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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
By 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Prayer Meetings in Homes — The court shifted direction in cases on Covid-related limits on religious services after Justice Amy Coney Barrett replaced Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court late Friday night lifted …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court strikes another pandemic-related restriction on religious services — In another late-night ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday blocked another California coronavirus restriction on religious gatherings, saying the state's limits on home-based Bible-study and prayer sessions violated constitutional rights.
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Washington Examiner and Townhall
Brian Stelter / CNN:
ADL calls on Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson over racist comments about ‘replacement’ theory — New York (CNN Business)The Anti-Defamation League is calling for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson. — “Given his long record of race-baiting, we believe it is time for Carlson to go,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt says.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Media Matters for America:
White nationalists praise Tucker Carlson's full embrace of their “replacement” conspiracy theory
White nationalists praise Tucker Carlson's full embrace of their “replacement” conspiracy theory
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Media Matters for America
Max Boot / Washington Post:
How do the immigrants who run Fox feel about Tucker Carlson's anti-immigrant rants?
How do the immigrants who run Fox feel about Tucker Carlson's anti-immigrant rants?
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Media Matters for America and HuffPost
Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Inside the Fight for the Future of The Wall Street Journal — A special team led by a high-level manager says Rupert Murdoch's paper must evolve to survive. But a rivalry between editor and publisher stands in the way. — The Wall Street Journal is a rarity in 21st-century media: a newspaper that makes money.
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
How an online ‘Lego’ gamer infiltrated the White House press corps — Four times in recent weeks, members of the White House press corps have relayed questions to press secretary Jen Psaki from someone claiming to be a fellow reporter who was not able to be there in the room due to Covid protocols.
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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Kamala Harris MIA on border crisis
Kamala Harris MIA on border crisis
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Slow Boring and Occupy Democrats
New York Times:
White House Border Coordinator to Step Down
White House Border Coordinator to Step Down
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Emma Ockerman / VICE:
Cops Caught on Video Holding a Black Army Lieutenant at Gunpoint, Then Pepper-Spraying Him — When Lt. Caron Nazario said he was afraid to get out of the vehicle, one officer responded, “Yeah, you should be.” — EO — Caron Nazario was driving his newly-purchased Chevy Tahoe home …
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The Hill, Virginian-Pilot, New York Post and Digby's Hullabaloo
Clare Foran / CNN:
‘An existential threat’: The Republicans calling for their party to reject QAnon conspiracy theories — (CNN)Republican Rep. Peter Meijer has a warning for his party: He fears baseless conspiracy theories like QAnon will destroy the GOP from within if Republicans don't decisively …
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Detroit Free Press:
Workers weary, patients angry, as COVID-19 fills Michigan hospitals — again — With an eye on his father's bloodied face, Barry Jensen began punching numbers into his cellphone from the hospital emergency room. — His 90-year-old dad had fallen on a gravel driveway. His glasses were broken.
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Washington Post:
On Ukraine's doorstep, Russia boosts military and sends message of regional clout to Biden — MOSCOW — Russia is steadily massing its largest military presence in years near the Ukrainian border — on land and sea — as the Kremlin tests Western support for Kyiv and its battles …
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American Military News and Foreign Policy
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Red states are vaccinating at a lower rate than blue states — (CNN)One of the biggest obstacles in America's race to vaccinate against the coronavirus has been that substantial proportions of certain groups choose not to vaccinate. — The polling has suggested all along that Republicans …
Jacob Finkel / The Atlantic:
Trump's Power Won't Peak for Another 20 Years — The Trump presidency may be over, but the Trump era has only just begun—at least when it comes to influence over the nation's courts. Measured solely by the number of judges he appointed, Donald Trump's impact is staggering: 234 judges …
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New York Times:
Police Say an Antifa Activist Likely Shot at Officers. His Gun Suggests Otherwise. — Investigators said that Michael Reinoehl probably opened fire before officers killed him last year. But some key evidence raises questions about that conclusion. — SEATTLE — When a U.S. Marshals …
The Daily Beast:
Matt Gaetz Surfaces at Trumpy Summit to Declare 'I'm Built for the Battle' — SCANDAL? WHAT SCANDAL? — Amid a new ethics investigation, Rep. Matt Gaetz reemerged on Friday night to ignore the saga of scandals and deliver MAGA boilerplate. — After 10 days of relentless developments …
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Associated Press:
‘Clear the Capitol,’ Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows — WASHINGTON (AP) — From a secure room in the Capitol on Jan. 6, as rioters pummeled police and vandalized the building, Vice President Mike Pence tried to assert control. In an urgent phone call to the acting defense secretary, he issued a startling demand.
CNN:
Texas GOP chairman Allen West falsely says Texas could secede from the US: ‘We could go back to being our own Republic’ — (CNN)Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West falsely suggested that Texas could secede from the United States and become an independent country, a CNN KFile review of his comments in recent months shows.
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POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite and Mock Paper Scissors
Harriet Alexander / Daily Mail:
BLM founder is branded a ‘FRAUD’ after buying a $1.4 million home in an upscale mostly white enclave in LA — Patrisse Cullors, 37, has bought an expansive property in Topanga Canyon — The district in which the BLM founder will now live is 88% white and 1.8% black
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Townhall
New York Times:
‘A Tremendous Complication’: G.O.P. Dances Around Trump's Lingering Presence — A gathering of Republican leaders and top donors in Florida this weekend is less a reset of priorities and more a reminder of the tensions that Donald J. Trump instills in his party.
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HuffPost, The Gateway Pundit, Axios and Oil City News
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
High number of Trump political appointees sought permanent jobs in final year — The number of political appointees who sought permanent positions in the final year of former President Donald Trump's term outpaced the number who did so under his predecessor during the same time frame, according to documents obtained by NBC News.
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Raw Story
CNN:
Nearly 40% of Marines have declined Covid-19 vaccine — Washington (CNN)Nearly 40% of US Marines are declining Covid-19 vaccinations, according to data provided to CNN on Friday by the service, the first branch to disclose service-wide numbers on acceptance and declination.
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New York Post
Christina Maxouris / CNN:
Analysis: Covid-19 vaccinations are climbing. But familiar mistakes could lead to more misery — (CNN)For more than a year, the US has battled a ruthless enemy: a novel virus that took no mercy on American communities, crippled hospital systems and took the lives of more than half a million people.
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Kathy Frankovic / YouGov:
Half of vaccine rejectors believe it is safe to travel now, compared to 29% of vaccinated adults
Half of vaccine rejectors believe it is safe to travel now, compared to 29% of vaccinated adults
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Outside the Beltway, HotAir, National Review and Mediaite