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New York Times:
Prosecutors Signal Criminal Charges for Trump Are Likely  —  The former president was told that he could appear before a Manhattan grand jury next week if he wishes to testify, a strong indication that an indictment could soon follow.  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office recently signaled …
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Washington Post:
New York prosecutors offer Trump a chance to testify before grand jury
Discussion: CNN
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   ‘Racist’ Trump is blowing up because he can't stand being prosecuted by Black lawyers: Former GOP strategist
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
New York prosecutors indicate Trump criminal charges likely, report says
Discussion: Associated Press
Jacqueline Sweet / Politico:
George Santos masterminded 2017 ATM fraud, former roommate tells feds  —  NEW YORK - Rep. George Santos orchestrated a 2017 credit card skimming operation in Seattle, the man who was convicted of the fraud and deported to Brazil said in a sworn declaration submitted to federal authorities Wednesday.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The scale of local news destruction in Gannett's markets is astonishing  —  Gannett, America's largest newspaper chain, should wake up each morning thankful for the existence of No. 2 Alden Global Capital.  —  After all, who could ask for a better point of comparison?
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.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   2024 Trump Is Even Scarier Than 2020 Trump  —  When the front-running ex-President campaigns …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trump Lawyer Admits to Falsehoods in 2020 Fraud Claims
Alexander Burns / Politico:
A Startling Document Predicted Jan. 6. Democrats Are Missing Its Other Warnings.
Chris Stokel-Walker / The i Paper:
'It's a pressure cooker': Inside the chaos of Elon Musk's Twitter  —  EXCLUSIVE"There are no guidelines.  There's no respect.  There's absolutely zero transparency.  It's awful," staff at Twitter told i as the dramatic instability at the social media company grows each day
Discussion: Washington Post
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Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter and Elon Musk Face Legal Risks in FTC Probe
New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Offers Its Price to Normalize Relations With Israel  —  The Saudi crown prince is seeking a civilian nuclear program and security assurances from President Biden, a steep price for an agreement long sought by Israel.  —  WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia is seeking security guarantees …
Discussion: Atlantic Council and FDD
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New York Times:
Five Men Found in Mexico With a Note Saying They Attacked Americans  —  The note, which was purportedly written by a powerful drug cartel, apologized for the attack last week that left three people dead, and offered up the men it said were to blame.  —  MEXICO CITY — Five men …
Discussion: Fox News, ABC7, NewsNation and USA Today
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Alfredo Peña / Associated Press:
Apology letter found after US citizens killed in Mexico
Marty Schladen / Ohio Capital Journal:
Former Ohio speaker, GOP chair both found guilty of racketeering  —  Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder gives the thumbs up as he enters the courthouse where he is expected to testify Wednesday, March 1, 2023.  Photo from WEWS.  —  CINCINNATI — After more than nine hours of deliberation …
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Sammy Roth / Los Angeles Times:
How white and affluent drivers are polluting the air breathed by L.A.'s people of color  —  This story originally published in Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment.  Sign up here to get it in your inbox.  —  Like many Angelenos, I spend a lot of time behind the wheel of my car.
Discussion: HotAir, Twitchy and Human Events
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Is Planning a Texas Utopia—His Own Town  —  The entrepreneur is laying plans for a new community outside Austin next to Boring and SpaceX facilities, dubbed Snailbrook  —  AUSTIN, Texas—Elon Musk is planning to build his own town on part of thousands of acres of newly purchased pasture …
Discussion: Fortune, Forbes and Louder With Crowder
Alec Karam / The Daily Beast:
Mitch McConnell Concussed by Fall, Will Remain in Hospital for Days  —  ON THE MEND  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has a concussion and will remain in the hospital for a few days, his communications director said Thursday afternoon.  The GOP leader “is grateful …
Washington Post:
Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked gay priests  —  A group of philanthropists poured money into a Denver nonprofit that obtained dating and hookup app data and shared it with bishops around the country, a Post investigation has found  —  A group of conservative Colorado Catholics …
Washington Post:
DeSantis indicates privately he intends to run in 2024 as allies prepare  —  Public and behind-the-scenes movements underline how far along DeSantis and his allies are in their preparation, even as he has not said publicly that he will enter the race  —  DAVENPORT, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …
Kristine Parks / New York Post:
Colin Kaepernick accuses white adoptive parents of ‘problematic’ upbringing, perpetuating racism  —  Former NFL quarterback Colin Kapernick accused his adoptive parents of “perpetuating racism” in an interview that aired Thursday.  —  Kaepernick talked about coming to terms with his racial identity …
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Vandal who painted ‘groomer’ on libraries had disturbing evidence of child sex abuse in apartment: police  —  A former Maryland school librarian who spray-painted “groomer” on public libraries during Pride Week has been arrested on child pornography charges.
Discussion: WTOP News and The Daily Caller
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Norfolk Southern train derails in Alabama hours before CEO testifies before Congress  —  Thirty cars derailed Thursday around 6:45 a.m. in Calhoun County, Alabama.  There were no reports of a hazardous leak.  —  A Norfolk Southern train derailed Thursday in Calhoun County, Alabama …
ProPublica:
Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance”  —  A few months ago, Leonard Leo laid out his next audacious project.  Ever since the longtime Federalist Society leader helped create a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court …
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Details in a lawsuit against Texas's abortion ban shock the conscience  —  Five pregnant women and two doctors filed suit in Texas this week claiming that the state's six-week abortion ban violates the state constitution's due process and equal protection guarantees.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Biden sticks it to Republicans with his budget proposal  —  President Joe Biden's third budget and likely campaign blueprint — if and when he announces a reelection run — proposes tax hikes on the wealthiest Americans and corporations, the most funding ever for the military and $3 trillion in deficit-slashing policies over a decade.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Topic Biden Keeps Dodging
Discussion: The Hill
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump can't help but show off his letters from Kim Jong Un in his new book  —  Donald Trump's letters with Kim Jong Un were both historic and politically consequential, sparking major debates about nuclear diplomacy and presidential record retention practices.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump publishing private letters from Oprah, other celebrities
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Spill’ of classified info derails Proud Boys trial  —  Federal prosecutors inadvertently disclosed likely classified material to Proud Boys defense attorneys, Justice Department officials indicated Thursday, a snafu that has derailed — for at least a full day — the most important trial to emerge from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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.
David Moye / HuffPost:
Rep. Eric Swalwell Expertly Calls Out Rep. Jim Jordan's Jan. 6 Hypocrisy  —  During a discussion about subpoena compliance, the Democratic congressman pointed out that Jordan previously ignored the ones issued to him.  —  Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) called out the hypocrisy of Rep. Jim Jordan …
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
FBI finally admits to buying location data on Americans, horrifying experts  —  FBI director denied that the agency currently purchases location data.  —  At a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing yesterday, FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed for the first time that the agency …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Matthew Desmond / New York Times:
Why Poverty Persists in America  —  A Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist offers a new explanation for an intractable problem.  —  In the past 50 years, scientists have mapped the entire human genome and eradicated smallpox.  Here in the United States, infant-mortality rates and deaths …
Josh Kraushaar / Axios:
Senate GOP close to landing top recruit in Montana  —  Senate Republicans are close to recruiting Tim Sheehy, a decorated military veteran and successful businessman with the resources to self-finance a campaign, to run against Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) in 2024.
Discussion: Political Wire
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Editor Overseeing Crime Fearmongering Is Felon Himself  —  He's very pro-cop, but he also has quite the story from his 20s.  —  For years, Fox News has pushed the narrative that the United States is undergoing a cataclysmic crime wave driven by drugs and young punks with guns …
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The holes in Jim Jordan's convoluted ‘weaponization’ theory  —  Hunter Biden's laptop and an Aspen Institute exercise star in a smoke-and-mirrors show that ignores recent testimony  —  The new House GOP majority's early oversight and inquiries into the “weaponization of the federal government” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Internal text reveals Tucker Carlson reads the work of a Holocaust denier at a white nationalist hub  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson shared the work of David Cole, a Holocaust denier who writes for a white nationalist hub that carries headlines like “The Trouble with Blacks” and “Our De Facto Antiwhite Apartheid.”
 
 
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John Haltiwanger / Insider:
Putin thinks ‘Ukraine matters more to him’ than to the West and that he'll eventually win his disastrous war, CIA chief warns
Discussion: The Hill and VICE
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House GOP launches probe into Jan. 6 panel
Amanda Prestigiacomo / The Daily Wire:
Authors Attacked At ‘Stolen Youth’ Book Launch, Attendees Called ‘Fascists C***s’
Discussion: Twitchy and Glenn's Substack
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
TikTok hires Biden-connected firm as it finds itself under D.C.'s microscope
CNN:
In unprecedented interview from Tehran jail, American prisoner speaks with CNN
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
The Pentagon is funding experiments on animals to recreate ‘Havana Syndrome’
Yuras Karmanau / Associated Press:
Belarus passes law to execute officials convicted of treason
Keith Humphreys / Washington Post:
The Hispanic experience in jail looks more like the White one now
Discussion: The Atlantic
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Thank you, Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson
Caitlin Gibson / Washington Post:
The fear and fury of these Florida parents
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