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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
NEW DETAILS: 8 dead in metro Atlanta spa shootings; 1 suspect captured — Officials have captured a man suspected in one of three shootings across metro Atlanta that left eight people dead Tuesday.Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, was identified as the suspect in the shooting …
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CNN:
8 killed in shootings at 3 metro Atlanta spas. Police have 1 suspect in custody — Atlanta (CNN)Authorities in metro Atlanta are investigating whether shootings at three massage parlors that left eight people dead and one wounded are connected. — Two of the shootings were at spas across …
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
8 People Killed in Atlanta-Area Massage Parlor Shootings — Four people were killed in the Buckhead neighborhood hours after four were killed in the suburb of Acworth. It is not clear whether the shootings are connected. — Eight people were killed and one other was wounded on Tuesday …
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Georgia massage parlor shootings leave 8 dead; man captured — ATLANTA (AP) — Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said Tuesday. A 21-year-old man was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt.
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Biden says he supports reforming Senate filibuster in ABC News exclusive interview — He told George Stephanopoulos he wants to return to the “talking filibuster.” — EXCLUSIVE: Biden supports bringing back ‘talking filibuster’ — “Democracy's having a hard time functioning,” the president told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos.
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Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Cuomo should resign if allegations confirmed: Biden in exclusive ABC News interview — The president said he thought Cuomo could “end up being prosecuted.” — EXCLUSIVE: Biden says Cuomo should resign if investigation confirms women's claims — Biden stopped short of calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to step down immediately.
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Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Biden tells migrants 'don't come over' in ABC News exclusive interview — The president spoke with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — President Joe Biden said in an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday …
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Politico:
Senate Republicans plot their Covid aid payback
Senate Republicans plot their Covid aid payback
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
McConnell Rules Out Backing for Tax-Funded Infrastructure
McConnell Rules Out Backing for Tax-Funded Infrastructure
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
US intelligence report says Russia attempted to interfere in 2020 election with goal of ‘denigrating’ Biden and helping Trump — Washington (CNN)The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its declassified report on foreign threats to 2020 US elections Tuesday …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Joint Statement from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Assessing the Impact of Foreign Interference During the 2020 U.S. Elections — No Evidence Found that a Foreign Government Manipulated Any Election Results — Note: The joint report can be viewed here.
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Law & Crime, ODNI Newsroom, The Daily Caller and Alternet.org
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Putin targeted people close to Trump in bid to influence 2020 election, U.S. intelligence says — Russian President Vladimir Putin and other senior officials in Moscow sought to influence the 2020 election by spreading misleading information about Joe Biden through prominent individuals …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Putin Ordered 2020 Election Meddling to Aid Trump, U.S. Intelligence Says
Putin Ordered 2020 Election Meddling to Aid Trump, U.S. Intelligence Says
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
FBI facing allegation that its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh was ‘fake’ — A Democratic senator has asked attorney general Merrick Garland to facilitate ‘proper oversight’ into concerns on the investigation — The FBI is facing new scrutiny for its 2018 background check of Brett Kavanaugh …
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New York Times:
How Cuomo's Team Tried to Tarnish One of His Accusers — People tied to Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to damage the credibility of Lindsey Boylan, the first woman to accuse Mr. Cuomo of sexual harassment. — Days after Lindsey Boylan became the first woman to accuse Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo …
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Ruth Graham / New York Times:
Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Leaves Liberty University Think Tank — The Falkirk Center, named for its founders, Jerry Falwell Jr. and Charlie Kirk, was the center of evangelical Trumpism. Now, both are gone. — When the Falkirk Center think tank was established at Liberty University …
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Four people matching terror watchlist arrested at border — The Customs and Border Protection agency confirmed to Congress today that four people arrested at the southern border since Oct. 1 match names on the FBI's Terrorist Screening Database, a congressional aide briefed on the correspondence told Axios.
New York Times:
Trump's Incomplete Border Wall Is in Pieces That Could Linger for Decades — A last-minute rush to build lasted through Donald J. Trump's last day in office. The effort left odd, partially completed sections of a barrier whose fate President Biden must now determine.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The latest GOP attack on Biden has a huge hole in it
The latest GOP attack on Biden has a huge hole in it
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
New York State Assembly vote halted following leaked debate over Cuomo impeachment — New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie temporarily stopped voting in the chamber on Tuesday due to concerns over leaks to news media organizations regarding a contentious March 11 meeting of Democratic lawmakers.
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Inside the New York Democrats' messy fight over whether to impeach Andrew Cuomo
Inside the New York Democrats' messy fight over whether to impeach Andrew Cuomo
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Insider and New York Post
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump encourages Americans to get the Covid vaccine — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday recommended Americans get vaccinated to help fight the Covid pandemic, engaging on the issue after months of relative silence. — “I would recommend it,” Trump said during an interview on Fox News with Maria Bartiromo.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Kissing the ring: Inside the GOP courtship of Trump's endorsement
Kissing the ring: Inside the GOP courtship of Trump's endorsement
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Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
The Ideas That Are Reshaping The Democratic Party And America — Many Americans probably don't know exactly what terms such as anti-racism, “cancel culture,” “racial equity,” “white privilege” and “systemic racism” mean. And it's likely even fewer could explain such concepts as “woke ideology …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Feinstein's Future Could Swing on Husband's Potential Posting Overseas — Senator Dianne Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum, is seeking an overseas posting, which could pave the way for her to leave the Senate. She said she would “absolutely” serve out her term.
The Times of Israel:
Yaphet Kotto, Jewish actor who was first Black Bond villain, dies at 81 — Star of ‘Live and Let Die’ who also featured in ‘Alien’ and played Idi Amin in movie about Israel's Operation Entebbe, said Judaism was a guiding force in his life — 1,880 shares
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Eric Ting / SFGATE:
Gavin Newsom makes misleading claim about Florida and California's COVID-19 stats — After joining ABC's “The View” on Tuesday morning, California Gov. Gavin Newsom continued his “please don't recall me” media tour with an appearance on CNN's “The Lead With Jake Tapper” a few hours later.
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Patrick Howley / National File:
Russian Intern Applicant: Adam Kinzinger Dated Me, Asked For Photo ‘Without Underwear,’ Then I Got Intimidating Calls — Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger's office offered an internship to a Russian immigrant beauty queen who met Kinzinger through her internship application.
Associated Press:
Utah campaign against porn marches on with phone filter plan — SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in Utah have fired another salvo in their longtime campaign against online porn with a new requirement that all cellphones and tablets sold in the state automatically block pornography …
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Jasper Craven / The Baffler:
Vacuous Valor — Madison Cawthorn's muddled militarism is a reflection of our political culture — MADISON CAWTHORN'S POLITICAL ORIGIN STORY is that of an innocent Christian boy transformed through tragedy into a fierce freedom fighter. This tale begins with Cawthorn as a popular home-schooled teenager.
Yashar Ali / Yashar's Newsletter:
Exclusive: Sharon Osbourne Frequently Referred to Julie Chen as ‘Wonton’ and ‘Slanty Eyes,’ Sources Say — Sharon Osbourne, co-host of the CBS daytime panel show “The Talk,” would frequently refer to then-co-host Julie Chen, who is Chinese American, as “wonton” and “slanty eyes,” …
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Watch these states as GOP tries to make it harder to vote — (CNN)Republicans at the state level have moved swiftly to either r roll back some easy access to voting or put new obstacles in the way of voters following losses in the 2020 presidential and US Senate elections.
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Richard Hasen / Washington Post:
H.R. 1 can't pass the Senate. But here are some voting reforms that could.
H.R. 1 can't pass the Senate. But here are some voting reforms that could.
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Calls grow from lawmakers for IRS to extend filing deadline — A group of more than 100 House members on Tuesday urged the IRS to extend the tax filing and payment deadlines — the latest effort from lawmakers to press the IRS to postpone the April 15 due date.
L'Oréal Blackett / indy100:
Bill Burr's wife fires back after Twitter user suggests their marriage is a ‘sign of racism’ — Comedian Bill Burr's wife has shared a fiery riposte to a Twitter user who suggested the couple's marriage could be a “sign of racism.” — Burr was sharply criticised for making a number …
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Jason Campbell / Media Matters for America:
On YouTube, Steven Crowder uses racist stereotypes to attack Black farmers — On the March 16 YouTube edition of Louder with Crowder, Steven Crowder and his co-hosts engaged in a wildly racist bit on Black farmers, employing racist stereotypes and offensive language.
Stephen Rodrick / Rolling Stone:
The Covid Queen of South Dakota — Gov. Kristi Noem's state has been ravaged by her Trumpian response to the pandemic — but that hasn't paused her national ambitions — At first, the angel of death skipped over South Dakota. This pleased the Snow Queen.
Loren Steffy / Texas Monthly:
Some on Wall Street Profited off Texas Blackouts. In a Private Call, a Top Regulator Pledged He Would Try to Protect Their Windfall. — Public Utility Commission chairman Arthur D'Andrea apologized to investors last week for the “uncertainty” around its profits. — NOTES
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Old Dominion University Student Sentenced for Swatting Conspiracy — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Vienna man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that involved multiple swatting attacks targeting journalists, a Virginia university, a historic Virginia church …
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New York Post and The Hill
Jenn Budd / Medium:
How Border Patrol Manipulates Media — For those who do not know who I am: I am a former Senior Patrol agent and a San Diego Sector Headquarters Intelligence agent for the U.S. Border Patrol. I was stationed in the treacherous mountains east of San Diego from 1995 until I resigned in protest in 2001.
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