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4:40 PM ET, March 11, 2021

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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 …
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 …
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America's Unions:   Senate Rules Cannot Be Used to Block a Workers First Agenda
Politico:
AFL-CIO expected to denounce filibuster
Discussion: NBC News
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
For Democracy to Stay, the Filibuster Must Go  —  What happens when the biggest election reform bill in half a century runs into one of the most formidable barriers to American governance?  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court dumps Trump Medicaid case after Biden intervention
Ezra Klein / New York Times:   Joe Manchin and Stacey Abrams Can Meet on Common Ground
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
Sam Baker / Axios:
America's nightmarish year is finally ending  —  One year after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the end of that pandemic is within reach.  —  The big picture: The death and suffering caused by the coronavirus have been much worse than many people expected a year ago …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Dr. Thomas K. Lew / USA Today:   Doctor on the anniversary of COVID: ‘Did not anticipate ... the public would not believe us’
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Fauci: Covid death toll ‘would have shocked me completely,’ blames ‘mixed messages’
Discussion: Forbes and The Week
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Washington Post:
How GOP-backed voting measures could create hurdles for tens of millions of voters
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 …
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NBC News:
Ex-presidents club (mostly) comes together to encourage vaccinations
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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 …
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
Seattle's Virus Success Shows What Could Have Been  —  The Seattle area once had more coronavirus deaths than anywhere else in the United States.  A year later, the region's deaths per capita are lower than any other large metropolitan area.  —  SEATTLE — Facing the nation's …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Jon Ward / Yahoo News:   As GOP lawmakers look to pass new voting restrictions, some conservatives are pushing back
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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Janelle Griffith / NBC News:
Judge reinstates third-degree murder charge against ex-cop Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's death  —  Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill has reinstated a third-degree murder charge against the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd.
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CNN:
Judge reinstates third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's death
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'That's not who I am anymore!'  Actress and former Fox News pundit Stacey Dash apologizes for her offensive comments as she turns on Donald Trump, quits politics and blames the network for type casting her as the ‘angry black woman’  — Actress turned political pundit Stacey Dash …
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Veteran charged in Capitol riot once served in Marine One squadron, officials say  —  A Marine Corps veteran charged in the Capitol riot once served as a crew chief for the presidential helicopter squadron, a highly restrictive unit that requires a top-secret security clearance, officials said Wednesday.
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CNN:
Veteran charged in Capitol attack worked in Marine One unit
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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 …
Columbia Journalism Review:
How a racialized disinformation campaign ties itself to The 1619 Project  —  Footage of the January 6 Capitol insurrection revealed hundreds of references to 1776—in signs and in speeches, on t-shirts and hats and stickers.  “1776” was chanted in the Capitol halls by leading figures within …
Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:
Maybe a Biden hologram can handle his public speeches  —  Joe Biden isn't a hologram.  But the relative absence from the public stage of a newly elected U.S. president and leader of the free world is sparking no small amount of speculation and chatter about the brave new world of possibilities offered …
Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review:
How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation  —  Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, a director of AI at Facebook, was apologizing to his audience.  —  It was March 23, 2018, just days after the revelation that Cambridge Analytica, a consultancy that worked on Donald Trump's 2016 …
 
 
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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
Discussion: StrategyPage
Washington Post:
Trump may be in real trouble from new civil and criminal cases
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
National Guard chief opposed to Capitol mission extension: memo
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Townhall
Elaine Shannon / SpyTalk:
Man of Mystery Hustles Myanmar
Discussion: Politico and The Diplomat
 Earlier Items: 
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Companies are scaling back layoffs because of Biden's stimulus package
Discussion: Raw Story
Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Susan Collins' backing gives Xavier Becerra bipartisan support for Senate confirmation
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
A war over Russia has erupted at the Atlantic Council
J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2022 Gubernatorial Races: A Baseline
Washington Post:
With Trump gone, QAnon groups focus fury on attacking coronavirus vaccines
John F. Harris / Politico:
Why So Many Politicians Are Such A—holes  —  Politicians have devoted their professional lives to the art of public persuasion.
Discussion: The Sun
 

 
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