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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump received COVID vaccine at White House in January — Former President Trump and former first lady Melania Trump were both vaccinated at the White House in January, a Trump adviser tells Axios. — Why it matters: Trump declared at CPAC on Sunday that “everybody” should get the coronavirus vaccine …
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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Biden Rocks Republicans With Support For Bill To Kill Gerrymandering — The White House announced President Biden's support of the For The People Act, which is a sweeping set of reforms to protect democracy and end gerrymandering as we know it. — Here is the White House statement of policy …
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David Marcus / The Federalist:
CPAC Is Still Trump's, But Something Has Changed — It's still a Trump party, but it's more than that. — In February 2017, I attended my first Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Donald Trump was fresh off a stunning victory in the 2016 presidential election and it was very easy …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump and his wife received coronavirus vaccine before leaving the White House.
Trump and his wife received coronavirus vaccine before leaving the White House.
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Trump doesn't sound like he wants to run in 2024
Trump doesn't sound like he wants to run in 2024
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump has been vaccinated for coronavirus
Trump has been vaccinated for coronavirus
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Wall Street Journal:
Gov. Cuomo's Administration Hires Criminal Defense Lawyer — New York governor retains veteran white-collar defense lawyer Elkan Abramowitz amid probes into harassment and Covid-19 nursing-home deaths — The administration of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has retained a prominent white-collar defense attorney …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Must Admit to His ‘Predatory Behavior,’ Accuser Says — “These are not the actions of someone who simply feels misunderstood; they are the actions of an individual who wields his power to avoid justice,” Charlotte Bennett said. — ALBANY, N.Y. — A former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo …
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Leia Idliby / Mediaite:
John Oliver Takes a Flamethrower to ‘Famously Unpleasant’ Andrew Cuomo for His List of Controversies: He's a ‘Colossal A**hole’
John Oliver Takes a Flamethrower to ‘Famously Unpleasant’ Andrew Cuomo for His List of Controversies: He's a ‘Colossal A**hole’
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Cuomo backers pause and reevaluate fundraising as he faces sexual harassment probe
Cuomo backers pause and reevaluate fundraising as he faces sexual harassment probe
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / Medium:
NYTimes Peru N-Word, Part Two: What Happened January 28? — At 11:17 A.M. on January 28, I got an email from the Daily Beast. It was from Lachlan Cartwright, and said: … I was busy working on a Covid-19 story and didn't even notice it. At the time, I was getting more than 500 emails a day …
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / Medium:
NYTimes Peru N-Word, Part One: Introduction — On February 5 this year, one week after an article about me appeared in the Daily Beast, The New York Times announced that I would be leaving. — At my departure, I was the paper's lead reporter on the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / Medium:
NYTimes Peru N-Word, Part Four: What Happened in Peru?
NYTimes Peru N-Word, Part Four: What Happened in Peru?
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's big CPAC lie unmasks a vile truth. Democrats ignore it at their peril. — Amid the stream of delusion, depravity, malevolence and megalomania that characterized Donald Trump's speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday, one message should be regarded as arguably …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The Republican revolt against democracy, explained in 13 charts
The Republican revolt against democracy, explained in 13 charts
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Democratic voting bill would make biggest changes in decades
Democratic voting bill would make biggest changes in decades
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Washington Post, New York Times and Commentary Magazine
Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
“UT needs rich donors”: Emails show wealthy alumni supporting “Eyes of Texas” threatened to pull donations — Emails obtained by The Texas Tribune show alumni and donors threatened to stop supporting the university financially and demanded that the university president take a stronger stance supporting “The Eyes of Texas.”
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Washington Post:
Rewriting January 6th: Republicans push false and misleading accounts of Capitol riot — Instead of an attempt to overturn the election by radicalized Donald Trump supporters, it was a choreographed attack staged by antifa provocateurs. Rather than an armed insurrection, it was a good-natured protest spoiled by a few troublemakers.
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Fred Ryan / Washington Post:
Say it ain't so, Joe — Opinion by Fred Ryan — Fred Ryan is the publisher of The Washington Post. — President Biden is facing his first major test of a campaign promise and, it appears, he's about to fail it. — The world has waited for more than two years to see how the United States …
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Biden Betrayed His Promise to Defend Human Rights and Jamal Khashoggi
Biden Betrayed His Promise to Defend Human Rights and Jamal Khashoggi
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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
The Republican civil war was over 5 years ago. Trump and the winners have a new target: Us — Trump needed only tweets and cowardly Republicans to occupy the party. Nothing has shaken their devotion. The Capitol attack was just the opening act. — There is no “Civil War” brewing within the Republican Party.
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Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Why are no Republicans condemning Rep. Paul Gosar for cozying up to white nationalists?
Why are no Republicans condemning Rep. Paul Gosar for cozying up to white nationalists?
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Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Sidney Powell's Remaining ‘Kraken’ Cases Thrown Out By Supreme Court — The U.S. Supreme Court denied requests to review far-right attorney Sidney Powell's post-election cases in Arizona and Wisconsin Monday, the last of her cases to be rejected by the high court as the lawyer has continued …
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Supreme Court Rejects Sidney Powell's Election Fraud Petitions without Further Comment
Supreme Court Rejects Sidney Powell's Election Fraud Petitions without Further Comment
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Biden won't release White House virtual visitor logs — Few bars have been set lower than the one Joe Biden has had to clear when it comes to bringing transparency back to the White House. Donald Trump has been an easy act to follow. — But five weeks into office, Biden has fallen short …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Warren Revives Wealth Tax, Citing Pandemic Inequalities — A tax on the net worth of America's wealthiest individuals remains popular with voters, but has yet to be embraced by President Biden. — WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, plans to introduce legislation …
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Noemie Bisserbe / Wall Street Journal:
Former French President Sarkozy Convicted in Corruption Trial — Court sentences politician to three-year prison term with two years suspended — PARIS—Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty Monday of trying to bribe a magistrate, becoming the first president in the history …
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Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of corruption, sentenced to year in prison
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of corruption, sentenced to year in prison
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Maureen Downey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Why schools should rethink Dr. Seuss — Parent says racist imagery in Dr. Seuss books shouldn't be centerpiece of celebration of reading — Charis Granger-Mbugua graduated Cobb County Schools, where her young son is now a student. In this guest column, Granger-Mbugua …
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Dallas Morning News:
Besieged chairwoman of Texas' top utility regulator resigns in wake of state power outages — A growing chorus of lawmakers, including Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, had sought PUC chair DeAnn Walker's resignation. Patrick and others have also called for the ouster of ERCOT CEO Bill Magness.
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Timothy Noah / New Republic:
Biden's Support for Unionizing Amazon Is a BFD — My morning newspapers were so transfixed by Sunday night's vindictive speech by the president who lost reelection in November that they neglected to take note of Sunday night's historic remarks by the president who's running the country right now.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
‘It just sucks’: America's jobless owe thousands of dollars in taxes on their unemployment — Unemployment compensation is taxable. Many are just figuring this out as they sit down to do their 2020 taxes, even though they remain out of work — Erika Rose was shocked this month when she sat …
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The GOP is now just the party of white grievance — One of the poisonous legacies of Donald Trump's presidency has been to expand the boundaries of expressible prejudice. Through the explicit practice of White-identity politics, Trump has obviated the need for code words and dog whistles.
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Voting restrictions bill passes Georgia House over strong opposition — A bill to restrict ballot drop boxes, require more ID for absentee voting and limit weekend early voting days passed the Georgia House on Monday amid protests that the proposals would make it harder for voters to participate in democracy.
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Wall Street Journal:
Oil Trade Group Considers Endorsing Carbon Pricing — Draft American Petroleum Institute statement says carbon pricing would help meet Paris accord — WASHINGTON—The oil industry's top lobbying group is preparing to endorse setting a price on carbon emissions in what would be the strongest signal yet …
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
House Freedom Caucus chair weighs Arizona Senate bid — Rep. Andy Biggs — one of former President Trump's most vocal supporters in Congress and chair of the House Freedom Caucus — is weighing a run for Senate in Arizona in 2022. — “I'm kicking the tires, we're looking at it …
Mr. Thomas J. Pritzker / ACU:
A Response to Hyatt Hotels: We Will Not Be Canceled — Dear Mr. Pritzker: — Contrary to Hyatt's own mission statement of inclusivity, your company just attacked its own customer by caving into the pressures of the politically motivated social media agitators who seek to destroy CPAC …
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Stella Bugbee / The Cut:
Thank You, Dr. Zizmor The newest fashion trend in New York is — unironically, hyper-specifically — New York itself. — Photo-Illustration: Artwork by Joe Darrow for New York Magazine/dolgachov — A few months ago, I met up with a friend who works in fashion for a socially distanced walk through Prospect Park.