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Statement by President Joe Biden on Armenian Remembrance Day … Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring. Beginning on April 24, 1915 …
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Biden calls mass killing of Armenians a ‘genocide’ in break with previous presidents — President Biden recognized the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as a genocide Saturday, a designation that U.S. presidents long avoided for fear of damaging the U.S.-Turkey relationship.
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New York Times:
Breaking With Predecessors, Biden Declares Mass Killings of Armenians a Genocide — The Turkish government, as well as human rights activists and ethnic Armenians, had a muted response to the news, describing the move as largely symbolic. — WASHINGTON — President Biden on Saturday recognized …
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Ryan Gingeras / Washington Post:
The U.S. formally recognized the Armenian genocide. Why now, a century later? — This move signals a shift in the U.S. relationship with Turkey. — On April 24, the Biden administration will formally recognize the Armenian genocide that took place a century ago.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'Of course it's genocide': How Biden fulfilled a promise to Armenians that Obama wouldn't — With regret and conviction, the Biden administration officially designates the slaughter of Armenians a “genocide.” — It was the first year of Donald Trump's presidency when Aram Hamparian …
Associated Press:
Biden recognizes atrocities against Armenians as genocide
Biden recognizes atrocities against Armenians as genocide
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
The Armenian Genocide, in History and Politics: What to Know
The Armenian Genocide, in History and Politics: What to Know
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Washington Post:
Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon's dormant IP addresses sprang to life — After decades of not using a huge chunk of the Internet, the Pentagon has given control of millions of computer addresses to a previously unknown company in an effort to identify possible cyber vulnerabilities and threats
Danielle Demetriou / Yahoo News:
Japanese man arrested after dating 35 women at the same time in bid to ‘get birthday presents’ — A Japanese man has been arrested after reportedly dating more than 35 women at the same time. — Takashi Miyagawa, a part-time worker, is being investigated for allegedly defrauding dozens …
New York Times:
As Covid-19 Devastates India, Deaths Go Undercounted — Fatalities have been overlooked or downplayed, understating the human toll of the country's outbreak, which accounts for nearly half of all new cases in a global surge. — NEW DELHI — India's coronavirus second wave is rapidly sliding …
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Denise Lu / New York Times:
‘Excess Deaths’ in 2020 Surpassed Those of 1918 Flu Pandemic
‘Excess Deaths’ in 2020 Surpassed Those of 1918 Flu Pandemic
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Adam Wren / Insider:
This millennial GOP congressman voted to impeach Trump. Now he's trying to save his party from going off a cliff. … The GOP freshman congressman who purchased a flak jacket following his “aye” vote for President Donald Trump's impeachment walked into what was once Grand Rapids' largest funeral home …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Tucker Carlson: US journalists are ‘cowards’ and ‘cringing animals’ — Fox News host also tells Outkick ‘unrestrained mass immigration has put a huge strain on the natural world’ — Mainstream US journalists are “cowards”, the Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on Friday …
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Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
George W. Bush Can't Paint His Way Out of Hell The chilling spectacle of watching the political class redeem a criminal, again. — I am not an art critic, but I don't think George W. Bush's new portraits are very good. They inspire nothing but malaise and communicate a dilettante energy.
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
The Right to Crash Cars Into People — Earlier this week, Florida Republicans enacted a law they claimed would prevent riots in the state. Its real purpose, of course, was to discourage protesting and punish demonstrators. One of the bill's provisions has received a fair amount of national attention …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The fading GOP establishment moves to support Cheney as Trump attacks and McCarthy keeps his distance — Following her vote to impeach Donald Trump, Rep. Liz Cheney has received a groundswell of financial support from the most powerful figures in traditional GOP politics and the corporate world.
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Raw Story
Franklin Leonard / New York Times:
Hollywood's Anti-Black Bias Costs It $10 Billion a Year — If the industry won't change on principle, it can at least change for the money. Reform would enrich people of color, and everyone else. — Days after a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, suffocated George Floyd and the video went viral …
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
After Testing the World's Limits, Putin Steps Back From the Brink — The Russian president pulled back troops from Ukraine's border and relented on medical treatment for his nemesis Aleksei A. Navalny, after a performance blending fear and force to affirm his power.
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Jan Ransom / New York Times:
In NYC Jail System, Guards Often Lie About Excessive Force — More than half of the roughly 270 correction officers disciplined over a 20-month period lied to investigators or filed incomplete or inaccurate reports. — One New York City Correction officer struck a jailed person in the face for no legitimate reason.
Washington Post:
As pandemic surges anew, global envy and anger over U.S. vaccine abundance — As India announced grim records — the highest daily coronavirus infection tallies in a single country — Americans were enjoying a spring of vaccine abundance. — In India, just 1.4 percent of the population …
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Sophia Ankel / Insider:
Trump says he does not miss ‘very boring’ Twitter and claims his press releases are ‘more elegant’ — Donald Trump told Fox News this week that Twitter has become “very boring” without him. — The former president said that he prefers communicating via his “more elegant” press releases.
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New York Times:
Volatile and Vengeful: How Scott Rudin Wielded Power in Show Business — For decades, the producer has cultivated and castigated people at all levels of entertainment. Now his past is catching up with him. — Scott Rudin has long been one of the most celebrated and powerful producers in Hollywood and …
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CBS News, Variety, Vanity Fair and Showbiz411
Ilya Shapiro / Washington Examiner:
The voter suppression lie — The voting wars have flared up again, though they've never really been far from the national political debate since Donald Trump was elected in 2016, or the Supreme Court decided Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 — or really Bush v. Gore in 2000.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
‘Lost in the shuffle’: Republicans battle around Biden — for now — Republicans have spent the past few months under President Joe Biden waging a campaign against “cancel culture” and locking horns with corporate America. — In state Legislatures, GOP lawmakers have prioritized contentious bills …
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Texas Republicans Targeting Voting Access Find Their Bull's-Eye: Cities — In Houston, election officials found creative ways to help a struggling and diverse work force vote in a pandemic. Record turnout resulted. Now the G.O.P. is targeting those very measures.
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Chocolate chip diplomacy: Biden courts Congress with gusto — WASHINGTON (AP) — The pictures always make it look so presidential: Joe Biden sitting in a tall-back chair, surrounded by the arrayed members of Congress invited for a meeting at the White House.
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Iris Samuels / USA Today:
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signs bill nullifying federal gun restrictions — Iris SamuelsReport for America/Associated Press — HELENA, Montana — Gov. Greg Gianforte on Friday signed a bill that prohibits state and local law enforcement in Montana from enforcing federal bans on firearms, ammunition and magazines.
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Andrew Oxford / Arizona Republic:
First day of Arizona Senate election audit nearly stopped before it began. Here's what happened — The first day of an unprecedented recount of every ballot cast by Maricopa County voters during last year's general election almost did not happen Friday. — A court battle nearly stopped it.
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Rich Mendez / CNBC:
MIT researchers say you're no safer from Covid indoors at 6 feet or 60 feet in new study challenging social distancing policies — An MIT study showed that people who maintain 60 feet of distance from others indoors are no more protected than if they socially distanced by just 6 feet.
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BizPac Review, Twitchy, OutKick, TheBlaze and Instapundit