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Chris Quinn / Plain Dealer:
When candidates make reckless statements just to get attention, should they get attention? Letter from the Editor — We're having a challenging discussion of late about our responsibility in how we cover the candidacy of Republican Josh Mandel for the U.S. Senate in 2022.
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Raw Story
HuffPost:
Dog Rescue Charity Linked To Lara Trump Funneling Money Into Donald Trump's Pocket — The Big Dog Ranch Rescue has spent as much as $1.9 million at his properties in recent years and is spending $225,000 more at Mar-a-Lago this weekend. — A dog rescue charity with links to Lara Trump …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Biden will deploy FEMA to care for teenagers and children crossing border in record numbers — The Biden administration is mobilizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help care for the overwhelming number of unaccompanied migrant teens and children filling detention cells …
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Kids detained in overcrowded border facility are terrified, crying and worried, lawyers say
Kids detained in overcrowded border facility are terrified, crying and worried, lawyers say
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Washington Examiner and Associated Press
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
“They never saw the sun”: Lawyers describe overcrowded conditions for children in Border Patrol custody
“They never saw the sun”: Lawyers describe overcrowded conditions for children in Border Patrol custody
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
‘A tremendous sea change’: Democrats see a path to remaking the Senate filibuster — WASHINGTON — When Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia opened the door this week to making it more “painful” for to block legislation, some Democrats saw a game-changing opportunity to remake the Senate and lift a key obstacle to a progressive agenda.
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
'I'd Much Rather Be in Florida' — Floridians are out and about and pandemic restrictions have been lifted. There's just one problem: The virus never went away. — MIAMI — Other than New York, no big city in the United States has been struggling with more coronavirus cases in recent weeks than Miami.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
The Imperious Rise and Accelerating Fall of Andrew Cuomo — Even as he tries to plot a political survival strategy in the face of sexual misconduct allegations, Mr. Cuomo is an object lesson on the dangers of kicking people on the way up. — Last spring, when the coronavirus outbreak …
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BBC:
Russia opposition: Moscow police raid election forum — Russian police have broken up an opposition conference and detained 200 people including high-profile opposition figures. — The weekend forum had just begun in a Moscow hotel when police burst in and said they were detaining everyone.
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Russia detains 200 at opposition gathering
Russia detains 200 at opposition gathering
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
17 Reasons to Let the Economic Optimism Begin — A reporter who has tracked decades of gloomy trends sees things lining up for roaring growth. — The 21st-century economy has been a two-decade series of punches in the gut. — The century began in economic triumphalism in the United States …
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
For Biden, there's no place like a weekend home in Delaware — WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — As he stood in the Rose Garden celebrating his first big legislative win, President Joe Biden gestured to the White House and said it's a “magnificent building” to live in. — Except on weekends.
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John McWhorter / It Bears Mentioning:
So there was a law professor at Georgetown who was a racist. — And now she's gone, but wait — what do we mean by “racist” these days? And why am I a heretic to even ask the question and want real answers? — 11 hr ago — A law professor at Georgetown Law School, Sandra Sellers, has been fired because she is racist.
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Althouse
Benjamin Oreskes / Los Angeles Times:
How a commune-like encampment in Echo Park became a flashpoint in L.A.'s homelessness crisis — It began with a few tents pitched on the grassy rise on the banks of an L.A. landmark, Echo Park Lake. — Then, last year, more homeless people set up camp. By latest count …
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: A majority of Iowans want U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley to decide not to run in 2022; 28% hope he will — A majority of Iowans, including a third of Iowa Republicans, say they hope U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley decides not to seek reelection in 2022, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.
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Political Wire
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
‘Covid is taking over’: Brazil plunges into deadliest chapter of its epidemic — Last year, Jair Bolsonaro declared Brazil had reached ‘the tail end’ of one of the world's worst outbreaks. Three months later the country has lost almost 100,000 more lives — t was midway through February …
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New York Times:
Maggots, Rape and Yet Five Stars: How U.S. Ratings of Nursing Homes Mislead the Public — Nursing homes have manipulated the influential star system in ways that have masked deep problems — and left them unprepared for Covid-19. — Twelve years ago, the U.S. government introduced a powerful …
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The Week
Associated Press:
Nurses fight conspiracy theories along with coronavirus — Los Angeles emergency room nurse Sandra Younan spent the last year juggling long hours as she watched many patients struggle with the coronavirus and some die. — Then there were the patients who claimed the virus was fake or coughed in her face, ignoring mask rules.
Paul Sacca / TheBlaze:
Jordan Peterson shares poll showing white liberals embrace using violence to pursue political goals more than conservatives — This breaks the narrative the corporate media is telling you — Like Blaze News? Get the news that matters most delivered directly to your inbox.
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Alabama GOP to give Trump framed resolution calling him one of the ‘greatest’ presidents in history — The resolution also cites Trump's handling of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, and other accomplishments.
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Corey Robin / New Yorker:
Trump and the Trapped Country — For years, we debated whether Donald Trump would topple democracy. But the threat continues to come from the system itself. — Before the storming of the Capitol, it seemed as if Donald Trump might leave the White House the way he had come in …
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Crooked Timber
Daily Mail:
Don't post Oprah memes if you are not black: White people are told that using interviewer's Meghan reaction clips for fun is ‘digital blackface’ — The Slow Factory Foundation recently issued a waning about digital blackface following Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
A GOP lawmaker says the ‘quality’ of a vote matters. Critics say that's ‘straight out of Jim Crow.’ — Amid a contentious hearing over proposed restrictions on Arizona's vote-by-mail system, a Republican state lawmaker argued that voters who hadn't participated in recent elections …
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A 9-step guide to winning Trump's endorsement — DRIVING THE DAY — In case you haven't noticed, DONALD TRUMP has every intention of throwing his weight around in Republican primaries in 2022. And whether it's for an incumbent looking to ward off an intraparty threat …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Navy investigators found contractor in Capitol riot was known as a white supremacist — A U.S. Army reservist who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was widely known as a white supremacist and regularly discussed his hatred of Jews while working at a New Jersey-based naval facility …
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Lisa Bonos / Washington Post:
Chris Harrison won't host the next season of ‘The Bachelorette’ — After nearly 20 years of hosting ABC's Bachelor reality dating shows, Chris Harrison will sit out the 2021 season of “The Bachelorette.” — In his absence, Warner Horizon and ABC Entertainment announced Friday night …
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Teri Kanefield / NBC News:
Covid stimulus bill passes as Republicans use cancel culture to hide their obstruction — A simple formula, or what we might call a neat magic trick, allows Republican Party leaders to retain the support of their “base” even as they enact policies that hurt their own voters.
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Paul Bloom / Wall Street Journal:
When Intentions Don't Matter — As recent controversies show, moral judgment requires asking if people deserve punishment for harms they inflict without meaning to — A journalist at the New Yorker was fired for exposing himself in a Zoom call; another lost his job at the New York Times …
CNN:
One year later, Breonna Taylor's mother and advocates still want accountability for the police who killed her — Louisville, Kentucky (CNN)Tamika Palmer has been in the same battle for justice in Breonna Taylor's death for the last year. — Palmer said her daughter was killed senselessly …
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