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Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Musk defends ‘Dilbert’ creator, says media is ‘racist against whites’  —  The Tesla and Twitter chief blasted media outlets for dropping Scott Adams's comic strip after the cartoonist's rant against Black people  —  Twitter and Tesla chief Elon Musk defended Scott Adams, the under-fire creator of …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Twitter Blue head Esther Crawford is out at Twitter … Crawford headed up various projects at Twitter, including the company's Blue with verification subscription as well as Twitter's forthcoming payments platform.  —  Alex Heath of The Verge confirmed Crawford and most of the remaining product team …
Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Elon Musk accuses media of racism after newspapers drop ‘Dilbert’ cartoon  —  Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday accused the media of being racist against whites and Asians after U.S. newspapers dropped a white comic strip author who made derogatory comments about Black Americans.
Mandalit Del Barco / NPR:
Newspapers have dropped the ‘Dilbert’ comic strip after a racist rant by its creator
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 …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Lab Leak Most Likely Caused Pandemic, Energy Dept. Says  —  The conclusion, which was made with “low confidence,” came as America's intelligence agencies remained divided over the origins of the coronavirus.  —  WASHINGTON — New intelligence has prompted the Energy Department to conclude …
Jonathan Turley / New York Post:
COVID lab leak is a scandal of media and government censorship  —  The Wall Street Journal reports that the Energy Department has concluded that the COVID pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak.  —  The conclusion is reportedly based on a classified intelligence report recently provided …
Discussion: RedState, Twitchy and Fox News
David French / New York Times:
Why Fox News Lied to the Viewers It ‘Respects’  —  There are some stories that are important enough to pause the news cycle and linger on them, to explore not just what happened, but why.  And so it is with Fox News's role in the events leading up to Jan. 6, 2021.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Fox News Host Speaks Out Against Network's Decision to Stop Him from Covering Dominion Lawsuit: ‘I Strongly Disagree’  —  A Fox News host said the network is not allowing him to cover the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox News by Dominion voting systems.
Discussion: The Daily Beast, HuffPost and The Hill
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘I strongly disagree’: Fox News host speaks out after company bans reporting on Dominion lawsuit  —  Fox News host Howard Kurtz revealed on Sunday that his employer had forbidden him from reporting on a lawsuit brought against the company by Dominion Voting Systems.
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 …
Natalie Kitroeff / New York Times:
Large Crowds Across Mexico Protest Overhaul of Election Watchdog  —  Demonstrations took place in over 100 cities against the recent overhaul of the country's electoral watchdog, which officials say could make fair and free elections difficult.  —  Natalie Kitroeff reported this article from Mexico City.
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Associated Press:
Tens of thousands protest Mexico electoral reforms
Discussion: Bloomberg and Vox
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Mexicans hold mass protests over law weakening electoral authority
Discussion: Reuters and Financial Times
Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Putin casts war as a battle for Russia's survival  —  President Vladimir Putin cast the confrontation with the West over the Ukraine war as an existential battle for the survival of Russia and the Russian people - and said he was forced to take into account NATO's nuclear capabilities.
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
GOP lawmaker assails Biden for not sending F-16s to Ukraine
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Joe Manchin Declines to Describe Himself as a Democrat  —  The moderate West Virginia senator hasn't said whether he will run for re-election in 2024  —  WASHINGTON—West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin declined to describe himself as a Democrat during a television interview on Sunday …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Lauren Weber / Washington Post:
Doctors who touted ivermectin as covid fix now pushing it for flu, RSV  —  First, the group of doctors championed ivermectin as a covid panacea.  It failed to live up to the hype.  Now, they're promoting the anti-parasitic to prevent and treat the flu and RSV.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Biden's student loan forgiveness program comes before Supreme Court  —  Tuesday's oral arguments will focus on the limits of executive power — and who has standing to challenge the $430 billion loan initiative  —  By Robert Barnes and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
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Wall Street Journal:   Supreme Court's Student-Loan Case Will Test Limits of Presidential Power
Craig Simpson / Telegraph:
James Bond books edited to remove racist references  —  Reissued versions of Ian Fleming's classic works will feature a disclaimer following a review by sensitivity readers  —  James Bond novels have been rewritten to remove a number of racial references from Ian Fleming's work, The Telegraph can reveal.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump, DeSantis top 2024 Republican preference … Ron DeSantis 2024 rumors ramp up  —  One year out from the 2024 primaries, here is the debut Fox News national survey on the presidential nomination races.  Spoiler alert, former President Donald Trump looks formidable, while President Biden faces doubt.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:   The GOP's Addiction to Culture War May Cost It in 2024
Associated Press:
Contaminated waste shipments from Ohio derailment to resume  —  Shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment earlier this month in eastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line will resume Monday to two approved sites in Ohio, according to federal environmental authorities.
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Joe Hernandez / NPR:
EPA tells Norfolk Southern to temporarily stop shipping toxic train derailment waste
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
How the Fed Opened Pandora's Box  —  Jerome H. Powell's no-holds-barred response to the pandemic was made possible by history.  It raises questions about the future.  —  It was July 2019 when Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, asked Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve …
Trey Yingst / USA Today:
‘Hell on earth’: I reported from the war in Ukraine.  What I witnessed still haunts me.  —  We don't talk about the nightmares, the survivors' guilt or the loss of identity from getting too consumed by the story.  That needs to change.  —  View Comments  —  The past year …
 
 
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Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
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