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Republicans worry their big tent will mean big problems in 2022 elections — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has pinned his hopes for reclaiming the majority in 2022 on never having to choose between the contradictory factions in his own party, no matter how deep the divisions appear.
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Noah Y. Kim / The latest factchecks PolitiFact.com …:
3 times Kevin McCarthy has talked about QAnon before
3 times Kevin McCarthy has talked about QAnon before
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Liz Cheney Wins One for Sanity
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Regrets QAnon Comments
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Regrets QAnon Comments
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House votes to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments
House votes to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments
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Senate approves budget bill to pass Biden economic relief plan — Vice President Harris breaks tie on budget resolution after all-night Senate session — The Senate approved a budget bill early Friday that paves the way for passage of President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package …
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Uphill: AOC's January 6 Account — Plus: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is removed from her committees. — Good morning. It's been a long week. Senate Democrats kickstarted the budget reconciliation process overnight, which will enable them to pass a coronavirus stimulus package without GOP support.
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The American Spectator, American Lookout and The Federalist
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No, Ocasio-Cortez Didn't Make Up Her Capitol Riots Experience — Since Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York Democrat, took to Instagram Live on Monday to describe what the Jan. 6 riot was like from inside the Capitol complex, critics have claimed that she wasn't where she said she was …
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POLITICO Playbook: Larry Summers plays the skunk at the Covid relief party — DRIVING THE DAY — LITERALLY BREAKING OVERNIGHT — Vote-a-rama as of 5:35 a.m. ... @caitlinzemma: “Senate PASSES the budget resolution Democrats can use to speed passage of Biden's $1.9T coronavirus plan, 50-51, with VP Harris breaking the tie.
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The Biden stimulus is admirably ambitious. But it brings some big risks, too. — President Biden's $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief plan, added to the stimulus measure Congress passed in December with the incoming administration's strong support, would represent the boldest act of macroeconomic stabilization policy in U.S. history.
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Trump's allies fear the impeachment trial could be a PR nightmare — Allies of former President Donald Trump are imploring his impeachment team to avoid one specific topic when they defend the ex-president at his Senate trial next week: the deadly riot that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol.
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Sen. Warner to unveil bill reining in Section 230, seeking to help users fight back against real-world harm — Sen. Mark Warner is set to introduce a new bill that could hold Facebook, Google and other tech giants more directly accountable when viral online posts and videos result in real-world harm.
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This is the Democrats' plan to limit Section 230
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The Misogynistic ‘Dating Coach’ Who Was Charged in the Capitol Riot — Samuel Fisher left a long trail of videos and social media posts that reflect the views of a fringe faction of disgruntled men who became fixated on President Donald J. Trump. — For $150, Brad Holiday's customers …
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FBI Raids Home Of Rachel Powell, Mercer County Mother Of 8 Suspected In Capitol Attack — Powell has become known as the lady with the bullhorn, seeming to have knowledge of the Capitol building's floor plan, instructing insurrectionists where to go. — SANDY LAKE, Pa. (KDKA) …
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Mike Pence is starting a podcast — Mike Pence is returning to his radio roots after a 22-year hiatus from the airwaves. — The former vice president will launch a podcast in the coming months hosted by the Young America's Foundation, a conservative youth organization dating back to the1960s.
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At least 1 million Americans have filed for unemployment every week for 46 weeks — More than 1 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims for the 46th consecutive week last week, the Labor Department reported. — Why it matters: There is no historical precedent for the ongoing rate of job losses in the U.S.
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Senate approves budget bill as Harris casts tie-breaker vote — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate early Friday approved a budget resolution that's a key step toward fast-track passage of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan without support from Republicans.
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Senate Adopts Blueprint for Stimulus as Harris Breaks Tie
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Senate adopts budget resolution for coronavirus relief after marathon vote-a-rama
Senate adopts budget resolution for coronavirus relief after marathon vote-a-rama
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Israeli hospital claims may have found cure for COVID-19 — Preliminary testing shows that 29 out of 30 virus patients in serious condition that were administered the drug, dubbed EXO-CD24, once a day made a full recovery within five days; similar treatment announced by Hadassah Medical Center
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THIS IS A PRIMAL SCREAM — “All I hear all the livelong day is ‘Mom, mom, MOM! Mom, MOMMMM, mom, MOM, mom!! MoM, mommommommom, MOMMM!!’ Aaaaah!! ‘What?!’ ‘Oh, nevermind.’” — 4,637,000 The number of payroll jobs lost by women in the U.S. since the pandemic began.
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Russian doctor who treated Navalny after poisoning has died — (CNN)A top doctor at the Russian hospital where opposition leader Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning last summer has died, the hospital said on Thursday. — Sergey Maximishin, who was the deputy chief physician …
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The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election — A weird thing happened right after the Nov. 3 election: nothing. — The nation was braced for chaos. Liberal groups had vowed to take to the streets, planning hundreds of protests across the country.
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They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them. — Times Opinion was able to identify individuals from a trove of leaked smartphone location data. — Mr. Warzel and Mr. Thompson are writers in Opinion. They previously reported on smartphone tracking for the series “One Nation, Tracked.”
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Raw Story
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Joe Biden's Fast 15 Days — He is working to untie—or cut through—the political knot of the economic relief bill, even as his team moves swiftly on several other fronts. — In his first 100 days, Franklin Roosevelt jammed a transformative agenda through Congress—combating mass immiseration …
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Biden flying to Delaware despite CDC warnings to avoid travel — The CDC issued guidance this week urging against non-essential travel amid the coronavirus pandemic. — CDC issues sweeping mask mandate for travelers — President Biden is expected to travel to Delaware this weekend …
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200 Obama Officials Urge Congress to Go Big on Stimulus — More than 200 members of the Obama administration urged Congress on Friday not to shrink its stimulus bill in response to Republicans' criticism about deficit spending, warning that Democrats risked repeating the same mistake they made 12 years ago …
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New Republic
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The QAnon Rep Isn't Owning the Libs. She's Leading the GOP's Space-Laser Suicide March. — NO HILLBILLY … Marjorie Taylor Greene is Sarah Palin, but not occasionally charismatic. Steve Bannon, but not occasionally smart. Donald Trump, but not occasionally funny.
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Raw Story
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Three American Mothers, On the Brink — Dekeda Brown, 41, was in her local grocery store in Olney, Md., thinking back to a year ago, when she was onstage in New York accepting an award for “Working Mother of the Year.” Her husband watched proudly from the crowd, texting photos to her daughters, 11 and 15.
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Frustration Is Spreading Faster Than the Vaccine Is — If you are the child of elderly parents in parts of the United States right now, and if you are trying to get them a COVID-19 vaccine, you are living in a shortage economy, a world of queues and rumors, a shadowy land of favoritism and incompetence …
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Good riddance to Jeff Zucker — While running NBC Entertainment, Jeff Zucker turned Donald Trump into a television superstar. While running CNN, Zucker turned him into a president. Now that the damage is done, Zucker has announced that he'll step down from the network at the end of the year.
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UK and Albania sign Agreement to deepen economic relationship and political efforts to tackle serious organised crime — Her Majesty's Ambassador to Albania Duncan Norman signed the Agreement with Minister for Foreign Affairs Olta Xhaçka in Tirana. — From:
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Third North Texas real estate professional is charged with storming U.S. Capitol building — Jason Hyland, 37, of Frisco arranged a flight to D.C. on a private plane with others to protest the election results and ended up inside the Capitol building with a mob of rioters, the feds say.
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Trump is plotting a campaign revenge tour targeting GOP defectors after Senate impeachment trial … - Donald Trump is plotting a comeback revenge tour targeting GOP defectors after his Senate impeachment trial. — Trump is talking with aides about a road trip to campaign against Republicans who supported his removal.
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Ivanka Trump focuses on criminal justice reform as part of reemergence plan — Ivanka Trump used her status to help obtain over 140 pardons and commutations for victims of injustice as well as her father's cronies, and she's now plotting her political reemergence by highlighting the virtues of some of the clemency grants.
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Business Insider and Political Wire
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Toxic Baby Food Ignored as ABC, NBC Spend 12 Minutes on MTG — Text to Speech — The liberal media were making a full-court press in an effort to try to make freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and her loony conspiracy theories the face of the entire Republican Party.