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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
US: 2 posed as agents, gave gifts to Secret Service officers — WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged two men they say were posing as federal agents, giving free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents, including one who worked on the first lady's security detail.
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Washington Post, New York Post and Raw Story
Julia Martin / NorthJersey.com:
Eric Boehlert, well-known writer and media analyst, killed by train in Montclair — A Montclair bicyclist who was killed by a New Jersey Transit train near the town's Watchung Avenue station Monday night was writer Eric Boehlert, founder and editor of Press Run, a blog about the media, according to his wife, Tracy Breslin.
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Deadline, New York Daily News, Breitbart, New Jersey Online and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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James Fallows / Breaking the News:
Framing: In Honor of Eric Boehlert. — We have lost a crucially incisive voice, and a kind and generous person. Here is an attempt to continue in his spirit. — I just got the news this afternoon that Eric Boehlert, author of the popular Press Run site on Substack, had died in a bicycle accident in New Jersey, at age 56.
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Liberal media critic Eric Boehlert dies in bicycle collision — Eric Boehlert, a liberal critic who offered blistering takedowns and analysis of mainstream and conservative media, died Monday in a bicycle collision in his New Jersey hometown. He was 57. — “Through his journalism …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Judge acquits federal defense contractor on Jan. 6 charges — WASHINGTON — A federal defense contractor with a top-secret security clearance who admitted he entered the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack was found not guilty at trial on Wednesday. — Matthew Martin was acquitted …
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Wall Street Journal, New York Post, The Federalist, CBS News, Washington Post, Ace of Spades HQ, Twitchy and Just The News
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Leader of West Virginia's Proud Boys chapter pleads guilty in Jan. 6 case
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Washington Examiner, CNN, Raw Story and Human Events
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Man Claimed Police Let Him Into The Capitol On Jan. 6. A Judge Found Him Not Guilty Of All Charges.
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The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Law & Crime, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, CBS News and lewrockwell.com
New York Times:
U.S. Says It Secretly Removed Malware Worldwide, Pre-empting Russian Cyberattacks — The operation is the latest effort by the Biden administration to thwart actions by Russia by making them public before Moscow can strike. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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James Marson / Wall Street Journal:
Execution of Village Mayor Becomes Symbol of Russian Brutality in Ukraine
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Popular Information, Puck, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Comment is Freed, NPR, CNN, National Review, CNN, New York Times and The Daily Beast
New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Civilians Flee Eastern Regions as the West Ramps Up Sanctions on Russia
James Beardsworth / The Moscow Times:
China Calls on U.S to Lift Russia Sanctions to Resolve Ukraine Invasion
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Associated Press, CBS News, Abraham Stein's Newsletter, NBC News and CNBC
Jerod Macdonald-Evoy / Arizona Mirror:
Paul Gosar to attend white nationalist social gathering on Hitler's birthday — Prescott Republican Congressman Paul Gosar is set to be a “special guest” with the white nationalist American Populist Union at an event that will be on a date popular among white nationalists and Neo-Nazis: Hitler's birthday.
Washington Post:
After Gridiron Dinner, a covid outbreak among Washington A-list guests … It was supposed to be an evening of lighthearted political satire and bipartisan fellowship among an elite cadre of politicians, journalists and public officials, just as it has been for much of the past 137 years.
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The Hill, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, CNBC, Insider and Washington Examiner
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New York Times:
Dissatisfied With Their Party, Wealthy Republican Donors Form Secret Coalitions — Eager to offset a Democratic advantage among so-called dark money groups, wealthy pro-Trump conservatives like Peter Thiel are involved in efforts to wield greater influence outside the traditional party machinery.
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
False election claims dominate party for Trump, allies at Mar-a-Lago
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New York Magazine, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Vanity Fair, Insider and Raw Story
Max Schaub / EUROPP:
Do Russians tell the truth when they say they support the war in Ukraine? Evidence from a list experiment — Survey evidence indicates a majority of Russian citizens support their country's military action in Ukraine. But does this give an accurate picture of public opinion?
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Washington Post and The Sun
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Bipartisan Senate group bids to block lifting Title 42 — Five Democratic and six Republican senators will introduce a new bill on Thursday that would prevent the Biden administration from lifting Title 42 without a detailed plan in place to stop an expected surge of migrants at the border.
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Immigration News
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As vile as it gets: J.D. Vance goes full ‘great replacement theory’
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America's Voice and Mediaite
Reed Albergotti / Washington Post:
Elon Musk delayed filing a form and made $156 million … Elon Musk was 11 days late in publicly declaring he had amassed a large stake in Twitter. That omission may have earned him $156 million, according to a half-dozen legal and securities experts. — That's because of a 50-year-old law …
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The Daily Beast, The Western Journal, The Federalist and BizPac Review, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
House votes to hold ex-Trump aides Navarro, Scavino in contempt of Congress — The House voted Wednesday to hold two former aides to President Donald Trump in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
Republicans thought defining a ‘woman’ is easy. Then they tried. … Before we get to the fact that I spent my lunch hour emailing with an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary to find out whether “tallywhacker” was an officially recognized euphemism for “penis,” a brief recap of how we got here:
Washington Post:
U.S. widens sanctions against Russia as questions about effectiveness mount … The White House on Wednesday announced a new round of sanctions targeting two of Russia's biggest banks and the adult children of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as the Biden administration seeks to amplify …
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Timothy Noah / New Republic:
Steve Bannon Said Trump Reminded Him of Hitler. He Meant It as a Compliment. — If you doubt we've grown too accustomed to aberrant behavior in the political class, consider this anecdote from the recently published Insurgency: How the Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything …
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Backbencher
Rachel Kurzius / DCist:
Officials Captured And Euthanized The Capitol Hill Fox, Then Found Her Kits — There's a tragic twist to the story of the Capitol Hill fox accused of biting and nipping multiple people earlier this week — the adult female was euthanized after her capture on Tuesday afternoon.
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New York Times, Axios and The Gateway Pundit
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida's Scott exposes fissures with DeSantis — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott on Wednesday showed an unwillingness to embrace the harsh rhetoric of Gov. Ron DeSantis over Disney's rejection of Florida's “Parental Rights in Education” bill, dubbed the “Don't Say Gay” bill by opponents.
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Raw Story and Florida Politics
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower who handed Hunter's abandoned laptop to congressmen and DailyMail.com reveals he has 450 gigabytes of DELETED material including 80,000 images and videos - and has fled to Switzerland fearing retaliation from White House — Whistleblower Jack Maxey gave DailyMail.com …
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RedState, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit and Biblical Truths …
Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
California math wars get ugly: Accusations of racism and harassment ignite battle between Stanford and Cal profs — Two professors at rival Bay Area colleges — UC Berkeley and Stanford— landed in a social media feud this week, trading accusations of racism and harassment.
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Freddie deBoer, Wall Street Journal, The Stanford Review, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Andrew Kerr / Washington Examiner:
Patrisse Cullors blasts ‘despicable’ coverage of BLM's $6 million mansion — Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors railed against a “despicable” report from a liberal magazine that exposed her charity had purchased a $6 million Los Angeles mansion with donor cash.
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HotAir, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Jezebel, Townhall and Mediaite
Los Angeles Times:
At least five shooters involved in Sacramento massacre, gang ties likely, police say — Sacramento police said Wednesday that it appears at least five shooters fired guns during Sunday's massacre in downtown, which killed six people and injured 12. — Officials are still trying to determine …
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WINK NEWS, USA Today, The Guardian, CNN, New York Post, Associated Press, UPI, Breitbart, Metro.co.uk, Reason and UrduPoint News
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Congressional Republicans Now Lead Generic Ballot Among Child Tax Credit Recipients — 46% of voters who received the expired pandemic-era benefit say they'll back a Republican in the midterms — Voters who received expanded child tax credits payments in 2021 ended the year more likely …
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TheBlaze, Washington Post, Twitchy and Kevin Drum
Washington Post:
Right-wing Azov Battalion emerges as a controversial defender of Ukraine … KYIV, Ukraine — Inside a warehouse, in a bustling section of this capital, the incessant cracking sound of gunfire echoed off walls. Men in olive-colored camouflage were training for war. Most wore helmets and bulletproof jackets.
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Dystopia: Drone warns desperate locked-down Shanghai residents to “control your soul's desire for freedom” — Imagine how jealous Fauci was when he was told about this. — The stress of being under what's now an indefinite lockdown has led people in Shanghai to seek whatever meager relief is available, sometimes in familiar ways.
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Twitchy
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