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Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
Cuomo faces new sexual harassment allegation, this time at Executive Mansion — Female aide claims governor touched her inappropriately; complaint reported to AG — ALBANY — A sixth woman has come forward and leveled allegations of sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo …
Bari Weiss / City Journal:
The Miseducation of America's Elites — Affluent parents, terrified of running afoul of the new orthodoxy in their children's private schools, organize in secret. — Education — The Social Order — The dissidents use pseudonyms and turn off their videos when they meet for clandestine Zoom calls.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Hidden provisions in Biden's rescue bill make this a bigger deal than you thought — Some time in the next few days, President Biden will sign the American Rescue Plan, the first major legislation of his presidency. It has gotten a large amount of press coverage, especially the $1,400 checks that will be going to most Americans.
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Biden's COVID-Relief Bill Is a Big F**king Deal — Joe Biden won, but progressives lost. — For weeks after the 2020 election, this was the conventional wisdom about its outcome. As Politico wrote on November 5, “During Barack Obama's presidency, Biden's propensity for cutting deals …
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Marc Thiessen / Washington Post:
Manchin promised to back his ‘Republican friends.’ Instead, he betrayed them. — On Feb. 2, after 10 Senate Republicans went to the White House and offered President Biden a path to a bipartisan filibuster-proof covid relief bill, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) publicly backed their effort.
Jon Walker / American Prospect:
The Almost Big F*cking Deal in the COVID Relief Bill
The Almost Big F*cking Deal in the COVID Relief Bill
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Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
BuzzFeed Announces Deep Cuts To HuffPost Staff After Acquisition — BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost from Verizon Media in February. — BuzzFeed announced layoffs for the HuffPost newsroom on Tuesday, three weeks after acquiring HuffPost from Verizon Media in February.
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Laura Wagner / Defector:
Jonah Peretti Lays Off 47 HuffPost Staffers In Latest “Bloodbath” — BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti, who acquired HuffPost from Verizon in a deal that was announced last year with the promise that HuffPost would thrive in partnership with BuzzFeed, announced in an all-hands meeting today …
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New York Times, New York Post, HotAir and Talking Points Memo
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Piers Morgan's Meghan Markle Comments Being Investigated by U.K. Media Regulator Ofcom … U.K. media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation after more than 41,000 people wrote in to complain about ITV's “Good Morning Britain” host Piers Morgan's comments on Meghan Markle.
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Patrick Freyne / The Irish Times:
Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete
Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete
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Associated Press:
GOP struggles to define Biden, turns to culture wars instead — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and the Democrats were on the brink of pushing through sprawling legislation with an eyepopping, $1.9 trillion price tag. — But many Republican politicians and conservative commentators had other priorities in recent days.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
For Schumer, a Dream Job Comes With Tall Orders — After ascending to the top Senate job during the assault on the Capitol, Chuck Schumer faces a different kind of challenge: steering President Biden's agenda with no margin for error. — WASHINGTON — The moment Chuck Schumer achieved …
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Washington Times, IJR and The Daily Caller
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Oath Keepers founder directed Capitol rioters on January 6, Justice Department says — 9 alleged Oath Keepers now charged in riot — (CNN)The founder of the Oath Keepers was giving directions before and during the US Capitol riot to alleged extremist conspirators among the right-wing paramilitary group …
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New York Times:
Trump, Hungry for Power, Tries to Wrestle Away G.O.P. Fund-Raising — Angry at his critics in the party and seeking to keep his options for raising money open, the former president is trying to take charge of the online fund-raising juggernaut he helped create.
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Donald Trump is attempting a hostile takeover of the Republican Party
Donald Trump is attempting a hostile takeover of the Republican Party
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ABC News:
FBI releases new images of DC pipe bomb suspect — A reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect stands at $100,000. — FBI releases new video of Capitol Hill pipe bomb suspect — Just one night before the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill breach, pipe bombs were placed near the DNC and RNC headquarters.
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
FBI releases new video of suspect planting bombs before Capitol riot
FBI releases new video of suspect planting bombs before Capitol riot
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The Carter Center:
President Carter Statement on Efforts to Restrict Voting Access — In 1962, I ran to represent the 14th Senate District in the Georgia legislature. I won my Senate seat, but only after the courts ruled that a ballot box had been illegally “stuffed” with votes for my opponent.
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Bob Smietana / Religion News Service:
Bible teacher Beth Moore, splitting with Lifeway, says, ‘I am no longer a Southern Baptist’ — Author and speaker Beth Moore speaks during a panel on sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 10, 2019.
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Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Manhattan Prosecutors Advance Probe Into Trump's Seven Springs Estate — Subpoenas center on Trump Organization's failed efforts to develop the 213-acre property into a luxury subdivision — Manhattan prosecutors are intensifying their investigation into Donald Trump's businesses …
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Politico:
Pentagon chief to urge Manchin to support nominee amid Twitter troubles — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday urged Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin to support President Joe Biden's nominee for the top Pentagon policy job amid criticism of his past Twitter posts. But the moderate senator says he's still undecided.
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Charlie Cook / National Journal:
OFF TO THE RACES: A historic bill, but at what cost? — The $1.9 trillion package does a lot more than simply address the pandemic and the economy. Which is why Republicans were so reluctant to play ball. — On Saturday, on a party-line vote of 50 to 49, Senate Democrats passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
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Makini Brice / Reuters:
U.S. House to vote Wednesday on Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 package
U.S. House to vote Wednesday on Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 package
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The Biden administration confirms some but not all of Trump's Wuhan lab claims — In its final days, President Donald Trump's State Department made a series of highly controversial claims about the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, and its possible connection to the covid-19 outbreak.
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Doug Mainwaring / LifeSiteNews:
Activist Milo Yiannopoulos is now ‘Ex-Gay,’ consecrating his life to St. Joseph — Salvation can only be achieved through devotion to Christ and the works of the Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.' … Milo Yiannopoulos, the gay man whose conservative messaging and willingness to speak …
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson:
Governor Hutchinson Issues Statement on Signing of SB6 — “SB6 is a pro-life bill that prohibits abortion in all cases except to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency. It does not include exceptions for rape and incest. — “I will sign SB6 because of overwhelming legislative support …
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Ben Weingarten / The American Mind:
Out of His Census — Biden's betrayal of citizenship sabotages our republican form of government. — Editors' Note — This article will be part of a longer forthcoming series regarding President Biden's harmful Executive Orders. — President Joe Biden's flurry of initial actions …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Good News about the Pfizer Vaccine — In Your Face, Variants! — In the tug of war between pandemic optimism and pandemic pessimism, one of the recurring arguments from the side of pessimism is that the virus is always mutating, mutated versions have in some cases become more contagious and more virulent …
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Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Brood X cicadas are about to put on one of the wildest shows in nature. And D.C. is the main stage. — “We are at the epicenter of an event that happens nowhere else on the planet,” an entomologist said. “It blows your mind.” — They've been buried — alive — for 17 years.
Bloomberg:
Republican Senator Sees ‘Day of Reckoning’ on Debt After Biden Stimulus — Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida said Tuesday he's worried that interest rates and inflation will rise as a result of greater government borrowing once President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package becomes law.
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Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
‘QAnon Shaman’ stays in jail as judge slams his arguments: 'So frivolous as to insult the Court's intelligence' — Jacob Anthony Chansley, often referred to as the “QAnon Shaman” who donned horns and red-white-and-blue face paint to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, has spent nearly …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Dog days for Biden: A presidential pet causes a ‘minor injury’ — and a public relations challenge — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — President Biden has made them as much a part of his personal brand as his scrappy Scranton roots, his anecdotes of overcoming grief and his folksy demeanor.
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Fox Cancel Culture Segment Completely Deflates When Guest Agrees Pepe LePew is Pretty Messed Up — A Fox Business segment on cancel culture deflated after a guest pointed out that Pepé LePew, a Looney Tunes cartoon character who was scrubbed from the upcoming Space Jam sequel, is actually kind of a creep.
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National Women's Hall of Fame:
2021 Induction — The National Women's Hall of Fame will celebrate the inclusion of these extraordinary women into the Hall at the biennial in-person induction ceremony on October 2, 2021 at the NWHF's new home, the recently revitalized 1844 Seneca Knitting Mill building.
Bloomberg:
Trump's Next Challenge Is to Turn 74 Million Believers Into Buyers — They backed Donald Trump in November, and now they aren't buying what he's selling. — A quarry owner in the heart of Texas Trump country says she has little interest in staying at one of his hotels.
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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 …
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Roger Mudd, probing TV journalist and network news anchor, dies at 93 — Roger Mudd, a longtime CBS News political correspondent who reported on the Pentagon's profligate spending, whose interview with Edward M. Kennedy ended the senator's White House prospects and who briefly shared …
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South China Morning Post:
exclusive | China and US in talks for top-level relationship reset meeting in Alaska — Beijing's most senior envoys, Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi, may be sent for face-to-face discussions with their American counterparts in Anchorage Talks could be a chance to find common ground and begin …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
How to Put Out Democracy's Dumpster Fire — 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.