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10:55 AM ET, March 9, 2023

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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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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Former Trump lawyer admits post-election misrepresentations  —  One of Donald Trump's high-profile lawyers pushed his post-election lies.  She's now acknowledged that many of her claims simply weren't true.  —  As recently as 2016, Jenna Ellis was not a Donald Trump admirer.
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump 2020 lawyer admits misrepresenting stolen election claims  —  Jenna Ellis, an attorney for Donald Trump who helped drive his false claims about the 2020 election results, has admitted in a Colorado disciplinary proceeding that she misrepresented evidence at least 10 times during Trump's frantic bid to subvert his defeat.
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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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Tucker Carlson Schtick Melts Away
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
“We're All Embarrassed”: Inside Fox News as Dominion Revelations Rattle the Network
NBC News:   Dominion: Fox News needs to ‘retract the lies and tell its audience the truth’
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
How Biden Is Shaping the 2024 Battlefield  —  With the exception of abortion rights, the president is working to downplay or defuse almost all cultural issues.  —  President Joe Biden is following a strategy of asymmetrical warfare as the 2024 presidential race takes shape.
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Budget Would Cut Deficits by $3 Trillion Over 10 Years, Raise Taxes on Businesses  —  Proposal will kick off talks on government spending with Republicans  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden will outline a plan to reduce federal budget deficits by nearly $3 trillion over the next decade …
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 …
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.
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
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
'It's Appalling': QAnon Shaman's Lawyer Says DOJ Lied, Withheld Videos Aired By Carlson
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.
Discussion: National Review and Higher Ed Dive
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!”
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:
TN Lt. Gov. official Instagram account repeatedly comments on nearly naked photos of 20-year-old gay man
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
California governor halts $54m contract with Walgreens: 'We're done'  —  After pharmacy giant pledged not to dispense abortion medicine in states that restrict its use, Gavin Newsom cancels agreement  —  California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday withdrew a $54m contract with Walgreens …
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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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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.
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 …
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
Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Anthony Fauci hid the truth about COVID, until now  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci had every reason to cover up the truth.  Documents show he played a vital role in funneling through a third party roughly $600,000 in taxpayer money to the Wuhan laboratory in China where the deadly COVID virus may well have leaked.
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Wall Street Journal:
Special Counsel Set to Ask Judge to Reject Trump's Privilege Claims in Mar-a-Lago Probe  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge is set to hear arguments Thursday over special counsel Jack Smith's push to extract more grand-jury testimony from a lawyer for Donald Trump, according to people familiar …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Insider
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 …
Discussion: Althouse
Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Cori Bush's Bodyguard Says He Can't Be Anti-Semitic Because He's a Jewish High Priest … Rep. Cori Bush's (D., Mo,) bodyguard claims a host of supernatural abilities, including the power to summon tornadoes and read minds.  During a Tuesday evening interview with the Washington Free Beacon …
Discussion: Breitbart
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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Cheri Mossburg / CNN:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller and Insider
Reuters:
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Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Prosecutor's lawsuit against DeSantis gets fast-tracked on appeal
Discussion: Fox News and WFLA-TV
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Now We Have to Worry about Misogynistic Neo-Nazi Jihadist Satanists Infiltrating the Military?
Kelly Laco / Fox News:
Nine boxes of Biden documents were taken from Boston office
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Right-wing hoaxers' robocalls targeting Black voters violated Voting Rights Act and KKK Act, federal judge rules
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