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2:45 PM ET, February 17, 2023

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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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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
4 takeaways from the bombshell Fox News legal filing  —  We still don't know whether Fox News and the Fox Corporation will ultimately have to pay up for their promotion of the false claim that Dominion Voting Systems machines helped rig the 2020 election.  —  But Dominion's defamation lawsuit …
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 and Insider
Washington Post:
Fox News hosts, execs privately doubted 2020 conspiracies shared on air
New York Times:
Fox Stars Privately Expressed Disbelief About Election Fraud Claims. ‘Crazy Stuff.’
Politico:
Playbook: Fox News' split screen spills into view
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Insider
New York Times:
CNN's Chairman Rebukes Don Lemon Over Comments About Women  —  Mr. Lemon's assertion that Nikki Haley was not “in her prime” had been widely viewed as sexist.  —  Don Lemon, the CNN morning-show anchor, faced an internal rebuke from the chairman of his own network on Friday after his on-air comments …
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Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Don Lemon absent from ‘CNN This Morning’ after sexist Nikki Haley rant enraged Poppy Harlow
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 …
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CNN:
Key senators torn over retirement decisions as party leaders try to fortify 2024 standing  —  Sen. Joe Manchin, torn over whether to run for reelection, says he's “given everything I possibly can” over four decades of holding public office.  Sen. Jon Tester is close to making his final decision …
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Haley says DeSantis didn't go ‘far enough’ with 'Don't Say Gay'  —  Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) on Thursday criticized the so-called Don't Say Gay measure signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) last year, saying it doesn't go “far enough.”
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Bloomberg:   DeSantis 2024 Bid Takes Shape as He Enlists Aides, Woos Donors
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:   The DeSantis they know  —  He's boring.  —  He has a distaste for glad-handing.  —  He's charmless.
Matt O'brien / Associated Press:
Is Bing too belligerent?  Microsoft looks to tame AI chatbot  —  Microsoft's newly revamped Bing search engine can write recipes and songs and quickly explain just about anything it can find on the internet.  —  But if you cross its artificially intelligent chatbot, it might also insult your looks …
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Dschiff / The Onion:
It Is Journalism's Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible  —  The task of reporting is not a simple one.  Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Scott Drops Social Security From Plan as G.O.P. Retreats From Entitlement Cuts  —  The backtracking by the Florida Republican came after bipartisan criticism and signaled how the G.O.P. has pulled away from calls to overhaul the nation's entitlement programs.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Under fire, Rick Scott changes plan to exempt Social Security, Medicare from sunsetting
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Busted: Yet another Republican congressman's resume has Santos-like gaps  —  Congressman George Santos (R-NY) has been facing a blizzard of scandals after he was discovered to have lied about nearly every detail of his personal history on the campaign trail, from his education to his work background …
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
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 …
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Le Monde:
Video investigation: How a French company is supporting Russia's war effort in Ukraine
Discussion: Politico and Semafor
Alice Speri / The Intercept:
Progressive Group Roiled by Accusations Diversity Leader Misrepresented Her Ethnic Background … Members of the American Friends Service Committee, a prominent Quaker organization known for its progressive values and social justice advocacy in the U.S. and abroad, have raised an alarm …
Matt Berg / Politico:
‘That could be one of our balloons’: Hobbyist says downed object may belong to amateur club  —  It's possible that the object shot down by American forces over the Yukon last weekend “could have been our balloon,” a member of an Illinois hobbyist group said Friday.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and TheBlaze
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris
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.
Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News:
Ann Coulter tells Nikki Haley to ‘go back to your own country’ in racist rant against new GOP presidential candidate  —  “What's with the worshipping of the cows?  They're all starving over there,” Coulter also said.  —  Conservative pundit Ann Coulter is under fire for a racist tirade …
Katherine Landergan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
U.S. senators launch inquiry into Georgia's foster care system  —  Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, is leading the inquiry  —  U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is launching a bipartisan inquiry into alleged abuse and neglect of children in Georgia's foster care system, and is demanding answers …
CNN:
Texas school removes DEI hiring criteria  —  Texas Tech University is reviewing hiring standards after its biology department used DEI as a key component in hiring faculty.  CNN's Ed Lavandera reports.
Discussion: WAVY-TV and Minding The Campus
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 …
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.
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
U.S. fines firm $1.5 million for hiring kids to clean meatpacking plants  —  Packers Sanitation Services allegedly employed minors as young as 13 to use dangerous chemicals to clean razor-sharp saws and other equipment  —  One of the country's largest food sanitation service providers …
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Jimmy Quinn / National Review:
Kathy Hochul Caught on Camera Waving Chinese Flag, Marching Next to CCP Official
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Tim Scott Weighs 2024 Run, Selling Unity to a Party Eager for a Fight
MSNBC:
Fetterman likely to remain in inpatient care for clinical depression for ‘a few weeks’
NBC News:
Elderly in China protest cuts to health benefits in rare show of dissent
Discussion: NPR
Politico:
Macron calls out Russia for work with ‘neo-mafia’ Wagner group
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Judge Rips Right-Wing COVID Group for Wasting Donor Cash
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Haroon Janjua / The Guardian:
Taliban bans contraception calling use a ‘western conspiracy’
Discussion: Fox News
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Far-right Republican groups surge in swing state Michigan
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
GOP wants candidates to pledge support for nominee — but some resist
Discussion: Associated Press, WCTV and The Atlantic
Washington Post:
From Freddie Gray to Tyre Nichols, early police claims often misleading
Bridget Read / New York Magazine:
My Valentine's Day Date With Bernie Sanders
Joe Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
The Kiss of Death - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Endorsed by George Soros (VIDEO)
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Lindsey Graham in GOP hot seat for speedy judicial nominees
Discussion: Forbes and CNN
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump lawyer hires own attorney in classified documents probe
 

 
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