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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable — Tucker Carlson burst through the doors of Charlie Palmer Steak, enfolded in an entourage of producers and assistants, cellphone pressed to his ear. On the other end was Lachlan Murdoch, chairman of the Fox empire and his de facto boss.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
What to Know About Tucker Carlson's Rise — A Times examination of the host's career and singular influence at Fox News shows how his trajectory traces the transformation of American conservatism itself. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Night after night on Fox …
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New York Times:
Inside the Apocalyptic Worldview of ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ — A New York Times analysis of 1,150 episodes reveals how Tucker Carlson pushes extremist ideas and conspiracy theories into millions of households, five nights a week.
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News — and Became Trump's Heir
BBC:
Neil Parish MP: I'm resigning after porn moment of madness — Neil Parish has told the BBC he is resigning as an MP after admitting he watched pornography twice in the House of Commons. — Mr Parish - the MP for Tiverton and Honiton in Devon - said it had been a “moment of madness” and “I was not proud of what I was doing”.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Marjorie Taylor Greene accused of lying in hearing in Capitol attack case — Lawyers for groups challenging Republican say text Greene sent to Meadows, released by House panel, shows she lied in testimony — Lawyers for voters seeking to bar the far-right Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Meadows says 1/6 panel has sought to publicly ‘vilify’ him — WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows accused the congressional committee investigating last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol of leaking all of the text messages he provided to the panel in what he says was an effort to vilify him publicly.
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Sean Hannity Slammed ‘Lunatic’ Trump Backers As He Did White House Bidding: Texts
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The Wrap, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, The Hill, CNN, Raw Story, Mediaite and Washington Examiner
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House officials weigh income limits for student loan forgiveness — Biden aides consider how to cut off eligibility to exclude high-earners — The White House is considering income caps for eligibility for student loan relief that would exclude higher-earning Americans …
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Insider, The Hill, The Daily Caller, RedState, 19FortyFive, Forbes, nationalinterest.org and Raw Story
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Eastman to produce 10,000 pages of Trump-related emails as broader legal fight looms — Attorney John Eastman, a key architect of former President Donald Trump's legal effort to overturn the 2020 election, is preparing to provide another 10,000 pages of records to the Jan. 6 select committee, his attorney revealed late Friday.
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Washington Examiner, Insider and Raw Story
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Three times the White House Correspondents' Dinner has created controversy — The feted White House Correspondents' Association Dinner has returned after a two-year pandemic pause. — While some of the pageantry will be familiar, “Nerd Prom” will be different in 2022 compared to the past.
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Washington Post:
Amazon and Starbucks union workers could be invited to White House — The offer would amount to a significant pro-labor gesture — The Biden administration is talking with workers behind the union drives at Amazon and Starbucks about a potential White House visit, four people familiar …
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Forbes
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Nebraska Candidate for Governor Accused of Second Groping Incident at 2019 Dinner — Charles W. Herbster, who has been endorsed by Donald Trump for Nebraska governor, was accused of groping a second woman at a 2019 Republican fund-raising event. He denies both allegations. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Nebraska Examiner and Raw Story
New York Times:
From Battered Mariupol Steel Plant, Fighters Share Desperate Videos to Push Out Story — Valerie Hopkins, Sarah Kerr and Ainara Tiefenthäler — The footage shows a child wearing a makeshift diaper crafted out of tape and plastic bags, asleep in a dank and moldy room.
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The Guardian, Associated Press and Voice of America
New York Times:
Inside the Flawed Vetting Process That Led Gov. Hochul to Brian Benjamin — An initial 63-page background check revealed two red flags in Mr. Benjamin's past, but it failed to turn up a subpoena issued to his political campaign. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Cynthia Miller-Idriss / MSNBC:
How right-wing extremists weaponize the idea of motherhood — A new report on the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack published this month by researchers at George Washington University detailed the role that women have played in American far-right extremism over the past century …
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Cases Are Rising Across the U.S., but Most Are Mild — Hospitalizations remain low, partly a reflection of greater immunity in the population. — Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are rising in a majority of American states, in what appears to be the first widespread increase since …
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Special grand jury considering Trump election interference in Georgia convenes Monday — Fulton County prosecutors will begin selecting participants Monday for a special grand jury to consider whether former president Donald Trump should be charged for his attempts to pressure Georgia officials …
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