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New York Times:
Officer Brian Sicknick Died After the Capitol Riot.  New Videos Show How He Was Attacked. … New videos obtained by The New York Times show publicly for the first time how the U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after facing off with rioters on Jan. 6 was attacked with chemical spray.
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.
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Schumer, McConnell spar over Dems' S1 election bill during rare committee appearance: ‘Shame!’
Discussion: Axios and Crooks and Liars
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer sharply criticizes GOP on voting rights: ‘Shame, shame, shame’
Discussion: Breitbart, IJR and Raw Story
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.
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Arizona Republic:
We didn't help get Kyrsten Sinema elected so she could ensure Senate gridlock  —  Opinion: We asked voters to support Kyrsten Sinema so she could make progress on big issues, not stand in the way of it by supporting the filibuster.  —  View Comments  —  Arizonans accomplished something truly historic …
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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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Biden Isn't Talking for a Reason  —  Joe Biden is hardly in hiding.  Barely a week passes when he doesn't tour a factory or host a meeting in the Oval Office.  He gives interviews and takes questions from time to time as he moves through his calendar.  What he has yet to do is hold a formal news conference.
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 Daily Beast:
Trump and Don Jr. Lawyer Up for Eric Swalwell's Jan. 6 Riot Lawsuit  —  The former president and his eldest son have tapped a familiar “Stop the Steal” attorney. … Former President Donald Trump, as well as his eldest son Donald Trump Jr., have retained attorney Jesse Binnall to represent each …
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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 …
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John Keim / ESPN:
Jason Wright says Washington Football Team under consideration as permanent name, cites fan sentiment
Discussion: Breitbart, UPI, The Root and ProFootballTalk
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg / The Appeal:
Virginia to Become the First Southern State to Abolish the Death Penalty Today  —  Abolition advocates are celebrating a milestone for racial justice.  —  Virginia, the state that has executed more people than any other in the nation, is abolishing the death penalty today.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Root
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Bloomberg:
Suez Canal Snarled by Giant Ship Choking Key Trade Route  — Oil prices rise on concern waterway could be blocked for days  — Incident has caused congestion for tankers, ships in the area  —  A giant ship could be stuck in the Suez Canal for days, blocking one of the world's busiest …
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 …
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Sidney Powell Speaks ‘Her Truth’  —  The Trumpist propagandist has been forced to admit that her “facts” aren't “true.”  —  The Big Lie is starting to unravel.  One of Trump's disinformation stars, Sidney Powell, is backing down.  But while we're considering the matter of truth and lies …
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David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Sidney Powell does an about-face on her Stop the Steal claims
Discussion: Juanita Jean's
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 …
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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Haaretz:
Israel Election Live: With Nearly 90 Percent of Vote Counted, Netanyahu Lacks Clear Path to Majority
Philip Klein / National Review:
Unlike Obama, Biden Doesn't Even Pretend to Care about Tackling Our Historic Debt  —  The new president is gambling that our extraordinary deficits will never matter.  —  n the 2020 campaign, Joe Biden proudly ran as an “Obama-Biden Democrat.”  —  But there is already one important …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Wrap
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: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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: HuffPost and Big League Politics
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.
John Nichols / The Nation:
Fire Louis DeJoy!  —  Removing the postmaster general is necessary to save the postal service, and Biden has the authority to begin the process.  —  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy took charge of the United States Postal Service less than a year ago and began a process of running it into the ground.
CNN:
Videos show ally of Marjorie Taylor Greene among mob inside Capitol during January 6 riot  —  These are the key moments from the US Capitol riot  —  (CNN)Footage from the January 6 riot at the US Capitol shows a close ally of Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene inside the building.
Discussion: Raw Story
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Blue-state Republicans slump without Trump as foil  —  BOSTON — As recently as October, Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker was basking in his typically stratospheric poll ratings.  More than 70 percent approved of his job performance.  Roughly the same amount felt the same way about his handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
Discussion: wgbh.org and CommonWealth Magazine
Jane Chung / Public Citizen:
Big Tech, Big Cash: Washington's New Power Players  —  An updated analysis of the rise in lobbying and campaign contributions from the Big Tech companies: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google … “I can tell you [political spending] plays an important role.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Dr. Fauci: Not turning corner yet on coronavirus  —  WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci isn't ready to say the nation has turned the corner on the coronavirus pandemic, despite about 2.5 million Americans getting vaccinated each day.  —  The government's top infectious disease expert says he often gets asked that question.
Discussion: Associated Press
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.
Washington Post:
Shootings never stopped during the pandemic: 2020 was the deadliest gun violence year in decades  —  Until two lethal rampages this month, mass shootings had largely been absent from headlines during the coronavirus pandemic.  But people were still dying — at a record rate.
Discussion: CNN, HotAir and New York Times
Politico:
Newsom won't pick Schiff as California AG  —  Rep. Adam Schiff will not become California's next attorney general, sources familiar with the talks told POLITICO.  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided against appointing the Los Angeles area congressman to lead the state's law enforcement agency …
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 …
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
Mike Dennison / KBAO-TV:
Republicans advance bill to end Election Day voter-registration  —  HELENA — A bill to end Election Day voter registration in Montana is only a few votes away from passing the Legislature, as the Montana Senate endorsed the measure 32-18 Tuesday.  —  All Republicans in the chamber voted …
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 …
David Pierce / Protocol:
WhatsApp for work: Slack is turning into a full-on messaging app  —  Forget email.  The final frontier for Slack, as it tries to reimagine the way millions of people communicate at work, is the text message.  —  Email is a useful tool, but a blunt one.  It mixes business communication …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Moving Slowly in Filling Key National-Security Posts  —  Out of 300 jobs, 16 nominees thus far.  Biden critics, supporters cite a range of reasons for the pace.  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden has yet to name hundreds of administration officials requiring Senate confirmation to military …
 
 
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