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4:00 PM ET, March 2, 2023

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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.
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 …
NBC News:
Trump can be sued by police over Jan. 6, Justice Department says
Discussion: The Guardian
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House Ethics Committee launches George Santos investigation  —  The House Ethics Committee has established an investigative subcommittee to look into issues surrounding Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who has admitted to numerous fabrications about his background and faced scrutiny over his campaign …
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House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative George Santos  —  Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement:
Associated Press:
George Santos now under investigation by House Ethics panel
Discussion: PolitiFact
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:   House Ethics Committee launches investigation of Rep. George Santos
Politico:
Biden won't veto GOP effort to repeal D.C. criminal code  —  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, according to two people in the meeting.
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Biden tells Democratic senators he won't veto effort to rescind DC crime law
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida's Voice
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Kaila Philo / Talking Points Memo:
Michigan Man Charged With Threatening To Kill All The State's Jewish Elected Officials
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.
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.
Discussion: Kansas Reflector and The Wrap
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.
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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Bloomberg:
Billionaire Deripaska Warns Russia May Run Out of Money in 2024
Discussion: New York Post, Forbes and The Guardian
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 …
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.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
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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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:   Texas Republicans to vote on resolution that would censure Rep. Tony Gonzales
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 …
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.
Richard Hanania / Richard Hanania's Newsletter:
How I Changed My Mind on Social Media and Teen Depression  —  Randomized experiments and cross-national data argue that phones are making kids miserable  —  There's been a torrent of recent articles about the massive increase in depression among young Americans, particularly girls, and the possibility that social media is to blame.
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Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
Honestly, it's probably the phones
Discussion: Slow Boring
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: RedState
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.
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 …
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 …
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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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
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Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Binance Is a ‘Hotbed’ of Illegal Activity, Bipartisan US Senators Allege
Discussion: CNBC, more at Techmeme »
James Politi / Financial Times:
US launches new crackdown on Russian sanctions busting
Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
Canadians Fume as Migrants Surge at Their Border
Discussion: HotAir and Fox News
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Murdaugh trial juror removed for improper discussions outside courtroom
 Earlier Items: 
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Merrick Garland Is a Huge Taylor Swift Fan
Discussion: Insider and Semafor
Talia Richman / Dallas Morning News:
How a Texas girl scared of school shootings was punished
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Young / The Daily Beast:
Clashes as Charlie Kirk Speaks at California University
Discussion: Raw Story and Rumble
Tim Rogers / D Magazine:
Dallas Morning News Fires Reporter for Calling Mayor ‘Bruh’ on Twitter
Colleen Schrappen / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Parents push back on allegations against St. Louis transgender center. 'I'm baffled.'