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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 …
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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 …
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David Siders / Politico:
How Trump is hunting down the GOP's leading families — In the civil war between Donald Trump and the GOP's waning establishment, no Republican has crossed the former president and come out ahead. — Yet as Rep. Liz Cheney's likely ouster from House leadership lays bare …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scarred DeSantis staffers form a support group — DRIVING THE DAY — There may be turbulence ahead for Rep. ELISE STEFANIK as she wrestles the GOP leadership post from Rep. LIZ CHENEY (R-Wyo.) next week. DONALD TRUMP is sold on the New York Republican after her unbending show …
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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 …
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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 …
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Axios:
Institutionalizing Trumpism — Republican officials are rendering an unequivocal verdict: They want to cement former President Trump's politics and policies into the foundation of the GOP for many years to come. — Why it matters: The debate over Trump's post-election hold on the GOP is over …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Liz Cheney Confronts a House of Cowards
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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 …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sean Hannity used to rule Fox. But in the post-Trump era, Tucker Carlson is king
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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 …
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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.
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Texas Democrats waging all-night fight against restrictive election bill
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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 …
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
New analysis finds global Covid death toll is double official estimates
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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 …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Facebook told to investigate its role in insurrection
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Giovanni Russonello / New York Times:
Polling's Prognosis: Wary Conservatives and Eager Liberals — A new report points to another problem with surveys: liberals with strong political views who are almost too willing to be polled. — Political pollsters know they're having trouble reaching entire swaths of the Trump-supporting electorate …
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Louis Keene / The Forward:
‘They Own The Media’: New Van Morrison song amplifies antisemitic trope — Legendary singer-songwriter Van Morrison released a new song on streaming platforms Thursday whose title espouses a classic antisemitic trope. — The lyrics of the song, “They Own The Media,” never indicate who the pronoun in its title refers to.
CNN:
‘Not who we are as a country’: Elise Stefanik once harshly blasted Trump's rhetoric and policies — (CNN)New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, one of former President Donald Trump's loudest defenders in Congress, once harshly attacked Trump over both his rhetoric and policies, claiming that she'd be an “independent voice.”
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
When Trump's Next Coup Happens, the Republican Party Will Fully Support It — Throughout the Trump era, Republican Party officials and its professional class have gone through a constant and frequently vicious internecine struggle, pitting the small, but well-placed, bloc of anti-Trump elites …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Economy picked up 266,000 jobs in April, fewer than expected as economy tries to rebound — A growing fight between the White House and Republicans over workers and incentives has cast a new light on the labor market — The U.S. economy added just 266,000 jobs in April …
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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.
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Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
Biden Is Going To Scrap A Trump-Era Plan To Force Immigrants To Submit Eye Scans, Voice Prints, And DNA — The Biden administration on Friday will scrap a Trump-era proposal that sought to dramatically expand the number of immigrants required to submit biometrics for their applications …
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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 …
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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 …
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.
Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden's fiscal (and other) follies — Conservatives don't have a monopoly on gloom and doom. For confirmation of this, one need only look at the Malthusian Left's repeated, and repeatedly mistaken, predictions that global warming, now known as climate change, is about to extinguish life on Earth.
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 …
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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.
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