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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and TheBlaze
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
JUST IN: NY Post Reporter Who Wrote False Story on Kamala Harris Books Resigns, Says She Was ‘Ordered’ to Write It
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.
Bloomberg:
Biden to Omit Estate-Tax Expansion From Coming Economic Plan  — ‘American Families Plan’ to span range of individual tax hikes  — Plan has higher capital gains, but not estate-tax expansion  —  President Joe Biden and his economic team are planning to forgo an expansion of the estate tax …
Discussion: CNN, Townhall and Raw Story
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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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Josh Barro / Insider:   If people give you trouble about not wearing a mask outside, just ignore them
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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:   “Brink of anarchy”: Netanyahu ignores law to appoint loyalist justice minister
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
Discussion: Twitchy, Page Array, Fox News and Mediaite
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 …
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Bidens to visit Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter while in Georgia
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Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Benjamin Crump's intimidation strategy is already at work in the Andrew Brown case
Discussion: Townhall, Fox News and YouTube
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.
Discussion: CNBC and Political Wire
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 …
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” …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
‘Evil’ and ‘Psychotic’: Chris Hayes Hammers Tucker Carlson for Telling Audience to Call Cops on Kids Wearing Masks Outdoors  —  On Monday, Tucker Carlson issued a bizarre directive to his Fox News audience during a segment on mask-wearing, telling them to call the authorities …
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.
Discussion: Insider, HotAir, The Hill and Political Wire
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:
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and PBS NewsHour
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.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and NPR
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.
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.
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.
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 …
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Shelf Dealing: The Publishing/Politics Money Machine  —  Amy Coney Barrett's $2 million book deal raised eyebrows, but it's perfectly legal.  —  6 hr ago  —  AMY CONEY BARRETT'S got herself a book deal.  —  Sentinel, the conservative imprint of Penguin Random House that publishes …
Discussion: Raw Story and Forbes
 
 
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer waiting for recommendation on Supreme Court expansion
Discussion: National Review and IJR
Arthur Tarley / Current Affairs:
How the Media Helped Democrats Spin the Pandemic
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
MacCallum on trends in Census' Congress redistricting: Never seen ‘people move because of politics’
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Biden donors, friends and former aides expected on first slate of high-profile ambassadors
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Crowds and Power  —  Rewarding Compliance, Criminalizing Dissent
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Most satisfied with Chauvin verdict, but partisans divide
Rebecca Panovka / The Drift:
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Sarah Kolinovsky / ABC News:
Biden nominates Texas sheriff to be ICE director
Alison Durkee / Forbes:
World Opinion Of U.S. Shoots Up After Biden Takes Office, Poll Finds
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