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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Inquiry Into Matt Gaetz Said to Be Focused on Cash Paid to Women — The congressman and a former official in Florida sent money to the women using cash apps, receipts showed. — WASHINGTON — A Justice Department investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz …
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CNN:
Gaetz showed nude photos of women he said he'd slept with to lawmakers, sources tell CNN — (CNN)Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican being investigated by the Justice Department over sex trafficking allegations, made a name for himself when he arrived on Capitol Hill as a conservative firebrand …
Orlando Sentinel:
Joel Greenberg, Matt Gaetz visited closed Seminole tax office together on weekend, source says — Joel Greenberg and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz on at least one occasion several years ago were recorded together entering the Seminole County Tax Collector's Office when it was closed on a weekend night …
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Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Insider
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Matt Gaetz paid prostitutes using Cash App and Apple Pay — and there are receipts: NYT bombshell — The New York Times on Thursday published a bombshell new report on Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). — “A Justice Department investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz and an indicted Florida politician …
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HotAir, The Daily Beast and The Daily Caller
John Boehner / Politico:
Panic Rooms, Birth Certificates and the Birth of GOP Paranoia — In the 2010 midterm election, voters from all over the place gave President Obama what he himself called “a shellacking.” And oh boy, was it ever. You could be a total moron and get elected just by having an R next to your name …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Boehner unloads — DRIVING THE DAY — The absolute must-read of the day is POLITICO Mag's 2,300-word exclusive excerpt of JOHN BOEHNER'S scorching new book, “ON THE HOUSE,” which will be out April 13 from St. Martin's Press. — We knew this was going to be juicy ever since we saw the cover last month.
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The Hill, Mediaite and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Woke and Weak CEOs — They're denouncing Georgia's election law, but have they read it? — By The Editorial Board — The public debate on Georgia's new voting law has become a stew of falsehood, propaganda and panic. Part of the blame lies with the partisan distortion of Democrats …
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Mail and Grabien News
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Sean Davis / New York Post:
Liberals pressure corporations into Georgia boycotts — it's time to ignore the mobs
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Noah Bookbinder / USA Today:
I'm finally done with the Senate filibuster. We're running out of time to save democracy. — This sounds apocalyptic and maybe a little crazy. It is not. The Trump presidency showed how quickly and completely our foundations can be shaken. — I worked as a counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee for eight years.
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Michigan Advance, Raw Story and Ms. Magazine
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee / The Hill:
Georgia election law prevents African American, Latinx, others from exercising the right to vote
New York Times:
Virginia, the Old Confederacy's Heart, Becomes a Voting Rights Bastion
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Mississippi Free Press
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Jim Clyburn ‘Insulted’ By Joe Manchin's Position On Voting Rights Bill
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Victory Girls Blog, POLITICUSUSA and Fox News
Axios:
Scoop: Biden doesn't plan to revive SALT deduction, possibly losing key moderates — President Biden is unlikely to propose reinstating state and local tax deductions in his second tax-and-spending package despite pressure from several fellow Democrats, according to people with direct knowledge of the planning.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is Biden Really the Second Coming of F.D.R. and L.B.J.?
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The Week and Political Wire
New York Times:
What Georgia's Voting Law Really Does — The New York Times analyzed the state's new 98-page voting law and identified 16 key provisions that will limit ballot access, potentially confuse voters and give more power to Republican lawmakers. — Go page by page through Georgia's new voting law …
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CBS News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Letters from an American
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Fresh data reveal how Trump made inroads with Latinos — A new analysis of U.S. voters suggests — counterintuitively — that the coronavirus pandemic may have helped drive former President Donald Trump's surprising increase in support from Latinos last November.
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
The U.S. economy added 916,000 jobs in March as recovery gains steam again — The U.S. economy added 916,000 jobs in March, the highest level in months, as vaccine distribution and declining caseloads helped accelerate a recovery in the labor market. — The unemployment rate edged …
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New York Times and CBS News
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump Calls On Biden to Let Global Capital Dictate U.S. Tax Policy — Donald Trump believes that tailoring U.S. tax policy to the preferences of the American people — rather than to those of multinational corporations and their lobbyists — constitutes a “globalist betrayal” …
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CNN, Climate Depot and Boston Herald
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Can Vaccinated People Spread the Virus? We Don't Know, Scientists Say. — Researchers pushed back after the C.D.C. director asserted that vaccinated people “do not carry the virus.” — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday walked back controversial comments made by its director …
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The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and RedState
San Diego Union-Tribune:
A USD law professor is under investigation. Instead, his right to free speech must be protected. — Volokh is a professor of law at UCLA School of Law. He lives in Los Angeles. Goldstein is a lawyer at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. He lives in Virginia.
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Instapundit, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, FIRE, TaxProf Blog and Reason
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
No Federal Taxes for Dozens of Big, Profitable Companies — FedEx and Nike are among those found to have avoided U.S. tax liability for three straight years. — Just as the Biden administration is pushing to raise taxes on corporations, a new study finds that at least 55 of America's largest paid …
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Just The News
Marty Makary / Wall Street Journal:
U.K. Vaccination Puts U.S. to Shame — American authorities rejected advice to delay the second dose. Britain shows that approach's wisdom. — The U.S. will soon achieve herd immunity against the novel coronavirus, but the U.K. will get there sooner. That's because medical leaders across …
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Cafe Hayek
Will Wilkinson / Model Citizen:
Vaccine Passports and the Categorical Impermissibility of Inconveniencing Republicans — On the GOP's principled incoherence about freedom of association — Conservatives have been freaking out about the mere possibility of vaccine passports, government-issued documents certifying the bearer's Covid jabs.
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Michael-In-Norfolk, HotAir and The Atlantic
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Nuclear Deal Participants to Meet in Vienna Next Week — President Biden has said he wants the U.S. to return to the deal that U.S. exited in 2018 — Negotiations to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will take place among all parties in Vienna next week, senior western diplomats said Friday …
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CNN
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Oath Keepers founder, associates exchanged 19 calls from start of Jan. 6 riot through breach, prosecutors allege — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, his deputy and three members who guarded Roger Stone exchanged nearly 20 phone calls over three hours on Jan. 6, coinciding with the first assault …
Eric Morath / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Added 916,000 Jobs in March as Economy Recovers — Unemployment rate fell to 6%; jobs growth appears set to take off — Hiring accelerated last month to the best pace since August, signaling a stronger rebound is under way that could deliver jobs to the industries …
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Associated Press and The Daily Caller
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
A global aid program championed by Ivanka Trump has serious problems, a report finds. — One of Ivanka Trump's top initiatives — a legislative overhaul of programs assisting small businesses run by women around the world — was so haphazardly managed by a federal agency that an independent watchdog …
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Breitbart, Vanity Fair, Insider and Daily Kos
THE CITY:
Embattled Cuomo Pushes Skyline-Altering Penn Station Real Estate Plan as Critics Mobilize — Even amid multiple scandals, a weakened Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to railroad through a city-changing land deal that would reshape Manhattan's skyline. And the project's detractors, until very recently, were few and relatively muted.
Burgess Everett / thedispatch.com:
The Morning Dispatch: Understanding Georgia's New Elections Law — Plus: The Supreme Court considers a case over NCAA amateurism. — Happy Friday! Wishing a blessed Good Friday and happy Easter to all celebrating this weekend. — Quick Hits: Today's Top Stories
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Real Clear Politics, USA Today and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
A Man Found 15,000 Bees in His Car After Grocery Shopping — An off-duty firefighter in Las Cruces, N.M., whose hobby is beekeeping, safely removed the swarm from the man's car in an Albertsons supermarket parking lot. — He had just finished grocery shopping, but a New Mexico man got …
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
Maria Butina, Russian who conspired to infiltrate U.S. groups, visits Navalny in jail, with video cameras in tow — MOSCOW — Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, on a hunger strike after being denied medical care, has been hoping for a visit from a doctor.
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New York Post
Eric Umansky / ProPublica:
My Kids' School Closed Again. So I Started Calling Experts. — Many New York City public schools have been repeatedly closed because of two positive COVID-19 tests, even without evidence of in-school spread. Experts call it “crazy.” And it's driving me nuts. … Coronavirus
Elizabeth Simons / Canadian Anti-Hate Network:
EXCLUSIVE: Suspect In Three Vancouver Masonic Lodge Fires Shared Antisemitic, QAnon-Related Content On Facebook — Social media posts highlight a deep belief in flat earth, QAnon related conspiracy theories, and claims that Freemasonry is a form of Judaism. — The Canadian Anti-Hate Network
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