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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 …
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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 …
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Intelligence contractor who praised Nazis found guilty in Jan. 6 riot  —  A Northern Virginia military reservist assigned to do intelligence work was found guilty Tuesday of obstructing Congress's confirmation of the 2020 presidential election results in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Discussion: Associated Press
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP backlash on Tucker Carlson
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Tucker Carlson ripped by Capitol Police, GOP senators for mischaracterizing Jan. 6
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell says Fox News made ‘a mistake’ by underplaying violence of Jan. 6
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Footage shows Capitol cop Brian Sicknick uninjured on Jan. 6
Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Journalist Names  —  Documents obtained by a House panel shed light on the probe into Twitter's compliance with settlement  —  Watch: Elon Musk Says a New Twitter CEO Could Be Named by Year-End
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James Clayton / BBC:
Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired?  —  A Twitter employee has appealed to Elon Musk on the platform to ask whether he had been sacked.  —  In a tweet to the firm's chief executive, Halli Thorleifsson said: “Your head of HR is not able to confirm if I am employed or not”.
Financial Times:
EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter  —  Regulators are concerned that platform aims to use more volunteers and artificial intelligence to monitor content  —  Elon Musk and the EU are in a dispute over the Twitter owner's plan to use more volunteers and artificial intelligence …
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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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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, The Wrap and NBC News
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Kari Lake among 4 women Trump's considering for VP pick
Elie Mystal / The Nation:   The Country Is Paying for Merrick Garland's Failure to Prosecute Trump
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.
Giulia Carbonaro / Newsweek:
Walgreens Stock Plummets After Gavin Newsom Vows to Cut Business Ties  —  The shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance, which owns the Walgreens retail pharmacy chain in the U.S., have dropped since California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state won't deal with the company over its abortion pills stance.
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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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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
2 Americans kidnapped in Mexico found dead, 2 found alive
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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Joseph Pisani / Wall Street Journal:   Missouri's Gun-Rights Law Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
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 …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Axios:
Semafor's China problem  —  Semafor, the 5-month-old news startup, is drawing criticism in the U.S. for partnering with a think tank in China that is known to have close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.  The group has in the past obscured those ties to Western audiences.
New York Times:
N.T.S.B. Will Investigate Norfolk Southern's Safety Practices  —  The agency said it was opening a special inquiry because the railway has had several significant accidents since late 2021.  —  The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that it had opened a special investigation …
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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.
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
‘Our staff is working their tail off’: Jim Jordan responds to critics of his probe's slow start  —  Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio has heard the criticisms — including on Fox News — that his subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government has yet to uncover much.  He doesn't see it that way.
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.
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.”
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 …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Edits Out Trump Saying He Might've Let Russia ‘Take Over’ Parts of Ukraine  —  While Trump told Hannity on the radio he could've prevented war by negotiating a deal with Russia, that portion was curiously edited out when aired on Fox News.  —  Donald Trump has long insisted …
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).
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
House GOP Chairman Calls It ‘A Mistake’ That Trump Didn't Bomb Meth Labs In Mexico  —  Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) appears to be the only House Republican wishing we had launched a military attack on a longtime U.S. ally.  —  The House Republican chairman with oversight of border issues …
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 …
NBC News:
State Department's Ned Price exiting as agency's spokesman  —  WASHINGTON — State Department spokesperson Ned Price will step down from his post this month to take on a policy-focused role in the department.  —  Price, the department's spokesman since the first day of the Biden administration …
 
 
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Timothy Noah / New Republic:
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
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Paul Adams / BBC:
Up to 30,000 Russian casualties claimed in Bakhmut
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Associated Press:
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
This is the dynamic that could decide the 2024 GOP race
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and Raw Story
Emily Hoeven / San Francisco Chronicle:
Sausalito said it could build new housing — on underwater sites. Now it's getting sued
New York Times:
Spying by Mexico's Armed Forces Brings Fears of a ‘Military State’
Discussion: The Hill
Max Abrahms / The Atlantic:
I Teach International Relations. I Think We're Making a Mistake in Ukraine.
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How the higher education outrage sausage is made
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