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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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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Leader of West Virginia's Proud Boys chapter pleads guilty in Jan. 6 case — The president of a West Virginia Proud Boys branch pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of illegally entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, the latest individual to admit …
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Washington Examiner and Human Events
Politico:
Judge issues first outright acquittal of Jan. 6 riot defendant
Judge issues first outright acquittal of Jan. 6 riot defendant
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New York Times, The Hill, UPI, RedState, CNN, Radix's Newsletter, The Western Journal 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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Washington Post:
U.S. widens sanctions against Russia as questions about effectiveness mount
U.S. widens sanctions against Russia as questions about effectiveness mount
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HotAir, Associated Press, New York Times, CBS News, NPR, Al Jazeera and Deseret News
James Marson / Wall Street Journal:
Execution of Village Mayor Becomes Symbol of Russian Brutality in Ukraine
Execution of Village Mayor Becomes Symbol of Russian Brutality in Ukraine
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Popular Information, Puck, The Daily Caller, New York Post, 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
Ukraine Live Updates: Civilians Flee Eastern Regions as the West Ramps Up Sanctions on Russia
ABC News:
US targets Putin's adult daughters in new round of Russian sanctions
US targets Putin's adult daughters in new round of Russian sanctions
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Washington Post, Insider, Michael-In-Norfolk, CBS News and Politico
James Beardsworth / The Moscow Times:
China Calls on U.S to Lift Russia Sanctions to Resolve Ukraine Invasion
China Calls on U.S to Lift Russia Sanctions to Resolve Ukraine Invasion
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HotAir, Associated Press, CBS News, NBC News, Abraham Stein's Newsletter and CNBC
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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New York Times, Washington Post, 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.
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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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
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
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 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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As vile as it gets: J.D. Vance goes full ‘great replacement theory’
As vile as it gets: J.D. Vance goes full ‘great replacement theory’
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America's Voice and Mediaite
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:
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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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
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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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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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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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
Peter Pomerantsev / TIME:
Ukraine Is Our Past and Our Future — Pomerantsev is the author of This is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality. He is a Senior Fellow at SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University. — As she lay dying in a North London hospital, my grandmother started to hallucinate scenes from her Ukrainian childhood.
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New York Times and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
Christian Berthelsen / Bloomberg:
Bannon Loses Bid to Claim Lawyer Said He Could Ignore Jan. 6 Subpoena — A federal judge rejected political strategist Steve Bannon's plan to argue he was justified in refusing to comply with a subpoena from lawmakers investigating U.S. Capitol riot because he was acting on the advice of his lawyer.
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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, The Gateway Pundit and CBS News
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
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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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
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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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Russia's failure to take down Kyiv was a defeat for the ages — WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyiv was a Russian defeat for the ages. The fight started poorly for the invaders and went downhill from there. — When President Vladimir Putin launched his war on Feb. 24 after months of buildup on Ukraine's borders …
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