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10:25 AM ET, March 8, 2023

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Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson said he hates Trump ‘passionately’, Fox lawsuit documents show … Among the documents released Tuesday as part of the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems was an email from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch to Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott …
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Washington Post:
Murdoch confided Trump was going ‘increasingly mad’ as Fox pushed false claims  —  The media executive's astonishingly candid assessments are found in thousands of pages of internal Fox documents released as part of a lawsuit by Dominion  —  In the weeks after the November 2020 election …
New York Times:
‘The Whole Thing Seems Insane’: New Documents Shed Light on Debate Inside Fox After Election  —  Messages and depositions from the network's stars like Tucker Carlson revealed serious misgivings about claims of election fraud even as some of the hosts told their audiences of millions a very different story.
Discussion: The Wrap, Washington Post and ABC News
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 7, 2023  —  In a New York Times op-ed today, President Joe Biden offered the opening salvo in his battle with the Republicans over budget measures.  He outlined his promise to make the Medicare trust solvent beyond 2050 without cutting benefits.  Indeed, he says, his plan …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
How a civil war erupted at Fox News after the 2020 election
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Washington Post:
‘Just a lie’: Senate Republicans blast Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 narrative  —  Speaker McCarthy, meanwhile, said he didn't regret allowing Carlson exclusive access to security footage and claimed it as a victory for transparency  —  Senate Republicans blasted Fox News on Tuesday for airing …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP backlash on Tucker Carlson  —  When some in the conservative movement baselessly pitched Jan. 6, 2021, as being fomented by antifa, Kevin McCarthy rebuked them.  “There is absolutely no evidence of that,” he said.  “Conservatives should be the first to say so.”
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The January 6 Whitewash Will Backfire
Politico:
House GOP faces a new Jan. 6 headache, courtesy of Tucker Carlson
Richard Cowan / Reuters:
US Senator Schumer condemns Speaker McCarthy for supplying Jan.6 videos to Fox
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Biden Is Set to Detail at Least $2 Trillion in Measures to Reduce Deficits  —  The president's proposals, included in the budget he will release on Thursday, are expected to heavily feature tax increases on corporations and high earners.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday …
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New York Times:
House G.O.P. Prepares to Slash Federal Programs in Coming Budget Showdown  —  With Social Security and Medicare off the table, conservatives are focusing on a wide range of smaller programs as a clash with President Biden and Democrats looms.  —  WASHINGTON — Hard-right House Republicans …
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Biden to propose 5.2 percent federal pay increase, largest in 43 years
Discussion: USA Today
NBC News:
Capitol Police chief tears into Tucker Carlson for claims about Officer Brian Sicknick  —  The Fox News host said that Democrats lied about Sicknick's death.  In a letter to Capitol Police officers, Chief Manger called Carlson's portrayal “offensive and misleading.”
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Capitol Police chief blasts Tucker Carlson over ‘misleading’ Jan. 6 footage
Clare Foran / CNN:
Zelensky invites House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is inviting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine to see the situation on the ground first hand - an invitation that comes as the Republican Party faces a divide over whether …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Walgreens' deceptive damage control  —  Walgreens is facing a public relations crisis after announcing it would not dispense abortion medication in several states where abortion remains legal.  Walgreens' decision came in response to threatening letters from Republican Attorneys General and anti-abortion activists.
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Giulia Carbonaro / Newsweek:
Walgreens Stock Plummets After Gavin Newsom Vows to Cut Business Ties
Gabriella Paiella / GQ:
Why Are So Many Guys Obsessed With Master and Commander?  —  March—2023.  Napoleon is master of Europe.  Only the British fleet stands before him.  Oceans are now battlefields.  And a moderate box office success from 2003 has become an unlikely streaming favorite, a poster child for the kind …
Tony Messenger / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Federal judge adds a touch of sanity to Missouri's gun safety debate  —  ST. LOUIS — It's important to remember when Missouri's elected Republicans made the decision to try to crumple up the U.S. Constitution and toss it in the trash bin of history.  —  It was after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012.
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Kyle Rittenhouse, the MAGA Star That Wasn't  —  Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.  —  Modern conservatives love to own the libs by supporting people who claim they've been “canceled.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Washington Post:
Conservative covid backlash handcuffs public health, pandemic response  —  Lawsuits and legislation have stripped public health officials of their powers in three years  —  When the next pandemic sweeps the United States, health officials in Ohio won't be able to shutter businesses or schools …
Axios:
Biden is back in hot water with Dem lawmakers  —  First it was crime, now immigration: For the second time in as many weeks President Biden has inflamed fellow Democrats, who are questioning his tactics and strategy. … - Now cracks in the coalition are emerging as vulnerable Democrats chart …
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Larry Hogan won't close the door on third-party presidential bid in 2024  —  The former governor said, “The question keeps popping up more and more.”  —  Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declined on Tuesday to  —  close the door on a third-party presidential bid in 2024  —  after he said Sunday that
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Washington teeters on the brink of a Cold War over Social Security  —  Congress, whose members struggle to accomplish simple tasks like funding the government and raising the debt ceiling, is suddenly talking about changes to Medicare and Social Security.  —  There's plenty of reasons …
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
Oklahoma Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Effort To Legalize Recreational Marijuana  —  Opponents seized on problems with existing medical marijuana regulations and crime in the campaign to stop full legalization.  —  Oklahoma voters sharply rejected a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana Tuesday …
New York Times:
F.T.C. Intensifies Investigation of Twitter's Privacy Practices  —  The commission is seeking an interview with Elon Musk, who has made major cuts at the company since acquiring it last year.  —  The Federal Trade Commission is intensifying an investigation into Twitter's data and privacy practices …
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Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:
FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Journalist Names
Washington Post:
Available evidence still points to covid originating from spillover  —  Angela Rasmussen is a virologist and principal research scientist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan.  Saskia Popescu is an infectious-disease epidemiologist …
Alex Roarty / The State:
Haley or Scott?  South Carolina GOP braces for '24 primary with two hometown candidates  —  Mikee Johnson went to high school with Nikki Haley, held a leadership post in her charitable organization and donated early on to her first gubernatorial campaign.  —  And yet, this well-connected GOP donor …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Ron DeSantis's plan to strip First Amendment rights from the press, explained  —  DeSantis wants to destroy a fundament of American free speech law.  —  Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to eliminate the First Amendment safeguards that prevent lawsuits seeking to strong-arm the press into silence.
 
 
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Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis leads charge for more coercive conservative government
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel, The Hill and Fox News
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Is a Democrat really the favorite in the Kentucky governor race?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
House Republicans are taking steps to prepare for a possible debt ceiling default
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Twitter just let its privacy- and security-protecting Tor service expire
Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press:
Mississippi Senate OKs bill affecting majority-Black city
Discussion: USA Today and Mississippi Today
Washington Post:
Intelligence officials suspect Ukraine partisans behind Nord Stream bombings, rattling Kyiv's allies
Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
The House Is About To Have 435 Members. That's Pretty Rare.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Catherine Clifford / CNBC:
A new nuclear reactor in the U.S. starts up. It's the first in nearly seven years
Discussion: Associated Press
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Edits Out Trump Saying He Might've Let Russia ‘Take Over’ Parts of Ukraine
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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