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New York Times:
Judge Imposes Sanction on Fox for Withholding Evidence in Defamation Case  —  Judge Eric Davis also said an investigation was likely into Fox's handling of documents and whether it had withheld details about Rupert Murdoch's corporate role.  —  The judge overseeing Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as ‘state-affiliated media’  —  NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent on the social media platform.  In explaining its decision, NPR cited Twitter's decision …
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James Clayton / BBC:
Elon Musk tells BBC that owning Twitter has been quite painful  —  Running Twitter has been “quite painful” and “a rollercoaster”, Elon Musk has said, in a hastily arranged live interview with the BBC.  —  The multi-billionaire entrepreneur also said he would sell the company if the right person came along.
Washington Post:
In Tennessee, second expelled Black Democratic lawmaker is reappointed  —  MEMPHIS — Justin Pearson, one of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by Republican state representatives for leading a gun-control protest on the Tennessee House floor, was reappointed to the office Wednesday …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:   How Tennessee Became the Poster State for Political Meltdown
Justin J. Pearson / MSNBC:
Tennessee Republicans tried to silence us. It didn't work.
Discussion: NBC News and Action News 5
New York Times:
Witnesses Asked About Trump's Handling of Map With Classified Information  —  The map is just one element of the Justice Department's inquiry into former President Donald Trump's possession of sensitive documents and whether he obstructed justice in seeking to hold onto them.
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump sues former attorney Michael Cohen for $500 million  —  A source familiar says the complaint against Cohen “has nothing to do” with the Manhattan DA's case  —  EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump is suing his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen for more than $500 million, alleging a breach …
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Hunter Bassler / 12news.com:
Now-former state Rep. Liz Harris expelled from the Arizona House  —  Harris' expulsion comes a day after a legislative ethics committee found she damaged “the institutional integrity of the House.”  —  PHOENIX — Editor's note: The above video aired during a broadcast on Feb. 27.
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Jeremy Duda / Axios:
Arizona GOP-controlled House expels Republican in historic vote  —  The Arizona House expelled freshman GOP Rep. Liz Harris on Wednesday for inviting a speaker to a joint elections committee hearing who spread baseless accusations of drug cartel bribery and election rigging by elected officials, judges and others.
Politico:
Feinstein's condition sparks concern she won't return to the Senate  —  People in touch with the veteran Democratic senator say her shingles diagnosis has taken a heavy toll.  —  After Dianne Feinstein announced she'd contracted the shingles in early March, her staff said she planned to return to the Senate within a matter of weeks.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Democrats have had a two-vote majority on only 30 percent of Senate votes
Andrew Sullender / Springfield News-Leader:
Sen. Mike Moon reiterates support for 12-year-old's right to marry in Missouri  —  During debate Tuesday on a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, Missouri State Senator Mike Moon suggested children as young as 12 should have the right to marry with parental permission.
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Trump's tale of crying Manhattan court employees was ‘absolute BS,’ law enforcement source says  —  Former President Trump's claim to a Fox News anchor that New York court employees were “crying” and apologizing for his arraignment on felony charges is “absolute BS” and doesn't remotely resemble …
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
GOP Seeks To Shield Trump From All Future State Prosecutions  —  New legislation from House Republicans would allow former presidents to move state prosecutions to federal courts.  —  WASHINGTON — New legislation from House Republicans aims to prevent local district attorneys from pursuing charges against former presidents.
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Has Trump Boxed His Rivals Into Defending Him On More Serious Charges, Too?
Discussion: National Review and Raw Story
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
EPA Lays Out Rules to Turbocharge Sales of Electric Cars and Trucks  —  The Biden administration is proposing rules to ensure that two-thirds of new cars and a quarter of new heavy trucks sold in the United States by 2032 are all-electric.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration …
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Timothy Puko / Washington Post:
Biden to remake U.S. auto industry with toughest emissions limits ever
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Republican Strategists Who Have Carefully Planned All of This  —  Republican leaders are now adopting increasingly autocratic measures, using the police powers of government to impose moralized regulations, turning private citizens into enforcement officers and expelling defiant elected Democrats …
Variety:
HBO Boss Dodges J.K. Rowling Anti-Trans Controversy After Announcing ‘Harry Potter’ Series: 'Our Priority Is What's on Screen' … During a Q&A with press after the presentation, however, executives were less forthcoming about the involvement of the franchise's creator, J.K. Rowling.
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Georgia Football Coach Jokes About Lynching in Horrific Racist Videos  —  The coach, who has trained several Black student-athletes, was also filmed repeatedly using the N-word.  —  Video footage of a Georgia athletics coach known for helping students get recruited with top-level colleges …
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Ashlyn Webb / WMAZ-TV:
Houston County trainer criticized for racist remarks in viral leaked videos
Discussion: Raw Story and Unsafe
Kalyeena Makortoff / The Guardian:
World Bank staff were told to give special treatment to son of Trump official  —  Exclusive: Leaked recording raises concerns over governance at development bank, at which David Malpass is now president  —  World Bank staff were apparently told to give preferential treatment to the son …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
How Ron DeSantis waged a targeted assault on Black voters: 'I fear for what's to come'  —  In gerrymandering voting maps and gutting one of the biggest expansions of voting rights, the Florida governor seeks to dilute Black political power  —  Al Lawson felt the weight of his victory the night he was elected to Congress in 2016.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, CNN and The Root
Bloomberg:
Putin Approved Arrest of US Reporter on Spying Charges  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the arrest of a US reporter on espionage charges for the first time since the Cold War, according to people familiar with the situation.  —  The Russian president's endorsement …
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
The Inflation Crisis Is Over.  You'll Never Guess Who Deserves the Credit.  —  The inflation crisis is over, and you can thank the poorest among us for delivering what (so far at least) is a soft landing.  That isn't the mainstream view yet, but eventually I think it will be.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Inside Rupert Murdoch's Succession Drama  —  With the $1.6 billion Dominion lawsuit threatening to hobble Fox News, the ink on his divorce to Jerry Hall still wet, and his broken engagement to Ann Lesley Smith even fresher, it's been a chaotic 12 months for the 92-year-old conservative media baron.
Benjy Sarlin / Semafor:
Don't assume this is Donald Trump's last run  —  Here's a fun Wednesday morning thought for everyone: Donald Trump will probably run again in 2028 if he loses.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Fung / CNN:
Arkansas governor signs sweeping bill imposing a minimum age limit for social media usage  —  Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a sweeping bill imposing a minimum age limit for social media usage, in the latest example of states taking more aggressive steps intended to protect teens online.
Emma Montgomery / BelfastTelegraph.co.uk:
PSNI investigating security breach around Biden visit during ‘largest policing operation in a decade’  —  The PSNI are probing a suspected security breach during President Biden's visit to Belfast which saw the largest policing operation in a decade get underway.
Washington Post:
Special counsel focuses on Trump fundraising off false election claims  —  A new batch of subpoenas seeks to compare public claims of voter fraud after the 2020 election versus private texts and emails  —  Federal prosecutors probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol …
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Appeals court rejects Peter Navarro's bid to retain hundreds of presidential records  —  The Justice Department sued Navarro last year, seeking to reclaim records the government said should have been returned to the National Archives after the Trump administration came to an end.
Joe Schoffstall / Fox News:
Biden DOJ recommends no jail time for trans vandal of Catholic church: ‘F— Catholics’  —  Biden's administration previously came down hard on pro-life activists  —  President Biden's Justice Department offered what critics are calling a sweetheart plea deal to a vandal who admitted …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Fox News will host first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee  —  Republicans will hold their first presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, host city for the GOP's 2024 national nominating convention  —  EXCLUSIVE - The Republican National Committee (RNC) …
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Trump-Appointed Commissioner to FEC Press Office: Shut Up About Complaints  —  The idea of an agency being unable to confirm whether a complaint exists at all could have profound political implications, a campaign finance expert told The Daily Beast.  —  A Republican commissioner …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:
‘Disinformation’ network blacklisting conservative news hides tax forms over ‘harassment’
Discussion: Twitchy
Greg Walters / VICE:
Trump Supporters Are Swamping the Manhattan DA With Racist Threats
Washington Post:
Japan is hostile for LGBTQ people, but attitudes are shifting. Slowly.
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
Zelensky greets Brad Paisley and three centrist senators in Ukraine
Discussion: The Hill
Deon Osborne / The Black Wall Street Times:
Black farmers say Tennessee trying to hustle them off their land
Hamed Aleaziz / Los Angeles Times:
Signature Biden asylum reform is now on hold
Ursula Perano / The Daily Beast:
Montana GOP Has a Ploy to Sink Sen. Jon Tester: A New Election Law
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
J.D. Vance's ‘Big Tech’ Plan Conveniently Makes More Money for J.D. Vance: Report
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Jim Jordan Runs To Fox To Cry Over Bragg's Lawsuit
Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin seeks reelection in Wisconsin
Annie Todd / Argus Leader:
Joel Koskan, who ran for SD Senate, pleads guilty to 2 counts of felony incest
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and Joe.My.God.
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