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8:40 AM ET, February 25, 2021

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
What terrible things did Neera Tanden tweet?  The truth.  —  Can you believe that Neera Tanden called Hillary Clinton the “anti-Christ” and the “real enemy”?  —  Oh, wait.  It was Ryan Zinke who said those things.  Fifty-one Republican senators (and several Democrats …
Discussion: GovExec.com
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
GOP Senator Questions Neera Tanden's Loyalty To Biden, America - Says Her ‘Allegiance’ Is To Hillary Clinton  —  Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) denounced two of President Joe Biden's Cabinet-level nominees in fiery terms Wednesday, questioning Office of Management and Budget nominee Neera Tanden's loyalty to America.
Discussion: CBS News and Fox News
CNN:
Close ally of Marjorie Taylor Greene among those in Capitol mob  —  (CNN)A close ally of Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took part in the January 6 mob at the Capitol and said he was among those who eventually made their way into the building.
Robert Evans / bellingcat:
Woman Accused of Stealing Nancy Pelosi's Laptop Appears in Video Making Nazi Salute  —  On January 6, 2021, Riley June Williams, a 22-year-old home care worker from Pennsylvania, was one of roughly 800 rioters who breached the US Capitol building in Washington D.C. While many engaged …
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
NBC News:
New public report to blame Saudi crown prince for 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi  —  The Biden administration will release an intelligence report Thursday that concludes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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The White House:
A Proclamation on Revoking Proclamation 10014  —  The suspension of entry imposed in Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak) …
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The White House:
Executive Order on the Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions
Discussion: Insider, Associated Press and HuffPost
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Revokes Trump's Pause on Green Cards
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Inside a Battle Over Race, Class and Power at Smith College  —  A student said she was racially profiled while eating in a college dorm.  An investigation found no evidence of bias.  But the incident will not fade away.  —  NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — In midsummer of 2018, Oumou Kanoute …
Discussion: HotAir, Power Line and Twitchy
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
ABC, CBS, NBC avoid explosive sexual harassment claims against Andrew Cuomo on evening news broadcasts  —  CNN and MSNBC also declined to address the scandal on their air Wednesday  —  Former aide accuses New York Gov. Cuomo of sexual harassment  —  The three major broadcast networks joined CNN …
Discussion: Sean Hannity and Lindsey Boylan
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New York Daily News:   Health care groups, lobbyists padded Cuomo campaign coffers amid COVID crisis, immunity push
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Ex-Aide Details Sexual Harassment Claims Against Gov. Cuomo
AT&T Public Policy:
AT&T Response to Tucker Carlson Tonight Segment that Aired 2/24/21  —  We feel compelled to set the record straight on a story that ran on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Feb. 24.  The story was about the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List which governs trade activities sanctioned by the U.S. government.
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Trump plots future — and revenge — from sunny Florida links  —  (CNN)In a South Florida war room, occupied most days by a party of one, a former President of the United States is plotting his return — and his revenge.  —  He typically spends mornings on his nearby golf course …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
McConnell throws cold water on Dems' proposed 1/6 Commission  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bid to create a broad bipartisan review of the Jan. 6 insurrection is in peril after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed the proposal on Wednesday as “partisan by design.”
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Architect Of The Capitol Outlines $30 Million In Damages From Pro-Trump Riot
Discussion: Political Wire
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
A New Coronavirus Variant Is Spreading in New York, Researchers Report  —  The variant contains a mutation thought to help the virus dodge the immune system, scientists said.  —  A new form of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in New York City, and it carries a worrisome mutation …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
What exactly are uber-woke educators teaching our kids?  —  The curriculum in an increasing number of school districts has become a warped mix of wokeness and progressivism.  —  In San Francisco, the board of education had decided to strip the names of those horrible human stains on American history …
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Putting the GOP “Civil War” in Perspective  —  The degree to which folks continue to view American politics through the Trump prism is both understandable and frustrating.  On the one hand, despite losing the election, the former president has remained an omnipresent figure in our daily lives.
Discussion: HotAir and BizPac Review
Washington Post:
Live updates: USPS head Louis DeJoy tells House panel his strategic plan may include slowing first-class mail  —  The Postal Service is battling financial and service crises caused by years of mail declines worsened by the coronavirus pandemic  —  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy ‘seriously considering’ Senate bid against Rubio in 2022  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Stephanie Murphy is taking preliminary steps toward challenging Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in next year's midterm election, launching the kind of statewide “listening” …
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Pompeo plots 2024 power play  —  Mike Pompeo has quickly reentered the political fray, raising money for Republicans, addressing key political gatherings and joining an advocacy group run by Donald Trump's former lawyer.  —  Why it matters: The former secretary of state is widely considered a potential 2024 presidential contender.
Discussion: Foreign Policy and National Review
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Steve Bannon investigation gains steam as Manhattan prosecutors subpoena financial records  —  CNN legal analyst explains why the Steve Bannon pardon is problematic  —  New York (CNN)The Manhattan district attorney's office has subpoenaed financial records related to Steve Bannon's crowd …
Discussion: Law & Crime, Bloomberg, Forbes and Raw Story
Inez F. Stepman / Wall Street Journal:
The Equality Act Makes Women Unequal  —  H.R. 5 erases ‘sex’ as a legal category, with dire consequences.  —  All people are created equal, but Congress is considering a bill that would make some people more equal than others.  —  H.R. 5, styled the Equality Act, would redefine “sex” …
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Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
House To Vote On Equality Act: Here's What The Law Would Do
Steve Israel / The Hill:
Democrats risk doing too little with the power they have in Washington  —  In 2010, I remember Democrats in tough Republican districts coming to the House floor with faces as angry-red as the places they represented.  They argued that our legislative agenda was too aggressive for the moderate voters they needed for reelection.
Viola Zhou / VICE:
China Gave US Diplomats Anal COVID Tests ‘In Error,’ American Officials Say  —  The U.S. State Department says it is committed to preserving the “dignity” of American diplomats.  —  VZ  —  The Chinese government has promised to stop using anal swabs on American diplomats to test for COVID-19 …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Some journalists are debating when it's okay to use the n-word.  But this one should be easy.  —  A lot of problems facing the media industry have no easy solutions: Rampant disinformation.  The hemorrhaging of ad revenue that is destroying local newspapers.  Cable news shows that offer little more than fodder for outrage.
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Newly Vaccinated, Return to Church in Georgia  —  The Carters have long been devoted members of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. — both of them as deacons, and he, for decades, as a Sunday school teacher.  —  The list of announcements at the Maranatha Baptist Church …
Discussion: The Hill
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Many of Biden's nominees of color run into turbulence in the Senate  —  The Biden administration has fewer top government leaders in place than other recent presidents at this point in their terms, a pace that's been slowed by a siege at the Capitol, an impeachment trial, a plague and a series of snowstorms.
Discussion: Politico and Power Line
Axios:
Exclusive: Hundreds of kids held in Border Patrol stations  —  More than 700 children who crossed from Mexico into the United States without their parents were in Border Patrol custody as of Sunday, according to an internal Customs and Border Protection document obtained by Axios.
 
 
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Dems' COVID Bill Takes Waste, Fraud, And Abuse To A Whole New Level
John F. Harris / Politico:
The Way to Fix the Lincoln Project: Shut It Down for Good
The White House:
Executive Order on America's Supply Chains
The Daily Beast:
Want Trump's Endorsement? Get Ready to Push the Big Lie
bellingcat:
The Websites Sustaining Britain's Far-Right Influencers
TIME:
We Need an Operation Warp Speed for Alzheimer's and Dementia
Discussion: Twitchy
New York Post:
Prosecutors drop DWI, reckless driving charges against Bruce Springsteen
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
A Recall for Newsom in California? Talk Grows as Governors Come Under Attack
William A. Galston / Wall Street Journal:
‘America Is Back,’ but Europe Has Moved
Politico:
‘Union guy’ Joe Biden keeps his distance from Amazon union fight
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
School Closures Have Failed America's Children
Discussion: OutKick and Fox News
Peter Loftus / Wall Street Journal:
Moderna Says Covid-19 Vaccine for South Africa Strain Is Ready for Human Testing
Discussion: The Week, CBS Boston and Boston Herald
KSAT-TV:
Political contributions link ERCOT board to Abbott and the state committee now investigating the troubled entity
New York Magazine:
Why Did First Look Let Go of Laura Poitras? A co-founder turns critic.
Alexandra Garrett / Newsweek:
Ted Cruz's Approval Rating Among Republicans Drops More Than 20 Percent After Cancun Fiasco
Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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