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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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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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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Why Fox News Is Going to Get Worse—a Lot Worse — What's next at the Fox News Channel? I don't know, but my bet is this: Whoever ultimately replaces Tucker Carlson will be worse, as David Graham argued at The Atlantic Monday. He or she will be more trolly, more racist, more pro-Putin …
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Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
Fox Dumps Tucker to Go Woke — Self-sabotages to appease the Left. So the stories are everywhere. Rupert Murdoch fired Tucker, per the Los Angeles Times. But in all of the chaos, make no mistake. No less than New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democrat leader …
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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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Max Tani / Semafor:
Rupert Murdoch's management grows erratic — The News — 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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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Tucker's Demise — Fox “parts ways” with a uniquely toxic voice. — It was as abrupt as it was shocking.
Tucker's Demise — Fox “parts ways” with a uniquely toxic voice. — It was as abrupt as it was shocking.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson's ouster is another sign that MAGA is shrinking
Tucker Carlson's ouster is another sign that MAGA is shrinking
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
What Tucker Carlson's Dismissal From Fox News Means for the Network
What Tucker Carlson's Dismissal From Fox News Means for the Network
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Tucker has left the building
Tucker has left the building
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Tucker Carlson was doing something different — and darker — than most Fox hosts
Tucker Carlson was doing something different — and darker — than most Fox hosts
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Tucker Carlson departs Fox News, pushed out by Rupert Murdoch
Tucker Carlson departs Fox News, pushed out by Rupert Murdoch
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Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
Why Tucker Carlson's Exit From Fox News Looks Like an Execution
Why Tucker Carlson's Exit From Fox News Looks Like an Execution
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Will Tucker Carlson Become Alex Jones?
Will Tucker Carlson Become Alex Jones?
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Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property — The Supreme Court justice did not report the identity of the purchaser, whose firm has had numerous cases before the court. — For nearly two years beginning in 2015, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sought a buyer for a 40-acre tract of property he co-owned in rural Granby, Colo.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Biden Announces Re-election Bid, Defying Trump and History — While the president once pitched himself as “a bridge” to a new generation of Democratic leaders, he has decided that he is not ready to turn the torch over yet. — WASHINGTON — President Biden formally announced on Tuesday …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
First look: RNC slams Biden in AI-generated ad … - The video features AI-created images appearing to show Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating at an Election Day party, followed by a series of imagined reports about international and domestic crises that the ad suggests would follow a Biden victory in 2024.
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden's never-Trump campaign for '24
Biden's never-Trump campaign for '24
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CBS News:
CBS News poll finds Democrats meet Biden reelection bid with acceptance, more than excitement
CBS News poll finds Democrats meet Biden reelection bid with acceptance, more than excitement
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Biden names Julie Chávez Rodríguez as his campaign manager.
Biden names Julie Chávez Rodríguez as his campaign manager.
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
Dr. Fauci Looks Back: ‘Something Clearly Went Wrong’ … It was, perhaps, an impossible job. Make one man the face of public health amid an unprecedented pandemic, in a country as fractious as the United States, and there were bound to be disappointments and frustrations, and they were bound to get personal.
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Washington Post:
A closer look at the U.S. pandemic response reached an unsettling conclusion — Looking back at the U.S. response to the pandemic, many setbacks and mistakes are well-known. But a closer examination by a team of seasoned experts has brought to the surface a profoundly unsettling conclusion.
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New York Times:
Major G.O.P. Donor's Commitment to DeSantis Is Murkier Than Thought — The hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin, who seemed set to be a powerful financial backer of the Florida governor, is said to still be evaluating the Republican primary race. — Nearly six months ago, Kenneth Griffin …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
The Ron DeSantis Bubble Deflates — You know it's hard out there for a Florida governor... Remember six months ago? The Republican Party had just massively underperformed in the midterm elections, and a lot of GOP power brokers were grousing that the blame lay with one Donald J. Trump.
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New York Times:
Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist — In the 1950s, when segregation was still widespread, his ascent to the upper echelon of show business was historic. But his primary focus was civil rights. — By Peter Keepnews — Harry Belafonte …
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Harry Belafonte, barrier-smashing entertainer and activist, dies at 96
Harry Belafonte, barrier-smashing entertainer and activist, dies at 96
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Losing the E. Jean Carroll Rape Case Even Before It Starts — Trump tried to prevent jurors from hearing about another incident when he allegedly forced himself on another journalist. It didn't work. — With the rape trial of former President Donald Trump just days away …
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Trump Faces Rape Allegation as E. Jean Carroll's Suit Goes to Trial
Trump Faces Rape Allegation as E. Jean Carroll's Suit Goes to Trial
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CNN:
Haley courts moderates with anti-abortion speech as GOP struggles with the issue — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday will attempt to appeal to swing voters and more moderate Republicans as she delivers an anti-abortion speech in a call to reframe an issue that the GOP …
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Ava Sasani / New York Times:
North Dakota Governor Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban
North Dakota Governor Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban
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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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP bemoans McCarthy plan to punt debt ceiling to election year — Senate Republicans are trying to maintain solidarity with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), but they are not thrilled with his proposal to extend the debt ceiling for only a year, setting up another standoff …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
As Carlson and Lemon Exit, a Chapter Closes on Cable's Trump War — The two hosts took very different approaches, but the decisions by Fox News and CNN to shed the stars marks at least a temporary shift in the excesses of Trump-era coverage. — They were on very different networks …
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Russian Lawmaker: Let's Bring Back ‘Stalinist Repressions’ — HOT TAKE — A Russian lawmaker has openly called for the return of Stalinist methods to crack down on dissent. “It's time to introduce the concept of the ‘enemy of the people’: there's no need to be shy about this,” …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Missouri's appointed attorney general sued over anti-trans “emergency” rule — Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey was sued in Missouri court on Monday to halt his emergency rule that severely restricts gender-affirming medical care for people of all ages before it is scheduled to go into effect on Thursday.
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