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The Daily Beast:
‘Very Anti-Social’: Suspect in Boulder Supermarket Massacre Was Paranoid, Brother Says — Police also identified the ten people who lost their lives when the 21-year-old gunman allegedly opened fire on Monday afternoon. — Authorities on Tuesday identified the suspect in the shooting deaths …
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Denver Post:
Boulder shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was short-tempered, violent, former teammates say — The 21-year-old Arvada man has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder — sbradbury@denverpost.com, CONRAD SWANSON, JOHN MEYER | jmeyer@denverpost.com and NOELLE PHILLIPS |
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Boulder's assault weapons ban, meant to stop mass shootings, was blocked 10 days before grocery store attack — The city of Boulder, Colo., barred assault weapons in 2018, as a way to prevent mass shootings like the one that killed 17 at a high school in Parkland., Fla., earlier that year.
Alyssa Choiniere / Heavy.com:
Ahmad Alissa, Boulder Shooting Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know — Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa is a 21-year-old Colorado man who was identified as the suspect in the mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder that left 10 people dead, including Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley.
Andrew Mark Miller / Washington Examiner:
Liberals blame white man for mass shooting in Boulder
Liberals blame white man for mass shooting in Boulder
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The Western Journal, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and RedState
Lia Eustachewich / New York Post:
Police identify 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa as suspect in Boulder shooting
Police identify 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa as suspect in Boulder shooting
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CBS Denver, Twitchy, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart, TheBlaze, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Center for Security Policy and New York Times
Madison Hahamy / Yale Daily News:
Former professor says Yale fired her over tweet on Trump, Dershowitz — Bandy Lee MED '94 DIV '95, a formerly Yale-affiliated faculty member in the School of Medicine and Yale Law School, filed a complaint against the University on Monday alleging “unlawful termination …
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Ev Williams / Medium:
Medium Editorial Team Update — We announced a buyout and leadership change to the Medium editorial team today. Below is the email I sent to the company. — Team, — We are making some changes to our editorial strategy and leadership and giving a voluntary exit option to employees who would like to take a different path.
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Jezebel and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
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Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE:
Medium Tells Journalists to Feel Free to Quit After Busting Union Drive — After what workers describe as a successful union-busting campaign, Ev Williams has announced to journalists who work for him that they should feel free to go. — EO — On Tuesday night, billionaire Medium CEO …
Axios:
Scoop: Democrats confront White House over lack of AAPI Cabinet representation — Two Democratic senators of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage confronted a senior White House official Monday night over the absence of AAPI representation in President Biden's Cabinet, four Senate aides familiar with the call tell Axios.
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Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu clinches 61 majority on Right on way to victory - exit polls — Three polls give Netanyahu's bloc a 61 seat majority in the Knesset with Naftali Bennett's Yamina Party. — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be able to form a government for the seventh time in his three-decade …
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Associated Press, The Times of Israel, National Review, Al-Monitor and Political Wire
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Haaretz:
Israel Election Live: In Reversal, Updated Exit Polls Now Show Netanyahu Losing Majority
Israel Election Live: In Reversal, Updated Exit Polls Now Show Netanyahu Losing Majority
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Breitbart, The Times of Israel, Forbes, The Daily Caller, UPI and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Netanyahu's party wins most seats in Israeli election, moves within sight of securing a governing coalition
Netanyahu's party wins most seats in Israeli election, moves within sight of securing a governing coalition
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Power Line, New York Post, The Times of Israel, New York Times, Foreign Policy, Bloomberg and Associated Press
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
‘Netanyahu Is Playing With Fire With the Democrats’
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin says he doesn't support House-passed background check bill — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said on Tuesday that he does not support House-passed legislation to expand background checks to all gun sales. — “What the House passed? Not at all,” Manchin said, when asked if he supports the legislation.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
In wake of shootings, Senate renews efforts to overhaul U.S. gun laws
In wake of shootings, Senate renews efforts to overhaul U.S. gun laws
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Washington Post, Associated Press, Fox News, Bloomberg, WLNS-TV, Vox and Politico
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
He worked in Russian media. He recognizes the same tactics at Fox News. — In a newly released report, U.S. intelligence agencies outline how Russia yet again sought to subvert American democracy. The findings confirm that the Kremlin tried to plant damaging disinformation …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News would be in trouble without ‘actual malice’ standard
Fox News would be in trouble without ‘actual malice’ standard
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RedState
CNN:
Trump's presidency was a disaster for his business — Michael D'Antonio is the author of the book “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success” and co-author, with Peter Eisner, of the book “High Crimes: The Corruption, Impunity, and Impeachment of Donald Trump.”
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE:
Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced to Sign ‘Biometric Consent’ Form or Lose Job — The new cameras, which are being implemented nationwide, use artificial intelligence to access drivers' location, movement, and biometric data. — Lauren Kaori Gurley — Amazon delivery drivers nationwide have to sign a …
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Raw Story, New York Post, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
National Guardsmen transporting Covid-19 vaccines held at gunpoint in Texas … National Guardsmen transporting Covid-19 vaccines through Texas on Monday were held at gunpoint, police said. — Larry Harris is accused of following a convoy of National Guard soldiers before attempting to run …
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Task & Purpose and KWTX-TV
Politico:
Judge warns DOJ that media interviews could taint Oath Keepers case — A federal judge lambasted the Justice Department on Tuesday, warning that top officials' comments in recent media interviews threatened to taint the prosecution of some of the most notorious participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach.
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NPR, Raw Story and Big League Politics
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Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
In federal lawsuit, James Huntsman, of prominent Utah family, accuses Mormon Church of fraud — James Huntsman, of a prominent Mormon family from Utah, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of fraud, saying it spent members' tithes meant for charity on commercial purposes.
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Law & Crime, Slate, Raw Story, Fox News, Religion News Service and KTVX-TV
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Voting rights clash hurtles Senate toward nuclear breakdown — There's no better preview of the voting rights buzzsaw that's about to splinter the Senate than the current disagreement between Amy Klobuchar and Roy Blunt. — Klobuchar and Blunt are a notably effective bipartisan pair on many issues …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Top Saudi official issued death threat against UN's Khashoggi investigator — Senior official twice threatened to have Agnès Callamard ‘taken care of’ in meeting with UN colleagues in Geneva in January 2020 — A senior Saudi official issued what was perceived to be a death threat …
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The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera, Raw Story and Insider
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
E.U. Set to Curb Covid Vaccine Exports for 6 Weeks — The European Union has drafted new emergency rules that will most likely severely cut exports to Britain and other countries to ease supply shortages at home. — BRUSSELS — The European Union is finalizing emergency legislation …
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Politico
Zaid Jilani / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:
White People Don't Have a Monopoly on Hatred — I know. I once held bigoted beliefs myself. … Middle school is terrible for everyone, but you're going to have to trust me that it was rougher on me than many. I was short, funny-looking, and a practicing Muslim in a town called Kennesaw …
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National Review and TheBlaze
Epicenter NYC:
What we learned registering thousands of our neighbors for vaccines — By S. Mitra Kalita, with contributions from Epicenter volunteers Sree Bhagavan, Kris Brewer, Eric Garcia, Abby Gewanter, Devi Gupta, George Hagstrom, Julia Kopelson, Kenisha McFadden, Sarah Kulkarni, John O'Neil …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Every Democrat who fears filibuster reform should read these two new works — In a way, it's fitting that Democrats are celebrating the 11th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act even as they are intensely debating major structural reforms, such as ending the legislative filibuster and granting statehood to Washington, D.C.
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Reuvain Borchardt / Hamodia:
Scott Stringer Brings ‘30 Years of Real Experience’ in NY Politics to Mayoral Run — Scott Stringer, a veteran of more than three decades in New York politics, is running for mayor at a time his city is facing one of its worst-ever crises. — “Post-COVID New York City is going to require …
New York Post:
Ana Liss becomes second Cuomo accuser who won't cooperate with impeachment probe — The revelation Tuesday that the impeachment investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo would likely take months led another former aide to say she won't cooperate with state Assembly's Judiciary Committee.
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Washington Examiner, HotAir and National Review
Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
Live updates: San Francisco school board meets in wake of controversy over racist tweets — The San Francisco school board is meeting now to discuss progress on school reopening, among other agenda items. It is the board's first meeting since critics rediscovered Vice President Alison Collins' racist tweets against Asian Americans.
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Fox News, Washington Free Beacon and Breitbart
Washington Post:
There's no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border. Here's the data. — Evidence reveals the usual seasonal bump — plus some of the people who waited during the pandemic — Last week, at the U.S. border with Mexico, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
The Strongest House Candidates In 2020 Were (Mostly) Moderate — Moderate politicians are becoming an endangered species. The most liberal Republican in Congress nowadays is still ideologically to the right of the most conservative Democrat, reflecting the fact that the median voters …
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Bloomberg, Vox, New Republic and New York Post
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Is ‘All Gas No Brakes’ Over? — Andrew Callaghan, 23, built a following with his YouTube series “All Gas No Brakes.” This month, he announced that he'd left the show. Here's what happened. — Since 2019, Andrew Callaghan, 23, has been crisscrossing the country in a beat-up R.V …
Tech Policy Press:
Recommendations to the Biden Administration On Regulating Disinformation and Other Harmful Content on Social Media — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY — Produced by the Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government and the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights …
Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Want to run for Congress but can't afford to pay your own rent or bills? This former House candidate has an idea. — Nabilah Islam wants the Federal Election Commission to let federal candidates use donor money for expanded salaries and health insurance.
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Curious Case of Florida's Pandemic Response — I started reporting this essay with a clear thesis: Florida is having a moment. To the extent that winning a pandemic is possible, Florida seemed to be winning the pandemic. — Despite criticism from liberals for its laissez-faire approach to COVID-19 …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Biden's first news conference is a test for him. But it's a bigger test for White House reporters. — The first news conference of a new administration is always a high-stakes affair for the White House. — How will the new president do under the glare of direct questioning from a crowd of correspondents?
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New York Times:
G.O.P. and Allies Draft ‘Best Practices’ for Restricting Voting — As Republican legislatures seek to usher in a raft of new voting restrictions, they are being prodded by an array of party leaders and outside groups working to coordinate the efforts. — In late January …
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PBS NewsHour and CBS News