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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Fox News Hosts, Executives Raised Concerns About 2020 Election-Fraud Claims Made on the Air, Filing Shows — Communications from top Fox anchors and executives were made public as part of Dominion lawsuit — Top Fox News anchors and executives privately raised concerns about false claims …
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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 …
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Called Trump ‘A Demonic Force’ and ‘A Destroyer’ on Day of Capitol Riot, Newly-Released Text Shows
Tucker Carlson Called Trump ‘A Demonic Force’ and ‘A Destroyer’ on Day of Capitol Riot, Newly-Released Text Shows
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New York Times:
CNN's Chairman Rebukes Don Lemon Over His Nikki Haley Comments — Mr. Lemon's assertion that the presidential candidate Nikki Haley was not “in her prime” roiled the network and put a harsh spotlight on its struggling morning show. — Don Lemon, the CNN morning-show anchor …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Women's rights group UltraViolet calls on CNN to suspend Don Lemon from talking politics after Nikki Haley insult
Women's rights group UltraViolet calls on CNN to suspend Don Lemon from talking politics after Nikki Haley insult
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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 …
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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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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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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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.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Scott Drops Social Security From Plan as G.O.P. Retreats From Entitlement Cuts
Scott Drops Social Security From Plan as G.O.P. Retreats From Entitlement Cuts
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Sen. Rick Scott / Washington Examiner:
Inconvenient truths for Joe Biden, Democrats, and the Washington establishment
Inconvenient truths for Joe Biden, Democrats, and the Washington establishment
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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 …
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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 …
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Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Ann Coulter tells Nikki Haley ‘go back to your own country’ in racist attack
Ann Coulter tells Nikki Haley ‘go back to your own country’ in racist attack
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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.
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris
Military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris
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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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Department of Justice:
Political Consultant Sentenced for Scheme Involving Illegal Foreign Campaign Contribution to 2016 Presidential Campaign — A Texas man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in funneling illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian national to a 2016 presidential campaign.
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 …
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Paul Blest / VICE:
Tesla Workers Say Twitter Shadowbanned Their Union Account: NLRB Charge — Workers alleged in an NLRB filing that Twitter intentionally made the Tesla union account to be “less accessible and functionally hidden.” — PB — Tesla workers are claiming that their new union's Twitter account …
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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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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.
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 …
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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.
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Bloomberg:
Another Member of Bankman-Fried's Inner Circle Nears a Plea Deal in FTX Probe — Another former member of Sam Bankman-Fried's inner circle is planning to plead guilty to US criminal charges over his role in an alleged multiyear fraud at collapsed crypto exchange FTX.
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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 …
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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