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Peter Applebome / New York Times:
Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84 — An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and seeking the presidency. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.”
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Sophia Tareen / Associated Press:
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84 — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, has died.
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Zoe Christen Jones / CBS News:
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader who ran for president, dies at age 84 — Add CBS News on Google — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, has died, his family says. He was 84.
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Politico:
Jesse Jackson dies at 84 — With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray — BREAKING THIS MORNING: “Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84,” by NYT's Peter Applebome: “The Rev. Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and populist vision …
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Char Adams / NBC News:
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84
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Edward Walsh / Washington Post:
Jesse Jackson, a leading African American voice on global stage, dies at 84
Jesse Jackson, a leading African American voice on global stage, dies at 84
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
I covered Jesse Jackson's 1988 campaign. The racism he faced was undisguised.
I covered Jesse Jackson's 1988 campaign. The racism he faced was undisguised.
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Trish Bendix / New York Times:
Colbert Doesn't Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS — “And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this,” Stephen Colbert said after CBS canceled a Texas congressman's appearance on Monday's “Late Show.” … ‘FCC You’
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Matt Webb Mitovich / LateNighter:
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Amid FCC Scrutiny, Posts Interview on YouTube Instead — FCC chair Brendan Carr's threatened revisiting of the Equal Time rule has come to fruition, forcing CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to not air an interview with Democratic politician James Talarico.
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Tom Tapp / Deadline:
Stephen Colbert Defies CBS, Says Network Banned Him From Interviewing James Talarico On ‘The Late Show’ — At the top of his show tonight, Stephen Colbert introduced the Late Show band, announced guest Jennifer Garner and then asked the audience, “You know who is not one of my guests tonight?”
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Cooper's Final Minutes … On Monday evening, as the media class wrapped up its three-day Presidents' Day weekend, a bombshell development sent shockwaves across the industry. Anderson Cooper, Lachlan Cartwright reported, had declined to sign a new agreement with CBS News …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump somehow got worse on public health after covid — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 — In the Trump administration's latest assault on public health, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s crankified FDA refused …
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Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
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Jessica Yellin / News Not Noise:
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem's DHS Luxury Jet Scandal — For daily news updates and analysis, be sure to follow us on Instagram. If you are able to support independent journalism, please make a tax-deductible donation to News Not Noise here. — Today, we lead with something sure …
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Wonkette
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis shootings … Days before, Vitello was informed that the use of force in the first two weeks of March alone had quadrupled compared with the same timeframe the year before, per another email.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan — Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month. In the ad, Barr speaks directly to the camera and declares, “It's not a sin to be white.”
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Judge orders slavery exhibit to be restored after Trump administration removal — On Presidents' Day, a federal judge says Trump can't remove displays about slavery from a George Washington-related site in Philadelphia. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Monday ordered the Trump administration …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibits to the President's House
Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibits to the President's House
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Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump Sought Vast Budget Cuts. Congress Granted Few. … Shortly after returning to office, President Trump embarked on an aggressive campaign to pare back the core functions of the federal government, unveiling a budget that proposed some of the steepest spending reductions in U.S. history.
Mike Allen / Axios:
How Trump saved TikTok: Backstory of a 2-year campaign — President Trump had just won reelection and was basking in the parade of congratulatory pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago. On this day in November 2024, an old friend and a first-time visitor were meeting privately with Trump.
NBC News:
Noem's use of Coast Guard resources strains her relationship with the military branch, sources say — Some early decisions by the Homeland security secretary, including to divert Coast Guard resources from a search-and-rescue mission to the deportation of migrants, set the tone early.
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Jessica Parker / BBC:
Hillary Clinton accuses Trump administration of Epstein files ‘cover-up’ in BBC interview — Hillary Clinton has accused President Donald Trump's administration of a “cover-up” over its handling of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. — “Get the files out.
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Stephanie Koithan / San Antonio Current:
Two-month-old baby ‘choking on his own vomit’ while detained in Dilley — ‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.
Reuters:
New Mexico approves comprehensive probe of Epstein's Zorro Ranch — New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Steve Bannon Is in Trouble—and It Has Nothing to Do With Epstein — PERPETUAL TRUMPWORLD FIGURE Steve Bannon is taking a lot of heat this month as newly released Jeffrey Epstein files show he maintained close ties with the notorious sex trafficker, even after many of Epstein's worst crimes were exposed.
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Tom Pritzker, Citing Epstein Connection, Steps Down as Hyatt's Executive Chairman — The member of a prominent and wealthy family, Mr. Pritzker was in regular contact with the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. — Thomas J. Pritzker, a billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune …
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Republican congressman's anti-Muslim remark prompts calls for his resignation — Rep. Randy Fine's post on X drew fire from Democrats and a major Islamic civil rights group. — Listen to this article with a free account — Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., prompted calls for his resignation …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Took On Recession, Health Care and Iraq. What He Didn't See Coming Was Trump. — A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that would ultimately replace him with a successor they considered a “con man,” “clown” and “laughingstock.”
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Washington Post:
The Epstein files have brought a wave of resignations and investigations — The many powerful people facing consequences since the latest release. — It has been more than two weeks since the latest tranche of files related to deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein was released by the Justice Department …
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Why Democrats Should Run Against the Epstein Class — Avoiding the false choices that plague Democratic messaging. — For going on nine months, the Trump Administration's efforts to cover up the Epstein scandal have been the biggest story in American politics.
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New York Sun
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Hegseth forces ouster of senior Army spokesman in latest internal clash — It marks the defense secretary's latest move to force out an officer who worked for retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, a target of President Donald Trump's. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has forced the ouster …
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Fox News:
Multiple people shot at Rhode Island ice rink in domestic violence-related murder-suicide — A source told Fox News that the gunman killed his wife and shot his children during a domestic violence incident — A shooting at a Rhode Island ice rink on Monday left three people dead …
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