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David Smith / The Guardian:
‘I am your retribution’: Trump rules supreme at CPAC as he relaunches bid for White House — Former president claims Biden is leading America into ‘oblivion’ and that he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine — Donald Trump turned back the clock to the darkest elements of his presidency …
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Digby's Hullabaloo, The Gateway Pundit, PJ Media, Raw Story, The Daily Signal, ABC News and Human Events
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New York Times:
Trump Says He Would Stay in 2024 Race if Indicted — Donald Trump says he “wouldn't even think about” dropping out of the race for the White House if he's indicted. The former president has increasingly used his campaign as a cudgel against investigators.
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ABC News, National Review, The Western Journal and The Gateway Pundit
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Fact-Checking Trump's Speech at CPAC — The former president made inaccurate claims about the murder rate in New York, the withdrawal from Afghanistan and windmills at a conservative conference. — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump revived familiar falsehoods and returned …
Laura Jedeed / New Republic:
The Sad, Desolate Scenes of CPAC 2023 — “It's so great to see everyone here, and it's so great to see a packed house, too!” — It is approximately 11:15 AM in Washington DC, and investigative reporter Sara Carter is lying. The house is never crowded this early on the first day of CPAC …
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Washington Times, The Hill and The Mahablog
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Promises to Continue Presidential Campaign if Indicted, Then Delivers a Snoozy CPAC Speech
Trump Promises to Continue Presidential Campaign if Indicted, Then Delivers a Snoozy CPAC Speech
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Politico, Vox, Raw Story, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, The Post Millennial, The Guardian and CBS News
New York Times:
Eyeing DeSantis, Trump Readies for a Long Primary Battle
Eyeing DeSantis, Trump Readies for a Long Primary Battle
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The Atlantic, Politico, Axios, NBC News, Twitchy, Election Law Blog, Digby's Hullabaloo, Bloomberg and Raw Story
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Inside the Panic at Fox News After the 2020 Election — “If we hadn't called Arizona,” said Suzanne Scott, the network's chief executive, according to a recording reviewed by The New York Times, “our ratings would have been bigger.” — WASHINGTON — A little more than a week …
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Media Matters for America, Mediaite, Insider and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
Fox News Is Trapped by Its Own Zealotry
Fox News Is Trapped by Its Own Zealotry
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Oregonian, Fortune, Let's Fix This Country, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Kyle Hopkins / ProPublica:
Alaska Says It's Now Legal “in Some Instances” to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Individuals — On the advice of the state's attorney general, Alaska's civil rights agency quietly deleted language promising equal protections for LGBTQ Alaskans against most categories of discrimination, and it began refusing to investigate complaints.
Washington Post:
Florida bills would ban gender studies, transgender pronouns, tenure perks — A raft of laws proposed by the GOP majority would transform how Florida educates children — Florida legislators have proposed a spate of new laws that would reshape K-12 and higher education in the state …
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The Guardian, Human Events and Political Wire
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Josh Marcus / The Independent:
Florida Republicans propose ‘fascist’ bill to remove trans kids from parents' custody — The bill follows 2022's “Don't Say Gay” law — Transgender rights activist injects testosterone in front of health officials in Florida … Florida Republicans are under fire for a slate …
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Florida Politics
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Insider:
Florida courts could take ‘emergency’ custody of kids with trans parents or siblings — even if they live in another state
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Pete Buttigieg starts to rethink how he does his job in wake of Ohio train disaster — Pete Buttigieg admits he got it wrong on the Ohio train derailment response. — But while the criticism is fair, he says, the critics are mostly not. — “It's really rich to see some of these folks …
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Breitbart
Esme Stallard / BBC:
Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks — Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following 10 years of negotiations. — The High Seas Treaty aims to place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature.
Michael R. Bloomberg / New York Times:
Israel Is Courting Disaster — In more than 20 years of public life, I have steadfastly supported Israel and its people in both word and deed, including by building medical facilities there, co-founding a leadership center, supporting its innovative local programs and funding other good causes.
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
CPAC Speaker Calls for Transgenderism to Be ‘Eradicated’ — “For the good of society... transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely,” far-right conservative Michael Knowles said, drawing raucous applause … During his speech on Saturday, Knowles told the crowd …
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The Post Millennial
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
At CPAC, A Call For Trans People To Be ‘Eradicated’ Gets Big Cheers
At CPAC, A Call For Trans People To Be ‘Eradicated’ Gets Big Cheers
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Disaffected and it Feels …, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Relativization, Mother Jones, RedState and Advocate
Katie Hawkinson / The Daily Beast:
Michael Knowles Says Transgenderism Must Be ‘Eradicated’ at CPAC
Michael Knowles Says Transgenderism Must Be ‘Eradicated’ at CPAC
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Raw Story, The Daily Caller and Bracero
Riley Snyder / The Nevada Independent:
Monroe-Moreno elected NV Dems chair, ousts democratic socialist incumbent — Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Monroe (D-Las Vegas) was elected chair of the Nevada State Democratic Party Saturday, ousting incumbent chair Judith Whitmer in a vote of 314-99 — a rebuke of Whitmer's leadership ahead …
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The Hill
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Democratic socialists swept out of power in Nevada
Democratic socialists swept out of power in Nevada
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LewRockwell, The Hill and The Daily Beast
WDTN-TV:
Residents told to shelter in place after Norfolk Southern train derails in Springfield — Editor's Note: The intersection of the road closed has been corrected. We apologize for the error. — SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) — A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Clark County on Saturday …
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NBC News:
Two Ukrainian pilots are in the U.S. for training assessment on attack aircraft, including F-16s — Two Ukrainian pilots are currently in the United States undergoing an assessment to determine how long it could take to train them to fly attack aircraft, including F-16 fighter jets …
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Fox News, New York Post, Voice of America and The Guardian
Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Williamson accuses DNC of ‘rigging’ the primary system for Biden — Marianne Williamson, the first officially declared Democratic candidate for president in 2024, accused the Democratic National Committee (DNC) of “rigging” the primary system in favor of President Biden as she begins her long-shot bid to win the party's nomination.
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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
FBI gun seizure orders from people who fail background checks hit historic rates — WASHINGTON - The FBI has been issuing more seizure orders for guns sold to suspected prohibited buyers than at any time in the history of the federal firearm background check system, according to the most recent data compiled by the bureau.