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Rolling Stone:
‘F—king Disgrace’: CNN Gifts Trump Primetime Campaign Rally — Network insiders who spoke to Rolling Stone were distraught that the former president had free rein to “spew lies” during the ill-advised town hall — CNN INVITED DONALD Trump to lie on its airwaves for over an hour on Wednesday night.
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Biden trolls Trump over CNN town hall — President Biden trolled former President Trump on Wednesday over a contentious appearance at a CNN town hall on Wednesday, with Biden asking for supporters to donate to his reelection campaign if they don't want “four more years of that.” — “It's simple, folks.
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez on Trump town hall: ‘CNN should be ashamed of themselves’ — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed CNN over its decision to hold a town hall with former President Trump on Wednesday night. — “CNN should be ashamed of themselves,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Trump's Falsehoods and Bluster Overtake CNN Town Hall — Facing questions from the audience and the moderator, Donald Trump insisted, falsely, that the 2020 election was rigged. He also dodged questions on abortion, praised Jan. 6 rioters and mocked E. Jean Carroll.
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The Hill, Politico, NBC News, The Hollywood Reporter, CNN, Just The News, HuffPost, Daily Press, Forbes, Mediaite, National Review, Insider, Sacramento Bee, Breitbart, The Western Journal, The Daily Caller and The Guardian
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Takeaways from town hall: Trump says sexual assault case was ‘fake,’ calls Jan. 6 ‘a beautiful day’ — Donald Trump's primetime appearance in a live CNN town hall Wednesday had the former president and 2024 presidential candidate doubling down on his false claims as he faced tough questions …
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Hakeem Jeffries Torches Trump Republicans By Naming Their 3 Basic Pillars — The House minority leader told MSNBC what the MAGA wing really believes. — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) put former President Donald Trump and his supporters in the Republican Party on blast …
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The Lincoln Project, New York Magazine and Louder With Crowder
Politico:
Playbook: How Trump dominated CNN — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — TITLE 42 GETS EIGHTY-SIXED — NYT: “U.S. Warns Migrants Before End of Pandemic Restrictions That ‘Border Is Not Open’” ... WaPo: “Texas uses aggressive tactics to arrest migrants …
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Punchbowl News and Washington Post
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN's Kaitlan Collins tries, and tries, to rebut Trump's election lies
CNN's Kaitlan Collins tries, and tries, to rebut Trump's election lies
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The Guardian, Alternet.org, Newsbusters and The Hill
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Pure Trump re-injected into the main vein of American politics at CNN town hall
Pure Trump re-injected into the main vein of American politics at CNN town hall
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PoliticusUSA, The Bulwark, Al Jazeera, Politico, Adweek, Human Events, Deadline, New York Post, The Daily Beast, Fox News, Just The News and Associated Press
Revolver News:
Trump crushes town hall... video roundup... Jake Tapper on the verge of tears...
Trump crushes town hall... video roundup... Jake Tapper on the verge of tears...
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Twitchy and Mediaite
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Entirely Unrepentant — “Our country is being destroyed by stupid people,” …
Entirely Unrepentant — “Our country is being destroyed by stupid people,” …
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The Guardian, Financial Times, Reuters, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, CNN, Variety, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone and UPI, more at Mediagazer »
Wajahat Ali / The Daily Beast:
CNN Failed America With Its Train Wreck of a Trump Town Hall
CNN Failed America With Its Train Wreck of a Trump Town Hall
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New Republic, PoliticusUSA, RedState, Mediaite, New York Daily News, New Jersey Online, NPR and New York Post
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN's Trump Forum Was a Bracing Preview of Political Coverage to Come
CNN's Trump Forum Was a Bracing Preview of Political Coverage to Come
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Forbes, The Gateway Pundit, Variety, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, RedState, al.com, The Western Journal and Political Wire
Liz Skalka / HuffPost:
Trump's Still Stuck In 2020, And Other Takeaways From His CNN Town Hall
Trump's Still Stuck In 2020, And Other Takeaways From His CNN Town Hall
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The Hill, Washington Times, Al Jazeera, The Gateway Pundit, Insider, NBC News and CNN
Devan Markham / NewsNation:
Comer: Biden family received $10M from foreign nationals — Committee: Biden family received millions from China and Romania — Comer: Biden and family's shady business deals risks national security — WH: Comer uses baseless claims, personal attacks to score political points
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ZeroHedge, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Press, IJR, HotAir, Mediaite, The Post Millennial, ace.mu.nu, Breitbart, Liberty Unyielding, The Daily Signal and USA Today
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The wider House Oversight's net, the more often it catches Trump — The argument was put most concisely by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), as members of the Republican majority on the House Oversight Committee sought to deliver the “judgment day for the Biden administration” that committee chair James Comer …
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Alternet.org, Raw Story, New York Post, NPR, RedState, Mediaite, CNN and Power Line
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Comer releases Biden family probe update without showing link to president
Comer releases Biden family probe update without showing link to president
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Republicans Finally Admit They Have No Incriminating Evidence on Joe Biden
Republicans Finally Admit They Have No Incriminating Evidence on Joe Biden
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PoliticusUSA, House Committee …, National Review, NBC News, New York Post, Politico, PJ Media, The Daily Caller and USA Today
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
FBI doesn't share document GOP subpoenaed alleging ‘criminal scheme’ involving Biden
FBI doesn't share document GOP subpoenaed alleging ‘criminal scheme’ involving Biden
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden
House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden
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National Review, New York Post, Associated Press, Fox News, Breitbart, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Just The News and NewsNation
Michael A. Cohen / MSNBC:
Trump just (essentially) won the 2024 GOP primary. Here's why. — How do other 2024 candidates hope to defeat the former president in a head-to-head matchup if they won't even challenge him? — When future historians seek to explain how a failed businessman and reality TV star took …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump dismisses sex abuse verdict and gloats that it will help his 2024 bid
Trump dismisses sex abuse verdict and gloats that it will help his 2024 bid
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Insider, National Review, Politico and Rolling Stone
Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones:
Trump Mocked E. Jean Carroll Live on CNN. The Audience Laughed.
Slate:
There Is Finally Legal Recourse for Donald Trump's Lies
There Is Finally Legal Recourse for Donald Trump's Lies
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Raw Story, New York Times, The Hill and TMZ.com
Kylie Cheung / Jezebel:
‘Still Love Him’: A Round-Up of Wild GOP Responses to the Trump Sexual Battery Verdict
‘Still Love Him’: A Round-Up of Wild GOP Responses to the Trump Sexual Battery Verdict
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New York Magazine, Forbes, Sun-Sentinel and Daily Kos
Paul Gattis / al.com:
Tuberville on white nationalists in the military: ‘I call them Americans’ — U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said there should be no efforts to block different ideological groups, including white nationalists, from serving in the military and criticized President Joe Biden for taking steps …
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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
GOP senator says of white nationalists in the military, ‘I call them Americans’
GOP senator says of white nationalists in the military, ‘I call them Americans’
James J. Carafano / Heritage Foundation:
Heritage VPs Support Tuberville's Principled Stand Against Pentagon Abortion Policies
Heritage VPs Support Tuberville's Principled Stand Against Pentagon Abortion Policies
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The Daily Signal
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Sen. Tuberville rises to the defense of racists in the armed forces
Sen. Tuberville rises to the defense of racists in the armed forces
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Raw Story
New York Times:
New Defamation Suit Against Fox Signals Continued Legal Threat — The suit, brought by a specialist in Russian disinformation, cites parallels with the recently settled Dominion Voting Systems case against Fox. — Fox News was hit on Wednesday with another defamation lawsuit …
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Deadline, The Daily Beast, NBC News, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Mediaite and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
The George Santos Indictment, Annotated — Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment on Wednesday charging Representative George Santos of New York with 13 counts, including counts of money laundering, stealing public money, wire fraud and making false statements to Congress.
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Ben Jacobs / Vox:
Did George Santos lie about everything?
Did George Santos lie about everything?
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Los Angeles Times, Digby's Hullabaloo, HuffPost, The Hill and Politico
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot to be extradited to US, Beth Holloway says — Joran van der Sloot is serving a prison sentence for killing a 21-year-old Peruvian woman — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway, an American …
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New York Times:
Adams Weakens Right-to-Shelter Rules, Anticipating Migrant Surge — Saying New York City had “reached our limit,” Mayor Eric Adams said it would loosen regulations that have protected homeless people seeking shelter in the city. — New York City is temporarily suspending some of the rules related …
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Gothamist, PIX11, New York Daily News, New York Post and BizPac Review
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial — Using mRNA tailored to each patient's tumor, the vaccine may have staved off the return of one of the deadliest forms of cancer in half of those who received it. — Five years ago, a small group of cancer scientists meeting …
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Nature and The Daily Beast
Dylan Byers / Puck:
The Kaitlin Era Begins Tonight — Kaitlan is Licht's answer at 9 p.m.—the great conservative hope upon which his legacy will likely hang. — Tonight, for about 90 minutes, CNN may be the most-watched news channel in America—a rare and probably fleeting distinction it has not enjoyed since January 2021 …
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Politico, Adweek, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner and Mediaite
Ben Terris / Politico:
Magic Mushrooms, Dear White Staffers and Dianne Feinstein's Dog — Tales of workplace woe from the underside of the nation's Capitol. — He wasn't supposed to be there, but he was wearing a suit and he still had his congressional employee badge. … He was ex‐staff, actually …