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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 …
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Associated Press:
Israeli airstrike in Gaza destroys building with AP bureau — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has destroyed a high-rise building that housed The Associated Press' offices in the Gaza Strip. — The airstrike Saturday came roughly an hour after the Israeli military ordered people to evacuate the building.
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The Hill, The Week, CNN, New York Times and NBC Chicago
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
With strikes targeting rockets and tunnels, the Israeli tactic of ‘mowing the grass’ returns to Gaza — Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the date that Hamas won Palestinian elections and later seized control in Gaza. It has been corrected to show that these events took place in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
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Jerusalem Post, ABC News, Spin, strangeness, and charm and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
New York Times:
Tensions Among Democrats Grow Over Israel as the Left Defends Palestinians
Tensions Among Democrats Grow Over Israel as the Left Defends Palestinians
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Religion News Service and Los Angeles Times
Martin Indyk / Foreign Affairs:
The U.S. Can Neither Ignore nor Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The U.S. Can Neither Ignore nor Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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CNN
Washington Post:
As Arab world rallies around Palestinians and bloodshed mounts, Trump-era peace deals fade from view
As Arab world rallies around Palestinians and bloodshed mounts, Trump-era peace deals fade from view
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The Times of Israel, New York Times and NPR
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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Associated Press, The Intercept, Politico and The US Sun
Bernie Sanders / New York Times:
The Approach the Israel-Palestine Conflict Needs
The Approach the Israel-Palestine Conflict Needs
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Politico, Insider, Common Dreams, Mediaite and CBS News
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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Raw Story, Daily Kos, The US Sun, Insider and Mediaite
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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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Insider, HotAir, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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 …
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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NBC News, Fox News, Townhall, TheBlaze, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Mediaite, The Hill, Bloomberg, Associated Press, New York Post, CNBC and Roll Call
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Neera Tanden lands in the White House, after all
Neera Tanden lands in the White House, after all
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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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USA Today, WAMU, Politico, The Blue State Conservative, HuffPost, Bloomberg and Crooks and Liars
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s Big Cancellation — The party's cancel mob runs wild on Capitol Hill. — Mr. Potato Head is under siege. — So are the Muppets, baseball and Coca-Cola. — Even a horse fell victim. “It was like a cancel culture kind of thing,” the trainer of Medina Spirit told Fox News …
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The Dispatch
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Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Cheney says some GOP members voted against impeachment out of fear for their lives
Cheney says some GOP members voted against impeachment out of fear for their lives
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The Daily Gazette, RedState, East Bay Times, One America News Network, KIFI-TV and National Review
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, The Stream, Washington Post, HuffPost, Breitbart and Political Wire
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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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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Axios, Breitbart, who13.com and The Gateway Pundit
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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Fox Business, The Right Scoop and National Review
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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Outside the Beltway and The Hill
Katelyn Fossett / Politico:
Six questions with Sally Buzbee, the Washington Post's new executive editor — On Tuesday, the Washington Post announced it has found a new editor to take the helm: Sally Buzbee, the 55-year-old executive editor of the AP, who will be the Post's first woman editor since the paper started publishing in 1877.
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HotAir
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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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Federal Bureau …, TheBlaze and Talking Points Memo
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.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
House Dems and Republicans Strike a Deal on a 1/6 Commission—But There's One Big Catch — Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. — On Friday morning, big news hit: Democrats and Republicans …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Newsbusters, Washington Post, Common Dreams, Roll Call, Law & Crime and Al Jazeera
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James Arkin / Politico:
Arizona audit divides wobbling state GOP — Arizona Republicans have an opportunity in 2022 to claw back ground they've lost as the state shifted towards Democrats. But first, the fight over 2020 has to end. — Republicans in the state are still divided over the results of the last election …
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Arizona Mirror, The Hill 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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KIFI-TV, more at Techmeme »
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.
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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Daily Kos, FOX31 Denver, Law & Crime, The Intellectualist and The US Sun
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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Bloomberg, Joe.My.God., Associated Press, Al Jazeera, KIFI-TV, The US Sun, Japan Times, Deadline, New York Times, The Verge, Just The News and Courthouse News Service