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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Trump can be sued by police over Jan. 6 riot, Justice Department says — Two U.S. Capitol Police officers and 11 Democratic House members are seeking to hold Donald Trump liable for injuries they suffered during the riot. — Former president Donald Trump can be held liable in court …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / Reuters:
US Justice Dept seeks rejection of Trump immunity claim in Jan. 6 lawsuits — The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday urged an appeals court to reject former President Donald Trump's claim that he is automatically immune from lawsuits over his supporters' assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Associated Press:
Justice Dept: Trump can be sued by police for Jan. 6 actions — 1 of 3 — Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday …
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Justice Department pushes back on Trump's sweeping claims of presidential immunity for January 6 speech
Justice Department pushes back on Trump's sweeping claims of presidential immunity for January 6 speech
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UPI, ABC News, Bloomberg, USA Today, Law & Crime, Mediaite, emptywheel and Alternet.org
Sam Sachs / WFLA-TV:
Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state — TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Sen. Jason Brodeur (R-Lake Mary) wants bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, and other members of the Florida executive cabinet …
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City & State Florida, Washington Press and Florida Politics
New York Times:
House Ethics Committee Opens Inquiry Into George Santos — The House Ethics Committee unanimously voted to authorize an investigation into whether Mr. Santos broke various laws or engaged in sexual misconduct. — The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday that it had opened an investigation …
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CNN:
House Ethics Committee announces investigation into embattled Rep. George Santos
House Ethics Committee announces investigation into embattled Rep. George Santos
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House Ethics Committee launches George Santos investigation
House Ethics Committee launches George Santos investigation
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Dan Barry / New York Times:
Once the World's Largest, a Hotel Goes ‘Poof!’ Before Our Eyes — The Hotel Pennsylvania in Manhattan was a virtual city within a city. But in the end, nothing could save it. — Bit by bit, floor by floor, the building that once rose 22 stories over Penn Station is shrinking before the city's very eyes.
Politico:
Biden won't veto GOP effort to repeal D.C. crime law — President Joe Biden told Senate Democrats on Thursday that he would not veto a GOP-backed bid to repeal changes to the D.C. criminal code, raising the stakes of an upcoming Senate vote on the proposal.
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Washington Post:
Biden says he would sign GOP-led resolution blocking D.C. crime bill
Biden says he would sign GOP-led resolution blocking D.C. crime bill
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
AP sources: Biden not expected to veto GOP effort on DC laws
AP sources: Biden not expected to veto GOP effort on DC laws
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Likely Violated Ethics Laws With Met Gala Appearance, Says House Ethics Office — The House Office of Congressional Ethics found “substantial reason to believe” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) “may have accepted impermissible gifts associated with her attendance …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Finally, Democrats appear ready to wage war on Fox News — For years, Democrats have been deeply conflicted about Fox News. At times, they've shunned the network as an irredeemable source of disinformation, boycotting it or banning it from covering Democratic presidential primary debates.
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TVNewser, Alternet.org, Media Matters for America and HuffPost
Vivek Saxena / American Wire News:
Teacher with prosthetic Z-cups placed on leave from class, accused of dressing like a man outside work — Kayla Lemieux, the biological male high school teacher who became famous for strutting around school dressed as a woman with z-size prosthetic breasts, has reportedly been placed on leave from Oakville Trafalgar High School.
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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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Steve Contorno / CNN:
DeSantis says GOP will not ‘mess with Social Security,’ as Democrats and Trump slam his past support for privatization
DeSantis says GOP will not ‘mess with Social Security,’ as Democrats and Trump slam his past support for privatization
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Florida Politics, Washington Examiner, CBS News and Politico
Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
Nikki Haley pledges to support Donald Trump if he's the GOP nominee
Nikki Haley pledges to support Donald Trump if he's the GOP nominee
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The Guardian, Fox News and Political Wire
Andrea Drusch / San Antonio Report:
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales faces censure vote by Republican Party of Texas — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) — This story has been updated. — The Republican Party of Texas is expected to vote on whether to censure U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-San Antonio) …
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Lane Brown / Vulture:
Bad Projection Is Ruining the Movie Theater Experience — Multiplexes are failing at their most basic function: delivering a bright, sharp image. — Michelle Pfeiffer and Jonathan Majors look like crap. Usually, they're two of the most radiant, dermatologically exceptional people in the world.
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College Park, MD:
City Statement on Mayor Wojahn's Resignation — Statement on Mayor Wojahn's Resignation — College Park, MD, March 2, 2023 - Last night, after business hours, Mayor Patrick L. Wojahn submitted his letter of resignation as Mayor of the City of College Park, effective immediately on March 2.
CNN:
Michigan AG says she was among those targeted in threat to kill Jewish members of state government — A Michigan man allegedly threatened on social media to kill Jewish members of the Michigan government, the FBI said, and state Attorney General Dana Nessel says she was among those targeted.
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Reuters:
U.S. regulators rejected Elon Musk's bid to test brain chips in humans, citing safety risks — Musk has said his brain implant company, Neuralink, will make the paralyzed walk, the blind see and eventually turn people into cyborgs. But the firm still struggles to secure clinical-trial approval …
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Thomas Meaney / New York Times:
America Is In Over Its Head — The greatest blunder President Vladimir Putin may have made so far in Ukraine is giving the West the impression that Russia could lose the war. The early Russian strike on Kyiv stumbled and failed. The Russian behemoth seemed not nearly as formidable as it had been made out to be.
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Please Lie to Me, Tucker — Fox News isn't news at all. — Oh, how conservatives loved to hate the media. I witnessed it firsthand for decades. In any speech before a conservative audience, the jokes about media bias got the loudest laughs and heartiest applause.
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Chicago Sun-Times, Raw Story and Alternet.org
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
DeSantis Cronies Force College to Close Diversity Office — If Ron DeSantis has his way, what his board did at New College will happen at every public university in Florida. — Cameron Joseph — WASHINGTON, US — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' handpicked board of trustees voted to shutter …
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
FBI's Christopher Wray excuses armed raid against cooperative pro-lifer — Add FBI Director Christopher Wray to the list of major officials justifying a dangerously armed arrest of a peaceful pro-life activist. And Wray, like Attorney General Merrick Garland, refused to explain why a pre-dawn SWAT raid was necessary.
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Sophie Mann / Daily Mail:
In The Witches (pictured), ‘old hag’ has been changed to ‘old crow’, while ‘you must be mad, woman’ is now ‘you must be out of your mind’ — The team together dismantled many of the colorful phrases and names that Dahl employed in his writing. — In The Twits, descriptions of appearances have been pared back.
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Breitbart, Not the Bee and RedState
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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Kory Grow / Rolling Stone:
Why Did Spotify Have an Official ‘Hitler Radio’ Playlist? — Despite multiple admonitions from hate-watch groups calling out streaming services for “hate music,” a Rolling Stone investigation finds that racist and antisemitic rhetoric still has a home — UNTIL LAST WEEK …
Ayat Al-Tawy / ABC News:
Egypt unveils hidden tunnel inside Great Pyramid of Giza — “Scanning work will continue to uncover more secrets.” — Tourists visit the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) at the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, on February 2, 2023.
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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
How Gisele Fetterman became the right wing's favorite super villain — Tucker Carlson and others use a familiar blame-women tactic. — I started my twice-a-decade rereading of “The Handmaid's Tale” a few nights ago, and one scene that sticks out every time I pick up the book …
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 …
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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
The Useful Idiots Fueling the Right-Wing Transphobia Panic — Today on TAP: Prominent center-left journalists were swindled by obvious nonsense about a St. Louis gender clinic. — A child holds trans pride flags at a gathering on the steps of the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson to protest House Bill 1125 …
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
The Foolishness of Scott Adams — His argument for racial prejudice isn't just pernicious. It's stupid. — Scott Adams, the cartoonist behind the comic strip Dilbert, has been canceled for racism. In a video livestream last Wednesday, he declared: — “I resign from the hate group called black Americans.”
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