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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.
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
Discussion: Fox News
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Dems fear Biden FCC nominee Sohn won't be confirmed
Discussion: Semafor and RedState
Punchbowl News:
3/3/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Playbook: Dems seethe over Biden's crime reform betrayal
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.
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 …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
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Greg Walters / VICE:   Trump's Prosecution Primary Has Already Begun. It's Going to Be Wild.
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 …
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.
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
Discussion: CNN
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Biden tried to hire Jon Meacham, his volunteer muse
Discussion: Slate, Alternet.org and Twitchy
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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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.
Discussion: CNN, New York Post and WTOP News
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Department of Justice:
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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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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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: CNBC and Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Newsbusters, SXSW and Political Wire
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Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
Florida's Blueprint for America's Media
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 …
Discussion: National Review
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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: The Daily Beast
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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Nicola Davis / The Guardian:
Norovirus cases in over-65s in England at highest in a decade
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Kevin Maurer / The Daily Beast:
Killer Navy SEAL Hires Trump Lawyer to Reduce His Jail Time
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
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John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
Both Worse  —  Understanding DeSantis and Trump  —  In the Monday New York Times …
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Black Equestrians Want to Be Safe. But They Can't Find Helmets.
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 Earlier Items: 
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
In The Room Where It (Doesn't) Happen  —  Paul Ryan's choice … — Hamilton and (more or less) Paul Ryan
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
The IRS braces for the unthinkable: A normal tax season
Reuters:
Exclusive: Russia set to mothball damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines - sources
CREW:
Missing Jan. 6th texts due to Signal, personal phone use
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Exposed: Dallas Humber, Narrator Of Neo-Nazi ‘Terrorgram,’ Promoter Of Mass Shootings
Discussion: Advocate and Raw Story
Mia Cathell / Townhall:
LGBTQ-Activist Dem Mayor, Who Was ‘Mentored’ by Buttigieg, Arrested for Vile Charge
 

 
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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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