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Mike Spies / New Yorker:
The Secret Footage of N.R.A. Chief Wayne LaPierre's Botched Elephant Hunt — The chief executive has cultivated his image as an exemplar of American gun culture, but video of his clumsy marksmanship—and details regarding his Rodeo Drive shopping trips—tells another story.
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris' book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’ — GOP officials retweet bogus story about Kamala Harris' children's book — Washington (CNN)The New York Post temporarily deleted, and then edited and republished …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A New York Post story about Kamala Harris triggered conservative outrage. Almost all of it was wrong. Now the reporter has resigned. — A longtime New York Post reporter said she has resigned after being “ordered” to write a false story that claimed undocumented minors were being welcomed …
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Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
NY Post Reporter Quits: I Was ‘Ordered’ to Write False Story About Kamala Harris — “An incorrect story I was ordered to write and which I failed to push back hard enough against... was my breaking point,” reporter Laura Italiano confessed Tuesday. — The New York Post reporter whose byline …
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Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Reporter resigns from NY Post over Harris book story — A reporter for the New York Post whose byline appeared on a story suggesting that copies of a book by Vice President Harris was given to children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border has resigned. — Laura Italiano announced on Twitter …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
JUST IN: NY Post Reporter Who Wrote False Story on Kamala Harris Books Resigns, Says She Was ‘Ordered’ to Write It
JUST IN: NY Post Reporter Who Wrote False Story on Kamala Harris Books Resigns, Says She Was ‘Ordered’ to Write It
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Politico:
Exclusive: Read Anita Dunn's memo to Democrats — With help from Allie Bice and Daniel Payne — Welcome to POLITICO's 2021 Transition Playbook, your guide to the first 100 days of the Biden administration — The Biden White House has a message for congressional Democrats and allies: eating the rich is popular — so act like it.
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Ben Steverman / Bloomberg:
America's Ultra-Rich Fear Biden Will Close Their Favorite Tax Loopholes
America's Ultra-Rich Fear Biden Will Close Their Favorite Tax Loopholes
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Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC says fully vaccinated Americans can go without masks outdoors, except in crowded settings — Even unvaccinated individuals may forego masks when walking, jogging or biking outdoors with household members. — Federal health officials said Tuesday that fully vaccinated Americans …
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Philip Klein / National Review:
CDC's New Outdoor Mask Guidance Is a Joke
CDC's New Outdoor Mask Guidance Is a Joke
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Choosing Safer Activities Choosing Safer Activities
Choosing Safer Activities Choosing Safer Activities
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New York Times:
‘This Is a Catastrophe.’ In India, Illness Is Everywhere. — As India suffers the world's worst coronavirus crisis, our New Delhi bureau chief describes the fear of living amid a disease spreading at such scale and speed. — NEW DELHI — Crematories are so full of bodies, it's as if a war just happened.
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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 …
Justice News:
Former White House Adviser Arrested For Stealing $218,000 From Charter Schools He Founded — Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation …
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Anshel Pfeffer / Haaretz:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and then-acting Justice Minister Benny Gantz in the Knesset earlier this month.Credit: ALEX KOLOMOISKY - AFP — Some pundits are calling Benjamin Netanyahu's attempt on Tuesday to carry out an “illegal” ministerial appointment “the worst constitutional crisis in Israeli history.
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Glenn Greenwald:
CNN's New “Reporter,” Natasha Bertrand, is a Deranged Conspiracy Theorist and Scandal-Plagued CIA Propagandist — In the U.S. corporate media, the surest way to advance is to loyally spread lies and deceit from the U.S. security state. Bertrand is just the latest example. — 3 hr ago
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Politico:
Inside Biden's bubble: How an insular White House has kept drama and leaks at a minimum — One hundred days into the Biden administration, the White House is a tight ship run by a cadre of longtime Biden loyalists. — When President Joe Biden sat in his first Oval Office briefing to discuss …
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Bidens to visit Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter while in Georgia
Bidens to visit Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter while in Georgia
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
In Sworn Testimony in Inauguration Scandal Case, Donald Trump Jr. Made Apparently False Statements — On February 11, Donald Trump Jr. sat in front of his computer for a video deposition. He swore to tell the truth. But documents and a video obtained by Mother Jones—and recent legal filings …
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David K. Li / NBC News:
Andrew Brown Jr. shot five times, once in back of head, according to family-backed autopsy … The Black man who died during an attempted arrest in North Carolina last week was shot five times, including once in the back of the head, his family said Tuesday.
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Politico:
How Trump's renewed election rhetoric is complicating Capitol rioters' legal fight — The fanatical Donald Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol in January are facing an unexpected obstacle to their freedom: Trump himself. — Trump's refusal to accept the reality that he lost the 2020 election …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
At 100 days, Americans see Biden as more moderate than Obama — WASHINGTON — Americans perceive Joe Biden as more moderate than Barack Obama at the same stage of his presidency, a new survey shows, even as progressive activists say the incumbent is governing to the left of the former president.
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CNN:
Murkowski challenger wrote in support of ‘ex-gay’ organization and posts on evils of ‘addictive’ witchcraft and ‘Twilight’ — (CNN)Kelly Tshibaka, a Republican Senate candidate seeking to challenge Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in 2022, once wrote in support of an “ex-gay” …
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New York Times:
Norton Takes Philip Roth Biography Out of Print — The publisher also said it would make a donation to sexual abuse organizations equal to the advance it paid Blake Bailey, the author accused of sexual assault. — W.W. Norton said in a memo to its staff on Tuesday that it will permanently …
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Associated Press:
New GOP law in Iowa flags 294,000 voters as inactive because they didn't vote in the last election — Democrats argued Iowa's changes are too aggressive and will wrongly categorize eligible voters — IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of 17-year-olds who could not cast ballots in the 2020 election …
NBC News:
After 100 days out of office, Trump's support softens in NBC News poll — WASHINGTON — Out of office, off of Twitter, still complaining about the election results — the last 100 days or so haven't been kind to Donald Trump, our new national NBC News poll finds.
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Prosecutors Are Said to Have Sought Aggressive Approach to Capitol Riot Inquiry — Their proposal was quashed amid concerns that it would violate First Amendment protections, people briefed on the plan said. — WASHINGTON — In the weeks after the deadly Capitol riot on Jan. 6 …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court's conservatives are quaking over cancel culture — The Court's right flank is afraid that the monster under their bed will cancel them. — Here's a quote from someone who, not that long ago, was widely considered to be on the cutting edge of conservative thinking about the law:
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Ben Leonard / Politico:
No designated survivor for Biden's first joint address to Congress — With attendance limited due to the pandemic, many Cabinet officials won't be in the Capitol for the speech. — Amid the coronavirus pandemic, attendance for President Joe Biden's speech will be limited to 200 lawmakers.
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Cindy McCain talks about Hunter Biden, sacrifices and Meghan in new interview — Cindy McCain, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), discussed her own battle with opioid addiction while criticizing the treatment of President Biden's son Hunter in a new podcast on Tuesday.
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
GOP Lawmakers Release Surprisingly Great COVID-19 Vaccine Ad — “The only way to protect ourselves and your loved ones ― and to end the government's restrictions on our freedoms ― is to take action and get the vaccine,” a group of Republican doctors urged constituents in a new video.
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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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Julia Moskin / New York Times:
At Blaine Wetzel's Willows Inn, Employees Report Years of Workplace Abuse — Globe-trotting diners flock to the Willows Inn's serene Northwest setting. But former employees say faked ingredients, sexual harassment and an abusive kitchen are the real story.
Washington Post:
The county where Black women hold power — a few miles from the White House — The hallway was lined with sharply dressed Black women, awaiting the new administration's first cabinet meeting. — Who are they, the deputy fire chief wondered that December day in 2018.
Washington Post:
Washington Post Magazine seeks pitches for underreported stories in communities across the country — The Washington Post Magazine is looking for journalists to contribute to a special issue about the diminished state of local and community news in the United States.
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Arizona secretary of state on GOP election audit: ‘This seems like such a farce’ — Arizona GOP's desperate attempt to prove election fraud sparks outcry — (CNN)Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs on Monday criticized the ongoing Republican election audit of the 2020 ballots …
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