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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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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.
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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.
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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 …
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Fox News Rejects Ad From Progressive Group Highlighting Stars' Damning Texts
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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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Preaching Freedom, Ron DeSantis Leads By Cracking Down
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Ron DeSantis's scorn-filled book sets tone for potential campaign
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My Fellow Liberals Are Exaggerating the Dangers of Ron DeSantis
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DeSantis cements takeover of Disney's special Florida district, and reveals clash with company executives in his new book

The beautiful dream life of the centrist Democrat
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The inevitable — and imminent — Trump-DeSantis war
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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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Scott Adams and the right-wing insistence on White victimhood — For months it has seemed inevitable that the “Dilbert” comic strip's run as a popular American newspaper cartoon would end precisely as it did: a victim of controversy triggered by its creator, Scott Adams.
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Scott Adams spouted racism. Dropping him is free speech at work.
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Freshman Rep. Andy Ogles admits he didn't know what he majored in — Freshman Rep. Andy Ogles claimed he had a degree in “policy and economics” while campaiging. — On Sunday, he said after reviewing his transcript that he graduated with “Liberal Studies” degree.
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GOP Rep. Ogles Admits He Misrepresented His College Major
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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 …
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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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Inspector general investigating Pete Buttigieg's extensive private jet travel after Fox News Digital report
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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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Netanyahu's balancing act got harder after post-summit violence
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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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The Case for a Primary Challenge to Joe Biden
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Biden's Semiconductor Plan Flexes the Power of the Federal Government — In return for vast subsidies, the Biden administration is asking the chip industry to make promises about its workers and finances. — WASHINGTON — Semiconductor manufacturers seeking a slice of nearly $40 billion …
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To Tap Federal Funds, Chip Makers Will Need to Provide Child Care
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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Sen. Fetterman remains hospitalized, ‘on path to recovery,’ office says — Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) remains hospitalized nearly two weeks after he checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington to receive treatment for clinical depression, his office said Monday.
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John Fetterman On ‘Path To Recovery’ After Checking Into Hospital For Depression
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Still no consensus on Covid's origins, White House says — The U.S. government still has not reached a consensus on how the coronavirus pandemic started, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Monday — despite news reports that the Energy Department has concluded …
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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.
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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.
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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.”


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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …