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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 …
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Steve Mollman / Fortune:
Elon Musk lays off more Twitter employees, including hard-core loyalists: 'Looks like I'm let go' — MARLENA SLOSS—BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES — Twitter conducted an unexpected round of layoffs this weekend as the company struggles with plunging revenue and aggressive cost-cutting under CEO Elon Musk.
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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 …
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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.
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Eduardo Medina / New York Times:
Newspapers Drop ‘Dilbert’ Comic After Creator's Rant About Black ‘Hate Groups’
Newspapers Drop ‘Dilbert’ Comic After Creator's Rant About Black ‘Hate Groups’
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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 …
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Jonathan Turley / New York Post:
COVID lab leak is a scandal of media and government censorship
COVID lab leak is a scandal of media and government censorship
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Republicans jump on ‘lab leak’ report, call for action against China
Republicans jump on ‘lab leak’ report, call for action against China
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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.
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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.
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Mexicans hold mass protests over law weakening electoral authority — MEXICO CITY — Tens of thousands of people jammed Mexico's grandest plaza and rallied around the country on Sunday to protest a law that would weaken the national electoral institute, with many fearful the measure could hobble Mexico's young democracy.
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Natalie Kitroeff / New York Times:
Large Crowds Across Mexico Protest Overhaul of Election Watchdog
Large Crowds Across Mexico Protest Overhaul of Election Watchdog
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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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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
After warnings, no evidence China is supplying arms to Russia, U.S. officials say
After warnings, no evidence China is supplying arms to Russia, U.S. officials say
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
GOP lawmaker assails Biden for not sending F-16s to Ukraine
GOP lawmaker assails Biden for not sending F-16s to Ukraine
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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 …
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John L. Dorman / Insider:
Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who'll likely face a tough reelection fight in 2024, says he won't ‘run from Biden’: ‘I run my own race, and my own brand’
Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who'll likely face a tough reelection fight in 2024, says he won't ‘run from Biden’: ‘I run my own race, and my own brand’
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Manchin, on Fox News, Refuses to Call Himself a Democrat
Manchin, on Fox News, Refuses to Call Himself a Democrat
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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.
Daniel De / The Hill:
Recession or not, Americans feel like they're poorer — The nation may not be in recession, but Americans are reckoning with a classic recessionary symptom: feeling poorer. — Half of American respondents say they are worse-off financially than a year ago, according to a Gallup poll released this month.
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.
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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Mark Maxwell / KSDK-TV:
Congresswoman Cori Bush marries campaign security guard in secret wedding — Marriage records filed St. Louis show U.S. Rep. Cori Bush tied the knot in a private ceremony earlier this month. — ST. LOUIS — Congresswoman Cori Bush, the progressive Democrat who has long described herself as a single mom, is no longer single.
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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
EPA tells Norfolk Southern to temporarily stop shipping toxic train derailment waste
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Texas asks a Trump judge to declare most of the federal government unconstitutional — Ordinarily, this lawsuit would be laughed out of court. But you never can tell with Trump's judges. — Earlier this month, Texas's Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit claiming …
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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Mary Papenfuss / Raw Story:
Lutheran Church official calls for white nationalists to be excommunicated — A top Lutheran church official is calling for the excommunication of unrepentant white nationalists, attacking their beliefs as “evil.” — “This is evil. We condemn it in the name of Christ,” Matthew Harrison …
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 …