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8:00 AM ET, March 17, 2021

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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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New York Times:
8 People Killed in Atlanta-Area Massage Parlor Shootings  —  Six of the victims were Asian, the authorities said, raising fears that there may have been a racial motivation to the crimes.  —  ACWORTH, Ga. — Eight people were shot to death at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area on Tuesday evening …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Washington Post:
Biden, for the first time, says he wants to overhaul the filibuster
Discussion: Fox News and The Week
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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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Putin targeted people close to Trump in bid to influence 2020 election, U.S. intelligence says
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Biden administration limits what Border Patrol can share with media about migrant surge at border … WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is restricting the information Border Patrol agents and sector chiefs can share with the media as a surge of migrants tests the agency's capacity at the southern border …
Discussion: The Western Journal
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Border Patrol agents are ‘working to sabotage the Biden administration’, according to insiders
Jenn Budd / Medium:
How Border Patrol Manipulates Media
Discussion: ABC News
Washington Post:
Republican attorneys general threaten key element of the $1.9 trillion stimulus  —  The GOP officials are asking the Biden administration to clarify a $350 billion program to help cities, counties and states in financial need  —  Twenty-one Republican state attorneys general on Tuesday threatened …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: GOP to accuse Biden of ‘unlawful’ border actions  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Two numbers driving today: 62 and 40.  —  62 — That's the percentage of people who strongly or somewhat approve of the job President JOE BIDEN is doing, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll …
Discussion: ABC News and USA Today
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
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.
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Inside the New York Democrats' messy fight over whether to impeach Andrew Cuomo  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is not being impeached — yet.  —  Instead, with mounting sexual misconduct accusations and an alleged coverup of nursing home deaths, Cuomo is facing an investigation …
Discussion: Insider and New York Post
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:   New York State Assembly vote halted following leaked debate over Cuomo impeachment
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
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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.
Aaron Morrison / Associated Press:
White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says  —  NEW YORK (AP) — White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League provided to The Associated Press.  —  There were 5,125 cases of racist …
Politico:
Republicans on Biden's Covid bill: We bungled this one  —  As President Joe Biden embarks on an ambitious plan to sell his massive coronavirus relief package to the public, conservatives are starting to ask: Did we botch this?  —  The overwhelming sentiment within the Republican Party …
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
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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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
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 …
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
Split-screen America: Children at border overtake Biden's ‘Help Is Here’ tour on cable news |  COMMENTARY  —  After a big buildup, President Joe Biden began his “Help Is Here” tour in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.  But as the day wore on, cable news became more focused on what was happening …
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.
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 …
Kimmy Yam / NBC News:
There were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents, mostly against women, in past year  —  New data has revealed over the past year, the number of anti-Asian hate incidents — which can include shunning, slurs and physical attacks — is greater than previously reported.
 
 
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Gareth Fowler / Brennan Center for Justice:
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Naomi Jagoda / The Hill:
Calls grow from lawmakers for IRS to extend filing deadline
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Ilya Somin / Reason:
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
On Medicaid expansion, relief bill leaves red states with no excuses
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Jason Campbell / Media Matters for America:
On YouTube, Steven Crowder uses racist stereotypes to attack Black farmers
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