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CNN:
Embattled Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is denied a meeting with Trump — (CNN)Rep. Matt Gaetz, who's facing a federal investigation into sex trafficking allegations, was recently denied a meeting with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate as the ex-President and his allies continue to distance themselves from the Florida congressman.
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Washington Examiner, Mediaite and Insider
Todd Frankel / Washington Post:
More than a hundred corporate executives hold call to discuss halting donations and investments to fight controversial voting bills — More than 100 chief executives and corporate leaders gathered online Saturday to discuss taking new action to combat the controversial state voting bills …
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Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Mitch McConnell's Threat Backfires As Big Business Meets To Cut Off GOP Cash — More than 100 corporate and business leaders responded to Mitch McConnell's threat by meeting to discuss cutting off the GOP. — The Washington Post reported: … The companies on the call included Delta …
Charles Sykes / Politico:
No, the GOP and the Dems Haven't Actually Swapped Brains
No, the GOP and the Dems Haven't Actually Swapped Brains
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POLITICUSUSA, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Fox News, The Week and HotAir
Devan Cole / CNN:
Arkansas' GOP governor says Trump's attacks on party leaders are ‘divisive’ and ‘not helpful’
Arkansas' GOP governor says Trump's attacks on party leaders are ‘divisive’ and ‘not helpful’
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump slashes at McConnell as he reiterates election falsehoods at Republican event
Trump slashes at McConnell as he reiterates election falsehoods at Republican event
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New York Times:
Blackout Hits Iran Nuclear Site in What Appears to Be Israeli Sabotage — The power failure comes at a delicate time, with talks underway in Vienna to restore the 2015 nuclear deal. — The Natanz nuclear facility in Iran mysteriously lost power on Sunday in what Iranian officials called …
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BBC, One America News Network, The Times of Israel, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and UPI
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Associated Press:
‘Suspicious’ blackout strikes Iran's Natanz nuclear site — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's underground Natanz nuclear facility lost power Sunday just hours after starting up new advanced centrifuges capable of enriching uranium faster, the latest incident to strike …
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:
Israel appears to confirm it carried out cyberattack on Iran nuclear facility
Israel appears to confirm it carried out cyberattack on Iran nuclear facility
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East Bay Times and The Times of Israel
Jerusalem Post:
'Mossad behind cyber attack against Iran's Natanz nuclear facility'
'Mossad behind cyber attack against Iran's Natanz nuclear facility'
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Al Arabiya, Power Line, Slate, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, HotAir and Al Jazeera
Sune Engel Rasmussen / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Says Its Foes Targeted Nuclear Plant to Derail Potential Talks With U.S.
Iran Says Its Foes Targeted Nuclear Plant to Derail Potential Talks With U.S.
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The Times of Israel and Bloomberg
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Why We're Freaking Out About Substack — A company that makes it easy to charge for newsletters has captivated an anxious industry because it embodies larger forces and contradictions. — Danny Lavery had just agreed to a two-year, $430,000 contract with the newsletter platform Substack …
New York Times:
‘Like the Tiger King Got Elected Tax Collector’: Inside the Case That Ensnared Matt Gaetz — Joel Greenberg, a onetime local official in Florida, is accused of an array of crimes, including bribery, stalking and corruption. — LAKE MARY, Fla. — Long before the F.B.I. began to scrutinize …
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
‘White Lives Matter’ rallies flop as hardly anyone shows up — In semi-private, encrypted chats, neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists planned rallies in dozens of cities on Sunday to promote their racist movements and spread their ideologies to larger audiences.
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Los Angeles Times, Insider, TheGrio, Orange County Register and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: GOP donors privately pan Trump's ‘horrible’ RNC speech — DRIVING THE DAY — A slew of well-heeled Republican National Committee donors descended on Palm Beach this weekend, excited to be schmoozed, eager for access to DONALD TRUMP and other potential 2024 nominees …
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Biden administration plans to name former senior NSA officials to White House cyber position and head of CISA — The Biden administration plans on Monday to name a former senior National Security Agency official as the first national cyber director and another former NSA official to head …
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
I Thought My Job Was To Report On Technology In India. Instead, I Got A Front-Row Seat To The Decline Of My Democracy. — I love writing about tech. But covering how a Hindu nationalist government is using it to destroy a secular democracy isn't what I signed up for. — Copy
Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
Welcome to Galaxy Brain — Why I'm leaving (The) New York (Times). — Hello! Hi! I have a new job — you're looking at it. Welcome to Galaxy Brain, my humble internet outpost. I am terribly excited. Before I arrived here, I spent a few great years as a writer at large for the New York Times Opinion section.
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: Trump campaign boosted by unsuspecting state GOPs — Federal regulators are probing financial reporting discrepancies stemming from an effort to funnel $75 million through state Republican parties to the national GOP effort to reelect Donald Trump, Axios has learned.
New York Post:
Never Trump conservatives are complicit with Team Biden's moral outrages and norm-breaking — Remember Never Trump? — For four years, an influential clique of think tankers, Republican operatives and talking heads claimed that any conservative who supported Donald Trump was complicit with a uniquely malevolent presidency.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Biden pollster urges blunt tax talk — The top pollster for Joe Biden's presidential campaign is advising the White House to do something that often makes Democrats nervous: Talk loudly and proudly about raising taxes on the rich. — Why it matters: John Anzalone tells Axios his extensive polling …
Associated Press:
China admits that it's COVID-19 vaccine isn't very effective: official — BEIJING — In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost.
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Vox Media to Buy Owner of Preet Bharara's Podcast — Bharara, a former Manhattan U.S. attorney, will join Vox Media as a host and creative director — Vox Media said it is acquiring Cafe Studios Inc., publisher of a popular podcast hosted by former Manhattan U.S. attorney Preet Bharara …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
NY Times beclowns itself by normalizing court-packing ‘to balance the conservative majority’ — “Breaking News: President Biden will create a panel to study expanding the Supreme Court in an effort to balance the conservative majority created by Donald Trump.”
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Charlie Kirk, We Love Trump and The Gateway Pundit
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Respectfully, Justice Breyer, court enlargers aren't the problem
Respectfully, Justice Breyer, court enlargers aren't the problem
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pjmedia.com, TheBlaze and Alternet.org
Lateshia Beachum / Washington Post:
Maskless Florida woman who coughed on Pier 1 customer gets 30 days in jail — A Florida woman who, without wearing a mask, purposefully coughed on another customer in a Pier 1 store last year has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. — Debra Hunter, 53, will serve time in Duval County jail …
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Axios and Washington Examiner
Harry Enten / CNN:
Polls show majority of Republicans mistakenly think the 2020 election wasn't legitimate — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that 55% of Republicans falsely believe Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election was the result of illegal voting or rigging.
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Dr. Fauci: ‘We Very Well May Need to Get Booster Shots’ After A Year or So to Maintain Covid Immunity — Dr. Anthony Fauci told MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan that booster shots for the Covid-19 vaccine very well may be needed after about a year or so to maintain immunity against the virus.
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Twitter Censors Criticism of BLM Founder Buying $1.4 Million Home In Predominantly White Neighborhood — We have been discussing the expanding censorship on Twitter and social media. The latest example involves the story of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors, 37 …
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RedState, We Love Trump and New York Post
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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Inside BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors' million-dollar real-estate buying binge
Inside BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors' million-dollar real-estate buying binge
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RedState, Breitbart, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Twitchy, TheBlaze, We Love Trump, The Gateway Pundit, unz.com, Daily Mail and Townhall