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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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Thomas Moore / The Hill:
Fox has no interest in hiring Matt Gaetz  —  Fox News has confirmed it has no plans to hire Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for a job at the network.  —  “No one with any level of authority has had conversations with Matt Gaetz for any of our platforms, and we have no interest in hiring him,” the network said in a statement.
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 …
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 …
Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
Documents detail wild alleged $25 million Gaetz extortion scheme
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: HuffPost, Washington Post and Slate
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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.”
95.5 WSB:
Delta CEO blasts Georgia voting law, calling it “unacceptable”; Gov. Kemp responds
Washington Examiner:
Why all the lies about Georgia's new voting law?
Discussion: Politico, The Nation and IJR
Brennan Center for Justice:   Voting Laws Roundup: March 2021
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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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
40 Years After Reagan, a Bet Big Government Can Get Something Done
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump's own statements in old lawsuit could haunt him in a future criminal case  —  New York (CNN)Donald Trump once said he calculated his net worth, to a degree, on his “feelings,” and that he put the “best spin” on some of the assets.  —  “I think everybody” exaggerates about the value of their properties.
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:
N.Y. Seeks Trump Insider's Records, in Apparent Bid to Gain Cooperation
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:
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 …
Washington Post:
New York authorities file hate-crime charges in attack on Asian American woman  —  NEW YORK — Local authorities said Wednesday they have filed three felony hate-crime charges against 38-year-old Brandon Elliot in the brutal stomping of an elderly Asian American woman …
Discussion: Insider and Althouse
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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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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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Politico:
White House knew more than a week ago of J&J contractor vaccine-supply problems
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” …
Discussion: UN News and KRDO
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Pamela Falk / CBS News:   U.N. special envoy warns “a bloodbath is imminent” in Myanmar if Security Council does not act
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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Liam Stack / New York Times:
The Push to Vaccinate 20,000 Holocaust Survivors in New York  —  One survivor who got her vaccine, Eva Rose, 96, said the last year has been “lousy,” but added: “I am still here, thank God.”  —  A year spent hiding at home from the coronavirus has given Anne Bertolino, 96 …
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.
David Gilbert / VICE:
Facebook Helped Alex Jones Share ‘Prepare For War’ Posts Before the Capitol Riots  —  Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users saw Jones' lies about a stolen election, even though Jones himself has been banned from Facebook.  —  DG  —  Alex Jones has been banned from Facebook for almost two 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.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Insider
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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Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
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US to publish details on suspected Russian hacking tools used in SolarWinds espionage
Discussion: Associated Press
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A Donald Trump Painting Is Coming to the National Portrait Gallery
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
William Saletan / Slate:
The Bogus Rap on Deborah Birx
CREW:
DHS IG should investigate Ken Cuccinelli's invalid immigration enforcement agreements
Jeremy Duda / Arizona Mirror:
Arizona Senate hires a ‘Stop the Steal’ advocate to lead 2020 election audit
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Ivanka Trump's flagship policy program slammed by government auditors
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