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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: CNN+ looks doomed — Warner Bros. Discovery has suspended all external marketing spend for CNN+ and has laid off CNN's longtime chief financial officer as it weighs what to do with the subscription streaming service moving forward, five sources tell Axios. … Discovery executives disagree.
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right's outrage machine — A popular Twitter account has morphed into a social media phenomenon, spreading anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and shaping public discourse — On March 8, a Twitter account called Libs of TikTok posted a video …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Unreal: WaPo reporter claimed “severe PTSD” from Internet criticism — and then doxxed an anonymous Twitter user; UPDATE: LibsofTikTok responds — Remember this MSNBC segment on online harassment? MSNBC aired it less than two weeks ago. Washington Post tech reporter Taylor Lorenz claimed to have …
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New York Times:
Joe Kahn Is Named Next Executive Editor of The New York Times — Mr. Kahn, 57, will take over a newsroom undergoing enormous change. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Joseph F. Kahn, a Pulitzer Prize-winning China correspondent who rose to lead the international desk of The New York Times …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
The Inside Man — Joe Kahn is the new, old-school editor of the Times. But who is he? — Abe Rosenthal, the totemic New York Times editor who published the Pentagon Papers, used to say that there was one path to the executive editor's office — over the dead, burned, and maimed bodies of the ten other people who wanted the job.
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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
Doubling down at the Times — Dean Baquet's departure as executive editor of the New York Times has been one of the worst-kept secrets in media. Baquet turned sixty-five in September—"the traditional age when executive editors at the Times step down," the paper notes in its own coverage …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A Quiet Intensity, Matched With Big Ambitions
A Quiet Intensity, Matched With Big Ambitions
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Joe Kahn to succeed Dean Baquet as New York Times executive editor
Joe Kahn to succeed Dean Baquet as New York Times executive editor
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The Hill:
Biden has told Obama he's running again — President Biden has told former President Obama that he is planning to run for reelection in 2024, two sources tell The Hill. — The admission to Obama is the latest indication that Biden is likely to run for a second term, something the president has spoken about publicly.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Bidenism is failing. The question is how badly.
Bidenism is failing. The question is how badly.
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Ron Johnson pursues a scorched-earth path to reelection
Ron Johnson pursues a scorched-earth path to reelection
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Victoria Kim / New York Times:
The mask mandate ended midflight, sparking cheers, selfies and alarm. — Airport terminals and flights erupted in applause, while some passengers said the abrupt policy change put them at risk. — Halfway into her flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles Monday night, Brooke Tansley heard …
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Furious liberals revolt after Trump appointed judge lifts mask mandate: ‘Idiot airline’
Furious liberals revolt after Trump appointed judge lifts mask mandate: ‘Idiot airline’
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Effort to Remove Marjorie Taylor Greene From Ballot Can Proceed, Judge Says — The case that Ms. Greene unsuccessfully sought to have dismissed mirrors efforts against other Republicans centered on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Associated Press:
Judge: Georgia voters can challenge Greene's re-election run
Judge: Georgia voters can challenge Greene's re-election run
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Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Legal effort to remove Greene from Ga. ballot can proceed, judge rules
Legal effort to remove Greene from Ga. ballot can proceed, judge rules
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IJR
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
DeSantis: We're taking on Disney in this special session — Dude, he's running. … Alternate headline: Corporation in privileged glass political house learns not to throw stones. If you haven't yet heard about Disney's attempted intervention in Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act, start here and work your way forward.
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Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Florida Gov DeSantis pushes to end Disney self-government
Florida Gov DeSantis pushes to end Disney self-government
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Democrats' worst Trump nightmare — There's something much worse than losing the House, and possibly the Senate, that's rattling top Democrats who are studying polling and election trends: … But you can look at the states with Senate elections in 2024 and see why some Democrats are sounding the alarm.
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Washington Post:
Trump to rally with GOP candidate accused of assaulting several women — Former president Donald Trump will travel to Nebraska later this month to campaign with Republican gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster, who has been accused of sexually assaulting several women, including a Republican Nebraska state senator.
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump's Nebraska rally features candidate Charles Herbster, accused by 8 women of groping
Donald Trump's Nebraska rally features candidate Charles Herbster, accused by 8 women of groping
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Eastman shielding 37,000 pages of Trump-related email from Jan. 6 committee — Attorney John Eastman revealed Monday that he has asserted attorney-client privilege on 37,000 pages of emails related to his work for then-President Donald Trump in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
John Eastman blocking 3,200 Trump-related documents from House January 6 committee
John Eastman blocking 3,200 Trump-related documents from House January 6 committee
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Dalton Bennett / Washington Post:
In battle for Ukraine's east, front-line soldiers defend against Russia — ROZADKY, Ukraine — Along Ukraine's eastern front, soldiers man the sprawling maze of trenches and bunkers that form the backbone of defensive positions that stretch for hundreds of miles.
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New York Times:
New York Revives Its Alternate-Side Parking Ritual. Cue the Outrage. — New York City says that drivers will have to move their cars twice a week again so that dirty streets can be swept clean. — In the streets of New York, a ritual is set to clockwork: At an appointed hour …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Text message trove shows Oath Keepers discussing security details for Trump associates — Top members of the Oath Keepers now facing seditious conspiracy charges chatted for days about providing security for some of the highest-profile figures associated with Donald Trump's effort to overturn the election …
Russell Contreras / Axios:
First look — Tim Scott: Don't teach kids they are “oppressors” — Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will use the stage at the Reagan Library in California tonight to slam public schools for “teaching kids that they are oppressors” and appeal to gig workers including ride-share drivers and food deliverers …
Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
How a former US Navy sailor became a Putin propagandist — Patrick Lancaster describes himself as an independent journalist. Critics say he's a foot soldier for Moscow's information war against Ukraine. — Navy veteran Patrick Lancaster describes himself on Facebook as …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Musk Twitter: Same Toilet, Different Plunger — Evidently some libs on Twitter are freaking out about the possibility of Elon Musk buying Twitter. — As a result of this freakout, a bunch of cons on Twitter proclaimed that by purchasing Twitter, Elon Musk will Make Twitter Great Again.
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The New York Times Company:
Politics Welcomes Michael Bender — Michael Bender joins the Politics desk as a political correspondent. — Folks, — I'm thrilled to announce that Michael C. Bender, a terrific journalist who chronicled the Trump administration and the 2016 and 2020 campaigns for The Wall Street Journal …
Meduza.io:
‘I can do whatever I want to you’ Russian soldiers raped and murdered Ukrainian civilians in the village of Bogdanivka — Writing left by Russian soldiers on a home in Bogdanivka. — Meduza — The world continues to learn about the atrocities committed in Ukraine's Kyiv region in the weeks …
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Giulia Carbonaro / Newsweek:
What Is Dark MAGA? Trump Supporters Attempt Rebrand for 2024 — A small fringe of Donald Trump's supporters is calling for the former president to get back on the highest stage of U.S. politics with a vengeance with the motto: #DarkMAGA. — More of a meme than a political slogan …
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Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
Democratic Party to ban its consultants from anti-union activity — POLITICO has obtained a contract addendum that forbids Democratic-aligned consultants from participating in union-busting, aiding an employer in a labor dispute or lobbying against union-backed legislation.
New York Times:
A Daring Dream and a Lifelong Love, Dashed in a Moment of Violence — GuiYing Ma built a modest life of service in New York until a shocking attack tore her from her devoted husband. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Their plans were bold, with no room for devastation.