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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN fires Chris Cuomo  —  New York (CNN)CNN said Saturday that anchor Chris Cuomo has been “terminated” by the network, “effective immediately.”  —  The announcement came after an outside law firm was retained to review information about exactly how Cuomo aided his brother …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Chris Cuomo fired by CNN after investigation into aid to brother Andrew Cuomo  —  The primetime host was suspended by the network on Tuesday.  On Saturday night, though, it said a law firm investigation turned up “additional information.”  —  Just four days after announcing …
Discussion: The Hill and Poynter
Maeve Sheehey / Politico:
CNN fires Chris Cuomo
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:   Federal Scrutiny of Cuomo Widens to His Office's Treatment of Women
CNN:
Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect arrested after manhunt  —  James and Jennifer Crumbley entered not guilty pleas to all charges against them during their arraignment Saturday morning.  —  The couple “fully intended” to turn themselves in “first thing this morning for arraignment …
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The Daily Beast:
School Gunman's ‘Fugitive’ Parents Laugh, Cry in Court After Wild Manhunt
CNN:
There is a manhunt for parents of the Michigan high school shooting suspect, but two attorneys say they are not fleeing
Bill Adair / Air Mail:
Loving Lies  —  Stephen Glass, the most notorious fraud in journalism, decided he would live by one simple rule: Always tell the truth.  Then he broke that rule  —  PORTRAITS BY SHARON SUH  —  I've never liked liars.  I was a newspaper reporter for 20 years and got so frustrated …
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Politico:
Harris allies want her to take the reins as a staff shakeup looms
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Wire
Diana Leonard / Washington Post:
Snow may vanish for years at a time in Mountain West with climate warming  —  Study warns of impending water supply problems due to nearly snowless mountains in about 35 to 60 years  —  A new study provides a glimpse into the future of Western U.S. snow and the picture is far from rosy …
Discussion: Twitchy
CNN:
Acosta: Hard-right Supreme Court poised to turn back clock  —  CNN's Jim Acosta takes a look at the conservative breakdown of the US Supreme Court amidst debate about the nation's abortion and gun rights.  Source: CNN  —  CNN's Jim Acosta takes a look at the conservative breakdown …
Ashley Wong / New York Times:
How a Cream Cheese Shortage Is Affecting N.Y.C. Bagel Shops  —  Supply chain problems that have hit businesses across the country now threaten a quintessential New York treat.  —  Zabar's is running low.  Tompkins Square Bagels is down to sticks.  Pick-a-Bagel has only a few days' supply left.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
It's Tough to Deter Putin Once You've Given Him the Pipeline He Wanted  —  God only knows if this unidentified U.S. intelligence official speaking to Sky News is correct...  Russia is planning a military offensive against Ukraine, which could begin as soon as early 2022, according to United States intelligence officials.
Discussion: Sky News, POLITICUSUSA and Politico
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Justice Sotomayor drops the S-bomb  —  Stench.  —  Justice Sonia Sotomayor said stench, about her own court, during oral argument Wednesday in the Mississippi abortion case.  Specifically, observing that states were passing ever-stricter abortion laws, explicitly inspired by the court's …
Discussion: The Guardian
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
When will the people's House be returned to the people?  Not even Capitol officials know.  —  On Wednesday night, more than 15,000 fans crowded into Capital One Arena to watch the Washington Wizards secure another early-season victory.  On Thursday night, a few thousand concertgoers packed …
New York Times:
Fearing a Repeat of Jan. 6, Congress Eyes Changes to Electoral Count Law  —  Members of the special House committee investigating the Capitol riot are among those arguing for an overhaul of a more than century-old statute enacted to address disputed elections.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The media treats Biden as badly as — or worse than — Trump.  Here's proof.  —  A sampling of headlines atop the influential Politico Playbook newsletter over the past month:  —  “Let the Democratic freakout begin.”  —  “Dems start to face the hard questions.”  —  “Does the WH owe Larry Summers an apology?”
Financial Times:
Donald Trump's social media start-up raises $1bn  —  The ex-president's media venture is aimed at challenging the platforms from which he has been banned.  —  Donald Trump's social media start-up has raised $1bn from unidentified investors as the company presses ahead with plans to go public via a Spac merger.
Eileen O'Grady / Concord Monitor:
‘Teacher Loyalty’ bill would restrict how U.S. history, especially racism, can be discussed in school … Just one year after New Hampshire legislators first introduced a bill that banned the teaching or discussion of “divisive concepts” like systemic racism, another bill will be debated …
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
‘A real fight for our existence’: Massachusetts GOP spirals in Baker exit  —  BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker kept Republicans relevant in deep-blue Massachusetts.  Now his exit has the GOP at each others' throats.  —  Baker announced this week that he wouldn't seek a third term.
The Guardian:
WHO says no deaths reported from Omicron yet as Covid variant spreads  —  US and Australia become latest countries to confirm locally transmitted cases  —  The Omicron variant has been detected in at least 38 countries but no deaths have yet been reported, the World Health Organization has said …
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Washington Free Beacon:
Media Blame Vaccine Hoarding for Omicron's Emergence in Africa. They're Wrong.
Discussion: Instapundit
Joshua Zitser / Insider:
A Trump-loving former KKK leader who was jailed for beating a Black man is running for office as a Republican in Georgia, report says  — Chester Doles is running as a Republican for a spot on the Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners.  — He spent decades involved with the Ku Klux Klan …
Defense One:
Austin Warns Against Over-Hyping Recent Chinese Weapons Tests  —  The defense secretary also pushed for deeper ties between the Pentagon and technology firms.  —  SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cautioned national security leaders and industry executives …
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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Christina Goldbaum / New York Times:
Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation
Tatyana Turner / Chicago Tribune:
Former Illinois State University football coach who removed Black Lives Matter poster alleges violation of First Amendment rights in lawsuit
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Who knew?  Emails reveal the unlikely close friendship between Hunter Biden and Tucker Carlson: President's son wrote Georgetown recommendation …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Why Tucker Carlson Is Defending Alex Jones
Politico:
'She's going to lose': Dems brag redistricting dooms conservative Illinois freshman
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Washington Post:
Friends who attended anime convention with man who contracted omicron have tested positive for coronavirus, health official says
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Marcus Lamb died of covid-19 after his network discouraged vaccines. But some Christian leaders don't want to talk about it.
 

 
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