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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 …
Discussion: Insider, The Sun and Sean Hannity
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Washington Post:
Biden's infrastructure and climate plan emerges as congressional wrangling begins
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.
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.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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CNN:
I work at a Texas coffee shop.  This is what it's been like trying to enforce our mask policy  —  Emma Andrews is a graduate student in Texas State University's MFA Poetry program.  As a native Texan, she has lived and worked in the Austin area all her life.  The views expressed here are hers.
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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The White House:
President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate 11 Judicial Candidates … WASHINGTON - President Biden today announced his intent to nominate 10 individuals to serve as Federal Circuit and District Court judges, and one individual to serve as a Superior Court Judge for the District of Columbia.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The WHO covid report is fatally flawed, and a real investigation has yet to take place  —  Determining the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus should have nothing to do with politics.  It is a forensic question, one that requires thorough investigation of all possible theories …
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Attack on Asian Woman in Midtown Prompts Another Hate Crime Investigation  —  The New York Police Department said it was searching for a man who kicked a 65-year-old woman, stomped on her and made anti-Asian statements.  Building staff members who witnessed the attack and did not intervene have been suspended.
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Zachary Petrizzo / Salon:
Former Parler CEO says Dan Bongino owns no shares, got hustled by Rebekah Mercer  —  Fox News contributor Dan Bongino claims to be a Parler investor — but former CEO John Matze says he was duped  —  Pro-Trump pundit, conservative media tycoon and self-proclaimed Parler investor Dan Bongino …
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Blinken announces plans to roll back Trump-era human rights initiatives  —  Some conservatives fear ‘human rights’ are now less about fundamental rights and more about economic or social rights  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 30  —  Secretary of State Antony Blinken diverted …
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United States Department of State:
2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Discussion: USA Today
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.
Discussion: Progress Pond
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 …
Kristi Noem / National Review:
Fighting Smart for Fairness in Women's Sports  —  I returned the women's sports bill to the legislature because we have to pass a bill that can win in court.  —  Executives make decisions every day.  And those decisions send a signal to the world: Does this executive lead, or does she follow?
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S.E. Cupp / New York Daily News:
To cover or not to cover Trump?  Unfortunately, the choice is easy  —  “Please stop covering the crazy stuff out Trump's mouth [sic].  The nightmare is over.  Please #CNN, #NBC, #CBS, #ABC.”  —  That's just one of probably thousands of similar tweets in recent months imploring the media …
Discussion: RedState, HotAir, Daily Kos and Fox News
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The GOP is facing a sickness deeper than the coronavirus  —  It is the sign of a sickness deeper than covid-19 that the defiance of public health guidance has become a political selling point in the Republican Party.  —  Consider the case of South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Biden falsely claims the new Georgia law ‘ends voting hours early’  —  “What I'm worried about is how un-American this whole initiative is.  It's sick.  It's sick ... deciding that you're going to end voting at five o'clock when working people are just getting off work.”
Politico:
Many Capitol rioters unlikely to serve jail time  —  Americans outraged by the storming of Capitol Hill are in for a jarring reality check: Many of those who invaded the halls of Congress on Jan. 6 are likely to get little or no jail time.  —  While public and media attention in recent weeks …
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
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.
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.
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
21 Senate Democrats urge Biden to put recurring stimulus checks, unemployment aid extension in recovery plan  — Twenty-one Senate Democrats led by Ron Wyden are pushing President Joe Biden to include recurring direct payments and an extension of jobless benefits in his economic recovery plan.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
21 Senate Democrats press Biden to include recurring direct payments in infrastructure plan
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump's heir?  Pence reemerges, lays groundwork for 2024 run  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — When former President Donald Trump was asked to list those he considers the future leaders of the Republican Party, he quickly rattled off a list of names, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz.
Discussion: The Root and Los Angeles Times
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.
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Satisfaction With U.S. Vaccine Rollout Surges to 68%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — With well over 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, the public's satisfaction with the rollout has surged 24 percentage points to 68% in the last month.  —  Satisfaction with the COVID-19 vaccine process …
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Caller
Isabela Dias / Mother Jones:
One Man's Quest to Crack the Modern Anti-Immigration Movement—by Unsealing Its Architect's Papers  —  Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.  —  In the days following the 2016 presidential election …
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Rachel Aviv / New Yorker:
How Elizabeth Loftus Changed the Meaning of Memory  —  The psychologist taught us that what we remember is not fixed, but her work testifying for defendants like Harvey Weinstein collides with our traumatized moment.  —  Elizabeth Loftus was in Argentina, giving talks about the malleability of memory …
Jon Skolnik / Salon:
Behind the dark-money web that put Barrett (and Kavanaugh and Gorsuch) on the Supreme Court  —  When future Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to a federal appeals court in 2017, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., at the time ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee …
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and The Hill
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Biden's Weakness On The World Stage Is Dangerous  —  The new administration should take Mike Pompeo's advice: Strength deters bad actors and weakness begets war.  —  A series of embarrassing incidents in recent days shows that while the left may control the media narrative …
United States Department of State:
Joint Statement on the WHO-Convened COVID-19 Origins Study  —  The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Has Some Voters It Likes and Some It Doesn't  —  This is what happens when a political party turns against democracy.  —  The most outrageous provision of the Election Integrity Act of 2021, the omnibus election bill signed by Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia last week …
Washington Post:
New U.S. coronavirus cases rise by 12 percent; nation braces for fourth pandemic wave  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.  For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Surprise!  States That Make It Harder to Vote Had Lower Turnout in 2020  —  State-level turnout data shows why Republicans are so interested in making it harder to vote in the next election.  —  As Republicans make a sweeping voter suppression push nationwide, they insist it won't have any real impact …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
‘Keeping Up With the Cuomos’ becomes a full-blown scandal for once-beloved tandem  —  “I was nervous for Chris; he's my little brother, and I've always been there for him.  He was staying at home with his three kids and wife, confined to the basement, and he couldn't see anyone else.”
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Former Surgeon General defends Birx after CNN interview  —  © Michael Reynolds- Pool/Getty Images  —  Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams defended Deborah Birx, the former White House coronavirus response coordinator, following CNN's special report on the nation's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussion: IJR, CNN and Mock Paper Scissors
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Why you should boycott Coke, Delta over Ga. law |  Will Bunch Newsletter  —  This weekend I caught the trailer for the long-awaited sequel, “The Wedding Singer II” and it seemed kind of lame.  A washed-up '80s guy who'd also been 45th president of the United States reduced to performing weddings …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility
Discussion: New York Post
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
40 years ago today, Ronald Reagan was shot outside a Washington hotel
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Caller
Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
A Very Early Look At The 2022 Governor Races
Kimberly Kindy / Washington Post:
A Black Lives Matter activist exposed the role two local police officers played in the Capitol insurrection. Their small town rapidly took sides.
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph V. Sakran / MedpageToday:
Op-Ed: Saving Gun Violence Victims Begins Before the OR
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Look at Lowering Medicare Eligibility Age in Healthcare Package
Discussion: Common Dreams, CBS News and NPR
Insider:
A Trump appointee who drank vodka and had sex on the General Services Administration building's roof is back with a new political committee, documents show
Philip Klein / National Review:
Biden's Call for Reinstating Mask Mandates Undercut by Evidence from Texas and Michigan
Discussion: IJR, The White House and TheBlaze
KFF:
KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: March 2021
Discussion: The 19th, National Review and The Week
Peter J. Hotez / Scientific American:
The Antiscience Movement Is Escalating, Going Global and Killing Thousands
Politico:
Freedom Caucus frets over how far to push its rebellion
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
 

 
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