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11:05 AM ET, February 26, 2023

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Wall Street Journal:
Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Agency Now Says  —  Energy Department's revised assessment is based on new intelligence  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according …
Washington Post:
‘Dilbert’ dropped by The Post, other papers, after cartoonist's racist rant  —  Newspapers across the United States have pulled Scott Adams's long-running “Dilbert” comic strip after the cartoonist called Black Americans a “hate group” and said White people should “get the hell away from” them.
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Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Newspapers Drop ‘Dilbert’ Comic After Creator's Rant About Black ‘Hate Groups’  —  Scott Adams, who created the syndicated comic strip, also said that white people should “get the hell away from Black people,” prompting criticism from editors across the country.
Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times ceases publication of ‘Dilbert’  —  The Times has decided to cease publication of “Dilbert.”  Cartoonist Scott Adams made racist comments in a YouTube livestream Feb. 22, offensive remarks that The Times rejects.  Further, in the last nine months The Times has on four occasions printed …
Kimberlee Speakman / People.com:
Jessa Duggar Reveals She Suffered a Miscarriage: ‘I Just Immediately Started Crying’  —  The “19 Kids and Counting” alum said she plans to “take a break” from social media and focus on recovering  —  Jessa Duggar Seewald revealed that she suffered a miscarriage over the holidays.
Discussion: Fox News
Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
‘Saturday Night Live’ mocks Trump visit to East Palestine  —  “Saturday Night Live” targeted former President Trump's visit to the town in Ohio where a train derailment has sparked environmental and public health concerns in its latest cold open, mocking Trump's off-the-cuff public speaking style.
CNN:
Ron DeSantis wanted to send weapons to Ukraine when he was a congressman — as a presidential hopeful he questions US involvement  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis once strongly supported arming Ukraine to fight Russia, urging then-President Barack Obama to do so as a deterrent to Russian aggression …
David Smith / The Guardian:
What to expect from this year's CPAC: Biden bashing, 2024 Republican primary chatter and lawsuit gossip  —  The gathering of conservatives returns to Washington and could prove to be a crystal ball into the GOP's 2024 outlook  —  ts impresario is facing allegations of sexual assault.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Rolling Stone:
Trump White House Pressured Disney to Censor ... Jimmy Kimmel  —  The former president was so incensed by the late-night host making fun of him that he had his staff take action  —  IN EARLY 2018, the American national security apparatus was fixated on reports that North Korea …
David Gura / NPR:
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has another big problem: He won't shut up  —  Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, isn't doing himself any favors.  —  Despite being charged with orchestrating one of the largest financial frauds in history …
Shawna Chen / Axios:
Judge: Jan. 6 probe unable to review 2,000 records due to fight over Perry's phone  —  A judge ordered Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) to turn over more than 2,000 phone records after ruling that they are not shielded under the Constitution, according to newly unsealed court documents.
Wall Street Journal:
Ron DeSantis's Education Policies Leave Florida Teachers Feeling Unsure  —  The governor's supporters say the laws strip away inappropriate material, restrict indoctrination  —  Cassie Gibson was teaching a unit on slavery last spring to her sixth-grade U.S. history class in Polk County …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
NBC News:
With Trump running, nearly all Republican senators say no to a presidential bid  —  WASHINGTON — There's an old joke that senators look in the mirror and see a president.  These days, a whole lot of mirrors in the chamber seem to be broken.  —  Republicans have an open presidential primary in 2024 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Abraham Josephine Riesman / New York Times:
How the W.W.E. Explains What's Happened to U.S. Politics  —  Mx.  Riesman is a journalist and the author of a biography of Vince McMahon.  —  What shall we call contemporary Republican ideology?  Is it conservatism?  Libertarianism?  Authoritarianism?  Trumpism?  Fascism?  —  How about kayfabe?
Discussion: Associated Press
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Longtime Trump backers flock to DeSantis event  —  The group of Ron DeSantis' top donors and supporters gathering in Palm Beach, Fla., this weekend includes some longtime backers of former President Donald Trump.  —  The Florida governor's three-day retreat at the Four Seasons hotel …
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Washington Post:
From Palm Beach to Staten Island, DeSantis makes 2024 moves on Trump's turf
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Bloomberg
 
 
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Emily Langer / Washington Post:
Zandra Flemister, first Black woman in Secret Service, dies at 71
Discussion: The Guardian
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
FL Democrat on MSNBC Says DeSantis Wants ‘More People to Live in Their Bigoted Extremisms Like He Has Been Doing’
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
'That's my neighbour': Mariupol residents' shock at Putin's parade line-up
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Pence Is the Reagan Republican No One Wants Anymore
Discussion: Alternet.org
Dana Kennedy / New York Post:
‘Sound like Mickey Mouse’: East Palestine residents' shock illnesses after derailment
Reuters:
Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an Indonesian flea market
Discussion: Breitbart and AppleInsider
 Earlier Items: 
Carey Gillam / The Guardian:
Revealed: the US is averaging one chemical accident every two days
Discussion: Raw Story and Vox
Anumita Kaur / Washington Post:
News outlets demand release of Jan. 6 footage given to Tucker Carlson
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Putin pitches the American right with an ungodly invocation of God
Discussion: Ukraine War Truth
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
Watching Tucker Carlson for Work
ProPublica:
A Christian Health Nonprofit Saddled Thousands With Debt as It Built a Family Empire Including a Pot Farm, a Bank and an Airline
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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