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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN+ Is Shutting Down One Month After Launch … The decision puts an abrupt end to an ambitious venture that people familiar with the matter say rankled David Zaslav, the new CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, from the start. Zaslav was annoyed by the decision of Jason Kilar …
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New York Times:
CNN+ Streaming Service Is Set to Shut Down — The new corporate owners of CNN are moving to end the new streaming service just weeks after a splashy debut. — Warner Bros. Discovery has decided to shut down CNN+, the ballyhooed streaming service that had been intended to bring CNN into the digital future …
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CNN:
CNN+ will shut down at the end of April — New York (CNN Business)CNN+, the streaming service that was hyped as one of the most significant developments in the history of CNN, will shut down on April 30, just one month after it launched. — CNN+ customers “will receive prorated refunds of subscription fees,” the company said.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Florida Votes to Revoke Disney's Special Tax Status — The vote, which appears certain to be signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, follows an acrimonious clash over what has been called the “Don't Say Gay” law in the state. — Disney employs 38 lobbyists in Florida's capital.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis's war on Disney points to an ominous GOP future — When Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida Republicans move forward with action against Disney World for opposing his law on teaching sex and gender, it will be more than just a slimy and indefensible rearguard effort to punish a private company for violating GOP orthodoxy.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
In DeSantis's Banana Republic, Corporations Must Support the Party
In DeSantis's Banana Republic, Corporations Must Support the Party
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Jeffrey Schweers / Orlando Sentinel:
Over protests, Florida House votes to abolish Disney World's district and approve DeSantis' map
Over protests, Florida House votes to abolish Disney World's district and approve DeSantis' map
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Florida Republicans vote to dissolve Disney's special district, eliminating privileges and setting up a legal battle
Florida Republicans vote to dissolve Disney's special district, eliminating privileges and setting up a legal battle
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Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Florida legislature passes bill repealing Disney's special tax status
Florida legislature passes bill repealing Disney's special tax status
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Rick Wilson / Florida Politics:
Rick Wilson: The Battle of Reedy Creek
Rick Wilson: The Battle of Reedy Creek
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New York Times:
McConnell and McCarthy's Jan. 6 Fury at Trump Faded by February — In the days after the attack, Representative Kevin McCarthy planned to tell Mr. Trump to resign. Senator Mitch McConnell told allies impeachment was warranted. But their fury faded fast. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell and the rot at the heart of Trump's Republican Party — There's a rot at the core of the Republican Party and neither the party nor the country will heal until it's excised. — The latest evidence of that malignancy comes in a New York Times report …
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
McCarthy calls NYT reporting on Trump-bashing ‘totally false’
McCarthy calls NYT reporting on Trump-bashing ‘totally false’
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
FBI says Proud Boy tried to derail Jan. 6 investigating by menacing agent — WASHINGTON — A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly pepper spraying officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6, and who law enforcement officials say then allegedly made a menacing call to the FBI special agent investigating his role in the riot.
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Donald Trump Jr. expected to meet with Jan. 6 committee: Sources
Donald Trump Jr. expected to meet with Jan. 6 committee: Sources
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CBS News:
Hostilities between two far-right leaders emerge as a line of inquiry for Jan. 6 committee
Hostilities between two far-right leaders emerge as a line of inquiry for Jan. 6 committee
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Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
‘I was not there to do his bidding’: Sen. Mike Lee breaks his silence about White House text messages
‘I was not there to do his bidding’: Sen. Mike Lee breaks his silence about White House text messages
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mike Lee is hiding. For good reason.
Mike Lee is hiding. For good reason.
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David Ovalle / Miami Herald:
More: Broward family accused of kidnapping, beating gay man so badly he was left blinded — Deputies found the severely injured man because they'd been called to the apartment complex for an unrelated call. — The Makarenkos' defense lawyer, Michael Glasser, did not immediately return a request for comment.
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Harris selects new chief of staff as top aide departs White House — Tina Flournoy, chief of staff to Vice President Harris, is preparing to depart the White House, capping a long list of aides who have left Harris's office in recent months, and is set to be replaced by Lorraine Voles …
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Tina Flournoy, Harris' chief of staff, is leaving the administration
Tina Flournoy, Harris' chief of staff, is leaving the administration
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Wall Street Journal:
Meta's Sheryl Sandberg Pressured Daily Mail to Drop Bobby Kotick Reporting — Social-media executive, who dated the Activision Blizzard CEO, was part of campaign to persuade the U.K. tabloid to shelve a potential article — Meta Platforms Inc. FB -1.34% ▼ Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg …
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Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
How One Florida Woman With Twitter Problems Plunged Us Into a Nightmarish National Conversation About “Grooming” — Grooming—a sexual abuser's effort to prepare a minor for abuse—has become the buzzword of the season for the right-wing media figures who both channel and create the concerns of the Republican Party's base voters.
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Mark R. Robeck / Washington Examiner:
Biden's ‘strategic’ oil release isn't just misguided. It's illegal — The Biden administration's announcement that it will release 180 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over six months is unlawful and harms our national security.
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Democratic Reps. Elissa Slotkin, Abigail Spanberger warn Biden administration of border ‘security crisis’ — House Dems speak out against rescinding Title 42 at the border, say planning is ‘too little, too late’ — Rep. Tom O'Halleran: Biden admin has no plan for the border
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The Guardian:
Russian forces accused of secret burials of Mariupol civilians — Mayor says corpses thrown into mass grave which appears to be visible on newly released satellite images — Russia has been hiding evidence of its “barbaric” war crimes in Mariupol by burying the bodies of civilians killed …
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Devin Gordon / The Atlantic:
What Happened to Jon Stewart? — This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. — In March 2021, shortly after Jon Stewart joined Twitter …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Inside the “dangerous” math textbooks DeSantis claims would “indoctrinate students” — On April 15, the Florida Department of Education issued a dramatic press release: “Florida Rejects Publishers' Attempts to Indoctrinate Students.” In the release, Florida Commissioner …
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Obama Keynotes Disinfo Conference Alongside Allies Linked to Fake News Scandals — Former president Barack Obama will speak Thursday at a Stanford University forum on media disinformation alongside a group of allies linked to fake news scandals, including his former aide Ben Rhodes.
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CBS News:
Attorney says feds subpoenaed Hunter Biden paternity documents, including tax returns: “They wanted every record” — Prosecutors investigating Hunter Biden subpoenaed documents from a paternity lawsuit that included tax records for the president's son, according to documents and an attorney involved in the matter.
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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Jan. 6 Cop Says Sen. Mike Lee ‘Lied’ After Pushing to Overturn Election — In May 2021, people who lived through the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol came to Republican lawmakers with a straightforward ask: Support the formation of an independent commission to investigate what happened that day and why.
Ben Appel / Newsweek:
The New Homophobia — There is a frightening new version of homophobia pervading the U.S., disguised as, of all things, “LGBTQ” activism. For adult gay people like me, it's clear that this activism does not advance our equality, but in fact compromises our ability to live peacefully in society.