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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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New York Times:
Beneath Joe Biden's Folksy Demeanor, a Short Fuse and an Obsession With Details — As Mr. Biden settles into the office he has chased for more than three decades, aides say he demands hours of debate from scores of policy experts. — WASHINGTON — The commander in chief was taking his time, as usual.
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Louder With Crowder, The Week, Breitbart and Althouse
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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Axios:
Democrats open to user fees for infrastructure deal — Some Senate Democrats are open to paying for a compromise infrastructure package by imposing user fees, including increasing the gas tax and raising money from electric car drivers through a vehicle-miles-traveled charge.
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Washington Examiner, CNBC, Reason, Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos, Political Wire, Bloomberg and Washington Post
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
What do Republicans want on the economy? They're not sure anymore
What do Republicans want on the economy? They're not sure anymore
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New Yorker, Fox Business, The National Interest and No More Mister Nice Blog
CNN:
House strikes deal to create independent January 6 commission
House strikes deal to create independent January 6 commission
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The Guardian, Politico, Wall Street Journal, POLITICUSUSA, CBS News and IJR
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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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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Dara Bitler / FOX31 Denver:
Suzanne Morphew's husband, accused in her murder, charged with submitting presidential ballot in her name — CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. — Prosecutors have filed new charges against Barry Morphew, alleging the man accused of murdering his missing wife submitted a presidential ballot in her name.
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Raw Story, Insider, Law & Crime, The US Sun, Joe.My.God. and FOX21 News Colorado
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Man arrested in wife's murder now accused of voting for Trump in her name
Man arrested in wife's murder now accused of voting for Trump in her name
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Mercury News
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 has updated its mask policy and will not require customers who are fully vaccinated to wear a mask. — The specialty supermarket is believed …
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Washington Examiner, The Columbus Dispatch, Reason and TheBlaze
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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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BizPac Review, IJR and Twitchy
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, CNN, CNBC and KIFI-TV
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, HuffPost and New York Times
Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Lies on Social Media Inflame Israeli-Palestinian Conflict — Misinformation has flourished on Twitter, TikTok, Facebook and other social media about the violence between Israelis and Palestinians. — In a 28-second video, which was posted to Twitter this week by a spokesman …
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Arab Gulf States Institute … and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Hagai El-Ad / Washington Post:
Israel has chosen a two-tiered society. Violence is the inevitable result.
Israel has chosen a two-tiered society. Violence is the inevitable result.
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Jewish Currents, The Week and The Nation
Bernie Sanders / New York Times:
The Approach the Israel-Palestine Conflict Needs
The Approach the Israel-Palestine Conflict Needs
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Common Dreams
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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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Gaetz associate agrees to cooperate in federal investigation
Gaetz associate agrees to cooperate in federal investigation
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, USA Today, CNN and CNBC
David Mastio / USA Today:
After ousting Liz Cheney, Republicans prove they're a bigger threat than 9/11 hijackers — The Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump is like throwing gasoline on a fire. It guarantees further violence. — The only person who clearly died from the violence on Jan. 6 …
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Townhall, The Daily Caller, The Federalist, Insider, Twitchy and Los Angeles Times
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Clara Hill / Yahoo News:
Liz Cheney calls for criminal investigation into Trump in first interview since being ousted
Liz Cheney calls for criminal investigation into Trump in first interview since being ousted
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New York Daily News, Persuasion, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, Associated Press and New York Times
Albert Hunt / The Hill:
Republicans have dumped Reagan for Trump
Republicans have dumped Reagan for Trump
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Slate, LifeZette, Florida Politics and Independent Chronicle
CNN:
Congressional Democrats have a 100% vaccination rate — Washington (CNN)Although the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors except under special circumstances …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Democrat moves to censure three Republicans for downplaying Jan. 6 — Share to Facebook Share to Twitter — Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) on Friday began asking Democratic colleagues to sign onto a resolution to censure three House Republicans who tried to minimize the severity of the Jan. 6 insurrection this week.
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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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The Guardian
Department of Homeland Security:
Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland — The Secretary of Homeland Security has issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the current heightened threat environment across the United States. The Homeland is facing threats that have evolved significantly …
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ABC News and Washington Examiner
Chad Arthur / Democracy Corps:
Home → Battleground Surveys → Trump's Engaged Party Defining The Battle For 2022 — We conducted a large, mostly cell phone survey with an oversample of Republicans in the 2022 battleground for the U.S. Senate, governorships, and House, and it is painfully clear Don-ald Trump …
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Outside the Beltway and Political Wire
Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot:
Trump hotel purposely spiked prices to keep out QAnon supporters, hacked police data reveals — The Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. purposely spiked its prices in March in an effort to keep out supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, hacked police data reveals.
Politico:
'Doesn't matter': Democrats reject GOP's debt limit demands — Senate Republicans dramatically changed their party rules to take a hard line on the debt limit in the coming months. Democrats don't care. — In fact, the Democratic majority says it has no intention of negotiating …
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Hartford Courant, Bulwark+, HotAir, Democracy Docket, Daily Kos, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
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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Adam S. Minsky / Forbes:
College Cancels Student Loan Debt Using Money From Biden's Stimulus Bill — President Biden's recent stimulus bill provided funding for colleges and universities to cancel student loan debt, and some student loan borrowers are beginning to see the benefits.
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Delaware State University, The National Interest and Insider
Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden gets mugged by events — Harold Macmillan, a British prime minister of the 1950s and '60s, was reputedly asked what made his job most difficult, and he replied, “Events, my dear boy, events.” This echoed his wartime boss, Winston Churchill, who once commented that he governed against “the opposition of events.”
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Considers Contenders to Be His New Social-Media Outlet After Big Tech Crackdown — CloutHub and Skylab Apps are among companies vying to work with the former president, who was sidelined by Facebook and Twitter — Donald Trump, sidelined by Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. …
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