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10:55 AM ET, February 25, 2023

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Chris Quinn / Plain Dealer:
We are dropping the Dilbert comic strip because of creator Scott Adams' racist rant: Letter from the Editor  —  Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, went on a racist rant this week on his Coffee with Scott Adams online video show, and we will no longer carry his comic strip in The Plain Dealer.
Politico:
Judge rejected Perry's bid to shield thousands of emails from Jan. 6 investigators  —  The chief judge of the federal district court in Washington, D.C., secretly rejected Rep. Scott Perry's bid to shield more than 2,000 messages relevant to Justice Department investigators probing efforts …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Fight over Rep. Perry's phone has prevented review of 2,200 documents in Jan. 6 probe  —  Six months after the FBI seized Perry's phone, a U.S. appeals court is reviewing a judge's order that 90 percent of Perry's messages fall outside Congress's immunity from criminal investigation.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
What Fox News Hosts Said Privately vs. Publicly About Voter Fraud  —  No serious lawyer could believe what they were saying.  —  Two days after the 2020 election, Tucker Carlson was furious.  —  Fox News viewers were abandoning the network for Newsmax and One America News, two conservative rivals …
Discussion: Jacobin
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Hannah Dreier / New York Times:
Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.  —  Arriving in record numbers, they're ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make some of the country's best-known products.  —  Hannah traveled to Alabama, Florida …
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Is the West's War Now  —  The initial reluctance of the U.S. and its allies to help Kyiv fight Russia has turned into a massive program of military assistance, which carries risks of its own  —  Two days before the Russian invasion of his country, on Feb. 22, 2022 …
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill and Financial Times
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
America's Interests Are Not Necessarily the Same as Ukraine's  —  We should support Ukraine because Russia is our enemy, but that support can't be unlimited.  —  Friday marked the one-year anniversary of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.  A two-year anniversary is highly likely …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders supporters took over the Nevada Democratic Party.  It's not going well.  —  When Bernie Sanders' supporters took over the Nevada Democratic Party two years ago, progressives across the country were thrilled.  —  Socialists had managed to bring down one of the most powerful establishment forces …
NBC News:
No ‘apologists for Putin’: Pence draws contrast with DeSantis on support for Ukraine  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday rebuked fellow Republicans who have given less-than-robust support for America's defense of Ukraine — a group that includes potential presidential campaign rivals like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Eric Dolan / Raw Story:
Trump brutally mocked after tabloid reveals details of his new Mar-a-Lago gig  —  Critics of President Donald Trump are having a field day after learning about his new hobby.  —  Page Six reported Friday that the former president “now has a regular gig” as a DJ at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Insider, Page Six and Forbes
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Laura Bassett / Jezebel:
Donald Trump Moonlights As a DJ Now
Discussion: Balloon Juice
CNN:
Chinese fighter jet confronts US Navy plane with CNN crew aboard as tensions simmer in the South China Sea  —  Kadena Air Base, Japan CNN —  The US Navy reconnaissance jet flies at 21,500 feet over the South China Sea, 30 miles from the contested Paracel Islands, a group of about 130 small atolls …
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Lauren Weber / Wall Street Journal:
Burned Out, More Americans Are Turning to Part-Time Jobs  —  The number of people working part time rose by 1.2 million in December and January—most were people who chose it.  ‘25 hours is the new 35.’  —  Part-time work is exploding.  —  The number of Americans working part time rose …
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
The Texas judge who could take down the abortion pill … By Caroline Kitchener and Ann E. Marimow  —  ABILENE, Tex. — Matthew Kacsmaryk was a 22-year-old law student when he drove to a small city in west Texas to spend a day with a baby he would probably never see again.
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Media organizations demand Jan. 6 videos McCarthy shared with Fox News' Tucker Carlson  —  A group of media organizations, including CBS News, is demanding access to a tranche of surveillance and police videos from the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol that U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy provided to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar:
Hannity and Carlson Admit Lying to Audience (Then Try to Fire Fact-Checker), DeSantis Hires Sexist Educator, NYT Writers Protest, Roald Dahl Gets Sanitized, Roberto Clemente Bio Banned, and More  —  My thoughts on the top—and top-ish—stories in this week's political, sports, and pop culture news.
Discussion: New York Daily News
Neil Genzlinger / New York Times:
Robert Hébras, Last Survivor of a 1944 Massacre in France, Dies at 97  —  Dead bodies shielded him as the Nazis killed 643 people in Oradour-sur-Glane.  He spent his life keeping the memory of the slaughter alive.  —  Robert Hébras, who, shielded under dead bodies …
Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
Feminism taught me all I need to know about men like Trump and Putin  —  Like all abusive men, dictators seek to control who can speak and which narratives are believed.  The only difference is scale  —  s the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfolded, I was reminded over and over again …
CBS News:
5 dead after Care Flight plane crash, including a patient and the pilot  —  Five people — including a patient and a pilot — were killed on Friday after a Care Flight plane crashed near Stagecoach, Nevada, about 45 miles east of Reno.  —  The incident happened around 9:15 p.m. local …
Discussion: ABC News, UPI and New York Post
Brooke Leigh Howard / The Daily Beast:
Black TikToker Says Woman Called the Cops on Him for Shoveling Snow  —  “They don't have no respect,” she complained to police as the men kindly cleared the sidewalk outside her home.  —  A TikTok video has gone viral after a white woman called the police on two Black men for shoveling snow …
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
Biden tells ABC's Muir ‘we would respond’ if China sends weapons to Russia  —  He spoke in an exclusive interview at the White House Friday.  —  During an exclusive interview with ABC's David Muir, President Joe Biden said Friday the U.S. “would respond” if China were to supply Russia …
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Brian Stelter defends 2020 media coverage of Hunter Biden laptop story: We never labeled it ‘disinformation’ … Will CNN dropping of Brian Stelter bring network back towards the middle?:  Concha  —  Former CNN host Brian Stelter defended the media's coverage of the Hunter Biden laptop story …
Discussion: Twitchy, Newsbusters and Mediaite
Nate DiCamillo / Yahoo Finance:
Tennessee is set to become the first US state to ban drag … Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill banning drag shows in public on Thursday, sending the measure to the Republican Governor Bill Lee's desk.  —  The law would make Tennessee the first state to ban public drag …
Tiney Ricciardi / Denver Post:
Rep. Lauren Boebert's Shooters Grill will be replaced by a Mexican restaurant  —  Tapatios recently applied for a liquor license at 120 E. 3rd St. in Rifle  —  A Mexican restaurant is taking over a high-profile location in the town of Rifle, Colorado, where U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert's Shooters Grill previously resided.
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Political Wire
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
GOP Ex-Sen. Inhofe Retired Due To Long COVID After Opposing COVID Aid  —  The longtime senator from Oklahoma said complications from the virus contributed to his stepping aside.  —  Former Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) attributed his decision to retire due to the long-term effects of COVID-19 …
Discussion: New Republic and Political Wire
Graham Kates / CBS News:
George Santos falsely claimed in court that he worked for Goldman Sachs, audio reveals  —  In audio from a 2017 court appearance at a bail hearing for a “family friend,” George Santos can be heard telling a Seattle judge, “I'm an aspiring politician and I work for Goldman Sachs.”
Discussion: Politico
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Kate Whannel / BBC:
Forty years of Monster Raving Loony wannabe MPs
Discussion: Bloomberg
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jimmy Carter, in his final campaign, is surrounded by friends
Discussion: New York Times, CBS News and Raw Story
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘Rip your head off!’ Montana man charged with threatening to kill Democratic senator
Discussion: Fox News
Ed Whelan / Ed Whelan's Confirmation Tales:
Why Orrin Hatch Was Eager to Help Bill Clinton
Sarah Butler / The Guardian:
Apples and pears could be next UK food shortage, farmers warn
Discussion: CNN
 Earlier Items: 
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Biden Supreme Court commission under investigation by Jordan, Grassley, and Graham
Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
Flotsam found off New York may be from famous SS Savannah
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Why scammers who stole billions in unemployment benefits may get away with fraud
Washington Post:
China considers sending Russia artillery shells, U.S. officials say
Michael Sasso / Bloomberg:
Millions of US Workers Are Still Missing After The Pandemic. Where Did They Go?
Discussion: Albuquerque Journal
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Top labor official, union leader among contenders for Labor secretary
Discussion: The Comeback
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
The same old war it's always been
Discussion: Washington Post
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Sammy Gecsoyler / The Guardian:
BBC presenter Liz Bonnin's likeness was used in an ad after the company running the campaign was tricked by a fake, likely AI-generated, version of her voice

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
BBC ex-Director of News and Current Affairs James Harding says the BBC “will drain advertising away from journalism” if the broadcaster runs ads on its podcasts
 
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