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10:15 AM ET, March 3, 2023

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CNN:
Jim Jordan's first FBI whistleblowers face scrutiny from skeptical Democrats  —  In his quest to prove the federal government has been “weaponized” against conservatives, Republican House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has touted the allegations of what he claims are “dozens” …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and PoliticusUSA
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Witnesses, Paid by Trump Ally, Embraced Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theories  —  Democrats said a trio of witnesses billed as “whistle-blowers” provided no evidence of wrongdoing, espoused false claims about the Capitol riot and were compensated by an ally of former President Donald J. Trump.
Rolling Stone:
Inside Jim Jordan's Disastrous Search for a ‘Deep State’ Whistleblower  —  Trump officials and GOP lawmakers are working together to deliver on Jordan's promise to reveal an anti-Trump conspiracy.  So far, they've produced a ‘dumpster fire’  —  IN EARLY FEBRUARY, Republicans brought …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump's 5-part plan to attack DeSantis … - DeSantis' past support for changes to Social Security and Medicare, including votes as a U.S. congressman to raise the eligibility age for Medicare.  — Disloyalty to Trump after he helped DeSantis get elected governor in 2018.
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Die-hard Trump fans make it clear: They want DeSantis  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — If Gov. Ron DeSantis is using his current book tour to soft-launch a likely 2024 campaign, he'll be very happy with the results.  —  Roughly 250 Florida residents lined up outside a Books-A-Million store …
NBC News:
Ron DeSantis sets $1 million goal for donor events as 2024 campaign nears
Discussion: Fox News and Associated Press
Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
DeSantis cannonballs into America's deep blue states for war on ‘woke’ ahead of 2024
Discussion: Political Wire
The Hill:
House Democrats blindsided as Biden changes tune on DC crime bill  —  House Democrats were infuriated and taken aback by President Biden's announcement on Thursday that he will sign a resolution to nix the District of Columbia's crime bill.  —  The crime bill has come under heavy criticism from Republicans and centrist Democrats.
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Politico:
Biden won't veto GOP effort to repeal D.C. crime law
Politico:
House Dems strategize how to achieve a Speaker Hakeem Jeffries
Discussion: Slate and Associated Press
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden team enlists top Democrats in early bid for campaign unity
Mia Cathell / Townhall:
LGBTQ-Activist Dem Mayor, Who Was ‘Mentored’ by Buttigieg, Arrested for Vile Charge  —  The gay-activist Democrat mayor of College Park, Maryland, who has branded himself as something of a role model for LGBTQ youth, was arrested Thursday morning on dozens of counts of possessing …
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 …
Associated Press:
Jury quickly finds Murdaugh guilty of murder of wife, son  —  South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murder Thursday in the shooting deaths of his wife and son in a case that chronicled the unraveling of a powerful Southern family with tales of privilege, greed and addiction.
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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Jury Finds Murdaugh Guilty of Killing Wife and Son
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Effort to change Utah's state flag narrowly passes Legislature after hours of debate  —  Gov. Spencer Cox now has three weeks to decide if he'll approve or veto the new state flag bill.  —  The bill to change Utah's state flag squeaked by on the House floor Thursday morning on a razor-thin 40-35 vote …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Checkered Past of the Contractor Monitoring the Air in East Palestine  —  CTEH has been cited by lawmakers for ‘releasing findings defending the corporate interests that employ them.’  —  A black plume and fireball rise over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation …
Discussion: New York Times
WRAL-TV:
Top Republican lawmakers reach deal on NC Medicaid expansion  —  The top leaders in North Carolina's legislature reached an agreement that is expected to expand Medicaid coverage.  The momentous deal, announced Thursday, is the culmination of more than a decade of political wrangling and a Republican change of heart.
Hamed Aleaziz / Los Angeles Times:
News Analysis: Biden's new asylum proposal could affect the border forever  —  U.S. immigration politics have shifted on their axis over the last 10 days.  —  Former President Trump and his administration spent years arguing that people who cross the border without permission should not be able …
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 …
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Exposed: Dallas Humber, Narrator Of Neo-Nazi ‘Terrorgram,’ Promoter Of Mass Shootings  —  Her propaganda canonized white supremacist murderers as “saints.  She may have helped inspire a shooting at a gay bar.  Now she's been unmasked.  —  On Oct. 12, 2022, Juraj Krajč …
Discussion: Raw Story
Justin Fox / Bloomberg:
Pandemic Murder Wave Has Crested.  Here's the Postmortem.  —  The shocking rise in murders that began in the summer of 2020 looks as if it may have played out.  In the nearly complete tally of 2022 homicide statistics from 93 US cities compiled by AH Datalytics, murder and non-negligent manslaughter was down 5% from the year before.
Marianna Bacallao / NPR:
Tennessee becomes the first state to pass a ban on public drag shows  —  Nashville, TENN. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill banning drag shows in public spaces, a measure that will likely force drag shows underground in Tennessee.  —  Lee gave his signature just hours …
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Associated Press:
As Tennessee, others target drag shows, many wonder: Why?
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Washington's Favorite Republican Is Making All the Right Moves  —  The Republican primary season hasn't even started, and already one contest appears to have a runaway winner: The Permanent-Washington Primary, where New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is absolutely crushing it.
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
Gabby Birenbaum / The Nevada Independent:
Amodei says he won't run for Senate in 2024  —  No Nevada Republicans have officially entered the race to challenge Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) for re-election to the Senate in 2024, but at least one potential candidate is staying out of the race.  —  Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) …
Discussion: Political Wire
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Texas GOP Bill Gives Tax Cuts to Heterosexual Parents  —  A new proposal would give massive breaks to large families, but only if the parents are straight property owners who've never been divorced.  —  A NEWLY INTRODUCED Texas House bill proposes property tax cuts for couples who get married, stay married, and have lots of children.
Discussion: Axios, New Republic and Texas Scorecard
Wall Street Journal:
Common Sense Points to a Lab Leak  —  Denials from authorities seemed political all along, and public trust will take a long time to recover.  —  WSJ Opinion: The Coronavirus ‘Lab Leak’ Origin Returns  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x
New York Times:
Daily Briefing: War in Ukraine  —  Belarus Sentences Nobel Peace Laureate to 10 Years in Prison … A Belarusian Nobel Peace laureate is sentenced to 10 years in prison.  —  A Belarusian court sentenced Ales Bialiatski, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October for his decades …
Jonathan M. Katz / The Racket:
There is no lab leak theory  —  It's still just vibes in search of a hypothesis  —  If we're going to do this again, I'm gonna tell this story again.  —  A decade ago, I traced a deadly epidemic back to a politically explosive source.  It was the fall of 2010, and Haiti was reeling from a massive cholera epidemic.
Mike Cherney / Wall Street Journal:
Demand for Himars Rocket Launcher Grows in Asia-Pacific Amid China Threat  —  Several countries in the region are considering purchasing the system, Lockheed Martin executive says  —  AVALON, Australia—The highly mobile, U.S.-built Himars rocket launcher helped Ukraine to blunt Russia's advance.
Robert H. Bork Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Congress Can Investigate Lina Khan  —  There's a precedent: The House looked into FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on similar grounds.  —  WSJ Opinion: Jim Jordan's ‘Weaponization of Government’ Hearings Begin  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.
Discussion: Bloomberg, New York Post and Cafe Hayek
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Biden tried to hire Jon Meacham, his volunteer muse  —  President Biden has grown so close to his volunteer muse, Jon Meacham, that he tried to bring the presidential historian into the White House. … So a government gig doesn't appear to be in the cards — but the overture reflects their warm relationship.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Big Cities Are Ungovernable  —  Lori Lightfoot's failed bid for reelection is a sign that America's mayors are in jeopardy.  —  Pity the poor mayors.  Or don't—most voters clearly don't.  On Tuesday, Chicagoans unceremoniously kicked Lori Lightfoot to the curb, depriving her of the chance …
Discussion: Yahoo News and CNN
 
 
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Jacqueline Howard / CNN:
Person in Florida dies after brain-eating amoeba infection, possibly due to sinus rinse with tap water, health officials warn
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Discussion: New York Post
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
2 Americans arrested for allegedly sending aviation technology to Russia
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
George Santos, MAGA ‘It’ Girl
Discussion: The Federalist
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Senate squashes Buckhead City rebellion
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WHM 2023: Iran's women have not yet been defeated
Discussion: TIME and Voice of America
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Daily Mail:
Trans teacher with prosthetic Z-cup breasts is FINALLY put on leave after it was revealed they don't wear the fake boobs outside of school …
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump And Jan. 6 Prisoners Collaborate On New Song Called ‘Justice For All’
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story, CNBC and Rolling Stone
Mitchell Schmidt / Wisconsin State Journal:
Trump attorney reappointed to state Supreme Court judicial conduct advisory committee
Scott Dance / Washington Post:
EPA orders testing for highly toxic dioxins at Ohio derailment site
Shira Stein / San Francisco Chronicle:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is hospitalized in San Francisco with shingles
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Hasan Minhaj Quits Twitter ‘Hellscape’ Live on ‘Daily Show’
Discussion: Fox News
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Likely Violated Ethics Laws With Met Gala Appearance, Says House Ethics Office
 

 
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