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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
'It's race, class and gender together': Why the Atlanta murders aren't just about one thing  —  Here is how local law enforcement on Tuesday bafflingly explained its thinking about the Atlanta-area shooting suspect who had confessed to killing eight people, including six Asian women …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:   Covid's Partisan Errors
Harmeet Kaur / CNN:
Fetishized, sexualized and marginalized, Asian women are uniquely vulnerable to violence
Aaron Smith / Forbes:
More Asian-Americans Are Buying Guns For Protection From Hate Crimes
Discussion: Breitbart
Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Anti-Asian hate hearing gets emotional: ‘Congress sees you, we stand with you’
New York Times:
Asian-Americans Are Being Attacked. Why Are Hate Crime Charges So Rare?
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
The long, ugly history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the U.S.
Discussion: The Hill
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Russia Erupts in Fury Over Biden's Calling Putin a Killer  —  The Kremlin described the U.S. president's response to an interview question as “very bad,” and recalled its ambassador to “analyze what needs to be done” about the countries' relations.  —  MOSCOW — Russia recalled its ambassador …
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Reuters:
‘It takes one to know one’ Putin retorts after Biden says he thinks he is a killer  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin retorted on Thursday that it takes one to know one after U.S. President Joe Biden said he thought the Russian leader was a killer and already poor relations between Moscow …
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Washington Field Office Releases Videos of Assaults on Officers at U.S. Capitol, Seeks Public's Help to Identify Suspects  —  The FBI's Washington Field Office has released new information and videos of suspects in the most egregious assaults on federal officers during the riots …
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Associated Press:
Trump's taxes in hand, Manhattan DA's probe heats up  —  NEW YORK (AP) — With former President Donald Trump's tax returns finally in hand, a team of New York prosecutors led by a newly hired former mob-buster is sending out fresh subpoenas and meeting face-to-face with key witnesses …
Discussion: Yahoo News, Politico, Raw Story and Fox News
Stephanie K. Baer / BuzzFeed News:
The Cop Who Said The Spa Shooter Had “A Bad Day” Previously Posted A Racist Shirt Blaming China For The Pandemic  —  The Georgia sheriff's official who said the man accused of killing six Asian women and two others in shootings at spas in the Atlanta area had “a bad day” previously shared a photo of racist T-shirts on social media.
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The Daily Beast:
Georgia Sheriff Spokesman Posted Racist COVID Shirts on Facebook
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Zeldin gets testy when asked if Biden won election  —  “If you would like to give my answer for me, you can go ahead and do that.  But I thought I was going to be here to answer my own questions,” Zeldin said.  —  Rep. Lee Zeldin got testy with POLITICO Playbook authors Ryan Lizza …
Discussion: WhatWouldJackDo
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Politico:
Latest bipartisan gang tries to save Senate from itself  —  As progressives push the Senate into a brawl over nixing the legislative filibuster, a group of senators is setting out to do the impossible: prove that the moribund chamber can still function.  —  A group of 20 senators …
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New York Times:
U.S. to Send Millions of Vaccine Doses to Mexico and Canada  —  The Biden administration has been quietly pressing Mexico to ramp up its efforts to limit the flow of migrants, clinging to a Trump policy of relying on southern neighbors to enforce America's immigration agenda.
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Kyle Horan / WTVF-TV:
Bill would remove all members of the historical commission  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Not even two weeks after the historical commission voted to remove the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the state capitol, state senators are trying to vote to remove all members from the commission.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
David Bixenspan / MEL Magazine:
The Strange Saga of Lauren Boebert's Pro Wrestler Paternity Case  —  The gun-toting Colorado congresswoman rarely mentions her father, but in a trail of YouTube comments, she and her mother have singled out one man: 1980s journeyman tag-team specialist ‘Sweet’ Stan Lane
CBS San Francisco:
Witnesses: Elderly Asian Woman Beats Up Man Attacking Her In San Francisco  —  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — An elderly woman being attacked on Market St. in San Francisco Wednesday - the latest victim in a wave of attacks on Asians in the Bay Area - spoke to KPIX 5 about turning the tables on her assailant …
CNN:
House Democrats weigh ejecting GOP winner of contested Iowa race, dismissing comparisons to Trump's efforts to overturn election  —  (CNN)House Democrats are undeterred by the mounting GOP criticism over their review of a contested congressional race that could potentially overturn …
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
When a secretive start-up scraped the internet to build a facial-recognition tool, it tested a legal and ethical limit — and blew the future of privacy in America wide open.  —  In May 2019, an agent at the Department of Homeland Security received a trove of unsettling images.
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
The GOP's Political Nightmare: Running Against a Recovery  —  President Barack Obama's 2009 stimulus bill may have helped avoid a second Great Depression, but it was a political fiasco.  As then-congressman Barney Frank liked to say: “Things Would've Sucked Even Worse Without Us” …
Nicholas Grossman / The Bulwark:
Conservative Fanboys  —  Fans of big fictional universes —  Marvel, Star Wars, Star Trek, The Simpsons —  often speak to each other in references.  “I've got a bad feeling about this.”  “Cheese-eating surrender monkeys.”  “BortaSnIvqu' 'oH bortaS'e'.”
J.D. Vance / Newsweek:
True ‘Compassion’ Requires Secure Borders and Stopping Illegal Immigration  —  In June 2015, Donald Trump rode down the infamous escalator at Trump Tower to announce his presidential bid.  Like a lot of people, I didn't know what to think.  From the start, I appreciated his populist instincts …
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
We Need Buses, Buses Everywhere  —  Better service would improve millions of Americans' lives.  —  In America, nobody loves the bus.  Lots of people ride the bus — we took about 4.6 billion trips by bus in 2019, more than by any other mode of public transportation.
Hannah Gais / Southern Poverty Law Center:
White Nationalist Who Met With Peter Thiel Admired Terroristic Literature  —  A white nationalist propagandist who met with billionaire investor Peter Thiel has been deeply embedded in the movement for well over a decade, and has provided an ideological bridge between suit-and-tie white nationalism …
American Prospect:
John Kerry Must Choose: Wall Street or the Planet  —  Biden's global climate change envoy shouldn't count on the banks to end their investments in fossil fuels.  —  Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a press briefing at the White House, January 27, 2021, in Washington.
Discussion: Washington Post
June Kreml / Vox:
What Biden's new child benefit would have meant for me growing up  —  I grew up in a “nonworking” family.  Biden's child benefit would've been a godsend.  —  SHARE All sharing options  —  This story is part of a group of stories called  —  Shortly after I turned 8, my father died, leaving my mother a widow.
Discussion: RealClearPolicy
Seth Ackerman / Informer:
“You Furnish the Poverty Statistics, I'll Furnish the War”  —  Joe Biden has declared a historic one-year war on poverty.  Now comes the hard part: filling for time.  —  23 hr ago  —  “Barack was so modest,” Joe Biden told a recent gathering of House Democrats.  “He didn't want to take, as he said, a ‘victory lap.’”
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
As 4th Election Looms, Some Ask: Is Israel's Democracy Broken?  —  Voters are heading to the polls in Israel for the fourth time in two years.  And with few signs that this vote will break the cycle, many are already bracing for a fifth.  —  JERUSALEM — When an Israeli prime minister …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
 
 
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Texas Attorney General:
AG Paxton Leads Multistate Complaint Against the Biden Administration, Demanding the Reinstatement of the Keystone XL Permit
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Amazon Labor Fight: Wages May Not Ward Off Union
Discussion: WSVN-TV and Washington Examiner
Audrey Conklin / Fox News:
Biden defense secretary warns US forces ready to ‘fight tonight’ after North Korea warning
Discussion: ABC News
Dennis Anderson / Delta County Independent:
Boebert town hall lands somewhere between a political rally and revival
 Earlier Items: 
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Top retired Israeli security officials back Colin Kahl, a Biden nominee on ice for his Israel positions
Discussion: The Forward
Hans Nichols / Axios:
The coming corporate tax hike
Discussion: CNN, Issues & Insights and Bloomberg
Washington Post:
12 Republicans opposed Congressional Gold Medals for police who protected them on Jan. 6
Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
Oklahoma Diner Customers Tell CNN They Won't Get Vaccinated Even If Trump Told Them to: Why Listen to a ‘Liberal New Yorker’ Like Him?
Discussion: HuffPost and Althouse
CNBC:
Man wanted by police arrested near residence of Vice President Kamala Harris, gun and ammo found in car
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
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