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8:15 AM ET, March 4, 2023

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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.
Discussion: Reason, Fox News and New York Post
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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.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Use Arcane Political Tactic to Thwart Democrats
Gabriel Hays / Fox News:
House Dems feel betrayed after apparent Biden flip-flop on DC crime bill: ‘F— Amateur Hour’
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.
Politico:
The Trump world-Fox News war gets nasty  —  In his first minute onstage at CPAC on Friday, Steve Bannon identified one of his top targets of the moment, an entity he claimed is opposing Donald Trump's presidential campaign at its own peril: Fox News.  —  The host of the popular War Room podcast …
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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.
Wall Street Journal:
Twitter's Revenue, Adjusted Earnings Fell About 40% in Month of December  —  The company recently made a first interest payment to banks that lent $13 billion to help pay for Elon Musk's buyout, people familiar with the matter said  —  Twitter Inc. reported a drop in revenue and adjusted earnings …
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.
Matt Laslo / Raw Story:
CPAC attendees fear the event is now just a slush fund for Matt Schlapp's legal defense  —  OXON HILL, Md. — Change is in the air at this year's CPAC.  So are questions, denials, and rumors.  —  This annual conservative family gala—formally, the Conservative Political Action Conference …
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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 …
Reuters:
70 years after death, Stalin's polarising legacy looms large  —  On the eve of the 70th anniversary of Josef Stalin's death, attitudes to the Soviet Union's wartime leader remain mixed in the nations he once ruled with an iron fist.  —  During three decades of dictatorial rule …
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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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.
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. —
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.
Discussion: WTOP News
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Ex-Army private gets 45 years for plot against his unit
Discussion: New York Daily News, CNN and WTOP News
Jared Gans / The Hill:
California nurses slam state decision to roll back COVID-19 requirements in health care settings  —  A prominent group of nurses in California slammed a state plan to rollback masking and COVID-19 vaccine requirements in health care settings starting in April, arguing that the decision puts health care workers at risk.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump courts early-state Republicans at Mar-a-Lago  —  Former President Donald Trump is intensifying his courtship of influential GOP figures in key primary states - this time, over steaks and ice cream at his Mar-a-Lago club.  —  Trump spent Thursday night wooing over a dozen leaders …
Ashley Zavala / KQCA-TV:
California bullet train project faces more cost increases, possible delays  —  Hide Transcript Show Transcript  —  California's bullet train project that is meant to link Los Angeles to San Francisco faces more cost increases and potential delays, according to an update from project leaders released this week.
Discussion: HotAir and Fresno Bee
Wall Street Journal:
How America Soaks the Affluent  —  The income tax code is steeply progressive, as 2020 IRS data show.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: Chuck Grassley's Account of the FBI's Role in a Political Hit  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  1x
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
Rupert Murdoch's Post-Truth Nihilism  —  The only thing that will get you fired at Fox is telling the truth. … The great and obvious flaw in the political right's legitimate criticism of mainstream media bias is that the most dishonest, cynical, postmodern, post-truth, “everything-is-power” media enterprise is Fox News.
Associated Press:
Philippine governor killed by gunmen while meeting villagers  —  Gunmen in military uniforms shot and killed a provincial governor and wounded civilians while the politician was meeting poor villagers at his home in the central Philippines, in the latest brazen assault on local politicians in the country, police officials said.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
Bloomberg:
California Weighs $360,000 in Reparations to Eligible Black Residents.  Will Others Follow?  —  California is moving closer to determining what eligible Black residents are owed for generations of discriminatory practices, a key step toward potentially becoming the largest US jurisdiction to pay out billions of dollars in reparations.
Discussion: NBC News and New York Post
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Two Suspected Illegal Immigrants Killed a Bald Eagle for Dinner.  Federal Authorities Don't Seem To Care. … Two suspected illegal immigrants shot and killed a bald eagle with the intention of cooking it for dinner, and the town's sheriff whose department arrested them says federal authorities …
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 …
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Not so fast: CA NOT going to shutter nasty old Diablo Canyon nuke plant  —  What a difference falling flat on your renewable face time after time after time and again makes.  —  Eventually, attitudes come around a teensy weensy bit. … Not without a significant bit of CYA tapdancing …
 
 
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Russia's Lavrov elicits cheers and groans at Indian political dialogue
Discussion: Russian Free Press
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
F.B.I. Queries for U.S. Messages Collected Without Warrants Are Said to Drop ‘Dramatically’
Discussion: The Hill
Pablo Manríquez / Vanity Fair:
Statesman or Shitposter? J.D. Vance Makes His Entrance in Washington
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge denies Jan. 6 defendant's bid for time to review McCarthy's Capitol security footage
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Casey Gannon / CNN:
January 6 rioter pleads guilty to assaulting Michael Fanone
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
After 17th court hearing, woman with TB ordered to jail for refusing treatment
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
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New York Times:
As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology
Discussion: Breitbart
Fox News:
Maryland mayor facing child porn charges previously said Pete Buttigieg was his mentor
NBC News:
U.S. intel on China considering lethal aid for Putin's war was gleaned from Russian officials
Discussion: CNBC
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats Present Damning Info On Jim Jordan's FBI ‘Whistleblowers’
Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones:
South Carolina Woman Arrested For Allegedly Taking Abortion Pills
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump lawyers scramble to exclude Access Hollywood clip from rape trial
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