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“Mark Changed The Rules”: How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures — In April 2019, Facebook was preparing to ban one of the internet's most notorious spreaders of misinformation and hate, Infowars founder Alex Jones. Then CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally intervened.
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HuffPost, Joe.My.God. and Washington Post, more at Techmeme »
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Exclusive: Defeated and impeached, Trump still commands the loyalty of the GOP's voters — If there's a civil war in the Republican Party, the voters who backed Donald Trump in November's election are ready to choose sides. — Behind Trump. — An exclusive Suffolk University/USA TODAY …
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Associated Press, Washington Post, Big League Politics, Townhall, Rolling Stone, The Hill, New York Post, The Boston Globe and CBS News
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The GOP is rapidly becoming the blue-collar party. Here's what that means for future. — WASHINGTON — The exit of Donald Trump has brought a more normal rhythm to back to politics in Washington, but outside the Beltway deeper forces are reshaping partisan landscape.
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New York Magazine
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A Ripple Effect of Loss: U.S. Covid Deaths Approach 500,000 — CHICAGO — A nation numbed by misery and loss is confronting a number that still has the power to shock: 500,000. — Roughly one year since the first known death by the coronavirus in the United States, an unfathomable toll is nearing …
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500,000 dead, a number almost too large to grasp — Here are three ways to visualize the monstrous death toll of the coronavirus in this country — A year ago, covid-19 had killed just a handful of people in the United States. Now, the pandemic's official death toll equals the size of a major city …
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Politico and Mother Jones
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Oath Keeper claims she was VIP security at Trump rally before riot and says she met with Secret Service agents — (CNN)A leader in an alleged Oath Keepers conspiracy in the US Capitol insurrection claims she was given a VIP pass to the pro-Trump rally on January 6, had met with Secret Service agents …
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Bloomberg, Insider, Boston Herald and East Bay Times
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How Investigative Journalism Flourished in Hostile Russia — A new wave of news outlets has used conventional, and unconventional, methods to pierce the veil of Putin's power. — The Russian language has introduced a few words that in recent years have been widely used and misused in English: disinformation, kompromat, Novichok.
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The Week
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How Trump offered Kim a ride on Air Force One — President Trump's meetings with Kim Jong-un were among the most eye-catching moments of his presidency. — In the third and final episode of a new BBC series Trump Takes On the World, directed by Tim Stirzaker, we discover new details …
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Mediaite
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Merrick Garland Vows To Oversee Prosecution Of Capitol Rioters As Attorney General — President Joe Biden's nominee puts a bull's-eye on white supremacists and upholding the rule of law in his confirmation hearing prepared testimony. — Judge Merrick Garland plans to tell senators on Monday …
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Garland calls Capitol riot prosecutions ‘critical work,’ warns ‘we do not yet have equal justice’
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France 24, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, IJR, USA Today, CNBC, Talking Points Memo and New York Post
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Merrick Garland says that as attorney general he will fight discrimination, domestic terrorism
Merrick Garland says that as attorney general he will fight discrimination, domestic terrorism
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Wall Street Journal, CBS News and USA Today
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Merrick Garland Faces Resurgent Peril After Years Fighting Extremism
Merrick Garland Faces Resurgent Peril After Years Fighting Extremism
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NPR, Politico, Los Angeles Times, Outside the Beltway, Bloomberg and Raw Story
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‘This Week’ Transcript 2-21-21: Jen Psaki, Rep. Steve Scalise — This is a rush transcript of “This Week” airing Sunday, February 21. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — A rush transcript of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday, February 21, 2021 on ABC News is below.
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Crooks and Liars, Talking Points Memo, Capitol Confidential and Politico
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That Settles That: White House Is Keeping Space Force
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Crooks and Liars and ABC News
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In stimulus push, Biden calls on Republicans to heed their constituents
In stimulus push, Biden calls on Republicans to heed their constituents
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Bloomberg, Politico, IJR, New Jersey Online, NBC News and Media Matters for America
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Pence declined CPAC invitation: source — Trump is expected to address the conference Feb. 28 — Trump to speak at CPAC in first public appearance since leaving office — Former Vice President Mike Pence has declined an invitation to attend this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, Fox News has learned.
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, Crooks and Liars, National Review, Slate, CNN, Political Wire, The Last Refuge, New York Times and Politico
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Pro-Trump Miami doctor charged with hate crime for attacking Hispanic man — Angered when he asked her to socially distance at a Publix, she followed him out, called him racial slurs, keyed his vehicle and punched him, police said. — HIALEAH — A Mount Sinai Medical Center anesthesiologist …
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Raw Story
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We can't let the gun imperialists win again — In a quieter time, what President Biden said on Feb. 14 about his hopes for combating the scourge of violence in our country might have been much bigger news. — “Today,” Biden said in a statement marking the third anniversary of the shootings …
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How Biden got it wrong about Penn, the Ivies, student debt, and America's ‘college problem’ | Will Bunch — A generation ago, when Bill Clinton wanted to prove to Middle America that he wasn't a cartoon leftist, he publicly bashed a previously obscure Black woman hip-hop artist named Sista Souljah.
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Now even The Muppets are branded racist: Disney slaps popular show with an alert about ‘offensive content’ and it can only be seen on an adult account — Disney's streaming service puts ‘offensive content’ alert on The Muppet Show — The show can only be seen on an adult account after Disney released five series
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TheBlaze, IJR, Breitbart and New York Post
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Sullivan says Biden ready for Iran talks, vows “seen and unseen” response to SolarWinds hack — Washington — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that the U.S. has begun to communicate with Tehran about Americans who are being held hostage in Iran and said President Biden is …
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The Guardian, NPR and New York Post
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U.S. reaches 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 500,000 on Sunday,according to an NBC News tally — a milestone that underscores the grave threat the virus still poses nationwide even as more Americans get vaccinated.
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NBC 6 South Florida
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As Biden seeks end to Yemen war, rebels press offensive for strategic province — SANAA, Yemen — The shells started landing inside Hussein Ali Wuhaish's refugee camp days after the Biden administration ended U.S. support for a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen and took steps to lift sanctions on northern rebels.
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How Democrats Are Already Maneuvering to Shape Biden's First Supreme Court Pick — The president's promise to nominate a Black woman to the court has set off efforts to champion candidates and convince the White House to forego the usual elite credentials. — WASHINGTON — After meeting …
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Golden Globes voters in tumult: Members accuse Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. of self-dealing, ethical lapses — It appeared to be a moment of triumph in the long, tumultuous story of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. — In November, a federal judge sided with the HFPA — the tiny …
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Variety
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Dr. Fauci: It's ‘possible’ Americans may still be wearing face masks in 2022 — Fauci believes that, by the end of the year, the United States could have “a significant degree of normality beyond what the terrible burden that all of us have been through over the last year.”
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CNN, Townhall, New York Post and The Daily Caller
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U.S. economy may have its best chance in years to break from era of subpar growth — Skeptics warn too much spending could ignite long-dormant inflation — As increasingly widespread covid-19 vaccinations signal a possible return to normal life, the United States is moving toward …
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Kevin Drum
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Biden faces the $1.9 trillion question: Is it too much?