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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Jen Psaki planning to leave White House this spring for MSNBC gig — White House press secretary Jen Psaki is in exclusive talks with MSNBC to join the network after she leaves the White House around May, according to a source close to the matter.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Jen Psaki leaving the White House for MSNBC this spring
Jen Psaki leaving the White House for MSNBC this spring
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UrduPoint News and The Wrap
Axios:
Scoop: New clue on Trump gap
Scoop: New clue on Trump gap
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VICE, Joe.My.God., HuffPost, CBS News, NBC News, Insider, Raw Story and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
New York Times:
Amazon Workers on Staten Island Vote to Unionize in Stunning Win for Labor — Despite heavy lobbying by the company, workers at the facility voted by a wide margin for a union. It was seen as a rebuke of the company's treatment of its employees. — Workers at Amazon's massive warehouse …
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Jezebel, Common Dreams, Bangor Daily News, HuffPost, Political Wire and NPR
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for company's first unionized warehouse in U.S. — Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted Friday to join a union, the first time that's happened at one of the company's U.S. facilities. — The outcome represents a landmark win for organized labor …
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Politico, TechCrunch and Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Amazon workers vote to join a union in New York in historic move
Amazon workers vote to join a union in New York in historic move
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Associated Press, CBS News, THE CITY, The Hill, NPR, Wired, Payday Report, Raw Story and Kevin Drum
Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Amazon workers vote to unionize Staten Island warehouse
Amazon workers vote to unionize Staten Island warehouse
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THE CITY, Washington Examiner, National Review and CNBC
CNN:
GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker has been overstating his academic achievements for years — (CNN)For years, Herschel Walker has told the same inspiring story: that he graduated in the top 1% of his class at the University of Georgia. He's told the story, according to a review …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
‘The baggage is too heavy’: GOP foes tee up last-ditch effort to sink Herschel Walker — Herschel Walker, the former football star who's armed with former President Donald Trump's enthusiastic endorsement, has been on a glide path to the GOP nomination since announcing his Senate bid in Georgia.
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Letters from an American, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Trump is struggling again in Georgia, with 2022 endorsements driven by his 2020 loss
Trump is struggling again in Georgia, with 2022 endorsements driven by his 2020 loss
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Steve Contorno / CNN:
Ron DeSantis signals support for stripping Disney of special self-governing status as feud escalates — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signaled support for stripping Disney of its 55-year-old special status that allows the entertainment company to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme park.
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The Wrap, RedState, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, New York Post, KTLA, Morning Shots, Joe.My.God. and CBS Miami
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Fox Business:
Disney expanding operations to 10 anti-gay countries, regions as they go ‘woke’ in the US
Disney expanding operations to 10 anti-gay countries, regions as they go ‘woke’ in the US
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BizPac Review, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Todd C. Frankel / Washington Post:
How Disney fell flat in fight over LGBTQ talk in Florida's schools
How Disney fell flat in fight over LGBTQ talk in Florida's schools
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Salon
The Daily Beast:
Inside Ginni Thomas' ‘Insane’ Hiring Memos for Trump — Ginni Thomas' suggested hires included known bigots and at least one suspected foreign spy, sources say. — Years before she became one of then-President Donald Trump's most prominent coup supporters, Ginni Thomas was already notorious …
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Insider, Rolling Stone, Talking Points Memo, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser to publish sweeping history of Trump presidency — Peter Baker and Susan Glasser will be out Sept. 20 with a sweeping history of the Trump presidency, “The Divider,” billed as “an ambitious first cut at this historical moment.” — The backdrop: Baker …
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Trump ripped off his White House photographer because he rips off everyone who gets close to him — When Donald Trump's handpicked White House photographer Shea Craighead asked him to write the foreword to her book of Trump-era White House photos, he had one thought: How can I make money off this?
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The Guardian, IJR and YouTube, more at Mediagazer »
Michael Ames / New Yorker:
A New Video Shows a Missing American Hostage Pleading for Help in Taliban Custody — Senator Tammy Duckworth called for the Biden Administration to free an Afghan drug trafficker in exchange for the release of the American engineer Mark Frerichs, who was kidnapped in Afghanistan.
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CNN and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Exclusive: Biden administration secures release of Afghan-American Naval reservist who was held by Taliban
Exclusive: Biden administration secures release of Afghan-American Naval reservist who was held by Taliban
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Washington Examiner and The Hill
Washington Post:
House passes bill decriminalizing marijuana; Senate fortunes unclear — The House on Friday passed legislation that would remove marijuana from the federal schedule of controlled substances, a move that comes as an increasing number of states have passed decriminalization laws.
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Politico, HuffPost, The Hill, Insider, Bloomberg, Tangle, The Verge, Common Dreams, NBC New York, Marijuana Moment and NBC News
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
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New York Times and UrduPoint News
New York Times:
Ukrainian helicopters strike an oil depot in Russia, an official there says. — A bus convoy left Mariupol, but a Red Cross team could not reach city, bombarded by Russian forces, to aid a larger evacuation. Ukrainian helicopters carried out the first airstrike on Russian territory since the war began.
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Politico, BBC, Associated Press, Washington Post, WTOP News and The Western Journal
Matt Labash / Slack Tide:
Slap Happy: Who Needs Punched In The Mouth? — Generally speaking, I don't wish to burden you with my problems. Just look at you, you poor bastards - you have enough of your own. Life is hard. And it only gets easier when you get six feet under it, which brings a whole new set of complications.
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Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Will Smith didn't slap just Chris Rock
Will Smith didn't slap just Chris Rock
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Outside the Beltway
BBC:
Gerard Depardieu: Kremlin responds to actor's Putin criticism — The Kremlin has hit back after French actor Gerard Depardieu accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “crazy, unacceptable excesses” in Ukraine. — Depardieu said the Russian people were not responsible for their president's behaviour.
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Reuters, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Washington Examiner and Politico
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Last Defense of DeSantis's Anti-Vaccine Campaign Goes Poof … This week, Chris Persaud of the Palm Beach Post reported out a devastating revelation about the impact of Ron DeSantis's war on vaccines. The story has received barely any attention in the national press …
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
U.S. economy adds 431,000 jobs in March … The national unemployment rate fell to a pandemic low of 3.6 percent in March, as employers added 431,000 jobs, further bolstering the most rapid labor market rebound on record. — Average hourly wages for private-sector workers …
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New York Times, MSNBC, Florida Politics, CBS News, Outside the Beltway and WINK NEWS
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Biden on jobs report: ‘Americans are back to work’
Biden on jobs report: ‘Americans are back to work’
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Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal and The Daily Caller
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
‘A cry for help’: CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of an accelerating mental health crisis among adolescents, with more than 4 in 10 teens reporting that they feel “persistently sad or hopeless,” …
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Wall Street Journal, Centers for Disease Control …, Forbes, Reuters and Political Wire
BBC:
Ukraine war: Gruesome evidence points to war crimes on road outside Kyiv — Footage of Russian troops shooting a man with his hands up on a highway outside Kyiv at the beginning of March was shared around the world. Now the Russians have been pushed out of the area and the BBC's Jeremy Bowen …
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Oil Change International, Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I and The Intercept
U.S. Mission Osce / U.S. Mission to the OSCE:
The Russian Federation's Ongoing Aggression Against Ukraine — As delivered by Ambassador Michael Carpenter — Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank Governor Kim as well for his remarks. I join the Chair in expressing my condolences for all those who have been needlessly killed by Russia's war of choice.
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Strategy in Ukraine Shifts After Setbacks, and a Lengthy War Looms — Moscow's new focus on Donbas and retreats from Kyiv set the stage for a protracted war of attrition — Russia's war on Ukraine shifted gears this week, as Moscow, lacking the strength to pursue rapid offensives …
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Vox, The Economist, Raw Story, UrduPoint News, The Status Kuo and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
Rachel M. Cohen / The Intercept:
At a Pivotal Moment, Democrats Failed to Modernize Elections … Throughout 2020, as then-President Donald Trump issued baseless claims of voter fraud, local election officials called on the federal government to spend more to ensure a secure election season.
Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Support for 15-Week Abortion Ban Outweighs Opposition, WSJ Poll Finds — Majority think abortion should be legal in most cases, but many back 15-week ban being considered by Supreme Court — WASHINGTON—More American voters favor the idea of a 15-week abortion ban than oppose it …
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Forbes and Power Line