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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Chuck Todd's Scorcher Against NBC Matters — 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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Christine Zhu / Politico:
NBC Guild: ‘Our journalism is tarnished’ — The network's union alleged in a social media post that NBC News “illegally terminated” 13 union journalists two weeks prior to hiring Ronna McDaniel. — NBC's union accused the network of valuing former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel over its own journalists …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Liz Cheney says ex-RNC chair Ronna McDaniel ‘enabled’ Trump's ‘criminality’ — McDaniel 'facilitated Trump's corrupt fake elector plot', says ex-congresswoman of the newly-hired NBC News contributor — The Republican National Committee chair turned NBC politics analyst Ronna McDaniel …
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Mark Jacob / Stop the Presses:
NBC stands for Now Boosting the Coup — Network gives aid to democracy's enemies by hiring Ronna McDaniel — No major television news operation is doing enough to confront right-wing extremism. At a crisis point for our democracy, they are failing us. — But some are really failing us.
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Ronna McDaniel Was a MAGA Toadie Who Betrayed the GOP
Ronna McDaniel Was a MAGA Toadie Who Betrayed the GOP
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Ronna McDaniel quickly demonstrates that her view isn't worth the cost
Ronna McDaniel quickly demonstrates that her view isn't worth the cost
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Open Revolt at NBC as ‘Morning Joe’ Joins the Ronna McDaniel Pile-On
Open Revolt at NBC as ‘Morning Joe’ Joins the Ronna McDaniel Pile-On
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Led by NBC, U.S. corporate media is learning to live with Trump
Led by NBC, U.S. corporate media is learning to live with Trump
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
‘Morning Joe’ hosts say Ronna McDaniel won't be guest after NBC hiring
‘Morning Joe’ hosts say Ronna McDaniel won't be guest after NBC hiring
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New York Times:
Trump Can Post Smaller Bond in Civil Fraud Case, Court Rules — The former president must post a bond of $175 million within 10 days as he appeals the $454 million judgment against him. — With Donald J. Trump on the clock to secure a nearly half-billion-dollar bond in his civil fraud case …
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NBC News:
N.Y. appeals court reduces Trump's bond in his civil fraud case to $175 million, a victory for the former president — The court also gave Trump an additional 10 days to post the bond, which his lawyers have said they've had trouble securing. — A state appeals court ruled that Donald Trump …
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ABC News:
In win for Trump, appeals court lowers his bond to $175M in civil fraud case — The ruling also delays enforcement of the $464 million judgment by 10 days. — Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Ga. March 9, 2024.
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Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Wife of Judge on Mifepristone Case Was Paid by Anti-Abortion Group — FRIENDS OF THE COURT — The fate of the abortion pill mifepristone is now before the Supreme Court, after a fifth-circuit appeals panel of three judges ruled against its distribution last summer.
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Anti-abortion rights reach the Supreme Court
Anti-abortion rights reach the Supreme Court
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Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Abortion pill challenge gives Supreme Court chance to move toward national abortion ban
Abortion pill challenge gives Supreme Court chance to move toward national abortion ban
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UN News:
UPDATING LIVE: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan — The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and “the urgent need to expand the flow” of aid into Gaza.
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Netanyahu cancels trip to Washington to protest United Nations call for cease-fire in Gaza
Netanyahu cancels trip to Washington to protest United Nations call for cease-fire in Gaza
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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.
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MediaRoom:
CEO Message to Employees — Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun shared the following message with all employees today: — Team, — As you all know, the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 accident was a watershed moment for Boeing. We must continue to respond to this accident with humility and complete transparency.
Enough Already:
This Show Can't Go On ... I reckon the end of my newspaper career as I'd known it ended on an ice-cold January day in 1995. — Back then, I was the sports editor of the Lewiston Sun-Journal in Central Maine. It was the best job I ever had, even if there was absolutely no money in it.
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Forensic psychiatrist on physical signs of Trump's mental decline: “Changes in movement and gait” — “His walk appears wide-based,” Dr. Elizabeth Zoffman notes of Trump. “He has developed a swing of his right leg.” — Donald Trump's obvious public challenges with speech, language, and thinking are continuing to get worse.
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israelhayom.com:
Trump to Israel Hayom: Only a fool would have not acted like Israel on Oct. 7 — In an exclusive interview, the 45th president blames Joe Biden for the war in Israel. “He can't talk. He's a very dumb person. He's a dumb person. His foreign policy throughout 50 years has been horrible.
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David Cay Johnston / New Republic:
Today Is the Day That 50 Years of Grifting Finally Comes to an End — Have you ever seen a millionaire begging for $5? Me neither. Yet I just watched Donald Trump in an internet video pleading for $5, or $10, or “even $25” from his supporters. That's a pitch aimed at the people Trump says he loves …
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.”
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company:
Measles outbreak 2024: CDC map and tracker shows cases have already surpassed all of 2023 — It's not even the end of March yet, but measles cases in the United States have already surpassed the total number of measles cases in the country during all of 2023, according to new data released …
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