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9:05 PM ET, March 3, 2023

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CNN:
DeSantis appointee to new Disney oversight board suggested tap water could turn people gay  —  An appointee to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' new oversight board in control of Disney's special tax district called homosexuality “evil” last year and shared a baseless conspiracy theory that tap water could be making more people gay.
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Doctor: Lesion removed from Biden's chest was cancerous  —  A skin lesion removed from President Joe Biden's chest last month was a basal cell carcinoma — a common form of skin cancer — his doctor said Friday, adding that no further treatment was required.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Biden puts reelection over principles with his decision on D.C. law  —  Democratic presidents in the past have done troubling and at times truly terrible things to appease centrist White voters and win elections.  President Biden shouldn't continue that legacy — and I am becoming increasingly worried that he will.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Why Biden Stabbed D.C. in the Back
Washington Post:
As 2024 race begins, special counsel advances with focus on Trump lawyers  —  Prosecutors have sought information from multiple attorneys and senior aides to the former president, triggering new legal battles  —  Federal prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Pompeo's personal dig at Trump  —  This year's Conservative Political Action Conference has been a much lower profile affair than usual, as many big names opted to skip the festivities.  But it's still a significant stage on which ambitious Republicans can test their message in front of the right wing of the right wing.
Greg Walters / VICE:
Trump's Prosecution Primary Has Already Begun. It's Going to Be Wild.
Discussion: Just The News
Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
DeSantis cannonballs into America's deep blue states for war on ‘woke’ ahead of 2024  —  The Florida governor has used his trips to highlight his state's accomplishments — citing statistics that sometimes mask far more complicated debates  —  LOS ANGELES — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has found …
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Politico:
The Trump world-Fox News war gets nasty
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Ron DeSantis Usually Avoids the Press. For Murdoch, He'll Make an Exception.
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Attorney General Merrick Garland makes unannounced trip to Ukraine  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Friday, according to a Justice Department official, his second trip to the country after Russia invaded a little more than a year ago.
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Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair:
Walgreens Caves To Antiabortion Republicans — Including In States Where Abortion Remains Legal  —  Walgreens says they won't distribute abortion pills in states where Republican officials are opposed.  —  Abortion remains legal right now in states like Alaska, Iowa, Montana, and Kansas …
Matt Day / Bloomberg:
Amazon Pauses Construction on Second Headquarters in Virginia as It Cuts Jobs  —  Amazon.com Inc. is pausing construction on its sprawling second headquarters near Washington, a decision that coincides with the company's deepest ever job cuts and a reassessment of office needs to account for remote work.
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats Present Damning Info On Jim Jordan's FBI ‘Whistleblowers’  —  Jordan's subcommittee interviewed FBI agents who espoused conspiracy theories and received cash payments from a Donald Trump associate.  —  WASHINGTON — Since last year, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has spoken of the dozens …
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why Are We Still Arguing About Masks?  —  All this time later, their utility is in doubt.  —  In the past few weeks, the conventional wisdom about COVID seems to have been upended.  —  Early in the pandemic, several mainstream news outlets dismissed theories that COVID came from a Chinese lab.
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Lindsay Beyerstein / The Editorial Board:
Lab can't leak what it never had
NBC News:
White nationalist Nick Fuentes is ‘removed’ from CPAC, chair of ultraconservative conference says  —  Nick Fuentes, the antisemitic white nationalist provocateur who dined with former President Donald Trump last year, was “removed” from the premises of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Employment commission sues ExxonMobil, alleging discrimination after nooses found at facility  —  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing ExxonMobil over racial discrimination after multiple nooses were found at one of the company's facilities.
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Capitol Police confiscate assault-style ‘ghost gun’ and handgun capable of automatic fire during arrests  —  The U.S. Capitol Police confiscated an assault-style “ghost gun” and a handgun capable of automatic fire during the arrests of two people near the Capitol, police said Friday.
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump calls for contest to create futuristic ‘Freedom Cities’  —  Modern cities and flying cars might sound like the makings of an episode of the 1960s cartoon The Jetsons, where a fictionalized family flew around in Orbit City.  —  For former President Donald Trump, however …
Washington Post:
A cleaning company illegally employed a 13-year-old.  Her family is paying the price.  —  One of 27 minors hired to clean a Nebraska slaughterhouse, the middle-schooler and her family now fear deportation and more.  —  By Maria Sacchetti and Lauren Kaori Gurley  —  GRAND ISLAND, Neb. —
Page Six:
Kellyanne Conway and George Conway to divorce after 22 years of marriage  —  D.C's weirdest marriage is over.  —  Page Six hears that Kellyanne Conway, the longtime advisor to President Donald Trump, and George Conway, the longtime tormentor of President Trump, have decided to divorce after 22 years of marriage.
Discussion: RADAR
New York Times:
Conservative Media Pay Little Attention to Revelations About Fox News  —  Even in today's highly partisan media world, experts said, the lack of coverage about the private comments of Fox's top executives and hosts stands out.  —  Fox News and its sister network, Fox Business, have avoided the story.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fox Corp. and the Trump campaign hit with FEC complaint over Dominion revelations  —  A progressive group wants the Federal Election Commission to investigate Fox Corp. and former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign for breaking campaign finance laws.  —  On Friday, End Citizens United PAC filed …
NBC News:
U.S. intel on China considering lethal aid for Putin's war was gleaned from Russian officials  —  Initial U.S. intelligence suggesting that China is considering supplying lethal aid to Russia for its war in Ukraine was gleaned from Russian government officials, according to one current …
Pablo Manríquez / Vanity Fair:
Statesman or Shitposter?  J.D. Vance Makes His Entrance in Washington  —  The Hillbilly Elegy author transformed from an anti-Donald Trump conservative into MAGA flamethrower in his successful bid for the Senate last fall.  Now, Vance faces a first real test of leadership with tragedy in East Palestine.
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
After 17th court hearing, woman with TB ordered to jail for refusing treatment  —  Washington judge issued an arrest warrant and ordered her to involuntary detention.  —  A judge in Washington issued an arrest warrant Thursday for a Tacoma woman who has refused to have her active …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump lawyers scramble to exclude Access Hollywood clip from rape trial  —  In a legal filing on Friday, attorneys for Donald Trump asked to exclude a video clip of the former president boasting that he could sexually assault women at will because he was famous from evidence in the trial related …
Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Beast
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Leaked audio reveals US rail workers were told to skip inspections as Ohio crash prompts scrutiny to industry  —  Exclusive: employee says manager told her to stop marking cars for repair, as Ohio derailment brings hard look at industry's record of blocking safety rules
Cheri Jacobus / New York Daily News:
It's time to revoke Fox News' press credentials  —  The political media world has been rocked by the bombshell court filing by Dominion Voting Systems as part of their $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News.  —  Top executives from Rupert Murdoch on down, and on-air personalities …
Discussion: TVNewser and Washington Post
Michelle Lewis / Electrek:
A new study about seabirds and offshore wind turbines may surprise you  —  The aim of the 115-page study, which took place at Vattenfall's 11-turbine Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, aka the European Offshore Wind Deployment Center, was: … Vattenfall, which is owned by the Swedish state …
Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones:
South Carolina Woman Arrested For Allegedly Taking Abortion Pills  —  Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.  —  A South Carolina woman was arrested this week for allegedly taking abortion pills in October 2021 to end a pregnancy.
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge denies Jan. 6 defendant's bid for time to review McCarthy's Capitol security footage
Discussion: Roll Call
Casey Gannon / CNN:
January 6 rioter pleads guilty to assaulting Michael Fanone
New York Times:
As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology
 Earlier Items: 
Fox News:
Maryland mayor facing child porn charges previously said Pete Buttigieg was his mentor
Aubrie Spady / Fox News:
AOC blames staffer for not paying 2021 Met Gala expenses amid House probe into improperly accepted gifts
Kevin Maurer / The Daily Beast:
Killer Navy SEAL Hires Trump Lawyer to Reduce His Jail Time
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Fewer Americans Want U.S. Taking Major Role in World Affairs
Discussion: Sputnik News, The Hill and Semafor
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
He Believes Hitler Went to Heaven — and Wants to Take Over the Lutheran Church
Discussion: Raw Story
McKenna Oxenden / New York Times:
Black Equestrians Want to Be Safe. But They Can't Find Helmets.
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours
 
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