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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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The Hill, The Mahablog, Washington Times, Mediaite and The Guardian
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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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The Gateway Pundit, Vanity Fair, IJR, Political Wire, Insider and Washington Post
New York Times:
Eyeing DeSantis, Trump Readies for a Long Primary Battle — Donald Trump will be basking in affection from activists at CPAC on Saturday. But his campaign is preparing for an ugly, protracted primary fight for the nomination. — OXON HILL, Md. — Inside the MAGA-clad corridors …
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Axios, NBC News, The Atlantic, Politico, Mediaite, Digby's Hullabaloo, Twitchy, Election Law Blog, Bloomberg, Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
At CPAC, A Call For Trans People To Be ‘Eradicated’ Gets Big Cheers — The conservative movement's annual confab was creepily obsessed with trans kids and showcased the GOP's alarming and intensifying anti-trans rhetoric. — NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Thousands of conservatives …
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Mother Jones, RedState, Advocate and Washington Examiner
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Promises to Continue Presidential Campaign if Indicted, Then Delivers a Snoozy CPAC Speech — “I wouldn't even think of leaving,” Trump said when asked whether he would drop out of the presidential race if he is charged criminally … “I wouldn't even think of leaving [the race],” Trump responded.
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Politico, Vox, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Guardian and Insider
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump easily wins CPAC straw poll — Former President Donald Trump easily won the Conservative Political Action Conference's (CPAC) closely watched straw poll on Saturday, notching a symbolic win among the Republican grassroots as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024.
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump To His Followers: ‘I Am Your Retribution’ — OXON HILL, Md. — Donald Trump returned to a Conservative Political Action Conference recast in his image Saturday, capping a three-day agenda heavy with adoration for the coup-attempting former president but considerably less-well attended …
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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The Daily Signal, Human Events, ABC News and PBS NewsHour
Associated Press:
Trump says an indictment would not end presidential campaign
Trump says an indictment would not end presidential campaign
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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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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
Fox News Is Trapped by Its Own Zealotry
Fox News Is Trapped by Its Own Zealotry
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Oregonian, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality, Fortune and Let's Fix This Country, more at Mediagazer »
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Dems want to cut Fox off after lawsuit revelations
Dems want to cut Fox off after lawsuit revelations
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The Gateway Pundit, Digby's Hullabaloo, Political Wire, Raw Story and Mediaite
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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CBS News, Fox News, NewsNation, NBC Chicago, The Gateway Pundit, Plain Dealer, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and WKBN-TV
Jacob Solis / 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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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Democratic socialists swept out of power in Nevada
Democratic socialists swept out of power in Nevada
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The Hill and The Daily Beast
Katie Hawkinson / The Daily Beast:
Michael Knowles Says Transgenderism Must Be ‘Eradicated’ at CPAC — The transphobic tirade at the Conservative Political Action Conference prompted horror from a variety of people, with many calling the comment ‘genocidal.’ — Michael Knowles—right-wing political commentator associated …
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Raw Story, Relativization and The Daily Caller
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Asks Judge to Block Pence's Testimony to Grand Jury — The former president's lawyers cited executive privilege, a tactic they have used with other ex-Trump aides. — Former President Donald J. Trump has filed a motion asking a federal judge to prevent his former vice president …
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CNN and L.A.'s Newsletter
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Bar Peleg / Haaretz:
‘Good Evening, Anarchists and Terrorists’ | Record Number of Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu's Judicial Coup — Despite the force used by police against protesters on Wednesday, up to 150,000 people arrived to the central Tel Aviv demonstration ■ Police use water cannons against Tel Aviv protesters who blocked highway
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Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel and Reuters
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Josh Breiner / Haaretz:
Israeli Pro-democracy Protests Enter Ninth Week as Police Ramp Up Forces in Tel Aviv
Israeli Pro-democracy Protests Enter Ninth Week as Police Ramp Up Forces in Tel Aviv
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WTOP News and The Times of Israel
Judy Heumann:
The World Mourns the Passing of Judy Heumann, Disability Rights Activist — Judith “Judy” Heumann (1947-2023) — Judith “Judy” Heumann—widely regarded as “the mother” of the disability rights movement—passed away in Washington, D.C. on the afternoon of March 4, 2023.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Former Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway and George Conway Are Planning to Divorce — The political odd couple had bewildered Washington when Ms. Conway was serving as an adviser to President Donald J. Trump and her husband was one of his fiercest critics. — WASHINGTON — Kellyanne Conway …
Steven Beschloss / America, America:
How Has Fox News Infected Your World? — You have a chat with a friend, a family member, a neighbor, a co-worker, maybe a guy sitting next to you at a bar. You hear their love for Donald Trump and their hatred for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. You learn they think Biden should be impeached …
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Breitbart, Raw Story and National Review
Erin Woo / The Information:
Musk Delayed Paying Twitter's Amazon Cloud Bill, Sparking Ad Threat — Elon Musk is running into an obstacle in his relentless drive to cut costs at Twitter: some of the same vendors that Twitter is squeezing to save money are also its advertising clients. — As recently as last month …
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Ghosts of Plum Run, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, Wall Street Journal and Politico
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Insider:
Florida courts could take ‘emergency’ custody of kids with trans parents or siblings — even if they live in another state — Florida Senate Bill 254 would grant courts emergency custody of kids who receive gender-affirming care. — The bill, introduced Friday, would also allow …
Nicky Robertson / CNN:
Texas GOP censures Republican congressman for ‘lack of fidelity’ to party principles and priorities — Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday by the state GOP for “for lack of fidelity to Republican principles and priorities,” the party announced.
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Hayden Vernon / The Guardian:
Russian minister's claim Ukraine war ‘launched against us’ met with laughter — Sergei Lavrov says Moscow ‘trying to stop’ war in remarks at India's Raisina Dialogue conference — Comments by Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, were met with laughter at an international conference in India …
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NPR, Washington Examiner, Insider and Washington Post
Corey Kilgannon / New York Times:
Remember Pamela Smart? ‘To Die For’ Convict Now Seeks Mercy. — The woman who became a national sensation in 1990 after her teenage lover killed her husband has become a prison preacher. She hopes New Hampshire will set her free. — Pamela Smart hung up her green prison uniform jacket …