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4:15 PM ET, March 6, 2021

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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Trump sends legal notice to GOP to stop using his name  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HAPPENING NOW ON THE SENATE FLOOR: The Senate is working its way through final GOP amendments to President JOE BIDEN's pandemic relief bill after pulling an all-nighter debating changes to the document.
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Politico:
'I have no idea what he's doing': Manchin perplexes with Covid aid power play  —  The Senate was more than two hours into a vote on Friday afternoon as Jon Tester and several fellow Democrats pleaded with Joe Manchin.  —  The voluble West Virginian was talking with his colleagues …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump vows to campaign against ‘disloyal’ Murkowski  —  Former President Donald Trump is making official his plans to target Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, vowing to travel to Alaska to campaign against her ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.  —  In a statement to POLITICO on Saturday …
Discussion: The Week and HotAir
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Biden's slow and steady approach on Cabinet choices seems to be working  —  The Biden administration has learned that slow and steady might just win the race to confirming the new Cabinet.  —  Despite the historically sluggish pace of Senate consideration, President Biden's Cabinet choices have …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
To Juice the Economy, Biden Bets on the Poor  —  Mr. Biden's bottom-up $1.9 trillion aid package is a sharp reversal from the tax cut bill that was President Donald J. Trump's first big legislative victory.  —  WASHINGTON — To jump-start the ailing economy, President Biden is turning …
Discussion: Washington Post, Sputnik News and Vox
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Senate narrowly passes COVID relief bill after sleepless, tumultuous night  —  Senate has been in session since 9 a.m. Friday  —  Hagerty: More pork in COVID bill ‘than all the BBQ joints in Tennessee’  —  The Senate on Saturday narrowly passed President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Divided Senate Passes Biden's Pandemic Aid Plan
Discussion: The Week
Washington Post:
Senate passes Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill after voting overnight on amendments, sends measure back to House
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Vindication for Ron DeSantis  —  The media vilified him for rejecting harsh lockdowns.  But Florida's Covid-19 numbers are better than California's or New York's, and its economy thrives.  —  In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo imposed strict lockdown policies …
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Albany Times Union:
Resign, Mr. Cuomo  —  First Gov. Andrew Cuomo hid the truth about deaths of nursing home residents from the public.  Then his administration lied about why.  Then, pretending to come clean, it lied about why it lied.  —  Enough.  Mr. Cuomo has squandered the public's trust at a time when it's needed more than ever.
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Cuomo book sales see ‘precipitous drop’
Discussion: RedState, Bloomberg and Insider
BuzzFeed News:
NYT Columnist David Brooks Resigns From Nonprofit After More Evidence Of Conflicts Emerges  —  David Brooks has resigned from his position at the Aspen Institute following reporting by BuzzFeed News about conflicts of interest between the star New York Times columnist and funders of a program he led for the think tank.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Never Trumpers Are Becoming Pro-Democracy Republicans  —  One of the most predictable developments of the post-Trump era was that the small band of anti-Trump conservative intellectuals and Republican officials would quickly melt away.  They had been repulsed by Donald Trump's combination …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
F.B.I. Finds Contact Between Proud Boys Member and Trump Associate Before Riot  —  A leader of the far-right group separately said he had been in touch with Roger Stone, but an official said it was not the same contact investigators found through electronic communications records.
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New York Post:
De Blasio is serious about ‘longshot’ run against Gov. Cuomo, insiders say  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio has been talking to his inner circle and union allies about running for governor, and sources say he is growing increasingly confident he can win.  —  “I fell out of my chair laughing …
Discussion: National Review
HuffPost:
Republicans Are Gaslighting The Country About The Capitol Riot  —  GOP lawmakers are desperately trying to deflect blame away from Donald Trump and themselves.  —  Sure, the attack on the Capitol was bad, but did you hear about the attack on the White House last year?
Discussion: Raw Story
Li Cohen / CBS News:
“I still like Dr. Seuss”: Kevin McCarthy releases video of himself reading “Green Eggs and Ham”  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has seemingly weighed in on Dr. Seuss Enterprises' decision to stop publishing six Dr. Seuss books because they contain racist and insensitive imagery.
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Associated Press:
Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric hold historic, symbolic meeting  —  PLAINS OF UR, Iraq (AP) — Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq's long-beleaguered Christian minority during …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Fox News host Tucker Carlson calls QAnon followers ‘gentle’ patriots  —  Carlson says conspiracy theory believers - many of whom took part in Capitol attack - are ‘gentle people waving American flags’  —  Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are “gentle people waving American flags” …
Washington Post:
Ten years ago, 241 Texas power plants couldn't take the cold.  Dozens of them failed again this year.  —  The Washington Post compared last month's power failures to the last big freeze.  In both cases, some of the same companies failed to prepare.  —  The corporate and municipal owners …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Gamard / delawareonline:
Why Carper, Coons just voted against Democrats' attempt to hike the minimum wage to $15  —  U.S. Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons were among eight non-Republican senators on Friday to vote against an attempt to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.  —  The nay votes were against a proposal …
Discussion: Boston.com, HuffPost, Insider and Politico
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Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Sinema Slammed For Exaggerated Thumbs-Down On $15 Minimum Wage
 
 
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Hires Qatari Agent as Senior Adviser
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Highlights of the $1.9T COVID bill nearing final passage
Neil King, Jr / The Talbot Spy:
Statues and Fields  —  Thoughts on our national fight over how we remember,  —  and what we forget
NBC News:
NBC News Exclusive: Jacob Soboroff interviews Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Andy Levin on Amazon: ‘This Is the Biggest Union Election in This Century’
Associated Press:
Biden White House: message discipline, no news conference
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite:
Newsmax Loses More Than Half Its Audience Since Post-Election Ratings Surge
 Earlier Items: 
Helaine Olen / Washington Post:
If you're upset about Hunter Biden, Elaine Chao should send you into fits of rage
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans aren't fighting Democrats. They're fighting democracy.
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats Want a Stronger Edge in the Senate. Ohio Could Be Crucial.
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Wall Street Journal:
Oh, No, the Labor Market Is Recovering
Emma Balter / Houston Chronicle:
‘It was horrific’: Houston restaurants brace for threats after sticking with masks
Detroit Free Press:
Whitmer kidnapping plot hearing live feed: Confidential FBI informant testifies
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
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Financial Times:
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