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CNN:
US condemns Israel far right minister's call for Palestinian town ‘to be erased’  —  Israel's far-right finance minister's call for a Palestinian town “to be erased” was harshly condemned by US State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Wednesday, who described the comments as “repugnant” and “irresponsible.”
Discussion: Informed Comment
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Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
U.S. Condemns Smotrich's ‘Repugnant, Disgusting’ Call for Israel to Wipe Out Palestinian Village  —  ‘Just as we condemn Palestinian incitement to violence, we condemn these provocative remarks that also amount to incitement to violence,’ State Department spokesperson Ned Price says
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 1, 2023  —  Drugmaker Eli Lilly announced today that it will cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month, bringing costs for people with private insurance and those without insurance who sign up for Lilly's copay assistance program into line with the $35 cap for Medicare recipients Congress imposed …
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NBC News:
Biden strikes campaign tones in speech to House Democrats
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
‘Heavily armed’ man targeted Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and other Jewish officials, FBI and AG say  —  Michigan's Attorney General Dana Nessel was targeted last month by a “heavily armed” man who threatened injury and death to Jewish members of the state's government, she said Thursday morning.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Karl de Vries / CNN:   Michigan AG says she was among those targeted in plot to kill Jewish members of state government
Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:
Rail unions tell Biden officials that workers have fallen ill at Norfolk Southern derailment site  — The presidents of U.S. railroad unions told Biden administration officials that rail workers have fallen ill at the Norfolk Southern derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio, in a push for more train safety.
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Politico:
Trump's loosening grip on GOP defines early 2024 campaign  —  Rep. Thomas Massie was so eager for Donald Trump's endorsement in a contested primary three years ago that he ran TV ads targeted at the then-president in Florida to win his support.  —  Today, Massie is all but shunning Trump and his comeback campaign.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:   Republicans Can't Wait for Trump to Implode
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News election fraud revelations could take down the network's embattled chief  —  New York CNN —  Who will Rupert Murdoch exile from the Fox kingdom?  —  The Fox Corporation chairman is facing an ever-deepening scandal that threatens to cause considerable financial and reputational damage …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The FBI Desperately Wants to Let Trump Off the Hook  —  He just won't allow it.  —  The way conservatives tell it, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is a hive of anti-Trump villainy, filled with agents looking for any excuse to hound the former president with investigative witch hunts.
Isaac Grafstein / The Free Press:
The Rise of the Right-Wing Peacenik  —  ‘I realized that my own side was led by a bunch of incompetents and ideologues who had taken our country down a path of destruction.  And for what?’  —  Once upon a time, Congressman Ron DeSantis strongly supported arming Ukraine against Russia.
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NBC News:
Blinken and Lavrov meet on G-20 sidelines in first meeting between top diplomats since Ukraine war began  —  Blinken urged Russia to reverse President Vladimir Putin's decision to suspend New START, a key nuclear arms control treaty between the world's two largest nuclear powers
Discussion: Bloomberg, NPR and TASS
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Semafor:
“Non-Person” Donald Trump faces “soft ban” at Fox  —  Donald Trump, who once dominated the Fox News broadcasts, is now running into a brick wall with what four members of his circle say is a “soft ban” from the top of the conservative news channel, as it rolls out the red carpet to even the low-profile rival candidates.
Discussion: Memex 1.1
Washington Post:
Starbucks committed ‘egregious’ violations in battling union, judge rules  —  The administrative law judge's order requires the company to stop a long list of behaviors and reinstate workers who began a nationwide union drive  —  By Jacob Bogage and Lauren Kaori Gurley
Colleen Schrappen / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Parents push back on allegations against St. Louis transgender center.  'I'm baffled.'  —  ST. LOUIS — Explosive allegations made public last month about a St. Louis clinic that treats transgender children have flung parents into a vortex of emotions: shock, confusion, anger, fear.
Discussion: HotAir
Annie Nova / CNBC:
Biden administration lawyer may have saved student loan forgiveness plan at Supreme Court, experts say  — Experts have predicted the Supreme Court would rule against President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, but some changed their minds after oral arguments, praising the lawyer who presented the administration's case.
New York Times:
Kellyanne Conway Meets With Prosecutors as Trump Inquiry Escalates  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office is scrutinizing the former president's role in the hush money payment to a porn star.  —  Kellyanne Conway, who managed the final months of Donald J. Trump's 2016 campaign …
Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters:
Biden seeks $1.6 bln to tackle COVID relief fraud ahead of Republican probes  —  President Joe Biden plans to ask Congress to provide $1.6 billion in new funding to tackle fraud tied to U.S. pandemic relief programs and help victims of identity theft, the White House said.
Washington Post:
Here's why Biden's new cyber strategy is notable … Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202!  What a busy Wednesday it was.  You'll see what I mean very soon.  Just scroll on down.  —  Reading this online?  Sign up for The Cybersecurity 202 to get scoops and sharp analysis in your inbox each morning.
CNN:
Senate votes to overturn Biden administration retirement investment rule Republicans decry as ‘woke’  —  The Senate passed a politically charged resolution on Wednesday to overturn a Biden administration retirement investment rule that allows managers of retirement funds to consider the impact …
Tim Rogers / D Magazine:
Dallas Morning News Fires Reporter for Calling Mayor ‘Bruh’ on Twitter  —  Meghan Mangrum moved to Dallas to cover education.  —  Meghan Mangrum moved to Dallas last summer to cover education as part of the Dallas Morning News' Education Lab.  She'd previously worked the education beat …
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Would a large GOP presidential field help Trump?  Not necessarily.  —  The consensus among political elites holds that a large, divided GOP presidential field would help former president Donald Trump.  That view is likely wrong.  —  The common wisdom goes something like this: In 2016 …
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Clashes as Charlie Kirk Speaks at California University  —  ‘FASCISTS OFF CAMPUS’  —  Scores of students were seen protesting outside the University of California Wednesday night ahead of an appearance by far-right youth leader Charlie Kirk, who appeared at the university for his Live Free Tour.
Discussion: Raw Story and Rumble
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: House Weaponization Committee To Focus On The ‘Twitter Files’ In Second Hearing  —  The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government plans to shine a spotlight on the FBI misconduct revealed in the “Twitter Files” at the panel's second hearing, scheduled for next week.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
David Thomas / Reuters:
Washington lawyer Tom Goldstein leaves Supreme Court practice, law firm  —  Longtime Supreme Court advocate Tom Goldstein, who has argued more than 40 cases before the high court, said Wednesday that he is ending his practice and retiring from the Washington, D.C., law firm he co-founded in 2011.
CNN:
‘Have not heard of him’: George Santos has a new campaign treasurer but questions persist  —  More than a week after embattled Rep. George Santos named his new campaign treasurer, questions persist over the identity of the person who has filled that role and the campaign's filings with federal regulators.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
Financial Times:
Chinese brokerages pressured to end overseas investing services  —  Regulator seeks to close loopholes that allowed foreign trades by mainland China investors  —  Chinese brokerages offering overseas investing services to mainland clients have come under pressure from a regulatory push …
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Menendez, Booker, nine House members slap Star-Ledger for closing Washington bureau  —  Two U.S. Senators and nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to Star-Ledger and NJ Advance Media executives protesting their decision to close their Washington …
Anthony L. Fisher / The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis' Anti-Free Speech Crusade Would Cancel Fox News  —  The culture warrior governor wants to overturn the Supreme Court decision that protects journalists from bogus defamation suits.  Fox News just used the same case as a defense. … When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed …
Discussion: The Economist and Raw Story
Donna Brazile / New York Times:
Give Kamala Harris the Credit She Is Due  —  Vice President Kamala Harris occupies an office that can be the butt of jokes and criticism.  The only duties of the vice president spelled out in the Constitution are to cast tiebreaking votes in the Senate and to become president if the office becomes vacant.
 
 
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USA Today:
With COVID on the wane, Congress is back to global travel - on your dime
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Georgia Poll Workers Pick Up Where Jan. 6 Committee Left Off
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Biden overreached on student loans. But the court shouldn't stop him.
Tobias Burns / The Hill:
Ticketmaster, PayPal, eBay are hassling customers to report sales even though the IRS says they don't have to
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
Japan births fall to record low as population crisis deepens
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jacob Savage / Tablet Magazine:
The Vanishing  —  Asians and Jews in America  —  Discriminated against while being held …
Discussion: Society & Standpoint
Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News:
Pennsylvania residents near Ohio chemical spill say they're left out of recovery efforts
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Kevin McCarthy's J6 footage deal endangers our country the same way Edward Snowden did: expert
David Gilbert / VICE:
The GOP Is Weaponizing LibsOfTikTok's Anti-'Woke' Hate
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
3 abortion bans in Texas leave doctors ‘talking in code’ to pregnant patients
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Lawmaker Proposes ‘Hanging on a Tree’ as Execution Method
Discussion: Political Wire
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Video appears to show Texas drag bill author dressed in drag
ABC News:
Explosive found in checked luggage at Pennsylvania airport, man in custody
 

 
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