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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.
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Jan. 6 footage shows Capitol cops escorting QAnon Shaman to Senate floor  —  MORE ON:  —  Newly revealed surveillance footage from Jan. 6, 2021, shows two Capitol police officers escorting Jacob Chansley, the be-horned so-called “QAnon Shaman” who has come to symbolize the riot …
Platformer:
How a single engineer brought down Twitter on Monday  —  The high cost of cutting expenses  —  Twitter's website is breaking in novel new ways — and while the company managed to recover from its latest outage within a couple hours, the story behind how it broke suggests there are likely to be similar problems in the near future.
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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The White House:
FACT SHEET: The President's Budget: Extending Medicare Solvency by 25 Years or More, Strengthening Medicare, and Lowering Health Care Costs
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,” …
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Prem Thakker / New Republic:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Introduce Resolution Labeling Antifa a “Terrorist Organization”
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Legal Observer Hit with Terrorism Charges After Mass ‘Cop City’ Arrests
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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 …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Joe Biden's criminal justice regression  —  We were promised that Biden had progressed on criminal justice issues from his Senate days.  Most recent signs suggest that, if he had, he's now going back to his old ways.  —  On March 2, President Joe Biden announced that he would be the first president …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Mastriano, unchastened, says he is weighing a Senate run  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. — Doug Mastriano lost the Pennsylvania governor's race last year by double digits, an almost unheard-of shellacking in a battleground state where winners and losers are often separated by a single percentage point.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
Playbook: Dems fret about a No Labels spoiler ticket
Reuters:
Pentagon chief pledges continued U.S. troop presence in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq March 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, making an unannounced trip to Iraq on Tuesday nearly 20 years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, said Washington was committed to keeping its military presence in the country
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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 …
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 …
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).
Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
China says U.S. relations have left ‘rational path,’ warns of conflict unless they ‘hit the brake’  —  WATCH NOW  —  China's new foreign minister says relations with U.S. have ‘entirely deviated’  —  BEIJING - China's new foreign minister, Qin Gang, said relations with the U.S. have left a …
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Nectar Gan / CNN:
China's new foreign minister warns of conflict with US, defends Russia ties
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.
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
2 Capitol riot defendants sought by FBI after disappearing  —  The FBI is searching for a Florida woman who was supposed to stand trial Monday on charges stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack as well as another riot defendant who has also gone missing, officials said.
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Justice Dept. arrests hit 1,000 in connection with Jan. 6, and new accusations surface in latest prosecutions
Discussion: Raw Story and CNBC
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Mike Pence asks judge to block subpoena for Jan. 6 testimony  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence has filed a motion asking a judge to block a federal grand jury subpoena for his testimony related to January 6 on the grounds that he is protected by the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause …
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Jim Jordan scrambles amid claims “weaponization” probe is a dud  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — facing criticism that his probe of alleged mistreatment of conservatives by “weaponized” U.S. agencies has moved too slowly and found little — is threatening to subpoena 16 more witnesses from the FBI.
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Vivek Ramaswamy says he received an offer to buy his way into the CPAC straw poll  —  Shortly after Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur and anti-woke crusader, announced he was seeking the Republican nomination for president, a political consultant with ties to the Conservative Political …
Reuters:
Turkey's opposition leader looks to emerge from Erdogan's shadow  —  Stuck in Tayyip Erdogan's shadow throughout his career, Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu believes his time may have come after suffering repeated election defeats and scorn from the man who has dominated politics for two decades.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin B. Blackistone / Washington Post:
Baseball can no longer ignore Ron DeSantis's culture wars  —  There was a time when America's pastime showed a weariness of Florida's hostile approach to inclusiveness, which in some ways is being reconstituted by its current governor, Ron DeSantis.  —  It was not necessarily coincidental …
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Hope Hicks Meets With Manhattan Prosecutors as Trump Inquiry Intensifies  —  At least seven witnesses have met with prosecutors in what now appears to be a fast-moving investigation into a 2016 hush-money payment to a porn star.  —  Hope Hicks, a trusted aide to Donald J. Trump during …
Julie O'Donoghue / Louisiana Illuminator:
LABI president poised to enter Louisiana governor's race, sources say  —  Prominent business lobbyist Stephen Waguespack is expected to get into the governor's race Thursday.  —  The head of one of Louisiana's most powerful business groups is expected to enter the governor's race Thursday …
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 …
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
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 …
 
 
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CNN:
4 Americans kidnapped in Mexico identified as South Carolina mother and friends traveling for a medical procedure
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Porter describes ‘constructive exchange’ between Democratic delegation and Netanyahu
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
There isn't a ‘blue collar’ or ‘working class’ vote
Discussion: The Hill
Noam Levey / NPR:
Medical debt affects millions, and advocates push IRS, consumer agency for relief
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
In Oklahoma, a Freshman Republican Makes the Case for Deep Spending Cuts
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Debt Default Would Cripple U.S. Economy, New Analysis Warns
Discussion: USA Today and The Hill
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Michelle Obama says she cried for 30 minutes after Trump's inauguration
Simone Foxman / Bloomberg:
Qatar's Ruler Makes Top Diplomat New PM in Wider Shakeup
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Kasha Patel / Washington Post:
Nearly everyone is exposed to unhealthy levels of tiny air pollutants, study says
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Rachel Aviv / New Yorker:
Agnes Callard's Marriage of the Minds
Axios:
Utah set to limit minors from using social media without parent's OK
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
U.S. Special Forces Want to Use Deepfakes for Psy-ops
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Lie Behind Amazon's HQ2 Sweepstakes Becomes Clear
Thomas Barrabi / New York Post:
Walmart to close remaining Portland stores as crime-ridden city battles shoplifting wave
Reuters:
California to not do business with Walgreens over abortion pills issue, Governor says
 

 
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