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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 …
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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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CNN:
Senior members of military call out Tucker Carlson for mocking women serving in armed forces: His words 'don't reflect our values'
Senior members of military call out Tucker Carlson for mocking women serving in armed forces: His words 'don't reflect our values'
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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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Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Have Democrats Learned Their Lesson?
Have Democrats Learned Their Lesson?
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Bloomberg:
Gun Background Checks Bill May Test Manchin on Filibuster Rule
Gun Background Checks Bill May Test Manchin on Filibuster Rule
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New York Times, POLITICUSUSA, Bangor Daily News, NPR and INFORUM
Audrey Conklin / Fox News:
Schumer pledges Senate vote on gun bill passed by House: 'No more ... thoughts and prayers
Schumer pledges Senate vote on gun bill passed by House: 'No more ... thoughts and prayers
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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 …
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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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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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 …
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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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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 …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
All living former presidents, first ladies appear in new vaccine PSAs — except the Trumps — All living former presidents and first ladies — with the exception of Donald and Melania Trump — appear in a public service announcement released Thursday urging Americans to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.
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Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
starting to think we are acting like crazy people — Read to the end for a good video about the Gen Z/Millennial TikTok wars — Consider subscribing to Garbage Day! You'll get access to the Garbage Day Discord and tomorrow paying readers will get an extra Garbage Day.
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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
Seattle's Virus Success Shows What Could Have Been
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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 …
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Adam Cohen / DemCast:
Why Congress Must Finally Act for the People and Pass HR1/S1 … Republicans can lie about it as much as they want. There was no significant voter or election fraud in the 2020 election. — You don't have to take my word for it. Judges in more than 60 court cases said so.
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Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court dumps Trump Medicaid case after Biden intervention
Supreme Court dumps Trump Medicaid case after Biden intervention
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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 …
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Washington Post:
Trump may be in real trouble from new civil and criminal cases — Courts in D.C., New York and Georgia are moving to rein in the former president's false statements — Recent statements by Donald Trump and his enablers prove that he and his Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen …
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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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Wall Street Journal:
Israeli Strikes Target Iranian Oil Bound for Syria — Campaign against ships, using mines, shows an expansion of hostilities in the Mideast — WASHINGTON—Israel has targeted at least a dozen vessels bound for Syria and mostly carrying Iranian oil out of concern that petroleum profits …
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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 …
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American Journal …, Political Wire and Daily Kos
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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Washington Examiner, Iowa Capital Dispatch and Tax Foundation
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 …
Pfizer:
Real-World Evidence Confirms High Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and Profound Public Health Impact of Vaccination One Year After Pandemic Declared — Dramatically lower COVID-19 disease incidence rates observed in individuals fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine …
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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 …