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Hamas announces it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal — Israel's army has told Palestinians to temporarily evacuate from parts of Rafah in southern Gaza, signaling that a ground invasion is imminent. People were told to move to Muwasi, an Israeli-declared humanitarian area near the coast.
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Adam Rasgon / New York Times:
Israel Steps Up Attacks on Rafah After Hamas Shifts Position on Cease-fire … Israel says it will send a delegation to talks on the proposal. — Israel stepped up attacks on Monday in the southern city of Rafah hours after Hamas laid out new terms for a cease-fire that its leaders said they would accept.
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Hamas says it agrees to cease-fire proposal with Israel
Hamas says it agrees to cease-fire proposal with Israel
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Geoff Duncan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Why I'm voting for Biden and other Republicans should, too — Donald Trump has disqualified himself through his conduct and his character, — It's disappointing to watch an increasing number of Republicans fall in line behind former president Donald Trump.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Railing about post-election vote-counting is silly ... and nefarious
Railing about post-election vote-counting is silly ... and nefarious
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
GOP Rep. Collins responds to criticism of Ole Miss post — Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) defended his decision to share a video of counterprotesters at the University of Mississippi harassing a Black woman at a pro-Palestine protest last week, responding to criticism that he was endorsing racist conduct.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Congressman praises racist heckling. Will his corporate backers stand by him? — On Thursday, Jaylin Smith, a graduate student at the University of Mississippi, participated in a small, non-violent protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Smith and the other protesters were greeted …
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Koh Ewe / TIME:
Ole Miss Student Kicked Out of Fraternity After Video Caught Racist Gestures Toward Protester — Video footage of a student making racist gestures, seemingly imitating a monkey, toward a Black woman who was part of a scheduled pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Mississippi …
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NBC News:
U.S. soldier detained in Russia, officials say — The soldier, who was stationed in Korea and traveled to Russia on his own, is accused of stealing from a woman. — A U.S. soldier was detained in Russia over the weekend, according to four U.S. officials.
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Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Kristi Noem's Team Told Her to Nix the Dog Story Two Years Ago — She violated the first rule of campaign memoirs: Do no harm. — Kristi Noem's story about killing her dog made headlines across America. But it wasn't news to people who worked on her first book, where the tale …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Noem insists ‘I love dogs’ amid puppy-shooting controversy
Noem insists ‘I love dogs’ amid puppy-shooting controversy
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Trump interferes with House GOP messaging on Cuellar indictment … - The National Republican Congressional Committee plans to accuse Democrats of a double standard if they stay mum on Cuellar following their pressure on ex-Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to resign, Politico reports.
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NBC News:
House Republicans plan to move forward with contempt against Attorney General Merrick Garland — The move comes after the DOJ declined House Republicans' requests to hand over audio of then-special counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Joe Biden. — WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary …
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
White House: Noem should ‘stop digging herself into a hole’ after suggestion to shoot Biden's dog — The White House on Monday said that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) should “stop digging herself into a hole” after she suggested that President Biden's dog, Commander, should haven been shot after biting Secret Service agents.
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Public Notice:
Hunter Biden's revenge — Smear campaigns have consequences. — ∙ Paid … Have you noticed that after years of saturation coverage, Fox News hosts have suddenly cooled it on the Hunter Biden stuff? There's a reason for that. — Last week, Fox News pulled the six-part series …
ProPublica:
ProPublica Wins Pulitzer Prize for Supreme Court Coverage — The award marks ProPublica's 7th Pulitzer; Uvalde shooting investigation is named a Pulitzer finalist. — ProPublica won the prestigious public service Pulitzer Prize for what the judges described as “groundbreaking …
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David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:
Right-Wing Nonprofit Paid Millions to Companies With Ties to Insiders — The Conservative Partnership Institute's three highest-paid contractors had connections to the group's leaders or their relatives, raising concerns about self-dealing. — The Conservative Partnership Institute …
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Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' strut stuff on National Mall — The cast of “RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars” took to a different kind of stage Monday morning, sashaying down Washington's National Mall to promote the ninth season of the Emmy-nominated reality series.
emptywheel:
400 Rich People Pay $40K to Hear Trump Glorify Cop Assailants — On Saturday, a bunch of people paid a lot of money — at least $40,0000 apiece, and one or two people took Trump up on an offer to speak if they gave $1 million — to hear Trump glorify cop assailants.
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Mia Gingerich / Media Matters for America:
Bitter pills: The Daily Wire suggests its new vitamins will boost sperm counts and fight “wokeness” — Marketing for The Daily Wire's latest venture tries to cash in on fear of trans people and drag queens — The Daily Wire announced the launch of a new “men's lifestyle” …
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
‘We deserve more’: US workers' share of the pie dwindles — Bureau of Labor Statistics releases latest estimate of how much labor receives of national income, showing bleak decline — When Jesse Motte began working at a Starbucks inside a Target store in Columbia, South Carolina, more than two years ago, $15 an hour sounded great.
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Joseph Ax / Reuters:
Reuters wins Pulitzers for national reporting and breaking news photography — Reuters won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, taking home the national reporting award for a series of investigations into Elon Musk's manufacturing empire and the breaking news photography award for searing images of the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Joe Kahn: ‘The newsroom is not a safe space’ — The Scene — Q&A — Ben Smith: Dan Pfeiffer, who used to work for Barack Obama, recently wrote of the Times: “They do not see their job as saving democracy or stopping an authoritarian from taking power.” Why don't you see your job as: “We've got to stop Trump?”
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump's lawyers are trying to use his trial to generate conspiracy theories — but it's not working — Even the most MAGA-deluded voters struggle to pretend Trump is the victim in the Stormy Daniels plot — Donald Trump's lawyers famously spend a lot of their time placating …
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Dr. Thomas K. Lew / USA Today:
Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden — Some Republicans, refusing to give President Joe Biden a ‘win,’ voted against the renewal of funding for cancer research. Vote for those who do not politicize Americans' health. — I'm afraid I have some bad news.