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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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New York Times:
How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot — On social media, cable networks and even in the halls of Congress, supporters of Donald J. Trump tried to rewrite history in real time, pushing the fiction that left-wing agitators were to blame for the violence on Jan. 6.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Rep. Jim Jordan's false claim that Pelosi denied a request for National Guard troops — “Capitol Police requested National Guard help prior to January 6th. That request was denied by Speaker Pelosi and her Sergeant at Arms.” —Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), in a tweet, Feb. 15, 2021
Discussion:
Crooks and Liars, IJR, Raw Story and Media Matters for America
Natalie Winters / The National Pulse:
Trump Confirms He Called For 10,000 National Guard For Jan 6th... Pelosi Refused.
Sheila Nezhad / Star Tribune:
Minneapolis doesn't need a National Guard occupation
Minneapolis doesn't need a National Guard occupation
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Townhall
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Trump says he requested 10K National Guard troops at Capitol on day of riot
Trump says he requested 10K National Guard troops at Capitol on day of riot
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HotAir, BizPac Review, IJR, No More Mister Nice Blog, Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
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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The Daily Beast, Washington Post, The Wrap, New York Post, Althouse and Scripting News, more at Mediagazer »
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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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Washington Free Beacon, Washington Examiner, HotAir and National Review
Donald G. McNeil Jr / Medium:
NYTimes Peru N-Word, Part Four: What Happened in Peru?
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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RedState, Democrats, Palmer Report, Insider and Talking Points Memo
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New York Times:
Trump's Republican Hit List at CPAC Is a Warning Shot to His Party
Trump's Republican Hit List at CPAC Is a Warning Shot to His Party
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Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Salon, New York Post, Raw Story, Daily Kos, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, The Bulwark, Reuters, National Review, CNN, Cyprus Mail, NBC News, HuffPost, Chicago Sun-Times, Bloomberg, RedState, The Hill, Mother Jones, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, NPR, KYMA-TV, Mediaite, UPI, Just Above Sunset and Washington Post
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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The American Independent, FiveThirtyEight and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
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The Hill, NBC News, Washington Post, Fox News, Rosa Rubicondior, Insider, New York Post and The College Fix
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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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Progress Pond, Bangor Daily News, The Dispatch and Politico
David Marcus / The Federalist:
CPAC Is Still Trump's, But Something Has Changed
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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CNBC and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Adam Goodman / The Hill:
Andrew Cuomo: The rise and the reckoning — It's like a slow-motion car crash where the unthinkable becomes the inevitable. Welcome to the saga of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, scion of street-seasoned champion Mario Cuomo, a Democratic icon long known for ground-breaking achievements and heart-moving prose.
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CNBC, New York Magazine and Mediaite
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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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Breitbart, Fox News and The Daily Beast
Houston Keene / Fox News:
Cuomo harassment allegations ‘sickened me,’ de Blasio says
Cuomo harassment allegations ‘sickened me,’ de Blasio says
Discussion:
Politico, RedState, BizPac Review, Townhall, The Week and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Nancy Pelosi calls Cuomo sexual harassment allegations ‘credible’
Nancy Pelosi calls Cuomo sexual harassment allegations ‘credible’
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Townhall, Breitbart, RedState, National Review, IJR and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
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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KXAN-TV
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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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren …, Townhall, BizPac Review and The Daily Caller
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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Politico, Insider, Al Jazeera and Japan Times
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 …
Mickey Edwards / The Bulwark:
Mugged by Reality — As the chairman of CPAC during the rise of Reagan, I should have seen the grotesque display at this year's CPAC coming. I failed to do so. — Several years ago, I was mugged and robbed as I took an early-morning walk through Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans.
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The Dispatch, Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
HuffPost:
Congress Is About To Send You A Pile Of Money — Democrats are racing to pass a $1.9 trillion coronavirus package loaded with thousands of dollars for most American families. — Democrats are about to make it rain. — This week, the Senate is expected to take up and pass President Joe …
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KFOR-TV
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 …
Alex Samuels / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Fallout From Texas's Winter Storm Won't Hurt Republicans At The Ballot Box in 2022 — Now that the worst of Texas's winter storm is over, the question on the minds of many is what — or who — is at fault for the state's lack of preparedness to a weeklong storm that left many without power or water.
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Palmer Report and Media Matters for America
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.
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Johnson & Johnson vaccine deepens concerns over racial and geographic inequities — Governors weigh ease of use against perception of a two-tiered system if new coronavirus vaccine is deployed primarily to harder-to-reach communities. — The nation has a third weapon to wield against the coronavirus …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Supreme Court Rejects Sidney Powell's Election Fraud Petitions without Further Comment — It wasn't an earth-shattering Monday morning when it came to Supreme Court orders, but court watchers may have noticed that the justices, without comment or explanation, jettisoned more lingering 2020 election challenges.
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Insider, Democracy Docket, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and Rosa Rubicondior
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Durbin, New Judiciary Chair, Warns Republicans on Blocking Judges — Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, discussed how he would push through President Biden's judicial nominees, tackle immigration and address domestic terrorism.