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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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HuffPost, Alternet.org, Diane Ravitch's blog, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, Mediaite, Raw Story, BizPac Review, Insider, PBS NewsHour, The Mahablog, The Root, NBC News, Media Matters for America, Digby's Hullabaloo, New York Daily News, The Daily Beast and Forbes, more at Mediagazer »
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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, Climate Denial Crock …, BizPac Review, Mother Jones and Media Matters for America
Brian Stelter / The Atlantic:
I Never Truly Understood Fox News Until Now — The basic story of Fox News and the 2020 election is well understood. Fox's relatively small news operation covered the vote count accurately; this coverage infuriated President Donald Trump, the MAGA base, and Fox's opinion stars …
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Associated Press, Digby's Hullabaloo, Washington Press, New Republic, New York Magazine and Insider
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News has been exposed as a dishonest organization terrified of its own audience — New York CNN — Fox News has been exposed like never before. — A trove of newly-released text messages and emails have laid bare how the right-wing media giant operated with little regard for fact …
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Vox, Variety, Media Matters for America, The Atlantic, Raw Story, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and PoliticusUSA, more at Mediagazer »
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, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, USA Today, Forbes, New York Post, NPR, 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 — The vice president told the Munich Security Conference that the US will hold guilty Russians and ‘their superiors’ accountable. — MUNICH — The United States has determined that Russia is committing crimes …
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The Daily Beast, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, Washington Post, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, abc7NY, Hackwhackers, Fox News, UPI, NOQ Report, The Guardian, Raw Story, CNN and Just Security
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, Daily Mail and National Review
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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 …
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
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, For The Content, Louder With Crowder, Breitbart, Fox News and The Daily Caller
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.
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, NBC News and Department of Justice
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Mass Shooting in Tate County, Mississippi — Enough. — We are 48 days into the year and our nation has already suffered at least 73 mass shootings. Thoughts and prayers aren't enough. Gun violence is an epidemic and Congress must act now.
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The Guardian, Sputnik News, The Hill and CBS News
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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, Common Dreams, New York Daily News, ABC News, CBS 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, UPI, CBS News and Washington Post
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
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.
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.
Sen. Tina Smith / The Daily Beast:
I Serve With Sen. John Fetterman. I Struggled With Depression, Too — In a candid, personal essay, Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota writes about John Fetterman, her own struggle with depression, seeking help, and finding a way back to health. … I've only worked with Sen. John Fetterman for a short time …
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Jennifer Senior / The Atlantic:
John Fetterman and the Performance of Wellness
John Fetterman and the Performance of Wellness
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Bloomberg, CNBC, The Western Journal, NewsNation, Newsbusters, New York Post, WebMD Health, CNN, Washington Post, Conservative Brief, Politico, Washington Examiner, The Hill, CBS News, IJR, 6abc, Associated Press and RedState
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, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, globalnews.ca, New York Post, The Hill and Just The News
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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The New Civil Rights Movement
NBC News:
Momentum builds in Congress to crack down on TikTok — WASHINGTON — There's no consensus yet, but bipartisan momentum is building for Congress to do something, anything, to crack down on TikTok. — Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., have proposed bills that would ban …
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CNBC, RedTree Substack and Forbes
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