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Oversight Board upholds former President Trump's suspension, finds Facebook failed to impose proper penalty — The Board has upheld Facebook's decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump's access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account.
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Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain:
Trump's New Blog Is a Trap — The only way to win is not to play … A Quick Thought on Facebook's Oversight Board Decision — This morning the Board delivered its long-awaited decision with this slippery, misleading headline: Oversight Board upholds former President Trump's suspension …
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New York Times, CNBC, IJR, Mediaite and POLITICUSUSA, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Facebook's Oversight Board upheld the social network's decision to ban Trump — Long-awaited ruling has implications for how social media companies govern speech by public officials and other powerful people — Facebook's Oversight Board on Wednesday upheld the social network's decision …
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Social Network's Ban of Trump — A company-appointed panel ruled that the ban was justified at the time but added that the company should reassess its action and make a final decision in six months. — SAN FRANCISCO — A Facebook-appointed panel of journalists …
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Insider, CBS News, Breaking News USA, Occupy Democrats, IJR, Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, Florida Politics, Fox 8 Cleveland WJW, Althouse, ABC7 and The Daily Beast
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Facebook Ban Hurt Trump in Surprising Ways
The Facebook Ban Hurt Trump in Surprising Ways
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Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, The Guardian and Washington Post
Politico:
Cheney isn't fighting McCarthy push to replace her in leadership — Liz Cheney is not fighting to hold onto her job as House GOP conference chair, even as top Republican leaders openly campaign to replace her in the No. 3 spot. — To the frustration of many fellow Republicans …
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Washington Examiner, Insider, CNN, The Hill, Donald J. Trump, Breitbart, New Republic, The Wrap, Mediaite and Salon
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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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The Bulwark, The Hill, Politico, HuffPost, The National Interest, Donald J. Trump, Breitbart, CNN, NBC News, The Week, Electoral-vote.com, Mediaite, TheBlaze, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Forbes and The Western Journal
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The effort to dump Liz Cheney is the consequence of a party that lost its way — The growing effort to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from the third-ranking Republican leadership position in the House further accelerates her party's full capitulation to Donald Trump's big lie about the 2020 election.
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Report: Trump, McCarthy, Scalise all back Elise Stefanik to replace Cheney in caucus leadership
Report: Trump, McCarthy, Scalise all back Elise Stefanik to replace Cheney in caucus leadership
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Washington Post, Breitbart, Fox News and Wall Street Journal
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ernst defends fellow Republican leader Cheney — but calls for intra-GOP peace
Ernst defends fellow Republican leader Cheney — but calls for intra-GOP peace
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Washington Examiner and National Review
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How GOP rage at Liz Cheney makes a future stolen election more likely
How GOP rage at Liz Cheney makes a future stolen election more likely
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VICE, New York Times, CNN, Slate, NPR, The American Conservative, Forbes, IJR, Bloomberg and Michael-In-Norfolk
Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
Kevin McCarthy's GOP is Tired of Hearing the Truth
Kevin McCarthy's GOP is Tired of Hearing the Truth
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Patterico's Pontifications, Townhall, Page Array and HotAir
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Liz Cheney's top donors stand with her despite Republicans' push to oust her from House leadership
Liz Cheney's top donors stand with her despite Republicans' push to oust her from House leadership
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The American Independent, Bloomberg, Fox News, The Hill, National Review, NBC News, Associated Press, Washington Times and New York Times
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Marjorie Taylor Greene might have helped Liz Cheney survive this long
Power Up: Marjorie Taylor Greene might have helped Liz Cheney survive this long
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Erick Erickson's Confessions …, Politico, Insider, National Review, The Western Journal, Forbes and RedState
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy
Trump's Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy
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Salon, Digby's Hullabaloo, CNN and Los Angeles Times
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Trump, House GOP leaders endorse Elise Stefanik to replace Liz Cheney
Trump, House GOP leaders endorse Elise Stefanik to replace Liz Cheney
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Washington Examiner, Insider, CBS News, The Hill, National Review, Associated Press, The Federalist, CNN and Talking Points Memo
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Peloton Recalls All Treadmills as CEO Apologizes — Home-fitness company now offering customers refunds, halts sales of Tread+ machine — Peloton Interactive Inc. has agreed to recall its treadmills, and its chief executive apologized for the company's initial refusal to comply …
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TMZ.com and New York Post
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:
CPSC and Peloton Announce: Recall of Tread+ Treadmills After One Child Death and 70 Incidents; Recall of Tread Treadmills Due to Risk of Injury
CPSC and Peloton Announce: Recall of Tread+ Treadmills After One Child Death and 70 Incidents; Recall of Tread Treadmills Due to Risk of Injury
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Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
Peloton recalling all treadmills after reports of injuries, one death
Peloton recalling all treadmills after reports of injuries, one death
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Gizmodo, CBS Pittsburgh, CBS Chicago, AppleInsider and CBS San Francisco
Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
Judge overturns federal pandemic eviction moratorium — A federal judge vacated the nationwide moratorium on evictions established last year to protect renters who could not pay their rent due to restrictions meant to limit the spread of the coronavirus. — “The pandemic has triggered …
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National Review and The Federalist
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Annie Nova / CNBC:
Federal judge overturns national eviction ban
Federal judge overturns national eviction ban
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Raw Story and Political Wire
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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Gizmodo, Washington Post, MacRumors, The Indian Express and Forbes, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy says he rented a ‘room’ — in a 7,000-square-foot penthouse — “Frank [Luntz] has been a friend of mine for more than 30 years. ... I've rented a room from Frank for a couple of months, but don't worry, I'm back to — going back to where I normally am, on my couch in my office.
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Breaking News USA, Mock Paper Scissors, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
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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CNN, The Guardian, The Intellectualist, Daily Kos, HotAir, Crooks and Liars, Raw Story, The Hill, Washington Examiner, The Week, Progressive Eruptions and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
There's an Extremely Stupid Reason Congress Doesn't Want a Good IRS — Yesterday, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen noted that, in this decade, uncollected federal taxes will amount to roughly $7 trillion. Former IRS commissioners Fred Goldberg and Charles Rossotti have calculated that …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Strongmen who got cozy with Trump get the cold shoulder from Biden — The Biden administration has zinged Russia and China over human rights and alleged thuggery against their neighbors, cut off some arms sales to Saudi Arabia, and stiff-armed Turkey's increasingly authoritarian leader.
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Washington Examiner and National Review
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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The American Independent, The Nation, Politico, HotAir, The Hill, New York Post and CNN
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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Washington Post, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, NPR, Human Events, The Daily Caller, National Review and The Hill
Jessica M. Goldstein / Washingtonian:
The Awkward Feeling of Rooting for the White House Press Secretary — Half of America is smitten with Jen Psaki, while a swath of the White House press corps sounds quite taken with how polite she is. — In her first three months on the job, White House press secretary Jen Psaki has yet …
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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The Times of Israel, Algemeiner.com and Insider
Reuters:
U.S. eyes nuclear reactor tax credit to meet climate goals -sources — The White House has signaled privately to lawmakers and stakeholders in recent weeks that it supports taxpayer subsidies to keep nuclear facilities from closing and making it harder to meet U.S. climate goals …
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Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Trump's spell over the media broke once he lost his megaphones — Social media interactions about former President Trump have fallen 91% since January, according to exclusive data from NewsWhip. — Why it matters: When Trump lost his social media accounts, he lost his once-immense power …
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Mock Paper Scissors
Michael Tesler / FiveThirtyEight:
Republicans' Pessimistic Views On The Economy Have Little To Do With The Economy — Since Joe Biden became president, several surveys have found a sharp rise in Republican pessimism about the economy. — This might seem surprising considering the national economy — which experienced …
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Nature at its craziest: Trillions of cicadas about to emerge — COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — Sifting through a shovel load of dirt in a suburban backyard, Michael Raupp and Paula Shrewsbury find their quarry: a cicada nymph. — And then another. And another. And four more.
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The Daily Caller and Fox 8 Cleveland WJW
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 …
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The Hill
CREW:
Trump family travel cost $140,000+ in just the first month post-presidency … Trump's adult children have cost taxpayers a lot of money over the years, but this time, it's different. CREW got records from the Secret Service that show that in just the thirty days after Donald Trump left the presidency …