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WRCB-TV:
Channel 3 crew threatened with arrest after asking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a question during town hall meeting — A Channel 3 reporter and photojournalist were threatened with arrest after asking U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene a question during a town hall meeting in Dalton.
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Parkland Parents: Marjorie Taylor Greene Won't Get Away With Lying About Our Son — Linda Beigel Schulman does not have the luxury of believing in conspiracy theories. She knows that no amount of magical thinking can bring her son back. She knows exactly how long he's been gone.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Inside the White House's new thinking on Covid relief — DRIVING THE DAY — MCCARTHY TRIES TO MAKE NICE WITH TRUMP: House Minority Leader KEVIN MCCARTHY and former President DONALD TRUMP will meet around lunchtime at Mar-a-Lago — a face-to-face we're told McCarthy requested …
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims
Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims
U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez:
Congressman Jimmy Gomez to Introduce Resolution Expelling Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress
Congressman Jimmy Gomez to Introduce Resolution Expelling Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress
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Chris Stirewalt / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: I called Arizona for Biden on Fox News. Here's what I learned — The New York Evening Express was no great shakes as a newspaper. But in 1886, when the New York Times ran the obituary of one of the Express' former owners, Erastus Brooks, it had to give credit where it was due.
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says — The state attorney general, Letitia James, said the Cuomo administration likely omitted thousands of Covid-19 deaths of nursing home residents. — ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State attorney general accused …
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Jake Dima / Washington Examiner:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo faults ‘incompetent government’ for COVID deaths
Gov. Andrew Cuomo faults ‘incompetent government’ for COVID deaths
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Axios, National Review and New York Post
Jordan Pearson / VICE:
Robinhood Stops Users From Trading GameStop Stocks, Other Reddit YOLO Picks — With the market in chaos, even Robinhood has now turned on retail investors pumping dark-horse stocks. — Jordan Pearson — Robinhood, the fee-free investment app that has helped Redditors …
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Under the Hood:
Keeping Customers Informed Through Market Volatility — Our mission at Robinhood is to democratize finance for all. We're proud to have created a platform that has helped everyday people, from all backgrounds, shape their financial futures and invest for the long term.
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New York Times:
GameStop Stock Soars as Reddit Investors Take On Wall St. — GameStop shares have soared 1,700 percent as millions of small investors, egged on by social media, employ a classic Wall Street tactic to put the squeeze — on Wall Street. — A real estate salesman in Valparaiso, Ind. A former line cook from the Bronx.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Republican Party is about doing nothing — The Republican Party, judging from its lack of output in the House and Senate, has little to contribute to the restoration of Americans' health and prosperity. They have essentially no interest in addressing racial inequity or in rooting out domestic terrorism.
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New York Times:
McConnell Was Done With Trump. His Party Said Not So Fast.
McConnell Was Done With Trump. His Party Said Not So Fast.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: What if Democrats don't go through with Trump's trial?
Byron York's Daily Memo: What if Democrats don't go through with Trump's trial?
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Arizona Republic:
Republicans demand audit of Kelli Ward's narrow win for Arizona GOP chair — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez Ronald J. HansenArizona Republic — After months of sounding the alarm on what she claimed was a stolen presidential election, Kelli Ward is facing questions about her own reelection Saturday as Arizona Republican Party chair.
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J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2022 Senate Races: Initial Ratings — On a potentially limited playing field, both parties look to expand past their current 50 seats — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Republicans will be defending more Senate seats than Democrats in 2022, but both sides have some potential pickup opportunities …
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Betraying Your Church—And Your Party — How Representative Adam Kinzinger, an evangelical Republican, decided to vote for impeachment—and start calling out his church — the letter writer's message was clear: Representative Adam Kinzinger is doing the devil's work, and he is possessed by demons.
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Kinzinger: Voting to impeach Trump ‘could very well be terminal to my career’
Kinzinger: Voting to impeach Trump ‘could very well be terminal to my career’
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Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Republican Rep. Kinzinger: I voted to impeach ‘knowing ... it could very well be terminal to my career’
Republican Rep. Kinzinger: I voted to impeach ‘knowing ... it could very well be terminal to my career’
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Fox News, Los Angeles Times and IJR
Oversight Board:
Announcing the Oversight Board's first case decisions — Today, the Oversight Board is announcing its first decisions. — In the five case decisions published today, the Board overturned four of Facebook's decisions, upheld one and issued nine policy recommendations to the company.
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Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
What happened when a beloved mom influencer donated to Trump — Taking Cara Babies taught her 1.3 million followers how to get their babies to sleep. Then her political affiliations sparked a social media meltdown. — SHARE All sharing options — This story is part of a group of stories called
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Twitter's priceless gift to Biden — As he entered his first week in office, President Joe Biden was handed a priceless gift: the blissful sound of former President Donald Trump's Twitter silence. — Gone are the pre-dawn tirades, the all-caps declarations, the “Sleepy Joe” mocking …
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Washington Post:
2020 was the worst year for economic growth since the Second World War — New federal data offers comprehensive snapshot of a year marred by staggering job losses, waves of small-business closures and mounting inequality — The U.S. economy shrank by 3.5 percent last year …
Zach Everson / 1100 Pennsylvania:
What was Tommy Tuberville doing in the Trump Hotel D.C.? — Despite his denials, photos appear to show Tuberville in the Trump Hotel D.C.'s lobby the night before the Capitol insurrection — Photos posted on social media appear to refute a U.S. Senator's claim that he was not at the Trump Hotel D.C …
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Eddie Burkhalter / Alabama Political Reporter:
Photos put Tuberville in Trump's hotel on Jan. 5 despite denying meeting
Photos put Tuberville in Trump's hotel on Jan. 5 despite denying meeting
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New York Times:
Ease Up on the Executive Actions, Joe — President Biden is right to not let his agenda be held hostage, but legislating through Congress is a better path. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
Susannah Luthi / Politico:
Biden takes first step toward bolstering Obamacare — President Joe Biden is taking the first step toward rebuilding Obamacare, ushering in a new era for the health care law after a decade of Republican attacks. — The Biden administration on Thursday announced it's throwing open the doors …
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Biden starts rolling back Trump anti-abortion rules
Biden starts rolling back Trump anti-abortion rules
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Katelyn Burns / New Republic:
The Republican Retreat From Governance — On January 26, 45 Republican senators voted for an amendment declaring the upcoming impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump unconstitutional—a stance not shared by legal scholars. Trump is facing a Senate trial for inciting an insurrection …
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American Prospect:
Merrick Garland Wants Former Facebook Lawyer to Top Antitrust Division — Susan Davies has spent much of the last decade working on behalf of major mergers and fending off antitrust enforcement. — Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland is working behind the scenes to install longtime aide Susan Davies …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Biden Appoints New Cabinet Secretaries, Ousting Trump Loyalists — President Biden named nearly all of his cabinet secretaries and their immediate deputies before he took office, but his real grasp on the levers of power has come several layers down. — WASHINGTON — When President Biden swore …
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Insurrection aftermath: Staffers struggle with trauma, guilt and fear — They replay the day in their minds, hear threats when they pick up the phone, and try to keep doing their jobs. Congressional staffers are still struggling in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …
Washington Post:
Self-styled militia members in three states began planning in November for recruits, weapons ahead of Capitol breach, U.S. alleges — Three self-styled militia members charged in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol began soliciting recruits for potential violence within days …
Los Angeles Times:
Man arrested with explosives may have been targeting Gov. Newsom, authorities say — A suspected far-right extremist and radicalized supporter of former President Trump facing federal explosives charges may have been targeting California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the San Francisco Bay Area headquarters …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘What Democrat beats that guy?’: Top Dems flinch from Rubio challenge — MIAMI — Few Republicans are more loathed by Democrats than Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Many have never looked at him the same since, after helping to draft the 2013 bipartisan immigration bill, he backed away under conservative pressure.