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New York Times:
Trump's Republican Hit List at CPAC Is a Warning Shot to His Party — In his first public appearance since leaving office, Donald Trump went through, by name, every Republican who supported his second impeachment and called for them to be ousted. — ORLANDO, Fla. — After days of insisting …
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USA Today:
Is Donald Trump a declining parody or a terrifying threat? Mastio & Lawrence on CPAC 2021 — Can we agree with Trump? Yes, we are 'in the middle of a historic struggle for America's future, America's culture, and America's institutions, borders and most cherished principles.'
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Trump stages GOP comeback at CPAC by refusing to concede 2020 defeat
Trump stages GOP comeback at CPAC by refusing to concede 2020 defeat
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David Siders / Politico:
Trump teases 2024 run in CPAC remarks, as he looks to keep his grip on GOP
Trump teases 2024 run in CPAC remarks, as he looks to keep his grip on GOP
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New York Times:
Trump Wins CPAC Straw Poll, but Only 68 Percent Want Him to Run Again
Trump Wins CPAC Straw Poll, but Only 68 Percent Want Him to Run Again
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Trump wins CPAC straw poll with 55 percent
Trump wins CPAC straw poll with 55 percent
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Carly Roman / Washington Examiner:
Trump vows to CPAC crowd not to start a new party
Trump vows to CPAC crowd not to start a new party
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Alex Marquardt / CNN:
Three names mysteriously removed from Khashoggi intelligence report after initial publication — U.S. intel report: Saudi Crown Prince approved operation to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi — (CNN)Shortly after the US intelligence community published its long-awaited report on Friday afternoon …
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Far-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked—Including Private Data — The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists. — WHEN TWITTER BANNED Donald Trump and a slew of other far-right users …
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Neera Tanden's confirmation fight is the first morality play of post-Trump Washington — All the fighting must be exhausting, really. — The fights over her reputation, over how she ran her liberal think tank. The battles with journalists who published her stolen emails.
Washington Post:
Biden hails Amazon workers pressing to unionize in Alabama in unusual sign of support — The president tweeted a video calling out warehouse workers in the process of voting to determine whether they will be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Senior Democrats abandon backup plan on $15 per hour minimum wage hike — Lawmakers are backing off a Plan B to raise pay for workers through tax penalties on corporations — Senior Democrats are abandoning a backup plan to increase the minimum wage through a corporate tax penalty …
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Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez / KQED:
After Leading School Closures, Berkeley Teachers' Union President Spotted Dropping Daughter Off at In-Person Preschool … Parent groups are crying “hypocrisy” after a video surfaced showing the president of the Berkeley teachers union dropping off his two-year-old daughter at an in-person preschool.
Associated Press:
Biden to meet with Mexican president amid migration issues — WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is planning a virtual meeting Monday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting the coronavirus …
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John McWhorter / It Bears Mentioning:
Is it racist to expect black kids to do math for real? — Yes, serious people are arguing this. Make sure they don't infect your school district. — 1 hr ago — There is a document getting around called Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction, a guide put together by a group of educators.
Just Security:
Litigation Tracker: Pending Criminal and Civil Cases Against Donald Trump — On both the criminal and civil litigation fronts, former President Donald Trump faces a bevy of lawsuits and investigations, with more cases likely to follow. Some are civil suits stemming from his pre-presidential business dealings.
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.
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Raw Story
Josefa Velasquez / THE CITY:
Cuomo Sexual Harassment Claims Follow Years of Public Warning Signs — and Anti-Misconduct Training He Mandated — Even as the governor advocated a Women's Equality Act that promised to “ban” workplace sexual harassment, female Albany reporters and employees heard a very different message.
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Clinton, Harris, Warren all silent on Cuomo after second woman brings sexual misconduct allegations
Clinton, Harris, Warren all silent on Cuomo after second woman brings sexual misconduct allegations
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Arya Hodjat / The Daily Beast:
Cuomo Says He's Sorry His ‘Playful’ Banter Was ‘Misinterpreted’ by Harassment Accusers
Cuomo Says He's Sorry His ‘Playful’ Banter Was ‘Misinterpreted’ by Harassment Accusers
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Israeli spyware firm NSO Group faces renewed US scrutiny — Department of Justice said to have asked WhatsApp for details of alleged targeting of clients in 2019 — Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington DC — NSO Group appears to be facing renewed scrutiny by the US Department …
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The Times of Israel
The Hill:
Ex-Trump aide Pierson planning run for Congress — A former top strategist for Donald Trump's presidential campaigns is taking steps to run for a U.S. House seat left vacant by the late Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas), who succumbed to the coronavirus earlier this year.
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Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Gets MUTED During Live Interview at CPAC as He Spews Vaccine Conspiracy Theories — The conservative pro-Trump YouTube channel Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) cut off MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell during an interview at the Conservative Political Action Conference …
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David Fickling / Bloomberg:
This Week May Turn the Tide on Two Centuries of Emissions — China will present climate and energy plans that could determine the fate of the planet. If they live up to their promise, we can reset expectations for decarbonization. — Looking at the way the world's carbon emissions …
Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Disinformation experts aren't happy about the trailer for HBO's QAnon series — It teases what looks like a Hollywood blockbuster rather than a serious documentary — The teaser video for Q: Into the Storm, an upcoming documentary series from HBO about the QAnon conspiracy movement has a lot …
Yuichiro Kakutani / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden State Department Nominee Is a Defender of China Propaganda Program — Victoria Nuland dismissed Confucius Institute's national security threat — A top State Department nominee is a defender of the Confucius Institute, a Chinese government program that disseminates pro-Beijing propaganda on American college campuses.
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Hua Hsu / New Yorker:
The Muddled History of Anti-Asian Violence — On the evening of April 28, 1997, Kuan Chung Kao, a thirty-three-year-old Taiwan-born engineer, went to the Cotati Yacht Club near Rohnert Park, a quiet suburb in Sonoma County, California, where he lived with his wife and three children.
Washington Post:
Two of Biden's top DOJ nominees are subjected to baseless smear campaigns — Opinion by Editorial Board — VANITA GUPTA is among the nation's most esteemed civil rights lawyers, revered by liberals for her decades of effective, levelheaded advocacy, and by many of the nation's biggest police …
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Trump says he requested 10K National Guard troops at Capitol on day of riot — Trump told Steve Hilton, the show's host, that he “hated” to see what unfolded on Jan. 6 — Trump puts end to rumors of new political party, talks life without Twitter — Former President Trump told Fox News late Sunday …
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