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Politico:
'He's toast': GOP leaves Raffensperger twisting in the wind — The former president is obsessed with defeating him next year. He's getting mauled by his own state party. Last week alone, a Republican congressman announced he'd challenge in the primary and the state legislature voted to strip his office of some official powers.
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CNN, HuffPost, Mock Paper Scissors and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Our View: Marching backward into history — SUNDAY ISSUE: GA CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION LAW — SUNDAY OPINION ISSUE: SIGNING INTO LAW OF CONTROVERSIAL VOTING LEGISLATION. — In a cynical series of actions Thursday, Georgia lawmakers managed to march firmly onto the wrong side of history.
Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Dissension inside The Washington Post — DRIVING THE DAY — It was supposed to be an upbeat town hall to rally the newsroom, as Washington Post leaders highlighted their moves to defend reporter SEUNG MIN KIM from internet trolls. But sources tell us the March 16 Zoom meeting …
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Eschaton, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
Birx recalls ‘very difficult’ phone call from Trump following her Covid-19 warnings — (CNN)Dr. Deborah Birx revealed in a CNN documentary clip released Sunday that she received a “very uncomfortable” and “very difficult” phone call from Donald Trump after speaking publicly about the spread …
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NBC News, Insider, USA Today, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, KRDO and Rolling Stone
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Biden receives high marks on COVID-19, lags on immigration, guns: POLL — There are warning signs for Biden's “long-term” agenda, a new poll finds. — Pressure remains on what to do about crisis at the border — A delegation of Congressional Republicans, who visited a detention center …
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New York Post and The Hill
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TMZ.com:
Donald Trump Rails on Biden During Wedding Speech at Mar-a-Lago — DONALD TRUMP MAR-A-LAGO WEDDING SPEECH ... Enough About The Couple, Let's Talk About Me … It's been over 4 months since the November election, and Donald Trump is still acting like a sore loser — that, or a belligerent wedding guest.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won't be easy — White House-led effort tries to corral more than a dozen initiatives — The Biden administration and private companies are working to develop a standard way of handling credentials — often referred to as …
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KRDO
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Parler explains ‘free speech’ to angry users after sharing Capitol riot posts with the FBI — Parler tried to throw Facebook under the bus. Now the right wing social network's users are angry. — Just as Congress was finishing up grilling the CEOs of Facebook, Google …
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Raw Story
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
Biden and the Blame Game at the Border — The issues involved are nearly impossible to settle as long as policymakers regard decency as a political weakness rather than as a moral strength. — During the past decade, three U.S. Presidents have each faced a humanitarian emergency at the southern border.
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Fox News, The Wrap, TheBlaze and Liberty Unyielding
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Sidney Powell's ‘Just Kidding’ Defense Is Seriously, Literally Nuts — When people enter into the political arena, invent crazy conspiracy theories, and stoke violence and sedition, millions of Americans do take them seriously. … During the 2016 presidential campaign …
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Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
Immigrants are crossing the U.S. Mexico border in large numbers — MISSION, Tex. — The question startled Hidalgo County Deputy Constable Roque Vela as he took a quick census of the group of roughly 30 migrants he encountered recently on a dusty road along the Rio Grande in South Texas.
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Los Angeles Times
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Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
We need to stop overlooking one politically incorrect COVID-19 death factor — The United States has the 13th highest COVID-19 death rate relative to population. Many different factors shaped death rates in the pandemic. But there's one uncomfortable reason that the U.S. likely experienced …
Megan Rapinoe / Washington Post:
Transgender kids should be allowed to play sports like all other children — Opinion by Megan Rapinoe … I remember how I felt when I played soccer for the first time. Long before I was winning World Cup matches, I was trying to keep up with my brother. Soccer has been a part of my life since I was 4 years old.
Wall Street Journal:
For Atlanta Shooting Victims, American Life Was Often a Lonely Struggle — Many of the slain women of Asian descent were striving to make ends meet — ATLANTA—Seven days after Daoyou Feng was shot and killed at the spa where she worked, her body lay unclaimed in a morgue in the Atlanta area.
American Greatness:
Christopher Lasch vs. the Elites of Our Time — One of the most trenchant critics and historians of American culture died more than 25 years ago. What do his writings tell us about the present crisis? Turns out, quite a lot. — Several friends who have been reading the work …
Marlene Lenthang / ABC News:
Cuomo's top aide Melissa DeRosa reportedly subpoenaed in sexual misconduct probe — Cuomo accusers were asked about interactions with DeRosa, according to reports. — Timeline: Sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces his career's biggest …
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The Hill
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
‘Double Down’: Swing-District Democrats Embrace Biden Agenda — Many in the party see stimulus checks, an infrastructure plan, and tax hikes on the rich as key to winning working-class votes. — Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan could be forgiven if he wanted to break with early parts of President Joe Biden's agenda.
Tara Reade / RT:
‘Enemy’ leader or dissident like me, Democrat media's playbook is the same - demonize, dehumanize, delegitimize — Whether you are an American citizen daring to oppose the leadership or the leader of a nation designated ‘adversarial’, the methods of character assassination Washington's PR machine hits you with are not much different.
Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court sits on potentially blockbuster abortion case — The Supreme Court is sitting on a petition in a Mississippi abortion case that could blow the lid off Roe v. Wade. — The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, has been before the court since September without a word from the justices.
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting — Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states are considering postponing their 2022 primaries or turning to other population estimates to start the once-a-decade task of redrawing voting districts used for U.S. House and state legislative elections.
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The Hill
Washington Post:
Former CDC chief Redfield urged to step aside as Hogan adviser after Wuhan lab comments — Maryland lawmakers on Friday called on former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Robert Redfield to step down as a medical adviser to Gov. Larry Hogan, hours after an interview aired …
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New York Times
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Swiss Billionaire Joins the Bidding for Tribune Publishing — The philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has teamed with the Maryland hotel executive Stewart Bainum in a bid to upend Alden Global Capital's plan to acquire the newspaper chain. — An octogenarian Swiss billionaire who makes …
Tony Czuczka / Bloomberg:
Nord Stream 2 Won't Change Close U.S.-German Ties, Blinken Says — U.S. sanctions over Russian pipeline ‘will continue,’ he says — Stopping completion is ‘up to those who are building’ the pipe — Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested U.S. options for stopping Nord Stream 2 …
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Washington Times
CBS News:
Transcript: Anthony Fauci on “Face the Nation,” March 28, 2021 — The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, that aired Sunday, March 28, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” — MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to the president's chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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Breitbart and Mother Jones
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
FBI whiffs again on Colorado mass shooting suspect — So now it turns out that the FBI knew all about the accused Boulder shooter, but paid no attention to the obvious warning signs until police say the rabidly anti-American immigrant from Syria murdered 10 U.S. citizens in the supermarket.
Delta News Hub:
Delta statement on SB202 — Delta issued the following statement from CEO Ed Bastian on Friday following passage of election bills by the Georgia General Assembly. — Delta believes that full and equal access to voting is a fundamental right for all citizens.