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11:40 AM ET, March 3, 2023

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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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Ron DeSantis Usually Avoids the Press.  For Murdoch, He'll Make an Exception.  —  The Florida governor granted a rare interview to The Times of London, one of several Murdoch media properties he's spoken with as he prepares a possible presidential bid.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida …
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
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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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.
Wall Street Journal:
Common Sense Points to a Lab Leak
Discussion: HotAir
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats hit some snags on Biden judicial nominees after topping 100 new judges  —  Senate absences are causing issues.  Some worry that the “blue slip” custom will prevent the party from hitting its targets.  And a couple of Biden's judicial nominees are under fire.
Discussion: Fox News
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The Hill:
House Democrats blindsided as Biden changes tune on DC crime bill
Politico:
Biden won't veto GOP effort to repeal D.C. crime law
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
Discussion: PennLive and Reuters
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Checkered Past of the Contractor Monitoring the Air in East Palestine
Discussion: New York Times
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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Rolling Stone:
Inside Jim Jordan's Disastrous Search for a ‘Deep State’ Whistleblower
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
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
There's Never Been a Better Time to Take on Fox News
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.
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Walgreens won't distribute abortion pills in states where GOP AGs object  —  The nation's second-largest pharmacy chain confirmed Thursday that it will not dispense abortion pills in several states where they remain legal — acting out of an abundance of caution amid a shifting policy landscape …
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 …
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 …
Ursula Perano / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Swore Biden Was Lying About Social Security Cuts.  Now They're Questioning the Retirement Age.  —  Republicans were outraged when Joe Biden accused them of proposing Social Security cuts.  Now a bipartisan group is talking about raising the retirement age.
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Politico:
House Dems strategize how to achieve a Speaker Hakeem Jeffries
Discussion: Slate and Associated Press
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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Missing Jan. 6th texts due to Signal, personal phone use … The reason the government is missing text messages for Trump's acting homeland security secretary Chad Wolf and acting deputy secretary Ken Cuccinelli from the period around the January 6th attack on the Capitol could be due …
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.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Twitchy
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
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.
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 …
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.
Reuters:
Russians pound access routes to Ukraine's besieged Bakhmut  —  Russian troops and mercenaries rained artillery on the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Friday, bringing Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest fighting of the war.
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 …
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.
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
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 …
Lee Brown / New York Post:
Shocking video shows black kids attack, force white kids to say ‘Black Lives Matter’ at Ohio school: cops  —  Multiple Ohio elementary school kids are facing assault charges after disturbing video caught the group of black students attacking white students — and forcing them to say “Black Lives Matter,” according to cops.
 
 
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Russian billionaires who shopped for US property with Hunter Biden and dined with Joe dodge sanctions
Jacqueline Howard / CNN:
Person in Florida dies after brain-eating amoeba infection, possibly due to sinus rinse with tap water, health officials warn
Charlie Stadtlander / The New York Times Company:
2023 State of The Times Remarks
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Caller
Democracy Now:
NLRB Judge Orders Starbucks to Rehire Workers, Reopen Stores Closed in Retaliation for Unionization
Mike Cherney / Wall Street Journal:
Demand for Himars Rocket Launcher Grows in Asia-Pacific Amid China Threat
Robert H. Bork Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Congress Can Investigate Lina Khan
Discussion: Bloomberg, New York Post and Cafe Hayek
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
2 Americans arrested for allegedly sending aviation technology to Russia
 Earlier Items: 
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Senate squashes Buckhead City rebellion
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Big Cities Are Ungovernable
Discussion: Yahoo News, CNN, IJR and WGN-TV
Marianna Bacallao / NPR:
Tennessee becomes the first state to pass a ban on public drag shows
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 …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Texas GOP Bill Gives Tax Cuts to Heterosexual Parents
Discussion: Axios, New Republic and Texas Scorecard
Mitchell Schmidt / Wisconsin State Journal:
Trump attorney reappointed to state Supreme Court judicial conduct advisory committee
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Esha Dey / Bloomberg:
Tesla's shares are up 73% since Election Day, as several analysts see the Trump administration easing rules for self-driving tech, benefiting Tesla's ambitions
 
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