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New York Times:
Engineer Warned of ‘Major Structural Damage’ at Florida Condo Complex — A consultant in 2018 urged the managers to repair cracked columns and crumbling concrete. The work was finally about to get underway when the building collapsed. — Three years before the deadly collapse …
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Associated Press:
‘Deep fire’ slowing rescue effort at collapsed Florida condo — SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Fire and smoke coming from deep inside the concrete and metal remains of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami hampered rescue efforts Saturday as emergency workers raced to recover any survivors beneath the mountain of rubble.
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Miami Herald, WSVN-TV, PIX11, Florida Politics, KTLA and Washington Examiner
Adam Serwer / New York Times:
The Cruel Logic of the Republican Party, Before and After Trump — Mr. Serwer is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the forthcoming “The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America.” — Donald Trump has claimed credit for any number of things …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Progressives' Urgent Question: How to Win Over Voters of Color — A yearslong challenge for the left was starkly illustrated this week as its hopes faded in the New York mayor's race. — Can progressives win broad numbers of the Black and brown voters they say their policies will benefit most?
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘Castrate, kill, remove voting rights’: Ex-Marine, Georgia deputy was in extremist cell, feds say — When FBI agents in San Diego seized the cell phone of a suspected white supremacist last year, they discovered text messages with a Georgia sheriff's deputy boasting of racial violence and preparations for a civil war.
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Stundin:
Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment — A major witness in the United States' Department of Justice case against Julian Assange has admitted to fabricating key accusations in the indictment against the Wikileaks founder. — bjartmar@stundin.is — ritstjorn@stundin.is
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework … On Thursday, I reached a historic agreement with a bipartisan group of Senators on a $1.2 trillion plan to transform our physical infrastructure. The plan would make the largest investment in infrastructure in history …
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USA Today, Insider, New York Post and Townhall
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Biden reverses himself on infrastructure, says he would sign bipartisan deal
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A legendary Chicago newspaper columnist bids farewell — and wonders who will be left to tell her city's tale — In 29 years as a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Mary Schmich was often adored and occasionally reviled by readers, as are all good newspaper columnists.
Michael Wines / New York Times:
In Arizona, G.O.P. Lawmakers Strip Power From a Democrat — The State Legislature shifted legal authority from the secretary of state to a Republican attorney general, and enacted election measures it said would stop fraud. — WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled State Legislature …
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LifeZette, Mother Jones and Salon
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NY State Attorney General:
Attorney General James Reaches $230 Million Settlement for Treatment and Prevention of Opioid Crisis in New York, Johnson & Johnson Ends Sale of Selling Opioids — NYS Eligible to Receive Up to Half of all Funds Within Months if — Executive Chamber Signs New Legislation Into Law Creating Opioid Settlement Fund
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: White House national security adviser misleadingly describes pipeline company as ‘not Russian’ — Top WH official responds to bipartisan criticism of Biden-Putin summit — full interview — Washington (CNN)Last Sunday, CNN “State of the Union” co-anchor Dana Bash pressed White …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Officer Injured in Capitol Riot Asks McCarthy to Disavow Lies About It — Officer Michael Fanone, who was seriously injured by the pro-Trump mob, said he came away disappointed from his meeting with the top House Republican. — WASHINGTON — For weeks, Michael Fanone …
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The Guardian, CBS News, Associated Press, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and CNN
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Deceptive Campaign Fund-Raising Ensnares Older People — Older Americans, a critical source of political donations, often fall victim to aggressive and misleading digital practices. A broad Times analysis points to the scope of the problem. — William W. Vaughan Jr …
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Raw Story
Nicholas Reimann / Forbes:
Democrats Sue Texas Gov. Greg Abbott After He Strips Legislature Of Funding For 2 Years — Democrats in the Texas legislature filed a lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Friday, claiming the governor violated the state constitution when he vetoed all funding for the state legislature …
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The Texas Tribune
Brendan Cole / Newsweek:
USAA Urged to Pull Fox News Advertisements After Tucker Carlson's Mark Milley Comments — There are calls for the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) to stop advertising with Fox News following controversy over the comments by its anchor Tucker Carlson about the country's highest-ranking military officer.
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Raw Story
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
New Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Biden's approval rating falls, as both Republicans and Democrats grow more concerned about crime — Rising worries about crime among both Democrats and Republicans are starting to create a drag on President Biden's approval rating, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll …
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HotAir
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
As Parents Forbid Covid Shots, Defiant Teenagers Seek Ways to Get Them — Most medical consent laws require parental permission for minors to get a vaccine. Now some places are easing restrictions for Covid shots while others are proposing new ones. — Teenagers keep all sorts of secrets from their parents.
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
The remarkably unremarkable White House Pride ceremony — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — Standing at a podium adorned with the presidential seal in the East Room of the White House, a transgender activist announced his pronouns before introducing the president.
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People.com and The Hill
Brittany Muller / WJXT-TV:
Man accused of shooting Daytona Beach officer arrested near Atlanta — Othal Wallace accused of attempted first-degree murder — DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A multi-agency manhunt for Othal Wallace, 29, ended Saturday morning when the Daytona Beach Police Department announced he had been captured outside Atlanta.
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theepochtimes.com:
Election Integrity: The Firewall That Keeps America Free — During the last year and a half it's become obvious to anyone whose head is not in the sand that America has been under assault on multiple levels from within. There is no denying that the COVID-19 viral invasion was a catalyst …
Diane Francis / financialpost:
Canadian Forces have right to know if they got COVID at the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan — Two members told the Post they fell sick with symptoms — This week, lawmakers in the United States called for an investigation into whether the October 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan …
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Jamaal Bowman requested special police protection for his Yonkers home — Defund for thee, but not for me. — Freshman U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman — a champion of defunding cops who claims policing is rife with “white supremacy” — asked for and received a special police detail to guard …
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Twitchy and Instapundit
Alex Guillén / Politico:
EPA watchdog says Trump appointees kept fired employees on payroll — Two high-ranking Trump political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency arranged for a pair of agency employees to reap tens of thousands of dollars in salaries even after they were fired, according to a report from EPA's Office of Inspector General.
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Washington Post, Insider and Fox News
Dan Merica / CNN:
Trump kicks off revenge tour with eyes on one Ohio Republican — Cleveland (CNN)Donald Trump on Saturday will kick off his revenge tour against Republicans who defied him in the aftermath of the 2020 election and January 6 insurrection, hoping to convince his supporters to fire Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez.
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CNN:
GOP lawmaker won't come to CNN, so Jim Acosta went to him. See what happened — CNN's Jim Acosta talks with Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and tries to speak with Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL) about the January 6th insurrection and conspiracy theories surrounding it. Source: CNN
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
TikTok insiders say social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance — Former TikTok employees say there is cause for concern when it comes to the popular social media app's Chinese parent company. — They say ByteDance has access to TikTok's American user data …
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