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Todd Spangler / Variety:
BuzzFeed News Is Shutting Down, Company Laying Off 180 Staffers — BuzzFeed is shutting down BuzzFeed News because it is not able to turn a profit, according to a memo CEO Jonah Peretti sent to company staff Thursday. The digital publisher is laying off 15% of its employees, or about 180 people …
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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 / Semafor:
The end of the BuzzFeed era in news — My old boss and partner Jonah Peretti announced today that he's shutting down BuzzFeed News, which we built together starting in 2012. — He wrote to staff that he'd been “slow to accept that the big platforms wouldn't provide the distribution …
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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:
He Voted to Expel the Tennessee Three—After He Sexually Harassed an Intern
He Voted to Expel the Tennessee Three—After He Sexually Harassed an Intern
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New York Times:
I.R.S. Official Is Said to Assert Political Meddling in Hunter Biden Inquiry — An agent overseeing the agency's portion of the investigation into the president's son is asking Congress for whistle-blower protection to discuss what he says is misconduct in the case.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Attorney General Merrick Garland is ‘senior’ Biden official in Hunter Biden IRS whistleblower claim — WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland is the unnamed official whose sworn testimony before Congress is being challenged in a bombshell letter from an IRS whistleblower's attorney …
NBC News:
Federal prosecutors have considered four possible charges against Hunter Biden
Federal prosecutors have considered four possible charges against Hunter Biden
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
“Preferential Treatment”: IRS Whistleblower Claims Political Influence and Possible Perjury Related to the Hunter Biden Investigation
“Preferential Treatment”: IRS Whistleblower Claims Political Influence and Possible Perjury Related to the Hunter Biden Investigation
Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
Of course Biden officials are interfering in his son's case — why else has Hunter skated for five years?
Of course Biden officials are interfering in his son's case — why else has Hunter skated for five years?
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
McCarthy at risk of falling short on GOP votes for debt ceiling bill — House Republicans are feeling a debt ceiling hangover, with senior GOP sources worrying they're significantly short on votes now that members have read the 320-page bill. … - Much of the skepticism is coming …
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Richard Cowan / Reuters:
US House Republicans squirm over Speaker McCarthy's debt ceiling proposal
US House Republicans squirm over Speaker McCarthy's debt ceiling proposal
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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 Not Absolved In Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting Despite Planned Dropping Of Charges, Prosecutors Say - Update
Alec Baldwin Not Absolved In Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting Despite Planned Dropping Of Charges, Prosecutors Say - Update
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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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New York Times:
How Hard Lines in Fox-Dominion Deal Talks Suddenly Softened — The $787.5 million settlement, believed to be the largest in a defamation case, came together quickly. — Reporting from Wilmington, Del. — On Tuesday morning, as the legal team for Dominion Voting Systems walked …
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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News and the prison of profit
Fox News and the prison of profit
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
The Internet of the 2010s Ended Today — BuzzFeed News was more than a website: It defined an era. — If you're curious to know what it was like to work at BuzzFeed News in the salad days of the mid-2010s, here is a representative anecdote: I was sitting at my desk one morning …
Shania Shelton / CNN:
Larry Elder announces 2024 White House bid — Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder announced Thursday that he's launching a 2024 presidential campaign, joining a growing list of Republicans vying for the GOP nomination. — Elder will speak at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition this weekend.
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The Verge:
LeBron James didn't pay for his Twitter checkmark, but Elon gave it to him anyway — / After saying he wouldn't pay, James was offered a complimentary subscription ‘on behalf of Elon Musk.’ — Twitter has started getting rid of legacy blue checks for those who don't pay up. Well, unless you're LeBron James.
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump-appointed judge facing more scrutiny as Christian radio interviews surface — The far-right Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas who authored the opinion revoking the US Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion drug mifepristone failed to disclose interviews he gave …
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Brian Lopez / The Texas Tribune:
Public schools would have to display Ten Commandments under bill passed by Texas Senate — The Senate also passed a bill that would set prayer and Bible reading times during the school day. — Public schools in Texas would have to prominently display the Ten Commandments …
Uwa Ede-Osifo / NBC News:
Widow of man who died in custody of deputies in Oklahoma county where officials talked about lynching Black people files suit — A Tulsa woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the McCurtain County Sheriff and other local officials. — A Tulsa woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit …
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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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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Clarence Thomas and the Plague of Bad Reporting
Justice Clarence Thomas and the Plague of Bad Reporting
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Washington Post:
Ukraine defended Bakhmut despite U.S. warnings in leaked documents — BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Months after dire warnings from Washington that Ukraine would not be able to hold Bakhmut against an onslaught of Russian mercenaries, Ukrainian forces still cling to the city's western edge …
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Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
Top DeSantis Donor Says He's Ready to Put His Fortune Behind 2024 Bid — It's been a rough two weeks for Ron DeSantis. Members of Congress from his own state have been endorsing Donald Trump in droves. A crippling gas shortage in South Florida coincided with the governor's travel …
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Gideon Rubin / Raw Story:
‘Self-infatuated extremist’: Marjorie Taylor Greene hit with brutal op-ed after rushing to defend a ‘reckless brat’ — Shortly after federal authorities announced the arrest of Jack Douglas Teixeira on allegations the 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard member leaked sensitive …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Our new terror: The ‘law-abiding’ gun owner who is ready to kill — Andrew Lester is not a drug kingpin or a mafia don or an international spy being hunted by assassins. But when his doorbell rang one evening last week in Kansas City, Mo., the 84-year-old went to answer with a gun in his hand.
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Remy Tumin / New York Times:
Republicans Call for Censure of Transgender Lawmaker Who Condemned Care Ban — After a Democratic Montana state representative, Zooey Zephyr, said the measure was “tantamount to torture,” Republicans misgendered her and said they would formally reprimand her.
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ABC News:
House Republicans pass ban on transgender athletes competing with women, girls
House Republicans pass ban on transgender athletes competing with women, girls
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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 …
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Washington Post:
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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James Call / Tallahassee Democrat:
Prosecutor's memo said Hispanics get tougher plea deals; state attorney calls it a mistake — State Attorney Jack Campbell moved quickly Wednesday night to counter allegations his office singles out Hispanic defendants in rural North Florida for stiffer penalties in plea bargain offers.
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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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