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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80  —  Images of his beating at Selma shocked the nation and led to swift passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; he was called the conscience of the Congress.  —  Representative John Lewis, a son of sharecroppers and an apostle …
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Barack Obama / Medium:
My Statement on the Passing of Rep. John Lewis  —  America is a constant work in progress.  What gives each new generation purpose is to take up the unfinished work of the last and carry it further — to speak out for what's right, to challenge an unjust status quo, and to imagine a better world.
New York Times:
The Radical Resistance of John Lewis  —  Willingness to risk his life for civil rights was essential to the quest for justice.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.
Discussion: The Guardian
Laurence I. Barrett / Washington Post:
John R. Lewis, front-line civil rights leader and eminence of Capitol Hill, dies at 80  —  John R. Lewis, a civil rights leader who preached nonviolence while enduring beatings and jailings during seminal front-line confrontations of the 1960s and later spent more than three decades …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
David Cohen / Politico:
John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies  —  John Lewis, who went from being the youngest leader of the 1963 March on Washington to a long-serving congressman from Georgia and icon of the civil rights movement, died Friday.  He was 80.  —  In December 2019, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
CNN:   Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80
Benjamin Siu / ABC News:
John Lewis, congressman and civil rights icon, dies at 80
Discussion: CNBC, NBC News and The Root
Joshua Jamerson / Wall Street Journal:   John Lewis, U.S. Congressman and Civil Rights Icon, Dies
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
John Lewis, civil rights hero, Georgia congressman, dies at 80
Discussion: Common Dreams
Ryan Haas / OPB:
US Attorney For Oregon Calls For Investigation Into Portland Protester Arrests  —  UPDATE (1:36 p.m. PT) — U.S. Attorney Billy Williams said Friday he wants an investigation into actions of federal officers who have pulled Portland protesters off the street and into unmarked vehicles.
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Ken Klippenstein / The Nation:
The Border Patrol Was Responsible for an Arrest in Portland  —  An internal memo, obtained exclusively by The Nation, details a coordinated program of domestic counterinsurgency.  —  For days, federal agents in unmarked cars have reportedly been snatching Portland protesters off the streets.
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
50 Nights of Unrest in Portland
Discussion: Eschaton, The Root and Breitbart
NPR:   DHS Official On Reports Of Federal Officers Detaining Protesters In Portland, Ore.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   DHS Under Boss: We're Taking This National
CNN:
White House portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush moved from prominent space to rarely used room  —  WH: Trump's doing a lot of things at once amid case surge  —  (CNN)The official portraits of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were removed from the Grand Foyer …
Discussion: Mediaite
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
See You Next Friday: A Farewell Letter  —  The good news is that my last column in this space is not about “cancel culture.”  Well, almost.  I agree with some of the critics that it's a little nuts to say I've just been “canceled,” sent into oblivion and exile for some alleged sin.  I haven't.
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Joe Biden, citing intelligence briefings, warns that Russia, China are engaged in election interference  —  Joe Biden, citing intelligence briefings that he is now receiving, warned Friday night that Russia and China were both actively engaged in trying to sow doubt in the American electoral system.
Discussion: Axios
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Biden Begins Receiving Intel Briefs, Warns of Russian Meddling
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
Rancor between scientists and Trump allies threatens pandemic response as cases surge  —  This week's remarkable character assault by some top White House advisers on Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's leading infectious-disease expert, signified President Trump's hostility toward medical expertise …
Courier-Journal:
Breonna Taylor was briefly alive after police shot her.  But no one tried to treat her  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Just after midnight March 13, three Louisville police officers fired more than 20 bullets into Breonna Taylor's apartment, striking her five times.  —  But she was still alive — at least briefly.
Jim Acosta / CNN:
White House blocks CDC from testifying on reopening schools next week  —  (CNN)The White House is blocking US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield and other officials from the agency from testifying before a House Education and Labor Committee hearing …
Discussion: Common Dreams
Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
St. Louis Gun Couple to Join Friday Night Trump Campaign Event  —  The St. Louis couple at the center of a firestorm over their armed confrontation with a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters will join an official Trump campaign event on Friday night.  —  Mark and Patricia McCloskey …
Des Moines Register:
Joni Ernst: If Trump has a Supreme Court nominee, Senate should hold hearings  —  U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Friday that the Senate should hold hearings on any Supreme Court nomination President Donald Trump might make this year, even if he loses November's election.
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line
New York Times:
Hackers Tell the Story of the Twitter Attack From the Inside  —  Several people involved in the events that took down Twitter this week spoke with The Times.  What might have been a pursuit of Bitcoin spun out of control.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — A Twitter hacking scheme that targeted political …
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump campaign is investigating campaign spending, Parscale contracts  — The Trump campaign has launched an internal audit of spending irregularities during Brad Parscale's tenure as campaign manager.  — Jeff DeWit, the 2020 campaign chief operating officer …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Head of NYPD union gives Fox News interview with QAnon mug in background  —  Ed Mullins during an appearance on Fox News Friday.  A coffee mug with the logo of QAnon sits above his left shoulder in the bottom right of the photo.  —  (CNN)The head of the New York Police Department's second …
Politico:
Graham releases declassified docs on early months of Russia probe  —  A Senate committee released declassified documents Friday suggesting that senior FBI officials were initially skeptical of the emerging narrative early in Donald Trump's presidency that his campaign was in contact with Russian intelligence officers.
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Sharyl Attkisson / Just The News:   New Russia probe memos expose massive errors in NYT anti-Trump story, Steele dossier
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump says 'I don't agree' with CDC director's mask message  —  President Donald Trump on Friday continued muddying his administration's messaging on the use of masks to combat the spread of the coronavirus, saying he disagreed with his CDC director about how effective they would be in stopping COVID-19 …
Discussion: FOX6Now.com and Breitbart
Courier-Journal:
‘People would die’: Andy Beshear blasts Daniel Cameron's effort to block COVID-19 orders  —  Gov. Andy Beshear condemned Attorney General Daniel Cameron's attempt to block all of his past and future executive orders under the COVID-19 state of emergency, calling the action “scary and reckless.”
CNN:
How Dr. Deborah Birx's political skills made her the most powerful person on the coronavirus task force  —  Washington (CNN)As the relationship between Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Donald Trump publicly disintegrated over the past few months, Dr. Deborah Birx, Fauci's former mentee …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Revolution Is Winning  —  Radicals from the 1960s and 1970s now hold powerful positions in government and academia  —  T  —  his is what the revolution looks like.  —  Weather Underground terrorists, who made no secret of being anti-AmeriKKKan “small-c” communists …
Sarah Cristobal / InStyle:
CNN White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins Says, “You've Got To Get Up Before The Tweets”  —  As one of the youngest White House correspondents in the history of CNN, Kaitlan Collins has a resilient nature that has served her well.  —  “I never thought I'd be covering the White House.
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Republicans eye sweeping shield from coronavirus liability  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new plan from Senate Republicans to award businesses, schools, and universities sweeping exemptions from lawsuits arising from inadequate coronavirus safeguards is putting Republicans and Democrats at loggerheads …
Discussion: Reuters and ABC News
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Great American Crackup is underway  —  In 2018, Bob Woodward recounted then-White House chief of staff John Kelly's view of President Trump.  “He's gone off the rails,” Kelly said.  “We're in Crazytown.”  —  Two years later, it feels as if the entire country resides in the Greater Crazytown Metropolitan Area.
 
 
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Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
Trump has been right about China for years
Discussion: Lawfare and The National Interest
Virginia Heffernan / Los Angeles Times:
Column: Republicans are buying guns in response to COVID-19, but they won't wear masks. What?
Spencer Landis / The Daily Caller:
CDC Employees Made More Than 8,000 Federal Contributions To PACs And Politicians Since 2015.
Zach Carter / HuffPost:
New Emails Reveal Warm Relationship Between Kamala Harris And Big Tech
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Rachel Maddow Show’ Scores All-Time High With Mary Trump Interview
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
KJ Edelman / Mediaite:
Fox News Staffers Privately Rail Against ‘White Supremacist Crap’ …
Nathan L. Gonzales / Inside Elections:
Electoral College Outlook: Biden Has the Edge
Margaret Newkirk / Bloomberg:
Georgia Massaged Virus Data to Reopen, Then Voided Mask Orders
 Earlier Items: 
Rachel M. Cohen / The Intercept:
Over 100 Houston Doctors Slam Rep. Dan Crenshaw for “Spreading Dangerous Disinformation” on Coronavirus
Washington Post:
State Department releases cable that launched claims that coronavirus escaped from Chinese lab
Discussion: National Review
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
No Bleach and Dirty Rags: How Some Janitors Are Asked to Keep You Virus-Free
Peter Fimrite / San Francisco Chronicle:
With coronavirus antibodies fading fast, vaccine hopes fade, too
Reuters:
Trump expected to exclude undocumented migrants from U.S. census
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Will there be a ‘Trump Crimes Commission’ if Biden wins in November? There might have to be
David Pugliese / Ottawa Citizen:
Graffiti on monument commemorating Nazi SS division being investigated as a hate crime by police
 

 
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Major news outlets like Fox, MSNBC, and CBS are leveraging their reporters' personal TikTok accounts rather than the companies' own to reach younger audiences

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The Creative Rights in AI Coalition, representing nearly 40 UK creative groups, urges the UK government to protect copyright rules ahead of an AI consultation

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube adds a tool to let creators give authorization to several third parties, including Amazon, Apple, Nvidia, OpenAI, and Meta, to train on their videos

 
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