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Washington Post:
5th Circuit finds Biden White House, CDC likely violated First Amendment  —  The three judge panel found that contacts with tech companies by officials from the White House, the surgeon general's office, the CDC and the FBI likely amounted to coercion  —  The U.S. Court of Appeals …
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Appeals court reverses much of judge's order blocking Biden administration officials from communicating with social media companies  —  A federal appeals court narrowed a judge's order that blocked Biden administration officials from communicating with social media companies.
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Appeals Court Rules White House Overstepped 1st Amendment on Social Media  —  A Fifth Circuit panel partly upheld restrictions on the Biden administration's communications with online platforms about their content.  —  A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the Biden administration …
Associated Press:   Appeals court scales back order squelching Biden administration contact with social media platforms
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
New Mexico governor issues order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque  —  New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday issued an emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque and the surrounding county for at least 30 days in response to a spate of gun violence.
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Trump's Resilience Leaves Anxious G.O.P. Donors in Despair and Denial  —  The party's big donors have made clear their distaste for the former president.  Now, as he barrels toward the nomination, they are reacting with a mix of hand-wringing, calls to arms and fatalism.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
What an unprecedented Biden ad blitz says about his reelection fight  —  A super PAC affiliate is spending $13 million far ahead of the normal advertising timeline.  —  The cavalry is arriving extraordinarily early for President Joe Biden.  —  With poll after brutal poll showing the president …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and HuffPost
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fox News fires veteran executive John Finley for violating company rules  —  Finley's conduct was investigated by an outside law firm.  He had also been the subject of an internal probe back in 2011 that cleared him.  —  Fox News has fired veteran executive John Finley after determining …
Discussion: The Messenger
New York Times:
He Was Just the I.T. Guy.  Then He Got Caught in the Trump Documents Case.  —  Yuscil Taveras is among the little-known people with links to Donald Trump to have come under scrutiny.  So far, he's the only Trump employee known to have agreed to cooperate with prosecutors after facing charges.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Washington Post:
Jan. 6 shattered her family.  Now they're trying to forgive.  —  Peyton Reffitt has watched her family come apart after her father joined the Capitol riot mob.  Now she and her family are confronting the perceived betrayals and broken relationships.  —  Deep Reads features …
Discussion: Raw Story
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Judge denies Mark Meadows effort to move Georgia case to federal court  —  The ruling is a blow to Meadows's efforts in federal court to dismiss his case and could influence former president Donald Trump as he decides whether to seek removal himself.  —  A federal judge denied a request Friday …
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Politico:
Judge refuses to move prosecution of Mark Meadows to federal court  —  Meadows' role in efforts to challenge the 2020 election results fell outside the scope of his official duties, so his case should remain in state court, the judge said.  —  The prosecution of former White House chief …
Reuters:
G20 leaders to begin two-day summit overshadowed by divisions over Ukraine  —  The Group of 20 adopted a consensus declaration at a summit on Saturday that avoided condemning Russia for the war in Ukraine but called on all states not to use force to grab territory.
Matt Seyler / ABC News:
US likely to send long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine for the first time: Officials  —  “They are coming,” one U.S. official told ABC News.  —  The Biden administration is likely to send Ukraine long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, to help in its fight to repel …
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
‘Zip Tie Guy’ and His Mom Get Prison Time Despite Pleas for Mercy  —  Eric Munchel's attorneys insisted his alarming attire during the Capitol riot was “evidence of nothing, save a certain fashion taste.”  —  Once the Jan. 6 rioter known as “Zip-Tie Guy” discovered he was going to be a dad …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A reminder of how one juror could save Trump  —  The big news from the newly released Fulton County, Ga., special grand jury report is that the panel recommended charges for many more than the 19 people (including Donald Trump) who were ultimately indicted.  Among them: a sitting U.S. senator …
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
How Lindsey Graham escaped charges in Georgia
 
 
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