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7:40 PM ET, February 17, 2023

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
4 takeaways from the bombshell Fox News legal filing  —  We still don't know whether Fox News and the Fox Corporation will ultimately have to pay up for their promotion of the false claim that Dominion Voting Systems machines helped rig the 2020 election.  —  But Dominion's defamation lawsuit …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
What Fox News Says When You're Not Listening  —  People who remember Fox News host Tucker Carlson as a bow-tied creature of establishment Washington often wonder what happened to him.  Twenty years ago, he was a preppy Beltway habitue and impishly libertarian magazine writer …
Wall Street Journal:
Fox News Hosts, Executives Raised Concerns About 2020 Election-Fraud Claims Made on the Air, Filing Shows  —  Communications from top Fox anchors and executives were made public as part of Dominion lawsuit  —  Top Fox News anchors and executives privately raised concerns about false claims …
Brian Stelter / The Atlantic:
I Never Truly Understood Fox News Until Now  —  The basic story of Fox News and the 2020 election is well understood.  Fox's relatively small news operation covered the vote count accurately; this coverage infuriated President Donald Trump, the MAGA base, and Fox's opinion stars …
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Knew Trump's Big Lie Was BS the Whole Time
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Called Trump ‘A Demonic Force’ and ‘A Destroyer’ on Day of Capitol Riot, Newly-Released Text Shows
New York Times:
CNN's Chairman Rebukes Don Lemon Over His Nikki Haley Comments  —  Mr. Lemon's assertion that the presidential candidate Nikki Haley was not “in her prime” roiled the network and put a harsh spotlight on its struggling morning show.  —  Don Lemon, the CNN morning-show anchor …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Women's rights group UltraViolet calls on CNN to suspend Don Lemon from talking politics after Nikki Haley insult
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Don Lemon absent from ‘CNN This Morning’ after sexist Nikki Haley rant enraged Poppy Harlow
Associated Press:
6 fatally shot in small Mississippi town, suspect in custody  —  Six people were fatally shot Friday in a small town in rural Mississippi near the Tennessee state line, and authorities said they had taken a suspect into custody.  Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bailey Martin confirmed …
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CNN:
Man in custody after 6 killed, including suspect's ex-wife, in series of shootings in Mississippi, sheriff says  —  Six people are dead and another was wounded Friday in a series of shootings in Tate County, Mississippi after a man opened fire on his ex-wife and potentially other family members, Tate County Sheriff Brad Lance told CNN.
Dschiff / The Onion:
It Is Journalism's Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible  —  The task of reporting is not a simple one.  Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention …
Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Haley says DeSantis didn't go ‘far enough’ with 'Don't Say Gay'  —  Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) on Thursday criticized the so-called Don't Say Gay measure signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) last year, saying it doesn't go “far enough.”
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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:   The DeSantis they know  —  He's boring.  —  He has a distaste for glad-handing.  —  He's charmless.
Sakshi Venkatraman / NBC News:
Ann Coulter tells Nikki Haley to ‘go back to your own country’ in racist rant against new GOP presidential candidate  —  “What's with the worshipping of the cows?  They're all starving over there,” Coulter also said.  —  Conservative pundit Ann Coulter is under fire for a racist tirade …
Discussion: New York Daily News and Twitchy
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Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Ann Coulter tells Nikki Haley ‘go back to your own country’ in racist attack  —  Ann Coulter went on a racist tirade earlier this week in which she suggested that Nikki Haley “go back to [her] own country” where people are “starving” while “worshipping cows and rats.”
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
GOP Operative Sentenced to 18 Months for Funneling Russian Money to Trump Campaign  —  Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.  —  On Friday, a federal judge in Washington, DC sentenced a veteran GOP operative to 18 months …
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
GOP campaign consultant sentenced to 18 months for arranging Russian contribution to Trump campaign
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Department of Justice:   Political Consultant Sentenced for Scheme Involving Illegal Foreign Campaign Contribution to 2016 Presidential Campaign
Politico:
Republican losers look to run again in '24 — and the party's at odds over how to stop them  —  House and Senate Republicans widely acknowledge that bad candidates cost them seats in the 2022 election.  They just don't agree on what to do about it in 2024.  —  After a midterm cycle …
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CNN:
Key senators torn over retirement decisions as party leaders try to fortify 2024 standing
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Republicans to adopt loyalty pledge for debate participants  —  1 of 3  —  Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP's ultimate presidential nominee, according to draft language set to be adopted …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
GOP wants candidates to pledge support for nominee — but some resist
Discussion: Denverite, WCTV and The Atlantic
Matt O'brien / Associated Press:
Is Bing too belligerent?  Microsoft looks to tame AI chatbot  —  Microsoft's newly revamped Bing search engine can write recipes and songs and quickly explain just about anything it can find on the internet.  —  But if you cross its artificially intelligent chatbot, it might also insult your looks …
Telegraph:
Roald Dahl goes PC in a world where no one is ‘fat’ and the Oompa-Loompas are gender neutral  —  Sensitivity readers were hired to scrutinise the text with parts rewritten for a modern audience  —  Augustus Gloop is no longer fat, Mrs Twit is no longer fearfully ugly, and the Oompa-Loompas …
Politico:
Marianne Williamson is entering the chat  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  PROGRAMMING NOTE: We'll be off this Monday, Feb. 20 for Presidents Day but will be back in your inboxes on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Paul Blest / VICE:
Tesla Workers Say Twitter Shadowbanned Their Union Account: NLRB Charge  —  Workers alleged in an NLRB filing that Twitter intentionally made the Tesla union account to be “less accessible and functionally hidden.”  —  PB  —  Tesla workers are claiming that their new union's Twitter account …
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Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
U.S. fines firm $1.5 million for hiring kids to clean meatpacking plants
Discussion: CBS News and HuffPost
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump seeks to bar evidence of 2 other alleged sexual assaults at rape defamation trial  — Former President Donald Trump's lawyers asked a judge to bar jurors at his upcoming civil trial in New York from hearing testimony that he sexually assaulted two other women besides E. Jean Carroll.
Matt Berg / Politico:
‘That could be one of our balloons’: Hobbyist says downed object may belong to amateur club  —  It's possible that the object shot down by American forces over the Yukon last weekend “could have been our balloon,” a member of an Illinois hobbyist group said Friday.
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Judge Bans Starbucks From Firing Union Supporters  —  A nationwide injunction restrains the company from dismissing labor organizers and could help reinstate ousted workers more quickly.  —  A federal judge in Michigan issued an injunction on Friday banning Starbucks from firing U.S. workers …
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Very real threat’: Kari Lake's lawyers could lose law licenses over bogus election fraud crusade  —  Attorneys representing failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake are at serious risk of losing their law licenses by moving forward with frivolous litigation trying to overturn elections …
Alice Speri / The Intercept:
Progressive Group Roiled by Accusations Diversity Leader Misrepresented Her Ethnic Background … Members of the American Friends Service Committee, a prominent Quaker organization known for its progressive values and social justice advocacy in the U.S. and abroad, have raised an alarm …
NBC News:
Biden campaign struggles to fill top job with a complicated set of duties  —  WASHINGTON — Finding a campaign manager for President Joe Biden's re-election remains a problem for his top aides, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions, underscoring the difficulty …
Discussion: Political Wire, Axios and CNN
Washington Post:
‘Unfathomable’: Florida parents, students blast DeSantis idea to nix APs  —  Families may pay more for college without the classes and fall short when they seek admission to competitive schools  —  As news zipped across Florida that the governor had threatened to eliminate Advanced Placement classes …
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump lawyer hires own attorney in classified documents probe  —  A lawyer for former President Donald Trump retained an attorney to represent himself as prosecutors step up their inquiry into the handling of sensitive documents at Trump's Florida residence, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
President Biden, Have I Got a Labor Secretary for You  —  Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will be the first member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet to resign; he's leaving to become executive director of the NHL Players Association, at an annual salary of $3 million.  We've known this for 10 days, but now it's official.
 
 
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Hallie Lieberman / The Guardian:
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Southern Poverty Law Center:
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Sen. Rick Scott / Washington Examiner:
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