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Washington Post:
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.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Fox was resigned to a tough trial. Then, a secret mediator stepped in. — Dominion held firm to its big-money claim, and the jury was seated, just before a dramatic ending to the defamation case — For months, as the pretrial proceedings wore on and the embarrassing internal messages kept spilling …
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Vanity Fair, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Insider, Just The News, CNN, Raw Story and Semafor, more at Mediagazer »
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Julia Rock / The Lever:
Fox Can Claim Tax Writeoff For Defamation Settlement
Fox Can Claim Tax Writeoff For Defamation Settlement
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Rolling Stone, The Nation, New Republic, The Daily Beast, Jacobin, National Review, Joe.My.God., HuffPost, The Information, WGN-TV, Deadline, Raw Story, VICE and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Don't get it twisted: Fox's $787.5M defamation deal is record-setting, massive and painful, experts say
Don't get it twisted: Fox's $787.5M defamation deal is record-setting, massive and painful, experts say
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now
Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now
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Eschaton, Washington Post, Iowa Capital Dispatch, The National and The Atlantic, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
The Tax Break That Could Save Fox Millions in Its Dominion Settlement
The Tax Break That Could Save Fox Millions in Its Dominion Settlement
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The Independent, CoinDesk, Financial Times, NBC News and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
Dylan Byers / Puck:
The Fox-Trump Curse & the Murdoch Kiss of Death
The Fox-Trump Curse & the Murdoch Kiss of Death
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Variety, New York Times and TIME
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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Berny Belvedere / The Bulwark:
Decoding DeSantis's Weird War on Disney — It may seem crazy for a governor to wildly attack one of his state's major employers—but you gotta understand MAGA logic. — This week, when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suggested that he might build a prison next to Disney World …
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BlogMickey.com, New York Times, Axios and Daily Kos
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida poised to make DeSantis' travel records secret
Florida poised to make DeSantis' travel records secret
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Wide World of News and Sun-Sentinel
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
DeSantis's Electability Pitch Wobbles, Despite G.O.P. Losses Under Trump
DeSantis's Electability Pitch Wobbles, Despite G.O.P. Losses Under Trump
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Rolling Stone, Washington Post, Politico, Twitchy and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Florida Rep. Michael Waltz Endorses Trump for President in 2024 — Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) became the latest Florida Republican to endorse former President Donald Trump over Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 GOP presidential primary on Thursday, issuing an exclusive statement to Breitbart News endorsing Trump.
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The Hill, Florida Politics, Joe.My.God., PJ Media, ABC News, Political Wire and The Gateway Pundit
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Washington Post:
Abortion divides 2024 candidates and confounds many within the GOP — Presidential hopefuls have struggled to settle on a position amid warning signs that the party is on the wrong side of public opinion on the issue — When Republican donors arrived at the Four Seasons in Nashville last weekend …
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New Republic and New York Times
Politico:
Republicans are alarmed about a Mastriano for Senate bid. Even Trump. — The former president has privately conveyed concerns about having the Pennsylvania Republican on the top of the ticket alongside him this cycle. — MAGA firebrand Doug Mastriano is inducing panic among GOP officials …
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Alternet.org, Slate and Raw Story
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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The Hill, Florida Politics, Fox News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Patterico's Pontifications, New York Times and Insider
Associated Press:
Biden Blasts GOP ‘Wacko Notions’ Amid Debt Limit Standoff — President Joe Biden has lambasted the House Republicans' emerging proposal to raise the nation's debt limit in a speech at a union hall. — President Joe Biden lambasted Republicans' emerging trade-off plans to raise …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
House GOP unveils bill to cut spending, lift debt ceiling. Here's how.
House GOP unveils bill to cut spending, lift debt ceiling. Here's how.
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CNBC, The Guardian, The Dispatch, The White House, Semafor, Bloomberg and Washington Times
Washington Post:
Three takeaways from McCarthy's debt limit bill
Three takeaways from McCarthy's debt limit bill
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Talking Points Memo, FOX8 WGHP and Roll Call
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Democrats' Numbers Problem
Democrats' Numbers Problem
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Los Angeles Times, The Hill and Mercury News
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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Mark Joyella / Forbes:
Fox News Parts Ways With Dan Bongino: 'It's A Sad Day' — Fox News has ended its relationship with Dan Bongino, who hosted the Saturday night show Unfiltered with Dan Bongino. Bongino's Canceled in the USA streamed on Fox's streaming service, Fox Nation, will end as well.
Kansas City Star:
‘Fear and paranoia.’ Grandson says Andrew Lester bought into conspiracies, disinformation — A grandson of the man charged with shooting a Black teen in Kansas City's Northland last week said he was “appalled” and “disgusted” at his grandfather's actions and is thankful Ralph Yarl is recovering.
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New York Times, TMZ.com, FIRST DRAFT, Mediaite, New York Post and Raw Story
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.
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USA Today, CNBC, Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Examiner, PJ Media, RedState, National Review, The Texas Tribune, Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Bloomberg
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 …
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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Alternet.org, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, Off the Kuff, CT Mirror and Mercury News
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Daniel Strauss / New Republic:
No Labels Took More Than $100,000 From Clarence Thomas Buddy Harlan Crow
No Labels Took More Than $100,000 From Clarence Thomas Buddy Harlan Crow
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New York Magazine, Political Wire and Crooks and Liars
Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
DeKalb County releases autopsy in ‘Cop City’ protester Manuel Teran's death — Teran was protesting the development of a police training center. DeKalb County has released the autopsy results related to the death of Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, who demonstrated against the construction …
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WAGA-TV, New Republic, Reason and CBS News
Washington Post:
A new Smithsonian boss settled multiple employee retaliation lawsuits — The selection of Nancy Yao to run the American Women's History Museum is being re-evaluated because of questions about firing three sex-harassment accusers at a New York museum — When the Smithsonian Institution announced …
Hannah Story Brown / American Prospect:
Exxon's Unethical Supreme Court Play — Oil company lawyers are pushing Justice Alito to indirectly decide cases he should recuse himself from. … As the revelations of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's flagrant corruption continue to unspool, scrutiny of the weak ethics rules binding the Court has intensified.
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SCOTUSblog, Associated Press and Washington Post
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 …
Jay Kirk / New York Times:
At Sandy Hook, Crime-Scene Investigators Saw the Unimaginable — The crime-scene investigators are the ones who document, and remember, the unimaginable. This is what they saw at Sandy Hook. — The crime-scene van was parked next to the black Honda Civic already identified as belonging to the shooter …
Will Saletan / Bulwark+:
Donald Trump Is Running a Democratic Campaign in a Republican Primary — DONALD TRUMP IS PUMMELING RON DESANTIS in the battle for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He accuses DeSantis of exaggerating Florida's economic success, failing to control crime, and locking down businesses during COVID.
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Miami Herald
Madeline Holcombe / CNN:
Most adults value reproductive rights when deciding where to go to college, poll shows — Class sizes, available majors and extracurriculars aren't the only things going into college decisions this year. — A new poll shows that incoming and current college students are also thinking …
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Forbes
Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana Republicans want censure while misgendering lawmaker — A group of conservative Republican lawmakers in Montana deliberately misgendered a transgender colleague in demanding that she be censored for language she used on the floor while speaking against a bill that would ban gender-affirming medical care for children.
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform — Yet another big B2B service passes on paying for Twitter's new high-priced API. — Twitter is being removed from yet another big B2B platform. And this time it's one of the biggest companies in the tech industry.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The how and why of Tucker Carlson's misleading Ukraine war math — It is unusual for a newly announced Democratic candidate to make Tucker Carlson's Fox News show on one of his first stops on his media tour. But Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s long-shot bid to wrench the party's nomination …
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HuffPost
Politico:
U.S. preparing to position troops in case of Sudan embassy evacuation — The security situation has spiraled downward in the country's capital. — The Pentagon is preparing to position U.S. forces in Djibouti in anticipation of a potential mission to evacuate U.S Embassy personnel in Khartoum …
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The Guardian, Reuters, NDTV, CNN and Foreign Policy
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
The left ignores the real Biden Delaware drama to satisfy their bias — New York Times opinionista Michelle Goldberg complained bitterly this week that she had trekked all the way to Wilmington, Del., at the brutal hour of 7 a.m. to watch the Dominion-vs.-Fox News defamation trial, only for the parties to settle before the show began.
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The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
More peril for Trump in pending probes than NY: AP-NORC poll — Former President Donald Trump has emerged largely unscathed politically from his New York indictment. But a new poll suggests that investigations in Georgia and Washington could prove more problematic.
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Washington Examiner, AP-NORC, The Hill and Raw Story
Washington Post:
A White man was ‘scared to death’ of Ralph Yarl. For Black boys, this isn't new. — Andrew Lester, 84, shooting Ralph Yarl, 16, follows a pattern fueled by a fear of Black men and boys, activists say.
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CBS News