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10:20 AM ET, March 21, 2023

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Inside the 3 Months That Could Cost Fox $1.6 Billion  —  The decision by Fox News executives in November 2020 to treat the more hard-right Newsmax as a mortal threat spawned a possibly more serious danger.  —  Since 2002, when Fox News first overtook CNN as the most-watched cable news channel …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fox News producer files explosive lawsuits against the network, alleging she was coerced into providing misleading Dominion testimony  —  New York CNN —  A Fox News producer on Monday filed a pair of explosive lawsuits against the right-wing talk channel, alleging that the network's lawyers coerced …
New York Times:
Fox News Producer's Suit Says Network Set Her Up in Dominion Testimony
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
‘An indictment would help Trump!’ is wholly premature  —  With a decision looming from a New York grand jury and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) regarding an indictment of Donald Trump, possibly for keeping false business records, media coverage has repeated ad nauseam speculation …
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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Rachel Maddow Obliterates The Right's Trump Indictment Hysteria  —  Rachel Maddow shot down the idea that Trump is anything special and that the country will fall into violence if he is indicted.  —  Video of Maddow:  —  Video  —  Rachel Maddow put Trump's indictment into context:
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Make No Mistake, the Investigation of Donald Trump and the Stormy Daniels Scheme Is Serious  —  Though it may be tempting to do so, it is a mistake to assess the Manhattan district attorney's investigation of Donald Trump by comparing its relative severity with those of myriad other crimes possibly committed by him.
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
Just Shut It, Donny  —  Donald Trump's penchant for verbal intemperance is nothing new, but his banishment from Twitter and Facebook after the events of January 6, 2021, has had the effect, perhaps, of anesthetizing us to just how outright emotionally incontinent he has become in his post-presidential dotage …
Erica Orden / Politico:
By-the-book DA confronts unpredictable opponent in Trump Progressive policies pushed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg have made him a convenient target …
New York Times:
For the G.O.P., a Looming Trump Indictment Takes Center Stage
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 20, 2023  —  As rumors swirl about what may be an upcoming indictment …
Discussion: Twitchy
The Hill:
Trump overshadows House GOP celebration of wins at annual retreat
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Fox News:
Trump probe: law enforcement don't expect arraignment until next week, virtual option not considered
Washington Post:
Video shows Va. deputies pile on top of Irvo Otieno before his death  —  Seven sheriff's deputies and three hospital workers have been charged with murder in the case.  —  As many as 10 sheriff's deputies and medical staff at Virginia's Central State Hospital can be seen piling on top …
Discussion: New York Times and CBS News
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Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
Video shows Virginia deputies and medical workers appearing to pile on top of Irvo Otieno before his death  —  Video capturing some of the final moments in the life of Irvo Otieno — the Virginia man whose death led to murder charges against seven deputies — shows several officers …
Discussion: CBS News, WRIC-TV and Reason
Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
George W. Bush misrepresented our work at CIA to sell the Iraq invasion.  It's time to call him what he is: ‘A liar.’ … Alice: Nobody in Washington comes out and calls Bush a liar.  Everybody is too polite.  They use some other term for what he did.  But he lied.  I want to be clear about what I mean by that.
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
“Complicit enablers”: 20 years later, the press corps has learned nothing
Discussion: Common Dreams
New York Times:
Comer, Republicans' Investigative Chief, Embraces Role of Biden Antagonist  —  The fourth-term Kentuckian and chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee has become an aggressive promoter of sinister-sounding claims about the president and his family.
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the C.D.C. as the Pandemic Erupted  —  Current and former employees recall rising desperation as Trump administration officials squelched research into the new coronavirus.  —  In early March 2020, as the nation succumbed to a pandemic, a group of young scientists walked …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The war on drag shows  —  On February 3, the State of Florida filed an administrative complaint against the operators of the Plaza Live theater in Orlando for hosting a drag show.  According to the complaint, the drag show performed on December 28, 2022, at Plaza Live included …
Washington Post:
Drone strikes, sabotage, shelling: Russia's war on Ukraine comes to Russia  —  Three drones buzzed through the night sky on Feb. 27 over Belgorod, a Russian city just a couple dozen miles from the Ukrainian border.  One drone smashed through the window of a sixth-floor apartment, startling a couple who were watching television.
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The Economist:
Ukraine is betting on drones to strike deep into Russia
Discussion: TASS
KAMR:
WTAMU President provides reasoning on canceling on-campus drag show in letter to students, staff, faculty  —  CANYON, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) - According to a social media post from Open and Affirming Congregations of the Texas Panhandle, which phrased Wendler's letter as “disappointing and infuriating …
Discussion: Reason
Bloomberg:
US Studies Ways to Guarantee All Bank Deposits If Crisis Expands  —  US officials are studying ways they might temporarily expand Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. coverage to all deposits, a move sought by a coalition of banks arguing that it's needed to head off a potential financial crisis.
Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
Judge blocks California law requiring safety features for handguns  —  A federal judge on Monday blocked California from enforcing a state law requiring new semiautomatic handguns to have certain safety features, finding it violates the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Nobody Likes Mike Pence  —  “It's over.  It's retirement time.”  —  Mike Pence is making little secret of his presidential ambitions.  He's written his book, he's assembling his team, he's mastered the art of the coy non-denial when somebody asks (in between trips to Iowa) if he's running.
Discussion: New York Times and NewsNation
Anya Zoledziowski / VICE:
‘Under His Wings’: Leaked Emails Reveal an Anti-Trans ‘Holy War’  —  Leaked emails from anti-trans lobbyists and state lawmakers read, at times, like scripts from The Handmaid's Tale.  —  Anya Zoledziowski  —  “Under His wings,” one lobbyist wrote in an email.
Associated Press:
Trump loses last bid to keep key evidence out of rape trial  —  NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump's effort to keep key evidence out of his civil rape trial next month was rejected by a federal judge Monday.  —  Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan ruled that key witnesses will be allowed …
Discussion: Reuters, Insider, CNBC, The Hill and ABC News
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Watergate prosecutor reveals how Robert Costello just opened Trump up to even more charges  —  Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman joined Michel Cohen on MSNBC Monday following a press conference by Donald Trump ally Bob Costello who appeared before a Manhattan grand jury.
Associated Press:
Gun used in kidnapping of Americans in Mexico came from US  —  A man who admitted to purchasing firearms that he knew would be going from the U.S. to a Mexican drug cartel has been arrested in Texas after the discovery that one of the weapons was linked to the deadly kidnapping of four Americans, according federal court records.
Discussion: New York Post and BorderReport
Matthew Loh / Insider:
Donald Trump wants his ‘74 million’ supporters to sign a petition railing against his potential arrest.  Those who sign it are asked to donate $3,300 and more.  — Donald Trump emailed voters on Monday asking them to sign a petition protesting his possible arrest.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
 
 
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STAT:
‘That scares me’: New childhood obesity guidelines still face a long road to consensus
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Gloria Oladipo / The Guardian:
Idaho hospital will stop delivering babies as doctors flee state due to abortion ban
Discussion: The Hill, Insider and Balloon Juice
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets
Discussion: CNN and New York Post
Tori Otten / New Republic:
South Carolina Abortion Bill Loses Co-Sponsors After Death Penalty Backlash
HuffPost:
Dismal Crowd At NYC Trump Rally Despite Ex-Prez's Call For Action As Arrest Looms
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Geoff Ziezulewicz / Navy Times:
Petty officer died on secret mission after a roof collapse
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Who's Behind the Judicial Overhaul Now Dividing Israel? Two New Yorkers.
Discussion: Axios
Nikki Haley / Wall Street Journal:
China Wins if Russia Conquers Ukraine
Linda Carroll / NBC News:
Deadly fungal infection spreading at an alarming rate, CDC says
Josephine Lee / The Texas Observer:
Houston ISD Takeover Is a Trojan Horse for Privatization
Discussion: Off the Kuff
Te-Ping Chen / Wall Street Journal:
Job Listings Abound, but Many Are Fake
Discussion: Associated Press
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Rupert Murdoch engaged to Ann Lesley Smith
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles take minority stakes in The Daily Beast; Sherwood will be CEO and publisher, and Coles will be chief creative and content officer

Laurence Peter / BBC:
Russia's Ministry of Justice labels BBC Russian correspondent Ilya Barabanov and science reporter Asya Kazantseva as “foreign agents”; both now live abroad

Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: Disney plans old-style TV channels within Disney+, with a continuous, scheduled stream of shows that are focused on certain genres like Star Wars
 
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