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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump launches new communications platform months after Twitter, Facebook ban — The space will allow Trump to post comments, images, and videos
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Wall Street Journal:
Purging Liz Cheney — GOP leaders shouldn't have to lie about 2020 to keep their job. — By The Editorial Board — This should be a hopeful moment for House Republicans. While they're playing defense in the minority for now, their prospects for picking up the five net seats they need …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy — President Biden's early success in getting Americans vaccinated, pushing out stimulus checks and generally calming the surface of American life has been a blessing for the country. But it's also lulled many into thinking …
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Kadia Goba / Axios:
Scoop: McCarthy trashes Cheney on hot mic — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday he's “lost confidence” in Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) during a moment of candor caught on a hot mic, a tape reviewed by Axios shows. — What he's saying: “I think she's got real problems …
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New York Times:
House Republicans Have Had Enough of Liz Cheney's Truth-Telling — Conservative lawmakers are plotting a fresh bid to dethrone Ms. Cheney from her leadership post. Her transgression: continued repudiation of Donald J. Trump and his false election claims. — WASHINGTON — The first time defenders …
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Axios:
Trump and inner circle hang on Facebook verdict — Donald Trump and his inner circle are anxiously awaiting Facebook's decision about whether to reinstate him to the platform, viewing it as the propellant for an increasingly likely second presidential campaign in 2024.
Politico:
'It really f—ks the other ‘24 wannabes’: How Facebook could give Trump a huge boost — Former President Donald Trump's potential reemergence on Facebook this week could dramatically upend politics. But it's not the megaphone the platform offers him — it's the money.
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Marjorie Taylor Greene might have helped Liz Cheney survive this long — Good Wednesday morning. Happy Cinco de Mayo 🎉 - and five year anniversary to Trump's taco bowl tweet. Wonder if that's what they ate for dinner last night at Mar-a-Lago.... This is the Power Up newsletter; thanks for waking up with us.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The effort to dump Liz Cheney is the consequence of a party that lost its way
The effort to dump Liz Cheney is the consequence of a party that lost its way
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: House GOP set to dump Cheney for Stefanik
POLITICO Playbook: House GOP set to dump Cheney for Stefanik
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Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Facebook Ban Hurt Trump in Surprising Ways
The Facebook Ban Hurt Trump in Surprising Ways
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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Facebook Oversight Board Set to Rule on Trump Ban
Facebook Oversight Board Set to Rule on Trump Ban
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
What the Oversight Board Should Do With Trump
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Judge Says Barr Misled on How His Justice Dept. Viewed Trump's Actions — Judge Amy Berman Jackson said in a ruling that the misleading statements were similar to others that William P. Barr, the former attorney general, had made about the Mueller investigation.
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Secret William Barr memo saying not to charge Trump must be released, judge says — A federal judge this week rejected the Justice Department's attempts to keep secret a departmental opinion to not charge former President Donald Trump with obstruction at the end of the Mueller investigation …
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
The U.S. Birthrate Has Dropped Again. The Pandemic May Be Accelerating the Decline. — Over all, the birthrate declined by 4 percent in 2020. Births were down most sharply in December, when babies conceived at the start of the health crisis would have been born.
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Rich Mendez / CNBC:
U.S. birth and fertility rates dropped to another record low in 2020, CDC says
U.S. birth and fertility rates dropped to another record low in 2020, CDC says
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UPI, Outside the Beltway and Political Wire
Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Births in U.S. Drop to Levels Not Seen Since 1979
Births in U.S. Drop to Levels Not Seen Since 1979
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National Review
Larry McShane / New York Daily News:
Please buy this newspaper: A Daily News reporter begs a local owner to rescue the tabloid from Alden Global Capital — Like any good tabloid headline, it's simple, snappy and succinct: DAILY NEWS NEEDS NEW OWNER. — And not just any owner: a New York owner, someone who knows the city …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Jared Kushner founds “Abraham Accords Institute” — Jared Kushner is founding an organization called the Abraham Accords Institute for Peace, to work on deepening the normalization agreements he helped strike between Israel and Arab countries. — The big picture: The Abraham Accords …
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Insider
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden weighs posting LA Mayor Garcetti to India — President Biden is considering naming Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to a high-profile ambassadorship, possibly India, people familiar with the matter tell Axios. — Why it matters: The potential exit of the Democratic executive …
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New York Times:
Why Democratic Departures From the House Have Republicans Salivating — A growing number of Democrats in battleground districts are retiring or leaving to seek higher office, imperiling the party's slim House majority and President Biden's expansive agenda.
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Politico:
Biden team prepares a Mike Lindell, yes, Mike Lindell oppo file — With help from Allie Bice and Daniel Payne — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people of the Biden administration. … President JOE BIDEN has kept his public focus on combating the pandemic and passing his infrastructure plan.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
DNC gathers opposition research on over 20 potential GOP presidential candidates
DNC gathers opposition research on over 20 potential GOP presidential candidates
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Jessica Winter / New Yorker:
The Allegations Against Blake Bailey and the Shock of the Familiar — As a teacher, Bailey was a type, a stock character, the sort whose behavior is often trailed by public silence. — In the opening pages of Philip Roth's novel “I Married a Communist,” from 1998, Nathan Zuckerman delivers …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Claire Williams / Morning Consult:
Biden's $1.8 Trillion American Families Plan Is Supported by Nearly 60% of Voters — While just 1 in 4 Republicans back the package, they expressed more support for the proposal's individual provisions — 86% of Democrats support Biden's plan, compared with 54% of independents and 25% of Republicans.
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The Hill
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC Poll: Georgians narrowly back Biden, but state remains polarized on many issues — EXCLUSIVE — Six months after the 2020 elections, a new poll suggests Georgians like the way President Joe Biden is responding to the coronavirus pandemic, but they are more divided on his economic proposals …
Lisa Bonos / Washington Post:
If Bill and Melinda Gates can't make a marriage work, what hope is there for the rest of us? — Just imagine how many hours of couples therapy you can afford when you're among the world's richest people. Or the shared sense of purpose you could forge while raising three children and running …
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Charles Sykes / Politico:
Paul Ryan, It's Time for You to Stand Up to Fox — Dear Paul: — I'm often asked whether we are still friends. I usually answer: Yes, but we're taking a break and seeing other people. — I'd like to talk to you about some of those other people today, specifically your colleagues at Fox.
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Signal Blog:
The Instagram ads Facebook won't show you — Companies like Facebook aren't building technology for you, they're building technology for your data. They collect everything they can from FB, Instagram, and WhatsApp in order to sell visibility into people and their lives.
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Rachel Metz / CNN:
Anyone can use this powerful facial-recognition tool — and that's a problem — (CNN Business)You probably haven't seen PimEyes, a mysterious facial-recognition search engine, but it may have spotted you. — If you upload a picture of your face to PimEyes' website, it will immediately show …
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Michael Tesler / FiveThirtyEight:
Republicans' Pessimistic Views On The Economy Have Little To Do With The Economy — In 2016, the media extensively covered Trump supporters' “economic anxiety.” Will this misperception continue in the lead-up to 2024? — Since Joe Biden became president, several surveys have found …
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
Massive family reunification effort starts with a mother and son at the border — An earlier version of this article incorrectly quoted attorney Carol Anne Donohoe as saying her law firm applied in February to bring Sandra Ortíz across the U.S. border and was denied.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Virginia GOP candidates for governor gear up for convention — Share to Facebook Share to Twitter — Virginia Republicans are gearing up for their party's gubernatorial nominating convention on Saturday in a race that could signal how the party plans to navigate the post-Trump era.
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Biden's next vaccination goal sounds modest — President Biden is once again setting exceedingly modest pandemic goals. — Yet it may be smart, given signs that vaccine demand appears to be on a serious decline in the United States. — The president has set a new goal for Independence Day.
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KFF:
Supply vs Demand: Which States are Reaching their COVID-19 Vaccine Tipping Points? — We recently estimated that the U.S. was close to its “COVID-19 vaccine tipping point” - that is, the point at which vaccine supply may start to outstrip demand. We also noted that national averages may mask important differences by state.
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USA Today and Washington Post
Brad Stone / Bloomberg:
The Untold Story of How Jeff Bezos Beat the Tabloids — When a gossip rag went after the CEO, he retaliated with the brutal, brilliant efficiency he used to build his business empire. In an exclusive excerpt from the new book Amazon Unbound comes an unrivaled tale of money, sex, and power.
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Steyer paid settlements to 5 former campaign staffers — Tom Steyer's short-lived presidential campaign has made more than $24,000 in settlement payments to five former campaign staffers in recent months. — The payments, which haven't been previously reported, came after two of the former …