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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.
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.
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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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Julia Rock / The Lever:
Fox Can Claim Tax Writeoff For Defamation Settlement
Fox Can Claim Tax Writeoff For Defamation Settlement
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now
Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now
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Washington Post, Eschaton, Iowa Capital Dispatch and The National
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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Financial Times, CoinDesk, The Independent and NBC News, more at Techmeme »
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
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, Daily Kos and Axios
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida poised to make DeSantis' travel records secret
Florida poised to make DeSantis' travel records secret
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VICE, 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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Washington Post, Politico, Twitchy and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rolling Stone:
Trump Plotted for Weeks to ‘Mindf-ck’ DeSantis With Florida Endorsements
Trump Plotted for Weeks to ‘Mindf-ck’ DeSantis With Florida Endorsements
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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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Punchbowl News:
Deal-making Senate Republicans back McCarthy — for now
Deal-making Senate Republicans back McCarthy — for now
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Democrats' Numbers Problem
Democrats' Numbers Problem
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Washington Post:
Three takeaways from McCarthy's debt limit bill
Three takeaways from McCarthy's debt limit bill
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
GOP conservatives are thrilled with the House's new debt ceiling bill
GOP conservatives are thrilled with the House's new debt ceiling bill
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Crooks and Liars and Press Herald
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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Raw Story, Slate and Alternet.org
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
'I'm not a paid assassin': Inside Chris Christie's 2024 decision — The former New Jersey governor is eager to take on Donald Trump. But he's only running, he says, if he thinks he can win. — A few weeks ago, Chris Christie called up a former Republican presidential candidate and asked for some advice …
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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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New Republic and New York Times
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Republican representing DeSantis's former Florida district endorses Trump
Republican representing DeSantis's former Florida district endorses Trump
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Florida Politics, Florida's Voice, Axios, Talking Points Memo and The Guardian
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Florida Rep. Michael Waltz Endorses Trump for President in 2024
Exclusive — Florida Rep. Michael Waltz Endorses Trump for President in 2024
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Washington Examiner, Florida Politics, PJ Media, Joe.My.God., ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, Political Wire and The Hill
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 news division as part of an effort …
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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.
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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 …
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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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 …
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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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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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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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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Luke Gentile / Washington Examiner:
WATCH: Michelle Obama talks White House return after being snubbed by Trump — Former first lady Michelle Obama described returning to the White House last fall as a “beautiful experience” on Wednesday while speaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show. — The former first lady's trip …
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
Jean Merl / Los Angeles Times:
Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92 — Richard J. Riordan, the take-charge venture capitalist who as mayor shepherded Los Angeles' rebound from the 1992 riots, expanded its Police Department and masterminded its recovery from the Northridge earthquake, has died at his Brentwood home.
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New York Times, KTLA, ABC7 and Political Wire
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Pentagon Requests $36 Million for Havana Syndrome … House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's debt limit bill unveiled Wednesday would slash $130 billion from a broad range of domestic programs, including clean-energy subsidies and student loan forgiveness. But one thing the bill would not cut is the military …
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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 …