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Mike Lindell's firm told to pay $5 million in ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ election-fraud challenge — MyPillow founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell made a bold offer ahead of a “cyber symposium” he held in August 2021 in South Dakota: He claimed he had data showing Chinese interference …
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Sara Murray / CNN:
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell ordered to follow through with $5 million payment to expert who debunked his false election data — My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell has been ordered to shell out $5 million to an expert who debunked his data related to the 2020 election, according to a decision by the arbitration panel obtained by CNN.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Fox Paid a Parking Ticket; Mike Lindell Is Going To Get Wrecked — In the Game of Trump, the cynical elites prosper while the rubes get taken to the cleaners. — ∙ Paid — Tonight: I'll be joined by A.B. Stoddard and Bill Kristol to talk about about [gestures broadly] all of this.
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
I'm So Mad I Didn't Enter Mike Lindell's Stupid Contest
I'm So Mad I Didn't Enter Mike Lindell's Stupid Contest
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Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
REVEALED: GOP leader, who voted to expel TN Three, resigns; found guilty of sexually harassing interns — A member of GOP leadership in the Tennessee House of Representatives was recently found guilty of sexually harassing at least one legislative intern, likely two, by an ethics subcommittee acting in secret,
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Erik Uebelacker / The Daily Beast:
GOPer Who Voted to Boot Tennessee Dems Resigns After Sexually Harassing Intern — Rep. Scotty Campbell quit on Thursday, three weeks after a secret ethics subcommittee found him guilty. — A Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, who voted last month …
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New York Times:
BuzzFeed Shuts Down Its Namesake News Division — BuzzFeed News, which won a Pulitzer Prize but never made money, is “beginning the process of closing,” the company's founder, Jonah Peretti, said in a memo to employees. — BuzzFeed is shutting down its namesake news division …
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Ben Smith / The Atlantic:
After All That, I Would Still Publish the Dossier — But I would do some things differently. — When i realized the power of online journalism in the early aughts, I saw transparency as key to its promise. I'd watched Gawker X-ray New York's media scene, and seen bloggers tear apart mainstream reporting …
Washington Post:
Top GOP lawyer decries ease of campus voting in private pitch to RNC — A presentation by Cleta Mitchell at a donor retreat urged tougher rules that could make it harder for college students to cast ballots — NASHVILLE — A top Republican legal strategist told a roomful of GOP donors …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Republicans don't complain much about polling places at senior centers
Republicans don't complain much about polling places at senior centers
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ABC News:
Charges dropped against Alec Baldwin in fatal on-set ‘Rust’ shooting: Sources — Baldwin was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. — Charges against Alec Baldwin have been dropped in the — fatal on-set “Rust” shooting — , according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Deadline:
Alec Baldwin Criminal Charges To Be Dropped In Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting — EXCLUSIVE: Less than two weeks before a mini-trial is scheduled to begin in New Mexico over the October 2021 killing of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, all charges are going to be dropped against Alec Baldwin, for now.
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Nicole Stacy / SBA Pro-Life America:
SBA: Donald Trump's States-Only Position Is Unacceptable to Pro-Life Movement — Dannenfelser: “We will oppose any presidential candidate who refuses to embrace at a minimum a 15-week national standard to stop painful late-term abortions...” — Washington, D.C. - SBA Pro-Life America issued …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
'I'm not a paid assassin': Inside Chris Christie's 2024 decision
'I'm not a paid assassin': Inside Chris Christie's 2024 decision
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Washington Post:
Abortion divides 2024 candidates and confounds many within the GOP
Abortion divides 2024 candidates and confounds many within the GOP
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Politico:
Republicans are alarmed about a Mastriano for Senate bid. Even Trump.
Republicans are alarmed about a Mastriano for Senate bid. Even Trump.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Lost on abortion politics, Republicans struggle for a solution
Lost on abortion politics, Republicans struggle for a solution
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
The (Republican) Party's Over — With each passing month, week, and day, the Republican Party contrives to go a little crazier, one step more radical—to smash one more norm or tradition. If you still think that surely they'll come to their senses one of these days, you're just not paying attention.
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
‘Deeply frustrated’: Florida legislators worn out by DeSantis — The governor didn't wow D.C. It's not great in Tallahassee either. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' iron-clad grip on the Republican-controlled Legislature may be slipping amid growing frustration among GOP legislators.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Disney tells its lobbyists to step up fight against DeSantis and his allies in Florida
Disney tells its lobbyists to step up fight against DeSantis and his allies in Florida
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump hits Ron DeSantis over Florida endorsements; rivals say Trump is worried
Donald Trump hits Ron DeSantis over Florida endorsements; rivals say Trump is worried
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
JUST IN: Dan Bongino Parts Ways With Fox News — Dan Bongino, the pro-Trump firebrand who turned frequent appearances on Fox News into a job hosting a weekend show on the network, announced his departure on Thursday. — Bongino, the host of Unfiltered and Fox Nation's Canceled in the USA …
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Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
SpaceX's Starship Rocket Will Try to Launch on 4/20: What to Expect — The most powerful rocket ever built got off the launchpad in South Texas, but did not achieve its most ambitious goals on Thursday. — A setback for Elon Musk and SpaceX, but not a fatal one.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin slams Biden for ‘deficiency of leadership,’ applauds McCarthy debt limit plan — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who faces reelection in a Republican-leaning state, on Thursday slammed President Biden for showing “a deficiency of leadership” on a potential national default …
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Politico:
House Dems worry Biden 'can't keep waiting' on McCarthy debt meet
House Dems worry Biden 'can't keep waiting' on McCarthy debt meet
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Judicial record undermines Clarence Thomas defence in luxury gifts scandal — Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow was linked to a conservative group that had court business while Thomas was on the bench — Earlier this month, the supreme court justice Clarence Thomas put out a statement …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Durbin asks Roberts to testify in Congress amid Thomas controversy
Durbin asks Roberts to testify in Congress amid Thomas controversy
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NBC News:
Capitol rioter shot at local deputies after FBI informed him of Jan. 6 charges — Nathan Donald Pelham, of Texas, now faces an additional felony count, on top of the four misdemeanor charges stemming from the attack on the Capitol. — A Texas man facing charges in the Jan. 6 riot opened fire …
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Biden preparing to announce reelection campaign next week — Aides are looking to release a video on Tuesday declaring the president's bid to return to the White House. — President Biden and his team are preparing to announce his re election campaign next week, with aides finalizing plans …
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Katelynn Richardson / The Daily Caller:
‘Double Standard’: Legal Experts Slam Dems For Ignoring Liberal Justice's Failure To Disclose Spouse's Consulting Work — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's nominee financial disclosure from March 2022 reveals she “inadvertently omitted” consulting income her spouse “periodically receives …
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Kansas City Star:
‘Fear and paranoia.’ Grandson says Andrew Lester bought into conspiracies, disinformation — Ralph Yarl shooting — After a Kansas City teenager was shot and injured for going to the door of the wrong house, outrage followed in Kansas City and across the country. — EXPAND ALL
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House insists no ‘political interference’ in Hunter Biden probe after IRS whistleblower comes forward — An IRS whistleblower alleges the Biden administration is mishandling the federal investigation into Hunter Biden — EXCLUSIVE: The White House on Thursday dismissed allegations …
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ABC News:
House Republicans pass ban on transgender athletes competing with women, girls — The GOP had made passing the ban for school sports teams a key campaign promise. — House Republicans passed first-of-its-kind federal legislation on Thursday to ban — transgender athletes
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
New secret recording reveals Oklahoma county leaders discussing sexual favors for pay raises — Last week the McCurtain Gazette News, suspecting that county meetings continued after the public left in a violation of Oklahoma's open-meetings laws, secretly placed a voice-activated recorder in the room.
Kevin Hurler / Gizmodo:
Insider Cuts 10% of Staff, Says ChatGPT Experiments Aren't to Blame — The editor-in-chief announced last week that writers would experiment with ChatGPT, but the company said the layoffs were unrelated. — Alerts — The news outlet Insider announced to staff via email Thursday morning …
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CNN:
Judge who suspended abortion pill failed to disclose interviews that discussed social issues — The federal district judge who first suspended the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of the so-called abortion pill mifepristone failed to disclose during his Senate confirmation process …
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Connor Surmonte / RADAR:
Maria Bartiromo & Jeanine Pirro To Be Fired From Fox News As Rupert Murdoch Moves To Be Less ‘Vulnerable’ After $787.5 Million Defamation Settlement, Critic Predicts — At least one critic predicts Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro will be fired from Fox News as Rupert Murdoch moves to be less …
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