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Annie Grayer / CNN:
Fox News executives refused to let Trump on-air when he called in during January 6 attack, Dominion says — " data-check-event-based-preview= "" data-network-id="" data-details=""> — Former President Donald Trump tried to call into Fox News after his supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6 …
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Washington Post:
Fox News feared losing viewers by airing truth about election, documents show — ‘Everything at stake here,’ billionaire founder Rupert Murdoch wrote to a top executive in November 2020, part of a cache of internal communications revealed in a $1.6 billion defamation suit.
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Insider, TVNewser, Climate Denial Crock …, BizPac Review, Mother Jones and Media Matters for America
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News has been exposed as a dishonest organization terrified of its own audience
Fox News has been exposed as a dishonest organization terrified of its own audience
Brian Stelter / The Atlantic:
I Never Truly Understood Fox News Until Now
I Never Truly Understood Fox News Until Now
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New Republic, Digby's Hullabaloo, Washington Press and New York Magazine
Ana CeballosTimes / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida is considering a ‘classical and Christian’ alternative to the SAT — Gov. DeSantis has talked about finding alternatives to the College Board, which administers the SAT and Advanced Placement classes. — Sommer BrugalMiami Herald — TALLAHASSEE — As Gov. Ron DeSantis …
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Political Wire, Mock Paper Scissors, Diane Ravitch's blog and Raw Story
Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State:
Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine — Based on a careful analysis of the law and available facts, I have determined that members of Russia's forces and other Russian officials have committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine. Members of Russia's forces have committed execution-style killings …
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New York Times, CNN, Associated Press, Forbes, Washington Examiner, New York Post, NPR, USA Today, UPI, TheBlaze, Bloomberg, Washington Times, The Daily Caller and TASS
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Alex Ward / Politico:
US formally accuses Russia of crimes against humanity in Ukraine, Harris says — MUNICH — The United States has determined that Russia is committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Saturday, the latest salvo in the West's effort to hold Moscow accountable for its wartime atrocities.
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NBC News, The Daily Beast, ABC News, The Guardian, National Review, Bloomberg, Washington Post, CBS News, The Hill, Al Jazeera, abc7NY, Hackwhackers, Raw Story, NOQ Report and Mother Jones
Laura Bassett / Jezebel:
Florida Teacher Is Fired for Posting Viral Video of Empty Classroom Bookshelves — The state is cracking down on books about racism and LGBTQ+ issues in schools, and teachers are now being punished for sounding the alarm. — Brian Covey, a substitute teacher in Jacksonville, Florida …
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Washington Post, WJXX-TV and The New Civil Rights Movement
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Ed Cumming / Telegraph:
Across his beloved children's books, hundreds of the author's words have been changed or entirely removed in a bid for ‘relevancy’ — “Words matter,” begins the discreet notice, which sits at the bottom of the copyright page of Puffin's latest editions of Roald Dahl's books.
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Fox News, New York Post, Daily Mail, TMZ.com and National Review
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Daniel Strauss / New Republic:
Christopher Rufo Claims a Degree from “Harvard.” Umm ... Not Quite — On paper, Christopher Rufo, the conservative activist who recently was appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to sit on the board of a small Sarasota liberal arts college whose curriculum the governor dislikes …
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Outside the Beltway
The Guardian:
Revealed: the US adviser who tried to swing Nigeria's 2015 election — Sam Patten, an American consultant later mired in controversy, exploited emails obtained by Tal Hanan's team — n late December 2014, a team from Cambridge Analytica flew to Madrid for meetings with a handful of old and new contacts.
New York Post:
Trans teacher with Z-size prosthetic breasts dresses as man outside of school, neighbor says — A Canadian teacher who made international headlines for wearing gigantic prosthetic breasts rarely wears them outside of school — raising questions about whether the vulgar costume is just an act.
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The Post Millennial, jihadwatch.org, Louder With Crowder, For The Content, Breitbart, Fox News and The Daily Caller
Politico:
Inside the stunning growth of Russia's Wagner Group — American and European allies are mobilizing to thwart the rapid expansion of the Russian paramilitary group known as Wagner, run by a Putin-affiliated oligarch, as it captures key cities for Moscow in Ukraine and spreads its influence to Africa and other corners of the world.
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Washington Post and Insider
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Social Security services to worsen despite budget boost, agency head says — The Social Security Administration's already faltering services will further erode this year despite a $785 million boost to its budget, the agency's acting head has told lawmakers.
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Raw Story
Theo Baker / The Stanford Daily:
Internal review found ‘falsified data’ in Stanford President's Alzheimer's research, colleagues allege — In 2009, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, then a top executive at the biotechnology company Genentech, was the primary author of a scientific paper published in the prestigious journal Nature …
Steve Schmidt / The Warning with Steve Schmidt:
Prime time lies and a lemon in the morning — I thought about my good friend Paul when I read about Don Lemon's sexist comments on CNN's struggling morning show where the on-air chemistry has brewed a cup of hemlock tea to get the day started for its meager audience.
Washington Post:
Inside the collapse of the Trump-DeSantis ‘alliance of convenience’ — Behind an apparent close alliance, the two Republicans have racked up years of mutual suspicions fueling a 2024 grudge match — Backstage at a House Republican fundraiser in September 2018, President Donald Trump heard …
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Insider
NBC News:
Federal officials say more than 100 children worked in dangerous jobs for slaughterhouse cleaning firm — Packers Sanitation Services Inc. paid $1.5 million in fines after the Labor Department found minors using chemicals to clean saws and equipment at 13 facilities in eight states
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The Hill, Sputnik News, Associated Press, One America News Network, New York Daily News, CBS News, Common Dreams, ABC News and DOL
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Katie Hawkinson / The Daily Beast:
Company That Had Kids Clean Meatpacking Plants Pays $1.5M Fine
Company That Had Kids Clean Meatpacking Plants Pays $1.5M Fine
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Raw Story, CBS News, UPI and Washington Post
Mark Miller / New York Times:
Fixing Social Security and Medicare: Where the Parties Stand — Republicans and Democrats have sharply divergent approaches to repairing the programs. Any solutions will affect younger workers as much as retirees. — The unusual back and forth between President Biden and Republican lawmakers …
Katie Hawkinson / The Daily Beast:
6-Year-Old Brings Handgun to School — TERRIBLE — A 6-year-old student brought a handgun to class at an elementary school Thursday, according to Norfolk, Virginia police. The child's mother has now been charged with allowing access to a loaded firearm by children, as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Virginian-Pilot, Raw Story and WAVY-TV
Frances Stead Sellers / Washington Post:
Her baby has a deadly diagnosis. Her Florida doctors refused an abortion. — Florida abortion ban includes exception for fatal fetal abnormalities. But her doctors told her they could not act. — LAKELAND, Fla. — Deborah Dorbert is devoting the final days before her baby's birth to planning the details of the infant's death.
Jared Gans / The Hill:
GOP political operative sentenced to 18 months over illegal Russian contributions to Trump campaign — A GOP political operative was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Friday for his involvement in transferring illegal campaign contributions from a Russian national to former President Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
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Washington Examiner, Digby's Hullabaloo, NBC News, Raw Story, Mother Jones, USA Today and Department of Justice
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. sanctions authority probes Raiffeisen on Russia — The United States' sanctions authority has launched an inquiry into Raiffeisen Bank International (RBIV.VI) over its business related to Russia, increasing scrutiny of the Austrian lender that plays a critical role in the Russian economy.
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Apricitas Economics and Cyprus Mail
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Michigan G.O.P. Fixates on Election Deniers in Leadership Race — Matthew DePerno and Kristina Karamo, both Trump loyalists who resoundingly lost their midterm races, are the front-runners to lead the state party. — LANSING, Mich. — Trump loyalists are expected to cement their takeover …
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Associated Press and MLive.com
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
U.S. Calls Off Search for Unidentified Objects It Shot Down — The end of the search for objects downed over Alaska and Lake Huron raises the possibility that the devices will never be collected and analyzed. — DEADHORSE, Alaska — The United States has called off the search …
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Reuters, New York Post, The Hill and Just The News