Murdoch Acknowledges Fox News Hosts Endorsed Election Fraud Falsehoods  —  The conservative media mogul made the remarks under oath last month in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems.  —  Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the conservative media empire that owns Fox News …

Global Disinformation Index, Inform Thyself  —  The Global Disinformation Index (GDI)—a British nonprofit that smeared Reason as an unsafe news website using dubious criteria—might want to take a closer look at newly uncovered disinformation being spread by... the website of the Global Disinformation Index.

Judge overseeing Trump Georgia grand jury speaks after foreperson's controversial interviews  —  The jurors “can talk about” their final report, the judge told ABC News.  —  After the foreperson of the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury  —  investigating former President Donald Trump

Gov. Bill Lee will sign drag bill, reacts to yearbook photo showing him dressed as a woman  —  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Monday he intends to sign an anti-drag show bill into law when it reaches his desk, the first time he has publicly taken a position on the legislation.

Scoop: Jonathan Capehart quits WaPo editorial board, leaving no people of color  —  Jonathan Capehart quit the Washington Post editorial board after a dispute over an editorial about 2024 politics, leaving the paper with an all-white editorial board, Axios has learned.

As CPAC's head faces sexual assault claim, other leadership concerns emerge  —  Matt Schlapp, who runs the Conservative Political Action Conference, has been backed by prominent Republicans but some staffers complain of a ‘toxic’ culture  —  For nearly a decade, Matt Schlapp has captained …

Dropping the creator of ‘Dilbert’ is free speech at work  —  Scott Adams, creator of the once-funny comic strip “Dilbert,” had the right to advise White people to “get the hell away from Black people” — just as the media companies that published Adams's work had the right to get the hell away from him.

DeSantis's ‘Apocalyptic’ Attack on Higher Education  —  In 2017, the government of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban passed a law intended to drive Central European University, a prestigious school founded by a Hungarian refugee, George Soros, out of the country.

Top Republicans question McCarthy over release of January 6 footage as speaker vows deliberate approach  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy faced questions from his leadership team Monday night over his plans to publicly release security footage from January 6, 2021, multiple sources told CNN …

How a disputed $55M loan plays into feds' probe of Commanders  —  DANIEL SNYDER'S FINAL breakup from his longtime minority partners in Washington's NFL franchise began with a footnote in an April 2020 financial report.  —  The note revealed a $55 million credit line the team had taken …

ACLU urges US lawmakers not to ban TikTok, citing free speech  —  The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday urged Congress not to ban the Chinese-owned video app TikTok, saying it would violate the free speech rights of millions of Americans, a day before a U.S. House of Representatives committee is to take up legislation.

DeSantis to Visit Early Primary States, Selling His Florida Record  —  It's not a presidential campaign (yet).  It's also not a book tour (though he has a new book to sell).  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida will make his debut appearances in three early presidential primary states …

National Poll: 71% of Democratic Voters Think Biden Should Be 2024 Nominee  —  Home Polls National Poll: 71% of Democratic Voters Think Biden Should Be 2024 Nominee  —  Trump Maintains Lead While DeSantis Makes Inroads In the Midwest & with Hispanics in GOP Primary

Supreme Court weighs Biden student loan plan worth billions  —  1 of 3  —  The Supreme Court is taking up a partisan legal fight over President Joe Biden's plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of Americans.  The high court, with its 6-3 conservative majority …

Calling the Police: Lightfoot Needs A Lifeline  —  CHICAGO — In grave danger of becoming the first Chicago mayor defeated in 40 years, Lori Lightfoot stood before an audience of mostly her fellow Black women at a union hall here Saturday and issued a warning about the left-wing challenger who's threatening …

Fighting ‘Woke AI,’ Musk Recruits Team to Develop OpenAI Rival  —  Elon Musk has approached artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks about forming a new research lab to develop an alternative to ChatGPT, the high-profile chatbot made by the startup OpenAI, according to two people …

Feds Inadvertently Reveal They're Looking Into Trump's Shady ‘Recount’ Campaign  —  It started with a FOIA looking for answers about Trump's recount efforts.  It revealed that the FEC is looking into these questions itself. … When the Federal Elections Commission rejected a recent Freedom …

Smith and Wesson Forced to Clarify It's Not Advertising With the Proud Boys  —  The gun manufacturer came under fire for tweeting out a photo of a man wearing a black T-shirt with the letters “PB” in yellow.  —  Mack Lamoureux  —  Gun manufacturer Smith and Wesson is under fire for promoting …

A bipartisan group of Senators is talking about raising the retirement age on Social Security  —  A bipartisan group led by Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, and Bill Cassidy, R-La. is considering gradually raising the retirement age to about 70 as part of their legislation to overhaul Social Security …

The conservative battle against ‘woke’ banks is backfiring  —  States and cities fear that blacklisting financial giants for their climate policies will hurt their bottom line, because of reduced competition  —  Conservatives have long held that the government should avoid interfering with private business decisions.

The tech tycoon martyrdom charade  —  I've been saying this for a few years now, but it's worth recording here for the record: It's impossible to overstate the degree to which many big tech CEOs and venture capitalists are being radicalized by living within their own cultural and social bubble.

Biden Administration Urges Congress to Renew Spy Law  —  Officials say controversial surveillance power once used chiefly to stymie terrorists is vital to combating hackers and rivals like China  —  WASHINGTON—Top Biden administration officials urged Congress to renew an expiring surveillance law …

DeSantis ‘review’ of public records can add months of delays, newly uncovered log reveals  —  State agencies sent hundreds of records to governor's legal team for review before release, documents show  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' practice of “reviewing” …

Josh Hawley's False Choice  —  For a guy who says we should do less for Ukraine and more for America's working people, he sure doesn't support policies that help the working people.  —  Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has been trending, sadly, for presenting a false and dangerous choice …

Trump: ‘The Entire ESG Scheme Is Designed to Funnel Your Retirement Money to the Maniacs on the Radical Left’  —  “The entire ESG scheme is designed to funnel your retirement money to the maniacs on the radical left,” Former President Donald Trump warns in a new video denouncing …