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New York Times:
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 …
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Washington Post:
Rupert Murdoch admitted some Fox commentators ‘endorsed’ election lies  —  Rupert Murdoch, chair of Fox News's parent company, acknowledged in a deposition that “some of our commentators were endorsing” the baseless narrative that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that Fox News hosts endorsed false stolen election claims  —  New York CNN —  Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corporation, acknowledged in a deposition taken by Dominion Voting Systems that some Fox News hosts endorsed false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Sean Hannity ‘had been privately disgusted by Trump for weeks’: court docs  —  Behind the scenes at Fox News after the 2020 election, it was becoming clear that conservative prime-time hosts were saying one thing to viewers and another thing privately.  —  According to court filings …
Discussion: Fox News
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Rejects Ad From Progressive Group Highlighting Stars' Damning Texts
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Jeb!  Loves!  DeSantis!  —  The Swamp endorsement Trump has been waiting for.  —  1. Endorsements  —  I'm sure you've seen it but in case not:  —  Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 @RonFilipkowski  —  Jeb Bush endorses Ron Desantis for president.
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Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
Preaching Freedom, Ron DeSantis Leads By Cracking Down
Rob Wile / NBC News:
DeSantis cements takeover of Disney's special Florida district, and reveals clash with company executives in his new book
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
The beautiful dream life of the centrist Democrat
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The inevitable — and imminent — Trump-DeSantis war
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Elon Musk tweets support for ‘Dilbert’ creator after racist tirade  —  New York CNN —  Elon Musk defended “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams after hundreds of newspapers stopped printing the comic strip because of Adams' recent racist comments.  —  Last week, Adams called Black Americans a …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Scott Adams and the right-wing insistence on White victimhood
Discussion: Not the Bee
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Scott Adams spouted racism. Dropping him is free speech at work.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Embattled Rep. Ogles acknowledges misrepresenting his college major
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Emine Yücel / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep. Ogles Admits He Misrepresented His College Major
Discussion: Religion Unplugged
Washington Post:
Israeli settlers rampage through Palestinian towns in revenge for shooting  —  HUWARA, West Bank — Dozens of Israeli settlers rampaged through Palestinian towns, torching cars, homes and killing a man, hours after a Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis.  —  The scenes from the hours-long …
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Maayan Lubell / Reuters:
Netanyahu's balancing act got harder after post-summit violence
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com and The Hill
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Despite latest reports, there's still not a speck of evidence that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab  —  We know that America is fascinated by zombies: “The Walking Dead,” “Fear the Walking Dead,” “Zombieland” and now — even though aficionadoes may split hairs over this — “The Last of Us.”
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Still no consensus on Covid's origins, White House says
Washington Post:
Daniel Snyder's demands anger NFL owners, renew talk of voting him out  —  Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder and his attorneys have demanded that fellow NFL franchise owners and the league indemnify him against future legal liability and costs if he sells the team …
Ian Duncan / Washington Post:
Transportation Department watchdog to audit Buttigieg's use of government jets  —  The transportation secretary's office says he has followed the rules for use of Federal Aviation Administration planes, often saving taxpayer money  —  An internal watchdog will audit Transportation Secretary …
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Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Inspector general investigating Pete Buttigieg's extensive private jet travel after Fox News Digital report
Greg Craig / New York Times:
Democratic Voters, Not Biden, Should Choose Vice President  —  For many months — since the 2020 campaign — Republicans have tried to portray Joe Biden as being too old to be president, as mentally deficient, as one small step away from death or disability.
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
WATCH: Florida Sheriff Goes Nuclear on Neo-Nazi ‘Motherf*ckers’  —  Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood fumed that it was an “honor” to be included on the “hit list” of an organization behind a string of disturbing antisemitic incidents.  —  A week after a neo-Nazi hate group circulated throughout …
Sandee LaMotte / CNN:
Zero calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds  —  A sugar replacement called erythritol — used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monk-fruit, and keto reduced-sugar products — has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study.
NBC News:
U.S. Marshals Service suffers ‘major’ security breach that compromises sensitive information, senior law enforcement officials say  —  The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a security breach over a week ago that resulted in the compromise of sensitive information, multiple senior U.S. law enforcement officials said Monday.
Discussion: Fox News
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Jeffrey Sachs's Great-Power Politics  —  The economist discusses what the U.S. gets wrong about Putin and the war in Ukraine.  —  Last week, Jeffrey Sachs, the economist and professor at Columbia known for his work in the fields of poverty alleviation and foreign aid, delivered remarks …
Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Prince Harry to unpack struggles with ‘trauma expert’ in livestreamed talk  —  Prince Harry is set to unpack his experiences with a controversial trauma expert on Saturday, during a virtual event in which attendees can submit questions for the former royal to answer.
Washington Post:
5 good points the right is making about the Ohio train disaster  —  The derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in eastern Ohio has led to calls for an examination of the government's disaster response, new regulation to safeguard public health and safety, and better working conditions for railroad workers.
Discussion: National Review
Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters:
Explainer: Biden's EV highway takes shape  —  Armed with billions of dollars, the Biden administration is embarking on the biggest transformation of the U.S. consumer driving landscape in generations, hoping to blanket the nation's highways with electric vehicle chargers.
Gabby Miller / Columbia Journalism Review:
Where did Facebook's funding for journalism really go?  —  b  —  “People want more local news, and local newsrooms are looking for more support,” Campbell Brown wrote in 2019 when Meta (then Facebook) announced its three-year, $300 million commitment to global “news programs, partnerships, and content.”
Tristan Ahtone / Grist:
Indigenous youth occupy Norwegian energy office to protest illegal wind farm  —  “We cannot be sacrificed in the name of the green transition.”  —  Indigenous Sámi youth and dozens of environmental activists in Oslo, Norway shut down the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on Monday, with many chaining themselves to the building.
Washington Post:
The risk of damage from hurricane winds will shift in coming decades.  See the impact by Zip code.  —  1 in 3 Americans may face risk by mid-century as winds are projected to reach further inland, northward  —  Hurricane winds fueled by climate change will reach further inland and put tens …
Curtis Bunn / NBC News:
Hamstrung by ‘golden handcuffs’: Diversity roles disappear 3 years after George Floyd's murder inspired them  —  Diversity, equity and inclusion leaders, who were hired in waves to help companies achieve an ethnically balanced workforce after George Floyd's murder in 2020, are being phased out …
Discussion: HotAir
Nathan Heller / New Yorker:
The End of the English Major  —  Enrollment in the humanities is in free fall at colleges around the country.  What happened?  —  The crisis, when it came, arrived so quickly that its scale was hard to recognize at first.  From 2012 to the start of the pandemic, the number of English majors …
Discussion: The Corsair and The Honest Broker
 
 
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Judge rejects ‘terrorism’ sentencing enhancement for leader of Jan. 6 tunnel confrontation
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Inside the ‘New York Times’ Blowup Over Transgender Coverage
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
CNN commentator lobbied for Norfolk Southern; the network didn't tell its audience during East Palestine discussion
Discussion: NBC News and CNN
Emily Peck / Axios:
Supreme Court will consider constitutionality of CFPB