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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Anthony Weiner's Not Coming Back. But He Has Nowhere to Go. — The man who was almost New York's mayor talks about the current campaign, selling tweets and why he feels bad for the media. — Anthony Weiner doesn't pay the kind of attention to New York politics that he did back when he was running …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Rep. Mo Brooks served with lawsuit related to his role in Capitol insurrection — (CNN)Alabama GOP Rep. Mo Brooks was served with a lawsuit filed by California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell seeking to hold him partially accountable for the January 6 insurrection, according to a tweet from Brooks and an attorney for Swalwell.
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
Eric Swalwell Finally Serves Mo Brooks With Lawsuit Holding Him Responsible For Jan. 6 — Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) successfully served Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) with a lawsuit holding Brooks and other top Republicans “responsible for the injury and destruction” on Jan. 6 after initially failing …
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Occupy Democrats and Raw Story
Madison Dapcevich / Snopes.com:
No, Trump Did Not Wear His Pants Backwards at Rally — Former U.S. President Donald Trump wore his pants backwards during the June 2021 North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greenville, North Carolina. — Rating — False — In early June 201, a video of former U.S. President …
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Breitbart and Metro.co.uk
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Washington Post:
Republican leaders say they want to focus on the future, but Trump is far from done with the past
Republican leaders say they want to focus on the future, but Trump is far from done with the past
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CNN, Off the Kuff, Raw Story, The Western Journal, UnHerd, Associated Press, Insider, Fox News, Townhall, POLITICUSUSA and NBC News
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
The GOP superspreaders of Trump's contagion
The GOP superspreaders of Trump's contagion
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Slate and Washington Examiner, more at Mediagazer »
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Once a Bastion of Free Speech, the A.C.L.U. Faces an Identity Crisis — An organization that has defended the First Amendment rights of Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan is split by an internal debate over whether supporting progressive causes is more important. — It was supposed to be the celebration …
Fred Ryan / Washington Post:
Something appears to be ‘simply, simply wrong’ at the Biden Justice Department — Fred Ryan is publisher of The Post. — During the final days of the Trump administration, the attorney general used extraordinary measures to obtain subpoenas to secretly seize records of reporters at three leading U.S. news organizations.
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Insider, Outside the Beltway, USA Today, The Hill, Mediaite and Twitchy, more at Mediagazer »
David Edwards / Raw Story:
'You're doing it exactly the wrong way': Chris Wallace shreds Joe Manchin for enabling GOP ‘obstruction’ — Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday challenged Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who is refusing to support filibuster reform to pass a voting rights bill and other progressive initiatives.
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Outside the Beltway and The Daily Beast
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
House progressives push Biden to go bold without Joe Manchin
House progressives push Biden to go bold without Joe Manchin
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CNN, Wall Street Journal, New Republic, Alternet.org, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, Occupy Democrats, Associated Press, TheGrio, UPI and WGN-TV
Fox Business:
Bipartisan lawmakers prep $878B infrastructure plan as White House-GOP negotiations drag
Bipartisan lawmakers prep $878B infrastructure plan as White House-GOP negotiations drag
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The Western Journal and Fox News
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Manchin Vows to Block Democratic Voting Rights Bill and Preserve Filibuster
Manchin Vows to Block Democratic Voting Rights Bill and Preserve Filibuster
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The Hill, ABC News, Alternet.org, Washington Post, Insider, Fox News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Townhall, Washington Times, HuffPost and Election Law Blog
Rebecca Klapper / Newsweek:
Fox News Blocks Ad Showing Law Enforcement Officers Describing Capitol Riot Violence — Fox News blocked a commercial showing law enforcement officers describing the events of the deadly January 6 Capitol riot that was supposed to air for the first time on Sunday, the creators of the commercial said.
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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Fox News declines to air ad about Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
Fox News declines to air ad about Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
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FTVLive, News Corpse and Insider
Spectrum News NY1:
Exclusive: Eric Adams jumps in front, Yang slips in NY1/Ipsos poll — Eric Adams has surged to the front of the pack, overtaking Andrew Yang and building a six-point lead in the Democratic primary for mayor, according to the exclusive results of a new Spectrum News NY1/Ipsos poll. — What You Need To Know
Anshel Pfeffer / Haaretz:
Party leaders to meet as government swearing-in approaches — A new Israeli government may be sworn in as soon as Wednesday after securing a coalition to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. — Party leaders will meet Sunday to finalize the coalition deal, with Yamina party leader Naftali expected …
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Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
A conservative talk radio host once backed the Arizona GOP election recount. Now he's warning Republicans against it — Mike Broomhead talks for a living, but for a moment last week, all he could do was sigh. — With that flash of wordless exasperation behind him, he continued with his work …
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Scrambles for New Approach in Afghanistan — The rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops has left the agency seeking ways to maintain its intelligence-gathering, war-fighting and counterterrorism operations in the country. — WASHINGTON — The rapid U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan …
Rosalind Helderman / Washington Post:
How the national push by Trump allies to audit 2020 ballots started quietly in Pennsylvania — Joe Biden's presidential victory in Pennsylvania had been certified for weeks when officials in some Republican-leaning counties began receiving strange phone calls from GOP state senators in late December.
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Raw Story, The Western Journal and Daily Kos
BBC:
Abubakar Shekau: Boko Haram leader is dead, says rival militant group — The leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, rival Islamist militants said in an audio recording. — In audio obtained by news agencies, the Islamic State West Africa Province …
Greg B. Smith / THE CITY:
Eric Adams' Aqueduct Casino Bid Scandal Interview Transcript Reveals Contradictions and Shaky Memory — The now-mayoral candidate repeatedly told investigators he couldn't remember key details of his birthday bash at a fancy Manhattan club, documents show. Among the guests: bidders for a …
New York Times:
What Happened When Trump Was Banned on Social Media — When Facebook and Twitter barred Donald J. Trump from their platforms after the Capitol riot in January, he lost direct access to his most powerful megaphones. On Friday, Facebook said the former president would not be allowed …
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Forbes, more at Mediagazer »
Cate Cadell / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE China policies could cut millions of Uyghur births in Xinjiang — Chinese birth control policies could cut between 2.6 to 4.5 million births of the Uyghur and other ethnic minorities in southern Xinjiang within 20 years, up to a third of the region's projected minority population …
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Japan Times
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Lincoln Project co-founder: Trump's words ‘will surely kill again’ — Steve Schmidt, co-founder of the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project, slammed the media for its coverage of the former president ending his blog, and warned that Trump's words will “surely kill again.”
Chandelis Duster / CNN:
Energy secretary says adversaries have capability of shutting down US power grid — Energy secretary: US adversaries have the capability to shut down our power grid — (CNN)Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday warned in stark terms that the US power grid is vulnerable to attacks.
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Mother Jones and New York Post
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