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New York Times:
Matt Gaetz Is Said to Be Investigated Over Possible Sexual Relationship With a Girl, 17 — An inquiry into the Florida congressman was opened in the final months of the Trump administration, people briefed on it said. — Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida and a close ally …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Matt Gaetz says he's under federal investigation for sexual misconduct — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), one of the nation's rising-star conservative firebrands, told Axios he is under federal investigation for sexual activity with women, and fears being criminally charged.
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Matt Gaetz eyes early retirement to take job at Newsmax — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has privately told confidants he's seriously considering not seeking re-election and possibly leaving Congress early for a job at Newsmax, three sources with direct knowledge of the talks tell Axios.
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Orlando Sentinel:
Sex trafficking probe of Rep. Matt Gaetz emerges from Joel Greenberg prosecution: report — Federal authorities are investigating potential sex trafficking violations by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a probe that emerged from the prosecution of former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, according to a report by the New York Times.
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POLITICUSUSA, The Intellectualist and Raw Story
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Matt Gaetz Says Teen-Sex Allegation Is Part of Extortion Plot — Federal investigators are reportedly investigating an alleged relationship between Gaetz and a 17-year-old. — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) responded to a bombshell report that he is under investigation for an alleged relationship …
Wall Street Journal:
Rep. Matt Gaetz Under Investigation for Alleged Sexual Relationship With Underage Girl
Rep. Matt Gaetz Under Investigation for Alleged Sexual Relationship With Underage Girl
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Gaetz Under Investigation for Alleged Sexual Relationship With 17-Year-Old Girl: NYT
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Republican politics and right-wing media continue to fuse
Republican politics and right-wing media continue to fuse
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Forbes, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Bidens' dog Major involved in another biting incident — (CNN)The Bidens' dog Major has been involved in another biting incident that required medical attention, two people with knowledge of the incident tell CNN. — The incident, which involved a National Park Service employee …
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Michael Dobbs / Washington Post:
G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies at 90 — G. Gordon Liddy, the undercover operative whose bungling of the Watergate break-in triggered one of the gravest constitutional crises in American history and led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
G. Gordon Liddy, Mastermind Behind Watergate Burglary, Dies at 90 — Unlike other defendants in the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon, Mr. Liddy refused to testify and drew the longest prison term. — G. Gordon Liddy, a cloak-and-dagger lawyer who masterminded dirty tricks …
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Florida COVID numbers face new scrutiny — published earlier this month in the American Journal of Public Health argues that Florida is undercounting the number of people who died from COVID-19 by thousands of cases, casting new doubt on claims that Gov. Ron DeSantis navigated the coronavirus pandemic successfully.
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Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:
Yahoo Story on Florida COVID Study Misrepresented Key Finding, Study's Author Says — A Yahoo News story warning that “Florida COVID numbers face new scrutiny” incorrectly framed the key finding of the study it profiled, according to the principal researcher of the study in question …
New York Times:
Brutal Attack on Filipino Woman Sparks Outrage: ‘Everybody Is on Edge’ — Security guards failed to intervene while a man kicked and stomped on a 65-year-old woman near Times Square, yelling, “You don't belong here.” — The security camera video was shocking in its brutality.
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Attack on Asian Woman in Midtown Prompts Another Hate Crime Investigation
Attack on Asian Woman in Midtown Prompts Another Hate Crime Investigation
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Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
WHO chief, U.S. and other world leaders criticize China for limiting access of team researching coronavirus origins — The head of the World Health Organization, the U.S. government and 13 other countries on Tuesday voiced frustration with the level of access China granted an international mission …
Wall Street Journal:
Brazil's Military Chiefs Quit as Covid-19 Pandemic Pressures Government — High-level resignations follow months of tensions over Bolsonaro's efforts to garner political support from armed forces — SÃO PAULO—The heads of Brazil's army, navy and air force resigned Tuesday …
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Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Brazil on edge as three military chiefs resign after Bolsonaro fires defense minister
Brazil on edge as three military chiefs resign after Bolsonaro fires defense minister
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Washington Post:
GOP gaslighting on infrastructure has begun. Here's how Democrats must respond. — Opinion by — New details are emerging about the massive infrastructure plan that Democrats will present this week, and it poses a problem for Republicans. This is exactly kind of government spending voters …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden's true tax priorities
Biden's true tax priorities
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Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg:
Trump Sued by Two Capitol Police Officers for Inciting ‘Wild’ Riot — Two U.S. Capitol Police veterans who were on duty during the Jan. 6 riot sued Donald Trump accusing the former president of inciting the violent mob that injured scores of officers. — The complaint filed Tuesday follows …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Dominion lawsuit outs Fox News' disinformation campaign — Media critic — Back in December, Dominion Voting Systems warned Fox News and other spreaders of election-related conspiracy theories that lawsuits were imminent. For reasons that remain murky, the voting-machine company became …
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Jake Johnson / Common Dreams:
Jayapal Calls on Biden to Fire Trump Social Security Holdovers for ‘Appalling’ Relief Check Sabotage — “The American people should be able to trust that the senior leadership of the Social Security Administration will advocate on their behalf—not needlessly and cruelly obstruct the delivery of survival checks.”
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Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:
Amazon's Twitter Army Was Handpicked for “Great Sense of Humor,” Leaked Document Reveals … Amazon's small Twitter army of “ambassadors” was quietly conceived in 2018 under the codename “Veritas,” which sought to train and dispatch select employees to the social media trenches to defend Amazon and its CEO …
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Jacobin and The Daily Poster, more at Techmeme »
Freddie deBoer:
If You Want to Make It As a Writer, For God's Sakes, Be Weird — you're in a market, so sell something other people aren't … Writing is not a hard profession. Writing is actually an impossibly easy profession. I could sleep until noon every day if my cat didn't wake me up at 5:30 AM.
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Sam Stein / Politico:
The one way Biden has broken with Democrats — Presented by PL+US and Paid Leave For All — TRIANGULATION, R.I.P. — Though his presidency is in its infancy, Joe Biden appears to have brought to an end to the primary governing theory for the past 30 years of Democratic presidential politics.
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Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
The Kremlin may be slowly killing Alexei Navalny in prison. The world must not let it happen. — There are many ways to kill an opponent. Sometimes it's done out in the open, for the whole world to see — as happened with Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned …
Devan Cole / CNN:
South Dakota's governor issues executive orders banning transgender athletes from women's sports — Why Republicans think the transgender sports issue is a winning one — Washington (CNN)South Dakota's Republican Gov. Kristi Noem banned transgender girls and women from competing …
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Yaron Weitzman / GQ:
Celebrating Passover With Amar'e Stoudemire — The ex-NBA star and current Brooklyn Nets coach, who recently converted to Orthodox Judaism, heard about the James Harden trade from his rabbi. — Editor's note: These photos were taken Friday afternoon before sundown as Amar'e and family prepared for the next night's Seder.
Matt Egan / CNN:
Exclusive: Jamie Dimon speaks out on voting rights even as many CEOs remain silent — New York (CNN Business)JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is speaking out in defense of voting rights in the wake of Georgia's restrictive voting law and as other battleground states consider similar actions.
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New York Times:
Biden's Judicial Nominees Have Diverse Backgrounds — The president's first choices for district and appeals court openings reflected his campaign promise to choose judges from outside of traditional backgrounds. — WASHINGTON — President Biden began a drive to reshape the federal courts …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court voids Trump campaign's non-disclosure agreement — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a broad non-disclosure agreement that Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign required employees to sign is unenforceable. — U.S. District Court Judge Paul Gardephe's ruling generally steered clear …
Jim Jones / Washington Post:
People who put themselves in jeopardy to help U.S. forces are dying in red tape — Opinion by Jim Jones — Jim Jones, a Vietnam combat veteran, is a former Idaho attorney general (1983-1991) and justice of the Idaho Supreme Court (2005-2017). — As a U.S. soldier during the Vietnam War …
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Ben Lando / Iraq Oil Report:
U.S. gives Iraq maximum timeframe in sanctions waiver extension — Biden administration grants Iraq another 120 days to purchase gas and power from Iran as it continues to build out alternative supplies for vital energy needs. — Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden meets …
Luz Lazo / Washington Post:
Virginia seals deal for $3.7 billion rail plan, including new Potomac River bridge — Virginia finalized agreements Tuesday with CSX, Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express as part of the state's $3.7 billion passenger rail expansion program that seeks to relieve a rail bottleneck and get more commuters onto trains.
Rebecca Onion / Slate:
A Modern Feminist Classic Changed My Life. Was It Actually Garbage? — First, it must be said: Naomi Wolf is a COVID truther. The bestselling author spent the pandemic doing things like celebrating indoor restaurant meals and declaring that children are losing the reflex to smile because of masks …
Alan Ryland / POLITICUSUSA:
Romney Says He Won't Support Gun Reform — Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Pinterest Reddit Print Mail Flipboard — Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) announced he would not support gun reform and will not vote for new federal gun laws. — “I made that commitment when I ran for office …
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Blasts ‘Orwellian’ Covid Vaccine Passport Idea Because it Will Fuel Bill Gates Conspiracy Theorists — In a rare appearance on the morning show he used to co-host, Fox News' prime time host Tucker Carlson made clear his position on a government-managed Covid-19 vaccine passport …
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The Butler Collegian:
Letter to the Editor: Students demand answers, action — Angela Davis, a renowned activist and author. Her event at Butler was cancelled without student input. Photo courtesy of Trident Booksellers and Cafe. — On March 29, without warning or discussion, Butler University administration canceled …
Politico:
More potential Biden hires penalized for marijuana use — Welcome to POLITICO's 2021 Transition Playbook, your guide to the first 100 days of the Biden administration — The Biden administration reiterated today that it wants to end criminal penalties for marijuana use nationally.
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Casey Michel / New Republic:
The Republican Poseurs Who Claim to Be True Texans — Earlier this week, a campaign video emerged out of Texas showing a brawny bull-rider trying to buck his way into Congress. The ad, featuring Republican candidate and former professional wrestler Dan Rodimer, checked all the Republican boxes …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Ethics upholds Gohmert's $5,000 metal detector fine — The House Ethics Committee said Tuesday that it is upholding the $5,000 fine levied against Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) for bypassing a security screening to enter the House chamber. — Gohmert had appealed the fine issued …
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