
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Revealed: Trump reviewed draft order that authorized voting machines to be seized  —  Then president, during contentious December 2020 meeting, also agreed to appoint Sidney Powell as special counsel to investigate fraud  —  Weeks after the 2020 election, Donald Trump reviewed a draft executive order …
Discussion: Raw Story and National Zero
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
Michael Flynn Is Still at War  —  The general tried to persuade Donald Trump to use the military to overturn the 2020 election.  A year later, he and his followers are fighting the same battle by other means.  —  On Nov. 25, 2020, President Donald J. Trump announced via Twitter …
Wall Street Journal:
Cyberattack on News Corp, Believed Linked to China, Targeted Emails of Journalists, Others  —  The attack, discovered on Jan. 20, affected publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and the company's U.K. news operation  —  News Corp was the target of a hack that accessed emails …
Politico:
Why Stephanie Cutter says Dems need a new SCOTUS strategy  —  As Justice Stephen Breyer prepares to retire, the White House is racing to select his replacement.  Names of successors have been floated, the vetting-by-press has begun, members of Congress are already moving to push for their favored picks.
Discussion: Althouse
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Gorsuch to headline GOP lineup of speakers at Federalist Society; media barred from his speech
Discussion: Florida Politics
Marcia Coyle / LAW.com:   Ethics Scholars Urge Chief Justice Roberts to Adopt Code of Conduct for Supreme Court
Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner:
Lia Thomas should not be allowed in women's competitions, 16 UPenn swimmers argue  —  Transgender athlete Lia Thomas should not be allowed to compete as a woman, 16 fellow members of the University of Pennsylvania women's swimming team argue.  —  The swimmers, who currently compete alongside Thomas …
Christine Rosen / Commentary Magazine:
The Masking Regime Is Coming Apart  —  This week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit asking the courts to overturn Governor Glenn Youngkin's executive order rescinding the state's mask mandates in schools.  —  Youngkin's order does not prevent students from wearing masks.
Discussion: RedState, CNN and Washington Post
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James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Chris Cuomo ‘to get $9m from CNN’: Fired anchor ‘will be paid half his contract to stop him filing lawsuit claiming that Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust had ethically dubious relationship with Andrew Cuomo’  — Fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo to receive a payout of $9million
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN staffers grill WarnerMedia boss over Jeff Zucker resignation
Armin Rosen / UnHerd:
Profile14:30 Jeff Zucker, inventor of centrist panic-porn
Axios:
The making of a modern Republican  —  Paths to power and winning elections inside the GOP are changing rapidly and radically, spawning a new generation of kingmakers while diminishing the clout of many who lorded over the party for years.  —  Why it matters: Fourteen of the Republican Party's top consultants …
Discussion: Occidental Dissent
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
President Biden extends solar tariffs, with major caveats.  —  The Biden administration extended tariffs on imported solar products but made changes to exempt many more products from the levies, a decision that angered some domestic producers.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden announced Friday …
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The White House:
A Proclamation to Continue Facilitating Positive Adjustment to Competition From Imports of Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells …
CNN:
Pennsylvania Senate Republican race between Oz and McCormick turns ugly early  —  Erie, Pennsylvania (CNN)In the Pennsylvania Senate race, one candidate is accusing a rival of having “dual loyalties” to the US and a foreign country.  In turn, that rival is charging his opponent with being too cozy with China.
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HuffPost:
Pence To Rebut Trump's ‘Could Have Overturned The Election’ Lie In Orlando Speech  —  The former vice president is expected to respond to Trump's continued attacks at a Federalist Society conference in Florida.  —  By S.V. Date  —  ORLANDO, Fla. ― Former Vice President Mike Pence …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Staffs Up With a Bunch of GOP and Trump Operatives  —  TRUMP-FOX FEEDBACK LOOP  —  While it's no secret that Fox News has long hired Republicans and Trump administration officials to fill on-air and executive roles, just like the Trump White House was a landing spot for dozens …
American Greatness:
Was Hillary Clinton Paying Michael Avenatti?  —  As the creepy porn lawyer faces fines and jail time, questions about his operation—and who was financing it—linger.  —  Did Hillary Clinton or the Democratic National Committee ever pay Michael Avenatti?  —  The question isn't exactly new.
Discussion: HCRN
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Order to Mandate Union Pacts for Federal Projects Over $35 Million  —  Project labor agreements, covering everything from pay, workplace conditions to worker qualifications, will raise wages and training standards, the White House says  —  WASHINGTON— President Biden is planning …
Discussion: Reuters and National Review
Russ Bynum / Associated Press:
Arbery's shooter withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge  —  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery withdrew his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge Friday, electing to stand trial for a second time in the 2020 killing of a Black man that became part …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Payrolls show surprisingly powerful gain of 467,000 in January despite omicron surge  —  January jobs report exceeds estimates with nonfarm payrolls surging by 467,000  —  Payrolls rose far more than expected in January despite surging omicron cases that seemingly sent millions of workers to the sidelines …
Reeves Wiedeman / Vulture:
The Talented Mr. Bernardini … Filippo Bernardini was just a high-school student when he published his first novel.  It was 2008, and Bernardini, who lived in a small town an hour north of Rome, wrote it for an independent publishing house in Milan using a thinly veiled pseudonym …
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Paul promises investigation of Fauci if Republicans take Senate  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he plans to subpoena Anthony Fauci's records if Republicans retake the Senate in November's midterm elections and he becomes chairman of a committee.  —  Paul stands to become chairman …
Jade Bremner / The Independent:
Oklahoma bill would fine teachers $10k for teaching anything that contradicts religion  —  Under Senator Rob Standridge's Students' Religious Belief Protection Act subjects like LGBT+ issues, evolution and the big bang theory, even birth control could be off the table
Discussion: RedState and Deseret News
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA details next stage of Trump probe  —  In an interview, Fani Willis discusses plans for special grand jury, recent threats  —  The Fulton County investigation examining former President Donald Trump's push to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election results is entering a new phase, District Attorney Fani Willis said.
John Nichols / The Nation:
We Need a 92 Percent Tax on Pandemic Profiteers  —  Let's tax billionaires—and übermillionaires— back to where they stood when Covid-19 hit.  —  Even before the Covid pandemic supercharged economic inequality, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced as a 2020 presidential candidate that “billionaires should not exist.”
 
 
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On inflation, we can learn from the mistakes of the past — or repeat them
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The Black woman sentenced to six years in prison over a voting error
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

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Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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