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House Dem Wears Putin Mask To Hunter Biden Hearing

The Hill reports: Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) donned a rubber mask of Russian President Vladimir Putin on his way to the House Oversight Committee’s hearing investigating Hunter Biden’s business dealings on Wednesday, mocking the GOP effort. Moskowitz told media outside the hearing that he was there to thank Chairman Jim Comer (R-Ky.) “for taking our of all intelligence and using …

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YouTube Requires Disclosure Of AI Usage In Videos

Ars Technica reports: YouTube is rolling out a new requirement for content creators: You must disclose when you’re using AI-generated content in your videos. The disclosure appears in the video upload UI and will be used to power an “altered content” warning on videos. Google previewed the “misleading AI content” policy in November, but the questionnaire is now going live. …

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Hate Group Claims WV Gov Candidate Is Secretly Gay

The Real West Virginia reports: On March 5, a website called The Pittsburgh Observer ran a “story” with the headline, “Moore Capito Could Become West Virginia’s First Gay Governor.” It looks like a legitimate news story. A quick glance at the website shows a handful of other news stories about national politics, a lady being attacked by a bear, and …

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Scott: Canadian Politicians Are Not Welcome In Florida

Florida Politics reports: Florida often hosts so-called “snowbirds” from Canada during the winter months. But U.S. Sen. Rick Scott wants to clip the wings of Canadian elected leaders who may want to visit the state in the wake of a decision to ban arm sales to Israel amid its war with Hamas. “Canada is sending a clear signal of being …

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Feds: Chinese Hackers Are Targeting Water Systems

Cyberscoop reports: The White House sent a stark warning to U.S. governors on Monday that “disabling” cyberattacks targeting water systems are occurring throughout the United States, in what is the Biden administration’s latest plea to state authorities to direct more resources and attention to protecting water utilities. In their letter, the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency invited state …

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RNC Rescinds Offer To Hire QAnon/Homocon Activist

NBC News reports: The Republican National Committee said Tuesday that it will not be hiring conservative activist Scott Presler, who has a large online following and has helped spread a wide range of conspiracies, including about QAnon, in recent years. Presler was director for a group critical of Islam that organized “March Against Sharia” protests and helped plan “stop the …

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19% Of FL Republicans Vote Against Trump In Primary

Newsweek reports: Donald Trump suffered a blow in Tuesday’s primary in Florida, a state he only narrowly won in the 2020 presidential election, after thousands of Republicans refused to vote for him. While the former president won the primary with 910,857 votes, 81.2 percent of the overall share, some 197,000 people, or 17.8 percent, voted for either Nikki Haley or …

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CNN: “Panicked” Trump Is Trying To Sell His Assets

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump is in panic mode as the deadline approaches to secure a half-billion-dollar bond to appeal his civil fraud case in New York, according to multiple sources familiar with his thinking. Privately, Trump had been counting on Chubb, which underwrote his $91.6 million bond to cover the E. Jean Carroll judgment, to come through, but …

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Trump Asks Supreme Court For “Absolute Immunity”

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule that he is absolutely immune from criminal charges stemming from his attempts to subvert the 2020 election. “The president cannot function, and the presidency itself cannot retain its vital independence,” the brief said, “if the president faces criminal prosecution for official acts …

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Home Depot Founder To GOP: “Unite Behind Trump”

“For the first time in my 94 years on earth, I fear for the future of our democracy. I see the federal government using its enormous powers with contempt for the governed instead of with the consent of the governed as our founders envisioned. “Fundamental change in America is occurring by executive order or the force of the government’s police …

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