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4:55 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 …
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.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Washington teeters on the brink of a Cold War over Social Security
Discussion: CNN and KFOR-TV
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
White House goes after Tucker Carlson by name over Jan. 6 coverage  —  The White House joined in widespread condemnation of Fox News star Tucker Carlson on Wednesday, singling out the prime-time ratings king for his misleading portrayal of the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
Did the “QAnon Shaman” Get Shafted on Sentencing?  New Footage Raises Questions Over the Chansley Case  —  If there is one image from Jan. 6th that will remain indelible with the day, it is the “QAnon Shaman.”  Bare chested and wearing an animal headdress, horns and red-white-and-blue face paint …
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 …
Politico:
McCarthy's GOP tries to move on from Tucker Carlson-Jan. 6 drama
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Tucker's Firehose of Lies (and Hypocrisy)
Rolling Stone:
Trump Privately Proposes Wave of High-Level Jan. 6 Pardons
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Everything from BS to Hate
Brian Stelter / Vanity Fair:
“We're All Embarrassed”: Inside Fox News as Dominion Revelations Rattle the Network  —  Fox producers are getting libel law training and staffers are (cautiously) gossiping about filings exposing the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson.  “We're very careful when we're miked up,” one on-air personality tells Vanity Fair.
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fox News executives discussed a plan to denounce the ‘Trump myth’ a day before the Jan. 6 riot  —  In the days leading up to the riot, Fox News executives and hosts were fed up with Trump, but that frustration rarely made it on air.  Then the mob came.  —  By early January 2021 …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Tucker Carlson Schtick Melts Away
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
5 Times Tucker Carlson Showed Contempt for Trump in Private: ‘I Hate Him Passionately’
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Revealing Fox News texts point to the right's long war on the truth
Discussion: The Dispatch and Mediaite
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Tucker Carlson ‘passionately’ hates Trump, and eight more key revelations about Fox News from new Dominion filings
Washington Post:
GOP operative comes forward as accuser in sexual misconduct claim against CPAC head  —  The man who has accused Matt Schlapp, the influential leader of the Conservative Political Action Conference, of sexual misconduct came forward publicly Wednesday after a judge said he must use his real name to proceed with a lawsuit.
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs law loosening child labor protections  —  Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signed into law this week legislation that rolls back significant portions of the state's child labor protections.  —  The law eliminates requirements for the state to verify the age …
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David Badash / Alternet.org:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs law gutting child labor protections for minors under 16 years old
Discussion: KNWA FOX24 and CBS News
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Pentagon Blocks Sharing Evidence of Possible Russian War Crimes With Hague Court  —  President Biden has not acted to resolve a dispute that pits the Defense Department against other agencies.  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is blocking the Biden administration from sharing evidence …
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
When Trump Passes the MAGA Hat, His Aides Clutch Their Wallets  —  Unlike other recent presidents, Donald Trump has rarely received campaign donations from his top advisers.  They offer a range of explanations.  —  WASHINGTON — To pay for three presidential campaigns …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Right-Wingers Have A New, Very Dependable Strategy To Game The Courts.  Can It Be Stopped?  —  Start your day with TPM.  —  You would think, based on the flurry of litigation unfolding there, that a lot of drama is going down in Amarillo, Texas.  —  Of the couple dozen lawsuits Texas …
David Strom / HotAir:
Who knew Ken Burns is an idiot?  —  Having spent a lot of time around academics and media types I learned years ago that people can be smart, talented, and complete dunces at the same time.  —  Orwell captured that reality with his typical genius, explaining: “Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Tess Owen / VICE:
The Boogaloo Bois Are Plotting a Bloody Comeback: ‘We Will Go to War’  —  Dozens of arrests fueled speculation that the Hawaiian shirt-wearing, gun-loving anti-government group was done for.  But it seems they'd merely gone underground and appear to be angrier than ever.
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Ex-LA Mayor Garcetti's Nomination as India Ambassador Advances  —  A Senate committee voted in favor of former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's nomination to be US ambassador to India, clearing the way for Senate action despite questions over his handling of a sexual harassment case.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Biden's only primary challenger (so far) actually shows Biden's strength  —  Self-help author Marianne Williamson can barely articulate a policy reason for running.  —  Noah Berlatsky and Aaron Rupar  —  Self-help author Marianne Williamson is currently the only declared Democratic primary opposition to President Joe Biden.
Rolling Stone:
Michael Flynn Is Suing The Government for $50 Million  —  The former Trump national security advisor claims he was maliciously prosecuted by the DOJ and FBI  —  FORMER TRUMP NATIONAL Security Advisor and retired US.  Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is suing the U.S. government on grounds …
Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Michigan passes bill giving civil rights protections to LGBTQ people  —  Lawmakers in Michigan have passed a bill to expand civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community, with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) expected to sign the measure into law when it reaches her desk.
Discussion: MLive.com and WOOD-TV
Democracy Docket:
Court Rules Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorists Illegally Intimidated Voters in 2020  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, March 8, a federal judge ruled that a robocall operation led by two conspiracy theorists ahead of the 2020 election violated Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Missouri gun law ruled unconstitutional  —  A federal judge struck down a Missouri law that blocked state and local officials from enforcing federal gun laws as unconstitutional this week.  —  Judge Brian Wimes, who was nominated by former President Obama, sided with the Justice Department …
 
 
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Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
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Discussion: The Guardian
Mark Leibovich / The Atlantic:
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Susan Page / USA Today:
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Russia tried to influence U.S. elections in 2022 and will do it again, nation's top intel agency says
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Maria Cheng / Associated Press:
WHO fires director in Asia accused of racist misconduct
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Woke word-policing is now beyond satire
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Kyle Rittenhouse, the MAGA Star That Wasn't
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox News