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Juliegrace Brufke / New York Post:
Rep. Liz Cheney not ruling out 2024 presidential run — ORLANDO — House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney is not ruling out a potential presidential bid, The Post has learned. — “I'm not ruling anything in or out — I've been here a long time,” she told The Post when asked if she would ever consider running in the future.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Cheney breaks with McCarthy on scope of Jan. 6 panel — House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) broke Monday with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), telling reporters that a proposed 9/11-style independent commission should narrowly focus on the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Ex-Trump, Bush press secretaries have some tips for House GOP
Ex-Trump, Bush press secretaries have some tips for House GOP
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Washington Examiner, IJR and The American Independent
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Iran's Foreign Minister, in Leaked Tape, Says Revolutionary Guards Set Policies — Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, described a rivalry with a powerful and widely revered military leader, Qassim Suleimani. — In a leaked audiotape that offers a glimpse into the behind …
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
John Kerry, Enemy of Israel — NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W e know now that former secretary of state John Kerry isn't merely a critic of Israel; he is an adversary. In leaked audiotapes obtained by the U.K.-based Iran International, as reported by the New York Times, Iranian foreign minister …
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Iran's foreign minister says John Kerry told him about Israeli covert operations in Syria
Iran's foreign minister says John Kerry told him about Israeli covert operations in Syria
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court will hear a major Second Amendment case that could gut US gun laws — The Supreme Court could make the NRA's dreams come true. — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Corlett, a case that could transform …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to hear major new gun-control case next term on carrying weapons outside the home
Supreme Court to hear major new gun-control case next term on carrying weapons outside the home
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense
Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense
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CNN:
Supreme Court agrees to take up major Second Amendment case
Supreme Court agrees to take up major Second Amendment case
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
A cheerleader's Snapchat rant leads to ‘momentous’ Supreme Court case on student speech
A cheerleader's Snapchat rant leads to ‘momentous’ Supreme Court case on student speech
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Kathleen Kingsbury / New York Times:
Why The New York Times Is Retiring the Term ‘Op-Ed’ — The first Op-Ed page in The New York Times greeted the world on Sept. 21, 1970. It was so named because it appeared opposite the editorial page and not (as many still believe) because it would offer views contrary to the paper's.
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: US will share AstraZeneca vaccines with world — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will begin sharing its entire pipeline of vaccines from AstraZeneca once the COVID-19 vaccine clear federal safety reviews, the White House told The Associated Press on Monday, with as many as 60 million doses expected …
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ABC News:
AG Garland expected to announce investigation of Louisville PD's policing practices: Source — Garland will make the announcement Monday at the Justice Department. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
DOJ to announce Louisville police investigation, second ‘pattern or practice’ probe under Biden
DOJ to announce Louisville police investigation, second ‘pattern or practice’ probe under Biden
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department to Probe Louisville Police After Breonna Taylor Killing
Justice Department to Probe Louisville Police After Breonna Taylor Killing
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BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Stopped Employees From Reading An Internal Report About Its Role In The Insurrection. You Can Read It Here. — Last Thursday, BuzzFeed News revealed that an internal Facebook report concluded that the company failed to prevent the “Stop the Steal” movement from using its platform …
Clare Foran / CNN:
Anti-Trump conservative group to grade GOP lawmakers on whether they uphold (or undermine) democracy — (CNN)An anti-Trump conservative group is launching an effort to track and evaluate whether Republicans in Congress, in the group's view, have acted to either undermine or uphold democracy …
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The GOP Is a Grave Threat to American Democracy
The GOP Is a Grave Threat to American Democracy
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Washington Post, The Boston Globe and Daily Kos
Tim Elfrink / Washington Post:
Alaska lawmaker blasted airline for ‘mask tyranny.’ Now she's banned from the only flights to the capital. — Last week, a police officer responded to an Alaska Airlines terminal in Juneau as state Sen. Lora Reinbold clashed with staffers over mask rules. It was a familiar battle …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Peter Thiel makes $10M bet on associate in Arizona Senate race — Libertarian tech titan Peter Thiel is spending $10 million to boost one of his closest allies in next year's Arizona Senate race, a contest crucial to the fight for the majority. — The billionaire is coming out in support …
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Marco Rubio / New York Post:
Corporations that undermine American values don't deserve GOP support — 'What's good for General Motors is good for the country. " This was a defining American adage in the last century, because it was true: US corporations helped to make our country the most prosperous in the history of the world.
New York Times:
‘Nomadland’ Makes History, and Chadwick Boseman Is Upset at the Oscars — Chloé Zhao's film about the damaged American dream won best picture, best director and best actress. In a surprise, Anthony Hopkins ("The Father") won best actor. — LOS ANGELES — “Nomadland,” …
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Washington Post:
The public's concerns over the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine are widespread, Post-ABC poll finds — Fewer than 1 in 4 Americans not yet immunized against the coronavirus say they would be willing to get the vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll …
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: More than half of unvaccinated Americans don't plan to get the coronavirus shot
The Health 202: More than half of unvaccinated Americans don't plan to get the coronavirus shot
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HotAir and Associated Press
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Simon & Schuster Employees Submit Petition Demanding No Deals With Trump Administration Authors — Petition collected 216 internal signatures and more than 3,500 outside supporters, organizers say — An employee petition at Simon & Schuster demanding that the company stop publishing authors associated …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: No, Biden is not trying to force Americans to eat less red meat — Washington (CNN)Republican members of Congress, Fox News personalities and other prominent right-wing figures are falsely claiming that President Joe Biden is trying to force Americans to eat far less red meat.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden's First 100 Days Reshaped America — During the first hundred days of Joe Biden's presidency, it has dawned on Republicans that the man their standard-bearer once mocked as “Sleepy Joe” is a formidable adversary. And the quality that has made him so effective up to this point is, well, his sleepiness.
Bobby Burack / OutKick:
Oscars Ratings Tank Massively — Just as we at OutKick predicted, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony tanked to unimaginable lows. The 2021 Oscars fell more than 50% year-over-year in overnight ratings, OutKick has learned. Here's a look at the past three years: — 2021: 8.9/19 — 2020: 18.1/33
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New York Times:
Breaking Point: How Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook Became Foes — The chief executives of Facebook and Apple have opposing visions for the future of the internet. Their differences are set to escalate this week. — SAN FRANCISCO — At a confab for tech and media moguls in Sun Valley …
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Vicky Prodeline / Monmouth University Polling …:
Broad Support for Spending Plans — Biden gets better marks than Trump for addressing infrastructure — West Long Branch, NJ - About 2 in 3 Americans support the president's multitrillion-dollar infrastructure package as well as the proposed tax hikes to pay for it.
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Aram Roston / Reuters:
Exclusive-Before Jan. 6, FBI collected information from at least 4 Proud Boys — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Among the far-right groups whose members are suspected of planning the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol are the Proud Boys. In March, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's director told …
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Tyler Bridges / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
‘Voters voted against wokeness:’ How Troy Carter defeated Karen Carter Peterson — On his first day as a congressman-elect on Sunday, Troy Carter slept only 90 minutes, attended seven Black church services in the New Orleans area, received congratulatory texts and phone calls from Democratic …
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Politico:
‘We need a government that looks a lot more like the rest of America’ — Rep. Andy Kim was deep in thought when he retraced the path of the gunman who killed eight people last month near Atlanta, Ga. He'd made the trip south less than two weeks after the attacks and drove the 40 minutes between …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
The media's reprehensible Ma'Khia Bryant coverage puts police in further danger — “A teenage girl was fatally shot by the police in Columbus, Ohio, officials said, shortly before a jury reached a guilty verdict in the murder trial of the former police officer Derek Chauvin in last year's killing …
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