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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.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Georgia political fallout of MLB's decision to move the All-Star Game — An AJC analysis — Major League Baseball's decision to pull the All-Star game from metro Atlanta in protest of the state's new election law could have profound political implications in Georgia. Let's unpack some of them here:
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Fox News, NBC4 Washington, New York Times, Daily Kos and Occupy Democrats
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Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
MLB requires photo ID to pick up tickets from Will Call, but boycotts Georgia for voter ID law — South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace called the league out on Twitte — Beating Up on Georgia — Major League Baseball responded to calls to boycott the state of Georgia over a controversial …
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The Gateway Pundit and RedState
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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G. Elliott Morris's Newsletter, The Triad, Kevin Drum, NPR, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Peter Aitken / Fox News:
Hank Aaron's grandson slams Kelly Loeffler over tweet on All-Star Game
Hank Aaron's grandson slams Kelly Loeffler over tweet on All-Star Game
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Raw Story, Insider and Fox Business
SHG / Simple Justice:
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
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New York Times, USA Today and Talking Points Memo
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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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 …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / Associated Press:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Johnson & Johnson Put in Charge of Plant That Ruined Millions of Vaccine Doses — The Baltimore contract plant ruined millions of doses of another vaccine. The U.S. is averaging over 3 million vaccine doses a day for the first time. — RIGHT NOW For 36 minutes on Saturday, Broadway was open.
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New York Times and CBS Baltimore
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
U.S. Taps Johnson & Johnson to Run Troubled Vaccine Plant
U.S. Taps Johnson & Johnson to Run Troubled Vaccine Plant
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KRDO and Political Wire
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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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.”
Gromer Jeffers Jr / Dallas Morning News:
Two Korean Americans in Congress pull endorsements of Sery Kim over her comments on Chinese immigrants — Kim, a GOP candidate to replace Ron Wright in in Texas' 6th Congressional District, says she'll continue to speak the truth about the Chinese government.
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TMZ.com:
DMX's Prognosis ‘Not Looking Good,’ Little Brain Activity After OD — 7:25 PM PT — We just got an official statement from DMX's rep ... “Last night Earl ‘DMX’ Simmons was rushed to the hospital after collapsing at home. At this time he remains in ICU in critical condition.
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BuzzFeed News:
Derek Chauvin's Lawyer Said “Angry” Bystanders Were A Threat To Cops. Here's What The Videos Actually Show. — Eric Nelson has characterized the people who witnessed George Floyd's death, including three teens and a 9-year-old girl, as a threat to officers. But videos from the scene tell a different story.
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New York Times
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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Joann Muller / Axios:
Supersonic travel is about to make a comeback — In a few years, it might be possible to fly from Washington, D.C., to Paris in four hours — instead of eight — or from San Francisco to Tokyo in just six hours aboard a new crop of supersonic jets. — Why it matters: High-speed air travel promises …
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 Examiner, Slate, UPI and FOX31 Denver
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Mike Huckabee Posts Anti-Asian Tweet Amid Spike in Racist Attacks — 'AIN'T AMERICA GREAT?' — Mike Huckabee joked on Saturday that he would now “identify” as Chinese, mocking both LGBTQ people and Asian-Americans simultaneously. The Fox News contributor wrote, “I've decided to ‘identify’ as Chinese.
Jennifer Levitz / Wall Street Journal:
Looking for a Party? Head to Your Vaccine Site — Cheerleaders, dancers and stand-up comedians are leading the celebrations as people get Covid-19 shots; ‘I was totally digging the pompoms!’ — CHULA VISTA, Calif.—Serena and Francisco Cortez, a married couple, recently went …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
'The Narrative Is, “You Can't Get Ahead"' — In Evanston, Illinois, a Black parent and school-board candidate takes on a curriculum meant to combat racism. — Staff writer at The Atlantic — Ndona Muboyayi wants to improve the education that public-school children, including her son and daughter …
Washington Post:
How Joe Biden tamed the left — at least for now — Joe Biden launched the early months of his presidency with a one-two combination that's gone a long way toward taming the party's restive left wing: Listen a lot, and back many of the policies that activists have long wanted.
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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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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
One Republican's Lonely Fight Against a Flood of Disinformation — After losing an ugly congressional race last year, Denver Riggleman is leading a charge against the conspiracy-mongering coursing through his party. He doesn't have many allies. — AFTON, Va. — Denver Riggleman stood virtually alone.
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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One America News Network, Becker News, Breitbart, USA Today, RedState, Twitchy, Washington Examiner, Townhall, TheBlaze, Liberty Unyielding, The Gateway Pundit and Politico
Nicole Saphier / Wall Street Journal:
Dr. Fauci, Tear Off These Masks — If the epidemic continues on its current course, it will be safe to uncover your face by Memorial Day. — When will it be safe to shop at a grocery store or show up at the office without wearing a mask? Sooner than most experts are willing to admit.
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