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CNN:
US Capitol Police chief rips into Tucker Carlson over ‘offensive’ use of January 6 footage  —  Fox News airs first clips of exclusive Jan. 6th footage 05:54  —  US Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger on Tuesday ripped into Fox News host Tucker Carlson over his commentary about footage from the January 6 …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Tucker Carlson, with help from Kevin McCarthy, tries to sanitize the very real violence of the January 6 attack  —  New York CNN —  The face of Fox News is doing everything in his power to sanitize the horrific violence the nation saw unfold in real-time at the U.S. Capitol in the aftermath of the 2020 election.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Tucker Carlson, with new video provided by Speaker McCarthy, falsely depicts Jan. 6 riot as a peaceful gathering  —  Some Republicans are looking to the tapes for vindication.  Others say it's a mistake for the party to look backward to Jan. 6, particularly after election deniers lost many 2022 races.
NBC News:   ‘Bulls—’: GOP senators rebuke Tucker Carlson for downplaying Jan. 6 as ‘mostly peaceful’
New York Times:
Intelligence Suggests Pro-Ukrainian Group Sabotaged Pipelines, U.S. Officials Say  —  New intelligence reporting amounts to the first significant known lead about who was responsible for the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines that carried natural gas from Russia to Europe.
Alfredo Peña / Associated Press:
2 kidnapped Americans found dead in Mexico, 2 are alive  —  Two of four Americans were killed in Mexico when their van was caught in the crossfire of rival cartel groups last week, a top Mexican official said Tuesday.  The two others are alive, with one wounded.
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
2 Americans kidnapped in Mexico found dead, 2 found alive  —  The group crossed into Mexico on Friday.  One of the two found alive is injured.  —  Mexican army soldiers prepare a search mission for four U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen in Matamoros, Mexico, March 6, 2023.
Joseph R. Biden Jr / New York Times:
Joe Biden: My Plan to Extend Medicare for Another Generation  —  Millions of Americans work their whole life, paying into Medicare with every working day — starting with their first job, even as teenagers.  Medicare is more than a government program.  It's the rock-solid guarantee …
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Fed Chair Powell Says Interest Rate Raises Likely to Be Higher Than Expected  —  In light of recent strong data, Jerome H. Powell said that the Federal Reserve is likely to raise rates higher than expected.  —  Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, made clear on Tuesday that the central bank …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed Chair Powell says interest rates are ‘likely to be higher’ than previously anticipated
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Five Women Sue Texas Over the State's Abortion Ban  —  The women, backed by an abortion-rights group, say they were denied abortions under state law despite risks to themselves and their fetuses that made the procedure a medical necessity.  —  Five women who say they were denied abortions despite grave risks …
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Sarah McCammon / NPR:
5 Texas women denied abortions sue the state, saying the bans put them in danger
Discussion: CNN and KXAN-TV
Christina Buttons / Reality's Last Stand:
Why I'm Leaving The Daily Wire  —  There is a critical distinction between speaking truth and being tactless, between sticking to the facts and sticking it to the libs.  —  Writes Breaking the Spell of Social Justice  · Subscribe  —  After much consideration …
Molly Ball / TIME:
The Most Interesting Think Tank In American Politics  —  Samuel Hammond sits at a cluttered desk in his Washington office, holding up the pamphlet that changed the world.  “It's a giant space fetus,” the think-tank staffer says with a grin.  “You're never going to get that from a liberal child-welfare organization.”
Discussion: Mollyesque
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
This is the dynamic that could decide the 2024 GOP race  —  The same fundamental dynamic that decided the 2016 Republican presidential primaries is already resurfacing as the 2024 contest takes shape.  —  As in 2016, early polls of next year's contest show the Republican electorate …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
4 major flaws in calling Republicans the ‘working class’ party
Discussion: capitalandmain.com and The Hill
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
New York Republicans go to all-out war against Santos  —  New York's House Republicans are racing away from the walking political grenade known as George Santos.  —  Six of Santos' New York colleagues, particularly the four who flipped tight battleground districts last fall, are working …
Darrell Ehrlick / Daily Montanan:
Rosendale poses for photo op with white nationalists, denies meeting, condemns hate groups  —  A photo of Congressman Matt Rosendale posing alongside Greyson Arnold, standing next (left) to Rosendale, and Ryan Sanchez to Arnold's left.  It is not known who the other two are (Photo via Pure Politics on Telegram).
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Six former Phillies died from the same brain cancer.  We tested the Vet's turf and found dangerous chemicals.  —  FIELD OF DREAD  —  Six former Phillies died from the same brain cancer.  We tested the Vet's turf and found dangerous chemicals.  — By Barbara Laker and David Gambacorta Published Mar 6, 2023
Michael Wilner / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
‘Very intimate knowledge’: What Ron DeSantis saw while serving at Guantanamo  —  As a young military officer at the height of the war on terror, Lt. Ron DeSantis was often seen running on the beach of Guantanamo Bay and along its ridgeline, encircling Camp America.
Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post
Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Justice Department sues to block JetBlue's acquisition of Spirit Airlines  — The Justice Department on Tuesday sued to block JetBlue Airways' $3.8 billion proposed takeover of budget carrier Spirit Airlines  — Spirit agreed to sell itself to JetBlue Airways last summer.
Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Meet the Anti-Semitic Spiritual Guru on Cori Bush's Payroll  —  He claims he can summon tornadoes at will, cause earthquakes with his hate, and conduct blood rituals to bring ruin upon his enemies.  An intergalactic master of psychic self-defense born 109 trillion years ago, his days …
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Never Trumpers rally in D.C., trying to find hope and a plan amid despair  —  Donald Trump used his primetime stage at the CPAC conference this Saturday to taunt the Bush Republicans, globalists and neocons.  —  A dozen miles away, at a lower-profile gathering in downtown D.C. the remnants …
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
How the higher education outrage sausage is made  —  I was exposed by Campus Reform and lived to tell the tale  —  I'd like to tell you a story.  At one level, its a story about how a certain type of media content is made.  This content is intended to show how out-of-touch and radical students and faculty are.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Max Abrahms / The Atlantic:
I Teach International Relations.  I Think We're Making a Mistake in Ukraine.  —  The U.S. risks provoking Russian aggression.  —  By day, I teach Introduction to International Relations to undergraduate students at Northeastern University.  By night, I consume the latest punditry about Ukraine.
Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
Ben Savage, ‘Boy Meets World’ Actor, Is Running for Congress  —  The former star of the 1990s-era ABC sitcom is running as a Democrat for a seat in the Los Angeles area that is being vacated by Representative Adam B. Schiff.  —  Ben Savage, the former child actor who was the star of the ABC sitcom …
Tyler O'Neil / The Daily Signal:
SPLC Lawyer Arrested in Atlanta Molotov Cocktail Riot, Faces Terrorism Charges  —  Authorities arrested Sunday a staff attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-leaning civil rights group notorious for branding mainstream conservative and Christians nonprofits “hate groups,” …
Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
Navy Reservist who praised Hitler convicted of joining mob that stormed US Capitol  —  A federal judge found Hatchet Speed guilty of one felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding and four misdemeanor offenses.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge convicted a Navy Reservist …
Discussion: Associated Press
Alfred Ng / Politico:
The privacy loophole in your doorbell  —  The week of last Thanksgiving, Michael Larkin, a business owner in Hamilton, Ohio, picked up his phone and answered a call.  It was the local police, and they wanted footage from Larkin's front door camera.  —  Larkin had a Ring video doorbell …
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Children of same-sex parents see outcomes as good or better than heterosexual couples: study  —  A new study found that children of same-sex parents have home lives and outcomes that are as good or better than those of heterosexual couples.  —  The research, published in the BMJ Global Health journal …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Twitter Bots Are Promising Cheap Guns to Anyone Using the N-Word  —  Are they undercover cops?  Are they phishing scams?  Or are they attempts to sow racial division?  —  When Elon Musk acquired Twitter, he made it clear that eradicating spam bots was a top priority.
Discussion: Raw Story and Forbes
Wall Street Journal:
China's Xi Jinping Takes Rare Direct Aim at U.S. in Speech  —  Leader blames Washington-led ‘containment, encirclement and suppression’ for challenges at home  —  House Committee Warns of Beijing's Threat to U.S. Interests and Values … Chinese leader Xi Jinping issued an unusually blunt rebuke …
New York Times:
U.S. Is Said to Consider Reinstating Detention of Migrant Families  —  President Biden has turned to increasingly restrictive measures as his administration prepares for the end of Title 42, which has allowed border authorities to swiftly expel migrants.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration …
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Florida Republicans File 6-Week Abortion Ban That's Very Likely To Become Law  —  The extreme restriction will also further pad Gov. Ron DeSantis' anti-choice record ahead of his potential 2024 presidential run.  —  A Florida Republican filed a six-week abortion ban on Tuesday …
Politico:
Playbook: Dems fret about a No Labels spoiler ticket  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  DOUG CALL IT A COMEBACK — In a rare sit-down interview with a mainstream news outlet, former Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee DOUG MASTRIANO tells Holly Otterbein …
Emily Hoeven / San Francisco Chronicle:
Sausalito said it could build new housing — on underwater sites.  Now it's getting sued  —  Like the approaching storms, get ready for another atmospheric river of YIMBY housing lawsuits to soak the Bay Area.  —  Last month, YIMBY Law and other housing advocacy groups sued 12 Bay Area governments …
 
 
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