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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Biden German Shepherd has aggressive incident and is sent back to Delaware  —  Washington (CNN)The two German Shepherds belonging to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were returned to the Biden family home in Delaware last week after aggressive behavior at the White House involving Major Biden …
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Georgia Republicans Pass the Most Restrictive Voting Laws Since Jim Crow  —  Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.  —  Following unexpected Democratic victories in Georgia in November and January …
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The Daily Beast:
Inside Team Trump's New Plot to Suppress the Vote Under Biden  —  Multiple state-level efforts to curb voting have made Democrats' consideration of voting rights legislation in Congress, like H.R. 1, feel even more urgent.  —  Donald Trump has made it clear that he wants election crackdowns …
Patrick Freyne / The Irish Times:
Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete  —  Patrick Freyne: After Harry and Meghan, the monarchy looks archaic and racist.  Well duh  — Video  — Images  —  Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have hit out at the British monarchy …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and spiked
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Meghan's Oprah Interview Rekindles Princess Diana Memories
Discussion: The Week and Breitbart
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC brushes back Trump team on cease-and-desist demand  —  The Republican National Committee is denying a cease-and-desist demand from Donald Trump's attorneys, who asked the party organization to stop using the former president's name and likeness in fundraising appeals.
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Making Senators Orate Won't Blunt the Filibuster  —  Can obstructionism be deterred by forcing politicians to give long speeches?  The question answers itself.  —  Oy, Frank Capra.  We're back to chattering about the “talking” filibuster — the idea that filibusters should be performed …
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David Litt / The Atlantic:   We Already Got Rid of the Filibuster Once Before
Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
White House returns portraits of Bill Clinton and George W Bush to prominent place in foyer after Trump hid them in room used for storage  — The White House has returned portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to prominent locations in the Grand Foyer  — Donald Trump hid them in a room used for storage
Discussion: Fox News
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Bush and Clinton portraits are back on display in White House's Grand Foyer
Discussion: Insider and KYMA-TV
Howard Gleckman / TaxVox:
Pandemic Bill Would Cut Taxes by An Average of $3,000, With Most Relief Going to Low- And Middle-Income Households  —  According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, the Senate version of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) would reduce federal taxes in 2021 by an average of $3,000 and raise after-tax incomes by 3.8 percent.
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Paul Hannon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Growth Surge Could Unbalance Fragile Global Economy  —  OECD doubles its growth forecast for world's largest economy; warns that surge could suck capital away from faltering emerging markets  —  The U.S. will drive a sharp rebound in the world economy this year, but the strength …
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Chris Giles / Financial Times:
Biden stimulus will boost global recovery from Covid, says OECD
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Rare trial of U.S. journalist arrested on the job begins in Iowa  —  Prosecutors in Iowa began their case Monday against a Des Moines Register reporter arrested during racial justice protests last summer, in a rare trial of a U.S. journalist charged with a crime while reporting.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Dan Crenshaw Decided Pandemic Was Perfect Time to Buy and Not Disclose Stocks  —  “Members of Congress should not be actively trading securities in the middle of a crisis,” said Ben Edwards, a securities law expert at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Washington Post:
Man charged in Capitol riot is linked to Oath Keepers, seen with Roger Stone on Jan. 6, prosecutors say  —  A man linked by prosecutors to the Oath Keepers and Republican strategist Roger Stone was arrested Monday in New York and charged with criminal involvement in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Many ‘Long Covid’ Patients Had No Symptoms From Their Initial Infection  —  An analysis of electronic medical records in California found that 32 percent started with asymptomatic infections but reported troubling aftereffects weeks and months later.  —  Many people who experience long-term symptoms …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Internet Doesn't Have to Be Awful  —  This article was published online on March 8, 2021.  —  To read the diary of Gustave de Beaumont, the traveling companion of Alexis de Tocqueville, is to understand just how primitive the American wilderness once seemed to visiting Frenchmen.
New York Times:
Publisher Halts Promotion of Cuomo Book, Citing Nursing Homes Inquiry  —  “American Crisis” was supposed to be a triumphant account of New York's coronavirus fight.  But as scandals swirl, sales have dramatically slowed.  —  The publisher of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's book on his leadership during …
Laura Reiley / Washington Post:
Relief bill is most significant legislation for Black farmers since Civil Rights Act, experts say  —  $5 billion would go to farmers of color, who have lost 90 percent of their land over the past century because of systemic discrimination and a cycle of debt
Discussion: fb.org, Bloomberg and Civil Eats
Rachel Cohrs / STAT:
With the ear of Joe Manchin, West Virginia hospitals helped secure billions in new Covid relief funds  —  WASHINGTON — West Virginia University Health System doesn't have the name recognition of the Mayo Clinic or Massachusetts General Hospital.  It doesn't have the lobbying firepower in Washington, either.
CNN:
First independent report into Xinjiang genocide allegations claims evidence of Beijing's ‘intent to destroy’ Uyghur people  —  Hong Kong (CNN)The Chinese government's alleged actions in Xinjiang have violated every single provision in the United Nations' Genocide Convention …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
NYC prosecutors' probe into Trump finances expands to include millions loaned for Chicago skyscraper  —  Five elected investigators are turning their attention to Trump  —  (CNN)The Manhattan district attorney's office subpoenaed documents from an investment company that loaned …
Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times and POLITICUSUSA
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Rep. Paul Gosar Tweets White Nationalist Group's Motto  —  After speaking at a white nationalist “America First” conference recently, the Arizona congressman appears to be doubling down on his support of the group.  —  Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) posted on Twitter the motto of a white nationalist group …
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Man Threatened to Lynch 2 Congressmen, U.S. Says  —  A judge on Monday ordered Kenneth R. Hubert of Missouri held in jail, saying his words rose to the level of posing danger.  —  A Missouri man who prosecutors say threatened to lynch a Black congressman the day after the Jan. 6 siege …
Jim Kiertzner / WXYZ-TV:
Macomb County Prosecutor says criminal charges possible against Governor Whitmer over nursing home deaths  —  (WXYZ) — Criminal charges could be in the works against Governor Gretchen Whitmer over putting COVID patients inside nursing homes used as hubs early in the pandemic.
Washington Examiner:
The numbers are in, and the states don't need a bailout  —  Democrats call their current massive spending bill a “COVID relief” bill, but the half-trillion-dollar bailout of state governments has nothing to do with COVID-19 relief.  Plenty of states are doing poorly fiscally, but generally …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Biden taps another Big Tech trustbuster  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — President JOE BIDEN has decided to nominate LINA KHAN, a Columbia University legal scholar championed by anti-Big Tech activists, to the Federal Trade Commission.
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
‘Bad news’: Wave of GOP retirements signals battles ahead  —  This is not the way Republicans wanted to begin the year.  —  Missouri's Roy Blunt on Monday became the fifth Republican senator to announce he will not seek reelection, a retirement wave that portends an ugly campaign season next year …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Boosted Obamacare subsidies could soon be available at Healthcare.gov  —  One corner of the health-care industry seems to be thriving amid the coronavirus pandemic: The Affordable Care Act's individual insurance marketplaces.  —  Within days, President Biden …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Daily Montanan
Paul Gowder / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Humanists, Want to Attack Originalism?  Learn About Law.  —  A recent effort to debunk the legal theory misses badly.  —  THE REVIEW … Originalism Has Many Problems.  Its Imagined Religious Origin Is Not Among Them.  —  By Paul Gowder  —  A  —  dam Shapiro's unfortunate effort …
Linda Stasi / New York Daily News:
We were right to laud Cuomo: Don't let scandals distract from pandemic competence  —  The rumors of his death have been greatly exaggerated.  No, Gov. Cuomo is not a dead duck or even necessarily a lame duck — and he shouldn't be.  He may not be perfect, but he has been the perfect man for our perilous pandemic times.
 
 
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Ashley Southall / New York Times:
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Mark Medina / USA Today:
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Justin George / Washington Post:
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