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Evan Perez / CNN:
Federal investigators are examining communications between US lawmakers and Capitol rioters — (CNN)Federal investigators are examining records of communications between members of Congress and the pro-Trump mob that attacked the US Capitol, as the investigation moves closer …
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Raw Story, The Intellectualist, Political Wire and NBC News
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Wants To Outsource Stalling COVID Relief To Senate Clerks. The Clerks Have A Plan. — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) proclaimed on Twitter Wednesday that he's “going to make the Senate clerk read the Democrats' $1.9 trillion bill. All several hundred pages of it.”
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Ron Johnson at the center of the storm: ‘People are out to destroy me’ — Bash: This is why key GOP senator is fighting Biden's stimulus — (CNN)Sen. Ron Johnson seems to be relishing his place at the center of the controversies dominating Washington. — For two months …
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ABC News, Raw Story, Balloon Juice, The Hill and Washington Times
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Cotton to block Garland's quick confirmation to lead Biden DOJ — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) will slow down the confirmation of Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Department of Justice. — In a series of tweets Wednesday evening, Cotton said that Garland refused …
Politico:
GOP pushes Murkowski to stay in line against Biden's Covid bill
GOP pushes Murkowski to stay in line against Biden's Covid bill
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CNBC, Fox News, Washington Post, KCLO-TV, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Senate Chamber Empties As Reading Of 628-Page Relief Bill Gets Underway
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
The man who put his feet up on a desk in Pelosi's office during the Capitol riot throws a tantrum in court. — Richard Barnett, the Arkansas man charged with breaking into Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office and stealing her mail during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, threw a tantrum during …
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The Daily Caller, The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Balloon Juice
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Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
'It's Not Fair!': Rioter Who Posed at Pelosi's Desk Loses It in Court — “This has been a bunch of crap,” Richard Barnett screamed on Thursday, as he complained that other Capitol rioters have been released from jail. — The self-described white nationalist who stormed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office …
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USA Today, HuffPost, New York Post and Law & Crime
Ninette Sosa / KNWA FOX24:
Richard Barnett remains jailed, yells during court — 'I've been here a long time. It's not fair'
Richard Barnett remains jailed, yells during court — 'I've been here a long time. It's not fair'
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POLITICUSUSA, The Intellectualist and KFOR-TV
Axios:
Scoop: Leaked HHS docs spotlight Biden's child migrant dilemma — Fresh internal documents from the Department of Health and Human Services show how quickly the number of child migrants crossing the border is overwhelming the administration's stretched resources.
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Texas Gov. Abbott stalled federal offer to test migrants then blamed them for spreading Covid — (CNN)Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is stalling efforts by the Biden administration to provide federal funds for Covid-19 tests for migrants released from custody, a senior Homeland Security official tells CNN.
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CNBC, KYMA-TV, KXAN-TV, BorderReport, Townhall, Occupy Democrats, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Jeffrey A.Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Dr. Seuss Books Deemed Offensive Will Be Delisted From eBay — E-commerce giant says it ‘is currently sweeping our marketplace to remove these items’ — Online marketplace eBay Inc. said it is working to prevent the resale of six Dr. Seuss books that were pulled earlier this week …
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Haley Victory Smith / Washington Examiner:
eBay removing all listings of six canceled Dr. Seuss books
eBay removing all listings of six canceled Dr. Seuss books
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
QAnon has merged with white Christian envangelicals, experts say — and the results could be lethal — The House of Representatives has left Capitol Hill for the week, but the National Guard soldiers standing watch around a hardened post-insurrection security perimeter could have their work cut out for them today.
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Washington Post:
At the Capitol, a March 4 threat from militant Trump supporters proves a mirage
At the Capitol, a March 4 threat from militant Trump supporters proves a mirage
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ABC News, New York Post, HotAir, RedState, UPI, Twitchy, Associated Press, IJR, The American Independent and Liberty Unyielding
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Hard and Soft Threats to Democracy
Hard and Soft Threats to Democracy
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The Daily Caller, Politico, Forbes, Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner, Fox News, New York Post and Washington Post
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News' scrappy White House correspondent grills Biden, who plays along — Whenever President Biden leaves a stage or lectern after an appearance in front of the media, the last voice viewers hear usually belongs to Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy.
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Washington Times, Washington Post and Washington Examiner
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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
Fox News will be ‘loyal opposition’ against Biden, Fox CEO says — Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said Thursday it is the job of Fox News to serve as the opposition to the Biden administration, stating clearly the political biases of a network that until 2017 billed itself as “fair and balanced.”
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Brandon Gillespie / The Daily Caller:
Glenn Greenwald Says ‘I Consider Tucker Carlson To Be A Socialist’ — Glenn Greenwald, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and co-founder of The Intercept, claimed Monday that Fox News host Tucker Carlson is “a socialist.” — Greenwald appeared on the Daily Caller's “Wall Street Meets Washington” …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Glenn Greenwald Says Tucker Carlson Is a True Socialist
Why Glenn Greenwald Says Tucker Carlson Is a True Socialist
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Lee Drutman / FiveThirtyEight:
How Much Longer Can This Era Of Political Gridlock Last? — Democrats may have a narrow majority in both the House and the Senate for the next two years, but it's nothing near the margin they hoped for. And the likelihood that Democrats keep both the House and the Senate in 2022 are low …
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The Federalist and The Floridian
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Volatility Is the New Normal — Many of us are wondering if this last year …
Volatility Is the New Normal — Many of us are wondering if this last year …
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KYMA-TV
Ryan W. Miller / Yahoo News:
In ‘exceedingly rare’ case, Iowa journalist faces charges from reporting on summer protests — The trial of a Des Moines Register reporter who was — arrested covering racial justice protests last summer is slated to begin next week in what experts said is a rare criminal prosecution of a journalist on assignment in the USA.
Gwynne Hogan / Gothamist:
“It's The Cuomo Way”: Former Staffers Describe Toxic Workplace Under Governor's Relentless Thumb — Sarah, a blonde woman in her twenties, won a fellowship to work in Governor Andrew Cuomo's office in 2013. She was surprised when she was quickly invited by senior staffers to sit …
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Cuomo's troubles put New York AG Tish James in the spotlight
Cuomo's troubles put New York AG Tish James in the spotlight
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CNN, Associated Press and Bloomberg
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
He told the world about his brutal torture in Syria. Then, mysteriously, he went back. — Videos by Marzena Skubatz — LONDON — With his gaunt frame, haunted face and copious tears, Mazen al-Hamada became a poster boy for the suffering of Syrian torture victims.
Washington Post:
As schools reopen, Asian American students are missing from classrooms — It's happening in well-to-do Pakistani households in the suburbs of Washington and among Chinese restaurant workers in Philadelphia. It's happening among weary Filipino nurses in Queens, Hmong refugee families …
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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
‘China virus’ redux: For Trump and Republicans, it's open season on Asian Americans like me
‘China virus’ redux: For Trump and Republicans, it's open season on Asian Americans like me
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CBS News, The Daily Beast and Vox
BuzzFeed News:
Some Oath Keepers Say Its Founder Has Betrayed The Group's Mission — And Them — “Like a moth to the flame,” one former Oath Keeper said of founder Stewart Rhodes. “He flies in, throws up a PayPal, and then disappears.” — Copy — In a recent indictment of nine people who stormed …
CBS News:
“QAnon Shaman” claims he wasn't attacking the country in first interview since Capitol riot arrest — Jacob Chansley, the man seen wearing face paint and a fur helmet with horns during the January 6 insurrection, tells 60 Minutes+ he was trying “to bring God back to the Senate.”
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Dave Zirin / The Nation:
Kelly Loeffler Just Lost Her WNBA Team to a Player She Refused to Meet — A massive story just went down in Atlanta, if we take the time to acknowledge it. — By any measure, it should be the biggest story in sports: a franchise owner runs a racist Senate campaign, throwing their own Black players under the bus in the process.
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The Root
Nick Storm / The Intercept:
Mitch McConnell Working With Kentucky Legislature on Senate Exit Strategy … Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has compiled a short list of successors in his home state of Kentucky, preparing for the possibility that he does not serve out his full term, Kentucky Republicans tell The Intercept.
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Big League Politics and Raw Story
Jasmine Payoute / KSDK-TV:
'I'm angry and I'm hurt' | Social media post shows 5 teachers holding up racial slur — It started as a game of human Scrabble. The photo shows faculty from the Christian School District rearranging letters to form the word “coons” — O'FALLON, Mo. — The St. Charles County branch …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Justice Amy Coney Barrett issues first Supreme Court opinion — The 7-2 decision dealt with a Freedom of Information Act exception — Fox News Flash top headlines for March 4 — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett authored her first merits decision in a case since joining the high court in October.
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Alex Ward / Vox:
An “emotional” moment at an NSC meeting shows why withdrawing from Afghanistan is so hard — The Biden administration wants a professional, dispassionate process during its Afghanistan review. — SHARE All sharing options — The Biden administration's internal debate over the future …
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Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
The COVID Tracking Project:
Our Final Week: This Week in COVID-19 Data, Mar 4 — Tests are up, while cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue their declines. We are at a crucial moment in the pandemic, with vaccinations ramping up but multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 gaining footholds across the US.
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The Atlantic
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
While the Senate reads the coronavirus relief bill, nearly 1,400 Americans may die from the virus — Shortly after Jan. 5, it became apparent that Congress was likely to pass legislation substantially bolstering economic relief provided in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
USA Today:
Former LSU football coach Les Miles was banned from contacting female students after 2013 probe — Kenny Jacoby, Nancy Armour and Jessica LutherUSA TODAY — At the height of his fame as Louisiana State University's head football coach, Les Miles was accused of texting female students …
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Fox News, The Hill, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, The Daily Caller and Greensburg Tribune-Review
Tom Tapp / Deadline:
Newsom Wants Californians To Wear 2 Masks; Will Not Follow “Terrible Mistake” Being Made Texas, Florida — “We will be doubling down on mask wearing,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday, “not arguing to follow the example of Texas and other states that I think are making a terrible mistake.”
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Fox News, California Governor and The Hill
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Congressman Dan Crenshaw on President Biden's “Diminished Cognitive Capacity.” — Congressman Dan Crenshaw joined me this morning, and didn't hold back in response to President Biden's slam on Texans being “Neanderthals.”: — Audio: — 03-04hhs-crenshaw — Transcript:
Michele Kambas / Reuters:
Cyprus to lift veil of secrecy with register of company owners — NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus plans to launch a register in coming months identifying the owners of thousands of companies on the island, lifting a veil of secrecy on opaque and complex corporate structures that campaigners say can help criminals seeking to hide their loot.