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The Daily Beast:
U.S. Intel Walks Back Claim Russians Put Bounties on American Troops — It was a huge election-time story that prompted cries of treason. But according to a newly disclosed assessment, Donald Trump might have been right to call it a “hoax.” — It was a blockbuster story about Russia's return …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The government finally connects the line from Trump's campaign to Russian intelligence — So much for the ‘Russia hoax’ hoax — From the first moments that the report on Russian interference in the 2016 election compiled by former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's team became public two years ago …
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Politico, National Review and littlegreenfootballs.com
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Escalates Sanctions Against the Russian Government's Attempts to Influence U.S. Elections — WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took sweeping action against 16 entities and 16 individuals who attempted to influence …
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Justin Hendrix / Just Security:
US Treasury Provides Missing Link: Manafort's Partner Gave Campaign Polling Data to Kremlin in 2016 — The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday that Konstantin Kilimnik, an associate and ex-employee of Paul Manafort, “provided the Russian Intelligence Services with sensitive information …
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Political Wire
Zachary Basu / Axios:
U.S. says Manafort associate passed sensitive polling data to Russian intelligence
U.S. says Manafort associate passed sensitive polling data to Russian intelligence
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Raw Story
CNN:
Six key takeaways from Biden's Russia sanctions announcement
Six key takeaways from Biden's Russia sanctions announcement
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Fox News, KDFX-TV, The Daily Caller, Associated Press and Los Angeles Times
The Intellectualist:
Analysis: Latest Russian Sanctions Report Confirms Trump Campaign Colluded With Russia
Analysis: Latest Russian Sanctions Report Confirms Trump Campaign Colluded With Russia
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Townhall
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Imposing Costs for Harmful Foreign Activities by the Russian Government
FACT SHEET: Imposing Costs for Harmful Foreign Activities by the Russian Government
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
New Sanctions On Manafort Deputy Suggest Deeper Role Of Russian Intel In 2016
New Sanctions On Manafort Deputy Suggest Deeper Role Of Russian Intel In 2016
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Election Law Blog
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Pfizer CEO says third Covid vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months — Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said people will “likely” need a booster dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of getting fully vaccinated. — He also said it's possible people will need to get vaccinated against the virus annually.
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Axios, Washington Examiner, NBC New York, New York Post and WATE-TV
Kathy Frankovic / YouGov:
Decision to pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine causes public confidence in vaccine to sink — Economist/YouGov Poll Politics & current affairs — Fieldwork for the latest Economist/YouGov poll on vaccine safety perceptions was in the midst of being conducted when the Centers for Disease Control …
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Washington Examiner, CBS News, Vox, CNN, CNBC, TheBlaze, New York Post, Forbes, HotAir, Political Wire and New York Times
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Miles Parks / NPR:
The Most Popular J&J Vaccine Story On Facebook? A Conspiracy Theorist Posted It
The Most Popular J&J Vaccine Story On Facebook? A Conspiracy Theorist Posted It
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The Boston Globe, HotAir, Washington Post and WV MetroNews, more at Mediagazer »
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The media knows much less than it thinks
The media knows much less than it thinks
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The Daily Caller, Media Matters for America and The National Interest
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: On Capitol Hill, Top Health Officials Urge Americans to Get Shots
Covid-19 Live Updates: On Capitol Hill, Top Health Officials Urge Americans to Get Shots
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Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Poynter and MIT Technology Review
McCaffrey Blauner / The Daily Beast:
Jim Jordan Told to ‘Shut Your Mouth’ After Ranting Endlessly at Fauci — SPARE US — During a meeting of the House Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee on Thursday, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) had to intervene in a shouting match between Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Dr. Anthony Fauci by telling Jordan to “shut your mouth.”
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Crooks and Liars, Mediaite and Patterico's Pontifications
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Maxine Waters snaps at Jim Jordan as COVID hearing with Fauci erupts into shouting match: ‘Shut your mouth’ — Tensions ran high when Rep. Jim Jordan pressed Dr. Anthony Fauci on when restrictions will be lifted — Shouting match erupts as Rep. Jordan grills Dr. Fauci over when coronavirus restrictions will be lifted
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Washington Examiner, CNN, Insider, The Hill, Forbes, Occupy Democrats, BizPac Review, New York Post, Alternet.org, IJR, Raw Story, Mediaite and Townhall
The Cook Political Report:
Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index — The Cook Political Report is pleased to introduce the post-2020 edition of the Partisan Voter Index (PVI) for all 50 states and 435 congressional districts. Although these district boundaries won't be in place …
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Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Political Wire
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Biden administration asks Supreme Court not to hear challenge to all-male military draft — The Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court not to take up a lawsuit that calls the all-male military draft unconstitutional. — Because Congress is considering whether women should also be required …
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Fox News, NBC News, National Review, Talking Points Memo and Wall Street Journal
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Pelosi says she won't bring bill to expand Supreme Court to the floor
Pelosi says she won't bring bill to expand Supreme Court to the floor
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Washington Post, New York Post, ABC News, Breitbart, Insider, BizPac Review, RedState, The Federalist, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA and IJR
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Pelosi dismisses progressive ‘court packing’ legislation
Pelosi dismisses progressive ‘court packing’ legislation
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HuffPost, Fox News, CNN, CBS News, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Examiner, HotAir, Townhall, The Daily Caller, Liberty Unyielding, Forbes and Law & Crime
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Pelosi rips McConnell in new book: He's an ‘enabler of some of the worst stuff’
Pelosi rips McConnell in new book: He's an ‘enabler of some of the worst stuff’
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Insider, Occupy Democrats, Breitbart and Talking Points Memo
Scott Wong / The Hill:
McCarthy and Biden haven't spoken since election — President Biden has phoned Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and hosted top GOP House and Senate committee leaders and rank-and-file Republicans at the White House. — But there's one key Republican Biden hasn't reached …
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
McCarthy Says He's Spoken To Gaetz, Plans To Take Action If He's Charged
McCarthy Says He's Spoken To Gaetz, Plans To Take Action If He's Charged
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast and Forbes
Quint Forgey / Politico:
McCarthy: I've met with Gaetz, he professed innocence
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson villainizes journalists on his top-rated show. Then the threats pour in. — As the Fox host's popularity grows, he has found fodder in lesser-known media figures whom he presents as symbols of liberalism-run-amok. — Brandy Zadrozny, a reporter for NBC News who covers online extremism …
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Twitchy
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson Is Giving ‘Red Pills’ To Millions. White Nationalists Are Thrilled.
Tucker Carlson Is Giving ‘Red Pills’ To Millions. White Nationalists Are Thrilled.
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wgbh.org, Raw Story and Washington Post
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
CDC Identifies Small Group of Covid-19 Infections Among Fully Vaccinated Patients — Incidence is rare, occurring in only 0.008% of cases and in line with expectations — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified a small cohort of approximately 5,800 cases …
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New York Post, National Review, Townhall, HotAir, CNN, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and Twitchy
Dan Primack / Axios:
J.D. Vance tells associates he plans to run for Senate in Ohio — J.D. Vance, venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” has told friends and colleagues that he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Axios has learned from multiple sources.
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VICE, Insider, TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
Hamish McKenzie / Substack Blog:
Introducing Substack Local, for a new generation of local news — Today, we're announcing Substack Local, a US$1,000,000 initiative to foster and develop the local news ecosystem by helping independent writers build local news publications based on the subscription model.
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New York Times, The Hill, Nieman Lab, American Press Institute and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Biden Sparks Greater Party, Education Gaps Than Predecessors — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden's job approval ratings during his first two full months in office show greater divisions by party and educational attainment than those of his recent predecessors.
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The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and Washington Examiner
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Steve Liesman / CNBC:
CNBC survey shows support for infrastructure spending much less than previous stimulus
CNBC survey shows support for infrastructure spending much less than previous stimulus
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Insider
Washington Post:
17 requests for backup in 78 minutes — A reconstruction shows how failures of planning and preparation left police at the Capitol severely disadvantaged on Jan. 6 — At 1:13 p.m. on Jan. 6, a D.C. police commander facing a swelling crowd of protesters on the west side of the U.S. Capitol …
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The Hill, The Root, Raw Story and The Intellectualist
Susan Page / Politico:
Inside Nancy Pelosi's War With AOC and the Squad — Adapted from Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power, to be published by Twelve Books on April 20. — “Nancy doesn't have much patience for people who don't know what they don't know.” — That was what a senior congressional …
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Fox News, Washington Examiner, Insider, CNN, HotAir, National Review and IJR
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Biden Finally Got to Say No to the Generals — Critics be damned, the President is ending the Forever War waged by Bush, Obama, and Trump in Afghanistan. — On Wednesday, Joe Biden announced the close of the two-decade-long American war in Afghanistan, giving the U.S. military a deadline …
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Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
'We Just Can't Do This Anymore' — Business owners who want to hire workers are finding it impossible to compete with the pandemic relief packages' enhanced unemployment payments. — 4 hr ago — WATERVILLE, Ohio—On a typical pre-pandemic Monday morning, Dale's Diner would be buzzing.
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TheBlaze
Politico:
GOP uses threats hearing to air political, personal grievances — Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee used the panel's first public hearing in five years on the United States' most dire global threats to air a range of domestic grievances to intelligence and law enforcement leaders Thursday …
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Bloomberg, Washington Times, Center for Security Policy and Forbes
WCNC-TV:
A Union County basketball coach was shot and killed in Alamance County. Deputies say he was in a shootout with the Sinaloa cartel — Barney Harris, the men's basketball coach at Union Academy, was killed in a shootout with a Mexican drug cartel in Alamance County, North Carolina, deputies said.
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WSOC-TV, Breitbart, TheBlaze, The Root, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Beast
Philip Wegmann / Real Clear Politics:
Christie to GOP Study Group: Call Biden Out as ‘a Liar’ — Republicans are bloodied and beaten, and maybe just a little too bashful for their own good. At least, so says Chris Christie. — Knocked back on their heels and forced to answer for every outrageous thing Donald Trump did …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, Mediaite, Breitbart, Alternet.org, Politico and Vox
Washington Post:
How the Justice Department came to investigate Rep. Matt Gaetz — The missive arrived at an Orlando-area preparatory school in October 2019, outlining a damaging allegation against a music teacher there. — The teacher, in the letter's telling, had had an inappropriate sexual relationship …
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Mediaite and The Intellectualist
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Accused Capitol rioter planned an escape to Switzerland, prosecutors said. Now he'll stay in jail. — When Jeffrey Sabol returned to his Colorado home after allegedly storming the U.S. Capitol and assaulting two police officers on Jan. 6, he fried his electronic devices in the microwave …
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CNN, Talking Points Memo, Alternet.org, Insider, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and New York Post
Washington Free Beacon:
Kristen Clarke, Bigot and Liar — Having sworn to answer all questions truthfully, in an appearance Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division offered a series of answers that strained credulity and veered into outright falsehood.
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Washington Post, National Review, C-SPAN.org and alicublog
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
The Coming Backlash — So, a criminal with a warrant who resists arrest meets up with an incompetent government employee who can't tell a Glock from a taser, then there are Democrat riots, and what's the result? You must be disarmed. — If you're looking for logical logic, keep on looking.