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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Biden Team Prepares $3 Trillion in New Spending for the Economy — A pair of proposals would invest in infrastructure, education, work force development and fighting climate change, with the aim of making the economy more productive. — WASHINGTON — President Biden's economic advisers …
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Washington Post:
White House prepares massive infrastructure bill with universal pre-K, free community college, climate measures — White House officials are preparing to present President Biden with a roughly $3 trillion infrastructure and jobs package that includes high-profile domestic policy priorities …
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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.
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Marcia Brown / American Prospect:
Did CNN Air a Staged Migrant Crossing of the Rio Grande? — An unusual video has been flagged by activists as deliberately manufactured to present a story of a border crisis, possibly with the participation of the Border Patrol. — CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera gestures toward …
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NBC News:
Amid surge, border agents in Rio Grande Valley now releasing migrants without court dates
Amid surge, border agents in Rio Grande Valley now releasing migrants without court dates
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Rep. Filemon Vela to retire from House ahead of Texas redistricting
Rep. Filemon Vela to retire from House ahead of Texas redistricting
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John Moore / Washington Post:
I'm a photojournalist. Why is the administration banning me from border facilities?
I'm a photojournalist. Why is the administration banning me from border facilities?
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Freddie deBoer:
It's All Just Displacement — Blue checkmarks are mourning bad careers in a broken industry … Media Twitter does not hate Substack because it's pretending to be a platform when it's a publisher; they don't hate it because it's filled with anti-woke white guys; they don't hate it because of harassment or any such thing.
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Sovereign Writers and Substack — Manage your Stratechery subscription. — There has been a bit of controversy around Substack over the last week; I'm not going to get into the specifics of various accusations made about various individuals, or their responses; however …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Trump predicted news ratings would 'tank if I'm not there.' He wasn't wrong. — Of all Donald Trump's prophecies and predictions — that Mexico would pay for a border wall, that coronavirus would spontaneously disappear, that he would be easily reelected — at least one wasn't entirely wrong.
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Shawna Chen / Axios:
Sidney Powell moves to dismiss Dominion lawsuit — Sidney Powell, the pro-Trump lawyer who spread baseless claims of election fraud, moved Monday to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against her. — What she's saying: Powell argues in her motion that “no reasonable person” …
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Aída Chávez / The Nation:
How Kyrsten Sinema Sold Out — The origin story of the Senate's newest super villain. — In 2002, The Arizona Republic published a letter from Kyrsten Sinema, then a social worker preparing to run for a seat in the state House of Representatives, putting forth a critique of capitalism.
Sophie Lewis / CBS News:
Krispy Kreme will you give you a free doughnut every day this year — if you've been vaccinated — In case you needed another reason to get your COVID-19 vaccination, Krispy Kreme is sweetening the deal — it's giving free doughnuts to anyone with proof of vaccination, all year long.
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Heritage Foundation:
Heritage Foundation President, Executive Vice President Announce Resignations … WASHINGTON — After serving as The Heritage Foundation's leadership team for the last three years, President Kay C. James and Executive Vice President Dr. Kim R. Holmes have announced their resignations.
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Holly Brewer / Backbencher:
The divine right of wingnuts
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. prepares to engage in plea talks with many Capitol riot defendants — Two months into one of the biggest criminal investigations in U.S. history, prosecutors are preparing to start plea discussions as early as this week with many of the more than 300 suspects charged in the U.S. Capitol riot …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Evidence in Capitol riot ‘trending towards’ sedition charges, prosecutor says
Evidence in Capitol riot ‘trending towards’ sedition charges, prosecutor says
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
Roger Stone faces fresh scrutiny as Capitol attack investigation expands
Roger Stone faces fresh scrutiny as Capitol attack investigation expands
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Jesse Singal / Singal-Minded:
GLAAD Took False, Previously Disproven Internet Scuttlebutt And Used It To Justify Putting Me On A List Of Anti-LGBT Bigots (Updated) — This is infuriating — I should be able to keep this short because these are not difficult errors to correct. In fact, anyone who has read my work at all wouldn't have made them.
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Adrian Kemp / AstraZeneca:
AZD1222 US Phase III trial met primary efficacy endpoint in preventing COVID-19 at interim analysis — 79% vaccine efficacy at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 — 100% efficacy against severe or critical disease and hospitalisation — Comparable efficacy result across ethnicity and age,
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KUSA-TV:
WATCH LIVE: Boulder Police responding to active shooter situation at King Soopers — The King Soopers is located at 3600 Table Mesa Drive, the Boulder Police Department (BPD) said. — BOULDER, Colo. — Emergency crews are responding to an active shooter situation Monday afternoon at a King Soopers in Boulder.
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Associated Press:
Cops' posts to private Facebook group show hostility, hate — PITTSBURGH (AP) — In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The dumbing down of the D.C. statehood debate — There are valid, philosophical reasons to argue that Washington, D.C., should not be a state or have voting rights in Congress — chief among them being that it was created as a federal district. — But as the House held a hearing on the topic Monday …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Cuomo responds to shout from supporter amid scandals: 'I'm not going anywhere, darling' — Cuomo continues to resist pressure to resign as he faces multiple scandals — New York state senator: Cuomo is no longer in capacity to govern amid pandemic, misconduct allegations
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Sinéad Baker / Insider:
A police detective filed for divorce from his wife after she was photographed with another man at the Capitol riot — A police detective filed for divorce from his wife after she took part in the January Capitol riot. — The FBI said Jennifer Heinl was inside the Capitol rotunda and was photographed with another man.
Mitch McConnell / Courier-Journal:
The filibuster is Kentucky's veto. It stops radical ambitions like Yarmuth's — Congressman John Yarmuth likes to pretend he knows me. He talks to reporters and writes in these pages as if he's some sort of “McConnell-whisperer.” That's a full day's drive from reality.
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Wall Street Journal:
Hospitals Hide Pricing Data From Search Results — Webpages for hundreds of hospitals require users to click through to find prices, undermining federal transparency rule, Journal analysis shows — Hospitals that have published their previously confidential prices to comply with a new federal rule …
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The White House:
President Biden Announces his Intent to Nominate Lina Khan for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission … WASHINGTON - Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Lina Khan for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission. — Lina Khan, Nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission
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CREW:
Betsy DeVos made at least $225 million while education secretary … Betsy DeVos reported at least $225 million — and potentially well over $414 million — in outside income while working as Donald Trump's education secretary, according to an analysis of DeVos's financial disclosures by CREW.
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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
The rioter next door: How the Dallas suburbs spawned domestic extremists — FRISCO, Tex. — Sunlight gleamed off the tiled roofs of the taupe mini-mansions and walkable shopping centers as March 4 dawned in this corner of North Texas. According to specious speculations online …
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Ben Steverman / Bloomberg:
Richest 1% of Americans Hide a Fifth of Their Income From the IRS — A new study found that the IRS can miss earnings hidden in sophisticated ways. It could support calls to give the agency more funding after years of budget cuts. — More than 20% of the wealthiest Americans' income …
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Thomas Novelly / Post and Courier:
Securing a presidential pardon is rare. But SC's Sen. Tim Scott landed one for his cousin. — In the waning days of Donald Trump's presidency, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott secured a pardon for a pastor he applauded for becoming a model citizen after being convicted in a cocaine bust in the 1990s.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Federal Judge: ‘One-Party Control Of The Press And Media Is A Threat To A Viable Democracy’ — In a blistering dissent, Judge Laurence Silberman said The New York Times and Washington Post are ‘Democratic Party broadsheets.’
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Meet Wyoming's New Black Sheriff, the First in State History — The appointment is symbolic for both Wyoming and the Mountain West, which has been insulated from much of the national reckoning over race and policing. — LARAMIE, Wyo. — Ask Aaron Appelhans if he ever wanted to be a sheriff, and he'll say no.
Rebecca Rainey / Politico:
Senate confirms Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to lead Labor Department — He will be tasked with implementing the Biden administration's agenda at the department, which includes stricter workplace safety enforcement. — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks during a Senate Health, Education …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Hice launches challenge to Raffensperger in race for Secretary of State — U.S. Rep. Jody Hice announced a primary challenge on Monday to unseat Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and the four-term Republican is expected to land the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in his bid …
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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Coverage of the migrant surge at the border shows how easily the media can be trolled by Republicans — Media can educate the public without ratcheting up the hysteria by calmly providing the historical context — It was inevitable that a crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico would refocus …
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Max Moran / Revolving Door Project:
Keystone XL Investor Susan Rice Has Kept Up Her Fossil Fuel Investments — And Now Oversees Tribal Relations Across The Executive Branch — Appointing Susan Rice to lead the Domestic Policy Council in December made no sense from a policy perspective, but perfect sense from a political perspective.