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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
CNN Drops Rick Santorum After Racist Comments About Native Americans — The former GOP senator lost his contract with the network after claiming there was “nothing” in America before white colonizers arrived. — CNN has terminated its contract with senior political commentator Rick Santorum after racist …
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Jesus Jiménez / New York Times:
CNN Drops Rick Santorum After Dismissive Comments About Native Americans
CNN Drops Rick Santorum After Dismissive Comments About Native Americans
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Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
U.S. seizes $90,000 from man who sold footage of U.S. Capitol riot — U.S. authorities have confiscated roughly $90,000 from a Utah man who sold footage of a woman being fatally shot during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, according to court filings.
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Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
Biden Will Allow Haitian Immigrants In The US To Obtain Temporary Protected Status — The Biden administration will grant more than 100,000 Haitians in the US the opportunity to gain Temporary Protected Status, shielding them from deportation and allowing them to obtain work permits …
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Department of Homeland Security:
Secretary Mayorkas Designates Haiti for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months — New Designation Allows Eligible Haitians to Apply for TPS and Employment Authorization — WASHINGTON - Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced a new 18-month designation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
11 days, 8 calls and a ceasefire: Inside Biden's response to the Gaza crisis — Before 11 days of fighting in the Gaza Strip ended in a ceasefire, President Biden held six phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and one with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Rula Jebreal / Washington Post:
The cease-fire may hold. But Israel's treatment of Palestinians won't change.
The cease-fire may hold. But Israel's treatment of Palestinians won't change.
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New York Times:
The Misery at the Heart of the Conflict — An eviction in East Jerusalem lies at the center of a conflict that led to war between Israel and Hamas. But for millions of Palestinians, the routine indignities of occupation are part of daily life. — JERUSALEM — Muhammad Sandouka built …
Jennifer Adams / The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Doubles Down on Creepy ‘Nazi’ Mask Talk — SCHEISSKOPF — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had a chance to walk back her remarks comparing Speaker Nancy Pelosi's House mask mandate to the Holocaust. Instead, she doubled down. In an episode of David Brody's podcast …
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
‘I Said Nothing Wrong’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Doubles Down on Comparing Pelosi to Nazis, Says ‘Rational’ Jewish People Should Also Oppose ‘Overbearing Mask Mandates’ — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) doubled down on her controversial comments comparing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) …
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Ali Velshi / MSNBC:
Ted Cruz roundly criticized after sharing Russian propaganda — GOP Sen. Ted Cruz received a lot of criticism after sharing a Russian propaganda video on Twitter in an apparent attempt to criticize the idea of a ‘woke, emasculated’ U.S. military. MSNBC's Brian Williams has the details. — Read More
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New York Times:
Long Slide Looms for World Population, With Sweeping Ramifications — Fewer babies' cries. More abandoned homes. Toward the middle of this century, as deaths start to exceed births, changes will come that are hard to fathom. — All over the world, countries are confronting population stagnation …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S.-China Tech Fight Opens New Front in Ethiopia — A U.S.-backed consortium beat a Chinese-backed one for a multibillion-dollar contract to build Ethiopia's 5G-capable network — A U.S.-backed consortium beat out one financed by China in a closely watched telecommunications auction in Ethiopia …
Alex Wigglesworth / Los Angeles Times:
Man arrested in suspected antisemitic attack outside L.A. sushi restaurant, police say — Authorities arrested a man in connection with a suspected antisemitic hate crime attack on diners outside a Westside sushi restaurant this week. — The man, whom police did not name …
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Hamas founder's son says Israel should kill terror group's leaders after ceasefire — The son of Hamas founder Hassan Yousef urged Israel to target the terror group's leaders for assassination, even after the ceasefire reached Friday. — “Assassinating Hamas leadership will not destroy Hamas …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump Flack Jason Miller Ordered To Pay $42,000 in Legal Fees For Failed Suit — BITTER PILL — A U.S. District Court judge in Florida has ordered Jason Miller, a spokesperson for former President Trump, to pay G/O Media 42,000 in legal expenses. This comes after a federal appeals court rejected …
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David Nather / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Black Americans' police experiences are getting worse — Nearly seven out of 10 Black Americans say police treatment has gotten worse in the past year, and about the same percentage believe police shootings of Black and brown youths have become worse in that time, according to an Axios-Ipsos poll.
Tyler Durden / ZeroHedge:
Caught Red-Handed: CDC Changes Test Thresholds To Virtually Eliminate New COVID Cases Among Vaxx'd — Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, — New policies will artificially deflate “breakthrough infections” in the vaccinated, while the old rules continue to inflate case numbers in the unvaccinated.
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
‘You Can Feel the Tension’: A Windfall for Minority Farmers Divides Rural America — A $4 billion federal fund meant to confront how racial injustice has shaped American farming has angered white farmers who say they are being unfairly excluded. — LaGRANGE, Mo. — Shade Lewis had just come …
Anthony Gockowski / Alpha News:
Facebook threatens to ban Alpha News for anti-Hamas cartoon — Facebook has threatened to ban Alpha News from its platform for publishing an anti-Hamas cartoon. — The Alpha News Facebook page now has “reduced distribution and other restrictions” for publishing a cartoon from syndicated cartoonist …
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John Ganz / Unpopular Front:
A Response to Dougherty — What Did Madison Really Say About Majorities? — 14 hr ago — Michael Brendan Dougherty has responded to my piece on Conservatives and democracy on The National Review site. I appreciate that he took the argument seriously enough to respond …