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Washington Post:
Trump lashes out against New York judge who will hear his criminal case  —  New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan also presided over prosecutions of the Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg  —  Former president Donald Trump is quite familiar with New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan …
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Wall Street Journal:
Pandora's Donald Trump Prosecution  —  The first indictment of a former U.S. President is a sad day for America.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  The news late Thursday that a Manhattan grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump is a sad day for the country …
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Adam Schiff: The GOP's Control of the House Adds ‘New Danger’ to Trump Case  —  Rep. Adam Schiff saw some ominous warning signs after Trump was indicted on Thursday. … When news broke on Thursday that former President Donald Trump was criminally indicted in Manhattan, congressional Republicans …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Squealing like a pig’: Paul Begala flattens conservatives whining that Trump indictment is ‘political’  —  Democratic strategist Paul Begala fired back at GOP campaign adviser Alice Stewart on CNN Friday morning after she complained that the indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan District …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
David Gilbert / VICE:
The Far Right Is Calling For Bloody ‘Civil War’ After Trump's Indictment  —  “None of this will stop unless there is blood in the streets,” one Trump supporter wrote on a message board.  —  Minutes after former President Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury in New York …
Matthew Cooper / Washington Monthly:
Trump Indictment: “The Blows Are Coming from Everywhere, and He Is up Against Many Better Boxers”  —  Jennifer Taub, a contributing writer for the Washington Monthly, knows a white-collar financial criminal when she sees one.  A professor at the Western New England University School of Law …
Molly Crane-Newman / New York Daily News:
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg inundated with racist emails, death threats amid Trump indictment; ‘We are everywhere and we have guns’
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Trump to be arraigned Tuesday to face New York indictment
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Smash some windows’: Lindsey Graham makes bizarre suggestions for Trump in face of indictment
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
FACT CHECK: George Soros Insists He Didn't Contribute to DA Who Charged Trump
New York Times:
Fox News Suffers Major Setback in Its Defamation Case  —  The judge said the case would still need to proceed to trial, for a jury to weigh whether Fox News spread false claims about Dominion Voting Systems, and to determine any damages.  —  Fox News suffered a significant setback on Friday …
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Judge refuses to dismiss the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against Fox News  —  The case will now head to trial in mid-April.  —  A judge denied granting summary judgment to Fox News in its attempt to get Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit thrown out Friday, meaning the case will go to trial in mid-April.
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Dominion wins rare judgment against Fox News on every legal issue but actual malice before blockbuster trial  —  In a “rare” ruling, Dominion Voting Systems scored blockbuster victories against Fox News on multiple issues before their upcoming blockbuster trial next month.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: White House won't pay for Twitter verification  —  The White House will not pay to have its staff's official Twitter profiles continue to be verified, according to guidance issued to staffers via an email obtained by Axios. … Verification, combined with the designated Twitter profiles …
US Department of Justice:
Social Media Influencer Douglass Mackey Convicted of Election Interference in 2016 Presidential Race  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York  —  Defendant Attempted to Suppress Vote Through Social Media Disinformation Campaign
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Joshua Yaffa / New Yorker:
The Unimaginable Horror of a Friend's Arrest in Moscow  —  It's painful and surreal to write these words: Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, is being held by Russian authorities on espionage charges.  —  On Wednesday, the Russian state security service, the F.S.B., arrested my friend Evan.
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Wall Street Journal:
Evan Gershkovich Loved Russia, the Country That Turned on Him  —  The Wall Street Journal correspondent, whose parents fled the Soviet Union, made Moscow a second home.  He was detained by the FSB and charged with espionage, an allegation the Journal vehemently denies.  —  The cellphone was no longer pinging.
Hope King / Axios:
More Twitter chaos on the way  —  Blue checks that we've come to associate with authenticity, trustworthiness and prominence on Twitter are set to disappear tomorrow from accounts that won't pay for the badges. … - For the past 14 of Twitter's 17 years of existence, the badge has served as a sieve …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Fetterman Checks Out of Hospital After Treatment for Depression  —  In a statement, he announced his departure from Walter Reed Military Medical Center and urged those suffering from mental health challenges to seek help as he did.  —  WASHINGTON — Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania …
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David Sivak / Washington Examiner:
Fetterman discharged from Walter Reed, depression now in remission
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Tensions Flare Inside NPR After Staff Layoffs and Town Halls  —  Welcome back to Thursday and to Soundbite.  This week we're looking at the scene inside NPR since the organization's layoffs last week.  As always, if you have something to share, reach me through email, and if you haven't yet subscribed …
Discussion: HotAir, RedState and Forbes
New York Times:
'Thousands of Dollars for Something I Didn't Do'  —  Because of a bad facial recognition match and other hidden technology, Randal Reid spent nearly a week in jail, falsely accused of stealing purses in a state he said he had never even visited.  —  On the Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving …
Discussion: TechCrunch
Financial Times:
Why are Americans dying so young?  —  US life expectancy is in freefall as the young and the poor bear the brunt of struggles for shared prosperity  —  I'm not sure people on my side of the Atlantic fully appreciate quite how much better off the average American is than the average European.
Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal:
Google Co-Founder, Other Billionaires Are Issued Subpoenas in Lawsuit Over JPMorgan's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein  —  Sergey Brin, Thomas Pritzker, Mortimer Zuckerman and Michael Ovitz are asked for information in U.S. Virgin Islands' civil suit against bank  —  The U.S. Virgin Islands issued subpoenas …
Discussion: Forbes and CNBC
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
GOP Strategist and Epstein Fanboy Convicted of Teen Sex Trafficking  —  Anton Lazzaro, a Ferrari-driving operative who boasted of his connections to Trump, sexually abused high school girls who he plied with alcohol, prosecutors said.  —  Anton Lazzaro, a wannabe playboy on Instagram who used …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
Medicare Delays a Full Crackdown on Private Health Plans  —  After intense lobbying by insurers, U.S. health officials say curbs aimed at overbilling by Medicare Advantage will be eased in over 3 years.  —  The Biden administration on Friday finalized new rules meant to cut …
Discussion: STAT, VTDigger and The Hill
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Are Losing Faith in College Education, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds  —  Confidence in value of a degree plummeted among women and senior citizens during pandemic  —  How Repaying Student Loans Is Changing—Dramatically  —  How Repaying Student Loans Is Changing—Dramatically
Robert Plummer / BBC:
Andrew Tate and brother to be moved to house arrest  —  Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are to be moved from custody to house arrest with immediate effect, a Romanian judge has ruled.  —  The ruling by the Court of Appeal in Bucharest replaces …
 
 
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Matt Sepic / MPR News:
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David Badash / Alternet.org:
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Maria Case / The New York Times Company:
Statement from a coalition of news organizations regarding the detention of WSJ's Evan Gershkovich in Russia.
Tabia Lee / Compact:
A Black DEI Director Canceled by DEI
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