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The White House:
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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Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
Why Biden's Armenian Genocide Declaration Really Is a Big Deal — President Joe Biden on Saturday issued the document Armenian Americans have pursued for decades: a declaration that the Ottoman Empire's slaughter of an estimated 1.5 million Armenian civilians was genocide.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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WGN-TV, Jihad Watch, Turkish Minute and HotAir
Los Angeles Times:
Armenian American activists welcome U.S. recognition of genocide but say fight isn't over
Armenian American activists welcome U.S. recognition of genocide but say fight isn't over
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The Times of Israel, TASS, WHDH-TV, KNSD-TV, NBC Los Angeles and allsides.com
Ryan Gingeras / Washington Post:
The U.S. formally recognized the Armenian genocide. Why now, a century later?
The U.S. formally recognized the Armenian genocide. Why now, a century later?
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ABC News, The Western Journal, The Week and Washington Examiner
The Guardian:
Biden becomes first US president to recognise Armenian genocide
Biden becomes first US president to recognise Armenian genocide
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CNN, allsides.com, Mediaite, TASS, POLITICUSUSA, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Bloomberg
Cameron Peters / Vox:
Why Biden's statement recognizing the Armenian genocide is a big deal
Why Biden's statement recognizing the Armenian genocide is a big deal
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CNN, primeminister.am and CBS Los Angeles
Daniel Fried / Politico:
Inside America's Long Handwringing Over the Armenian Genocide
Inside America's Long Handwringing Over the Armenian Genocide
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Al Jazeera
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'Of course it's genocide': How Biden fulfilled a promise to Armenians that Obama wouldn't
'Of course it's genocide': How Biden fulfilled a promise to Armenians that Obama wouldn't
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Wall Street Journal, USA Today and KTLA
Ashish K. Jha / Washington Post:
India's coronavirus surge could collapse its health system. The U.S. can help. — Ashish K. Jha is dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. — India, the world's largest democracy, is now the epicenter of the pandemic and on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.
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Carnegie India and France 24
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New York Times:
The Slander Industry — I wanted to slander someone. — My colleague Kashmir Hill and I were trying to learn who is responsible for — and profiting from — the growing ecosystem of websites whose primary purpose is destroying reputations. — So I wrote a nasty post. About myself.
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 …
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The Daily Caller
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
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The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Anti-vaxxers are wearing Yellow Stars of David to protest coronavirus vaccines: report — Anti-vaccine protesters likening themselves to Jews during the holocaust were harshly criticized on Saturday. — Nazis required Jews to wear yellow Jewish stars and other holocaust badges to the lands they controlled during World War II.
Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Twitter censored tweets critical of India's handling of the pandemic at its government's request — Tweets from government officials and other high-profile people were among those removed — Twitter has removed more than 50 tweets critical of the Indian government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic …
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TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Montgomery County Police Reporter:
STATE REPRESENTATIVE BUSTED ON SUSPICION OF DWI FOLLOWING CRASH — Just after 9 pm Friday evening Montgomery County Precinct 4 Constables responded to a reported major accident at FM 1314 and Valley Ranch in Porter. Units arrived to find a Corvette parked under a mini-van.
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The Texas Tribune
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.
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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HuffPost, Digby's Hullabaloo and OutKick
CNN:
Trump supporters could be incited to future violence by his continued promotion of 2020 election lies, DOJ and judges say — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's continued promotion of the “big lie” about the 2020 election could still incite his followers to violence, the Justice Department …
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Twitchy
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
After death of baby, S.F. domestic violence victim advocates ask whether Chesa Boudin is doing enough — The news itself was crushing. A 7-month-old baby boy named Synciere Williams died Tuesday. The man charged with taking care of him that day, Joseph Williams, 26, was booked by police for allegedly murdering the child.
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The Sun
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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Associated Press, Fox News, Deadline, CBS News, Vanity Fair, Variety and Showbiz411
Igor Derysh / Salon:
Bills targeting local officials who resisted Trump could allow GOP to “overturn election results” — Republicans in at least 14 states are trying to seize power from local election offices in response to Trump's lies — Republicans in at least 14 states have introduced legislation …
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Washington Examiner and POLITICUSUSA
Associated Press:
1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours — Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the former police officer, the jubilation at what many saw as justice in the death of George Floyd — even then, blood flowed on America's streets.
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Slate and Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House's new $1.8 trillion ‘families plan’ reflects ambitions — and limits — of Biden presidency — Big spending increases and tax changes will test Democrats' majority and GOP's willingness to stand in the way — The White House is preparing to unveil a roughly $1.8 trillion spending …
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HuffPost and Political Wire
Baltimore Sun:
In-custody death reports under former Maryland medical examiner to be reviewed after he testified Chauvin did not kill George Floyd — The Maryland's Attorney General's Office said Friday it believes there should be a review of “in custody” death reports produced by the state's Office …
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NBC News, NPR, Insider, The Hill, Talking Points Memo, New York Post and Mediaite
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