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Aidan McLaughlin
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New York, NYJoined May 2010
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Despite rave reviews and a bipartisan push, C-SPAN is still pressing for increased control over cameras in the Capitol.
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Deleted a tweet about GB News host Mark Steyn being fined by Ofcom because it seems the regulator has yet to impose sanctions on the network
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"The fact is that 226 million people received their primary series, and 94 percent of people over 65 got vaccinated. When’s the last time 226 million people agreed on anything, did anything?"
Interesting exit interview with Dr. David Kessler.
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Damn, missed this: The shooting outside Lee Zeldin's house ended in a major gang bust with 148 indictments against 18 defendants for crimes including a murder, six shootings and 7 stolen French bulldog puppies. The puppies were never found
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Weekend : so much for “fake news”.
After hibernation from mainstream media, House Rs roaring back onto CNN, MS, networks.
Dramatic shift started with election & shifted into high gear during speaker vote-a-rama.
McCarthy more open than ever.
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Trump says he won't use the powers of the presidency, if reelected, to punish people, though "I would be entitled to a revenge tour."
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Boris Johnson on Tucker Carlson's defenses of Putin: "Bad ideas are starting to infect some of the thinking around the world about what Putin stands for."
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DOJ arrests former ABC News producer James Gordon Meek on a child pornography charge. The FBI raid on his home last year led to (incorrect) speculation it was related to his national security reporting
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Well, after an incredible 1.5 years, BDG has decided it is done with Gawker 2.0. Can't say enough about how proud I am of the site and all the brilliant people who worked to create it, and what a staggering shame this is. I had an absolute blast, and I love you.
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Still sort of wild to watch purportedly serious people say Trump *should* be president again after his first term ended with January 6
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., who ran against California Gov. Newsom, told he's considering a White House bid
He will decide by "end of March," has visited Iowa & New Hampshire, and would campaign on two things:
"Fathers in the home" and "debunking this lie about systemic racism"
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New: I followed George Santos to get a glimpse of what life is like on the Hill for him. 16 hours, 27,000 steps, and several donuts later, it’s clear the political purgatory he’s gotten himself is a brutal place to inhabit — despite his defiance.
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SCOOP : Chris Licht has approached his old colleague Gayle King to pitch her on hosting a prime time interview show that would still allow her to host ‘CBS Mornings.’ It could be just the sort of narrative-changing move he needs. Will she take it?
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Tucker Carlson says Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt was "murdered far more clearly" by police than Tyre Nichols
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ABC News chief Kim Godwin’s internal memo announcing departure of Amy Robach and TJ Holmes
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Good lord...
"PAUL PELOSI: He thinks everything’s good, I’ve got a problem. But he thinks everything’s good.
911: Okay. Call us back if you change your mind."
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This detail in the retracted NBC/Today show report was incorrect.
Pelosi did not walk “several feet” back toward assailant—a detail that made it seem he could have easily escaped.
From the moment the door is opened, both men are clutching the same hammer.
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WARNING: GRAPHIC 
Here's the body cam footage of Paul Pelosi being attacked by David DePape while the police fail to act
Here's the body cam footage of Paul Pelosi being attacked by David DePape while the police fail to act1
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"If we really want to end this war, Joe Biden, you need to call Donald Trump. Donald Trump will call Vladimir Putin and end this war" — member of the US congress
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New ep of The Interview: I spoke with about the toll of covering mass shootings and the unanswered questions in Uvalde
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In the last six months, Gannett has laid off or bought out almost every journalist at the St. Cloud Times, a newspaper covering a metro area of 200,000. In May, there were 9 employees — by January, only one reporter was left.
Now, there are 0. My story:
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News: Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch "have determined that a combination" of Fox and News Corp. "is not optimal for shareholders" at this time.
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After Khashoggi's murder, 'Trump sent Pompeo to reassure the crown prince of America’s support — and to give “the middle finger to the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other bed-wetters who didn’t have a grip on reality.”'
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The sanctions against Trump and his lawyer didn’t just call out his use of frivolous lawsuits as a fundraising and energizing tactic, it also eviscerated his false narrative about the Russia probe.
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“Isn’t it true,” an attorney asked, “that you also referred to the use of mail-in ballots as a hoax?”
“Yeah, I do. Sure,” Trump replied. “I think they’re very dishonest."
Then the lawyer struck: “Isn’t it true that you yourself have voted by mail?”
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The Daily Wire wanted to pay Steven Crowder more than Fox News pays Tucker Carlson
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There's a big feud breaking out tonight between two of the biggest names in right-wing media. It pits Steven Crowder against Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire, all over a $50 million offer for Crowder that he found so offensive he leaked the terms of the offer.
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Scoop: Sam Bankman-Fried invested roughly $10 million of Semafor’s $25 million round, making him the company’s biggest outside investor. Semafor is buying back his interest and putting that money into a separate account while it raises new $$$
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Exclusive: Filmmaker Michael Bay is facing charges in Italy related to the killing of a pigeon on the 2018 set of the Netflix blockbuster "6 Underground"
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NEWS: Rupert Murdoch to be deposed under oath by lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems on mornings of Jan 19 & 20th, according to court filings.
It will take place at Fox Studio lot - part of $1.6B defamation suit agst Fox News & Fox Corp over claims of election fraud in 2020.
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"With a $27bn plan in motion to reunite the two halves — Fox and News Corp — one question looms: when the time comes, will the rest of the family let Murdoch's eldest son and chosen heir Lachlan run the show?"
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SCOOP: Noah Oppenheim is leaving NBC News as part of a far-reaching reorganization of the news division.
Rebecca Blumenstein, a top editor at the NYT, is inheriting much of his duties. w/
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SCOOP: Parler's parent-company, Parlement Technologies, has laid off a majority of its staff over the last few weeks. The sudden purge has thrown the future of one of the first alt-social networks into question.
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The worst piece I’ve ever had to write, an unexpected and much-too-soon obituary for my friend and colleague :
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New episode of The Interview: CBS News congressional correspondent on Kevin McCarthy's bruising fight for the speakership, how "Trump wasn't relevant" to the negotiations, and what that means for the Republican Party
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One Baked Alaska Jan. 6 detail: in a sentencing memo submitted by his legal team, they include an allegedly hard-partying environment when he worked at BuzzFeed as the background to his crimes.
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Tucker: This election was rigged — by bad vibes
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