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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’ — Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Department of Justice is considering bringing charges after a now-fired Office Depot employee refused to print flyers advertising a vigil for Charlie Kirk.
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HotAir, The Hill, The Independent, The Daily Caller, LGBTQ Nation and Fox News
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Erica Orden / Politico:
Sotomayor rebukes calls to ‘criminalize free speech’ in apparent swipe at Pam Bondi … “There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society,” Bondi said. She added that “we will absolutely target you …
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The Hill, Jewish Insider, Daily Caller News Foundation and Mediaite
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Pam Bondi's Ridiculous 24 Hours — It has not been a good 24 hours for Pam Bondi, the attorney general of the United States. Yesterday, on the Katie Miller Podcast, Bondi said: … Actually, she won't. She won't “target” or “go after” anyone for “hate speech,” because, legally …
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Trump Threatens ABC's Jon Karl to His Face Amid Grilling on ‘Hate Speech’ Crackdown
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Raw Story, New York Sun, New York Daily News, New Republic, IJR and NewsMax.com
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Cruz says First Amendment ‘absolutely protects hate speech’ in wake of Charlie Kirk killing
Cruz says First Amendment ‘absolutely protects hate speech’ in wake of Charlie Kirk killing
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
“Libertarian” Rand Paul Calls for National Crackdown Over Charlie Kirk
“Libertarian” Rand Paul Calls for National Crackdown Over Charlie Kirk
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Adam Kinzinger
Ryan King / New York Post:
Bondi takes heat from the right after vowing to prosecute ‘hate speech’: ‘We will absolutely target you’
Bondi takes heat from the right after vowing to prosecute ‘hate speech’: ‘We will absolutely target you’
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NBC News, The Free Press, Axios, The Hill, The Bulwark, The Daily Beast, FIRE, New Republic, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Post Millennial, NewsMax.com, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Louder With Crowder
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing — The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
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The Verge
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Kirk Crackdown Is Underway — President Trump and his allies are capitalizing on the assassination of Charlie Kirk to open up fresh attacks on liberal institutions, donors and foundations. They seek to portray many on the left as traitors. — Appearing on Kirk's podcast on Monday …
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MSNBC, CNN, USA Today, The Cross Section and The Federalist
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Republicans embrace speech limits — President Trump and MAGA spent years lampooning censorship, discrimination against conservatives, and progressive “cancel culture.” — Now in power — and riding an outpouring of grief and fury over Charlie Kirk's tragic killing — they're enforcing speech codes to punish ideological opponents.
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The Hill, Reason, The Intellectualist, Washington Post and PennLive
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Wall Street Journal:
Workers Are Getting Fired Over Posts Mocking Charlie Kirk's Death — Campaigns to alert employers to contentious posts are posing new challenges for bosses; ‘This is very different’ from past political controversies at work — Workers across the country who've mocked Charlie Kirk's death online …
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Washington Post, Axios, New York Sun and Reason
Politico:
Carr splits from the GOP's social media crackdown after Kirk killing
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Washington Examiner, Techdirt, NewsMax.com and Daily Kos
David Ingram / NBC News:
Musk's posts take a dark, inflammatory turn after Charlie Kirk killing
Musk's posts take a dark, inflammatory turn after Charlie Kirk killing
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NewsMax.com and PinkNews
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89 — He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power. — Robert Redford in 2013. With a distaste for Hollywood's dumb-it-down approach to moviemaking …
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Bob Thomas / Associated Press:
Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor, director and indie patriarch, dies at 89
Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor, director and indie patriarch, dies at 89
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Axios, NBC News, New York Times, Politico, Daily Mail, CBS News, al.com, Rolling Stone, New York Post, Advocate, CBC News, The Daily Caller, KSTP-TV, Reuters, Palm Beach Post, Newsweek, New York Daily News, The Wrap, The Hill, Fortune, Breitbart, MovieMaker Magazine, The Forward, Al Jazeera, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, Deseret News, Salt Lake Tribune, El País and israelhayom.com
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Trump Sues The New York Times for Articles Questioning His Success — The lawsuit, filed by the president in federal court in Florida, claims The Times defamed him and sought to undermine his campaign in the 2024 election. — President Trump accused The New York Times and four of its reporters …
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Reuters, MSNBC, Washington Post, Politico, New Republic, NBC News, Election Law Blog, Raw Story and CBS News, more at Mediagazer »
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Trump files $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times
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The Washington Free Beacon, New Republic, NPR, The Guardian, Fox News, Business Insider, New Jersey Online, Deadline, RedState, Mercury News, RUMBLE, The Daily Signal, Blaze Media, The Daily Caller, Reuters, New York Sun, Breitbart, Washington Times, Associated Press, Townhall, The Independent, Raw Story, Axios, Variety, TMZ.com, Al Jazeera, israelhayom.com, The Hollywood Reporter, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill and American Greatness
Danielle Ofri / New York Times:
Kennedy Said He Wouldn't Take Away Vaccines. This Week Will Be the Test. — I was recently counseling a patient who was planning to become pregnant. In addition to prenatal vitamins, I discussed the vaccines recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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The Guardian and STAT
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Seth J. Frantzman / Jerusalem Post:
UN accuses Israel of genocide after IDF begins Gaza City invasion — Trump says Israel won't be hitting Qatar again • Netanyahu informed Trump before Israel bombed Qatar • Netanyahu says Qatar leading isolation efforts — EU executive will adopt new sanctions against Israel on Wednesday, spokesperson says
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Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urges global action
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Reuters, CBS News, CNN, Al Jazeera, RTÉ, The Moderate Voice, Boston.com, JURISTnews, Associated Press, Politico, Middle East Monitor, Washington Examiner, UPI, New York Times and Bloomberg
Nick Cumming-Bruce / New York Times:
Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza, U.N. Inquiry Says
Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza, U.N. Inquiry Says
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Unpopular Front, RTÉ and Middle East Monitor
Zachary Pleat / Media Matters for America:
Fox continued Trump's campaign to fire Fed board member Lisa Cook just before reports seemed to exonerate her — The Trump administration and Fox have accused Cook of mortgage fraud as part of a long-running effort to influence or seize control of the Fed
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Reuters, Deseret News and Democracy Docket
New York Times:
A ‘Broken’ Trust: F.B.I. Agents Fired by Patel Speak Out — The two agents' accounts offer an inside view of a bureau buffeted by politics and upheaval, adding to the scrutiny of the F.B.I. director as he prepares to testify to Congress. — The two agents' accounts offer an inside view …
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NBC News, Associated Press, New Republic and Raw Story
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NBC News:
Trump administration live updates: FBI Director Kash Patel questioned on Charlie Kirk case, Epstein and alleged ‘enemies list’
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Axios, Washington Times, The Hill, Mediaite, CBS News, Newsweek, Bloomberg, New Jersey Online, PBS NewsHour, The Daily Caller, New Republic, NewsMax.com, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com, al.com and Reuters
Ryan Lucas / NPR:
FBI Director Patel testifies on Capitol Hill amid questions over his leadership
FBI Director Patel testifies on Capitol Hill amid questions over his leadership
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CBS News, The Hill, Mediaite, PBS NewsHour, Washington Times, Fox News, MSNBC and The Daily Caller
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump Says US Military Hit Third Drug Boat From Venezuela — US President Donald Trump said the US military had “knocked off” a third drug boat from Venezuela, despite the Pentagon so far only detailing two such strikes. — “Stop sending drugs into the United States,” …
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New York Times, Washington Times, New York Post, The Sun, Wall Street Journal and CBS News
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump-MAGA Fury Drove a Georgia GOPer Into Exile. He Just Struck Back. — In the wake of President Trump's failed violent insurrection on January 6, 2021, a major target of his fury was Geoff Duncan. As the lieutenant governor of Georgia, Duncan was one of the few Republicans in the country …
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Washington Post and New York Times
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Former Republican Geoff Duncan enters Georgia governor's race as Democrat
Former Republican Geoff Duncan enters Georgia governor's race as Democrat
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Washington Examiner, NBC News, Fox News, New Jersey Online, Washington Post, WTOP News, The Hill, WAGA-TV and HuffPost
Ken Dilanian / MSNBC:
Trump's deportations divert FBI agents off child predator cases — Officials warn that President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is leaving domestic terrorists, including online extremists who prey on children, unpoliced. — President Donald Trump's promise to carry out the …
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Raw Story
Politico:
Thune mocks Schumer's shutdown stance: He ‘knows where my office is’ — Senate Majority Leader John Thune responded tartly to his Democratic counterpart's calls for “bipartisan negotiations” ahead of an approaching government shutdown deadline Tuesday, underscoring the posturing that has marked the process thus far.
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The Hill and NewsMax.com
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump and the limits to British flattery — Keir Starmer might be tempted to hymn ‘shared values’ but such talk rings increasingly hollow — “I am sure we can get along if he doesn't try to give me too much soft soap,” Harry S Truman said of Winston Churchill.
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Bloomberg, The Hill and New York Times
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Trump heads to U.K. for carefully choreographed state visit
Trump heads to U.K. for carefully choreographed state visit
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New York Times, The Independent, NewsMax.com, Wall Street Journal, Deseret News, Al Jazeera, El País, ABC News, UPI, Associated Press, The Guardian and CNBC
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will run for a third term in 2026 — The Democrat, who was his party's vice presidential nominee in 2024, made the announcement Tuesday morning. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday announced that he would seek re-election to a third term in 2026.
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Associated Press, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Roll Call, NewsMax.com, UPI, New York Post, WNYW-TV, CBS News, The Guardian, New Jersey Online, The Daily Caller and MPR News
TMZ.com:
Fake Charlie Kirk Shooter Hit With Child Porn Charges — FAKE CHARLIE KIRK SHOOTER SLAPPED WITH KIDDIE PORN CHARGES ... After Confessing to FBI — The man accused of obstructing the Charlie Kirk murder probe is in even more hot water ... he's now been charged with possessing child porn.
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FOX 13 News Utah, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Financial Times:
Donald Trump tilts balance of power from investors to CEOs — President's call to scrap quarterly reports comes as SEC considers curbing shareholder lawsuits — Donald Trump's administration was shifting the balance of power from shareholders to company bosses even before the president …
Politico:
Georgia Supreme Court declines to hear Fani Willis' appeal of her removal from Trump election case … Willis said she disagreed with the court's decision, but would direct her office to make the case file and evidence available to the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia so it can appoint a new prosecutor to replace her.
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MSNBC, New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WAGA-TV, Fox News, New York Post, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Capital B News, NewsMax.com, Ace of Spades HQ, RUMBLE, Newsweek, The Post Millennial, Raw Story, The Federalist, UPI, Breitbart, Washington Times, The Daily Caller and New York Sun
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Fired By The Post … Last Thursday, on September 11, Karen Attiah was walking out of a martial arts class when she noticed a missed call from a Washington, D.C., number. Before she could figure out who had tried to reach her, an email landed in her inbox.
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HotAir, Blocked and Reported, Poynter and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Another massive Trump corruption scandal for right-wing media to bury — How many orders of magnitude worse is Trump's corruption than various Hunter Biden claims the right said justified his father's impeachment: An investigation — President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement …
Jackie Fortiér / KFF Health News:
RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Panel Expected To Recommend Delaying Hepatitis B Shot for Children — A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently replaced by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to vote to recommend delaying until age 4 …
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New York Post, New York Times and NPR
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
A DHS Data Hub Exposed Sensitive Intel to Thousands of Unauthorized Users — A misconfigured platform used by the Department of Homeland Security left national security information—including some related to the surveillance of Americans—accessible to thousands of people.
New York Times:
Live Updates: Israel Launches Ground Offensive in Gaza City — The ground operation and intensifying Israeli bombardment risk deepening the humanitarian crisis in a war that has already killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. — Here's the latest. — The Israeli military said on Tuesday …
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Al Jazeera, Reuters, UPI, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and Jewish Insider

