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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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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 …
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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 …
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
How Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson Surrendered to MAGA
How Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson Surrendered to MAGA
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NBC News:
Republicans launch an investigation into the Jan. 6 committee that examined the riot
Republicans launch an investigation into the Jan. 6 committee that examined the riot
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HuffPost, Raw Story, Insider, National Review, Washington Times, RedState and PolitiFact
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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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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Media Matters for America and Raw Story
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.
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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.
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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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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
When Trump Passes the MAGA Hat, His Aides Clutch Their Wallets
When Trump Passes the MAGA Hat, His Aides Clutch Their Wallets
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fox News executives discussed a plan to denounce the ‘Trump myth’ a day before the Jan. 6 riot
Fox News executives discussed a plan to denounce the ‘Trump myth’ a day before the Jan. 6 riot
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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 …
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Bloomberg:
Biden to Urge 25% Billionaire Tax, Big Levies on Rich Investors
Biden to Urge 25% Billionaire Tax, Big Levies on Rich Investors
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Republicans take aim at Medicaid as budget talks heat up
Republicans take aim at Medicaid as budget talks heat up
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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.
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
MAGA hoaxer Jacob Wohl found to have violated the KKK Act by federal judge — Far-right activist Jacob Wohl and his associate Jack Burkman violated the Voting Rights Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act when they fired off robocalls to Black voters trying to trick them out of voting, ruled a federal judge on Wednesday.
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.
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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
Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs measure rolling back child labor protections
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New Republic and CBS News
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 …
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.
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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 …
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Washington Examiner and WWLP-TV
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
Oklahoma Republican tells Teamsters president ‘shut your mouth’ in terse exchange at Senate hearing
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Australia expected to buy up to 5 Virginia class submarines as part of AUKUS -sources — Australia is expected to buy up to five U.S. Virginia class nuclear powered submarines in the 2030's as part of a landmark defense agreement between Washington, Canberra and London …
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Biden's ‘catch and release’ border policy struck down by US judge — A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday agreed with the state's Republican attorney general that the policy of President Joe Biden's administration to release many people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexican border rather …
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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 …
Mike Wendling / BBC:
Fox News host Tucker Carlson not credible, says White House — The White House has called Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson “not credible” after he made a number of claims based on previously unseen footage from the 2021 Capitol riots. — The criticism echoes similar statements this week …
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emptywheel:
JUDGE UNSEALS DETAILS ON COOPERATING WITNESS IN DOUGLASS MACKEY CASE 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 …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Now We Have to Worry about Misogynistic Neo-Nazi Jihadist Satanists Infiltrating the Military? — This story is fucking nuts. — Holy HUAC, Batman. This guy hit for the unAmerican terrorist grand slam. From The New York Times: … The investigation into Melzer's activities began in 2020.
Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
In race to arm Ukraine, U.S. faces cracks in its manufacturing might — The war has exposed an inability to rapidly surge production of many weapons needed for Ukraine and for America's self-defense — SCRANTON, Pa. — A sharp hissing sound fills the factory as red-hot artillery shells are plunged into scalding oil.
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Washington Post:
A violent night in D.C. as Senate votes to nix crime bill — There were five shootings in the city from Tuesday night through early Wednesday evening — A man was killed, and two others, including a 15-year-old boy, were injured in a shootout Tuesday night in Southeast Washington …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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The Guardian
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.