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12:05 PM ET, February 28, 2023

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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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Tom Porter / Insider:
A Murdoch advisor said the ‘booze’ had got to Giuliani following his ‘unhinged’ rants about the 2020 election  — Rupert Murdoch and a top lieutenant privately disparaged Rudy Giuliani, court documents say.  — Col Allan, a former New York Post editor, said of Giuliani: “I think the booze has got to him.”
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   Fox could be on the hook for campaign finance violations after new court docs drop: former FBI agent
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Fox chief Rupert Murdoch said network aired 2020 election conspiracies for the money: court documents
Robby Soave / Reason:
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.
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Washington Post:
Little-known scientific team behind new assessment on covid-19 origins
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
More think COVID came from Chinese lab than occurred naturally: poll
Discussion: Morning Consult, WWLP-TV and Twitchy
Peter Laffin / Washington Examiner:
Will the media finally apologize for getting the COVID lab leak theory wrong?
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
The Journalists Who Smeared Tom Cotton and Tarnished Their Own Reputations Over the Lab Leak Theory
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
The Trump vs. DeSantis proxy battle shapes up with dueling CPAC vs. Club for Growth events
Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
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
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:   Georgia judge: Trump grand jury panelists ‘can talk about the final report’
Josh Keefe / The Tennessean:
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.
Discussion: Washington Post and ibtimes.sg
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
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.
Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
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 …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
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.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
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.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: Axios
CNN:
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 …
Discussion: emptywheel
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Don Van Natta Jr / ESPN:
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 …
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
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.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
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 …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
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 …
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
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.
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
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 …
Jon Victor / The Information:
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 …
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
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
Discussion: The Hill and Althouse
Mike DeForest / WKMG:
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” …
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
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 …
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden's new deficit hawk persona has some progressives feeling some bad deja vu  —  Joe Biden spent the last two years pursuing and enacting massive domestic programs meant to remake the U.S. economy.  But as he prepares a run for reelection, Biden is trying out a new economic persona: deficit hawk.
Discussion: Axios and New Republic
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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Danielle Allen / Washington Post:
The House was supposed to grow with population.  It didn't.  Let's fix that.  —  What if we increased the size of the House?  —  Given that most of us are pretty frustrated with Congress, this might sound crazy.  But growing the House of Representatives is the key to unlocking …
 
 
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
What Is the Point of The View?  —  Our latest webathon is about fighting the lies of the Left, and it made me think of The View.
Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Flurry of drone strikes hits Russia as TV, radio are hacked
Discussion: The Guardian and The Sun
Craig Bannister / CNSNews:
Trump: ‘The Entire ESG Scheme Is Designed to Funnel Your Retirement Money to the Maniacs on the Radical Left’
Wall Street Journal:
Huawei Export Licenses Could be Revoked by U.S.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
The Shocking, Sickening Reality of Child Labor in America
Melissa Nann Burke / The Detroit News:
Slotkin raises $1.2M on first day of Senate campaign
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Allie Morris / Dallas Morning News:
Texan young adults can now get licensed to carry handguns at college campuses, businesses
Discussion: Fox News
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
Old Racist Gun Laws Enter Modern-Day Legal Battles
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
PACs poised to supercharge California Senate campaign
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Pelosi, Hoyer and Clyburn have stepped down — but not aside
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Netanyahu Is Shattering Israeli Society
Discussion: Associated Press
Nathan Heller / New Yorker:
The End of the English Major
Discussion: The Corsair and The Honest Broker