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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Tucker Carlson's Exit Shows Who's the Real Star at Fox — No one is irreplaceable at the network. It was designed that way. — If you're wondering did Tucker Carlson jump, was he pushed or were he and Fox News wrestling on the ledge of a skyscraper, and the two of them fell 57 stories …
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Glenn Beck / Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson's ouster “is a suicidal move for Fox” — Beck: “Would you sign up for The Blaze right now so I — we just have a bucket full of money we could throw his way?” — THE LATEST — Jeanine Pirro abruptly cuts to commercial break after co-host's apparent reference to Tucker Carlson's sudden departure from the network
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Tucker Carlson, Fake Populist and Genuine Racist … The most incisive comment ever made about Tucker Carlson was actually made about Bill O'Reilly, and the person who said it was Tucker Carlson, at the time a lesser cable-television personality gazing upward at the reigning giant of his field.
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Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News after Dominion lawsuit disclosures — The bombastic conservative was the network's most-watched prime-time host. Private communications made public in a recent lawsuit revealed his sharp criticism of Fox management. — Fox News dropped Tucker Carlson …
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Tucker Carlson departs Fox News, pushed out by Rupert Murdoch — Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News. — The network announced the departure of its top-rated and most provocative conservative prime-time host Monday with no explanation. His last show was Friday.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Rupert Murdoch's Management Grows Erratic — Tucker Carlson's abrupt firing is a tectonic moment in American media and a crisis for the far right. — But it's also the latest in a series of abrupt, erratic decisions that have left 92-year-old, Rupert Murdoch's media empire …
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Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
Why Tucker Carlson's Exit From Fox News Looks Like an Execution — The biggest star in cable news didn't get to give a proper goodbye from his prime-time perch. But will Carlson go quietly into the night? — The last time Tucker Carlson texted me, it was about a Twitter rumor that new management at CNN might toss me overboard.
Rolling Stone:
Fox News Staffers Celebrate Tucker Carlson's Departure: ‘Pure Joy’ — “I fear management will replace him with someone who is just like him, so there probably won't be any real change,” a producer warned of the shocking split — FOX NEWS AND Tucker Carlson have parted ways.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson's ouster is another sign that MAGA is shrinking — Call it the latest chapter in the tale of the Incredible Shrinking MAGA. — Just after Jan. 6, 2021, when the scale of the right wing's whitewash of the insurrection became visible, it was reasonable to fear it might have some success.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
In a Lawsuit, Tucker Carlson Is Accused of Promoting a Hostile Work Environment
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Don't Let the Door Hit You in the Ass, Tucker Carlson!
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Tori Otten / New Republic:
The 10 Most Fascist Things Tucker Carlson Said on Air
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
13 Terrible Things Tucker Carlson Said That DIDN'T Get Him Fired
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Vivek Ramaswamy: Carlson would be ‘good addition’ to GOP presidential field
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
‘It Was a Firing’: Tucker Carlson's Exit from Fox Was NOT Voluntary, Sources Say
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
‘The End of Fox News’: MAGA World Reacts to Tucker Carlson's Departure
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Tucker Carlson out at Fox News
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump probe: DA urges law enforcement to prep for indictments this summer — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Monday said she would announce this summer whether former President Donald Trump and his allies would be charged with crimes related to alleged interference in Georgia's 2020 election.
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Trisha Ahmed / Associated Press:
North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions — North Dakota on Monday adopted one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country as Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed legislation banning the procedure throughout pregnancy, with slim exceptions up to six weeks' gestation.
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Ava Sasani / New York Times:
North Dakota Governor Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban — The governor approved the state's prohibition on Monday, just a month after the State Supreme Court blocked an earlier ban. — North Dakota became the latest state on Monday to enact a near-total ban on abortion …
New York Times:
Don Lemon Ousted From CNN in Move That Left Him ‘Stunned’ — Mr. Lemon, one of the network's most recognizable stars, had been under scrutiny since an uproar over on-air remarks he made about women and aging in February. — Don Lemon is out at CNN. — In an announcement that Mr. Lemon said left him …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Wyden asks Texas billionaire for detailed accounting of gifts to Clarence Thomas — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Monday asked Texas billionaire Harlan Crow to voluntarily provide a detailed accounting of the gifts he has provided to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Clarence Thomas's Billionaire Friend Did Have Business Before the Supreme Court
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New York Times:
The College Board Will Change Its A.P. African American Studies Course — The course had run into criticism from scholars, who accused the board of omitting key concepts and bending to political pressure from Gov. Ron DeSantis. — The College Board said on Monday that it would revise …
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Washington Post:
Biden team plans television ads after Tuesday reelection announcement — He has selected political veterans Julie Chavez Rodriguez and Quentin Fulks to run his campaign operation — President Biden will buy television ad time later this week to push his re election message after announcing …
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Lisa Fickenscher / New York Post:
Bud Light suffers ‘staggering’ 17% sales plunge amid Dylan Mulvaney controversy — Bud Light has suffered a “staggering” sales hit following the beer brand's controversial marketing tie-up with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney — with the latest data showing an alarming 17% drop, according to an industry research firm.
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New York Times:
Trump Endorsed by Senator Daines of Montana, a Key Republican Fund-Raiser — Steve Daines of Montana, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, cited the former president's accomplishments on issues like immigration. — Former President Donald J. Trump has secured …
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Arek Sarkissian / Politico:
Florida surgeon general altered key findings in study on Covid-19 vaccine safety — Joseph Ladapo defended the move, saying revisions are a normal part of assessing such analysis. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo personally altered a state-driven study …
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Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
SpaceX Starship explosion spread particulate matter for miles — Researchers are scrambling to assess health and environmental impacts of SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy test flight last week, which spread particulate matter far beyond the expected debris field.
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Trump let trans beauty queen compete in Miss Universe, in a potential 2024 GOP primary liability — Trump overturned rules at his own Miss Universe organization to allow transgender contestant in 2012 — Before declaring Sunday that “God created two genders, male and female,” …
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Schumer announces Senate will vote on the Equal Rights Amendment this week — The latest vote comes 100 years after it was first introduced in Congress. — The Senate will vote on the Equal Rights Amendment this week — 100 years after it was first introduced in Congress …
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Greg Hilburn / The Daily Advertiser:
Louisiana Senators Stewart Cathey, Regina Barrow nearly come to blows in Capitol spat — Two Louisiana senators - Republican Stewart Cathey of West Monroe and Democrat Regina Barrow of Baton Rouge - nearly came to blows Monday following debate over a bill that amplified the divide between the northern and southern parts of the state.
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