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8:50 PM ET, March 8, 2023

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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
White House goes after Tucker Carlson by name over Jan. 6 coverage  —  The White House joined in widespread condemnation of Fox News star Tucker Carlson on Wednesday, singling out the prime-time ratings king for his misleading portrayal of the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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CNN:
House GOP plots new January 6 probes despite internal backlash over McCarthy giving Carlson footage  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy often spent the last two years avoiding much discussion about the January 6, 2021, attack.  —  Now, he's effectively put the issue back in the spotlight …
Politico:
McCarthy's GOP tries to move on from Tucker Carlson-Jan. 6 drama  —  Mere hours after Tucker Carlson's latest segment minimizing the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, House Republicans were eager to change the subject from the Fox News host's riot revisionism.  —  While Carlson continued to roil Washington …
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
How Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson Surrendered to MAGA
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
How Tucker Carlson is wrong about Jan. 6
Clare Foran / CNN:
Zelensky invites House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine
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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New York Times:
House G.O.P. Prepares to Slash Federal Programs in Coming Budget Showdown  —  With Social Security and Medicare off the table, conservatives are focusing on a wide range of smaller programs as a clash with President Biden and Democrats looms.  —  WASHINGTON — Hard-right House Republicans …
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Republicans take aim at Medicaid as budget talks heat up
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Budget to Propose Saving Hundreds of Billions by Cutting Drug Prices, Fraud
Discussion: GZERO and New York Times
Washington Post:
Inside the simmering feud between Donald Trump and Fox News  —  The network has dramatically reduced its coverage of Trump while often prominently featuring one of his chief potential rivals, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis  —  Donald Trump got a tip-off on Saturday that the Fox News Channel …
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Quentin Young / Colorado Newsline:   Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis censured in Colorado for false election claims
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fox News executives discussed a plan to denounce the ‘Trump myth’ a day before the Jan. 6 riot
Rolling Stone:
Trump Privately Proposes Wave of High-Level Jan. 6 Pardons
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
5 Times Tucker Carlson Showed Contempt for Trump in Private: ‘I Hate Him Passionately’
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
“We're All Embarrassed”: Inside Fox News as Dominion Revelations Rattle the Network  —  Fox producers are getting libel law training and staffers are (cautiously) gossiping about filings exposing the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson.  “We're very careful when we're miked up,” one on-air personality tells Vanity Fair.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Tucker Carlson Schtick Melts Away  —  It has been self-evident for a long time to almost every astute observer of Tucker Carlson — his friends, his acquaintances in the journalism profession, even some viewers of his nightly Fox News Channel program — that he doesn't believe half of the things he says on his show.
Discussion: HuffPost, Vanity Fair and Insider
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Right-wing hoaxers' robocalls targeting Black voters violated Voting Rights Act and KKK Act, federal judge rules  —  Right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman's robocalls targeting Black voters violated the Voting Rights Act and Ku Klux Klan Act — and the question isn't close enough to require a jury, a federal judge ruled.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Democracy Docket:
Court Rules Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorists Illegally Intimidated Voters in 2020
Discussion: Bloomberg
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Teamsters president calls GOP senator a ‘greedy CEO’ in heated exchange  —  Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Teamsters general president Sean O'Brien got into a heated verbal exchange Wednesday in a Senate committee hearing focused on the right of workers to organize unions.
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Chelsey Cox / CNBC:
Oklahoma Republican tells Teamsters president ‘shut your mouth’ in terse exchange at Senate hearing
Discussion: USA Today
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Did the “QAnon Shaman” Get Shafted on Sentencing?  New Footage Raises Questions Over the Chansley Case  —  If there is one image from Jan. 6th that will remain indelible with the day, it is the “QAnon Shaman.”  Bare chested and wearing an animal headdress, horns and red-white-and-blue face paint …
Washington Post:
GOP operative comes forward as accuser in sexual misconduct claim against CPAC head  —  The man who has accused Matt Schlapp, the influential leader of the Conservative Political Action Conference, of sexual misconduct came forward publicly Wednesday after a judge said he must use his real name to proceed with a lawsuit.
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
6-year-old who shot teacher won't face charges, prosecutor says  —  The city prosecutor in Newport News, Virginia, said Wednesday that he would not seek charges against the 6-year-old boy who shot his elementary school teacher in January but has yet to decide whether any adults associated with the case could be held criminally liable.
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs law loosening child labor protections  —  Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signed into law this week legislation that rolls back significant portions of the state's child labor protections.  —  The law eliminates requirements for the state to verify the age …
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Rose Horowitch / NBC News:
Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs measure rolling back child labor protections
Discussion: New Republic and CBS News
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
WWE in talks with state gambling regulators to legalize betting on scripted match results  — WWE has held discussions with state gambling regulators in Colorado and Michigan to legalize betting on scripted match results, sources said.  — WWE is working with EY, commonly known as Ernst & Young …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and WWLP-TV
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Louisville police use excessive force, invalid warrants and discriminatory stops, DOJ review finds  —  WASHINGTON — The Louisville Metro Police Department and the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro government engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional behavior by routinely using excessive force …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
7 highlights from Justice Dept.'s blistering Louisville police probe
Discussion: Insider
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Most in new poll view ‘woke’ as positive term  —  A majority of Americans in a new poll have a positive association with the term “woke,” understanding it to mean “to be informed, educated on, and aware of social injustices.”  —  The USA Today-Ipsos poll released on Wednesday found …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
A GOP war on ‘woke’? Most Americans view the term as a positive, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Last Act  —  What happens when the Terminator turns 75  —  Arnold schwarzenegger nearly killed me.  —  I had joined him one morning as he rushed through his daily routine.  Schwarzenegger gets up by six.  He makes coffee, putters around, feeds Whiskey …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Pentagon Blocks Sharing Evidence of Possible Russian War Crimes With Hague Court  —  President Biden has not acted to resolve a dispute that pits the Defense Department against other agencies.  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is blocking the Biden administration from sharing evidence …
Discussion: The Guardian
Madison Pauly / Mother Jones:
Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country  —  On a Saturday afternoon in August 2019, South Dakota Republican state Rep. Fred Deutsch sent an email to 18 anti-trans activists, doctors, and lawyers with the text of a bill he planned to introduce …
New York Times:
The Explosive Roots of the Georgia Protests  —  Always leery of Russian influence, Georgians see a new “foreign agents” law as a Kremlin-inspired tool to undermine their faltering democracy.  —  TBILISI, Georgia — When Russia invaded its neighbor Georgia 15 years ago, it gobbled up swaths of land …
Sarah McGregor / Bloomberg:
California Ends $54 Million Walgreens Deal Over Abortion Pill  —  California will no longer renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. following the drugstore chain's decision to stop dispensing abortion pills in several states, according to Governor Gavin Newsom.
Rachel Ramirez / CNN:
Your pollen allergies are already overwhelming?  Here's why  —  Editor's Note: Sign up for CNN's Life, But Greener newsletter.  Our limited newsletter series guides you on how to minimize your personal role in the climate crisis — and reduce your eco-anxiety.  —  CNN —
Discussion: KXAN-TV and WCTX-TV
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Missouri gun law ruled unconstitutional  —  A federal judge struck down a Missouri law that blocked state and local officials from enforcing federal gun laws as unconstitutional this week.  —  Judge Brian Wimes, who was nominated by former President Obama, sided with the Justice Department …
 
 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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