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Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson said he hates Trump ‘passionately’, Fox lawsuit documents show … Among the documents released Tuesday as part of the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems was an email from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch to Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott …
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Murdoch confided Trump was going ‘increasingly mad’ as Fox pushed false claims — The media executive's astonishingly candid assessments are found in thousands of pages of internal Fox documents released as part of a lawsuit by Dominion — In the weeks after the November 2020 election …
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New York Times:
‘The Whole Thing Seems Insane’: New Documents Shed Light on Debate Inside Fox After Election — Messages and depositions from the network's stars like Tucker Carlson revealed serious misgivings about claims of election fraud even as some of the hosts told their audiences of millions a very different story.
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NBC News:
‘I hate him passionately’: Tucker Carlson was fed up with Trump after the 2020 election — On Jan. 4, 2021, Fox News host Tucker Carlson was done with Donald Trump. — “We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can't wait,” he texted an unidentified person.
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
‘F—ing b—’: Tucker Carlson unloads on Sidney Powell in jaw-dropping unsealed exhibits
‘F—ing b—’: Tucker Carlson unloads on Sidney Powell in jaw-dropping unsealed exhibits
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CNN, Insider, New York Post and ABC News
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 7, 2023 — In a New York Times op-ed today, President Joe Biden offered the opening salvo …
March 7, 2023 — In a New York Times op-ed today, President Joe Biden offered the opening salvo …
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Trump spurred ‘existential crisis’ at Fox News, lawsuit exhibits show
Trump spurred ‘existential crisis’ at Fox News, lawsuit exhibits show
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Washington Post:
‘Just a lie’: Senate Republicans blast Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 narrative — Speaker McCarthy, meanwhile, said he didn't regret allowing Carlson exclusive access to security footage and claimed it as a victory for transparency — Senate Republicans blasted Fox News on Tuesday for airing …
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HuffPost, Breitbart and Washington Examiner
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP backlash on Tucker Carlson — When some in the conservative movement baselessly pitched Jan. 6, 2021, as being fomented by antifa, Kevin McCarthy rebuked them. “There is absolutely no evidence of that,” he said. “Conservatives should be the first to say so.”
CNN:
‘They scaled walls, they brought ropes’: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's own words contradict January 6 footage used by Tucker Carlson — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy once spoke about the violence at the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, in starkly different terms than the narrative Fox …
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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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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
US Senator Schumer condemns Speaker McCarthy for supplying Jan.6 videos to Fox
US Senator Schumer condemns Speaker McCarthy for supplying Jan.6 videos to Fox
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
McCarthy says he doesn't regret sharing Jan. 6 footage with Tucker Carlson
McCarthy says he doesn't regret sharing Jan. 6 footage with Tucker Carlson
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Capitol Police chief blasts Tucker Carlson over ‘misleading’ Jan. 6 footage — Video aired by Carlson showed “QAnon shaman” Jacob Chansley accompanied by police, but not violence on the day rioters stormed the Capitol — After watching the first installment of Fox News host Tucker Carlson's look …
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NBC News:
Capitol Police chief tears into Tucker Carlson for claims about Officer Brian Sicknick — The Fox News host said that Democrats lied about Sicknick's death. In a letter to Capitol Police officers, Chief Manger called Carlson's portrayal “offensive and misleading.”
New York Times:
F.T.C. Intensifies Investigation of Twitter's Privacy Practices — The commission is seeking an interview with Elon Musk, who has made major cuts at the company since acquiring it last year. — The Federal Trade Commission is intensifying an investigation into Twitter's data and privacy practices …
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House Committee …, Engadget and Bloomberg
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Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Journalist Names
FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Journalist Names
James Clayton / BBC:
Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired?
Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired?
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Axios:
Biden is back in hot water with Dem lawmakers — First it was crime, now immigration: For the second time in as many weeks President Biden has inflamed fellow Democrats, who are questioning his tactics and strategy. … - Now cracks in the coalition are emerging as vulnerable Democrats chart …
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle
Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Biden Is Set to Detail at Least $2 Trillion in Measures to Reduce Deficits — The president's proposals, included in the budget he will release on Thursday, are expected to heavily feature tax increases on corporations and high earners. — WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday …
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Alex Roarty / The State:
Haley or Scott? South Carolina GOP braces for '24 primary with two hometown candidates — Mikee Johnson went to high school with Nikki Haley, held a leadership post in her charitable organization and donated early on to her first gubernatorial campaign. — And yet, this well-connected GOP donor …
Clare Foran / CNN:
Zelensky invites House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is inviting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine to see the situation on the ground first hand - an invitation that comes as the Republican Party faces a divide over whether …
Tony Messenger / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Federal judge adds a touch of sanity to Missouri's gun safety debate — ST. LOUIS — It's important to remember when Missouri's elected Republicans made the decision to try to crumple up the U.S. Constitution and toss it in the trash bin of history. — It was after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012.
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Twitter just let its privacy- and security-protecting Tor service expire … Twitter has allowed the certificate for its Tor onion site to expire, effectively killing off a privacy- and speech-protecting service that it introduced last year. Visiting the Tor-specific onion site address …
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Washington Post:
Available evidence still points to covid originating from spillover — Angela Rasmussen is a virologist and principal research scientist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan. Saskia Popescu is an infectious-disease epidemiologist …
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Washington Examiner and New Republic
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Kyle Rittenhouse, the MAGA Star That Wasn't — Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. — Modern conservatives love to own the libs by supporting people who claim they've been “canceled.”
Catherine Clifford / CNBC:
A new nuclear reactor in the U.S. starts up. It's the first in nearly seven years — On Monday, Georgia Power announced that the Vogtle nuclear reactor Unit 3 has started a nuclear reaction inside the nuclear reactor. Technically, this is called “initial criticality” …
Washington Post:
Intelligence officials suspect Ukraine partisans behind Nord Stream bombings, rattling Kyiv's allies — A senior Western security official said an investigation had uncovered evidence that pro-Ukraine entities had discussed the possibility of carrying out an attack on the pipelines
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Is a Democrat really the favorite in the Kentucky governor race? — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is entering his reelection contest in a rare position for a red state Democrat: the frontrunner. — It is a remarkable chain of events for Beshear, the son of a popular former governor who upset …
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Axios:
Kerry: China tensions hurting climate talks — HOUSTON — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry tells Axios his work with China has stalled amid wider tensions between the world's two largest greenhouse gas emitters. … - “And so they've kind of pulled back a little bit, expressing the feeling …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Washington teeters on the brink of a Cold War over Social Security — Congress, whose members struggle to accomplish simple tasks like funding the government and raising the debt ceiling, is suddenly talking about changes to Medicare and Social Security. — There's plenty of reasons …
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CBS News:
China likely to be focus of worldwide threats in congressional hearing — The actions and intentions of the Chinese government are likely to be a central focus when top U.S. intelligence leaders testify on global security threats this week, as questions linger about Beijing's potential plan …
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Olena Harmash / Reuters:
Russians claim control over Bakhmut's east, Ukrainians defiant — The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Wednesday his forces had taken full control of the eastern part of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and NATO'S secretary general said it could all fall to the invading army in the next few days.
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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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