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Politico:
Biden's minimum wage increase runs afoul of budget rules — The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that President Joe Biden's minimum wage hike violates arcane budget rules that could jeopardize the rest of his $1.9 trillion relief package, dealing a blow to progressives in a highly anticipated decision …
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Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Minimum-wage increase imperiled in covid relief bill by Senate official's ruling — Parliamentarian says the $15 hourly minimum wage, a liberal priority, not allowed in relief bill as written under Senate rules — President Biden's proposed $15-an-hour minimum-wage increase cannot remain …
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Daniel Villarreal / Newsweek:
Sen. John Thune, Opposing $15 Min Wage, Says He Earned $6 As a Kid—That's $24 With Inflation — In a tweet voicing his opposition to raising the national minimum wage to $15 an hour, Republican South Dakota Senator John Thune said he made $6 an hour working at a restaurant as a “kid.”
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Costco raises its minimum wage above rivals like Amazon, Target and Best Buy
Costco raises its minimum wage above rivals like Amazon, Target and Best Buy
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Top Senate Official Disqualifies Minimum Wage From Stimulus Plan
Top Senate Official Disqualifies Minimum Wage From Stimulus Plan
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The Hill, Vox, BuzzFeed News, The Week and HotAir
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
$15 minimum wage not allowed in Biden's Covid relief bill, Senate official says
$15 minimum wage not allowed in Biden's Covid relief bill, Senate official says
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Tara Golshan / HuffPost:
Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against $15 Minimum Wage In COVID-19 Bill
Senate Parliamentarian Rules Against $15 Minimum Wage In COVID-19 Bill
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CNN:
US carries out air strikes in Syria targeting Iranian backed militia structures — (CNN)The US military struck a site in Syria on Thursday used by two Iranian-backed militia groups following rocket attacks on American forces in the region in the past two weeks, according to a US official.
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Biden administration conducts strike on Iranian-linked fighters in Syria — The Biden administration conducted an airstrike against alleged Iranian-linked fighters in Syria on Thursday, signaling its intent to push back against violence believed to be sponsored by Tehran.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. carries out airstrike against Iranian-backed militia target in Syria, officials say — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday carried out an airstrike in Syria against a structure belonging to what it said were Iran-backed militia, two officials told Reuters …
Axios:
Boehner goes off script, tells Cruz to “go f**k yourself” — John Boehner has been going off script while recording the audio version of his new memoir, using expletives and asides not in the book — such as the former Republican House speaker saying, “Oh, and Ted Cruz, go f**k yourself.”
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets — It's also planning a groups feature — Twitter announced a pair of big upcoming features today: the ability for users to charge their followers for access to additional content, and the ability to create and join groups based around specific interests.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Kennedy: I'm sorry for calling Haaland a ‘whack job’ — Sen. John Kennedy apologized on Thursday for calling President Joe Biden's Interior Department nominee, Deb Haaland, a “whack job.” — The Louisiana Republican said he regretted the remark about Haaland, explaining that he was searching …
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Republican Party Is Now in Its End Stages — The GOP has become, in form if not in content, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s. — Author of Our Own Worst Enemy — We are living in a time of bad metaphors. Everything is fascism, or socialism; Hitler's Germany, or Stalin's Soviet Union.
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Washington Post:
House votes to pass Equality Act, prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity — The House on Thursday voted to pass the Equality Act, a far-reaching measure that has been decades in the making and would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Jonathan Rauch / Washington Post:
The Equality Act can become law — if Democrats will add religious exemptions
The Equality Act can become law — if Democrats will add religious exemptions
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Judge rules CDC eviction moratorium unconstitutional — A federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday that an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) temporarily halting evictions amid the pandemic is unconstitutional. — In a 21-page ruling, U.S. District Judge John Barker sided …
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Konstantin Toropin / CNN:
Federal judge rules eviction moratorium is unconstitutional
Federal judge rules eviction moratorium is unconstitutional
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Trish Intel:
Manhattan DA Gets Trump's Tax Returns — Manhattan's District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. now has possession of the tax records of former President Donald Trump. — The records from 2011-2018 arrived at the DA's office as a result of the Supreme Court refusing to intervene in the DA's subpoena for the documents.
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Washington Post:
Biden's chief of staff at center of controversy over White House budget pick — White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain has adamantly defended Neera Tanden, both in public and internally — White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain is at the center of the controversy over President Biden's choice …
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Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘Nobody Listened To Me’: The Quest to Be MTG — All Marjorie Taylor Greene ever wanted was someone to pay attention to her. — Drew Angerer/Getty Images — ALPHARETTA, Ga.—Marjorie Taylor Greene smacked her gum as she pretended to listen to a man in a dress read a book about a unicorn.
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Ann Logue / Yahoo Finance:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's Final Financial Disclosures Show Where They Made Their Money — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have filed their final financial disclosure forms (known as OGE 278e), covering their non-governmental income for 2020 and the first few weeks of 2021.
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POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and The Intellectualist
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Capitol Police chief says extremists have discussed attack on Congress during Biden's first joint address — The acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police warned lawmakers Thursday that militia members involved in the Jan. 6 riot “want to blow up the Capitol and kill as many members as possible” …
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The Daily Beast:
Three Percenter Truck at Capitol on Jan. 6 Belongs to Hitler-Quoting Rep's Husband — At least one baseball-bat wielding man tied to the far-right militia group has been arrested for his alleged role in the insurrection. … A pickup truck parked at the United States Capitol and bearing …
Andrew Kaczynski / Washington Post:
My baby daughter died of brain cancer. Here's what we can do to save other kids. — Opinion by Andrew Kaczynski — Andrew Kaczynski is an investigative reporter and founder of CNN's KFile Team. — It was a beautiful September day that began with a long, relaxing walk across Brooklyn …
Liat Kaplan / New York Times:
My Year of Grief and Cancellation — What was I trying to accomplish with my anonymous Tumblr? — If you were on Tumblr in the early 2010s, you may remember a blog called Your Fave Is Problematic. If not, its content should still sound familiar to you.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump shares plans for new super PAC in Mar-a-Lago meeting — President Donald Trump told political advisers Thursday that he's chosen longtime ally Corey Lewandowski to run a yet-to-be-formed super PAC as part of his expanding post-presidential political apparatus, according to multiple people familiar with the discussion.
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“You've Made the Post Swashbuckling Once Again”: Marty Baron Receives a Star-Studded Farewell and Dishes in a Wide-Ranging Exit Interview — Stars from Hollywood (Spielberg, Schreiber) and the news biz (Baquet, Blitzer) toasted the legendary editor, who recalls angry calls from Trump …
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Axios:
Scoop: Schumer wants to freeze stimulus changes — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is privately saying he can pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus package but wants to avoid any last-minute changes jeopardizing its trajectory, three sources familiar with the talks tell Axios.
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New York Times:
Nursing Homes, Once Hotspots, Far Outpace U.S. in Covid Declines — 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% of weekly deaths compared with start of vaccinations July Sept. Nov. Jan. 2021 Feb. 7Vaccinationrollout begins — Deaths among nursing home residents have dropped significantly since vaccinations began.
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Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Unprecedented numbers of students have disappeared during the pandemic. Schools are working harder than ever to find them. — DETROIT — Kenneth Chapman Sr. was hopeful as he navigated a hulking Detroit Public Schools van down the street, pulling up to a brick home.
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Republican Senators Haven't Represented a Majority of Voters Since 1996 — As we wait for the Senate parliamentarian to let us know if 41 senators will be able to block a minimum wage increase that a comfortable majority of Americans supports, it's as good a time as any to be reminded …
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
A Capitol rioter texted his ex during the insurrection to call her a ‘moron,’ feds say. She turned him in. — Standing on the Capitol steps on Jan. 6, Richard Michetti allegedly took a break from the rioting to argue with his ex-girlfriend over text message.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Chip Roy Is A Cowardly Goldfish — Butching up with MAGA by condemning people who hold the same position you did six weeks ago. — Here's a take on Donald Trump that sounds like something you might've read here in The Bulwark or heard on MSNBC: … Hard to argue with, right?
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Washington Post:
Ex-Olympic gymnastics coach dies by suicide hours after being charged with human trafficking, sex crimes — Former U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert, who led the women's team to a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics, killed himself Thursday after he was charged with sexual assault …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The GOP is not even trying to disguise its racism anymore — This week, Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) played up White victim mentality during the confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee Merrick Garland. Kennedy took issue with Garland's use of the term “implicit bias,” …
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Raw Story, EXPOSEDbyCMD and Forbes
wusa9.com:
Dozens of Capitol rioters have been granted public defenders. Their trials could cost us millions — The majority of suspects in the January 6 insurrection could wind up with court-appointed attorneys. That's the cost of our justice system, experts say.