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Anna Merlan / VICE:
Watch the Disturbing Kanye Interview Clips That Tucker Carlson Didn't Put on Air — Motherboard obtained footage of Ye making bigoted statements about Jewish people and bizarre claims about “fake children,” as well as describing visions of “kinetic energy” cities sent to him by God. — Anna Merlan
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Kanye Shows Where the Right's Troll Politics Lead
Kanye Shows Where the Right's Troll Politics Lead
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Washington Post:
Woman says she had to press Herschel Walker to pay for abortion he wanted — The account, echoed by a person she confided in at the time, deepens the questions swirling around the anti-abortion Senate GOP candidate in Georgia. — The mother of one of Herschel Walker's children …
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ABC News:
Herschel Walker claims ex-girlfriend, whose identity he says he knows, is lying about abortion
Herschel Walker claims ex-girlfriend, whose identity he says he knows, is lying about abortion
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The Daily Beast, The Root, The Hill and Politico
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Herschel Walker's false and misleading recent claims
Fact check: Herschel Walker's false and misleading recent claims
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The Daily Beast, Georgia Recorder, WSAV-TV, HotAir, Breitbart, Alternet.org, The Daily Caller, ABC News and Washington Examiner
Matthew Champion / VICE:
Elon Musk Spoke to Putin Before Tweeting Ukraine Peace Plan: Report — The world's richest man spoke directly with Vladimir Putin, Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer wrote. — MC — Elon Musk spoke directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin before tweeting a proposal to end the war …
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Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
Elon Musk Has the World's Strangest Social Calendar
Elon Musk Has the World's Strangest Social Calendar
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NBC News:
John Fetterman discusses health, campaign in first sit-down interview since stroke — Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman sat down with NBC News' Dasha Burns in an exclusive interview using closed captioning. Fetterman discussed his recovery after suffering …
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Los Angeles Times:
Nury Martinez also makes crude comments about Jews and Armenians in leaked recording, — In the same leaked audio clips posted to Reddit in which former Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez made racist remarks about Black people and Oaxacans, she also made crude remarks about Jewish people and Armenians.
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Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times:
Biden calls on Nury Martinez, other L.A. councilmembers to resign after audio leak — President Biden believes Nury Martinez and other councilmembers should resign from the Los Angeles City Council over racist remarks heard in leaked recordings that were made public this week, a White House spokesperson said Tuesday.
New York Times:
She Went Out on a Limb for Trump. Now She's Under Justice Dept. Scrutiny. — Christina Bobb is a former Marine and a fervent believer that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald J. Trump. She went to work for him and quickly found herself enmeshed in an obstruction investigation.
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. asks Supreme Court to deny Trump request in Mar-a-Lago case
Justice Dept. asks Supreme Court to deny Trump request in Mar-a-Lago case
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden says Putin ‘totally miscalculated’ by invading Ukraine but is a ‘rational actor’ — Watch Jake Tapper's exclusive interview with President Joe Biden on CNN Tonight with Jake Tapper at 9 p.m. ET Tuesday. — CNN — President Joe Biden said in an exclusive CNN interview Tuesday …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Plan Debt Crisis to Force Cuts to Medicare, Social Security … The November elections will likely give Republicans control of the House of Representatives as a platform from which to oppose the Democratic-controlled White House. And one thing Republicans will do with this power …
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Rupa Subramanya / Common Sense:
Scheduled to Die: The Rise of Canada's Assisted Suicide Program — What do you do when you discover your son has made an appointment for his death? — On September 7, Margaret Marsilla called Joshua Tepper, the doctor who planned to kill her son. — Marsilla is 46, and she lives outside Toronto …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Secret Service has given investigators over 1 million electronic communications sent by agents before and on Jan. 6, 2021 — The Secret Service has handed congressional investigators more than 1 million electronic communications sent by agents in the lead-up to and during the Jan. 6, 2021 …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Next Jan. 6 committee hearing will reveal ‘pretty surprising’ new material, Rep. Zoe Lofgren says — The House Jan. 6 Capitol riot select committee's next public hearing will reveal new material about former President Donald Trump's plans as well as how much he knew, Rep. Zoe Lofgren said.
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USA Today, The Dispatch, CBS News and Vanity Fair
Manu Raju / CNN:
Exclusive: McConnell ignores Trump's attacks and says ‘I have the votes’ in quest to make history — It's become a throwaway line at former President Donald Trump's campaign rallies: GOP senators must boot Mitch McConnell from the leadership position he's held longer than any Republican in American history.
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
FBI offered Christopher Steele $1 million to prove dossier claims, senior FBI analyst testifies — Shortly before the 2016 election, the FBI offered retired British spy Christopher Steele “up to $1 million” to prove the explosive allegations in his dossier about Donald Trump, a senior FBI analyst testified Tuesday.
Wall Street Journal:
American Universities Continue to Falter in World Rankings as China Rises — Number of U.S. schools in top 100 list shrinks while University of Oxford keeps No. 1 spot — The U.S.'s pre-eminence among the world's top research universities continues to diminish, according to a new global ranking …
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CNN:
Biden says Supreme Court is ‘more an advocacy group’ than an ‘even handed’ court — President Joe Biden on Tuesday cast the Supreme Court as more of an “advocacy group these days” than an “even handed” court, as he continues his vocal opposition to the conservative-dominated bench.
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More Perfect Union:
Three Billionaires Are Spending a Fortune to Re-elect Ron Johnson — The donors behind Wisconsin Truth PAC reaped millions from a tax break that Johnson helped usher into law. — Three billionaires who have benefited from tax cuts pushed through by Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson …
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Joe Biden Just Crushed China's Semiconductor Industry — Dark Brandon strikes again. — 1. Chips — There was some big, important news on Friday and no one really noticed: The Biden administration hit China, hard, with a series of export controls that are going to hurt.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting Hate Crime — Defendant Plotted to Conduct Mass Shooting of Women — A local, self-identified “incel” pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio today to attempting to conduct a mass shooting of women.
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Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Penn State To Host Proud Boys Leader Gavin McInnes For ‘Comedy Show’ — Protesting students say the event could be dangerous given the Proud Boys' history of violence at similar events. — Students at Pennsylvania State University are in an uproar after thousands of dollars in student fees …
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Manisha Sinha / CNN:
Why I hope 2022 will be another 1866 — Editor's Note: Manisha Sinha is the Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of multiple works on the history of slavery and abolition, the Civil War and Reconstruction, including the forthcoming …
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New York Times:
For Zeldin, a Shooting Hits Close to Home and to His Campaign Theme — The shooting of two teenagers directly outside his Long Island home has given Mr. Zeldin an opportunity to push his tough-on-crime message within a personal frame. — After two teenage boys were shot outside his home …
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Claire Goforth / The Daily Dot:
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the right-wing press factory that pumped Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill — The rollout appeared to be effective. — The news cycle was packed on the last Monday in March. Reporters from coast to coast spent the day feverishly working on stories about the Oscars slap heard 'round …
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Biden acknowledges a ‘slight recession’ is possible, even if he doesn't think it'll happen — President Joe Biden told CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday that the prospect of a “slight recession” is possible but that he doesn't anticipate it - even as experts are sounding the alarm about the future of the American and global economies.
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New York Times:
Biden Administration Considering Humanitarian Parole Program for Venezuelans — The U.S. hopes such a program will discourage more Venezuelans from crossing the border illegally. — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is considering a humanitarian parole program for some Venezuelans …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Bolduc raises unsubstantiated possibility of 2022 election impropriety ahead of New Hampshire Senate contest — New Hampshire Senate nominee Don Bolduc, a Republican who has pushed the falsehood that the 2020 election was stolen, raised the unsubstantiated prospect that the same could happen …
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High Plains Blogger, Washington Times, NH Journal and The Federalist
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