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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema skips Jan. 6 US Capitol riot commission vote — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema skipped Friday's procedural Senate vote on establishing a bipartisan commission to study the U.S. Capitol riot. — Senate Republicans, in their first use of the filibuster under President Joe Biden, blocked the legislation from proceeding.
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Washington Post:
Democrats grapple with the enemy within: What to do about the filibuster rule that could kill their agenda — Democrats say the mass shootings that are now a routine part of American life won't end until stricter gun-control laws are enacted. They warn the warming planet is in peril without bold action.
Politico:
‘Pretty damn scary’: Failure of Jan. 6 commission exposes Senate wounds
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CNN, The Guardian, Washington Post, The Hill, The Daily Beast, IJR, PIX11 and HotAir
Washington Post:
GOP senators are ‘all talk and no action,’ mother and partner of fallen officer Brian Sicknick say after Jan. 6 commission is blocked
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Mock Paper Scissors, Current, Mother Jones and San Antonio Current
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Senate vote on the bipartisan Jan. 6 commission showed Trump's power and a government under duress
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Sen. Murkowski delivers pointed criticism of fellow Republicans, including McConnell, who oppose Jan. 6 commission
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RedState, Alaska Public Media, Progress Pond, Deseret News, WWLP-TV and Raw Story
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Manchin's political worldview was put to the test (and it lost)
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HuffPost, Erick Erickson's Confessions …, Raw Story, UPI, Digby's Hullabaloo, Alaska Public Media and NPR
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans kill the Jan. 6 commission by a negative-19 vote margin
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
Conflicting studies on the origins of COVID-19 — Dalgleish and Sorensen's explosive claims have been a matter of controversy since they first put forward their hypothesis last summer, and the scientific community is still split over the likely origins of the virus.
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New York Post and Instapundit
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Washington Post:
Coronavirus ‘lab leak’ theory jumps from mocked to maybe as Biden orders intelligence review — In the spring of 2020, as the coronavirus ripped through American cities on its way to claiming more than 592,000 American lives, a group of senior U.S. national security officials warily eyed a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
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Townhall, The Daily Caller and The Virginia Star
Stephen L. Miller / The Spectator World:
Anthony Fauci discussed dual-use research in 2012 Senate hearing
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Instapundit and The Gateway Pundit
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Rutgers leaders forced to apologize for statement condemning anti-Semitism — The chancellor and provost of Rutgers University apologized Thursday for issuing a statement that denounced the recent surge in anti-Semitic attacks because he said it “failed to communicate support for our Palestinian community members.”
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BizPac Review, Algemeiner.com and National Review
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Washington Post:
Iran-backed militias turn to drone attacks, alarming U.S. forces in Iraq — BAGHDAD — U.S. military officials in Iraq have grown increasingly alarmed over attacks by Iran-backed militias using drones to evade detection systems around military bases and diplomatic facilities.
Aaron David Miller / USA Today:
Why Joe Biden won't solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict or bring peace to the Middle East — Challenged with the greatest task of national recovery since Franklin Roosevelt, without his large margins in the House and Senate, Biden is much more focused on domestic priorities.
Washington Examiner:
Transgender ideology versus the truth business — The word police are out in full force. — The latest offensive word to trigger an online mob and a groveling corporate apology is “male.” — Chelsea Mitchell, a college track star, wrote an op-ed in USA Today about how male runners competing …
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
‘2 If By Sea’: Oath Keepers Messages Shed New Light on Alleged Plot to Storm D.C. With Guns by Way of Potomac — Hours before Senate Republicans killed an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6th siege, federal prosecutors disclosed communications about how Oath Keepers allegedly plotted …
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Raw Story
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Do deficits matter anymore? Biden's first budget signals they don't. — The president's budget predicts a $1.8 trillion deficit for 2022 and deficits of $1.3 trillion for years to come to fund big investments in education, infrastructure and the social safety net.
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CBS News, The National Interest and Wall Street Journal
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden's week is oddly . . . normal — At the start of the week, President Biden showcased the government's preparedness for hurricane season. In the middle of the week, he comforted the family of George Floyd, grieving on the first anniversary of his death.
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IJR
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. asks judge to toss lawsuit against Trump, Barr for violent clearing of Lafayette Square — Lawyers for the Justice Department urged a federal judge on Friday to dismiss lawsuits against former president Donald Trump, former attorney general William P. Barr and other officials …
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HuffPost, Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Washington Times
The Daily Beast:
New York Prosecutors Zero In On Trump's Real-Life Wayne Manor — Donald Trump's advisers are telling him not to worry, but the former president is already frustrated by his mounting legal fees. — As two separate investigations into the Trump Organization heat up, a series of subpoenas issued …
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Raw Story, Washington Post and Vanity Fair
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Times Journalist Weighs Legal Action Against University of North Carolina — Nikole Hannah-Jones, a creator of the 1619 Project who is scheduled to start as a professor at the university this summer, has retained lawyers to represent her in a dispute over tenure.
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The Hill, Outside the Beltway, Townhall, NAACP Legal Defense … and Fox News
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
Dianne Morales and the Implosion of the Left in NYC's Mayoral Race — On Friday, campaign aides to Dianne Morales, an unabashedly left-wing former nonprofit executive running for mayor, rallied in Bryant Park to protest an organization they described as fostering racism, sexism, and a hostility to unions.
Paul Berger / Wall Street Journal:
Gateway Tunnel Under Hudson River Receives Federal Approval — $11 billion project to dig new rail link between New York and New Jersey advances to next phase — The federal government on Friday completed the environmental review of a proposed $11 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River between …
Office of the Governor:
Gov. Little defends local control, denounces Lt. Governor's irresponsible abuse of power — Boise, Idaho - Governor Brad Little issued Executive Order 2021-08 today - “Repealing Executive Order 2021-07 to Restore Local Control” - and provided the following statement to the people of Idaho:
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The Gateway Pundit, IJR, New York Post, CNN, Insider, HotAir, Washington Post, TheBlaze, The Hill and Deseret News
The White House:
Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the United States Response to Belarus's Forced Diversion of Ryanair Flight and Continuing Attack on Fundamental Freedoms … Belarus's forced diversion of a commercial Ryanair flight under false pretenses, traveling between two member states of the European Union …
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Thinking about, Al Jazeera, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, NPR and New York Post
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
USPS raises stamp price to 58 cents as part of DeJoy's 10-year plan — The postmaster general's plan calls for additional price increases on package products and slower mail service — The U.S. Postal Service is raising rates on letters, magazines and marketing missives as much as 6.9 percent this summer …
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Joe.My.God.
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