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Rolling Stone:
Fox Has a Secret ‘Oppo File’ to Keep Tucker Carlson in Check, Sources Say — Eight sources tell Rolling Stone that the network's top brass has been stockpiling information on the departing primetime host … When Fox announced Carlson's departure on Monday, the network presented the separation as amiable.
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Tucker Carlson's Prayer Talk May Have Led to Fox News Ouster: “That Stuff Freaks Rupert Out” — Fox Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch is said to have balked at Carlson's remarks in a Friday night speech, driving another theory about the prime-time star's abrupt exit. “He doesn't like all the spiritual talk,” said a source.
American Prospect:
The Smuggest Man On Air — Goodbye for now to Tucker Carlson, who punctured the lazy pieties of the media class. — Tucker Carlson poses in a Fox News Channel studio on March 2, 2017, in New York. — Tucker Carlson has left Fox News, just days after the network settled a historic defamation lawsuit …
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Phil Boas / Arizona Republic:
Tucker Carlson had to go because he was having way too much fun at others' expense
Tucker Carlson had to go because he was having way too much fun at others' expense
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News' sudden firing of Tucker Carlson may have come down to one simple calculation
Fox News' sudden firing of Tucker Carlson may have come down to one simple calculation
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The analyst who saw through 2022's red mirage has a prediction for Biden 2024 — Throughout the 2022 elections, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg offered up a counterintuitive diagnosis: Confident GOP predictions of a “red wave” weren't just wrong, they were designed to deenergize Democratic voters with “negative sentiment.”
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's endorsing Biden for reelection — Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Tuesday that he would forgo another presidential bid of his own and instead endorse President Joe Biden's reelection. The leading progressive, who was Biden's chief rival …
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Washington Post:
Biden announces 2024 reelection bid, saying he wants to ‘finish the job’ — President formalizes his intent to seek another term, setting the stage for a tumultuous election — President Biden officially announced his bid for reelection Tuesday morning, saying in a solemn launch video that he wants to …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
The Map, the Issues and the Incumbency Favoring Democrats
The Map, the Issues and the Incumbency Favoring Democrats
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden Is Old. Get Over It.
Joe Biden Is Old. Get Over It.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
RNC's AI-generated Biden attack ad puzzles pundits, Democrats
RNC's AI-generated Biden attack ad puzzles pundits, Democrats
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NBC News:
Biden announces he is running for re-election, framing 2024 as a choice between ‘more rights or fewer’
Biden announces he is running for re-election, framing 2024 as a choice between ‘more rights or fewer’
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National Review:
America Doesn't Want This Biden Reelection Bid
America Doesn't Want This Biden Reelection Bid
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Biden's balance sheet: Weak numbers, but in Donald Trump, a valuable foil
Biden's balance sheet: Weak numbers, but in Donald Trump, a valuable foil
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Washington Post:
Audio of Cruz's talk with Fox host sheds light on plan to challenge 2020 results — Sen. Ted Cruz advocated the creation of a congressionally appointed electoral commission ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol to make a credible assessment of unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Damning’ new J6 recording: Ted Cruz discusses how to force a reassessment of Biden's win — MSNBC's Ari Melber on Tuesday said that he had acquired a “damning” new recording of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) discussing how to potentially overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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New York Times:
Taliban Kill Head of ISIS Cell That Bombed Kabul Airport — Thirteen U.S. service members and scores of Afghan civilians died in the bombing as the United States was evacuating in August 2021. — WASHINGTON — The Taliban have killed the leader of the Islamic State cell responsible …
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Associated Press:
Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport — The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans dead, according to the father of a Marine killed …
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Matt Seyler / ABC News:
Taliban kills suspected ‘mastermind’ of bombing that killed 13 US troops, officials say
Taliban kills suspected ‘mastermind’ of bombing that killed 13 US troops, officials say
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The real reason for the Supreme Court's corruption crisis — Who watches the philosopher kings with lifetime appointments? — The Supreme Court has run out of excuses. — Earlier this month, after ProPublica revealed that Justice Clarence Thomas frequently takes lavish vacations funded …
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property
Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Neil Gorsuch Has Joined the Supreme Court Ethics Scandal Party
Neil Gorsuch Has Joined the Supreme Court Ethics Scandal Party
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Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
Woman with Cancerous Pregnancy Was Told to Wait in Parking Lot Until She Was ‘Crashing’ — “We can't touch you unless you're crashing in front of us or your blood pressure goes so high that you're fixing to have a heart attack,” she says she was told. — Jaci Statton, a 25-year-old mother …
The Intercept:
Clarence Thomas Billionaire Benefactor Harlan Crow Bought Citizenship in Island Tax Haven … In partnership with — Harlan Crow, the billionaire GOP donor who paid for luxury travel on his private jet and yacht for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was a dual citizen of the U.S …
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A.G. Gancarski / Florida Politics:
Ron DeSantis calls for cease fire in Ukraine … A.G. Gancarski — A.G. Gancarski has written for FloridaPolitics.com since 2014. He is based in Northeast Florida. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nate Silver Out at ABC News as Disney Layoffs Once Again Hit News Division — ABC News is expected to retain the FiveThirtyEight brand, with plans to streamline the data-driven site. — The second round of Disney layoffs once again hit ABC News on Tuesday, with Nate Silver's data-driven politics …
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
McCarthy runs into a wall of corn … - It only takes five GOP “no” votes to tank the bill. — The group includes all four Iowa House Republicans, plus at least four more members from the corn belt, Axios has learned. — McCarthy is meeting with this group on Tuesday evening …
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J.D. Morris / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. repeals its boycott of 30 states that passed conservative laws. Here's why — San Francisco will no longer boycott 30 states that passed conservative laws after city officials determined that the restrictions were too costly and had little impact other than adding more bureaucracy.
Lara Seligman / Politico:
‘Good riddance’: Pentagon officials cheer Tucker Carlson's ouster — The former Fox host ridiculed top DoD leaders over Biden-era policies. — From maternity flight suits to diversity policies to Ukraine aid, the military was a favorite punching bag for Tucker Carlson.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Proud Boys blame Trump as defendants prepare to find out fate in sedition trial — An attorney for Enrique Tarrio, the head of the Proud Boys, told jurors prosecutors were using him as a “scapegoat” for Donald Trump. Jurors will begin deliberations Wednesday.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Proud Boys leader: Trump caused Jan. 6 attack
Proud Boys leader: Trump caused Jan. 6 attack
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Leo Shane III / Military Times:
No end in sight to Senate fight over military nominations — Nearly 200 military nominees remain in limbo before the Senate with no clear end in sight as a Republican senator continues his protest over Defense Department's abortion access policies. — Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Tuberville blocks Warren's attempt to begin advancing 184 military promotions
Tuberville blocks Warren's attempt to begin advancing 184 military promotions
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Wesley Lowery / Columbia Journalism Review:
A Test of the News — Objectivity, democracy, and the American mosaic — We find ourselves in a perilous moment. Democracy is under withering assault. Technological advances have empowered propagandists to profit through discontent and disinformation.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Tucker Realignment — Across Donald Trump's presidency and immediately afterward there was a lot of talk about realignment. Everyone could see that the Republican coalition was becoming more working-class and the Democratic coalition more dominated by upper-class professionals.
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump: Trials are unpredictable, but here's the roadmap for this one — As a trial begins in writer E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against former president Donald Trump, the United States contemplates the startling possibility that a federal jury may declare …
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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Ex-Tucker Producer Suing Fox News Has NINETY Recordings From the Network — Nicolle Wallace interviewed Abby Grossberg, the former booker for Tucker Carlson Tonight who is Fox News for discrimination, on her MSNBC show on Tuesday. — The lengthy interview covered everything …
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Kelli María Korducki / The Atlantic:
America's Death Trap — Why the life-expectancy rate in the United States is falling behind that in other rich countries — Compared with its wealthy peer nations, the United States is failing the most basic test of a civilization: keeping its denizens alive.
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Nikki Haley promised to address abortion ‘directly and openly.’ Then she didn't. — The conversation is not getting any easier for the GOP presidential contenders. — Nikki Haley's campaign had billed her Tuesday address on abortion as a “major policy speech” that would make clear …
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Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Colorado To Become 1st State To Pass ‘Right To Repair’ For Farmers — The law follows a nationwide outcry from farmers that manufacturers prevent them from fixing their own machines when they break down. — Colorado is set to become the first state to ensure farmers can fix their own machines …
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