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John Futty / The Columbus Dispatch:
‘No opportunity’ to de-escalate: Use-of-force experts say Columbus officer obeyed training in shooting Ma'Khia Bryant — An Ohio criminal-justice professor who studies the fatal use of force by law-enforcement officers didn't hesitate to render an opinion after watching body-camera video …
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National Review, New York Post, Liberty Unyielding and Townhall
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Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
LeBron James's moral bankruptcy is showing — The public persona of LeBron James is one of a socially conscious, brave leader who speaks against injustice. The reality is that he pushes detestable, repulsive political talking points and uses his platform to defend genocide and spread racial hatred.
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OutKick
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Jen Psaki baselessly and disgracefully racialized the killing in Columbus
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Ted Cruz rips ‘grossly irresponsible’ LeBron James after NBA star tweets 'you're next' at Columbus cop
Ted Cruz rips ‘grossly irresponsible’ LeBron James after NBA star tweets 'you're next' at Columbus cop
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The Daily Caller
The Hill:
Biden demands collective action at White House climate summit — President Biden on Thursday called for collective action to combat climate change, saying the global community has no choice but to act to confront “the existential crisis of our time.” — “No nation can solve this crisis on our own …
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IJR and POLITICUSUSA
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Left-wing group dumps cow poop at White House entrance, demands Biden take climate action
Left-wing group dumps cow poop at White House entrance, demands Biden take climate action
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IJR
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Biden Commits the U.S. to Halving Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030
Biden Commits the U.S. to Halving Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030
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NPR, Associated Press, CBS News, PolitiFact, Al Jazeera and Florida Politics
Scott Detrow / NPR:
Biden Makes New Pledge For U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A 50% Cut
Biden Makes New Pledge For U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A 50% Cut
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Mother Jones, BuzzFeed News, ABC17NEWS and Associated Press
Washington Post:
Investigation suppressed by Trump administration reveals obstacles to hurricane aid for Puerto Rico — A watchdog report uncovers bureaucratic hurdles the Trump administration erected for the struggling island to receive aid after Hurricanes Irma and Maria — The Trump administration put …
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CNN, The Hill, Talking Points Memo and NBC News
Washington Post:
Health officials lean toward resuming Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine — but with a warning — The action would mirror that of European regulators, who concluded the shot's benefits outweigh the risks — Federal health authorities are leaning toward recommending that use …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
We should soon stop catering to the vaccine holdouts
We should soon stop catering to the vaccine holdouts
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NBC News, Poynter and Digby's Hullabaloo
Erica Pandey / Axios:
America scrambles for restaurant workers — Vaccinations keep climbing, and restaurants are ready to roar back this summer. But eateries from Miami to Martha's Vineyard to Los Angeles are facing the same problem: not enough workers. — The big picture: Millions of restaurants are hiring all at once and …
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
Biden Preparing to Declare That Atrocities Against Armenia Were Genocide — The designation for the World War I-era killings would further fray U.S. relations with Turkey, but it is a risk the president appears willing to take to further human rights, officials said.
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Associated Press, HotAir, Talking Points Memo, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, HuffPost, Cyprus Mail, Turkish Minute, Al Jazeera, The Week, Mediaite, Insider and Political Wire
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William Mauldin / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Poised to Recognize Armenian Massacres as Genocide, Officials Say
Biden Poised to Recognize Armenian Massacres as Genocide, Officials Say
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Associated Press, HotAir, Los Angeles Times, ABC17NEWS and Turkish Minute
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Navalny Has a Lesson for the World — When Alexei Navalny boarded a plane to Moscow on January 17, he turned his life into a metaphor. He knew it, his wife knew it, and everybody else on the plane knew it. So did the millions of people who had watched his documentary videos …
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Associated Press and Hackwhackers
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Bloomberg:
Russia Orders Army Back From Ukraine Border, Easing Tensions
Russia Orders Army Back From Ukraine Border, Easing Tensions
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The Daily Beast, CBS News, Politico, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and The National Interest
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Putin Warns of a Russian ‘Red Line’ the West Will Regret Crossing
Putin Warns of a Russian ‘Red Line’ the West Will Regret Crossing
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Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and CBS News
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Biden Set to Raise Taxes on Rich to Fund Child Care and Education — The president's American Family Plan, which remains in flux, does not currently include an effort to expand health coverage, as administration officials had previously planned. — WASHINGTON — The next phase …
Tim Marchman / Popping Tins:
Welcome to Popping Tins — This is a newsletter about tinned seafood; in its inaugural issue, Bela-Olhão Lightly Smoked Sardines in Olive Oil are reviewed. — 5 hr ago — Long written off in the United States as a food of grim necessity when not actively reviled …
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Republican candidate for governor says Chauvin verdict makes her ‘sick’ — RICHMOND — A prominent Republican candidate for Virginia governor said that the guilty verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin this week made her “sick” and that jurors didn't acquit because they feared a violent backlash.
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Insider, VPM.org, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Vanity Fair, Raw Story, Mock Paper Scissors and VA Scope
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
Liz Cheney vs. MAGA — The Wyoming congresswoman challenged Republicans to turn away from Trump after Jan. 6. Instead, they turned on her. — The regular conference meetings of the Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives, held most weeks behind closed doors in the Capitol Visitor Center …
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Washington Post, Raw Story, The Federalist and The Hill
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
A Troubled Rule of Law — The pervasive sense that cities would burn if Derek Chauvin were not convicted raises questions about whether the jury's verdict was reached dispassionately. — Public safety — Politics and law — The Social Order — America's cities did not burn last night.
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Media Matters for America, Crime Prevention …, The Federalist, Fox News and Breitbart
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BuzzFeed News:
“Hindsight Is 20/20”: An Internal Report Shows How Facebook Failed To Prevent The “Stop The Steal” Movement — Last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of a House of Representatives committee that his company had done its part “to secure the integrity of the election.”
Politico:
Pentagon investigated suspected Russian directed-energy attacks on U.S. troops — The Pentagon has briefed top lawmakers on intelligence surrounding suspected directed-energy attacks against U.S. troops, and officials identified Russia as a likely culprit, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
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HotAir
New York Times:
Sexual Assault Allegations Against Biographer Halt Shipping of His Roth Book — W.W. Norton, citing the accusations that the author, Blake Bailey, faces, said it would stop shipping and promoting his new best-selling book. — Earlier this month, the biographer Blake Bailey was approaching …
Jana Winter / Yahoo News:
The Postal Service is running a ‘covert operations program’ that monitors Americans' social media posts — The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans' social media posts, including those about planned protests, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News.
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
An unvaccinated worker set off an outbreak at a U.S. nursing home where most residents were immunized. — An unvaccinated health care worker set off a Covid-19 outbreak at a nursing home in Kentucky where the vast majority of residents had been vaccinated, leading to dozens of infections …
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Insight, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Centers for Disease Control …, ABC17NEWS, HotAir, The Verge, UPI and Fox News
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
US Capitol Police officer allegedly told units to only monitor for ‘anti-Trump’ protesters on January 6 — Washington (CNN)A US Capitol Police officer directed “all outside units” on the morning of January 6 to only monitor for anti-Trump agitators “who want to start a fight,” not any …
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Politico and Crooks and Liars
Politico:
Black Democrats urge party to shift its voting rights push — Democrats have spent months touting an expansive proposal that would reshape U.S. elections. But with the bill's Senate prospects growing more dire, key members of the Congressional Black Caucus are pushing to narrow their strategy.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Are Masks Necessary Outdoors? — We're looking at two Covid questions people may have heading into summer. — Should you still be wearing a mask outdoors? And how should you reorient your family's life once the adults have been vaccinated but the children have not yet been?
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HotAir and spectator.us
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
GOP Stands Up to ‘Cancel Culture’ by Criminalizing Dissent — In January, Ron DeSantis argued that combating the repression of political speech was “the most important legislative issue” of 2021. — During an appearance at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, the Florida governor delivered …
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Fox News, Daily Kos, The Week and Washington Post
Jack Dura / Bismarck Tribune:
Governor vetoes North Dakota transgender sports bill — Gov. Doug Burgum on Wednesday vetoed a bill restricting transgender girls in K-12 sports. — The bill had passed the House 69-25 and the Senate 27-20 after conference committee amendments. — House Bill 1298, brought by Rep. Ben Koppelman …
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HotAir, LGBTQ Nation, PinkNews, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, Breitbart, Insider, Joe.My.God., Washington Times, Sports Illustrated, The Hill, Grand Forks Herald and Political Wire
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Dershowitz: Maxine Waters used KKK tactics to intimidate Chauvin jury — Attorney Alan Dershowitz compared statements made by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) during the Derek Chauvin trial to tactics used by the Ku Klux Klan to intimidate jury pools in the 1920s and '30s.
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POLITICUSUSA, Joe.My.God. and Insider
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Tennessee House passes bill to ban local, state governments from requiring COVID-19 vaccine — The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill banning state and local governments from requiring COVID-19 vaccines. — The legislation, House Bill 13, states that “a law enforcement agency …
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