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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Senate revs its confirmation engine to fill Biden's Cabinet — After slow early progress on approving President Joe Biden's Cabinet nominees, the Senate is finally on track to catch up to its pace of confirmations at the beginning of the Trump and Obama administrations.
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Washington Examiner, Fox News, Brennan Center for Justice, New York Times, The Dispatch and Political Wire
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Associated Press:
GOP struggles to define Biden, turns to culture wars instead
GOP struggles to define Biden, turns to culture wars instead
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IJR, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller, The American Independent and Breitbart
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Democrats Are Rapidly Evolving On The Filibuster
Democrats Are Rapidly Evolving On The Filibuster
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National Review, Raw Story and ABC News
Washington Post:
Biden wants to sell the stimulus. The White House is still figuring out how.
Biden wants to sell the stimulus. The White House is still figuring out how.
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The American Independent, Los Angeles Times, Roll Call, Responsible Statecraft and KXAN-TV
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
For Schumer, a Dream Job Comes With Tall Orders
For Schumer, a Dream Job Comes With Tall Orders
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Insider, Washington Times, HotAir and The Daily Caller
Scott Wong / The Hill:
40 Republicans vote against Greene motion — Forty House Republicans on Wednesday voted against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's latest motion to adjourn, yet another sign her party is growing increasingly frustrated with the Georgia Republican's procedural delay tactics.
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Washington Post and POLITICUSUSA
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CNN:
House GOP struggles over conservative hardliners' tactics: 'It's a pain in the a**' — (CNN)House Republicans are engaged in an internal struggle over how to assert their power with their robust minority, with a small contingent of conservative hardliners taking extreme measures …
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The American Independent, Insider, Politico, Occupy Democrats, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Roll Call
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Somebody's Taking a Huge Risk on Biden's Bill. It's Not Biden. — Try to imagine we are living in the following hypothetical world: A popular Republican president quickly passes emergency legislation that has the support of two-thirds of the country, while Democrats in Congress refuse to vote for it.
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Washington Post, Fox News, Bloomberg, Politico, UPI, Florida Politics and KRON4
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Roger Stone's Latest Mess: His Oath Keeper Bodyguards Arrested in Capitol Attack — Roger Stone has an Oath Keeper problem. — In recent days the FBI arrested two men, Joshua James, the owner of a cleaning services company in Alabama, and Roberto Minuta, a Newburgh, New York, tattoo artist …
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ABC News, Talking Points Memo and Reuters
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
US far-right extremists making millions via social media and cryptocurrency — Experts describe as ‘terrifying’ revelation that extremists, including some involved in Capitol attack, took in $1.5m in past year — Dozens of extremist groups and individuals, including some involved in the Capitol attack …
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Raw Story and Washington Post
NBC News:
Biden to announce deal for additional 100 million Johnson and Johnson Covid vaccine doses — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce plans Wednesday to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, giving the U.S. more than enough supply to vaccinate the entire U.S. population.
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Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Covid-19 Latest Updates: Texas Opens for Business, No Masks Required
Covid-19 Latest Updates: Texas Opens for Business, No Masks Required
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The Hill, CBS News, Insider, CNN, The Week, The Daily Caller, WCDC-TV, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's latest explosion of rage against the GOP bodes badly for our future — Opinion by — In recent days, a few die-hard Republicans have struggled to concoct a way for the GOP to purge itself of Trumpism's worst excesses while retaining its political benefits.
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New York Daily News, CNN, Vanity Fair and Outside the Beltway
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Joseph Spector / USA Today:
Gillibrand: Calling for Cuomo to resign 'isn't the conversation we should be having' — ALBANY - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand continued this week to urge for an investigation to be concluded before making any decision on whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo should stay in office amid sexual harassment allegations.
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Yahoo Finance and Political Wire
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Eric Lach / New Yorker:
Who Ordered a Smear Campaign Against Andrew Cuomo's First Accuser?
Who Ordered a Smear Campaign Against Andrew Cuomo's First Accuser?
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Insider, New York Post, BizPac Review, RedState, The Sun, Twitchy, The Daily Caller and Townhall
Politico:
New York GOP's bet to take down Cuomo: Do nothing
New York GOP's bet to take down Cuomo: Do nothing
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CNBC, Newsday, HotAir and The Daily Beast
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Arrested journalist pleaded with officer: ‘This is my job’ — IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa journalist recounted getting pepper-sprayed and arrested while covering a protest for racial justice last year, testifying in her own defense Tuesday at her trial on charges stemming from the incident.
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The Hill, Associated Press, MyNorthwest.com and The Daily Caller
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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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National Review, The American Spectator, HotAir and Lawyers, Guns & Money
CNN:
Biden and his Covid-relief bill prove popular in new CNN poll — (CNN)The economic relief bill moving rapidly through Congress is broadly popular, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. — The popularity of the bill comes as President Joe Biden's approval rating tilts positive around 50 days after he took the oath of office.
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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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Biden Got the Vaccine Rollout Humming, With Trump's Help — Trump administration officials grumble that they laid the groundwork for surging vaccinations, but some hard work in the trenches has helped pick up the pace of production. — WASHINGTON — When President Biden pledged last week …
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HotAir, National Review, Daily Kos, Crooks and Liars and Newsbusters
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
For Creators, Everything Is for Sale — Digital stars are coming up with new ways to make money. Yet fans still hold the power. — A rash of new start-ups are making it easier for digital creators to monetize every aspect of their life — down to what they eat, who they hang out with and who they respond to on TikTok.
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, Insider, Talking Points Memo, TheGrio, Raw Story and New York Magazine
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Dismantle the Filibuster and Protect Voting Rights — 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. — As Republicans in the Georgia state legislature passed a series …
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wabe.org, Detroit Metro Times, The Week, POLITICUSUSA, Slate and New York Magazine
Biba Adams / Yahoo News:
Sen. Scott: ‘Woke supremacy is as bad as White supremacy’ — The South Carolina Senator is falling in line with his Republican counterparts by taking aim at “cancel culture.” — Republican Senator Tim Scott told Fox News host Trey Gowdy that “woke supremacy is as bad as white supremacy.
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Insider, TheGrio, BizPac Review and Washington Examiner
Bloomberg:
Wall Street A-Listers Fled to Florida. Many Are Eyeing a Return — USPS data shows few New Yorkers moved to Miami, Palm Beach — New Jersey, California and Connecticut were most popular moves — The “Upper East Side” cocktail at Sant Ambroeus is just the same as in Manhattan …
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
Marcia Fudge confirmed as first Black woman to lead HUD in more than 40 years — The Ohio congresswoman has pledged to address systemic racial inequities in housing. — The Senate voted 66-34 on Wednesday to confirm President Biden's nomination of Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio) …
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Ohio Capital Journal, The Hill, CNN and Political Wire
Associated Press:
Governor Newsom says 'we're not going back to normal' after pandemic — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will say during his State of the State address that the pandemic will end soon. But when it does, Newsom will say that “we're not going back to normal” because “normal accepts inequity.”
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Townhall, Fox News, Twitchy, Sean Hannity, HotAir, CNN and New York Times
Daniel Drezner / Washington Post:
What is the point of Josh Hawley? — What to make of media interest in the junior senator from Missouri. — Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything.
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
House set for final passage Wednesday of Biden's $1.9T Covid aid plan — The House is on track to approve a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package by Wednesday afternoon, delivering President Joe Biden's first legislative achievement after a frenzied eight-week sprint in Congress.
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Insider, Washington Examiner, The Hill, ABC News, The Guardian, Washington Post, CNN and NBC Boston
Shadi Hamid / The Atlantic:
America Without God — The United States had long been a holdout among Western democracies, uniquely and perhaps even suspiciously devout. From 1937 to 1998, church membership remained relatively constant, hovering at about 70 percent. Then something happened.
Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
Arkansas Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban — And A Possible ‘Roe V. Wade’ Test — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law one of the country's most restrictive abortion bans, a measure supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its 1973 decision sanctioning the procedure.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Democrats Are Anxious About 2022 — and 2024 — The fretting starts with the party's declining share of the Hispanic vote, but it doesn't end there. — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.
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Townhall
Audrey Conklin / Fox News:
Ivanka Trump makes first public appearance since leaving White House — Trump met with local faith and community leaders to help distribute more than 1,300 food boxes — Fox News Flash top headlines for March 10 — Former senior adviser to the president Ivanka Trump on Tuesday …
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Raw Story and ams.usda.gov
Bill Baxley / Washington Post:
As a former Alabama attorney general, I do not say this lightly: An innocent man is on our death row — Opinion by Bill Baxley — Bill Baxley, attorney general of Alabama from 1971 to 1979, is a signatory to an amicus brief filed March 9 requesting the Jefferson County Circuit Court grant Toforest Johnson a new trial.
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The Daily Caller and Associated Press
Batya Ungar-Sargon / Persuasion:
The Warped Vision of “Anti-Racism” — It's perfect for affluent whites who want to be heroes of a story about justice — What kind of monster doesn't support “anti-racism”? Who would put themselves on the other side of “social justice”? How could you be opposed to the notion of “racial equity”?