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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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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.
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.
NBC News:   ‘Bulls—’: GOP senators rebuke Tucker Carlson for downplaying Jan. 6 as ‘mostly peaceful’
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  —  The group crossed into Mexico on Friday.  One of the two found alive is injured.  —  Mexican army soldiers prepare a search mission for four U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen in Matamoros, Mexico, March 6, 2023.
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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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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Wall Street Journal:
China's Xi Jinping Takes Rare Direct Aim at U.S. in Speech
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Fed Chair 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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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed Chair Powell says interest rates are ‘likely to be higher’ than previously anticipated
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
This is the dynamic that could decide the 2024 GOP race  —  The same fundamental dynamic that decided the 2016 Republican presidential primaries is already resurfacing as the 2024 contest takes shape.  —  As in 2016, early polls of next year's contest show the Republican electorate …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
4 major flaws in calling Republicans the ‘working class’ party
Discussion: capitalandmain.com and The Hill
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 …
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America's Voice:
“President Biden Should Have a Long Talk with 2020 Presidential Candidate Biden About This” - Vanessa Cárdenas Reacts to Proposed Reinstitution of Family Detention
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 …
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.”
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
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Politico:
Playbook: Dems fret about a No Labels spoiler ticket
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
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 …
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).
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 …
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
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 …
Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
Navy Reservist who praised Hitler convicted of joining mob that stormed US Capitol  —  A federal judge found Hatchet Speed guilty of one felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding and four misdemeanor offenses.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge convicted a Navy Reservist …
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
Michael Wilner / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
‘Very intimate knowledge’: What Ron DeSantis saw while serving at Guantanamo  —  As a young military officer at the height of the war on terror, Lt. Ron DeSantis was often seen running on the beach of Guantanamo Bay and along its ridgeline, encircling Camp America.
Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post
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.
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.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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 …
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 …
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Ron DeSantis Keeps Wearing Heels As Trump Reportedly Mulls Calling Him ‘Tiny D’  —  It seems the pro-toxic masculinity culture wars DeSantis has been waging are coming back to bite him as he goes head-to-head against Donald Trump.  —  As a follower of Florida Gov. and likely presidential …
Discussion: Political Wire and Vanity Fair
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 …
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.
Javier Manjarres / The Floridian:
DeSantis Does ‘Not Support’ Forcing Bloggers to Register With State  —  TALLAHASSEE—No sooner than Sen. Jason Brodeur introduced his legislative measure requiring compensated “bloggers” to register with the State of Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis struck down the bill.
NBC News:
Facing likely subpoena, Starbucks chief Howard Schultz agrees to testify before Senate panel  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Tuesday that Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz has agreed to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee …
Sarah Rankin / Associated Press:
Virginia lawmaker Matt Fariss charged in alleged hit-and-run  —  A Republican legislator who represents part of central Virginia in the House of Delegates has been charged after state police say he struck and injured a pedestrian while driving an SUV and left the scene.
 
 
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
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