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10:55 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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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
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 …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
How a civil war erupted at Fox News after the 2020 election
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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 …
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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 …
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.”
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Capitol Police chief blasts Tucker Carlson over ‘misleading’ Jan. 6 footage
NBC News:
‘Bulls—’: GOP senators rebuke Tucker Carlson for downplaying Jan. 6 as ‘mostly peaceful’
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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Washington teeters on the brink of a Cold War over Social Security
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Biden to propose 5.2 percent federal pay increase, largest in 43 years
Discussion: USA Today
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:   House Republicans are taking steps to prepare for a possible debt ceiling default
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 …
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
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.
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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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 …
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Watch live: America's top spymasters testify on global threats before Senate Intelligence Committee  —  [The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET.  Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.]  —  The nation's top spymasters will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee …
Discussion: The Hill
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CBS News:
China likely to be focus of worldwide threats in congressional hearing
Discussion: Washington Examiner and ABC News
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.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
China is right about US containment  —  But encircling Beijing is not a viable long-term strategy  —  Here is a thought experiment.  If Taiwan did not exist, would the US and China still be at loggerheads?  My hunch is yes.  Antagonism between top dogs and rising powers is part of the human story.
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 …
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
 
 
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Miami's popular Republican Mayor Suarez weighs GOP challenge to Trump for White House in 2024
Brandi Buchman / emptywheel:
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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
Alex Roarty / The State:
Haley or Scott? South Carolina GOP braces for '24 primary with two hometown candidates
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Is a Democrat really the favorite in the Kentucky governor race?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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
Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
Oklahoma Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Effort To Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Washington Post:
Intelligence officials suspect Ukraine partisans behind Nord Stream bombings, rattling Kyiv's allies
Catherine Clifford / CNBC:
A new nuclear reactor in the U.S. starts up. It's the first in nearly seven years
Discussion: Associated Press
 

 
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