Top Items:
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 …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Insider, NPR, Politico, New York Post, National Review, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Forbes, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, Crooks and Liars, Bloomberg, One America News Network, FOX40, Mediaite, Mother Jones, Twitchy, LifeZette, TheBlaze, Fox News, HuffPost and Blue Virginia
RELATED:
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Kevin McCarthy: Master of Strategery — Pushing our Liz McCarthy makes it easier to turn 2022 into another referendum on Trumpism. — Kevin McCarthy, apparently, thinks that if he can stop Liz Cheney from talking about former President Trump's promotion of the election lies that led to the January 6 riot …
Discussion:
The Hill, USA Today, Insider, Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Washington Times and Washington Examiner
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Are Purging Liz Cheney for Opposing Trump's Insurrection — In the few days after January 6, it appeared the Republican establishment that had tolerated four years of naked corruption and frequently undisguised racism had finally lost its patience with Donald Trump.
Discussion:
ABC News, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, National Review and Raw Story
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
The pro-Trump Republican trying to upstage Cheney — Jim Banks is the head of the House GOP's biggest caucus. He's also earning another unofficial title: shadow chair of the House GOP Conference. — The Indiana Republican, who's made no secret of his future leadership ambitions …
Discussion:
HuffPost, Axios, IJR, Washington Examiner, New Republic, National Review, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Talking Points Memo, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story, The Week, NBC News, CNN, Insider, Fox News and Breitbart
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
From the GOP Leadership: Help Wanted - Non-Threatening Female
Discussion:
Washington Post, HuffPost, CNN, TheBlaze, Occupy Democrats, The Hill, HotAir, IJR and POLITICUSUSA
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
McCarthy confirms living arrangements with Luntz after tip to Tucker Carlson
Discussion:
CNBC, Daily Mail, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, IJR and Mediaite
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney's biggest problem has nothing to do with Trump
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money, CNN and Washington Times
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Why Has Fox News Completely Ignored Trump and Liz Cheney's Battle Over ‘The Big Lie’?
Discussion:
The Daily Beast and HotAir
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
When will Liz Cheney and the GOP break up?
Discussion:
Insider, CNN, The Signorile Report, NBC News, Balloon Juice, The Hill, Bloomberg and Mediaite
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Tucker Carlson has a new GOP target
Discussion:
HotAir, IJR, Daily Kos and POLITICUSUSA
Chandelis Duster / CNN:
GOP candidate crushed after opposing Trump says party ‘not living up to this moment’
Discussion:
Bloomberg, The Hill, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA and Associated Press
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
The Liberals Who Can't Quit Lockdown — Lurking among the jubilant Americans venturing back out to bars and planning their summer-wedding travel is a different group: liberals who aren't quite ready to let go of pandemic restrictions. For this subset, diligence against COVID-19 remains …
Discussion:
Truth and Consequences and Breitbart
New York Times:
Giuliani's Legal Bills Are Growing. His Allies Want Trump to Pay Them. — As Rudolph Giuliani faces an escalating federal investigation and defamation suits, his advisers believe he should benefit from a $250 million Trump campaign war chest. — As a federal investigation …
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Crooks and Liars and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
The Yeshiva World:
Former NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Has Been Released Early From Prison — Sources tell YWN that NY Assemblyman Sheldon Silver has been released from prison and is on his way home. He was released five years earlier than his six year sentence. His original release date was March 10, 2026.
RELATED:
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
AP source: Sheldon Silver released from prison on furlough
Discussion:
The Hill, NBC New York and CBS New York
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
How Democrats can get a voting rights bill through the Senate — Senate Democrats have their marching orders: The caucus leadership has vowed to pass a national voting rights bill that will curb changes Republicans have made in the states that will make it harder to vote for too many Americans.
Discussion:
Crooks and Liars, Vox and Raw Story
RELATED:
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney / The Hill:
To get things done for the American people, Democrats must end the Senate filibuster
Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
CNN's Don Lemon Slams Santorum's Non-Apology For Racist Comments: ‘It Was Horrible’ — CNN anchor Don Lemon raked former GOP senator-turned-CNN contributor Rick Santorum (R-PA) over the coals on Monday night after Santorum refused to apologize for his racist comments downplaying European settlers' genocide of Native Americans.
Discussion:
The Wrap, Crooks and Liars, IJR, The Root, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Washington Examiner and Twitchy
RELATED:
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Furious’ Don Lemon Loses His Cool After Chris Cuomo Has Rick Santorum On
Discussion:
Raw Story
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Yamiche Alcindor Is Named Host of ‘Washington Week’ on PBS — She succeeds Robert Costa at a program best known as the longtime home of the anchor Gwen Ifill. — Last month, when Yamiche Alcindor learned she would become the next moderator of the PBS current-affairs show “Washington Week …
Discussion:
WETA, RedState, The Federalist, Variety, Washingtonian, The Hill, TVNewser, Twitchy and The Wrap, more at Mediagazer »
Ariel Zilber / Associated Press:
Derek Chauvin juror LIED about protest: Cop's hope of appeal boosted after picture emerges of juror at BLM rally wearing ‘Get Your Knee Off Our Necks’ T-shirt despite telling court he'd never been on a march — Brandon Mitchell was one of 12 jurors who convicted Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin …
Discussion:
The New Neo, Washington Times, Fox News, WCCO | CBS Minnesota and Twitchy
RELATED:
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Rising Diversity Might Not Help Democrats as Much as They Hope — Voters of color make up an increasing percentage of the United States electorate, but that trend isn't hurting Republicans as much as conservatives fear. — The Census Bureau released two important sets of data last week …
David Zweig / New York Magazine:
Experts: CDC's Summer-Camp Rules Are ‘Cruel’ and ‘Irrational’ — From the peak on January 8 to today, following the trajectory of new COVID cases in the U.S. is like a descent on the Matterhorn. The mortality rate has taken a similar plunge over the past few months.
Discussion:
Reason
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Are the Bidens giants? Are the Carters tiny? Or are our eyes failing us? — On first glance, the photograph seems typical enough. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden kneel beside their predecessors in the White House, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, during a trip to Georgia last week.
Discussion:
Breitbart, Fox News, The Guardian, 77 WABC, Townhall, spectator.us, ABC7 and Snopes.com
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
Insider:
Former MI6 spy Christopher Steele produced a 2nd unverified dossier about Trump while he was president, report says — Christopher Steele compiled a second unverified dossier about Trump during his presidency, The Telegraph reported. — The second document reportedly contains further claims of Russian meddling and sex tapes.
Discussion:
HotAir
RELATED:
Robert Mendick / Telegraph:
MI6 spy Christopher Steele ‘produced second dossier on Donald Trump for FBI’
Discussion:
The Rectification of Names, Crooks and Liars and Raw Story
The Intercept:
Claims by Scott Stringer Accuser Unravel as Progressives Flee New York Mayoral Candidate … In the wake of the allegations made by Tara Reade against then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2020, Maya Wiley co-authored a thoughtful essay framing how to respond to such claims in a fraught time.
Discussion:
Gothamist and New York Times
The Guardian:
‘Out-of-control’ Chinese rocket falling to Earth could partially survive re-entry — Long March 5B is doing 27,600km/h in failing orbit, with eventual crash site unknown, after launching space station hub — Part of a huge rocket that launched China's first module for its Tianhe space station …
Discussion:
CBS News, Breitbart, Snopes.com, UPI, The Daily Caller and Fox News
Will Carless / USA Today:
Proud Boys saw wave of contributions from Chinese diaspora before Capitol attack — The donations started coming in about 10 p.m. on Dec. 17. — A donor named Li Zhang gave $100. A few minutes later, someone named Jun Li donated $100. Then Hao Xu gave $20, followed shortly by $25 from a Ying Pei.
Kirsten Grind / Wall Street Journal:
Inside ‘Facebook Jail’: The Secret Rules That Put Users in the Doghouse — The site's Oversight Board is expected to rule on Donald Trump's case Wednesday. Breaking Facebook's rules can mean removed posts and blocked privileges, but a vast number of guidelines aren't made public.
Lynn Vavreck / New York Times:
$100 as an Incentive to Get a Shot? Experiment Suggests It Can Pay Off. — A cash reward works best with Democrats, and relaxing safety guidelines seems to motivate Republicans, a survey study shows. — What's the best way to persuade the millions of Americans who are still unvaccinated against Covid-19 to get their shots?
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
White House will make unordered vaccine supply available to other states — Unordered doses will go into a federal bank available each week to states where demand continues to outstrip supply. — The White House on Tuesday told states that coronavirus vaccine supply they choose not to order …
Discussion:
Insider, CNN, Forbes, Judicial Watch and Political Wire
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge orders release of DOJ memo justifying not prosecuting Trump — A federal judge has ordered the release of a key Justice Department memo supporting former Attorney William Barr's conclusion that former President Donald Trump should not be prosecuted for obstruction of justice …
Discussion:
Insider and Washington Times
CNN:
CIA briefing to lawmakers on suspected energy attacks turned contentious — A briefing on suspected energy attacks on US intelligence officers turned contentious last week, two sources told CNN, as senators demanded more information about the mysterious incidents from the CIA and accountability for how the agency has handled them.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Inside the all-hands meeting that led to a third of Basecamp employees quitting … I. — At 8AM PT on Friday, a bleary-eyed Basecamp CEO Jason Fried gathered his remote workforce together on Zoom to apologize. Four days earlier, he had thrown the company into turmoil by announcing that …
Discussion:
The Daily Caller and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Whatever Happened to ‘the Clinton Kid’? — On the morning of April 19, Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson posed on the steps of the statehouse in Little Rock, a big grin spread across his face. He was greeting guests who had come out to kick off “Save AR Students,” a campaign sponsored …
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
What the Republican Party Needs vs. What It Wants — A failed congressional candidate in Texas told Republicans truths they needed to hear, but didn't want to. — Welcome to the Tuesday, a weekly newsletter about thus and such and whatnot, language and politics and culture, and other things.
Discussion:
CNN
Reuters:
Senior Swiss diplomat in Iran found dead after fall from high-rise — The first secretary at the Swiss embassy in Tehran was found dead on Tuesday after falling from a high-rise building where she lived in the north of the city, a spokesman for emergency services was quoted as saying by Iranian news agencies.
Discussion:
BBC, The Guardian, The Western Journal, CBS News, Breitbart, Al Jazeera, The Daily Caller, Insider and Fox News
Gaby Del Valle / Eater:
The Lie of ‘No One Wants to Work’ — Amid reports of a restaurant industry “labor shortage,” employees say all they really want are wages that makes the risk worth it — After eight years in the restaurant industry, Estefanía decided she'd had enough.
Discussion:
HuffPost
Noga Tarnopolsky / Washington Post:
Netanyahu is desperate, unhinged and totally uninterested in governing — Unable to claim a mandate, the Israeli prime minister is trying to cling to power anyway — In the end, it took only four days to settle a matter that has hovered over Israel for years: How far would Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
