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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Ex-Trump attorney admits statements about 2020 election were false and is censured by judge — Jenna Ellis was censured by a disciplinary judge in Colorado Wednesday, in the latest effort to hold accountable attorneys who boosted former President Donald Trump's 2020 election reversal gambits.
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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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The Daily Beast, Raw Story, The Post Millennial, The Colorado Sun and HuffPost
Matthew Sheffield / TYT Network:
Republican Elites and Their Fox Counterparts Hate Trump, But They Can't Get Rid of Him
Republican Elites and Their Fox Counterparts Hate Trump, But They Can't Get Rid of Him
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Raw Story, Associated Press, John's Newsletter and Politico
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump 2020 lawyer admits misrepresenting stolen election claims
Trump 2020 lawyer admits misrepresenting stolen election claims
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New York Times, Bloomberg, NBC News, Forbes, Mediaite and emptywheel
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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TVNewser, Deadline, Mediaite, Media Matters for America, CNN, The Triad and BizPac Review, more at Mediagazer »
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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.
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Barrett News Media, The Daily Beast, New York Daily News, Insider, HuffPost, Vanity Fair, VICE and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
“We're All Embarrassed”: Inside Fox News as Dominion Revelations Rattle the Network
“We're All Embarrassed”: Inside Fox News as Dominion Revelations Rattle the Network
Washington Post:
Inside the simmering feud between Donald Trump and Fox News
Inside the simmering feud between Donald Trump and Fox News
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Super-Probably Relevant …, NBC News and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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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Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Budget Would Cut Deficits by $3 Trillion Over 10 Years, Raise Taxes on Businesses
Biden's Budget Would Cut Deficits by $3 Trillion Over 10 Years, Raise Taxes on Businesses
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New York Times, USA Today, Albuquerque Journal, CNN, Reuters, Forbes, The Texas Tribune, WTOP News and The American Independent
Tamara Keith / NPR:
Biden is using his budget as a cudgel in the debt ceiling fight — and for 2024
Biden is using his budget as a cudgel in the debt ceiling fight — and for 2024
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Bloomberg, Roll Call, Washington Examiner, Washington Times and USA Today
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump publishing private letters from Oprah, other celebrities — Former President Trump, in a new book, plans to reveal 150 private letters sent to him — including one from Oprah Winfrey in 2000 in which she says: “Too bad we're not running for office. What a team!”
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Washington Examiner, Forbes, Raw Story and The Daily Caller
NBC News:
Republicans launch an investigation into the Jan. 6 committee that examined the riot — WASHINGTON — A Republican-controlled House committee launched an inquiry Wednesday into the Democratic-controlled Jan. 6 committee, which a staff member said will review whether pertinent information …
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Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Don't believe the Democrats' fake outrage over the new Jan. 6 footage — It is crucial to understand one main principle over the newly released Jan. 6 footage aired on Tucker Carlson's show this week: Democrats tried to deceive and mislead the public. This, and only this, is the most critical issue.
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HuffPost, PJ Media, Townhall, Issues & Insights, RedState, Political Arena at Substack, Slate, BizPac Review, The Federalist, Raw Story and Washington Times
Caitlin Gibson / Washington Post:
The fear and fury of these Florida parents — The state has introduced new laws that affect nearly every stage of parenting. Some families are choosing between fight and flight. — One afternoon a few weeks ago, Alicea Hotchkiss's 14-year-old son, Eli, came home from his high school …
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college — When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was a good student at a good high school. He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher. Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy life.
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Higher Ed Dive
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 …
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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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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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Alexander Burns / Politico:
A Startling Document Predicted Jan. 6. Democrats Are Missing Its Other Warnings. — Weeks before the 2020 election, a secret 87-page document outlined in matter-of-fact language the threat posed by Donald Trump's still-to-come campaign of election denial.
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Raw Story, Erick Erickson's Show Notes and Political Wire
New York Times:
Republicans Push Lab Leak Theory on Covid's Origins, but Lack ‘Smoking Gun’ — The first hearing of a House panel charged with investigating the origins of the pandemic underscored just how difficult it might be to turn up conclusive evidence. — WASHINGTON — The former director …
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United States House Committee …, RedState, NBC News, The Daily Signal, Fox News, National Review, Politico, Washington Times, Bloomberg and NewsNation
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Justin Kanew / THE TENNESSEE HOLLER:
Anti-LGBTQ Tennessee Lt. Gov. McNally Comments On Racy Instagram Pics of Young Gay Male — UPDATE TO THIS STORY: Lt. Governor Randy Mcnally has issued a statement blaming us for calling out his hypocrisy - but, importantly, not denying he's the one who made these comments, not claiming he was hacked, and not blaming an underling.
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WKRN-TV, HuffPost, The Daily Beast, The Tennessean, Raw Story and Political Wire
ProPublica:
Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance” — Leonard Leo, a key architect of the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority, is now the chairman of Teneo, a group that aims to influence all aspects of American politics and culture.
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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Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg and Democracy Docket
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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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New Jersey Online, Washington Examiner and WWLP-TV
NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioters trashed a GOP senator's office, and he hasn't acknowledged it — WASHINGTON — Two years ago, a mob of rioters who believed former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election viciously assaulted police, smashed out widows, stormed into an office …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Newly Empowered Michigan Democrats Move on Labor, Gay Rights and Guns — Despite Republican objections, the Michigan House of Representatives voted to repeal a right-to-work law, codify L.G.B.T.Q. rights and expand gun background checks. — LANSING, Mich. — Democrats in Michigan pressed ahead …
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Axios, Associated Press, MLive.com, CNN, Bridge Michigan, WOOD-TV and The Detroit News
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
How Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson Surrendered to MAGA — The problem isn't Tucker's show; it's how GOP elites submit to radicals. — Republican members of Congress upset with Tucker Carlson's rewrite of January 6th as a peaceful protest should redirect their ire.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Biden zeroing in on candidates to be his 2024 campaign manager — President Biden has narrowed down his choices on candidates to run his 2024 presidential reelection campaign. — While the president has yet to formally announce he's running for a second term, he is widely expected …
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Washington Examiner and Insider
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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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 …
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