Top Items:
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Forced to Choose Between Trump's “Big Lie” and Liz Cheney, the House G.O.P. Chooses the Lie — “Liz is a living reproach to all these cowards,” a friend of Cheney's said, but the cowards have the votes. — On January 11, 2017, Donald Trump held his first Presidential press conference following …
Discussion:
American Greatness, Associated Press, The Week, The Daily Caller, Informed Comment, Raw Story, LifeZette, Zenger News, The Hill, Daily Kos and Washington Post
RELATED:
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
MAGAworld pans Stefanik — Donald Trump has called Elise Stefanik “a new Republican star,” a “smart communicator” and — perhaps his highest praise — “tough.” — But the MAGA faithful aren't so sure. — Within minutes of Trump's endorsement of the New York congresswoman for GOP conference chair …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, CNN, The Week, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, HotAir, Slate, Forbes and USA Today
David Siders / Politico:
How Trump is hunting down the GOP's leading families — In his attempt to exercise full dominion over the Republican Party, Donald Trump has reserved a special fury for the dynasties that helped shape it. — In the civil war between Donald Trump and the GOP's waning establishment …
Discussion:
Fox News, ABC News, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Raw Story, Michael-In-Norfolk and RealClearPolitics
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden once asserted Republicans would have an ‘epiphany.’ Now he admits he doesn't understand them. — Joe Biden was speaking in a barn to a sparse campaign crowd in Iowa when he offered a prediction. “If we defeat Donald Trump,” he said that summer day in 2019, “you're going to see, as we say in southern Delaware, an altar call.
Discussion:
Politico, McClatchy Washington Bureau, Digby's Hullabaloo, CNN, Mediaite, Breitbart and NBC News
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Liz Cheney Confronts a House of Cowards
Discussion:
CNN, Politico, Mediaite, Raw Story and Real Clear Politics
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
When Trump's Next Coup Happens, the Republican Party Will Fully Support It
Discussion:
The Bulwark, The Week, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Townhall and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Auditioning to replace Cheney, Stefanik calls Trump ‘the strongest supporter’ of the Constitution.
Discussion:
The American Spectator, USA Today, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Raw Story, Florida Politics, The Dispatch, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, CNN, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Iowa Capital Dispatch, Talking Points Memo, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Steve Bannon's War Room and CBS News
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won't run for reelection — By J.D. Capelouto - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wilborn P. Nobles III - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Greg Bluestein - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — In a stunning announcement Thursday night …
RELATED:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Why Keisha Bottoms isn't running for election - and who might jump in now — Politics is a fickle beast. In the span of two years, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has gone from one of President Joe Biden's most prominent surrogates — important enough to get vetted as a potential VP pick …
Discussion:
UPI, New York Post and The Hill
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Doubles Down on Batsh** Vaccine Fearmongering, Blames Biden For His Inability to Understand Facts — Fox News' Tucker Carlson gets great ratings, frequently beating the competition in his timeslot. You'd think that he would have a vested interest in keeping his audience members alive …
Discussion:
Raw Story and The Daily Beast
RELATED:
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sean Hannity used to rule Fox. But in the post-Trump era, Tucker Carlson is king
Discussion:
POLITICUSUSA
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Twitter suspends account that was posting Trump statements — Twitter suspended an account on Thursday that appeared to be circumventing their ban on former President Donald Trump by posting messages he shared on his own website. — The move was more evidence that the social media behemoth …
Discussion:
BBC, spiked, The Daily Caller, Politico, Talking Points Memo, 77 WABC, Reuters, Townhall, Washington Examiner, TheBlaze, IJR, Fox News, Insider, UPI, The Week, One America News Network, Breitbart and The Western Journal
RELATED:
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Facebook told to investigate its role in insurrection
Discussion:
mailchi.mp
The Daily Beast:
Melinda Gates Warned Bill About Jeffrey Epstein — After a secret meeting between the couple and the wealthy sex offender, Melinda was furious and told friends she wanted nothing to do with Epstein, The Daily Beast has learned. … Melinda Gates met with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein alongside …
Discussion:
Raw Story, The Daily Caller and The Atlantic
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
F.E.C. Drops Case Reviewing Trump Hush-Money Payments to Women — The case had examined whether Donald Trump violated election law with a $130,000 payment shortly before the 2016 election to a pornographic-film actress by his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.
Discussion:
The Week, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Law & Crime and Washington Examiner
RELATED:
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
FEC drops investigation into Trump hush money payments
Discussion:
KIFI-TV and Washington Times
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Jenner has hangar pains after Hannity interview — OAKLAND — Move over French Laundry, there's a new social media obsession: Hangar Guy. — GOP recall candidate Caitlyn Jenner may have played right into Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's hands when she lamented on Fox News …
Discussion:
National Review, Twitchy, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story and CBS News
Becky Sullivan / NPR:
New Study Estimates More Than 900,000 People Have Died Of COVID-19 In U.S. — A new study estimates that the number of people who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is more than 900,000, a number 57% higher than official figures. — Worldwide, the study's authors say …
Discussion:
Institute for Health Metrics …, The Week, TheBlaze and Washington Examiner
RELATED:
Helen Branswell / STAT:
New analysis finds global Covid death toll is double official estimates
Discussion:
Balloon Juice, Common Dreams, Forbes and Mock Paper Scissors
Insider:
Scientists have taught bees to smell the coronavirus. They can identify a case within seconds. — Dutch scientists have trained bees to smell COVID-19. — Every time the bees were exposed to an infected sample, they stuck out their tongues. — The animals could be a low-tech solution for identifying COVID-19 cases.
David Scheer / Bloomberg:
Dimon on Raising Taxes: 'Just Throwing Money, It Doesn't Work' — JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon urged lawmakers to spell out — very specifically — targets for building roads, funding college degrees and creating jobs if they embark on a massive spending spree to bolster the economy.
Discussion:
Balloon Juice
RELATED:
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Texas Democrats waging all-night fight against restrictive election bill — Texas Democrats are waging an all-night fight against a restrictive election bill, vowing to file more than 100 amendments in an effort to derail or limit the impact of legislation that would create criminal penalties …
Discussion:
CBS News, Fox News, Dallas Morning News and FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
RELATED:
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
‘We Build The Wall’ Co-Founder Kolfage Indicted in Tax Case — Kolfage charged in Florida after facing New York indictment — Trump pardoned Bannon in ‘We Build the Wall’ fraud case — Brian Kolfage, whose work with Stephen Bannon to raise money for a U.S.-Mexico border wall resulted …
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, CNN, Raw Story and Insider
BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Is Worried Starbucks May Delete Its Page Over Hateful Comments — Facebook is scrambling to prevent Starbucks from leaving its platform after the world's largest coffee company said it was dismayed by hateful comments left on its posts about racial and social justice issues.
Olivia Messer / Study Hall:
The COVID Reporters Are Not Okay. Extremely Not Okay. — An underprepared industry is losing a generation of journalists to despair, trauma and moral injury as they cover the story of a lifetime. — When I told my editors at The Daily Beast that I needed to quit my job …
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
The Secret Papers of Lee Atwater, Who Invented the Scurrilous Tactics That Trump Normalized — An infamous Republican political operative's unpublished memoir shows how the Party came to embrace lies, racial fearmongering, and winning at any cost. — It's a Washington axiom …
Discussion:
Raw Story
New York Times:
Long March 5B, a Chinese Rocket, Expected to Tumble Back to Earth — The chances of it hitting a populated area are small, but not zero. That has raised questions about how the country's space program designs its missions. — No, you are almost certainly not going to be hit by a 10-story …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Al Jazeera, NPR, Breitbart, The Verge, Insider and The Guardian
BBC:
Covid: Putin says Sputnik vaccines ‘reliable as Kalashnikovs’ — President Vladimir Putin has heralded Russia's vaccine offering as “reliable as a Kalashnikov assault rifle”. — The comment was made during a video conference on Thursday with Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova.
Discussion:
Associated Press
David Brooks / New York Times:
Our Pathetic Herd Immunity Failure — Could today's version of America have been able to win World War II? It hardly seems possible. — That victory required national cohesion, voluntary sacrifice for the common good and trust in institutions and each other.
Discussion:
Washington Post and The Bulwark
Cathy Merrill / Washington Post:
As a CEO, I worry about the erosion of office culture with more remote work … Cathy Merrill is chief executive of Washingtonian Media. — Like many of my fellow small-business owners, I am excited about the prospect of returning to in-person work but am struggling with when and how to safely reopen …
Taylor Dolven / Miami Herald:
DeSantis ban on vaccine proof may send one company's cruise ships out of Florida — If Florida won't allow Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for passengers and crew, the company's CEO says it will take its ships elsewhere.
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
On the Ground … Diversity Over Discovery — Biden's war on merit puts America's scientific edge at risk. — Politics and law — The Social Order — President Joe Biden has now taken the push for “diversity” in STEM to a new level. His candidate to head the Department …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
Arizona Review of 2020 Vote Is Riddled With Flaws, Says Secretary of State — Arizona's top election official said the effort ordered by Republican state senators leaves ballots unattended and lacks basic safeguards to protect the process from manipulation.
Discussion:
Washington Post, CBS News, The Guardian, Common Dreams, IJR and Daily Kos
Maria Cramer / New York Times:
The Pandemic Has Changed Their Shower Habits. How About Yours? — Some people said they started bathing less during the pandemic. As long as no one complains, they say they plan to keep the new habit. — Robin Harper, an administrative assistant at a preschool on Martha's Vineyard, grew up showering every day.
Discussion:
The Root
ABC News:
‘Trumpy, Trumpier and Trumpiest’: Virginia GOP to vote on nominee for governor in post-Trump era — The crowded race is an early test of the lasting strength of Trumpism. — The battle over IDs at the ballot box — ABC News' Devin Dwyer reports on groups working to help voters without identification …
Discussion:
New York Times, Washington Times and The Dispatch
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Gov. Walz Says Politicization Around Masks 'One Of The Worst Things That's Happened To This Country' And ‘It Cost Lives’ — MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — During a press conference outlining his plan to end most COVID-19 restrictions, Gov. Tim Walz spoke out about the politicization around masks, saying “it cost lives.”
Discussion:
The Hill, Alpha News and Minnesota Reformer
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 — 
