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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 …
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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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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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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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Hidden provisions in Biden's rescue bill make this a bigger deal than you thought
Hidden provisions in Biden's rescue bill make this a bigger deal than you thought
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Laura Reiley / Washington Post:
Relief bill is most significant legislation for Black farmers since Civil Rights Act, experts say
Relief bill is most significant legislation for Black farmers since Civil Rights Act, experts say
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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 …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Anti-filibuster liberals face a Senate math problem — There's a reason Senate Democrats haven't changed the Senate's filibuster rules so far: They don't have the votes yet. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his deputies are going to have to work aggressively to get them.
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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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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why the GOP's awful new voter suppression effort is so alarming — Opinion by — It has become routine to observe that Republicans are responding to their 2020 loss by making it harder to vote wherever they possibly can. That's ominous: We're getting lulled into treating …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
What the GOP voting restrictions actually do vs. what proponents claim
What the GOP voting restrictions actually do vs. what proponents claim
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The new Republican war on voting rights, explained
The new Republican war on voting rights, explained
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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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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Some GOPers Want To Run An Old Playbook On Vanita Gupta. It May Not Work This Time. — The civil rights leader has a ton of support from law enforcement organizations. Some Republicans want to paint her as anti-cop anyway. — Two decades ago, a former rodeo cowboy went undercover in Tulia, Texas.
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Biden DOJ nominee Vanita Gupta expresses ‘regret’ over anti-GOP remarks: ‘I apologize’
Biden DOJ nominee Vanita Gupta expresses ‘regret’ over anti-GOP remarks: ‘I apologize’
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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.
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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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 …
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 …
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Eileen Reslen / Page Six:
Dana Perino reveals why George W. Bush once kicked her out of Oval Office — Dana Perino's first visit to the Oval Office was memorable — since it's not often you witness the leader of the free world get upset. — The 48-year-old said her new job as White House press secretary under …
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Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
Maker of Dove Soap Will Drop the Word ‘Normal’ From Beauty Products — Unilever, which owns brands like Dove and Sunsilk, said a study had found that the word “normal” makes most people feel excluded. A spokeswoman said it would remove it from more than 200 products.
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Reuters:
Republican donations surge despite corporate boycott after Capitol riots — (Reuters) - Right after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, dozens of U.S. companies announced they would halt political donations to the 147 Republican lawmakers who voted to overturn Donald Trump's presidential election loss.
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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 — 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 …
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Washington Post:
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was in direct contact with rioters before and during Capitol breach, U.S. alleges — U.S. prosecutors alleged Monday that Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was in direct contact before, during and immediately after the Jan. 6 Capitol breach …
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Mark Joyella / Forbes:
Politico's Eugene Daniels: ‘We Are Changing Who Is Allowed To Talk About Politics And Who Is Allowed At The Table’ — Eugene Daniels says he's a “big, huge history nerd and a big news nerd,” and last fall he told his bosses at Politico what he wanted to do after the 2020 election.
CNN:
3 university professors placed on leave after photos surface of them at campus event wearing and holding racist symbols — (CNN)Three professors at the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave after photos surfaced of them wearing and holding racist symbols at a campus event in 2014 …
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Politico:
Pentagon chief to urge Manchin to support nominee amid Twitter troubles — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin plans to urge Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday to support President Joe Biden's nominee for the top Pentagon policy job amid criticism of his past Twitter posts, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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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.
Axios:
Scoop: McCarthy leading GOP delegation to southern border — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will travel to Texas on Monday with roughly a dozen Republican members to assess the growing crisis at the southern border, his office confirmed to Axios. — Why it matters: The visit comes …
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David Klion / Jewish Currents:
Progressives Are Losing Patience with Biden's Iran Policy — IN EARLY FEBRUARY, Politico reported that Matt Duss, who serves as foreign policy advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders, was expected to depart Capitol Hill for a role in the Biden administration's State Department.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Biden's Nominee For Top Civil Rights Post Hyped The Jussie Smollett Hoax, Criticized Police For Seeking Actor's Cell Phone — Kristen Clarke, the nominee to lead the Justice Department's civil rights division, fell for the false claims made by actor Jussie Smollett that he was the victim …
Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Identity-obsessed liberals and social justice are the roots of ‘cancel culture’ — “Cancel culture” is the popular phrase of the times, with everything from Dr. Seuss books to cartoon characters being forced out of circulation. But cancel culture is simply the next logical point in the brain rot …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Bush and Clinton portraits are back on display in White House's Grand Foyer — Washington (CNN)The White House has rehung the official presidential portraits of former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton after they were removed last July during the Trump administration, an official tells CNN.
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Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
The stimulus bill's Child Tax Credit expansion is exactly the pandemic relief parents need — When big legislation makes its way through Congress, peeling back the layers usually reveals the rot inside. Once they're brought into the light, we see why provisions were slipped into a bigger package.
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USA Today:
CDC misinterpreted our research on opening schools. It should loosen the rules now — Keeping schools closed or even partially closed, based on what we know now is harming children. — “The only thing we have to fear is...fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror …
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David McCabe / New York Times:
Tech's Legal Shield Appears Likely to Survive as Congress Focuses on Details — WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump called multiple times for repealing the law that shields tech companies from legal responsibility over what people post. President Biden, as a candidate, said the law should be “revoked.”
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