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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 …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Ron DeSantis Usually Avoids the Press. For Murdoch, He'll Make an Exception.
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Why Biden Stabbed D.C. in the Back — For the first two years of his presidency, Joe Biden positioned himself as a champion of statehood and home rule in the District of Columbia. The president urged Congress to make D.C. the 51st state—even as the Senate filibuster stood in the way …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats hit some snags on Biden judicial nominees after topping 100 new judges
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Biden's about-face on the DC crime law angers Democrats
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Playbook: Dems seethe over Biden's crime reform betrayal
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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.
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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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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Pompeo tells CPAC not to look to ‘celebrity’ candidates with ‘fragile egos’ in rebuke to Trump
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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 — A “lab accident” is not a conspiracy. However, in 2023, all versions of the lab leak theory presuppose a conspiracy, writes Lindsay Beyerstein. … Proponents of the covid lab leak theory proclaimed themselves vindicated this week after the Wall Street Journal reported …
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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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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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Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Weed-Amnesty Applications Are Opening as Biden Broadens 2024 Appeal
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Biden tried to hire Jon Meacham, his volunteer muse
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Justine McDaniel / Washington Post:
Democrats challenge credibility of GOP witnesses who embrace false Jan. 6 claims — House Republicans vowing to uncover a “weaponization” of the federal government against conservatives have so far called witnesses who have not presented any evidence of wrongdoing at the Justice Department …
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats Present Damning Info On Jim Jordan's FBI ‘Whistleblowers’
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Ex-Army private gets 45 years for plot against his unit — A former U.S. Army private from Kentucky who was devoted to a violent extremist group seeking to erode or destroy Western civilization was sentenced to the maximum 45 years in prison Friday for plotting to arrange a murderous terrorist attack on his paratrooper unit.
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Former U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Attempting for Murder Fellow Service Members in Deadly Ambush — A Kentucky man was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for attempting to murder U.S. service members, providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists …
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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 …
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
There's Never Been a Better Time to Take on Fox News
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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 …
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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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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 …
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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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.
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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
Florida's Blueprint for America's Media
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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 …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
He Believes Hitler Went to Heaven — and Wants to Take Over the Lutheran Church — A nearly 2 million-member synod is fighting an attempt to turn its pews into a bastion for young fascists — ON ASH WEDNESDAY, the First Lutheran Church in Knoxville called the cops on a parishioner who was attempting to attend services.
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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
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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 …
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Aubrie Spady / Fox News:
AOC blames staffer for not paying 2021 Met Gala expenses amid House probe into improperly accepted gifts … Ocasio-Cortez slaps notebook against podium in frustration over Ilhan Omar committee ouster vote — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., (A)C) blamed a member of her staff for not paying the …
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