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The Daily Beast:
Rep. Matt Gaetz Snorted Cocaine With Escort Who Had ‘No Show’ Gov't Job — GRAND OL' PARTY … Witnesses revealed the wild scene at an after-party for a GOP fundraiser in Orlando. — When Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a 2019 GOP fundraiser in Orlando, his date that night was someone he knew well …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Former Gaetz Confidant Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Cooperate — Joel Greenberg, a former tax collector in Florida, admitted to sex trafficking a minor and agreed to help in prosecutions of others. — A former confidant of Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida …
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Yascha Mounk / Persuasion:
Take Off That Mask — If you are fully vaccinated, the time to resume normal life is now. — 1 hr ago — Yesterday evening, I went out to dinner with a few friends. Since it had gotten a little chilly, and we are all fully vaccinated, we decided, on the spur of the moment, to dine indoors.
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HotAir, Balloon Juice, Outside the Beltway and New York Times
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Shefali Luthra / The 19th:
Parents are vaccinated, kids can't be. That complicates the new masks-off guidance.
Parents are vaccinated, kids can't be. That complicates the new masks-off guidance.
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Los Angeles Times, KIFI-TV and Washington Examiner
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Trader Joe's will no longer require customers to wear masks
Trader Joe's will no longer require customers to wear masks
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Breitbart, WOOD-TV, The Gateway Pundit and who13.com
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Walmart to Stop Requiring Masks for Vaccinated Workers and Shoppers
Walmart to Stop Requiring Masks for Vaccinated Workers and Shoppers
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The Right Scoop and National Review
Jason Campbell / Media Matters for America:
Fox News says new CDC recommendations on mask wearing are just a distraction
Fox News says new CDC recommendations on mask wearing are just a distraction
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Washington Examiner, Centers for Disease Control … and KIFI-TV
David Rutz / Fox News:
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on new CDC guidelines: Need to ‘rewire’ myself to not see unmasked people as ‘a threat’
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on new CDC guidelines: Need to ‘rewire’ myself to not see unmasked people as ‘a threat’
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Townhall, BizPac Review, RedState and Twitchy
Kelly Tyko / USA Today:
Trader Joe's is one of the first stores to drop mask requirement for fully vaccinated customers after CDC mask update
Trader Joe's is one of the first stores to drop mask requirement for fully vaccinated customers after CDC mask update
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The Hill, KIFI-TV, The Columbus Dispatch, Reason and TheBlaze
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Some retailers will still require masks in stores, despite new CDC guidelines
Some retailers will still require masks in stores, despite new CDC guidelines
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Washington Post, Breitbart, Forbes and Joe.My.God.
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
There's No Vaccine Against the Irrational Fear of Monsters
There's No Vaccine Against the Irrational Fear of Monsters
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Twitchy, HotAir, Washington Post, HuffPost and New York Times
BuzzFeed News:
We Found Joe Biden's Secret Venmo. Here's Why That's A Privacy Nightmare For Everyone. — BuzzFeed News found President Joe Biden's Venmo account after less than 10 minutes of looking for it, revealing a network of his private social connections, a national security issue for the United States …
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Justin Gray / WSB-TV:
Investigation: Marjorie Taylor Greene filed homestead exemptions on 2 homes, violating state law — ATLANTA — A Channel 2 Action News investigation has found that Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her husband have two active homestead exemptions, which is against Georgia law …
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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CNN:
Since-deleted video shows Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office during 2019 Capitol Hill visit — (CNN)Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside the House chamber on Wednesday afternoon.
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
A Press Corps Deceived, and the Gaza Invasion That Wasn't — A spokesman led the international media to believe that Israeli forces had entered Gaza. They hadn't. But the army wanted Hamas to think they had. — The Israeli military abruptly announced after midnight on Friday …
John Harwood / CNN:
Neera Tanden joins White House as a senior adviser after withdrawing Cabinet nomination — Neera Tanden releases statement on pulling her nomination — (CNN)Neera Tanden, the new administration's only Cabinet nominee rebuffed by the Senate, has become a senior adviser to President Joe Biden, a White House official told CNN.
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Neera Tanden lands in the White House, after all — A contentious nomination process kept Neera Tanden out of President Joe Biden's Cabinet, but she still landed in the White House. — The White House confirmed on Friday that Biden had appointed Tanden to be a senior adviser. She will start on Monday.
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Washington Post and Washington Examiner
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
In a shift, GOP nominee for Va. governor admits Biden ‘legitimately’ elected
In a shift, GOP nominee for Va. governor admits Biden ‘legitimately’ elected
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The Hill, WAMU, Politico, Bloomberg and Crooks and Liars
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Cheney says some GOP members voted against impeachment out of fear for their lives — Washington (CNN)Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, whose criticism of former President Donald Trump led to her ouster from House Republican leadership, said Friday that several Republican members of Congress …
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RedState, The Daily Gazette, New York Times, One America News Network, KIFI-TV, National Review and Associated Press
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David Mastio / USA Today:
After ousting Liz Cheney, Republicans prove they're a bigger threat than 9/11 hijackers
After ousting Liz Cheney, Republicans prove they're a bigger threat than 9/11 hijackers
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The Daily Caller, The Federalist, Vanity Fair, Townhall, Insider and Twitchy
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Liz Cheney says she regrets voting for Trump in 2020
Liz Cheney says she regrets voting for Trump in 2020
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HuffPost, Mediaite, The Intellectualist, Slate, The Guardian and IJR
Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Cheney says she ‘regrets’ voting for Trump
Cheney says she ‘regrets’ voting for Trump
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Bloomberg, New York Times, Breitbart, Washington Post, The Stream, Political Wire, Crooks and Liars and Independent Chronicle
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
FBI quietly admits 2017 GOP baseball shooting was domestic terrorism after all — The FBI quietly admitted Friday that the 2017 Alexandria, Virginia, baseball field shooting that nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise has been classified as “domestic terrorism” carried out by a “domestic violent extremist” …
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Department of Homeland Security:
Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland
Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Lifted COVID-19 restrictions provide opportunities for domestic extremists, DHS warns
Lifted COVID-19 restrictions provide opportunities for domestic extremists, DHS warns
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Breitbart and Associated Press
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A cop's anger at GOP lies about Jan. 6 should put Republicans on the defensive — Opinion by — As the despicable GOP whitewashing of the Jan. 6 insurrection continues apace, House Democrats are set to force a vote on the creation of a commission to examine the assault.
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Washington Post:
As Arab world rallies around Palestinians and bloodshed mounts, Trump-era peace deals fade from view — ISTANBUL — The videos from East Jerusalem showing Israeli police violently arresting Palestinian protesters were galvanizing the Arab world, evoking sympathy and long-standing anger over injustice …
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New York Times and NPR
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Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Lies on Social Media Inflame Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Lies on Social Media Inflame Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Politico and Arab Gulf States Institute …
Bernie Sanders / New York Times:
The Approach the Israel-Palestine Conflict Needs
The Approach the Israel-Palestine Conflict Needs
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Insider, Common Dreams, Mediaite and CBS News
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Critics on left and right bash Biden's response to Israel-Gaza violence
Critics on left and right bash Biden's response to Israel-Gaza violence
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Politico and The US Sun
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump voter in Colorado faces stunning voter fraud allegations — A couple of days after Joe Biden was declared the president-elect last fall, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) announced that he'd be willing to pay up to $1 million as a reward to those who could produce evidence of voter fraud.
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Julius Whigham II / Palm Beach Post:
Damon Weaver, kid reporter who interviewed President Obama, dies at age 23 — As an intrepid student reporter whose dreams carried him all the way to an interview in the White House with President Barack Obama, Damon Weaver found himself in the national spotlight at a young age.
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The Hill
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
On the Hypocrites at Apple Who Fired Antonio Garcia-Martinez — Much easier to ruin a career than mess with a corporate cash cow — I'm biased, because I know Antonio Garcia-Martinez and something like the same thing once happened to me, but the decision by Apple to bend to a posse …
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Kristine Phillips / USA Today:
‘You left us’: Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean slams Trump in expletive-laden message — WASHINGTON - Proud Boys leader Ethan Nordean lashed out at President Donald Trump, accusing him of misleading his supporters and then deserting them despite their unwavering loyalty. — “We are now and always have been on our own.
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HuffPost and Joe.My.God.
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Arizona, West Virginia GOP Voters Back Democrats' Election Bill as Conservative Opposition Mounts — While conservative groups are raising their pressure campaign against HR 1, new polling shows that Republicans in Arizona and West Virginia overwhelmingly support the sweeping election bill.
William Zheng / South China Morning Post:
China lands Zhu Rong Mars rover after ‘nine minutes of terror’ — Landing a rover on Mars involves a communications blackout period during which it must land without human intervention Only half of all attempts to land on the red planet have succeeded because of its challenging atmosphere …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Army Green Beret Sentenced for Russian Espionage Conspiracy — WASHINGTON - A Virginia man and former Army Green Beret was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives to provide them with U.S. national defense information.
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CNN, Washington Examiner, Associated Press and The Daily Caller
Dara Lind / ProPublica:
Documents Show Trump Officials Used Secret Terrorism Unit to Question Lawyers at the Border — In newly disclosed records, Trump officials cited conspiracies about Antifa to justify interrogating immigration lawyers with a special terrorism unit. The documents also show that more lawyers were targeted than previously known.