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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.
Wall Street Journal:
Tucker Carlson's Vulgar, Offensive Messages About Colleagues Helped Seal His Fate at Fox News — Prime-time host called senior executive the c-word in redacted missive; network grew wary of further embarrassment from possible disclosure — Several weeks ago, as Fox News lawyers prepared …
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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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American Prospect:
The Smuggest Man On Air — Tucker Carlson has left Fox News, just days after the network settled a historic defamation lawsuit with electronic voting machine maker Dominion over its promotion of lies about the 2020 election. The lawsuit surfaced contrasting private and public comments made by Carlson …
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Ex-Tucker Producer Suing Fox News Has NINETY Recordings From the Network
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Phil Boas / Arizona Republic:
Tucker Carlson had to go because he was having way too much fun at others' expense
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Where can Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon go now?
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Tucker Realignment — Across Donald Trump's presidency and immediately afterward there was a lot of talk about realignment.
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Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Fox loses $500 million in value after announcing Tucker Carlson is leaving
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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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Myah Ward / Politico:
Top Dem super PAC starts Biden ad blitz, pledges $75 million campaign effort — Priorities USA wasted little time jumping into the fray. — A top Democratic super PAC will launch a six-figure digital advertising blitz in six battleground states on Wednesday, a day after President Joe Biden kicked off his 2024 reelection campaign.
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Biden's strategy to repair Harris' image — Top White House officials are rushing to the aid of Vice President Kamala Harris to try to shore up her underwhelming poll numbers heading into 2024. … Officials believe that could make her a drag on the ticket as Biden begins …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Biden's campaign launch is immediately overshadowed by other events — and his team loves it
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's endorsing Biden for reelection
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Biden's balance sheet: Weak numbers, but in Donald Trump, a valuable foil
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Politico:
Biden v. Trump: A race for the White House with actuarial tables in the background
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 25, 2023 — Exactly four years after he announced he would challenge then-president Donald Trump …
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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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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Mastermind of Kabul airport massacre killed by Taliban, U.S. says — An ISIS suicide bomber killed dozens of Afghans and 13 U.S. troops during the Biden administration's evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021 — The suspected mastermind of a gruesome suicide bombing during the United States' pullout …
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Associated Press:
Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport
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Matt Seyler / ABC News:
Taliban kills suspected ‘mastermind’ of bombing that killed 13 US troops, officials say
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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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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The real reason for the Supreme Court's corruption crisis
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Associated Press:
Chief Justice Roberts declines Senate panel's request to testify on Supreme Court ethics
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Peter Thiel, Republican megadonor, won't fund candidates in 2024 - sources — Tech billionaire and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel, an early backer of former President Donald Trump who later broke with him, has told associates he is not planning to donate to any political candidates in 2024 …
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 …
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
In Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's ‘crashing’ for abortion care
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
The Washington gambler — Sean McElwee, a young Democratic insider with friends in high places, bet on himself in the post-Trump era. But that wasn't all he was betting on. … It was poker night at Sean McElwee's Logan Circle bachelor pad. In the living room, a big‐ …
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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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.
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NPR:
Chief Justice Roberts declines to testify before Senate panel — Chief Justice John Roberts has declined an invitation from Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to testify before the panel, calling such testimony by chief justices “exceedingly rare.”
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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 …
New York Times:
Montana House Cancels Session Amid Standoff With Transgender Lawmaker — Republicans have refused to let Representative Zooey Zephyr speak until she apologizes for comments made during a House debate. Several of her supporters were arrested during a protest.
GOV.UK:
Microsoft / Activision deal prevented to protect innovation and choice in cloud gaming — The CMA has prevented Microsoft's proposed purchase of Activision over concerns the deal would alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market, leading to reduced innovation and less choice for UK gamers over the years to come.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge tosses Devin Nunes suit over Esquire article — The litigation focused on a 2018 article about a family dairy farm. — A federal judge has thrown out libel suits former Rep. Devin Nunes and his relatives filed over a 2018 Esquire article alleging that a dairy farm owned by Nunes' family members hired undocumented workers.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Watchdog group requests criminal investigation of Tennessee Speaker Cameron Sexton — Today, a non-profit watchdog group, the Campaign for Accountability (CFA), sent a letter to the United States Attorney in Nashville requesting a criminal investigation of Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R).
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