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Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The OTHER Joe with veto power — DRIVING THE DAY — QUICK, someone tell us: What on earth was KAMALA HARRIS thinking? — The vice president's move to troll Sen. JOE MANCHIN in his own state last week is backfiring — at a critical moment for President JOE BIDEN'S agenda.
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John Harwood / CNN:
Why Biden has a rare opportunity for early success — This Biden clip is being used against him. Here are the facts — (CNN)Over five decades in Washington, President Joe Biden has watched seven newly-elected presidents get started. Improbably, he has the chance for a stronger opening act than any of them.
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Project Syndicate, Townhall, Fox News, The Guardian, Florida Politics, New York Magazine, Bloomberg and Crooks and Liars
Washington Post:
Ten Senate Republicans propose compromise covid relief package, posing challenge for Biden
Ten Senate Republicans propose compromise covid relief package, posing challenge for Biden
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Ghosts of 2009 Drive Democrats' Push for Robust Crisis Response
Ghosts of 2009 Drive Democrats' Push for Robust Crisis Response
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The Daily Caller and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Burgess Everett / Politico:
10 Senate Republicans seek meeting with Biden on Covid relief
10 Senate Republicans seek meeting with Biden on Covid relief
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New York Times, Slate, The Daily Poster, TheBlaze, NPR, Senator Susan Collins, USA Today, Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Evie Fordham / Fox News:
10 Republicans roll out $600B stimulus plan as Cassidy says White House ‘never reached out’
10 Republicans roll out $600B stimulus plan as Cassidy says White House ‘never reached out’
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
10 Senate Republicans propose compromise on COVID relief package
10 Senate Republicans propose compromise on COVID relief package
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New York Times:
77 Days: Trump's Campaign to Subvert the Election — Hours after the United States voted, the president declared the election a sham — putting himself at the center of a movement that would shatter democratic norms and upend the peaceful transfer of power.
New York Times:
21 Men Accuse Lincoln Project Co-Founder of Online Harassment — John Weaver, a longtime G.O.P. operative who advised John McCain and John Kasich, made sexual overtures to young men, sometimes offering to help them get work in politics. — John Weaver, a longtime Republican strategist …
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Washington Post:
GOP Rep. Kinzinger to start PAC to challenge party's embrace of Trump — Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach Donald Trump earlier this month, has launched a new political action committee that is designed to become a financial engine to challenge …
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Hannah Beech / New York Times:
Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears — The action came after mounting indications of an impending coup in the Southeast Asian nation. — BANGKOK — Myanmar's civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and other government leaders were detained in early-morning raids Monday …
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Axios and Political Wire
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Poppy McPherson / Reuters:
Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders arrested, party spokesman says
Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders arrested, party spokesman says
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The Guardian
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Scottish Parliament to hold vote on Unexplained Wealth Order into Donald Trump's finances — MSPs will be asked to vote this week on whether the Scottish Government should pursue an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) to investigate the source of financing for Donald Trump's Scottish resorts.
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Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Knew Calls for Violence Plagued ‘Groups’, Now Plans Overhaul — The giant struggled to balance Mark Zuckerberg's free-expression mantra against findings that rabid partisanship had overrun a feature central to its future — Facebook Inc. in 2019 redesigned its flagship product …
Wall Street Journal:
The NFL's Covid-19 Finding That Saved the Season — The coronavirus gospel of ‘within six feet for more than 15 minutes’ wasn't enough—and the NFL had the data to prove it — It was early October, and the NFL had a problem. It wasn't just that players and staff for the Tennessee Titans …
Associated Press:
Russia arrests 3,300 during wide protests backing Navalny — MOSCOW (AP) — Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia's vast expanse to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin.
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New York Times:
As Virus Variants Spread, ‘No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe’ — Rich countries are cornering the market on coronavirus vaccines, leaving poorer regions as potential breeding grounds for variants, like one found in South Africa, that could make vaccines less effective.
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Wall Street Journal:
Exxon, Chevron CEOs Discussed Merger — Exxon's Darren Woods, Chevron's Mike Wirth spoke last year about combining their companies in what could be among the largest corporate mergers ever — The chief executives of Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. spoke last year about combining the oil giants …
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Wisconsin Vaccine Saboteur Steven Brandenburg Is a Flat-Earther, FBI Document Reveals — Steven Brandenburg also allegedly carried a handgun to work, and believed the sky was actually a “shield put up by the Government to prevent individuals from seeing God.”
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Law & Crime
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
So you're being held accountable? That's not ‘cancel culture.’ — According to the Washington Examiner's Eddie Scarry, nothing less than a “social justice mob” descended on Politico after it gave a guest-editing slot to right-wing flamethrower Ben Shapiro.
New York Times:
Trump Raised $255.4 Million in 8 Weeks as He Sought to Overturn Election Result — The former president's fund-raising slowed significantly after the Electoral College delivered its votes to make Joseph R. Biden Jr. the 46th president. — President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party …
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Nicholas Florko / STAT:
Trump officials actively lobbied to deny states money for vaccine rollout last fall — WASHINGTON — Top Trump officials actively lobbied Congress to deny state governments any extra funding for the Covid-19 vaccine rollout last fall — despite frantic warnings from state officials …
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Political Wire
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Stories from those who lost loved ones to COVID-19 — The death toll continues to rise from COVID-19, even with vaccine efforts underway across the country. Scott Pelley speaks with some of the family members of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who were killed by the virus.
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
What the next generation of editors need to tell their political reporters — The newly announced resignation of Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron, the abrupt stepping-down of Los Angeles Times executive editor Norman Pearlstine in December, and the highly anticipated departure …
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Democrats are faced with a choice. Protect the filibuster or protect democracy. — The Democrats can use their House and Senate majorities to reform our politics, guarantee voting rights and enhance our democracy. Or they can surrender to an anti-majoritarian, money-dominated system …
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CNN:
Nicholas Kristof: ‘Extremism is a losing strategy’ — New York Times columnist Nick Kristof says he penned “a letter to my conservative friends” after hearing their undue fears. He says conservative media is scamming its audience. It's important to have “sensible right-wing critics,” …