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Politico:
Playbook: Inside NBC's McDaniel meltdown  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SUDDENLY HE'S EVERYWHERE — “Big Republican Donor Jeff Yass Owned Shares in Trump Media Merger Partner,” by NYT's Matthew Goldstein: “JEFF YASS …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
‘Morning Joe’ Joins the NBC Open Revolt Against Ronna McDaniel Hiring  —  ‘RECONSIDER’  —  NBC journos have been publicly blasting their own network for hiring the former RNC chair most infamous for her election denialism and Trump sycophancy.  —  The stars of MSNBC's Morning Joe kicked off Monday …
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
NBC's McDaniel mess threatens to explode  —  Network insiders are watching to see if more hosts and contributors speak out about the ex-RNC chair's hiring.  —  The uproar inside NBC over Ronna McDaniel's hiring spilled into Monday morning as more of the network's top personalities denounced …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Ronna McDaniel Firestorm Is Bigger than NBC  —  The revolving door between political operatives and the mainstream media has been spinning for decades.  —  As if responding to an alarm setting on a cosmic, biological clock, the press and its minders set to ringing and clanging bloody murder …
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Ronna McDaniel quickly demonstrates that her view isn't worth the cost  —  There's not a lot of value for journalists in interviewing an echo.  Instead of standing inside a canyon trying to ask follow-up questions of the words bouncing off the walls around you, better to just go to the source.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:   ‘Morning Joe’ hosts say Ronna McDaniel won't be guest after NBC hiring
Savannah Kuchar / USA Today:
‘Our bosses owe you an apology’: NBC anchor bashes network on air for hiring former RNC chair
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
‘The elephant in the room’: NBC's McDaniel hiring sparks on-air criticism from one of its own
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Chuck Todd calls out NBC News for hiring former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel
Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Netanyahu cancels trip to Washington to protest United Nations call for cease-fire in Gaza  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a planned visit to Washington by a high-level delegation to protest Monday's U.N. Security Council decision calling for an immediate cease-fire.
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Raffi Berg / BBC:
UN Security Council resolution calls for Gaza ceasefire  —  The UN Security Council has passed a resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza, after the US refrained from vetoing the measure in a change from its previous position.  —  The text also demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The secret to changing Trump's mind  —  On August 6, 2020, then-President Donald Trump issued an executive order “addressing the threat posed by TikTok,” the popular social network run by ByteDance, a Chinese company.  According to Trump's executive order, TikTok “automatically captures vast swaths …
Discussion: The Hill
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Newly released transcripts reveal a MAGA betrayal: Donald Trump never cared about Ashli Babbitt  —  Trump now hypes her as a January 6 martyr, but when he was told of Babbitt's death, there was “no, like, reaction”  —  Nine people died as a result of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection that Republicans pretend was a “normal tourist visit.”
Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Abortion pill challenge gives Supreme Court chance to move toward national abortion ban  —  In the first major abortion case since overturning Roe v. Wade, the high court is considering restrictions on a drug used for medication abortions.  —  WASHINGTON − Two years after the Supreme Court erased …
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Melissa Segura / The Guardian:
The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife's shadowy connections
Discussion: Raw Story and WKBN-TV
HotAir:
Rep. Tim Burchett Shreds ‘Uniparty’ Plan to ‘Wreck Every Dadgum Thing’  —  Last week, GOP Representative Tim Burchett held nothing back in his criticism of the swamp's efforts to force through another massive spending bill that doesn't prioritize the needs of the American People.
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Jim Jordan Gets Flustered As Simple Question Turns Awkward On ‘60 Minutes’  —  The Ohio lawmaker was asked about Donald Trump's debunked claims about the 2020 election.  —  LOADING  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) seemed to have an uncomfortable moment on “60 Minutes” during Sunday night's segment on social media disinformation.
Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Joe Biden's Political Origin Story Is Almost Certainly Bogus.  It May Land Him In Legal Trouble.  —  For nearly two decades, President Joe Biden has told a story about why he devoted his life to politics.  He repeated the tale, at the risk of facing criminal charges for lying to a federal agent …
Discussion: Instapundit
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Disgraced Clerk Accused of Tampering With Murdaugh Jury Resigns  —  OUT  —  During a January hearing, one juror testified that Becky Hill's comments “made it seem like [Alex Murdaugh] was already guilty.”  —  A South Carolina court clerk once accused of tampering with the jury that convicted Alex Murdaugh of murder has resigned.
Washington Post:
Live updates Hearing on new evidence in Trump N.Y. hush money case  —  New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan began a hearing this morning about a late release of more than 100,000 pages of potential evidence in former president Donald Trump's trial over 2016 hush money payments.
New Jersey Globe:
Tammy Murphy will drop out of U.S. Senate race  —  Kim will run on lines that had gone to Murphy  —  Tammy Murphy will announce today that she is dropping out of the race for United States Senate, abruptly ending her campaign after four months, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed.
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
NJ first lady Tammy Murphy ends Senate campaign, paving way for Andy Kim
 
 
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Forensic psychiatrist on physical signs of Trump's mental decline: “Changes in movement and gait”
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Democrats are counting on abortion rights to win this battleground state
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. flirts with the Libertarian nomination
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Black Dems endorse in Maryland Senate race after racial slur
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