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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Fair and Balanced?!  Rupert Murdoch Told Fox News CEO the Network Should Help GOP Win Senate ‘Any Way We Can’ in Newly-Released Email  —  Fox News Chairman Rupert Murdoch emailed CEO Suzanne Scott in November 2020 to say then-President Donald Trump was toast, and that the network should focus …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Politico:
Playbook: Fox News' split screen spills into view  —  WELCOME TO THIS TOWN — “The Brutally Honest, Somewhat Self-Loathing Guide to Etiquette in D.C.,” by POLITICO Magazine: “We asked politicos, friends and acquaintances — the kind of people we'd say ‘nice to see you’ to …
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
In private, Fox News stars, staff blasted election fraud claims as bogus, court filing shows
Discussion: Associated Press and PoliticusUSA
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News stars and executives privately trashed Trump's election fraud claims, court document reveals
Politico:
Republican losers look to run again in '24 — and the party's at odds over 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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
The DeSantis they know  —  He's boring.  —  He has a distaste for glad-handing.  —  He's charmless.  —  One by one, media figures look through their telescope at Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and dutifully echo the judgment.  But watching DeSantis work in person leaves a different impression entirely.
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
GOP wants candidates to pledge support for nominee — but some resist  —  Trump said he won't commit to supporting the winner if he loses the nomination, and other potential candidates have hedged on the issue  —  Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is so concerned …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Washington Post:
From Freddie Gray to Tyre Nichols, early police claims often misleading  —  An examination of seven prominent deadly cases where initial statements by authorities turned out to be false or incomplete  —  By Ashley Parker and Justine McDaniel  —  The first police statement made about Tyre Nichols …
Associated Press:
Biden takes new steps to address racial inequality in gov't  —  President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered the federal government to do more to address racial inequality as the challenges and complexities of systemic racism are again drawing the public's attention.
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Washington Post:
‘Unfathomable’: Florida parents, students blast DeSantis idea to nix APs  —  Families may pay more for college without the classes and fall short when they seek admission to competitive schools  —  As news zipped across Florida that the governor had threatened to eliminate Advanced Placement classes …
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Sara Randazzo / Wall Street Journal:   To Increase Equity, School Districts Eliminate Honors Classes
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.
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New York Times:
Over 1,000 Trains Derail Every Year in America. Let's Bring That Number Down.
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 …
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump lawyer hires own attorney in classified documents probe  —  A lawyer for former President Donald Trump retained an attorney to represent himself as prosecutors step up their inquiry into the handling of sensitive documents at Trump's Florida residence, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
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.
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 …
Le Monde.fr:
Video investigation: How a French company is supporting Russia's war effort in Ukraine  —  “A huge thank you to schoolchildren in Samara.  The donations that you collected for us have reached us.”  The man addressing the camera, in late December 2022, is a soldier of the “Donetsk People's Republic,” affiliated with the Russian army.
Discussion: Politico
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.
Bridget Read / New York Magazine:
My Valentine's Day Date With Bernie Sanders … “When is that?  This weekend?”  Bernie Sanders asked when I greeted him for dinner on February 14 at Young Chow, a Chinese restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue that he likes.  No, I told him, it is Valentine's Day currently, right now, as this very meal is taking place.
Will Sommer / Vanity Fair:
Time Travel, Brain Scans, and FBI Drop-Ins: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of a QAnon Commune  —  Austin Steinbart lured in roughly a dozen dedicated disciples with a messianic story of his past, living a life “complete with a compound, guns, bitter internal feuds, and showdowns with federal law enforcement …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
2024 Republicans are done with the Affordable Care Act.  It might not be done with them.  —  Republican presidential hopefuls are firing up crowds with attacks on President Biden's age, his spending and border policies, and “wokeness” writ large.  But one go-to applause line from the last several campaigns has gone missing: Obamacare.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Lindsey Graham in GOP hot seat for speedy judicial nominees  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is coming under pressure from conservatives on his panel and outside Congress to slow down consideration of President Biden's judicial nominees.
Discussion: Albany Times Union
CNN:
Exclusive: FBI says it has ‘contained’ cyber incident on bureau's computer network  —  The FBI has been investigating and working to contain a malicious cyber incident on part of its computer network in recent days, according to people briefed on the matter.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
MSU professor says gunman looked like a robot as he killed and wounded students  —  Watch MSU professor Marco Díaz-Muñoz's exclusive TV interview with Miguel Marquez tonight on CNN at 9 p.m. ET.  —  East Lansing, Michigan CNN —  The noise was so loud it didn't sound …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia GOP finances legal fees for fake electors  —  The Georgia GOP spent more than $200,000 last year to bankroll the legal fees of phony Republican electors who could face criminal charges amid Fulton County's probe of whether Donald Trump and his allies committed crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 defeat.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Watchdogs Want to Deploy Staff to Ukraine War Zone to Track Arms, Aid Up Close
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Far-right Republican groups surge in swing state Michigan
Kansas City Star:
When Chiefs play, lobbyists pay to get Missouri and Kansas politicians into big games
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Focus groups: Michigan swing voters want Biden gone
Discussion: Breitbart
Michael Lange / The Narrative Wars:
The Seven Factions of New York City Politics
Associated Press:
Romney, outspoken about his own party, weighs reelection run
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Musa al-Gharbi / Heterodox Academy:
The “Great Awokening” of Scholarship May Be Ending
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The Chris Christie '24 Chaos Theory
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Kari Lake loses appeal of loss in Arizona governor's race
David Benoit / Wall Street Journal:
Emails Reveal Deep Ties Between Jeffrey Epstein, Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley
Fania Oz-Salzberger / Moment Magazine:
Friends of Israel, Be Very Afraid
Discussion: The Dispatch and Fox News
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Cancels Arguments in Title 42 Immigration Case
Peter Kafka / Vox:
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down
 

 
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Financial Times:
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