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1:25 PM 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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Shaddi Abusaid / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Cops: Shooting suspect says he targeted spas because of sexual addiction  —  Cherokee sheriff says 21-year-old bought gun hours earlier  —  Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds said Wednesday the suspect in a metro Atlanta spa shooting spree that killed eight people bought the gun he used hours earlier.
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 …
Washington Post:
Eight killed, including six Asian women, in Atlanta-area spa shootings; suspect arrested after 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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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
McConnell's Warning of a ‘Scorched-Earth’ Senate Is an Empty Threat  —  Mitch McConnell isn't trying to tell moderate Democrats what to do.  He just doesn't want them to make the same mistakes he did when he was younger.  —  The Senate Minority Leader can see that Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are falling in with the wrong crowd.
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Biden talks Cuomo, Putin, migrants, vaccine in ABC News exclusive interview
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Cuomo should resign if allegations confirmed: Biden in exclusive ABC News interview
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Biden tells migrants 'don't come over' in ABC News exclusive interview
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Border Patrol agents are ‘working to sabotage the Biden administration’, according to insiders  —  At the same time, officers have chosen to continue to treat migrants at the border like Trump is still president  —  On Monday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy accused President Joe Biden …
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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 …
ABC News:
Homeland Security chief Mayorkas makes 1st congressional appearance as secretary amid border crisis
Discussion: Politico, Medium and The Hill
Julia Rock / Newsweek:
This Last-Minute Provision Blocks GOP Govs from Using Stimulus Money to Subsidize Tax Cuts  —  The American Rescue Plan's $1.9 trillion of spending represents a significant break with the budget-cutting, deficit-obsessed austerity ideology that has held sway since the Reagan Era.  But that's not all it does.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: GOP to accuse Biden of ‘unlawful’ border actions
Discussion: WMUR, Bloomberg, ABC News and USA Today
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Trump-Tucker cold war has begun  —  One of the mysteries that lingers around President Donald Trump's final days in office is why he chose to downplay the deployment of the coronavirus vaccine.  —  Granted, his last days took place in the shadow of the insurrection on Jan. 6 that followed …
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Rupert Murdoch Got His Shot but Fox News Wants You to Die to Own the Libs  —  AXIS OF ASSHOLES … Fox News is telling its employees to stay home at the same time that it's been telling viewers to beware of vaccines and be suspicious of public health measures.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
J.D. Vance Joins the Jackals  —  How the path-breaking writer became a Trumpist troll.  —  The question of what will become of the Republican party in the post-Trump era seems to be on everyone's lips.  A New York Times survey found that Republicans themselves have five distinct views of Trump …
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 …
Washington Post:
Trump's Florida resort touted as potential gambling destination  —  Former president Donald Trump's son Eric, who runs the family's private company, touted the potential of transforming their Doral golf resort into a gambling destination amid a quiet push among Florida Republicans to legalize casinos …
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.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Media's Entire Georgia Narrative Is Fraudulent, Not Just The Fabricated Trump Quotes  —  The fake quotes, bad as they were, are just one of many ways the media have done a horrible job of covering election disputes in the state.  —  The Washington Post was busted for publishing fabricated quotes …
Amelia Pollard / American Prospect:
Ex-Treasury Secretary Leads Massive Private Security Deal  —  Tim Geithner leads the private equity firm backing the acquisition of private security firm G4S by Allied Universal, creating one of the largest private employers in the world.  —  Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner seen testifying on Capitol Hill in July 2012
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 …
Armond White / National Review:
The Reeducation Oscars  —  What happened to Hamilton and movie populism?  —  Back in the days when people actually cared about the Academy Awards, I used to follow them as an event that perpetually kept record of film-culture excellence.  But excellence went out of the game …
David Gilbert / VICE:
The Organization Trying to Save QAnon Believers Is Falling Apart  —  The Thinkin Project made big promises about deradicalizing QAnon believers.  But so far it's succeeded mostly in attacking and alienating journalists and QAnon researchers  —  DG  —  When a viral video caught …
Discussion: Raw Story
E&E News:
Interior scrubs old pro-Trump tweets  —  The Interior Department has put away some Trump-era tweets that officials now say strayed too far into political territory.  —  Citing restrictions on the use of government social media sites, Interior acknowledged to E&E News that it had scrubbed …
Rachel M. Cohen / The Intercept:
Liberal Think Tanks Outline Steps to Resuming Student Loan Payments in September … A coalition of liberal think tanks and nonprofits has released a memo advising the White House on how to “successfully transition” student loan borrowers back onto repayment plans when the Biden administration's Covid-19 pause ends September 30.
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
What you should know about USPS — and how it descended into crisis  —  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is days away from announcing his plan for the Postal Service to restore timely service and solve more than a decade of financial problems  —  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is expected …
Washington Post:
House members could get a coronavirus vaccine.  But a quarter of them have not.  —  Three months after vaccinations were made available to all members of Congress, about 1 in 4 members of the House has not received the shots to inoculate themselves against the deadly coronavirus …
Discussion: Politico
Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
A year into the pandemic, Florida is booming and Republican Gov. DeSantis is taking credit  —  St. Petersburg, Florida (CNN)After a year of criticism by health experts, mockery from comedians and blistering critiques from political rivals, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is standing unabashedly tall among …
Discussion: Twitchy, RedState and Politico
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans launch yet another racist smear campaign against a female nominee  —  Kristen Clarke, President Biden's nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, finds herself in the middle of a tiresome rerun of an all-too-familiar Republican smear campaign against women of color.
New York Times:
A Close-Up Picture of Partisan Segregation, Among 180 Million Voters  —  The broad outlines of America's partisan divides are visible on any national map.  Republicans typically dominate in most Southern and Plains states, and Democrats in Northeastern and West Coast ones.
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 …
 
 
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Emily Anthes / New York Times:
Three Feet or Six? Distancing Guideline for Schools Stirs Debate
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Russian Interference in 2020 Included Influencing Trump Associates, Report Says
Washington Post:
People are talking up the prospects of a united Ireland. It's easier said than done.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Marvel introduces LGBTQ+ member of the Captain America world
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Sara Sadhwani / Washington Post:
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Capitol Riot Suspects Are on a PR Blitz
Discussion: Raw Story
Clifford Michel / THE CITY:
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Ryan T. Anderson / Wall Street Journal:
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