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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Other Regimes Will Hijack Planes Too  —  Even when our most basic civilizational values are in dispute, there are a few sets of rules and regulations that we nevertheless manage to share.  The laws of the sea, for example, or the norms governing the conduct of air-traffic controllers.
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Financial Times:
How Roman Protasevich became one of Lukashenko's prized targets  —  Activist at heart of Ryanair flight diversion rose to prominence with Belarusian media group Nexta  —  Roman Protasevich's involvement in the anti-Lukashenko movement began years before last summer's mass protests …
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
As countries condemn Belarus flight diversion, critics accuse West of similar tactics  —  In an elaborate ploy, a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius on Sunday was forced to land in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, over a bomb scare that Belarusian authorities appear to have engineered.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Cuomo rewarded while Santorum axed at selectively outraged CNN
Discussion: Washington Post
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed News:   AP Staffers Demanded To Know Why Emily Wilder Was Fired After A Conservative “Smear Campaign” Over Her Pro-Palestinian Activism
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Key impeachment witness Gordon Sondland sues Mike Pompeo and U.S. for $1.8 million in legal fees  —  President Donald Trump's former ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, is suing former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and the U.S. government for $1.8 million to compensate …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The campaign for D.C. statehood just got a big boost  —  One of the most nettlesome objections to extending congressional representation to the residents of Washington, D.C., is that it requires a constitutional amendment.  Many Republicans say this, which is hardly surprising.
Discussion: Common Dreams
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The vexing ‘lab leak’ theory on China and the coronavirus  —  It has been said many times that Donald Trump's presidency was a stress test for democracy.  And that's certainly true.  (It's a reality that very much persists to this date.)  —  But it was also a stress test for those charged with covering it.
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
They tried to overturn the 2020 election.  Now they want to run the next one.  —  Republicans who sought to undercut or overturn President Joe Biden's election win are launching campaigns to become their states' top election officials next year, alarming local officeholders and opponents …
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Biden doubles funding to prepare for natural disasters, keeping climate change in focus  —  Biden announced a 100% increase in funding during a visit to FEMA on Monday.  —  NOAA predicts above-average 2021 hurricane season  —  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate …
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Invests $1 Billion To Protect Communities, Families, and Businesses Before Disaster Strikes
Discussion: CNBC
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Whitmer apologizes after photo shows her at bar violating her own order  —  Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an apology Sunday after a photo emerged showing her at a restaurant with 12 other people gathered around tables pushed together in violation of her health department's current epidemic order.
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New York Times:
What the Tulsa Race Massacre Destroyed  —  THE MARQUEE BLOCK  —  More than 70 businesses operated in mostly one-, two- and three-story red brick buildings clustered along the block.  All but a couple were owned by Black entrepreneurs.  —  In this stretch alone, there were four hotels …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Weightlifting, Gatorade, birthday calls: Inside Biden's day  —  During a speech in Pittsburgh in March, President Biden held up the index card he keeps in his right breast pocket to track the nation's covid deaths, inadvertently revealing a glimpse of his private schedule on the back side.
Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News and Insider
Matti Friedman / The Atlantic:
Israel's Problems Are Not Like America's  —  Rereading Exodus, the schmaltzy 1958 best seller about Israel that became a Hollywood movie starring Paul Newman, I was surprised by something I hadn't noticed as a teenager.  The author, Leon Uris, describes a utopia of brave young pioneers in khaki shorts …
Discussion: HotAir
Matan Arad-Neeman / Medium:
Matan Arad-Neeman  —  We write to you as proud alumni of your campaign.  Each of us worked tirelessly in your headquarters and in states across the country to ensure your victory.  We were motivated by the unprecedented progressive platform of your campaign that believed in the dignity of every human being …
Politico:
Mike Pompeo plans trip to Israel  —  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is making plans to travel to Israel later this week, three people with knowledge of the plans said.  —  Pompeo's potential trip could come the same week that Secretary of State Antony Blinken is also traveling there …
Discussion: Raw Story
Luke Savage / The Atlantic:
If Democracy Is Dying, Why Are Democrats So Complacent?  —  If you've followed recent Democratic messaging, you'll have heard that American democracy is under serious attack by the Republican Party, representing an existential threat to the country.  If you've followed Democratic lawmaking …
Natalie B. Compton / Washington Post:
30 observations from my first vaccinated flight  —  Everything you hated about flying is back, baby.  —  Many people took a hiatus from travel last year, because — well, you know why.  Road warriors stayed home.  Newlyweds put off their honeymoons.  But now that millions of people …
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
The Post-Embarrassment Media Campaign of Andrew Yang  —  He once called himself the opposite of Trump.  But he is another test of the theory that in politics, there's no such thing as bad publicity.  —  Years from now, when we look back on the history of pop-political interviewing …
Discussion: New York Post
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE: Court action seeks probe of Trump's Scottish golf course buys  —  The Scottish government is facing a new legal challenge over its February rejection of a motion to investigate former U.S. President Donald Trump's all-cash purchases of two golf courses, reviving an effort to force Trump to disclose how he financed the deals.
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Are We Entering a New Political Era?  —  The neoliberal order seems to be collapsing.  A generation of young activists is trying to insure that it's replaced by progressive populism, not by the fascist right.  —  Last June, when most Americans could agree that their country was in crisis …
Austin Evers / Just Security:
The Next Best Option if a January 6 Commission Fails  —  In a bipartisan vote last week, the House passed legislation to create an independent national commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  A 9/11-style commission is the best option for uncovering the truth …
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
Are U.S. Officials Under Silent Attack?  —  The Havana Syndrome first affected spies and diplomats in Cuba.  Now it has spread to the White House.  —  During the final weeks of the Trump Administration, a senior official on the National Security Council sat at his desk …
Discussion: Insider
Jack Posobiec / Human Events:
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked State Department Memo Indicates Official Support for BLM Agenda  —  A source within the Biden State Department wishing to remain anonymous has shared with Human Events News a document that indicates that all U.S. “Diplomatic and Consular posts” are being encouraged …
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Judge Reveals More About the ‘Principal Lies’ Paul Manafort Told to Robert Mueller  —  A federal judge unsealed nearly half a dozen files on Monday itemizing the “principal lies” Donald Trump's since-pardoned former campaign chair Paul Manafort allegedly told special counsel Robert Mueller's team …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy will not challenge Rubio for Senate  —  Rep. Stephanie Murphy won't run for U.S. Senate, a decision that was sealed after fellow Florida Congresswoman Val Demings recently signaled she will likely challenge incumbent Marco Rubio.
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and Florida Politics
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Conservatives have a new target: Biden's IRS plan  —  Add another obstacle to the growing list President Joe Biden faces in his negotiations over his massive spending plans: mounting opposition to one of the ways to pay for his proposal — growing the IRS.  —  Conservative groups have launched …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Vaccine Class Gap  —  The biggest vaccination gap isn't based on race or partisanship.  It's based on class.  —  It is common to hear about two different demographic groups that are hesitant to receive a Covid-19 vaccination: Republican voters and racial minorities, especially Black and Latino Americans.
Discussion: HotAir
Kyle Smith / National Review:
Bob Dylan Refused to Be the Voice of a Generation  —  As the Boomers' most revered singer-songwriter turns 80, it's amusing to look back at how he rejected the Flower Children.  —  As the children of the Sixties tried to crown Bob Dylan their poet laureate, he refused.
BBC:
Sasha Johnson: Black Lives Matter activist shot in London  —  Prominent Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is critically ill after being shot in the head, her party says.  —  The Taking the Initiative Party said she was being treated in intensive care after being “brutally attacked” in the early hours of Sunday.
 
 
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Allison Fisher / Media Matters for America:
Will “climate lockdowns” be Fox's next bonkers conspiracy theory?
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Can cable news win over young viewers? At MSNBC, a 40-year-old new president is going to try.
Discussion: TVNewser
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Washington's UFO lobbyist is having a moment
Discussion: Roll Call
Ben Fox / Associated Press:
Watchdog: US forced deported parents to leave kids behind
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
These corporations broke the commitments they made after January 6
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Insider:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to bar members of Congress from ever trading individual stocks again
Discussion: Politico
Brendan Carr / Newsweek:
Ending Big Tech's Free Ride
Discussion: Breitbart and Newsbusters
Keith Osmun / The Bulwark:
Lame Duck: The End of the Most Gerrymandered District in Ohio
Discussion: Morning Shots
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Top MAGA ally under fire for ‘squishiness’ on Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Why Arkansas Is a Test Case for a Post-Trump Republican Party
Discussion: New York Times