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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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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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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A Quiet Intensity, Matched With Big Ambitions — Joe Kahn, the next executive editor of The New York Times, has had a steady rise in journalism. It began with a decision to turn his focus to China. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Joseph F. Kahn's first job out of college …
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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 …
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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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.
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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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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Raw Story
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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Associated Press:
Court ruling creates mishmash of transportation mask rules
Court ruling creates mishmash of transportation mask rules
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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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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Amtrack, airlines drop mask mandates within hours of court ruling
Amtrack, airlines drop mask mandates within hours of court ruling
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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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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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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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Axios:
Kinzinger says he “would love” to run against Trump in 2024 — Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said in an interview with HuffPost on Monday he “would love” to run for president against former President Trump, who is expected to mount a campaign for 2024. … “I think it'd be fun.”
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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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 …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
John Eastman blocking 3,200 Trump-related documents from House January 6 committee — John Eastman, a far-right lawyer for then-President Donald Trump who wanted to block his electoral loss in 2020, is still withholding about 3,200 documents from the House Select Committee investigating …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Eastman shielding 37,000 pages of Trump-related email from Jan. 6 committee
Eastman shielding 37,000 pages of Trump-related email from Jan. 6 committee
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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 …
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.
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 …
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Suzy Weiss / Common Sense:
The Testosterone Hangover — The Biden administration says transgender kids are entitled to ‘gender-affirming’ medical care. These girls disagree. ‘I have this intense rage in me over the harm that was done to me.’ — When Chloe woke up from an elective double mastectomy, she texted her mother in the waiting room: “Booba gone.”
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Even if Russia Uses a Nuke, We Probably Won't—but Putin Would Still Pay Dearly — GAME CHANGER … Current and former U.S. officials say the U.S. and NATO have plenty of resources at their disposal without having to resort to the nuclear option. — If Russia were to use a tactical nuclear weapon …
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
US bans direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing, Harris announces — The United States has announced a new ban on the use of direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday. — Harris, who made the announcement during a speech in front …
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Washington Free Beacon
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Jared Kushner Flaunted His Influence With Saudi Arabia, Russia in Pitch to Investors … Jared Kushner's new investment fund, Affinity Partners, nakedly touts the former Trump adviser's work with Saudi Arabia and his links to several Trump-era deals in hoping to raise money from Wall Street …
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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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Raw Story
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
The End of Russia's Empire? — Moscow has a stake in the Ukraine war that is greater than Putin's career. — As Russia and Ukraine prepare for what could be the biggest tank battle in Europe since World War II, the future of Vladimir Putin's war remains impossible to predict.
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
Massive increase in Black Americans murdered was result of defund police movement: experts — Black Americans were disproportionately affected by the skyrocketing murders of 2020 — FBI's 2020 crime report shows record increase: report — Support of Black Lives Matter and calls to defund …
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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