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12:10 PM ET, March 8, 2023

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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 …
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: CNN and KFOR-TV
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
House Republicans are taking steps to prepare for a possible debt ceiling default  —  The House Ways and Means Committee is soon taking up a bill that would require the government to keep making certain payments if it breaches the debt ceiling, three people familiar with the matter told Semafor.
Discussion: Insider
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Biden to propose 5.2 percent federal pay increase, largest in 43 years  —  President Biden is expected to propose a 5.2 percent raise for federal employees in his budget set to be released Thursday — the largest increase the White House has put forward since Jimmy Carter was president.
Discussion: Washington Times and 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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Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Tucker's Firehose of Lies (and Hypocrisy)  —  (And why it's not going well.) … — Tucker Carlson text to Fox News producer, January 4, 2021  —  Wait... there's more: … — Also Tucker on January 4, 2021  —  Join  —  Oh my, the planets of bullsh*t have aligned marvelously, haven't they?
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
White House goes after Tucker Carlson by name over Jan. 6 coverage  —  In a rare rebuke of the Fox News ratings leader, the White House said Carlson is ‘not credible.’  —  The White House joined in widespread condemnation of Fox News star Tucker Carlson on Wednesday, singling out the prime …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The January 6 Whitewash Will Backfire  —  Tucker Carlson and the GOP are trying to erase a dark day.  Their public-relations gamble is already failing.  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Fox News access to thousands of hours of video from the events of January 6, and Tucker Carlson's effort …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP backlash on Tucker Carlson
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Louisville police engaged in pattern of misconduct, Justice Dept. finds  —  The two-year federal investigation was prompted by the 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor and is expected to result in court-mandated changes.  —  The Louisville Metro Police Department engaged in systemic civil rights abuses …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Louisville police use excessive force, invalid warrants and discriminatory stops, DOJ review finds  —  WASHINGTON — The Louisville Metro Police Department and the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro government engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional behavior by routinely using excessive force …
Discussion: CNN, CBS News and The Hill
Adrian Sainz / Associated Press:
Tyre Nichols death spurs Justice Department police review
Washington Post:
Highlights from new Fox News documents released in Dominion lawsuit … 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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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Tucker Carlson ‘passionately’ hates Trump, and eight more key revelations about Fox News from new Dominion filings
Washington Post:
Murdoch confided Trump was going ‘increasingly mad’ as Fox pushed false claims
David Folkenflik / NPR:
How a civil war erupted at Fox News after the 2020 election
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and Politico
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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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis leads charge for more coercive conservative government
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel, The Hill and Fox News
CNN:
US intel chiefs say China likely to press Taiwan and seek to undercut US  —  US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told Congress Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to press Taiwan and try to undercut US influence in the coming years as he begins a third term as president.
Discussion: CBS News and Blue Virginia
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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.
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Missouri gun law ruled unconstitutional
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 …
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 …
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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 …
Discussion: RedState and Twitchy
Madison Pauly / Mother Jones:
Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country  —  On a Saturday afternoon in August 2019, South Dakota Republican state Rep. Fred Deutsch sent an email to 18 anti-trans activists, doctors, and lawyers with the text of a bill he planned to introduce …
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Woke word-policing is now beyond satire  —  Sometimes in politics, which currently saturates everything, worse is better.  When a political craze based on a bad idea achieves a critical mass, one wants it to be undone by ridiculous excess.  Consider the movement to scrub from the English language …
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Kyle Rittenhouse, the MAGA Star That Wasn't  —  Modern conservatives love to own the libs by supporting people who claim they've been “canceled.”  Yet Kyle Rittenhouse can't seem to draw a crowd, no matter how many times he gets shut down.  In January, Rittenhouse headlined the Rally …
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Miami's popular Republican Mayor Suarez weighs GOP challenge to Trump for White House in 2024  — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has been privately holding court with political financiers as he considers running for president.  — He's recently met with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft …
David Badash / Alternet.org:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs law gutting child labor protections for minors under 16 years old  —  Arkansas Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed into law a bill further destabilizing minors in what was once called the “Land of Opportunity.”  Her signature comes on the same …
Heather Long / Washington Post:
There's a warning sign in this otherwise hot economy  —  Americans are piling on debt again.  Credit card debt is at an all-time high.  A record number of people are paying more than $1,000 a month on auto loans, and nearly every online store is luring customers in by promising they can “buy now, pay later.”
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 …
 
 
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Twitter just let its privacy- and security-protecting Tor service expire
Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
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