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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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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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Reuters, HuffPost, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Washington Examiner and Breitbart
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.
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Associated Press
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP backlash on Tucker Carlson
The GOP backlash on Tucker Carlson
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The Hill, Associated Press, The Nation, PJ Media, Washington Examiner, Forbes, Power Line, News Corpse, The Bulwark and Common Dreams
NBC News:
Capitol Police chief tears into Tucker Carlson for claims about Officer Brian Sicknick
Capitol Police chief tears into Tucker Carlson for claims about Officer Brian Sicknick
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USA Today, RedState, PoliticusUSA, Alternet.org, Timothy's Newsletter and The Daily Caller
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Bombshell? Fox News is Completely Ignoring Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Tapes
Bombshell? Fox News is Completely Ignoring Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 Tapes
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Washington Examiner, New York Daily News, The Gateway Pundit, American Greatness, The Daily Caller and NBC News
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
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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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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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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
GOP Lawmakers Roast Tucker Carlson's ‘Bullshit’ Jan. 6 Narrative
GOP Lawmakers Roast Tucker Carlson's ‘Bullshit’ Jan. 6 Narrative
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Washington Examiner, Mediaite, CBS News and Media Matters for America
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”.
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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 …
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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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Kevin Collier / NBC News:
Gigi Sohn withdraws from running for FCC commissioner
Gigi Sohn withdraws from running for FCC commissioner
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Politico, Breitbart, The Hill, Common Dreams, Twitchy and The Daily Caller
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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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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Insider, Politico, HotAir, GZERO, Politique Republic, Reuters, Newsvandal, The Guardian, New York Post, The Hill, Semafor, The Daily Caller, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Examiner, RedState, TASS and Fox News
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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Walgreens Newsroom, Washington Post, New Republic, NPR, CNN, Jezebel, Black Enterprise, Sacramento Bee, CalMatters, Breitbart, Washington Blade, Live Action News and KRON4
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Mary Kekatos / ABC News:
Gavin Newsom announces California is ‘done’ with Walgreens due to abortion pill
Gavin Newsom announces California is ‘done’ with Walgreens due to abortion pill
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HuffPost, CNBC, NBC News, WKBN-TV and New York Post
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
2 Americans kidnapped in Mexico found dead, 2 found alive
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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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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
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.
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Washington Free Beacon and HotAir, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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ntsb.gov, The Hill, Politico, Cleveland 19 News, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, WKBN-TV, WTOP News, The Daily Caller, The Post Millennial and Raw Story
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 …
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
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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Washington Examiner, Insider, WKBN-TV, The Guardian, New York Daily News, IJR and The Hill
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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BBC, New York Post, Albuquerque Journal, Washington Post and Balloon Juice
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, Mediaite and Media Matters for America
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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Politico, Weekly Briefing, One America News Network, Axios, JetBlue Airways Corporation, WWLP-TV, Albuquerque Journal, Roll Call, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner, CBS News, ABC News, Framingham SOURCE, Semafor, HuffPost, Simple Flying, Bloomberg, New York Times, New York Daily News, The Hill, Law & Crime, Common Dreams and The Daily Caller
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.”
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Politico, Washington Examiner, RedState and The Daily Caller
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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New York Post, The Western Journal, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Michigan Advance, Twitchy and Ace of Spades HQ
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 …
General Bill / Calendar for 3/7/2023:
SB 300: Pregnancy and Parenting Support — Pregnancy and Parenting Support; Requiring the Department of Health to contract for the management and delivery of parenting support services, in addition to pregnancy support services; prohibiting physicians from knowingly performing or inducing …
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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 and Washington Post
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 …
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, Balloon Juice, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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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Fox News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Politico and Washington Blade