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Sean Illing / Vox:
“Wokeness is a problem and we all know it” — James Carville on the state of Democratic politics. — I called James Carville hoping to get his thoughts on President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office. — He obliged — then, one question in, brushed aside the exercise to talk instead …
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Albert Hunt / The Hill:
Imperative that Democrats figure out what went wrong in 2020 — This past election, the Democrats won the big one — the presidency — and unexpectedly swept two Senate seats in Georgia. Overall, however, it was a bad year. Some Democrats realize if they don't figure out why — and what to do about it — deeper troubles lie ahead.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Which states gain and lose in the new census report? Here are 3 takeaways.
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US Census / The United States Census Bureau:
2020 Census Apportionment Results Delivered to the President
New York Times:
U.S. Population Over Last Decade Grew at Slowest Rate Since 1930s
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Washington Post, Associated Press, Denver Post, Bloomberg, Joe.My.God. and Althouse
FiveThirtyEight:
Which States Won — And Lost — Seats In The 2020 Census?
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RedState, Democracy Docket, The Jeffrey Lord and Bloomberg
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Census Reapportionment: Seat Trade-offs Likelier to Benefit Republicans
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The United States …, USA Today, Mediaite and Inside Elections
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Tucker's mask meltdown, and who got tix to Biden's big speech — DRIVING THE DAY — IS TUCKER CARLSON LOSING HIS MIND?: OK, some of you will argue that he lost it long ago. But as careful students of his evening show, we've noticed that Carlson has gradually become more unhinged in recent weeks.
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Tells Fox Viewers to Call the Cops if They See Kids Wearing Masks Outdoors — The Fox News star implored his loyal viewers to openly harass and mock anyone they see wearing a face mask outdoors because “it's repulsive.” — Raging against face masks on Monday night …
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BizPac Review, No More Mister Nice Blog, Insider and CNBC
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Urges Audience to ‘Call the Police Immediately’ if They See Kids Wearing Masks Outdoors
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The Hill, Fox News, The Guardian and CNN
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Issues an Executive Order to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15 for Federal Contractors … Today, President Biden is issuing an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage to hundreds of thousands of workers who are working on federal contracts.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Biden to speak to nation on coronavirus response as CDC weighs updated mask guidance
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Niv Elis / The Hill:
Biden to order raising federal contractor minimum wage to $15
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
The refugee cap the Biden administration touted — then ditched — is back on the table
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CNN and The Federalist
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
McCarthy-Cheney divide deepens at GOP retreat — ORLANDO — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said it's imperative for Republicans to stay united if they want to take back the majority. But cracks are widening in his own relationship with one of his top deputies over former President Donald Trump.
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Politico:
GOP tears into Kerry amid Iran controversy — Republicans on Monday called on John Kerry to resign from President Joe Biden's National Security Council over claims that he revealed sensitive information about Israeli military operations to Iran. — According to leaked audio revealed Sunday …
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Josh Hammer / New York Post:
John Kerry is skirting the line of treason with Iran
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Mark Joyella / Forbes:
Andrew Cuomo Tells Reporters 'I Didn't Do Anything Wrong' — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo held his first face-to-face meeting with reporters in months Monday, taking questions from journalists outside the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse. Asked directly about the accusations …
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Chris Bragg / Albany Times Union:
Cuomo's staff ‘volunteer’ work on book raises labor law question
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HotAir
American Greatness:
I Won't Take the Vaccine Because It Makes Liberals Mad — My newly formed and well-developed opinion on vaccines is this: If those bastards want me to get the jab, I'm not going to do it, because it annoys them. — I will never allow myself to be injected with Big Pharma's mass-produced mystery juice …
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Raw Story
Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Daniel Kaminsky, Internet Security Savior, Dies at 42 — If you are reading this obituary online, you owe your digital safety to him. — Daniel Kaminsky, a security researcher known for his discovery of a fundamental flaw in the fabric of the internet, died on Friday at his home in San Francisco.
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
No, officials are not handing out Harris's picture book to migrant kids — “After learning officials are handing out Kamala Harris' book to migrants in facilities at the border, it's worth asking... Was Harris paid for these books? Is she profiting from Biden's border crisis?”
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HotAir, Raw Story, Joe.My.God., The Daily Caller, The American Independent, New York Post, TheBlaze and Breitbart
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
D.H.S. will review how it identifies and addresses extremism and white supremacy in its ranks. — The Biden administration launched an inquiry on Monday into how the Department of Homeland Security identifies and addresses white supremacy and extremism in its ranks, part of a larger effort …
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Raw Story, CNN, Associated Press, Joe.My.God. and National Review
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Last-Ditch Plot to Undermine Biden's Election Goes Full QAnon — A so-called audit of the 2020 election in Arizona was always going to be crazy. This is something else. — An ongoing “audit” of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, Arizona, is taking its cues straight …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Never heard of them’: Arizona GOP audit firm unknown even in home state
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Epicurious:
The Planet on the Plate: Why Epicurious Left Beef Behind — In an effort to encourage more sustainable cooking, we won't be publishing new beef recipes on Epicurious. — For any person—or publication—wanting to envision a more sustainable way to cook, cutting out beef is a worthwhile first step.
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Biden Seeks $80 Billion to Beef Up I.R.S. Audits of High-Earners — The president's “American Families Plan,” which he will detail this week, will be offset in part by a tax enforcement effort that administration officials believe will raise $700 billion over a decade.
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
A private school in Miami, citing false claims, bars vaccinated teachers from contact with students. — A private school in the fashionable Design District of Miami sent its faculty and staff a letter last week about getting vaccinated against Covid-19. But unlike institutions that have encouraged …
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Joel Clement / The Hill:
Biden deletes Trump's climate negligence with a single event — While there is no question that America, and the world, lost valuable time for climate action during the negligent Trump years, many climate experts were also concerned that the damage to America's diplomatic reputation …
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Foreign Policy, The American Spectator and Jacobin
Human Rights Watch:
Abusive Israeli Policies Constitute Crimes of Apartheid, Persecution — Crimes Against Humanity Should Trigger Action to End Repression of Palestinian — (Jerusalem) - Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin pumps brakes on Biden infrastructure plans — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is emerging as the chief obstacle to quick passage of President Biden's $2.25 trillion infrastructure package that Democrats want to move through Congress sooner rather than later.
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New York Times, HotAir and Los Angeles Times
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Eric Adams's Pro-Police Bet Eight weeks before the mayoral primary, Brooklyn's borough president sharpens his case for more cops. — On a Sunday in April, Gregory Meeks, the head of the Queens County Democratic Party and the congressman from the largely Black, middle-class …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fox News host admits his show was wrong about Biden limiting red meat consumption — Washington (CNN)A Fox News anchor admitted on air on Monday that his show was inaccurate when it claimed on Friday that President Joe Biden is trying to require Americans to sharply reduce their consumption of red meat.
aflegal.org:
America First Legal Sues Biden Admin To End Racial Discrimination Against Farmers And Ranchers — WASHINGTON, DC - Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas to stop the Biden Administration from administering …
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Antjuan Seawright / The Hill:
The state of the union under Biden: A plan comes together
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Politico:
Spy chiefs look to declassify intel after rare plea from 4-star commanders — America's top spies say they are looking for ways to declassify and release more intelligence about adversaries' bad behavior, after a group of four-star military commanders sent a rare and urgent plea asking …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The false and misleading claims President Biden made during his first 100 days in office — Claims are included if they would receive two or more Pinocchios on the Fact Checker scale. Repeats of the same claim are included. — Filter by topic — Select... Filter by source — Select...
Alfred Ng / The Markup:
Google Promised Its Contact Tracing App Was Completely Private—But It Wasn't — Researchers say hundreds of preinstalled apps can access a log found on Android devices where sensitive contact tracing information is stored — When Google and Apple introduced their COVID-19 contact tracing framework …
Washington Post:
Perry Bacon, Jr. joins Washington Post Opinions as a columnist — Washington Post Opinions today announced Perry Bacon, Jr. will join as a columnist writing on issues pertaining to politics, governing, identity and American society. Based in Louisville, Ky., Bacon will begin on May 10.
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