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Bloomberg:
Biden Eyeing Capital Gains Tax as High as 43.4% for Wealthy — People earning $1 million would pay 39.6% plus Obamacare levy — Total tax rates for New Yorkers, Californians could top 50% — President Joe Biden will propose almost doubling the capital gains tax rate for wealthy individuals …
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Stocks fall on reports that Biden wants to hike taxes on capital gains — Stocks fell Thursday following media reports that President Biden wants to nearly double the capital gains tax paid by wealthy Americans. — Inside the numbers: Biden reportedly is considering a proposal of a 39.6% top rate …
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Forbes
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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New York Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, National Review, allsides.com, BizPac Review and HotAir
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Vile response to the Derek Chauvin verdict
Vile response to the Derek Chauvin verdict
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The American Independent
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
A Troubled Rule of Law
A Troubled Rule of Law
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Real Clear Politics, Media Matters for America, The Federalist, Crime Prevention … and Fox News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
We should soon stop catering to the vaccine holdouts — When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced a “pause” in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine because of a tiny number of instances in which women developed blood clots after getting the shot, many recoiled in horror.
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Poynter, NBC News and Digby's Hullabaloo
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CNN:
With Trump's backing, Walker freezes Senate GOP field in Georgia — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's backing of football great Herschel Walker to run for the Georgia Senate seat has been enough to effectively freeze the GOP field in place — even though some Republicans privately worry …
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New York Magazine
Bloomberg:
GOP Counters Biden With $568 Billion Infrastructure Plan — Plan focuses more on roads, opposes corporate tax hikes — Electric vehicles, unspent money targeted to pay for plan — Senior Senate Republicans offered a $568 billion counter to President Joe Biden's $2.25 trillion jobs package Thursday …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
White House signals cool reception to Senate Republicans' calls to trade spending cuts for debt ceiling increase
White House signals cool reception to Senate Republicans' calls to trade spending cuts for debt ceiling increase
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The Hill, Washington Examiner and The American Independent
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
House Dems slam ‘racist’ filibuster blocking ‘everything we love,’ say Americans ‘do not care about procedure’
House Dems slam ‘racist’ filibuster blocking ‘everything we love,’ say Americans ‘do not care about procedure’
Sam Mintz / Politico:
Republicans roll out $568 billion infrastructure package that Dems have already rejected
Republicans roll out $568 billion infrastructure package that Dems have already rejected
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Biden Will Seek Tax Increase 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 …
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USA Today, Insider, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Human Events, Forbes and Americans for Tax Reform
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 …
Tara Parker-Pope / New York Times:
Do We Still Need to Keep Wearing Masks Outdoors? — Science shows that the risk of viral transmission outside is very low. The “two-out-of-three rule” can help you decide whether to mask up. — As more people get vaccinated and spring weather and sunshine beckon us outdoors …
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New York Post, Reason and The Daily Beast
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Senate passes anti-Asian hate crimes bill — The Senate voted 94-1 on Thursday to pass legislation that aims to improve anti-Asian hate crime tracking and identification. — Why it matters: It's a rare bipartisan endorsement of a bill by the 50-50 Senate, and comes in the wake of a spike of anti-Asian hate crimes over the last year.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Bill to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans passes Senate with bipartisan support
Bill to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans passes Senate with bipartisan support
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ABC News, HuffPost and Washington Examiner
Alex Rogers / CNN:
Senate overwhelmingly passes anti-Asian hate crimes bill
Senate overwhelmingly passes anti-Asian hate crimes bill
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ABC News, Vox, CNBC, Mediaite, UPI, Political Wire, ABC17NEWS and The Intellectualist
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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Latino Rebels, The Guardian, WISH-TV, CNN, Talking Points Memo, ABC17NEWS and The Hill
Clare Foran / CNN:
GOP Sen. Tim Scott to deliver GOP response for Biden address to Congress — GOP senator shares struggle with police prejudice (2016) — (CNN)Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina will deliver the GOP response following President Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress on April 28.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Pelosi offers equal subpoena power, even partisan split on Jan. 6 commission
Pelosi offers equal subpoena power, even partisan split on Jan. 6 commission
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Fox News, Politico and Reuters
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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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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The Hill, Raw Story, The Federalist and Washington Post
New York Times:
Andrew Yang, Looking for Endorsement, Offends Gay Democratic Club — Participants described Mr. Yang's remarks as offensive, saying that even as members of the club raised policy issues, he returned to mentioning gay bars. — Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate and leading contender …
John McCormack / National Review:
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly's Commitment to Keep SCOTUS at Nine Justices, Even if Roe Is Overturned — In the Capitol on Tuesday, I asked Arizona senator Mark Kelly about Massachusetts senator Ed Markey's bill to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court from nine to thirteen.
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Washington Post, Politico and UPI
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Big Lie has gotten so bad that even some Republicans are running from it — The Big Lie of 2020 is conventionally defined as the claim that the election was stolen from Donald Trump. But it's broader than that. It also encompasses a softer version of this idea: The insultingly disingenuous baloney …
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Talking Points Memo, New York Times and Political Wire
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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Washington Free Beacon, New York Post, The Daily Caller and HotAir
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.
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Children's Health Defense, New York Post, RedState, National Review, Washington Post, Breitbart, Human Events, Raw Story, Daily Kos, Portland Mercury, The Gateway Pundit, The RFAngle, BizPac Review, Louder With Crowder, We Love Trump, HotAir, Occupy Democrats, Townhall, The Sun, Newsbusters, Page Array, The Federalist, The National Pulse, TheBlaze, Washington Examiner, Joe.My.God. and The Daily Caller
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Jake Paul Promised Them Fame. Was It Worth the Price? — A look behind the scenes at life in the Team 10 house. — In the vast world of YouTube villains, there may be none as famous as Jake Paul. — The 24-year-old Vine star turned vlogger has polarized viewers with videos …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC chair McDaniel floated possible Michigan governor run — Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told party officials Wednesday that she's considered stepping down from her post to challenge Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2022. — McDaniel's remarks came during …
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The Hill, RedState, IJR, Joe.My.God. and OutKick
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.
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New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, IJR and NBC News
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Why the World Can't Trust America on Climate — America has finally kicked its climate-denial habit. — I know, you've heard that one before. Twenty-eight years ago today, a Democratic president announced that the U.S. would “take the lead in addressing the challenge of global warming …
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New Statesman, New York Times and The Week
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.”
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Brett Kavanaugh's Opinion Restoring Juvenile Life Without Parole Is Dishonest and Barbaric — In an appalling 6-3 decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court effectively reinstated juvenile life without parole by shredding precedents that had sharply limited the sentence in every state.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Checking in on Biden's Approval Rating as Hundred Days' Mark Nears — Steady on average, but individual pollsters vary greatly — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Joe Biden's approval rating has been steady and positive, though many other presidents had better early numbers.
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Washington Examiner
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
U.S. Marshals Used Drones to Spy on Black Lives Matter Protests in Washington, D.C. … The U.S. Marshals Service flew unmanned drones over Washington, D.C., in response to last summer's Black Lives Matter protests, documents obtained by The Intercept via the Freedom of Information Act show.
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Joe.My.God.
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Activists dump cow poop to protest Biden climate plan — Climate activists gathered in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to dump wheelbarrows full of cow poop near the White House in protest of President Biden's climate plan, which they say is “bullshit” and does not go far enough to protect the environment.
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Associated Press, Breitbart, TheBlaze, BizPac Review, RedState, IJR and The Gateway Pundit