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Washington Post:
Gaetz investigation complicated by overture to his father about ex-FBI agent who went missing — Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican known for his fierce allegiance to former president Donald Trump, had been under Justice Department investigation for months for a possible sex crime …
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Gaetz ‘Extortion’ Figure's Levinson Obsession — Former USAF Intel officer Bob Kent raised $250,000 from ‘ex-CIA’ circles in aborted rescue plan years before approaching Trump Republican's father — The mystery man at the center of Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz's charges …
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The Daily Beast:
Republicans Have Been Waiting for a Matt Gaetz Scandal to Break — The Florida congressman's less-than-sterling reputation among his colleagues has many Republicans questioning the wisdom of jumping to his defense. — After Rep. Matt Gaetz accused a Florida lawyer of a $25 million extortion scheme …
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Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
Documents detail wild alleged $25 million Gaetz extortion scheme
Documents detail wild alleged $25 million Gaetz extortion scheme
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Tucker Carlson livid after Rep. Matt Gaetz tries to rope him into controversy, source says
Tucker Carlson livid after Rep. Matt Gaetz tries to rope him into controversy, source says
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Raw Story, Florida Times Union and The Intellectualist
Catherine Garcia / The Week:
The Matt Gaetz case now involves a missing FBI agent last seen in Iran
The Matt Gaetz case now involves a missing FBI agent last seen in Iran
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The Daily Beast, New York Post and Raw Story
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Matt Gaetz's claim that ‘travel records’ debunk the allegations against him
Matt Gaetz's claim that ‘travel records’ debunk the allegations against him
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Talking Points Memo, The Capitolist, The Hill, Wall Street Journal and HillReporter.com
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Pandemic's Wrongest Man — The pandemic has made fools of many forecasters. Just about all of the predictions whiffed. Anthony Fauci was wrong about masks. California was wrong about the outdoors. New York was wrong about the subways. I was wrong about the necessary cost of pandemic relief.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: From Delta, a lesson for woke corporations — Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter. — Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. — FROM DELTA, A LESSON FOR WOKE CORPORATIONS. Atlanta-based Delta Airlines is taking …
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Election-Reform Deception — He has his facts wrong on Iowa and Georgia and applies standards inconsistently. — In last week's press conference, President Biden labeled Republican efforts to reform state election laws in Georgia and Iowa as “un-American” and “sick.”
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Delta CEO blasts Georgia voting law, calling it “unacceptable”; Gov. Kemp responds
Delta CEO blasts Georgia voting law, calling it “unacceptable”; Gov. Kemp responds
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Washington Examiner:
Why all the lies about Georgia's new voting law?
Why all the lies about Georgia's new voting law?
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Politico, IJR and The Nation
Benjamin Din / Politico:
Biden endorses moving MLB All-Star Game out of Georgia
Biden endorses moving MLB All-Star Game out of Georgia
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Biden is transforming the nation's political assumptions — Although he may not have planned it, President Biden picked an auspicious date for unveiling his big infrastructure program. Exactly 34 years ago Wednesday — March 31, 1987 — the House voted overwhelmingly across party lines …
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Republican senators line up against Biden's massive $2.2T spending bill: ‘Far cry’ from infrastructure — Path looking more narrow for Biden spending bill, Dems likely forced to use budget reconciliation — Mulvaney: Democrats' tax and spending plans aren't linked
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Politico, Wall Street Journal, Real Clear Politics and Bloomberg
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Biden's infrastructure plan faces controversy over price tag and design
Biden's infrastructure plan faces controversy over price tag and design
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Kate Aronoff / New Republic:
Biden Is Too Worried About the Deficit, Not Worried Enough About Climate Change
Biden Is Too Worried About the Deficit, Not Worried Enough About Climate Change
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New York Times:
N.Y. Seeks Trump Insider's Records, in Apparent Bid to Gain Cooperation — State prosecutors in Manhattan subpoenaed the personal bank records of the Trump Organization's longtime C.F.O. and are scrutinizing gifts he received from the former president. — State prosecutors …
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump's own statements in old lawsuit could haunt him in a future criminal case
Trump's own statements in old lawsuit could haunt him in a future criminal case
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Raw Story
New York Times:
As Cuomo Sought $4 Million Book Deal, Aides Hid Damaging Death Toll — Gov. Andrew Cuomo boasted, “I am not a superhero,” in early versions of his book, drafted as his aides scrubbed a politically damaging Health Department report. — ALBANY, N.Y. — As the coronavirus subsided in New York last year …
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Obama Cabinet official took undisclosed foreign cash — Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took $50,000 from an associate of a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire at the center of a sprawling scheme of illegal foreign campaign contributions, federal prosecutors revealed Wednesday.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ray LaHood admitted hiding $50K loan from foreign billionaire
Ray LaHood admitted hiding $50K loan from foreign billionaire
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The Week, Fox News and New York Times
Politico:
Inside the ‘Lord of the Flies’ factionalism now plaguing Trumpland — Just one month after Donald Trump left the White House, a top donor to his campaign received a call on his personal cell from a Republican candidate seeking financial support. — The call was unsolicited …
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Texas officials circulated climate skeptic's talking points on power failures during storm — WASHINGTON — As millions of Texans went without power for days during February's devastating storm, Texas oil and gas regulators were circulating talking points from a noted climate skeptic blaming system failures …
New York Times:
Johnson & Johnson's vaccine is delayed by a U.S. factory mixup. — Workers at a plant in Baltimore manufacturing two coronavirus vaccines accidentally conflated the ingredients several weeks ago, contaminating up to 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine and forcing regulators …
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Los Angeles Times:
4 killed, including child, in mass shooting at Orange office complex — Four people, including a child, were killed Wednesday evening and a fifth person was injured in a mass shooting at an Orange office complex. — It marks the third mass shooting in the United States in two weeks …
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CNN:
Myanmar junta offers ceasefire to some, as UN envoy warns of ‘bloodbath’ — UN envoy says a ‘bloodbath is imminent’ in Myanmar — (CNN)As the United Nations Security Council discussed Myanmar's military coup on Wednesday, the country's junta declared a “ceasefire” …
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Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden is about to lock up a lot of black people — If the Biden administration is serious about cracking down on the supposed rise in anti-Asian American violence and bias, it's going to have to take a break from all that racial “equity” it's been hyping.
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Maggie Fox / CNN:
Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine protection lasts at least six months, protects against variants — Take an exclusive look inside a busy Covid-19 vaccine facility — (CNN)The ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine confirms its protection lasts at least six months …
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘My God’: Former White House lawyer says ‘Donald Trump is in serious trouble’ with new lawsuit — Former acting White House Solicitor General Neal Katyal explained to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that the new lawsuit in Washington, D.C. court saying former President Donald Trump is to blame …
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People.com:
Sarah Palin Reveals COVID Diagnosis and ‘Bizarre’ Symptoms, Urges Others to Continue Wearing Masks — “My case is perhaps one of those that proves anyone can catch this,” Palin tells PEOPLE — Sarah Palin has tested positive for COVID-19, and she's urging others to continue taking the pandemic seriously.
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Amelia Pollard / American Prospect:
The Right Curriculum? How PragerU Infiltrates Schools. — The right-wing nonprofit, known for viral videos like ‘The Left Ruins Everything,’ launched a program specifically designed for teachers last fall. But according to students, its content has been in public schools for years.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Apple's Tim Cook says voting “ought to be easier than ever” — Apple CEO Tim Cook, an Alabama native with a lifelong interest in civil rights, joins condemnations of Georgia's new voting law, in a statement provided first to Axios. — What he's saying: “The right to vote is fundamental in a democracy.