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9:45 PM ET, March 20, 2021

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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
‘No end in sight’: Inside the Biden administration's failure to contain the border surge  —  Shortly before Christmas last year, Susan Rice and Jake Sullivan, two top advisers to President-elect Joe Biden, sat for an interview with EFE, a Spanish wire service, to issue a stark warning …
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: ICE securing hotel rooms to hold growing number of migrant families  —  The Biden administration has awarded an $86 million contract for hotel rooms near the border to hold around 1,200 migrant family members who cross the U.S.-Mexico border, DHS officials confirmed to Axios.
Reuters:
U.S. to place some migrant families in hotels in move away from detention centers
Discussion: The Hill
Andrew Davis / Bloomberg:
Summers Says U.S. Facing Worst Macroeconomic Policy in 40 Years  —  Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned that the U.S. is suffering from the “least responsible” macroeconomic policy in the last 40 years, pointing the finger at both Democrats and Republicans for creating “enormous” risks.
Discussion: Eschaton
Kareem Fahim / Washington Post:
Erdogan pulls Turkey out of European treaty aimed at protecting women from violence  —  ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a surprise decree early Saturday withdrawing Turkey from a landmark European treaty that women's rights groups said had played a critical role in protecting Turkish women from gender-based violence.
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Carlotta Gall / New York Times:   Erdogan Pulls Turkey From European Treaty on Domestic Violence
Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
NCAA's message to women's basketball players: You're worth less  —  I'm tired.  Not from today or from yesterday but from 40 years of it.  Forty years tired of writing the same damn story about the same NCAA shortchangers in suits who would begrudge women's athletes so much as an equal amount …
Discussion: New York Times, Daily Kos and The Hill
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Column: No, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' record on COVID-19 isn't a success  —  Florida's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, must have magic at his fingertips.  —  We're not talking about his purported skill at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.  We're talking about his ability to snow the press …
Discussion: HotAir
Mark Townsend / The Guardian:
Unmasked: man behind cult set to replace QAnon … The mysterious individual behind a new and rapidly growing online disinformation network targeting followers of QAnon, the far-right cult, can be revealed as a Berlin-based artist with a history of social media manipulation, a prominent anti-racism group claims.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tom LoBianco / Insider:
Trump inner circle tightens grip on the GOP's most valued prize — the former president's endorsement — sparking a new brawl among top MAGA lieutenants … - A small team of Trump advisors led by Donald Trump Jr. is locking down the Trump endorsement process.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Biden's closest advisors have ties to big business and Wall Street with some making millions  — These disclosures were provided by the White House to CNBC early Saturday morning after requesting the documents a day earlier.  — The disclosures show that many of the president's closest aides …
Discussion: Sputnik News
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
When the Capitol Riot Came Home A small New Hampshire town has been upended since January 6.  —  The trouble in Troy started hundreds of miles away that day, when David Ellis talked to a reporter.  —  Ellis, age 60, began the day of January 6 in the southwestern New Hampshire town of Troy, where he is chief of police.
the wiczipedia weekly:
the deep fake threat hardly anyone discusses  —  listen up.  get mad.  —  8 hr ago  —  [Soundtrack: “Being a Woman” by Lake Street Dive]  —  I got angry on the radio the other day.  —  I was on a panel with the guy who created the deep fake videos of Tom Cruise that recently went viral on TikTok.
Monika Pronczuk / New York Times:
Where Europe Went Wrong in Its Vaccine Rollout, and Why  —  While Washington went into business with the drug companies, Europe was more fiscally conservative and trusted the free market.  —  BRUSSELS — The calls began in December, as the United States prepared to administer its first batches of Covid-19 vaccine.
Dale Ahlquist / Chronicles:
Remembering G. K. Chesterton  —  Fashions do not feed us, they only ensnare us.  They do not satisfy us, they only contribute to our ongoing dissatisfaction with the fleetingness of everything.  But they always seem more appealing and urgent than what really matters and what will remain after the fashions have fled.
Argus Leader:
Gov. Kristi Noem won't sign transgender sports bill  —  Morgan Matzen Joe SneveSioux Falls Argus Leader  —  Gov. Kristi Noem is OK with a ban on trans girls playing girls' sports in high school, but doesn't want it extended to college athletics.  —  The first-term Republican governor …
Wall Street Journal:
Sen. Susan Collins Sees ‘Poor Strategy’ in White House Rebuffing GOP  —  Biden says he values bipartisanship, yet the centrist Maine Republican says she feels frustrated  —  WASHINGTON—When a Democratic administration pursued an economic stimulus package in 2009, Republican …
Discussion: The Week and POLITICUSUSA
Myles McCormick / Financial Times:
SEC signals tougher line with oil companies on climate  —  Regulator forces ConocoPhillips and Occidental to hold shareholder votes on emissions targets  —  The US Securities and Exchange Commission has directed two of America's biggest oil companies to hold shareholder votes on far-reaching …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Washington Post:
'It's not a local issue anymore': D.C. statehood moves from political fringe to the center of the national Democratic agenda  —  Joe Biden visited Southeast Washington in January 2015 to undertake a quintessential vice-presidential duty — inspecting a massive public works on the banks …
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
GOP rep says he intentionally sidestepped House metal detectors to get legal standing to sue Pelosi  —  Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde is challenging his $15,000 fine  —  Rep. Andrew Clyde shares his ‘Big Idea’ on ending all taxes on guns  —  GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde said he wasn't trying to sneak …
Discussion: The Sun, Sputnik News and Raw Story
Katerina Sokou / ekathimerini.com:
White House on the Armenian Genocide: We have to acknowledge history  —  WASHINGTON, DC - Τhe US administration under President Joe Biden believes it is important to acknowledge history in respect to the issue of the Armenian Genocide, a White House spokesperson has told Kathimerini.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Old Pol, New Tricks  —  Biden's got the buzz.  Who's smirking now?  —  WASHINGTON — Joe Biden never had a seat at the cool kids' table at the Obama White House.  —  Heading into 2016 and 2020, if you told the hotshots from Obamaworld that you thought Biden would be a good candidate …
Ursula Perano / Axios:
2021 elections are 2022 bellwethers for both parties  —  The handful of gubernatorial contests and special elections throughout 2021 could be the first litmus test of post-Trump politics during the Biden era.  —  The state of play: 2021's slate of contests begins this weekend.
Discussion: NPR and Washington Post
Paul Starr / American Prospect:
The Precarious Greatness of the Biden Strategy  —  The relief legislation could be the first step toward solving long-standing political problems for Democrats.  —  President Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 12, 2021, in Washington.
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
How a Sham Candidate Helped Flip a Florida Election  —  The candidate and the man who prosecutors say recruited him to play spoiler in a Florida Senate race last year were both arrested this week.  —  MIAMI — The recruitment of the sham candidate began with a Facebook message at around 4 a.m. on May 15, 2020.
Axios:
Students who were defrauded by for-profit colleges will have their federal school loans eliminated, the Education Department announced on Thursday.  —  Why it matters: The change will eliminate approximately $1 billion in student loan debt for 72,000 borrowers who filed claims, AP reports.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Mock Paper Scissors
Craig Pittman / Washington Post:
A reptilian nightmare: Florida bans nonnative species despite industry outcry  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida's promoters like to sing its superlatives — best beaches, prettiest sunsets, perfect climate (except for the occasional hurricane).  But there's a No. 1 distinction the boosters never mention.
Tara Copp / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Some U.S. troops view Capitol riots, racial protests equally, worrying Pentagon leaders  —  WASHINGTON — During military training sessions to address extremism in the ranks, some service members have challenged why the Pentagon is not treating the violence during racial injustice protests …
Discussion: RedState
Ben Leonard / Politico:
DNC reports best-ever February fundraising for a non-presidential year  —  The Democratic National Committee said it raised the most money it ever has in February in a non-presidential election year, $8.5 million, according to a DNC spokesperson.  —  February's haul was also the second highest …
 
 
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Netanyahu turns to extremist party that calls for expelling Arabs from Israel
Jada Yuan / Washington Post:
Jill Biden hits the road as a key messenger on the White House's stimulus victory lap
Discussion: RedState
Cat Rakowski / NBC News:
Amid the rise in anti-Asian hate incidents, I reached out to the boy who bullied me 20 years ago. This is what happened.
Discussion: Gothamist and Vox
Harry Enten / CNN:
Why the effects of Republican efforts to limit voting aren't clear
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Ellen Braaten / NBC News:
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Elizabeth Warren fuels class warfare with new wealth redistribution ideas
Discussion: Althouse
Lynne Stahl / Washington Post:
The latest form of transphobia: Saying lesbians are going extinct
Jiayang Fan / New Yorker:
The Atlanta Shooting and the Dehumanizing of Asian Women
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
'We're losing a piece of our history'
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Andrew Yang regrets ‘poor choice of words on BDS’ at Muslim-American forum
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