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Politico:
‘A double standard going on’: Democrats accuse GOP and Manchin of bias on Biden nominations — Women's rights activists and allied Democrats are growing increasingly vocal about what they call the unfair targeting of women and people of color nominated by Joe Biden to top posts in his administration.
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Manchin'd — FOR JOE MANCHIN, IT'S ‘NOT PERSONAL’: The Democratic Senate has hit its first roadblock in its path to confirming President Joe Biden's nominees. But if you ask the West Virginia Democrat who seemed to have delivered the kiss of death to Neera Tanden, he professes no villainous intent toward his party.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Anti-Big Tech crusader poised to join Biden admin
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NBC News:
Split-ticket districts dwindle as all politics becomes more national
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Insider:
We identified the 125 people and institutions most responsible for Donald Trump's rise to power and his norm-busting behavior that tested the boundaries of the US government and its institutions … - Insider compiled this database of the 125 people and institutions essential to Donald Trump's rise …
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
No amount of disaster can shake the GOP loose from Trump
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Douglas Schoen / The Hill:
Republicans face an identity crisis
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump taunts don't shake McConnell's hold on Senate GOP
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New York Times:
Slate Suspends Podcast Host After Debate Over Racial Slur — Mike Pesca of “The Gist” said he was suspended after defending, in a Slack discussion with colleagues, the use of the slur in some contexts. — The online publication Slate has suspended a well-known podcast host after he debated …
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Kelsey McKinney / Defector:
Slate Podcast Host Mike Pesca Suspended Following Internal Discussion About Use Of Racial Slur — Mike Pesca, host of Slate's daily podcast, The Gist, has been suspended from the company indefinitely according to an internal memo sent to staffers late last night that has been obtained by Defector.
Santi Ruiz / Washington Free Beacon:
Amazon Pulls Bestseller on Transgender Issues From Store Without Explanation — Amazon steps up censorship campaign against conservative content — Amazon pulled a bestseller on transgender issues from its online store on Sunday without explanation. — Author Ryan T. Anderson tweeted …
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CNN:
Former US Capitol Police chief to say intelligence didn't point to a riot on January 6 — Washington (CNN)Former US Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund will tell lawmakers Tuesday that law enforcement was prepared for the January 6 US Capitol riots based on the intelligence it had but that intelligence …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
David Perdue won't mount comeback bid for US Senate in 2022 — Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue will not launch a comeback bid next year, clearing the way for other Republicans to enter what could be a crowded 2022 race against Democrat Raphael Warnock. — Perdue announced the decision Tuesday …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
David Perdue pulls himself out of 2022 Georgia Senate race
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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
The battle over climate change is boiling over on the home front — Municipalities want new buildings to go all electric, spurning gas-fired stoves and heating systems. The gas industry disagrees — A new front has opened in the battle over climate change: The kitchen.
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden's OMB Plan B — House Democratic leaders are quietly mounting a campaign for Shalanda Young, a longtime congressional aide, to replace Neera Tanden as nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
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The Bulwark:
Wisconsin Republicans Refuse To Condemn Political Violence — Nothing that might be taken as criticism of Donald Trump can be allowed. — We are long-time Republicans who have served in GOP leadership at the county, district, and state levels in Wisconsin.
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Raw Story
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Woke Me When It's Over — In the humorless world of Woke, the satire is never funny and the statute of limitations never expires, even when it comes to hamantaschen. — In 2015, Bon Appétit ran an article by the food writer Dawn Perry about hamantaschen, the triangular cookies …
Julia Wick / Los Angeles Times:
Vaccine access codes for Black, Latino communities improperly used in affluent L.A. areas — A California program intended to improve COVID-19 vaccine availability to people in hard-hit communities of color is being misused by outsiders who are grabbing appointments reserved for residents of underserved Black and Latino areas.
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Bloomberg's 2020 aides got an unwelcome surprise in their tax forms — Nearly a year after Mike Bloomberg's $1 billion presidential campaign crashed into Super Tuesday, his staffers are still dealing with the aftershocks. — In recent weeks, aides to the former Democratic candidate started …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Oath Keeper now says she didn't meet with Secret Service around the January 6 rally — (CNN)Jessica Watkins, a leader in an alleged Oath Keepers conspiracy in the US Capitol insurrection, changed her story Monday about meeting with Secret Service agents in describing her actions on January 6.
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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
For Women in Economics the Hostility is Out in the Open — Studies have found that the field is plagued by a singular problem of gender bias. The latest evidence comes from the types of questions posed at seminars. — A few years ago, the economists Alicia Sasser Modestino and Justin Wolfers sat …
Daniel Nichanian / The Appeal:
Illinois Delays End of Prison Gerrymandering By a Decade — A hard-fought reform will stop the state from distorting political power at the expense of communities that bear the brunt of incarceration. But it won't take effect for a long time. — For years, State Representative La Shawn Ford …
The Guardian:
Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar as it gears up for World Cup … Pete Pattisson, Niamh McIntyre, Imran Mukhtar in Islamabad, Nikhil Eapen in Bangalore, Imran Mukhtar in Islamabad, Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan in Dhaka, Udwab Bhattarai in Kathmandu and Aanya Piyari in Colombo
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The Daily Beast
Taylor Goldenstein / Houston Chronicle:
AG Ken Paxton and wife Sen. Angela Paxton went to Utah during Texas freeze — While millions of Texans languished in their homes last week without heat, many of them racking up astronomical electricity bills, the state official in charge of consumer protection left to take an out-of-state trip.
Bonchie / RedState:
Does Merrick Garland Even Know What Day It Is? — Merrick Garland had his confirmation hearing yesterday. The formerly deceased (ok, not really) Supreme Court nominee from the Obama era is being seen as a shoe-in for Attorney General. The expectation is that many Republican Senators will vote to confirm …
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Silvia Foster-Frau / Washington Post:
First migrant facility for children opens under Biden — CARRIZO SPRINGS, Tex. — Dozens of migrant teens boarded vans Monday for the trip down a dusty road to a former man camp for oil field workers here, the first migrant child facility opened under the Biden administration.
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Sarah Mucha / Axios:
Missing Marine sparks White House questions — The absence of a Marine sentry outside the West Wing on Monday raised questions about whether President Biden was keeping the schedule publicly outlined by his aides. — Why it matters: A sure way to tell if the president is inside the Oval Office …
The Daily Beast:
CPAC 2021 Will Be One Big Lie Fest—and Fox Nation Is Sponsoring It — Fox News Media is spending $250K on a partisan confab featuring election conspiracy theories—a “desperate” move by a network looking to “pander” to MAGA diehards, staffers say. — BEAST INSIDE
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Congressional Job Approval Highest in Nearly 12 Years — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thirty-five percent of Americans currently approve of the way Congress is handling its job, a 10-percentage-point increase since January and the highest Gallup has measured in nearly 12 years.
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Jacob Shamsian / Insider:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he's losing $65 million over election-fraud claims and it proves he's not pushing conspiracy theories for the money — Dominion Voting Systems sued MyPillow and its CEO, Mike Lindell, seeking $1.3 billion in damages. — The defamation lawsuit claims …
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Andrew Cuomo Is Everything the Press Accused Ron DeSantis of Being — It never made any sense to lionize New York's governor at the expense of Florida's, except that one had a ‘D’ after his name, and the other didn't. — Throughout the pandemic, the press has been excoriatingly harsh …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Allies worried Biden shaky on Putin's pipeline — Russia's adversaries in central and Eastern Europe are worried President Biden isn't willing to fight hard to stop the Russia-Germany gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 — one of Vladimir Putin's core priorities.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Former Trump officials eye bids for political office — Former Trump administration officials are testing the waters for political office, underscoring the former president's lasting influence on the Republican Party as it searches for a post-Trump identity.
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Fauci Is Not Your God — His job is to relay information to the public, not threaten doom, or coax or trick us into doing things. — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief pandemic adviser to President Joe Biden, is a bureaucrat. He's not our parent, or our personal physician, or a shaman, or our life coach.
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Greg B. Smith / THE CITY:
Kids Poisoned After Lead Turns Up in Apartments Declared ‘Lead-Free’ by NYCHA — When public housing tenant Eleanore Bumpurs' daughter and son tested positive for elevated levels of lead in their blood a few years ago, NYCHA managers assured her that the Forest Houses, the Bronx development she called home, was “lead free.”
Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
Media Matters Study On Fox News ‘Misinformation’ Is Riddled With Misrepresentations, Flagged Objectively True Statements — A Media Matters study claiming Fox News pushed coronavirus misinformation an estimated 13,551 times during the pandemic is riddled with misrepresentations.
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Hillary Clinton to publish political thriller with author Louise Penny — Hillary Clinton will pen an an international political thriller novel with her longtime friend, author Louise Penny. — The big picture: “State of Terror” will be out in October. Simon & Schuster and St. Martin's Press acquired …
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