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10:40 AM ET, March 24, 2021

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Axios:
Biden's New Deal: Re-engineering America, quickly  —  President Biden recently held an undisclosed East Room session with historians that included discussion of how big is too big — and how fast is too fast — to jam through once-in-a-lifetime historic changes to America.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What the Duckworth-AAPI episode revealed  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  For months, Sen. TAMMY DUCKWORTH (D-Ill.) had been nudging the Biden administration to appoint more Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the Cabinet — to no avail.  When she brought up the issue again …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
A “nuclear winter” foretold  —  A Senate operating in the “nuclear winter” Minority Leader Mitch McConnell promises if the filibuster is eliminated is one in which lawmakers face incessant roll calls and other inconveniences turning their comfortable lives into a living hell.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Voting rights clash hurtles Senate toward nuclear breakdown
Washington Post:
White House promises AAPI liaison after ultimatum from Sens. Duckworth, Hirono
Axios:
Scoop: Inside the Senate GOP's private debate about earmarks
Discussion: Morning Consult and Raw Story
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
How Interest-Group Politics Works for All
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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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 …
Omer Benjakob / Haaretz:
Israel Election, the Day After: The Right Gears Up for Massive ‘The Left Stole the Vote’ Campaign  —  Israel elections 2021: Haaretz reveals how Benjamin and Yair Netanyahu, Likud officials and their media proxies have been using the Trump (and QAnon) playbook to cast doubt over election results since April 2019
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden should fact-check the White House press corps  —  The White House press corps, ginned up by Republican hype, has for weeks hounded White House press secretary Jen Psaki and anyone else from the Biden administration who comes into the briefing room about what is happening at the border.
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Marcus Weisgerber / Defense One:
That Settles That: White House Is Keeping Space Force
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Don't expect a @realDonaldTrump comeback  —  Sad news for loser @jack (chocker?) and all the haters.  Despite what many people are calling “heavy demand,” @realDonaldTrump will not be returning — like a dog — to his once Favorite part of The Big, Beautiful internet.
Discussion: Raw Story
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CNN:   Trump's presidency was a disaster for his business
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Bad News Bias  —  The U.S. media is offering a different picture of Covid-19 from science journals or the international media, a study finds.  —  Bruce Sacerdote, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, noticed something last year about the Covid-19 television coverage that he was watching on CNN and PBS.
The National Pulse:
All 10 Boulder Colorado Victims Were White.  It's Time to End Anti-White Race Hate.  —  The following ten people perished in the recent shooting in Boulder, Colorado carried out by Ahmad Al-Issa.  All of them appear to be white, but neither the media nor politicians have bothered to resurrect …
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Denver Post:
Boulder shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was short-tempered, violent, former teammates say
Associated Press:
Officials: Gun in supermarket shooting bought 6 days earlier
Angus King / Washington Post:
What happens to the filibuster depends on how Republicans play their hand  —  Opinion by Angus King  —  Angus S. King Jr., an independent, represents Maine in the U.S. Senate.  —  I first came to the Senate eight years ago, at the beginning of President Barack Obama's second term and when the Democrats were in the majority.
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Sidney Powell does an about-face on her Stop the Steal claims  —  Now she tells us.  —  Attorney Sidney Powell, you may recall, was the Madame Defarge of the recent attempt to overturn the election results.  She knitted elaborate lawsuits from the yarns of unreliable witnesses …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Axios
Ezra Marcus / New York Times:
Man Says He Found Shrimp Tails in Cinnamon Toast Crunch  —  Crave those crazy ... shrimp tails?  —  Cereal is a staple of the American breakfast table, consumed by millions of people every day and tied, for many, with memories of childhood.  So when a story began circulating this week …
New York Times:
Daniel Snyder to Buy Out Other Owners of Washington NFL Team  —  The league is expected to approve a measure that will allow Daniel Snyder to buy total control of the team.  —  Seeking to move past a year of tumult over the team's former name and a sexual harassment investigation of its front office …
Anna Edney / Bloomberg:
Carcinogen Found in Hand Sanitizers That Plugged Pandemic Gap  — Benzene found by online quality-assurance pharmacy Valisure  — Lesser-known products filled U.S. void caused by Covid rush  —  Some widely available hand sanitizers that American consumers snapped up last year …
Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
The Future of Conservatism?  —  Scott Walker is no Bill Buckley  —  Back in July 2019, our colleague, Jim Swift, asked “Can Scott Walker Save the Future of Conservatism?”  —  The former Wisconsin governor had just been named the president of the Young America's Foundation …
Mike Allen / Axios:
C-SPAN's 2024 election coverage officially kicks off with Mike Pompeo in Iowa  —  C-SPAN tells me “Road to the White House 2024” coverage begins Friday with Mike Pompeo in Iowa, speaking to the Machine Shed in Urbandale to the Westside Conservative Club, to be shown later that day.
Discussion: The Week
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
An Unusually Optimistic Conversation With Bernie Sanders  —  I'm Ezra Klein and this is “The Ezra Klein Show.”  —  There were times, so many times during 2020 election when I was pretty certain Senator Bernie Sanders was going to win the Democratic primary and then win the presidential …
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Israeli Spy Pollard Betrays America Yet Again  —  The traitor's latest self-serving lie adds another burden to minorities in US national security agencies  —  Jonathan Pollard, his grandiosity, narcissism and disingenuousness undiminished, cannot stop hurting the country that gave his Holocaust-ravaged family a life.
Discussion: Diplopundit
Sophia Eppolito / Associated Press:
Utah governor signs divisive measure to require porn filters  —  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is a step closer to requiring all cellphones and tablets sold in the conservative state to automatically block pornography after the Republican governor signed legislation Tuesday that critics call a significant intrusion of free speech.
Politico:
Steyer polls the Newsom recall — offering himself as an alternative  —  Tom Steyer is polling the California recall.  —  And the billionaire environmental activist and erstwhile presidential hopeful has included his own name among the list of possible contenders to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom …
Discussion: NBC News
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
The IRS Should Do More to Nab Wealthy Tax Dodgers  —  Timothy L. O'Brien is a senior columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.  —  President Joe Biden has big, ambitious plans that will continue to ring up unwieldy bills for the federal government.  His administration will have to fund a significant …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
New evidence suggests ‘alliance’ between Oath Keepers, Proud Boys ahead of Jan. 6  —  A key member of the Oath Keepers militia told associates he had coordinated alliances with the Proud Boys and other paramilitary groups in advance of Donald Trump's Jan. 6 rally, according to new evidence filed by the Justice Department.
James Clark / Task & Purpose:
No, the ‘presidential salute’ isn't a thing — and neither is the ‘vice presidential salute’ … The hotly debated issue of the “presidential salute” is once again making the rounds online, except this time it has broadened in scope to include the “vice presidential salute.”
pulseoftheprimary.com:
New poll finds voters cautiously optimistic about City's future, though half are presently undecided in the upcoming race for mayor  —  Pulse of the Primary: 2021 NYC Mayor's Race, presented by Fontas Advisors and Core Decision Analytics (CODA), released its second set of poll results on March 24th.
Discussion: Hamodia
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New York Post:   Poll: Dem primary for mayor wide open, half of voters still undecided
Peter Holley / Texas Monthly:
They Just Moved Into an Austin Neighborhood.  Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions.  —  Car clubs have gathered for decades at “Chicano Park” in the East Cesar Chavez neighborhood.  But residents of a new luxury apartment building have started calling the police to stop them.
Discussion: Twitchy
Paul Davidson / USA Today:
'I don't want to be the one who gives it to people': Many Americans won't eat out, fly until herd immunity arrives  —  A growing share of Americans would feel safe resuming activities like dining out or flying within a few weeks of their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, but about 25% to 30% …
New York Post:
The Post says: Get weapons of war off America's streets  —  Eight slain in Atlanta, now 10 in Boulder.  Your town could be next.  Can the nation finally do something about weapons of war on our streets?  —  President Joe Biden called Tuesday for Congress to move immediately to “ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.”
Discussion: Big League Politics
Wall Street Journal:
Jim Crow Is Not on the Georgia Ballot  —  Here are the actual proposals being cast as ‘voter suppression.’  —  The battle over voting rules is erupting again, and Georgia is back as political ground zero.  It's “a redux of Jim Crow, in a suit and tie,” says Democrat and media favorite Stacey Abrams with her usual understatement.
Philip Reeves / NPR:
Brazil Is Looking Like The Worst Place On Earth For COVID-19  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — Cinthia Ribeiro knew she had a fight on her hands when COVID-19 arrived in her hometown in Brazil.  What she didn't know was that, one year on, humans would be out to kill her too.
 
 
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Capitol riot suspects ramped up donations to Trump after his election defeat
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
We See the Left. We See the Right. Can Anyone See the ‘Exhausted Majority’?
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Conservatives with high expectations anxious for Justice Amy Coney Barrett to show her hand
Discussion: Raw Story
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
I Am Not Ready to Reenter White Society
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Blue-state Republicans slump without Trump as foil
Discussion: wgbh.org
Associated Press:
AP journalist Thein Zaw released from detention in Myanmar
Wall Street Journal:
Joe Manchin Faces Home State Pressure to Oppose Fellow Democrats' Voting Bill
 Earlier Items: 
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Kim Janey Becomes Boston's First Black Mayor
Discussion: The Hill
Reuvain Borchardt / Hamodia:
Scott Stringer Brings ‘30 Years of Real Experience’ in NY Politics to Mayoral Run
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Every Democrat who fears filibuster reform should read these two new works
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg and New York Times
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
He worked in Russian media. He recognizes the same tactics at Fox News.
 

 
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WBD and the NBA settle a lawsuit and agree to let WBD develop new shows with NBA content and grant rights in parts of Northern Europe and Latin America

Bloomberg:
Netflix says 60M households watched the Paul vs. Tyson boxing bout live around the world, peaking at 65M concurrent streams

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Prime Video users will be able to watch local PBS stations and PBS Kids for free in coming months, and two new free PBS channels with ads starting November 26

 
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