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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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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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The Wrap and Washington Post
Washington Post:
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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HuffPost, Reuters, Alternet.org, The Daily Beast, Today's Edition Newsletter and Mediaite
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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Mediaite, NPR, Washington Post, Raw Story, Insider, Rolling Stone and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
‘F—ing b—’: Tucker Carlson unloads on Sidney Powell in jaw-dropping unsealed exhibits — Fox News host Tucker Carlson savaged conspiracy theorist lawyer Sidney Powell in jaw-dropping unsealed messages released in Dominion's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit.
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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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Washington Examiner and Breitbart
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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.”
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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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Politico:
House GOP faces a new Jan. 6 headache, courtesy of Tucker Carlson — House Republicans arrived in the Capitol on Tuesday facing a torrent of questions about the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. — This time it was a headache of their own making. — Speaker Kevin McCarthy's decision …
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Mediaite, Insider, Civil Discourse …, Raw Story, National Review, ABC News, HuffPost, Rolling Stone, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner, Forbes and Axios
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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Media Matters for America, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, Roll Call and RedState
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
Noah Rothman / National Review:
Tucker Carlson's January 6 Revisionist History
Tucker Carlson's January 6 Revisionist History
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Mediaite, The Daily Beast, The American Conservative, The Gateway Pundit, CBS News, Deadline and Washington Examiner
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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Mediaite, WGN-TV, Leland's Newsletter, Washington Examiner and NBC News
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.”
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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New York Times:
F.T.C. Intensifies Investigation of Twitter's Privacy Practices
F.T.C. Intensifies Investigation of Twitter's Privacy Practices
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House Committee …, Engadget and Bloomberg
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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NBC News, Bloomberg, Associated Press, New York Post, CBS News, BizPac Review, The Register, The Hill, Breitbart, Metro.co.uk and ScheerPost.com, more at Techmeme »
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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Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Biden's pick for FCC commissioner withdraws after lengthy fight for the job
Biden's pick for FCC commissioner withdraws after lengthy fight for the job
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Ars Technica, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin …, Breitbart, Common Dreams, Politico and The Hill
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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Bloomberg, Washington Examiner and Iowa Capital Dispatch
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
‘Sick and Twisted’: Women Describe Losing Pregnancies, Nearly Dying Because of Texas Laws — Five women are suing Texas, asking the state to clarify what constitutes a “medical emergency” under its abortion bans — AMANDA ZURAWSKI ENDURED 18 months of “grueling” fertility treatment …
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HuffPost and The Daily Caller
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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.”
Kaya Yurieff / The Information:
TikTok Asks Creators to Help Win Over Lawmakers — TikTok sent a message to some creators this week inviting them to join top company executives in Washington D.C. in late March as the ByteDance-owned company continues to fight calls for a ban of the app in the U.S.
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The Wrap, Forbes, Engadget and Variety, more at Techmeme »
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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
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” …
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Is a Democrat really the favorite in the Kentucky governor race? — Donald Trump carried the state by 26 points, yet even Republicans admit knocking this popular incumbent off will be a challenge. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is entering his reelection contest in a rare position for a red state Democrat: the frontrunner.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Washington teeters on the brink of a Cold War over Social Security — Amending entitlements is a tall order for a Congress that disagrees on nearly everything. Lawmakers are still wading into the mess, hoping to recreate a famed bipartisan deal that shored up the programs four decades ago.
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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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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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Engadget, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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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Fox News, Washington Examiner, Balloon Juice, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Bill Chappell / NPR:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams is telling stores to have customers remove their face masks — Worries about the safety of New York City's deli clerks and bodega workers have Mayor Eric Adams making an unusual request: Members of the public should lower their face masks to reassure store workers they're not criminals …
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National Review, New York Times, The Guardian, American Greatness, Washington Examiner, Insider, PIX11, Ace of Spades HQ and RedState
Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Mississippi Senate OKs bill affecting majority-Black city — The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Senate voted Tuesday to pass its version of a bill that would allow an expanded role for state police and appointed judges inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, which is led by Democrats.
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USA Today and Mississippi Today
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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