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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Evidence in Capitol Attack Most Likely Supports Sedition Charges, Prosecutor Says  —  “I personally believe the evidence is trending toward that, and probably meets those elements,” said Michael Sherwin, who had led the Justice Department's inquiry into the riot.
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Inside the prosecution of the Capitol rioters  —  Scott Pelley speaks with Michael Sherwin, the federal prosecutor who was leading the criminal investigation, the largest in U.S. history, into the assault on the Capitol.  —  Until this past Friday, federal prosecutor Michael Sherwin was leading …
New York Times:
Assaulting the Truth, Ron Johnson Helps Erode Confidence in Government  —  Pushing false theories on the virus, the vaccine and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Mr. Johnson, the Republican senator from Wisconsin, has absorbed his party's transformation under Donald Trump.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Democrats are dead serious about taking back that Iowa seat  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Big vaccine news overnight ... CNN: “AstraZeneca vaccine is 79% effective against symptomatic Covid-19, company says”  —  Just weeks after blasting DONALD TRUMP for trying to overturn …
David Siders / Politico:
GOP hopefuls crank up the 'if-Trump-doesn't-run' primary
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Pro-impeachment House Republicans object to Democratic probe of narrow Iowa race
Discussion: New Republic
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Florida's DeSantis positions himself as Trump's heir to the White House
Discussion: The Week
Tami Luhby / CNN:
Biden moves rapidly to shore up Obamacare and erase Trump's changes  —  Biden: Health care orders undo the damage Trump has done  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden is wasting no time establishing his vision for the Affordable Care Act and reversing many Trump-era measures aimed at weakening it.
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Jonathan Cohn / The Atlantic:
Why Obamacare Survived  —  Democrats did the work, Republicans didn't—and that says a lot about the two parties.
Discussion: The Hill and HuffPost
Politico:
Trump looks to take down Raffensperger in Georgia  —  Former President Donald Trump is expected to endorse Rep. Jody Hice in a campaign to unseat Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in next year's Republican primary, according to three people familiar with Trump's decision.
Katie Dowd / SFGATE:
SF couple who ran trendy poop-testing startup charged with fraud  —  Accused Atlanta gunman was a patient at evangelical treatment center...  Asian woman shoved to ground, robbed in daytime Bay Area attack  —  Cost to vaccinate Calif soars as counties refuse Blue Shield deal
Ben Smith / New York Times:
He Redefined ‘Racist.’ Now He's Trying to Build a Newsroom.  —  The author Ibram Kendi and The Boston Globe team up to cover racism, inspired by Boston's 19th century abolitionist newspapers.  —  BOSTON — Ibram X. Kendi and Bina Venkataraman met last summer when their big Boston institutions …
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Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
Rep. Tom Reed apologizes for sexual misconduct detailed in Post report, won't challenge Cuomo in 2022  —  Two days after a former lobbyist accused him of sexual misconduct in a Washington Post report, Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) on Sunday publicly apologized, vowed not to seek reelection and abandoned …
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:   Rep. Tom Reed Says He Won't Run for Re-election in 2022
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
High-Income Tax Avoidance Far Larger Than Thought, New Paper Estimates  —  The very top sliver of high-income Americans may underreport their income at levels far beyond what was suggested by prior IRS research, according to a new paper  —  WASHINGTON—The top sliver of high-income Americans …
Discussion: The Week and Axios
The Economist:
China is not just shackling Hong Kong, it is remaking it  —  And it does not think global finance will object  —  For most of its modern history, Hong Kong had no time for nostalgia.  Little remains of the Victorian mansions or art-deco towers that once flanked its harbour.
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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:   China might be right about America. But what are its leaders so afraid of?
Financial Times:
Voting rights becomes a new battleground for US companies  —  Activists try to enlist corporate America in campaign against electoral bills in Georgia  —  Voting rights activists in Georgia are piling pressure on companies including Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Home Depot and UPS to come …
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Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
The High Cost of Georgia's Restrictive Voting Bills
Discussion: PRESS RUN and Daily Kos
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: McCarthy hires top Trump official to run political operation  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has hired former President Trump's White House political director, Brian Jack, to lead his own political operation, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: The move to bring …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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Alayna Treene / Axios:   Republicans planning to target COVID relief's add-ons
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Biden's next challenge: Vaccine diplomacy  —  The U.S. accounts for 27% of the world's coronavirus vaccine production, but 0% of the global supply beyond its own borders.  Critics and allies alike say it's time for that to change.  —  Why it matters: China has gotten a head start on vaccine diplomacy …
Sudhi Ranjan Sen / Bloomberg:
Secret India-Pakistan Peace Roadmap Brokered by Top UAE Royals  — UAE last month helped forge deal to respect 2003 cease-fire  — Reinstating envoys next step of broader peace plan: official  —  About 24 hours after military chiefs from India and Pakistan surprised the world …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Inside a crowded border patrol tent in Donna, Texas  —  Exclusive photos from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas, reveal the crowded, makeshift conditions at the border as the government's longer-term child shelters and family detention centers fill up.
Discussion: National Review
Steven A. Camarota / CIS.org:
Estimating the Number of Illegal Immigrants Who Might Get Covid Relief Payments  —  Steven A. Camarota is the director of research at the Center.  —  During the debate over the Covid relief bill Sen. Durbin (D-Ill.) stated that “Undocumented immigrants do not have Social Security numbers …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun-Times:
Karl Rove to headline March 31 virtual fundraiser for Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Top lllinois GOP donors among co-hosts  —  While 11 of Kinzinger's relatives signed letters blasting him for his Trump impeachment vote, the March 31 fundraiser co-hosts include Kinzinger's parents and his brother.
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Newsom Earned Praise from Anti-Vaccine Extremists  —  Calif. gov derides ‘Republican’ anti-vaxxers after working to weaken pro-vaccine bill  —  An anti-vaccine extremist who compared vaccination programs to the Holocaust praised Democratic California governor Gavin Newsom for working to water …
Sarah Morland / Reuters:
L.A. teachers union agrees to reopen schools from April  —  (Reuters) - Public schools in Los Angeles are set to reopen from next month, after a teachers' union approved a plan for a physical and hybrid return to classes.  —  Many schools continue to teach students remotely more than a year …
Discussion: The Hill
Douglas Schoen / The Hill:
The progressive takeover of Democratic Party continues  —  President Biden, along with leading Democrats on Capitol Hill, started the year with the choice between two paths to govern.  The first route, which I have strongly urged my party to take, is characterized with bipartisanship.
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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Discussion: unz.com
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