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New York Times:
Inside the Lincoln Project's Secrets, Side Deals and Scandals — A civil war broke out in the group as it antagonized Donald Trump, with leaders splintering over financial arrangements and revelations of online harassment by a top official. — A few days before the presidential election …
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Fully vaccinated people can have small gatherings indoors with other vaccinated people but need to wear masks in public, the C.D.C. says. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued long-awaited guidance to Americans fully vaccinated against Covid-19 …
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Christina Maxouris / CNN:
Here's how close the US is to a possible Covid-19 surge, expert warns — (CNN)The coronavirus pandemic appears to be in decline, but the US is actually in the “eye of the hurricane” right now, according to a leading epidemiologist. — After months of devastation, steep decreases …
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Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Fully vaccinated individuals can socialize without masks, distancing in some cases, CDC says — The new guidance says those fully vaccinated should still wear masks in public. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
CDC releases guidance on safe activities after Covid-19 vaccination … People who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 may safely gather with small groups from other households without wearing masks or physical distancing, even if those people have not yet had their shots, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
Washington Post:
Fully vaccinated people can visit with nearby grandchildren, dine indoors with one another, CDC says
Fully vaccinated people can visit with nearby grandchildren, dine indoors with one another, CDC says
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Politico:
CDC cuts travel advice from guidelines for vaccinated people
CDC cuts travel advice from guidelines for vaccinated people
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Allison Aubrey / NPR:
CDC Says It's Safe For Vaccinated People To Do These Activities
CDC Says It's Safe For Vaccinated People To Do These Activities
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Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
John Roberts issues lone dissent in Supreme Court campus free speech case — Chief Justice John Roberts was the lone dissent in a Supreme Court campus free speech case, arguing that a former college student had no standing to protest the school restricting his religious freedoms.
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Supreme Court rejects final Trump bid to nullify 2020 election results — The Supreme Court on Monday denied a bid by former President Trump to nullify his electoral loss in Wisconsin, rejecting the former president's final pending appeal over the results of the 2020 election.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Manchin's next power play — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), America's ultimate swing voter, told me on “Axios on HBO” that he'll insist Republicans have more of a voice on President Biden's next big package than they did on the COVID stimulus. — The big picture: Manchin said he'll push …
NBC New York:
Roger Stone Associate With Oath Keepers Ties Arrested on Capitol Riot Charges — Law enforcement officials also identified another man Monday who is now facing charges in the Capitol riot case — 32-year-old Isaac Sturgeon — What to Know — A New York man with ties to Roger Stone …
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Meet the GOP voters who could decide whether the U.S. reaches herd immunity — Almost one-third of Republicans tell pollsters they 'definitely won't' get vaccinated. — Margaret, an 80-year-old retiree who lives outside Tulsa, has spent the past year living in fear of the coronavirus.
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Joanne Kenen / Politico:
Vaccine-skeptical Trump country poses challenge to immunization push
Vaccine-skeptical Trump country poses challenge to immunization push
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Tejal Rao / New York Times:
The Best Bagels Are in California (Sorry, New York) — West Coast bakers are driving a great bagel boom, producing some of the most delicious versions around and finding ways to expand during the pandemic. — BERKELEY, Calif. — The bagels at Boichik Bagels have the look of Labrador puppies curled …
The Bulwark:
H.R. 1 for Dummies — A layman's guide to understanding what the For the People Act is and why America needs it. — With the latest COVID relief package passed, H.R. 1—the For the People Act—becomes the most salient pending piece of legislation. Our democracy is on borrowed time …
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Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:
Meghan and Harry's nauseating two-hour Oprah whine-athon was a disgraceful diatribe of cynical race-baiting propaganda designed to damage the Queen as her husband lies in hospital - and destroy the Monarchy — Sickening. — Shameful. — Self-pitying. — Salacious. — Scandalous.
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Anna Pasternak / Telegraph:
What Meghan can learn from Mrs Simpson's ‘tell-all’ TV interview
Tax Policy Center:
T21-0039 - Major Individual Income Tax Provisions in H.R.1319, The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 as Passed by the Senate, by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2021 — Table shows the effect on the distribution of federal taxes, by expanded cash income percentile, relative to current law …
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Pence to give speech in SC, his 1st since leaving office — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In his first public address since the end of the Trump administration, former Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to South Carolina, set to speak to a conservative Christian nonprofit in the state that plays …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP scam is getting worse — for Republican voters. A new study shows how. — When every Senate Republican voted against President Biden's $1.9 trillion rescue package over the weekend, it revived a question that analysts have asked about the modern GOP for decades …
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New York Times:
Josh Hawley Is ‘Not Going Anywhere.’ How Did He Get Here? — The senator's objection to the election results surprised some supporters. But interviews with dozens of people close to him show his growing comfort with doing what it takes to hold on to power.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, RedState, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Pepe Le Pew Won't Be Appearing In Warner Bros' ‘Space Jam’ Sequel — EXCLUSIVE: He starred in the first Warner Bros. Space Jam movie back in 1996, however, Pepe Le Pew will not be showing up at all in the upcoming theatrical sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy on July 16.
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Josh Rogin / Politico:
In 2018, Diplomats Warned of Risky Coronavirus Experiments in a Wuhan Lab. No One Listened. — On January 15, in its last days, President Donald Trump's State Department put out a statement with serious claims about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The statement said the U.S …
Kaylee McGhee White / Washington Examiner:
Andrew Cuomo is exposing Democrats' hypocrisy — Five women have now come forward and accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct. Four of them used to work with him closely, which makes their accounts all the more credible.
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Iowa City Press-Citizen:
Iowa's Johnson County Democrats calls for replacing caucuses with a presidential primary — The largest Democratic caucus site in Iowa's Johnson County in 2020 held nearly 900 people, said local activist John Deeth — a far cry from the glorified image of Iowans debating presidential politics in a neighbor's living room.
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Alexander Reid Ross / The Daily Beast:
These ‘Dirtbag Left’ Stars Are Flirting With the Far Right — Their podcasts and shows are full of Boogaloos, “deep state” conspiracies, and even “great replacement” talking points. Which side is this, again? … Over the past year, as the far right trafficked in wild anti-masker …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: GOP voting bills take power from locals & Brad Raffensperger, give to lawmakers — By Patricia Murphy - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Greg Bluestein - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tia Mitchell - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — It's Crossover Day at the state Capitol …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Sen. Roy Blunt won't run for reelection in latest blow to GOP — Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri announced on Monday that he will not run for reelection in 2022, a surprise decision from the No. 4 GOP leader that comes amid a slew of retirements from top Senate Republicans.
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Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Tech spent years fighting foreign terrorists. Then came the Capitol riot. — On a Friday in August 2017 — years before a mob of armed and very-online extremists took over the U.S. Capitol — a young Black woman who worked at Facebook walked up to the microphone to ask Mark Zuckerberg …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The stimulus shows why the left should stop worrying and learn to love the suburban voter — Contrary to the left's fears, the road to redistribution runs through the suburbs. — Democrats passed an unapologetically progressive stimulus bill through the Senate this weekend …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Does Fox care more about Dr. Seuss or stopping Biden's agenda? — DRIVING THE DAY — Congress is about to pass and President JOE BIDEN is about to sign into law the greatest expansion of the welfare state since LBJ. — The bill extends far beyond stimulus payments …
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Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
What Is Happening to the Republicans? — In becoming the party of Trump, the G.O.P. confronts the kind of existential crisis that has destroyed American parties in the past. — One of the oldest imperatives of American electoral politics is to define your opponents before they can define themselves.