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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations — Online donors were guided into weekly recurring contributions. Demands for refunds spiked. Complaints to banks and credit card companies soared. But the money helped keep Donald Trump's struggling campaign afloat.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Georgia's Election Law, and Why Turnout Isn't Easy to Turn Off — Making voting convenient doesn't necessarily translate into more votes, research shows. — There's nothing unusual about exaggeration in politics. But when it comes to the debate over voting rights, something more than exaggeration is going on.
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The Triad, Kevin Drum, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and G. Elliott Morris's Newsletter
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SHG / Simple Justice:
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia — Georgia enacted a law that changed voting in the state. It's got some serious (and less serious) flaws. It's got some fair points which are fairly common in other state's voting laws. It's got some good things buried in there too.
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New York Times, Al Jazeera and Talking Points Memo
Peter Aitken / Fox News:
Hank Aaron's grandson slams Kelly Loeffler over tweet on All-Star Game — Raynal Aaron said his grandfather would be ‘disappointed’ — Gov. Kemp: ‘Unfortunate’ MLB has caved to ‘cancel culture’ over Georgia voting law — Hank Aaron's grandson had some harsh words for Greater Georgia …
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Fox Business, Raw Story and Insider
Mike Freeman / USA Today:
The gutless Atlanta Braves put themselves on the wrong side of history — If you want to know what courage looks like, look at Major League Baseball right now. They saw the naked, jingoistic racism of voter suppression in Georgia, and in response, decided to move this year's All-Star game from the state.
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CNBC, National Review, Fox News, Breitbart, The Guardian, Just The News, wabe.org and KCLO-TV
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Georgia political fallout of MLB's decision to move the All-Star Game
The Georgia political fallout of MLB's decision to move the All-Star Game
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New York Times, NBC Boston, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and Occupy Democrats
Julia Musto / Fox News:
Georgia Gov. Kemp hits MLB, Biden after election law prompts All-Star move: Nothing more than ‘political play’
Georgia Gov. Kemp hits MLB, Biden after election law prompts All-Star move: Nothing more than ‘political play’
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One America News Network, RedState and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Stephen L. Miller / spectator.us:
Woke capitalism comes to Georgia...but not China
Woke capitalism comes to Georgia...but not China
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The Federalist and Louder With Crowder
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Jordanian royal detained in alleged plot against King Abdullah II — Jordanian authorities detained the kingdom's former crown prince and arrested nearly 20 other people Saturday after what officials called a “threat to the country's stability.” — Prince Hamzah bin Hussein …
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New York Post and The Times of Israel
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BBC:
Jordan's Prince Hamzah bin Hussein ‘under house arrest’ — The former crown prince of Jordan says he has been placed under house arrest as part of a crackdown on critics. — In a video passed to the BBC by his lawyer, Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the half-brother of King Abdullah …
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Al Jazeera
Aaron Holmes / Insider:
533 million Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have been leaked online — The personal data of over 500 million Facebook users has been posted online in a low-level hacking forum. — The data includes phone numbers, full names, location, email address, and biographical information.
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Axios, Breitbart and 9to5Mac, more at Techmeme »
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The shameless revisionism of the Capitol attack cannot be allowed to take root — Come Tuesday, it will be three months since supporters of Donald Trump staged a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. — Not much time at all, really. But the former president and his enablers have been hard …
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Washington Post:
U.S. Capitol Police Officer William ‘Billy’ Evans killed in the line of duty
U.S. Capitol Police Officer William ‘Billy’ Evans killed in the line of duty
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Washington Examiner, Slate, Associated Press, NPR, The Guardian and The White House
Washington Post:
HP, Dow, Under Armour among nearly 200 companies speaking out against voting law changes in Texas, other states — After Georgia, voting rights activists call for corporate pushback against proposed voting bills in Texas and dozens of other states. — Nearly 200 companies on Friday joined …
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CNBC, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Insider and Vox
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Jacob Jarvis / Newsweek:
Laura Ingraham Warns Corporations of ‘Wrath of GOP’ Over Georgia Voting Law
Khristopher J. Brooks / CBS News:
Activists are calling on big companies to challenge new voting laws. Here's what they're asking for.
Activists are calling on big companies to challenge new voting laws. Here's what they're asking for.
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Mediaite, RedState, TheBlaze, Twitchy and CBS Chicago
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Study declares AOC one of the least effective members of Congress — She's the queen of Twitter — but less successful at lawmaking. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was among the least effective members of the last Congress according to a new survey from the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking …
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MSNBC:
Rep. Anna Eskamani on voicemail from Matt Gaetz, Joel Greenberg: ‘Another day as a woman in politics’ — Regarding a voicemail from Matt Gaetz and Joel Greenberg, Rep. Anna Eskamani says she ‘absolutely got the feeling that it was very much an attempt at an intimate conversation.’ Eskamani also says …
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
We Have All Hit a Wall — Confronting late-stage pandemic burnout, with everything from edibles to Exodus. — Like many of us, the writer Susan Orlean is having a hard time concentrating these days. “Good morning to everyone,” she tweeted recently, “but especially to the sentence I just rewrote for the tenth time.”
Natalie Fertig / Politico:
Schumer: Senate will act on marijuana legalization with or without Biden — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer really likes to talk about weed. — Schumer has been making waves on cannabis policy since he first introduced a bill to legalize marijuana in April 2018.
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Vox, The Hill, HillReporter.com, POLITICUSUSA, New York Post, National Review and Insider
Michael A. Cohen / Truth and Consequences:
This Version of the GOP is Here to Stay — The Republican Party looks divided and weak, but it remains a party with a host of political assets. — Being on vacation means different things for different people. Some like to go hiking or camping and enjoy nature.
About Amazon:
Our recent response to Representative Pocan — On Wednesday last week, the @amazonnews Twitter account tweeted the following back to Representative Mark Pocan: … This was an own-goal, we're unhappy about it, and we owe an apology to Representative Pocan. — First, the tweet was incorrect.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden revokes Trump's sanctions on International Criminal Court — President Biden on Friday revoked the sanctions imposed by his predecessor on officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Secretary of State Tony Blinken said in a statement. — Why it matters: Biden had promised …
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Just Security, New York Times and Common Dreams
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
CNN's Dana Bash 'Can't Repeat' What GOP Lawmakers Are Texting Her About Matt Gaetz — “I actually can't repeat what some of them say on morning television,” said the network's chief political correspondent. — CNN's chief political correspondent Dana Bash on Friday indicated how some Republicans …
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
White House says bills are bipartisan even if GOP doesn't vote for them — The White House wants to change how people perceive bipartisanship, arguing that if they put forward proposals that are backed by Republicans and independents, they should be seen as bipartisan even if GOP lawmakers in Washington don't vote for them.
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RedState, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA and New York Post