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Katherine Fung / Newsweek:
Audrey Hale Manifesto Release Raises Major Concerns From LGBTQ+ Groups — Calls for police to release the “manifesto” that authorities say was written ahead of Monday's Nashville school shooting has prompted concern among LGBTQ+ groups, who caution against the publication of such a document.
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Sandra Stojanovic / Reuters:
Video shows police storming building, killing Nashville school shooter — Video released on Tuesday showed Nashville, Tennessee, police officers storming a private Christian grade school on Monday before confronting and fatally shooting an attacker who killed three 9-year-old students and three adult staff members.
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CNN:
Covenant school shooter was under care for emotional disorder and hid guns at home, police say — Editor's Note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. — CNN — The 28-year-old who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville …
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Ben Ashford / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Nashville mass school shooter Audrey Hale was rejected by her Christian parents who 'couldn't accept' she was gay and trans - as cops reveal she also planned to shoot relatives
EXCLUSIVE: Nashville mass school shooter Audrey Hale was rejected by her Christian parents who 'couldn't accept' she was gay and trans - as cops reveal she also planned to shoot relatives
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CNN:
Mike Pence must testify about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, judge rules — A federal judge has decided that former Vice President Mike Pence must testify to a grand jury about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, 2021 …
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New York Times:
Pence Must Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury, Judge Rules — The ruling in Washington was the latest setback to efforts by former President Donald J. Trump's legal team to limit testimony to grand juries investigating him on various matters. — A federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence …
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ABC News:
Judge rejects Trump's privilege claims over Pence testimony in Jan. 6 probe
Judge rejects Trump's privilege claims over Pence testimony in Jan. 6 probe
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Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Slate and Bernard Goldberg's Commentary
Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
The Dangerous Journey of John Eastman
The Dangerous Journey of John Eastman
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Christie sees a lane in the GOP primary: Trump destroyer — The former New Jersey governor said the Republicans need someone who can take on Trump “like what I did to Marco.” — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wondered if the Republican field has what it takes to stop former President Donald Trump.
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Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Trump makes a big move in the Granite State
Trump makes a big move in the Granite State
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Chris Christie, Putting Out Feelers for a 2024 Run, Takes Aim at Trump
Chris Christie, Putting Out Feelers for a 2024 Run, Takes Aim at Trump
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Chris Christie Is the Worst Never Trumper
Chris Christie Is the Worst Never Trumper
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Billy Ball / The Atlantic:
My 6-Year-Old Son Died. Then the Anti-vaxxers Found Out. — Opponents of COVID vaccines terrorize grieving families on social media. — My 6-year-old boy died in January. We lost him after a household accident, one likely brought on by a rare cerebral-swelling condition.
Washington Post:
Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations — Funding for group that battled ‘cultural Marxism’ was channeled through right-wing think tank, Post investigation finds — A little-known conservative activist group led by Virginia “Ginni” Thomas …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Juror in Oath Keepers trial reveals secrets from the deliberation room — In a newly released interview, the juror recounts being disturbed by the tactics of some defense attorneys. — Jurors in the recently concluded trial of six Oath Keeper affiliates were “horrified” …
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Wall Street Journal:
Russia's Economy Is Starting to Come Undone — Investment is down, labor is scarce, budget is squeezed. Oligarch: ‘There will be no money next year’ — MOSCOW—The opening months of Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year drove an increase in oil and natural-gas prices that brought a windfall for Moscow.
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The Guardian:
Putin prepares Russia for ‘forever war’ with west as Ukraine invasion stalls — The Russian president has managed to rally people around the flag with talk of a fight for national survival — ne evening in late December, as Muscovites strolled along their city's brightly lit streets …
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Al Jazeera
Alex Burness / Bolts:
“Back to 1902”: Virginia Governor Revives Lifetime Ban on Voting — Governor Glenn Youngkin just gave himself a lot more power to pick and choose Virginia voters. The Republican governor's administration told state lawmakers in a letter last week that he was rescinding his predecessors' policy …
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Political Wire
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Inside the U.S. Pressure Campaign Over Israel's Judicial Overhaul — President Biden and his advisers bombarded the Israeli government with warnings that the country's image as the sole democracy in the Middle East was at stake. — WASHINGTON — In the 48 hours before Prime Minister …
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Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Idaho Is About To Become The First State To Restrict Interstate Travel For Abortion — A bill would create a whole new crime — dubbed “abortion trafficking” — which aims to limit minors' ability to travel for abortion care without parental consent. — Idaho already has some of the most …
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Boise State Public Radio, The Hill and Political Wire
CNN:
Dominion wants Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other Fox hosts and executives to take the stand at trial — Dominion Voting Systems said in a court filing Monday that it wants to put some of Fox News' top executives and most well-known hosts on the witness stand when its $1.6 billion defamation case …
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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Wisconsin man charged with firebombing offices of pro-life group — Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury is accused of the 2022 attack on Wisconsin Family Action — A Wisconsin man has been charged in last year's firebomb attack of a pro-life center in Madison, Wisconsin, according to a Tuesday press release from the Department of Justice.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
What the Republican Push for ‘Parents’ Rights' Is Really About — You may have heard the phrase “parents' rights.” — It sounds unobjectionable — of course parents should have rights — which is probably why it's become the term of choice for the conservative effort to ban books …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The inside story of why a Florida school removed a movie about Ruby Bridges
The inside story of why a Florida school removed a movie about Ruby Bridges
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CNN:
Inside the backchannel communications keeping Donald Trump in the loop on Republican investigations — Donald Trump continues to wield enormous power on Capitol Hill as House Republicans seek to curry favor with the former president, pursuing his fixations through their investigations …
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Democrats
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Half of Twitter Blue subscribers have less than 1,000 followers — And Elon Musk now says he wants to force these users all into your feed. — If Elon Musk was expecting many verified Twitter users to pay to keep their checkmarks, the reality is bound to be disappointing, new data has revealed.
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Omari Daniels / Washington Post:
Adnan Syed conviction reinstated by Maryland appellate court panel — A Maryland appellate court panel on Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of “Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed, deciding a lower court had violated the right of the victim's family to attend a critical hearing in the case.
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Aleks Phillips / Newsweek:
Tucker Carlson Has the American People on His Side, Poll Shows — A majority of American voters agree with Tucker Carlson that the events of the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol were less violent than have been portrayed by the media. — According to exclusive polling for Newsweek …
Elias Visontay / The Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch has fuelled polarisation of society, Barack Obama says — Former US president tells Sydney audience that media coverage has helped exacerbate divisions and that we no longer have a ‘shared story’ — The former US president Barack Obama has suggested that Rupert Murdoch's media empire …
NBC4 Washington:
Suspect Accused of Stabbing Senate Staffer in DC Got Out of Prison Day Before, Records Show — A man accused of stabbing a U.S. Senate staffer in Northeast D.C. on Saturday was released from federal prison 24 hours earlier, court records show. — Glynn Neal, 42, was arrested and charged …
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WJBK-TV:
Wayne State professor suspended after advocating for killing ‘right wing’ speakers on campuses — DETROIT (FOX 2) - A social media post by an English professor at Wayne State University has left him off the job, at least for now. — On Steven Shaviro's personal Facebook page this month …
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Maria Verza / Associated Press:
Official: 39 dead in fire at migrant facility in Mexico — More than three dozen migrants have died in a fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border, an official said Tuesday. Images from the scene showed rows of bodies lying under shimmery silver sheets outside …
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NBC News:
N.Y. grand jury not expected to vote on possible Trump indictment this week — The panel is not expected to meet Wednesday, three sources said. — The New York grand jury considering possible criminal charges against former President Donald Trump related to hush money payments …
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Rand Paul smacks down bipartisan TikTok ban bills: ‘Goes against the First Amendment’ — Sen. Rand Paul is among the few Republicans opposing Congress' efforts to ban the popular social media app — FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., broke from his Senate GOP colleagues on Tuesday …
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The Hill and Washington Examiner
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
'It's a powerful effect': Austin fires back at GOP senator's blockade of military promotions — Sen. Tommy Tuberville is holding up personnel moves over the Pentagon's new abortion policies. — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin went on offense Tuesday against one Republican senator's blockade …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Sean Hannity's attempt to coach Trump backfires — again — Despite the Fox host's prompts, Trump declined to give him the answers he sought. And they pertain to some central questions in a key legal fight. — Donald Trump's long-awaited return to Fox News's airwaves on Monday night …