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8:15 PM ET, March 3, 2023

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CNN:
DeSantis appointee to new Disney oversight board suggested tap water could turn people gay  —  An appointee to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' new oversight board in control of Disney's special tax district called homosexuality “evil” last year and shared a baseless conspiracy theory that tap water could be making more people gay.
Washington Post:
As 2024 race begins, special counsel advances with focus on Trump lawyers  —  Prosecutors have sought information from multiple attorneys and senior aides to the former president, triggering new legal battles  —  Federal prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Pompeo's personal dig at Trump  —  This year's Conservative Political Action Conference has been a much lower profile affair than usual, as many big names opted to skip the festivities.  But it's still a significant stage on which ambitious Republicans can test their message in front of the right wing of the right wing.
Greg Walters / VICE:
Trump's Prosecution Primary Has Already Begun. It's Going to Be Wild.
Discussion: Just The News
Justine McDaniel / Washington Post:
Democrats challenge credibility of GOP witnesses who embrace false Jan. 6 claims  —  House Republicans vowing to uncover a “weaponization” of the federal government against conservatives have so far called witnesses who have not presented any evidence of wrongdoing at the Justice Department …
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Democrats Present Damning Info On Jim Jordan's FBI ‘Whistleblowers’
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Why Biden Stabbed D.C. in the Back  —  For the first two years of his presidency, Joe Biden positioned himself as a champion of statehood and home rule in the District of Columbia.  The president urged Congress to make D.C. the 51st state—even as the Senate filibuster stood in the way …
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CNN:
Biden's about-face on the DC crime law angers Democrats
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats hit some snags on Biden judicial nominees after topping 100 new judges
Discussion: Fox News
Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair:
Walgreens Caves To Antiabortion Republicans — Including In States Where Abortion Remains Legal  —  Walgreens says they won't distribute abortion pills in states where Republican officials are opposed.  —  Abortion remains legal right now in states like Alaska, Iowa, Montana, and Kansas …
Cheri Jacobus / New York Daily News:
It's time to revoke Fox News' press credentials  —  The political media world has been rocked by the bombshell court filing by Dominion Voting Systems as part of their $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News.  —  Top executives from Rupert Murdoch on down, and on-air personalities …
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Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
DeSantis cannonballs into America's deep blue states for war on ‘woke’ ahead of 2024  —  The Florida governor has used his trips to highlight his state's accomplishments — citing statistics that sometimes mask far more complicated debates  —  LOS ANGELES — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has found …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Ron DeSantis Usually Avoids the Press. For Murdoch, He'll Make an Exception.
Matt Day / Bloomberg:
Amazon Pauses Construction on Second Headquarters in Virginia as It Cuts Jobs  —  Amazon.com Inc. is pausing construction on its sprawling second headquarters near Washington, a decision that coincides with the company's deepest ever job cuts and a reassessment of office needs to account for remote work.
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Doctor: Lesion removed from Biden's chest was cancerous  —  A skin lesion removed from President Joe Biden's chest last month was a basal cell carcinoma — a common form of skin cancer — his doctor said Friday, adding that no further treatment was required.
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Attorney General Merrick Garland makes unannounced trip to Ukraine  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Friday, according to a Justice Department official, his second trip to the country after Russia invaded a little more than a year ago.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
The U.S. attorney general meets with Zelensky during a surprise visit to Ukraine.
Discussion: The Atlantic, Associated Press and TASS
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why Are We Still Arguing About Masks?  —  All this time later, their utility is in doubt.  —  In the past few weeks, the conventional wisdom about COVID seems to have been upended.  —  Early in the pandemic, several mainstream news outlets dismissed theories that COVID came from a Chinese lab.
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Lindsay Beyerstein / The Editorial Board:
Lab can't leak what it never had
Department of Justice:
Former U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Attempting for Murder Fellow Service Members in Deadly Ambush  —  A Kentucky man was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for attempting to murder U.S. service members, providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Employment commission sues ExxonMobil, alleging discrimination after nooses found at facility  —  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing ExxonMobil over racial discrimination after multiple nooses were found at one of the company's facilities.
NBC News:
White nationalist Nick Fuentes is ‘removed’ from CPAC, chair of ultraconservative conference says  —  Nick Fuentes, the antisemitic white nationalist provocateur who dined with former President Donald Trump last year, was “removed” from the premises of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland …
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fox Corp. and the Trump campaign hit with FEC complaint over Dominion revelations  —  A progressive group wants the Federal Election Commission to investigate Fox Corp. and former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign for breaking campaign finance laws.  —  On Friday, End Citizens United PAC filed …
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
Capitol Police confiscate assault-style ‘ghost gun’ and handgun capable of automatic fire during arrests  —  The U.S. Capitol Police confiscated an assault-style “ghost gun” and a handgun capable of automatic fire during the arrests of two people near the Capitol, police said Friday.
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump calls for contest to create futuristic ‘Freedom Cities’  —  Modern cities and flying cars might sound like the makings of an episode of the 1960s cartoon The Jetsons, where a fictionalized family flew around in Orbit City.  —  For former President Donald Trump, however …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge denies Jan. 6 defendant's bid for time to review McCarthy's Capitol security footage  —  A federal judge on Friday denied a Jan. 6 defendant's request to delay her imminent trial in order to review thousands of hours of security footage recently made available by Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Discussion: Roll Call
Casey Gannon / CNN:
January 6 rioter pleads guilty to assaulting Michael Fanone  —  A New York man who assaulted former Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol pleaded guilty on Friday to several felony charges.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump lawyers scramble to exclude Access Hollywood clip from rape trial  —  In a legal filing on Friday, attorneys for Donald Trump asked to exclude a video clip of the former president boasting that he could sexually assault women at will because he was famous from evidence in the trial related …
Discussion: ABC News and The Daily Beast
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Leaked audio reveals US rail workers were told to skip inspections as Ohio crash prompts scrutiny to industry  —  Exclusive: employee says manager told her to stop marking cars for repair, as Ohio derailment brings hard look at industry's record of blocking safety rules
NBC News:
U.S. intel on China considering lethal aid for Putin's war was gleaned from Russian officials  —  Initial U.S. intelligence suggesting that China is considering supplying lethal aid to Russia for its war in Ukraine was gleaned from Russian government officials, according to one current …
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
After 17th court hearing, woman with TB ordered to jail for refusing treatment  —  Washington judge issued an arrest warrant and ordered her to involuntary detention.  —  A judge in Washington issued an arrest warrant Thursday for a Tacoma woman who has refused to have her active …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
He Believes Hitler Went to Heaven — and Wants to Take Over the Lutheran Church  —  A nearly 2 million-member synod is fighting an attempt to turn its pews into a bastion for young fascists  —  ON ASH WEDNESDAY, the First Lutheran Church in Knoxville called the cops on a parishioner who was attempting to attend services.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
A cleaning company illegally employed a 13-year-old.  Her family is paying the price.  —  One of 27 minors hired to clean a Nebraska slaughterhouse, the middle-schooler and her family now fear deportation and more.  —  By Maria Sacchetti and Lauren Kaori Gurley  —  GRAND ISLAND, Neb. —
 
 
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Fewer Americans Want U.S. Taking Major Role in World Affairs
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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Effort to change Utah's state flag narrowly passes Legislature after hours of debate
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