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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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Raw Story
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Will It Matter If Republican Leadership Unites Against Trump?
Will It Matter If Republican Leadership Unites Against Trump?
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WKBN-TV
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, HuffPost, The Daily Beast and The Root
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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NBC News, The Hill, The Times of Israel and Political Wire
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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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NBC News, Associated Press, WTOP News and Bloomberg
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Bloomberg:
Billionaire Deripaska Warns Russia May Run Out of Money in 2024
Billionaire Deripaska Warns Russia May Run Out of Money in 2024
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Forbes and The Guardian
Isobel Koshiw / The Guardian:
Kherson torture centres were planned by Russian state, say lawyers
Kherson torture centres were planned by Russian state, say lawyers
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CNBC
Washington Post:
Republicans seize on train derailment to go after Buttigieg — Secretary's defenders say he is being targeted for reasons unrelated to the accident — Republicans are seizing on the trail derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, to ramp up their attacks against Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg …
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HotAir, Bangor Daily News, Insider and 19FortyFive
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Kim Lyons / Pennsylvania Capital-Star:
Pa.'s Casey, Fetterman join bill aimed at preventing future train derailments
Pa.'s Casey, Fetterman join bill aimed at preventing future train derailments
Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:
Rail unions tell Biden officials that workers have fallen ill at Norfolk Southern derailment site
Rail unions tell Biden officials that workers have fallen ill at Norfolk Southern derailment site
Burgess Everett / Politico:
How J.D. Vance made Dem friends on rail safety
How J.D. Vance made Dem friends on rail safety
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Plain Dealer, Washington Times and HuffPost
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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Morning Shots and Raw Story
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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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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.”
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Informed Comment
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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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Toronto Sun, Daily Mail, New York Post, The Post Millennial, Not the Bee, Louder With Crowder, Fox News and The Daily Caller
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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Washington Post, NBC News, CBS News, ACA Signups, Vox, CNN, Breitbart, Fox News, Axios, WDBJ-TV, New York Post, WFLA-TV, Associated Press, PoliticusUSA, UPI, Fortune, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Alaska Public Media, FOX31 Denver and Just The News
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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Alternet.org and Raw Story
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.
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The Dean's Report, The Wrap, Digby's Hullabaloo, Frontpage Mag, Insider, Arthuriana, Adventus, Raw Story, Fox News, RedState, New York Daily News, The Hill, Washington Post and The Independent
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Merrick Garland Is a Huge Taylor Swift Fan — The Attorney General routinely works her lyrics into conversations and legal arguments. 'My favorite song is “Shake It Off.” - Copy Link — 1x — WASHINGTON - At a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, senators grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland …
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.
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Missouri Independent, Eschaton and HotAir
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 …
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Fox News, more at Mediagazer »
Talia Richman / Dallas Morning News:
How a Texas girl scared of school shootings was punished — After a Lewisville ISD girl overheard a boy say, “Don't come to school tomorrow,” she ended up threatened with suspension. — The 13-year-old girl was in gym class when she said she heard a boy tell another classmate, “Don't come to school tomorrow.”
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Raw Story
David Strom / HotAir:
The Hershey highway to hell — Next Wednesday is International Women's Day. In the spirit of celebrating women, Hershey's Canada has issued special chocolate bars bearing the likeness of special women. — Women like Fae Johnstone, who happens to be a man cosplaying being a woman.
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Washington Examiner, Newsweek, New York Post, PennLive, Twitchy and The Daily Caller
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 …
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19FortyFive, The Daily Beast, ABC News, Political Wire, Washington Press, Raw Story and New York Daily News
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.
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.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Texas congressman who backed gun-control bill faces GOP censure vote — Rep. Tony Gonzales cast the vote in the last Congress after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, which is part of his district. — Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Tex.) is facing a censure vote this weekend …
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San Antonio Report
Poppy Noor / The Guardian:
UN urged to intervene over destruction of US abortion rights — Exclusive: letter from human rights groups says overturning of the constitutional right violates US's obligations as a UN member state — Top human rights organizations are calling on the United Nations to intervene over the destruction of abortion rights in the US.
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Forbes
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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The American Conservative
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.
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HotAir, No More Mister Nice Blog, 19FortyFive and Memex 1.1
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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HotAir, The Daily Beast, The Root, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Florida Phoenix and The Daily Caller
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Christopher Wray is getting away with doing a lousy job — The MAGA right thinks FBI Director Christopher A. Wray is some sort of patsy for Democrats. But the problem is not that Wray, a Trump appointee, is showing favoritism to a Democratic administration.
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UPI
Maham Javaid / Washington Post:
New state bills restrict transgender health care — for adults — Until now, most legislation banning gender-affirming care targeted minors. This year, a growing number of bills would also limit access for adults. — Republican state Sen. Jack Johnson stood on the Tennessee Senate floor …
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Louder With Crowder, The Post Millennial, HuffPost, Erin In The Morning, Indiana Capital Chronicle and Fox News
Joe Schoffstall / Fox News:
‘Squad’ Rep. Cori Bush hit with FEC complaint over private security payments to husband … Cori Bush calls for government takeover of social media, says Twitter too motivated by profits — Former Twitter executives appeared before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee to testify …
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, PJ Media and Breitbart
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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FOX31 Denver, Denver Post and The Daily Caller