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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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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 …
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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Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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, East Bay Times, One America News Network, KIFI-TV and National Review
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Alana Wise / NPR:
Biden Dissolves Controversial Trump Orders On Race And Culture
Biden Dissolves Controversial Trump Orders On Race And Culture
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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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Los Angeles Times, The Daily Caller, Townhall, Vanity Fair, The Federalist, Insider and Twitchy
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, Breitbart and Political Wire
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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Mediaite, The Intellectualist, HuffPost, The Guardian, Slate and IJR
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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USA Today, WAMU, The Blue State Conservative, Politico, HuffPost, Crooks and Liars and Bloomberg
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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CNN, Los Angeles Times and Townhall
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, 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
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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Breitbart, USA Today, Forbes and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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 … and TheBlaze
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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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Associated Press and Breitbart
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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The Times of Israel, New York Times and NPR
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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
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, Insider, 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
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
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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Newsbusters, Washington Post, Common Dreams, Roll Call, Law & Crime and Al Jazeera
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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.
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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Law & Crime, Daily Kos, The Intellectualist and Raw Story
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.
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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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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The US Sun, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Japan Times, KIFI-TV, Deadline, New York Times, The Verge, Courthouse News Service and Just The News
Associated Press:
Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for payouts …