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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Ex-Trump attorney admits statements about 2020 election were false and is censured by judge  —  Jenna Ellis was censured by a disciplinary judge in Colorado Wednesday, in the latest effort to hold accountable attorneys who boosted former President Donald Trump's 2020 election reversal gambits.
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Quentin Young / Colorado Newsline:
Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis censured in Colorado for false election claims  —  Jenna Ellis, the Colorado attorney who was former President Donald Trump's senior legal advisor as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss, has been censured by a Colorado judge for misconduct.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Tucker Carlson Schtick Melts Away  —  It has been self-evident for a long time to almost every astute observer of Tucker Carlson — his friends, his acquaintances in the journalism profession, even some viewers of his nightly Fox News Channel program — that he doesn't believe half of the things he says on his show.
NBC News:   Dominion: Fox News needs to ‘retract the lies and tell its audience the truth’
Bloomberg:
Biden to Urge 25% Billionaire Tax, Big Levies on Rich Investors  —  President Joe Biden is proposing a series of new tax increases on billionaires, rich investors and corporations in his latest proposal for how Congress should prioritize taxes and spending.  —  Biden's budget request to Congress …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump publishing private letters from Oprah, other celebrities  —  Former President Trump, in a new book, plans to reveal 150 private letters sent to him — including one from Oprah Winfrey in 2000 in which she says: “Too bad we're not running for office.  What a team!”
NBC News:
Republicans launch an investigation into the Jan. 6 committee that examined the riot  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican-controlled House committee launched an inquiry Wednesday into the Democratic-controlled Jan. 6 committee, which a staff member said will review whether pertinent information …
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Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Don't believe the Democrats' fake outrage over the new Jan. 6 footage  —  It is crucial to understand one main principle over the newly released Jan. 6 footage aired on Tucker Carlson's show this week: Democrats tried to deceive and mislead the public.  This, and only this, is the most critical issue.
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
'It's Appalling': QAnon Shaman's Lawyer Says DOJ Lied, Withheld Videos Aired By Carlson
Caitlin Gibson / Washington Post:
The fear and fury of these Florida parents  —  The state has introduced new laws that affect nearly every stage of parenting.  Some families are choosing between fight and flight.  —  One afternoon a few weeks ago, Alicea Hotchkiss's 14-year-old son, Eli, came home from his high school …
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Jaded with education, more Americans are skipping college  —  When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree.  He was a good student at a good high school.  He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher.  Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy life.
Discussion: Higher Ed Dive
Rachel Pannett / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell hospitalized after falling at hotel  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been hospitalized following a fall at a hotel in Washington, his spokesperson said late Wednesday.  —  The 81-year-old Senator was attending a private dinner at a local hotel when he tripped …
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Washington Post:
Senate votes to reject D.C. criminal code bill  —  Congress on Wednesday voted to overturn local D.C. legislation for the first time in more than 30 years, as some Senate Democrats joined Republicans in blocking a major overhaul of the city's criminal sentencing laws.  —  Fast, informative and written just for locals.
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Washington Post:   A violent night in D.C. as Senate votes to nix crime bill
NBC News:
Data breach hits ‘hundreds’ of lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill  —  House Chief Administrative Officer Catherine L. Szpindor said the breach at the DC Health Exchange did not appear to target members of Congress.  The Senate was also affected.  —  WASHINGTON — A top House official said that a …
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
A Startling Document Predicted Jan. 6.  Democrats Are Missing Its Other Warnings.  —  Weeks before the 2020 election, a secret 87-page document outlined in matter-of-fact language the threat posed by Donald Trump's still-to-come campaign of election denial.
New York Times:
Republicans Push Lab Leak Theory on Covid's Origins, but Lack ‘Smoking Gun’  —  The first hearing of a House panel charged with investigating the origins of the pandemic underscored just how difficult it might be to turn up conclusive evidence.  —  WASHINGTON — The former director …
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Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Anthony Fauci hid the truth about COVID, until now
Justin Kanew / THE TENNESSEE HOLLER:
Anti-LGBTQ Tennessee Lt. Gov. McNally Comments On Racy Instagram Pics of Young Gay Male  —  UPDATE TO THIS STORY: Lt. Governor Randy Mcnally has issued a statement blaming us for calling out his hypocrisy - but, importantly, not denying he's the one who made these comments, not claiming he was hacked, and not blaming an underling.
ProPublica:
Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance”  —  Leonard Leo, a key architect of the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority, is now the chairman of Teneo, a group that aims to influence all aspects of American politics and culture.
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Right-wing hoaxers' robocalls targeting Black voters violated Voting Rights Act and KKK Act, federal judge rules  —  Right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman's robocalls targeting Black voters violated the Voting Rights Act and Ku Klux Klan Act — and the question isn't close enough to require a jury, a federal judge ruled.
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   MAGA hoaxer Jacob Wohl found to have violated the KKK Act by federal judge
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
WWE in talks with state gambling regulators to legalize betting on scripted match results  — WWE has held discussions with state gambling regulators in Colorado and Michigan to legalize betting on scripted match results, sources said.  — WWE is working with EY, commonly known as Ernst & Young …
NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioters trashed a GOP senator's office, and he hasn't acknowledged it  —  WASHINGTON — Two years ago, a mob of rioters who believed former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election viciously assaulted police, smashed out widows, stormed into an office …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Newly Empowered Michigan Democrats Move on Labor, Gay Rights and Guns  —  Despite Republican objections, the Michigan House of Representatives voted to repeal a right-to-work law, codify L.G.B.T.Q. rights and expand gun background checks.  —  LANSING, Mich. — Democrats in Michigan pressed ahead …
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
How Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson Surrendered to MAGA  —  The problem isn't Tucker's show; it's how GOP elites submit to radicals.  —  Republican members of Congress upset with Tucker Carlson's rewrite of January 6th as a peaceful protest should redirect their ire.
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Politico:
McCarthy's GOP tries to move on from Tucker Carlson-Jan. 6 drama
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Biden zeroing in on candidates to be his 2024 campaign manager  —  President Biden has narrowed down his choices on candidates to run his 2024 presidential reelection campaign.  —  While the president has yet to formally announce he's running for a second term, he is widely expected …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Insider
Associated Press:
Russian missiles target cities across Ukraine, officials say  —  Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure facilities, Ukrainian officials and media said.  Air raid sirens wailed all over Ukraine, including the capital …
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
To see Russia's secret antiwar art: Meet at a bus stop.  At dark.  Phones off.  —  ST. PETERSBURG — The meeting place to visit the exhibition is an anonymous bus stop opposite a snowy park in the northern Russian city of St. Petersburg at nightfall.  There are no tickets and no website promoting …
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Cori Bush's Bodyguard Says He Can't Be Anti-Semitic Because He's a Jewish High Priest
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Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. probe of beagle breeder Envigo scrutinizes top animal welfare officials' inaction
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
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Discussion: Breitbart
Associated Press:
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Bloomberg:
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Tracy Connor / The Daily Beast:
Video Shows Indicted Ohio Cops Whaling on Helpless Suspects
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Prosecutor's lawsuit against DeSantis gets fast-tracked on appeal
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Now We Have to Worry about Misogynistic Neo-Nazi Jihadist Satanists Infiltrating the Military?
emptywheel:
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Australia expected to buy up to 5 Virginia class submarines as part of AUKUS -sources
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
6-year-old who shot teacher won't face charges, prosecutor says
Kelly Laco / Fox News:
Nine boxes of Biden documents were taken from Boston office
 

 
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