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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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NBC News:
‘Bulls—’: GOP senators rebuke Tucker Carlson for downplaying Jan. 6 as ‘mostly peaceful’ — WASHINGTON — A handful of Senate Republicans on Tuesday pushed back on conservative Fox News host Tucker Carlson after he characterized the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as “mostly peaceful chaos …
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.
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Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Elon Musk Goes All In On Jan. 6 Denial — The Twitter owner reacted credulously to Tucker Carlson's selectively edited segments of Capitol security footage from the 2021 riot. — Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday joined the right-wing chorus denying that a violent riot took place …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Tucker Carlson ripped by Capitol Police, GOP senators for mischaracterizing Jan. 6
Tucker Carlson ripped by Capitol Police, GOP senators for mischaracterizing Jan. 6
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USA Today, The Hill, New York Post, Media Matters for America, Deadline, Just The News, Mediaite, VICE and NBC4 Washington
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell says Fox News made ‘a mistake’ by underplaying violence of Jan. 6
McConnell says Fox News made ‘a mistake’ by underplaying violence of Jan. 6
Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
Elon Musk torches House Jan. 6 committee for ‘misleading the public,’ withholding evidence: ‘deeply wrong’
Elon Musk torches House Jan. 6 committee for ‘misleading the public,’ withholding evidence: ‘deeply wrong’
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American Thinker, The Gateway Pundit and The Post Millennial
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Footage shows Capitol cop Brian Sicknick uninjured on Jan. 6
Footage shows Capitol cop Brian Sicknick uninjured on Jan. 6
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle — Gigi Sohn notified the White House she would drop out after her nomination stalled for 16 months, amid industry opposition — Biden's pick to serve as a telecommunications regulator is withdrawing her nomination …
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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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CNN:
2 Americans kidnapped in Mexico found dead and 2 found alive, Mexican officials say
2 Americans kidnapped in Mexico found dead and 2 found alive, Mexican officials say
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CBS News, Washington Examiner, ABC13, USA Today, Washington Post, UPI, BBC, GZERO, Ace of Spades HQ, The Hill and Mercury News
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.
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Politico, HotAir, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Newsvandal, The Guardian, New York Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, TASS, Fox News, RedState, Semafor, The Daily Caller and Political Wire
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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New York Times:
Trump, Vowing ‘Retribution,’ Foretells a Second Term of Spite — In a speech before his supporters, the former president charged forward in an uncharted direction, talking openly about leveraging the power of the presidency for political reprisals. — Donald J. Trump has for decades trafficked …
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The Wrap, NBC News, Mediaite and BizPac Review
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Kari Lake among 4 women Trump's considering for VP pick — Former President Trump is strongly considering picking a female running mate — and sees Kari Lake as a model for his vice-presidential pick, according to people who discussed the topic with him.
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Arizona Republic, Vanity Fair, Raw Story, New York Daily News, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post, Forbes, RedState, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Twitchy and IJR
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Jerome 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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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
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HuffPost, Fortune, Breitbart, Raw Story, The BondBeat, The Baerlocher Bearing and Washington Examiner
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 …
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Erin In The Morning and Mediaite
Summer Ballentine / Associated Press:
US judge strikes down Missouri gun law as unconstitutional — A Missouri law banning local police form enforcing federal gun laws is unconstitutional and void, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes ruled the 2021 law is preempted by the federal government under the U.S. Constitution's supremacy clause.
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CNN, Wall Street Journal, New Republic and Missouri Independent
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.”
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Mollyesque
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.
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
'I'm not sure what to think': Fox uses Maria Bartiromo's persistent doubts about election as defense in Dominion lawsuit — Fox News host Maria Bartiromo didn't knowingly lie about Dominion Voting Systems swinging the election for President Joe Biden because she still entertains Donald Trump's …
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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 …
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Alternet.org
Michael Laris / Washington Post:
Former White House official dies of injuries after jet turbulence — Dana Hyde, who served at the State Department and as an international aid official, was remembered as a ‘brilliant and generous colleague’ and a wonderful mother — A former White House and international development official died …
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WGN-TV, The Hill, The Guardian, IJR, New York Daily News, Raw Story, New York Post and Associated Press
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Q: Who's unsurprised by shocking Fox News revelations? A: Ex-Fox journalists — The $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox News over lies about the 2020 election has brought shocking revelations to light. — Among those who say they aren't shocked: former journalists at Fox News …
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 …
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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).
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Billings Gazette, Washington Post, HuffPost and Raw Story
Third Way:
The No Labels Third-Party Bid: A Plan that Will Re-elect Trump — No Labels is planning to field a bipartisan “unity ticket” in 2024. They call it an “insurance policy,” claiming to fear “both major political parties could nominate divisive presidential candidates that a majority of the country finds unacceptable.”
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Politico, Washington Examiner, RedState and The Daily Caller
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 …
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ABC News, Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo, Newsday and Raw Story
Laura King / Los Angeles Times:
Lots of Russian soldiers want to surrender. Ukraine makes it easier with a high-tech hotline — Bound for the battlefield, sounding harried and anxious, the Russian soldier placed a hasty phone call — to a Ukrainian military hotline. — “They say you can help me surrender voluntarily …
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Washington Post and Balloon Juice
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.
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Outside the Beltway
NBC News:
Conflict with China is inevitable unless U.S. changes course, Beijing's new foreign minister warns — BEIJING — The United States and China are hurtling toward inevitable “confrontation and conflict” unless Washington changes course, Beijing's new foreign minister warned Tuesday.
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Bolts:
Audience Engagement Editor — Bolts is a digital publication that covers the nuts and bolts of power and political change. We are focused on two areas where local governments play an outsized role: criminal justice and voting rights. We report on the places, people …
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.
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
Emily Tamkin / New Republic:
Can American Jewish Support for Israel Survive This New Government? — One sign read PEACE. Another, EQUALITY. Another, JUSTICE. Still another, in handwritten letters, ISRAEL YOU ARE LOSING U.S. JEWRY. — The protesters had gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. …
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middleeastmonitor.com and Ask Questions Later
Paul Adams / BBC:
Up to 30,000 Russian casualties claimed in Bakhmut — Between 20,000 and 30,000 Russian troops have been killed and wounded in the battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut since it began last summer, Western officials say. — The epic nature of the battle is out of all proportion to Bakhmut's strategic significance, they add.
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CBS News and The Guardian
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 …
Associated Press:
FDA: Two more eyedrops brands recalled due to risks — U.S. health officials are alerting consumers about two more recalls of eyedrops due to contamination risks that could lead to vision problems and serious injury. The announcements follow a recall last month of eyedrops made in India …
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CBS News, New Jersey Online and The Daily Caller