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7:05 AM ET, March 9, 2023

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The Daily Beast:
Fox News Journalists Sound Off on ‘Soul-Crushing’ Dominion Filings  —  “It's just a really bad time to be working here,” one news producer told The Daily Beast in the wake of bombshell legal filings on the network's inner machinations. … “I think no regular person could read this and look …
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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.
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 …
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.
NBC News:   Dominion: Fox News needs to ‘retract the lies and tell its audience the truth’
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Politico:
McCarthy's GOP tries to move on from Tucker Carlson-Jan. 6 drama
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
How Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson Surrendered to MAGA
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
White House goes after Tucker Carlson by name over Jan. 6 coverage
Bloomberg:
Biden to Urge 25% Billionaire Tax, Big Levies on Rich Investors  —  President Joe Biden is proposing a series of new tax increases on billionaires, rich investors and corporations in his latest proposal for how Congress should prioritize taxes and spending.  —  Biden's budget request to Congress …
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:   Republicans take aim at Medicaid as budget talks heat up
Washington Post:
Senate votes to reject D.C. criminal code bill  —  Congress on Wednesday voted to overturn local D.C. legislation for the first time in more than 30 years, as some Senate Democrats joined Republicans in blocking a major overhaul of the city's criminal sentencing laws.  —  Fast, informative and written just for locals.
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Washington Post:   A violent night in D.C. as Senate votes to nix crime bill
Associated Press:
Russian missiles target cities across Ukraine, officials say  —  Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure facilities, Ukrainian officials and media said.  Air raid sirens wailed all over Ukraine, including the capital …
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
In race to arm Ukraine, U.S. faces cracks in its manufacturing might
Discussion: New York Times and The Transom
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Pentagon Blocks Sharing Evidence of Possible Russian War Crimes With Hague Court
Discussion: The Guardian
Quentin Young / Colorado Newsline:
Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis censured in Colorado for false election claims  —  Jenna Ellis, the Colorado attorney who was former President Donald Trump's senior legal advisor as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss, has been censured by a Colorado judge for misconduct.
NBC News:
Data breach hits ‘hundreds’ of lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill  —  House Chief Administrative Officer Catherine L. Szpindor said the breach at the DC Health Exchange did not appear to target members of Congress.  The Senate was also affected.  —  WASHINGTON — A top House official said that a …
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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: Bloomberg and Democracy Docket
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   MAGA hoaxer Jacob Wohl found to have violated the KKK Act by federal judge
Justin Kanew / THE TENNESSEE HOLLER:
Anti-LGBTQ Tennessee Lt. Gov. McNally Comments On Racy Instagram Pics of Young Gay Male  —  Tennessee is currently leading the nation in anti-LGBTQ hate, with 26 anti-lgbtq bills moving through the legislature.  Last week Governor Lee made national news for quickly signing …
Discussion: The Tennessean and The Daily Beast
Bloomberg:
Putin Is Losing His Ex-Soviet Backyard  —  Signs of President Vladimir Putin's waning power in what the Kremlin calls its “near abroad” of former Soviet republics are visible all around Russia's borders.  —  Georgia offers the latest evidence after the ruling party today abandoned controversial …
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New York Times:
The Explosive Roots of the Georgia Protests
Rachel Pannett / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell hospitalized after falling at hotel  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been hospitalized following a fall at a hotel in Washington, his spokesperson said late Wednesday.  —  The 81-year-old Senator was attending a private dinner at a local hotel when he tripped …
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.
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
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
'It's Appalling': QAnon Shaman's Lawyer Says DOJ Lied, Withheld Videos Aired By Carlson  —  An attorney for the so-called “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley asked federal prosecutors repeatedly for all videos showing his client inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, yet told The Daily Wire he never received the bombshell …
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Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
To see Russia's secret antiwar art: Meet at a bus stop.  At dark.  Phones off.  —  ST. PETERSBURG — The meeting place to visit the exhibition is an anonymous bus stop opposite a snowy park in the northern Russian city of St. Petersburg at nightfall.  There are no tickets and no website promoting …
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump-backed candidate pleads guilty to accepting illegal campaign contribution  —  A former Trump-endorsed candidate for a North Carolina congressional seat pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting an illegal campaign contribution.  —  Lynda Bennett of Maggie Valley, North Carolina …
Tracy Connor / The Daily Beast:
Video Shows Indicted Ohio Cops Whaling on Helpless Suspects  —  So many officers have been charged, the city had to ask the state for reinforcements.  —  Eleven former and current officers from an Ohio police department riddled with corruption and brutality were indicted Wednesday on charges …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Prosecutor's lawsuit against DeSantis gets fast-tracked on appeal  —  A U.S. appeals court said on Wednesday it will fast-track its consideration of a lawsuit filed against Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis over his ouster of an elected state prosecutor who pledged to not pursue criminal cases involving abortion rights.
Discussion: WFLA-TV
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.
Kelly Laco / Fox News:
Nine boxes of Biden documents were taken from Boston office … EXCLUSIVE: Nine boxes of documents were taken from President Biden's attorney Patrick Moore's Boston office, but have yet to be reviewed, the National Archives disclosed in a response letter to Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. …
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
What the U.S. National Security Community Is Getting Wrong About China  —  We need to get over the idea that somehow the U.S.-China relationship is a zero-sum conflict. … It is tempting to say we are at a crossroads in U.S.-China relations.  Tempting.  But wrong.
Discussion: Foreign Policy, The Diplomat and UPI
emptywheel:
JUDGE UNSEALS DETAILS ON COOPERATING WITNESS IN DOUGLASS MACKEY CASE  —  The government was just forced to reveal that it has a cooperating witness against Douglass Mackey, the far right troll who tried to help Trump win in 2016 by tricking Hillary voters into texting their vote instead of casting it legally.
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 …
 
 
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Future of the Republican Party Is on the Line
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New York Times:
Israel's Judicial Overhaul Plan Ignites Debate Among American Jews
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Sarah McGregor / Bloomberg:
California Ends $54 Million Walgreens Deal Over Abortion Pill
Southern Poverty Law Center:
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Discussion: Associated Press
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Teamsters president calls GOP senator a ‘greedy CEO’ in heated exchange
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs law loosening child labor protections
 

 
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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:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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