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Cristina Alexander / WSVN-TV:
Birx shares her chilling conclusion as America arrives at a moment of introspection on the coronavirus — (CNN) — The US may finally be getting a handle on the coronavirus pandemic, but for so many Americans, it's too late, and that disconnect is raising fresh questions about why the US couldn't have done more earlier.
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New York Times:
The C.D.C.'s ex-director offers no evidence in favoring speculation that the coronavirus originated in a lab. — The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a CNN clip on Friday that he favored a theory, decried by many scientists and rejected as …
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Birx tells CNN most U.S. covid deaths ‘could have been mitigated’ after first 100,000
Birx tells CNN most U.S. covid deaths ‘could have been mitigated’ after first 100,000
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
After two months in office, Kamala Harris is still living out of suitcases — and she's getting frustrated with it — (CNN)It has been more than two months since Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States, a historic moment for the country, as Harris is the first woman …
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Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
A Minnesota man can't be charged with felony rape because the woman chose to drink beforehand, court rules — After a 20-year-old woman took five shots of vodka and a prescription pill, she said she was standing outside a Minneapolis bar in May 2017 when a man invited her and a friend to a party.
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Sarah Elbeshbishi / USA Today:
Minnesota Supreme Court throws out rape conviction because intoxicated woman willingly consumed alcohol — The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a person can't be found guilty of sexually assaulting someone who is intoxicated if that person willingly ingested drugs or alcohol.
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Joe Biden Botches the Georgia Voting Law — His claim that the law prohibits giving water to voters standing on line is way off base. — Joe Biden, grasping the latest left-wing talking point pushed by Stacey Abrams and her media allies everywhere, has launched a misleading attack …
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Outside the Beltway, IJR, Power Line and Florida Politics
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
‘Outrageous’: Biden condemns new Georgia law as a ‘blatant attack’ on voting rights
‘Outrageous’: Biden condemns new Georgia law as a ‘blatant attack’ on voting rights
David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
The New Jim Crow Laws Aren't Just About Suppressing Democratic Voters
The New Jim Crow Laws Aren't Just About Suppressing Democratic Voters
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Washington Post, The Week, Insider, Associated Press and Salon
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
‘A Very Big Problem.’ Giant Ship in the Suez Remains Stuck. — A tiny Egyptian village has a front-row seat to the unfolding effort to dislodge the container ship that ran aground in the canal, holding up $10 billion in global trade every day. — MANSHIYET RUGOLA, Egypt …
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Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Armed White men who showed up at a Black family's home were acquitted. Now, they want an apology — (CNN)An African American mother says she won't sit down to talk with two men who came armed with about 13 other White people to her North Carolina home last year looking for a missing teenage girl …
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
It's Official. “Vaccine Passports” Are Required In New York — This happened even sooner than most people expected. We were warned at the beginning of the month that New York State was working to implement a system of immunity passports for people who wish to reenter most “normal” aspects of society.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In Washington, Policy Revolves Around Joe Manchin. He Likes It That Way. — Mr. Manchin's belief in the need to keep the filibuster has set the stage for a collision between Democrats eager to use its majorities to pass sweeping legislation and a political throwback determined to restore bipartisanship.
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Breitbart, Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Prosecutors struggle with consistent story in Jan. 6 cases — BOSTON (AP) — There's little doubt the Oath Keepers were planning for something on Jan. 6. The question at the heart of the criminal case against its members and associates in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is: What, exactly, did they intend to do?
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John Hanna / ABC News:
Criminal charges filed against Kansas Senate majority leader — One of the Kansas Legislature's most powerful lawmakers has been charged with driving under the influence and a felony offense for trying to elude law enforcement — TOPEKA, Kan. — One of the Kansas Legislature's …
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Rubén Rosario / WSVN-TV:
At least 114 killed in Myanmar in deadliest day since start of protests — (CNN) — At least 114 civilians were killed across Myanmar on Saturday, according to a tally by the independent Myanmar Now news outlet, as the military junta continued to crack down on peaceful protests.
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John Sharp / al.com:
Mo Brooks calls U.S. Capitol rioters ‘fools’; says sedition charges up to Justice Department — The mob of pro-Trump supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6 were “fools” who wrecked efforts by Republicans in Congress to debate baseless allegations of “voter fraud and election theft …
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Marcela García Globe / The Boston Globe:
Media are falling into Stephen Miller's trap — Journalists who normalize Trump's former senior adviser ‘are helping him launder his white supremacist ideas into the mainstream.’ — It was only a matter of time before Stephen Miller returned to the spotlight.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Gateway Pundit and Politico
New York Times:
A Collapse Foretold: How Brazil's Covid-19 Outbreak Overwhelmed Hospitals — The virus has killed more than 300,000 people in Brazil, its spread aided by a highly contagious variant, political infighting and distrust of science. — PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — The patients began arriving …
Mia Cathell / The Post Millennial:
USA Today fires race and inclusion editor who falsely claimed Boulder shooter was an ‘angry white man’ — USA Today's race and inclusion editor Hemal Jhaveri was fired this week after she claimed that “it's always an angry white man” who commits mass shootings, race-baiting in the wake of the Boulder attack.
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Josh Verges / Twin Cities:
MN lawyer sanctioned $10,000 for filing election challenges without plaintiffs' knowledge — ‘To my horror, I saw that I had sued Steve Simon and Ilhan Omar,’ a plaintiff said. — More- — A Minnesota attorney who filed legal challenges to the November election of five congressional Democrats …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The popularity of Congress is at its highest level in more than a decade as stimulus checks hit bank accounts — For the second time in the pandemic era, Congress is experiencing a burst of relative popularity, the normally reviled institution winning public support in the early days of a Democratic-run Washington.
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
He's a Famous Evangelical Preacher, but His Kids Wish He'd Pipe Down — The Rev. Rick Joyner has called on Christians to arm themselves for civil war. But his children would be on the other side. — The Rev. Rick Joyner is a famous evangelical leader who has called on Christians …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
DeSantis hires top GOP operative for 2022 campaign — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped a veteran national Republican political operative to help spearhead his 2022 reelection race. — Phil Cox, a former executive director of the Republican Governors Association, has joined the DeSantis team as a senior-level adviser.
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Politico:
‘Be aware’: The Pentagon's target list for extremist infiltrators — right and left — Flags from the left-wing Antifa movement. Depictions of Pepe the Frog, the cartoon character that's been misappropriated by racist groups. Iconography from the far-right Proud Boys, including the phrase …
Niharika Mandhana / Wall Street Journal:
Dozens Shot Dead in Myanmar as Military Continues Ruthless Campaign Against Civilians — The killings occurred days after the U.S. imposed new sanctions to pressure the generals to give up power — On a day when Myanmar's commander in chief, who seized power in a coup last month …
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