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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Off the air, Fox News stars blasted the election fraud claims they peddled  —  In the days and weeks after the 2020 elections, the Fox News Channel repeatedly broadcast false claims that then-President Donald Trump had been cheated of victory.  —  Off the air, the network's stars …
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New York Times:
Fox Stars Privately Expressed Disbelief About Election Fraud Claims.  ‘Crazy Stuff.’  —  The comments, by Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and others, were released as part of a defamation suit against Fox News by Dominion Voter Systems.  —  Newly disclosed messages and testimony …
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
In private, Fox News stars, staff blasted election fraud claims as bogus, court filing shows  —  Employees at Fox News knew that claims blaming election fraud for Donald Trump's 2020 loss were outlandish and false, even as the network continued to promote them as credible, a newly unsealed court filing appears to show.
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News stars and executives privately trashed Trump's election fraud claims, court document reveals  —  New York CNN —  The most prominent stars and highest-ranking executives at Fox News privately ridiculed claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, despite the right-wing channel allowing lies …
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Trump-Era Officials Were Aware of Suspected Balloons in U.S. Airspace  —  Some in Pentagon suspected China links but didn't reach definitive conclusions  —  Biden: Downed Aerial Objects Not Related to China Spy Balloon  —  Created with sketchtool. … 1x
Discussion: Insider
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CNN:
Biden says objects shot down over North America last week appear to not be part of China's spy balloon operation
Steve Trimble / Aviation Week Network:
Hobby Club's Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF
Mike Wendling / BBC:
Bankrupt Alex Jones spends nearly $100,000 a month  —  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has filed for bankruptcy but has nearly $10m (£8.3m) in assets and spends almost $100,000 (£83,000) a month, according to court filings.  —  He owes almost $1.5bn in court-awarded damages …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Contradictions of Ron DeSantis  —  Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida hasn't officially decided whether he'll seek the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.  But already the contradictions are sharpening between his prospective general-election strengths and his emerging strategy to win the Republican primaries.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   The ‘Wicked Wisdom’ of Ron DeSantis
Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Biden remains ‘healthy, vigorous,’ doctor says after physical exam  —  The upcoming contest could again raise questions on the president's age and health.  —  By Toluse Olorunnipa and Yasmeen Abutaleb  —  President Biden remains “a healthy, vigorous, 80-year-old male who is fit …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden remains ‘healthy’ and ‘vigorous,’ his physician says
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
‘Chernobyl 2.0’?  Ohio Train Derailment Spurs Wild Speculation.  —  For many influencers across the political spectrum, claims about the environmental effects of the train derailment have gone far beyond known facts.  —  Stuart Thompson writes about online information flows.
Politico:
Republican losers look to run again in '24 — and the party's at odds how to stop them  —  House and Senate Republicans widely acknowledge that bad candidates cost them seats in the 2022 election.  They just don't agree on what to do about it in 2024.  —  After a midterm cycle that saw underfunded …
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Businessman, economist, cop, international sex crimes expert?  The stories of Congressman Andy Ogles  —  Congressman places block on confirmation of educational credentials, but NewsChannel 5 digs up an old résumé  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — If you believe Middle Tennessee's …
Murray Waas / Rule of Law:
EXCLUSIVE: FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LEAKED CLASSIFIED RUSSIA PAPERS TO CONSERVATIVE JOURNALIST  —  Trump's leak of the records raises new questions regarding his handling of classified information as the special counsel's probe of Trump's removal of classified documents to Mar-a-Lago intensifies.
Discussion: Reuters and National Memo
David Benoit / Wall Street Journal:
Emails Reveal Deep Ties Between Jeffrey Epstein, Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley  —  ‘I owe you much,’ Mr. Staley wrote in a 2009 email to Epstein, who had been convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution  —  Former Barclays PLC BCS .12%increase; green up pointing triangle chief Jes Staley exchanged …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Financial Times:
Jes Staley's emails with Jeffrey Epstein revealed in New York
Alexandra Duggan / KTFT:
Idaho lawmakers introduce legislation to criminalize those who administer COVID vaccines  —  The bill would make administering an mRNA vaccine — a COVID vaccine — a misdemeanor.  —  IDAHO, USA — Two Idaho lawmakers have introduced a bill to charge those who administer mRNA vaccines with a misdemeanor.
Tara Palmeri / Puck:
The Chris Christie '24 Chaos Theory  —  A number of ambitious and peripheral Republicans are increasingly betting on the likelihood of Trump-DeSantis mutually assured destruction.  Will a Florida wipeout open a lane for... Chris Christie?  —  In politics, of course, timing is everything …
Politico:
The senator Biden loves to hate  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  Over his 36 years in the Senate, JOE BIDEN took pride in establishing friendships across the aisle.
Discussion: The Hill and Channels Television
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Under fire, Rick Scott changes plan to exempt Social Security, Medicare from sunsetting  —  Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has amended his 12-point Rescue America plan to say that his proposal to sunset all federal legislation in five years does not apply to Social Security, Medicare or the U.S. Navy.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Fetterman Checks In to Hospital for Treatment of Clinical Depression  —  A spokesman for the first-term senator from Pennsylvania, who had a near-fatal stroke last year, said his depression had grown severe in recent weeks, as he has worked to adjust to life in the Senate.
Politico:
Never Say ‘Nice to Meet You’ and 27 Other Rules for Surviving in D.C.  —  Like seemingly everyone else in American journalism, we endlessly debated New York Magazine's viral list of etiquette rules — a long firehose of life advice ideal for getting through the world as a charming, very social New Yorker in 2023.
Peter Kafka / Vox:
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down  —  One of the most prominent women in tech — and one of Google's earliest employees — is leaving the company.  —  YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, who has led the world's largest video site for the last nine years, is stepping down from her role.
NBC News:
Ron DeSantis to address powerful police union in Chicago  —  CHICAGO — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to make a trip up to Illinois on Monday to speak before local law enforcement, according to the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police.  —  “Chicago Lodge 7 Members …
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Grand jury report recommends perjury charges  —  Bulk of document remains redacted for now, including names  —  For nearly eight months, 23 Fulton County residents met in secret to investigate a hotly contested question: did former President Donald Trump and his allies break Georgia laws by meddling in the 2020 election?
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Fight the Anti-Trans Backlash With Accountability, Not Silence  —  A new book by Hannah Barnes describes how the Gender Identity Development Service at the Tavistock clinic in London, the United Kingdom's only dedicated gender-identity clinic, routinely put children on puberty blockers with inadequate assessment.
Associated Press:
Romney, outspoken about his own party, weighs reelection run  —  1 of 4  —  He twice voted in favor of convicting former President Donald Trump in impeachment trials.  He excoriated his fellow senators who objected to certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
In wake of Ukraine war, U.S. and allies are hunting down Russian spies  —  Officials caution that Russia retains significant capabilities despite exposure of multiple operatives in Europe  —  Among the slumbering passengers on an overnight flight from Miami to Munich last month were two travelers …
Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Kari Lake loses appeal of loss in Arizona governor's race  —  An Arizona appeals court has rejected Republican Kari Lake's challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor's race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, denying her request to throw out election results in the state's most populous county and hold the election again.
 
 
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Musa al-Gharbi / Heterodox Academy:
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Globe and Mail:
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Sen. Tim Scott test drives a potential presidential campaign message in South Carolina speech
Discussion: Washington Post and Fox News
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Republicans Turn a Blind Eye to Elon Musk's Twitter Manipulation
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Associated Press:
Justice Dept. in DC taking over Texas AG corruption probe
Discussion: CNN and The Texas Tribune
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
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Financial Times:
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