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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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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  —  DOJ attorneys said in a court filing in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that Trump does not have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits filed by police officers and members of Congress,
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Jacqueline Thomsen / Reuters:
US Justice Dept seeks rejection of Trump immunity claim in Jan. 6 lawsuits
Discussion: New York Times, CBS News and Slate
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The FBI Desperately Wants to Let Trump Off the Hook
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: Florida's Voice and Raw Story
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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
Discussion: Just The News
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
House ethics panel to investigate Rep. George Santos
Discussion: Semafor and Just The News
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.
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.
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.
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
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: The Wrap
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
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
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
AP sources: Biden not expected to veto GOP effort on DC laws  —  1 of 3  —  President Joe Biden isn't expected to veto Republican-sponsored resolutions that would block new District of Columbia laws that change how the nation's capital votes and how the city prosecutes and punishes crime, according to people familiar with the matter.
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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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: San Antonio Report and NBC News
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.”
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 …
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 …
James Politi / Financial Times:
US launches new crackdown on Russian sanctions busting  —  Push by three agencies comes amid fears imports flowing from UAE and Turkey are fuelling war in Ukraine  —  The US has launched a renewed crackdown on countries and individuals helping the Kremlin evade western sanctions amid growing fears Russia …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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
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
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 …
Discussion: Insider and Semafor
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
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Binance Is a ‘Hotbed’ of Illegal Activity, Bipartisan US Senators Allege  —  US Senators representing both Democrats and Republicans are demanding that Binance and Binance.US provide a detailed accounting of their finances and efforts to maintain regulatory compliance, according to a letter signed …
Discussion: CNBC, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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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Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
Canadians Fume as Migrants Surge at Their Border
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Murdaugh trial juror removed for improper discussions outside courtroom
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Poppy Noor / The Guardian:
UN urged to intervene over destruction of US abortion rights
Discussion: Forbes
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The Hershey highway to hell
Talia Richman / Dallas Morning News:
How a Texas girl scared of school shootings was punished
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Christopher Wray is getting away with doing a lousy job
Discussion: UPI
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
Tim Rogers / D Magazine:
Dallas Morning News Fires Reporter for Calling Mayor ‘Bruh’ on Twitter
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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