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7:30 PM ET, March 11, 2021

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Jim Garamone / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Press Secretary Smites Fox Host That Dissed Diversity in U.S. Military  —  The United States military is the greatest the world has ever seen because of its diversity, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said during a news briefing this morning.  —  Kirby addressed this because a Fox …
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Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Tucker Carlson's Opinion on Pregnant Military Women Based on ‘Zero Days’ of Service: Space Command Official  —  Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant Scott H. Stalker, who currently serves as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL) of the U.S. Space Command, publicly called out Fox News' Tucker Carlson …
CNN:
Senior members of military call out Tucker Carlson for mocking women serving in armed forces: His words 'don't reflect our values'  —  New York (CNN Business)Senior members of the US military took to Twitter late Wednesday and Thursday to call out Fox News host Tucker Carlson for a sexist segment …
Abraham Mahshie / Washington Examiner:
Tucker Carlson ‘demeaned the entire US military’ by slamming female-friendly policies, Pentagon says
Seb Walker / VICE:
Even Trump's Defense Secretary During the Capitol Riot Blames Him for Inciting It  —  Former Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller told VICE on Showtime he believes Trump's speech caused the violent mob to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.  —  SW  —  One of the most senior Cabinet officials …
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Biden signs historic $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief law
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Latest Accusation Against Cuomo Is Referred to Albany Police  —  The police characterized the alleged groping by the governor of a female aide as something that may rise “to the level of a crime.”  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany Police Department officials said on Thursday that they had received …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
New York Assembly authorizes new probe of Cuomo sexual misconduct allegations  —  The New York State Assembly on Thursday authorized an investigation of sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a potential first step toward impeachment.
Discussion: Gothamist, Politico, CNBC and Political Wire
CNN:
Arizona Republican lawmakers join GOP efforts to target voting, with nearly two dozen restrictive voting measures  —  (CNN)Months after former President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress attempted to overturn Arizona's election results, Republicans in the state's legislature are trying …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
'Everybody Shouldn't Be Voting,' Republican Blurts Out  —  Representative John Kavanagh, a Republican legislator who chairs Arizona's Government and Elections Committee and is shepherding through a bill to make voting more cumbersome and therefore rare, described his party's motives with blundering candor.
Washington Post:
How GOP-backed voting measures could create hurdles for tens of millions of voters
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
States with Republican governors had highest Covid incidence and death rates, study finds  —  States with Democratic governors had the highest incidence and death rates from Covid-19 in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, but states with Republican governors surpassed those rates …
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Biden not yet holding a formal news conference raises accountability questions  —  He's gone longer without one than any president in the past 100 years.  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  Halfway into his first 100 days, President Joe Biden has yet to hold a formal …
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ABC News:
‘The mess we inherited’: Biden leans heavily on Trump's ‘Warp Speed’ but won't give credit
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene  —  Photo illustrations by Oliver Munday and Arsh Raziuddin; renderings by Justin Metz  —  This article was published online on March 11, 2021.  —  Dalton is one of the most selective private schools in Manhattan, in part because it knows the answer …
Bloomberg:
Gun Background Checks Bill May Test Manchin on Filibuster Rule  — Schumer says he's determined to secure Senate passage  — Eight House Republicans backed bill, needs 10 GOP Senators  —  A House-passed bill to expand gun background checks will be an early test of Democratic Senator …
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The Guardian:
‘Not suitable’: Catalan translator for Amanda Gorman poem removed  —  Victor Obiols told he had wrong ‘profile’, the second case after Dutch writer resigned from same role  —  The Catalan translator for the poem that American writer Amanda Gorman read at US president Joe Biden's inauguration …
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Miriam Berger / Washington Post:
White translator removed from Amanda Gorman poem, amid controversy in Europe
Discussion: Kevin Drum
America's Unions:
Senate Rules Cannot Be Used to Block a Workers First Agenda  —  The passage of President Biden's American Rescue Plan, with its long overdue relief for those suffering under the COVID-19 pandemic, is both a reminder of what's possible by a Democratic majority and evidence of a new day for working people …
Discussion: The Hill
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Glenn Greenwald:
Journalists Start Demanding Substack Censor its Writers: to Bar Critiques of Journalists  —  This new political battle does not break down along left v. right lines.  This is an information war waged by corporate media to silence any competition or dissent.  —  5 hr ago
Discussion: HotAir, Twitchy and RedState
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NBC News:
Ex-presidents club (mostly) comes together to encourage vaccinations  —  WASHINGTON — The exclusive club of former presidents — minus its most recently inducted member — is featured in two national ad campaigns released Thursday that are aimed at building confidence among Americans …
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Jon Ward / Yahoo News:
As GOP lawmakers look to pass new voting restrictions, some conservatives are pushing back  —  There is rising unease among some conservatives about the increasing aggressiveness of Republicans in state legislatures to tighten election laws and erect obstacles to voting.
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
Seattle's Virus Success Shows What Could Have Been
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
McKenna Corson / Cleveland Jewish News:
Geraldo Rivera decides against Ohio Senate run  —  Despite tweeting March 10 that he was debating a run for the Ohio Senate seat soon to be relinquished by U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Cincinnati, in 2022, talk show host and Shaker Heights resident Geraldo Rivera has decided against campaigning …
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
The Republican Freshman Class Is a Tribute to Our Nation's Notorious Local Bozos  —  Every town, midsize city, or urban neighborhood has one, or, perhaps, a family of them: the nuisance litigants, the business owners who address zoning board hearings while visibly intoxicated …
New York Times:
The U.S. Is Sitting on Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses the World Needs  —  Those tens of millions of doses from AstraZeneca are waiting for trial results, while countries that authorized the vaccine beg to have them.  —  WASHINGTON — Tens of millions of doses of the coronavirus vaccine …
New York Times:
Biden, Champion of Middle Class, Comes to Aid the Poor  —  President Biden's new role as a crusader for Americans in poverty is an evolution for a politician who has focused on the working class and his Senate work on the judiciary and foreign relations.  —  WASHINGTON — Days before his inauguration …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A new attack on Biden's stimulus gives Democrats a way to call the GOP's bluff  —  President Biden's $1.9 trillion rescue package has extraordinarily broad public support, and it's likely to juice the economic recovery, but Republicans are playing the long game.
Discussion: Insider, Salon and Bloomberg
Jill Nolin / Georgia Recorder:
Top Georgia Republicans rip strings attached to coronavirus relief aid  —  High-ranking GOP state officials are objecting to a provision in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill that blocks them from using the federal funds to pay for tax breaks.  —  The sweeping relief measure …
 
 
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
When Your West Wing Job Is Really, Really Far From the Oval Office
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Wendy Rhodes / Palm Beach Post:
Florida Sen. Rick Scott implores states to ‘reject and return’ stimulus money. Gov. Ron DeSantis wants more.
Wall Street Journal:
Israeli Strikes Target Iranian Oil Bound for Syria
CNN:
Judge reinstates third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's death
Washington Post:
Trump may be in real trouble from new civil and criminal cases
Discussion: Raw Story
Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:
Maybe a Biden hologram can handle his public speeches
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'That's not who I am anymore!' …
Columbia Journalism Review:
How a racialized disinformation campaign ties itself to The 1619 Project
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
A war over Russia has erupted at the Atlantic Council
Discussion: Foreign Lobby
Sam Baker / Axios:
America's nightmarish year is finally ending
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
For Democracy to Stay, the Filibuster Must Go
 

 
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