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John Feehery / The Hill:
The Bridge Over the River Kwai — House Republicans should be careful not to become like Colonel Nicholson in the movie, “The Bridge Over the River Kwai.” — Nicholson, played by Alex Guinness, was the British officer who helped the Japanese build a bridge in Burma during the Second World War …
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Wall Street Journal:
Most GOP Senators Sign Pledge to Not Help Democrats on Debt Ceiling — Unless Congress steps in, the Treasury could begin to miss payments on its obligations and default — WASHINGTON—Most Republican senators have signed on to a pledge to force Democrats to raise the debt ceiling through procedures …
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The Hill, Insider, Washington Times and National Review
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans learned to stop worrying about a Biden victory and love the infrastructure bill — What happened Tuesday in the Senate might seem like nothing short of a political miracle: Nineteen Republican senators, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Texas House speaker signs arrest warrants for Democrats who broke quorum over voting restrictions
Texas House speaker signs arrest warrants for Democrats who broke quorum over voting restrictions
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Mediaite
James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dade Phelan, ask Texas Supreme Court to overturn ruling blocking arrest of Democrats
Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dade Phelan, ask Texas Supreme Court to overturn ruling blocking arrest of Democrats
David Montgomery / New York Times:
Texas Republicans Vote to Arrest Absentee Democrats
Texas Republicans Vote to Arrest Absentee Democrats
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Townhall, Washington Times and CNN
Dallas Morning News:
Texas House speaker signs warrants to arrest 52 wayward Democrats
Texas House speaker signs warrants to arrest 52 wayward Democrats
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HuffPost, USA Today, New York Post, RedState and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Politico:
Republicans force culture-war votes to punish Dems for $3.5T partisan plan
Republicans force culture-war votes to punish Dems for $3.5T partisan plan
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Associated Press, The Hill, HuffPost, Financial Times and Bloomberg
Allahpundit / HotAir:
80-12: Texas House authorizes sergeant-at-arms to arrest the Dem fleebaggers and bring them back
80-12: Texas House authorizes sergeant-at-arms to arrest the Dem fleebaggers and bring them back
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Austin American-Statesman and HuffPost
The Texas Tribune:
Texas House orders arrest of missing Democrats as weekslong stalemate over a voting restrictions bill continues
Texas House orders arrest of missing Democrats as weekslong stalemate over a voting restrictions bill continues
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Fox News, Washington Examiner, Sputnik News, ABC13 and KFOX-TV
New York Times:
'A Publisher's Worst Nightmare': How Cuomo's Book Became a Cautionary Tale — Last summer, publishers really wanted to buy Gov. Andrew Cuomo's book. — At the time, it seemed like a guaranteed best seller. Sales of political books were surging, and Mr. Cuomo had become a cable news fixture …
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Washington Post:
How Cuomo's flexing of political power became his undoing — Hours after the state attorney general released a scorching report last week that found New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women and his staff had unlawfully retaliated against an alleged victim …
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Mother Jones, New York Times and CBS New York
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Andrew Cuomo resignation is the coda on a mean era Joe Biden ended by beating Donald Trump
Andrew Cuomo resignation is the coda on a mean era Joe Biden ended by beating Donald Trump
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New Republic, New York Times and ABC News
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
On CNN, covering one Cuomo while another is on vacation.
On CNN, covering one Cuomo while another is on vacation.
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The Daily Beast, Fox News, Newsbusters, The Hill, Townhall, The Wrap, Mediaite, Washington Post, Hollywood Reporter and RedState, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Cuomo Resigns Amid Scandals, Ending Decade-Long Run in Disgrace
Cuomo Resigns Amid Scandals, Ending Decade-Long Run in Disgrace
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New York Post, OpenSecrets.org, The American Spectator, Snopes.com, TheBlaze, TalkLeft and Sputnik News
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Alec Baldwin responds to Cuomo resignation: ‘This is a tragic day’
Alec Baldwin responds to Cuomo resignation: ‘This is a tragic day’
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The Daily Beast, Mediaite and Mercury News
New York Post:
Andrew Cuomo resigns as governor of New York
Andrew Cuomo resigns as governor of New York
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CNN, Wall Street Journal, National Review, THE CITY, ABC News, Sputnik News, WTOP, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, Page Six and The Root
Politico:
Trump asked his AG about legal strategy to overturn election, Rosen tells senators — Donald Trump asked the country's top legal official in late December about a conspiratorial draft complaint aimed at overturning the 2020 election results, according to a previously unreported account …
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Raw Story, Washington Post and Crooks and Liars
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Robert Siegel / NPR:
Neal Conan, Longtime Host Of NPR's ‘Talk Of The Nation,’ Dies At 71 — Neal Conan, who spent 36 years with National Public Radio and 11 years as the host of the network's Talk of the Nation died Tuesday in Hawaii of glioblastoma at the age of 71. — I met Neal almost 50 years ago …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The con is winding down — Allow me to present to you the evidence that China stole the 2020 election. Please sit down; I don't want you to be injured when you faint. — So: voilà. — Yes, you're reading that right. Looks like you owe MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell an apology. — Hm?
New York Times:
See the Data on Breakthrough Covid Hospitalizations and Deaths by State — Serious coronavirus infections among vaccinated people have been relatively rare since the start of the vaccination campaign, a New York Times analysis of data from 40 states and Washington, D.C., shows.
Michael Shellenberger:
Why I Am Not A Progressive — And Why, From Climate Change to Homelessness, Liberal People Are Giving Up — For all of my adult life I have identified as a progressive. To me, being a progressive meant that I believed in empowerment. In 2002, when I co-founded a labor-environmental coalition …
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Washington Post:
Texas judge clears way for San Antonio to mandate masks in blow to Gov. Greg Abbott — A county judge in Texas on Tuesday cleared the way for officials in San Antonio and Bexar County to require masks in public schools and municipal buildings, temporarily overriding an order …
New York Post:
Biden ‘checking’ if he can overrule states and order universal masks in schools — President Biden said Tuesday that his administration is examining whether he can order universal masking in public schools, overriding Republican governors in states like Florida and Texas.
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Politico:
Rep. Ron Kind announces retirement in boon to GOP's House hopes — Rep. Ron Kind, a senior Democrat in one of the most competitive swing seats, will not seek reelection — a gutting blow to House Democrats in their uphill battle to hang onto their majority next November.
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Niara Savage / Atlanta Black Star:
‘It Was Just Disbelief’: Parent Files Complaint Against Atlanta Elementary School After Learning the Principal Segregated Students Based on Race — An Atlanta mom filed a federal complaint against her daughter's Atlanta elementary school after she learned that the school was separating students on the basis of race.
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Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:
“All Roads Lead to Mar-a-Lago”: Inside the Fury and Fantasy of Donald Trump's Florida — It's late afternoon, and the palms of Fort Lauderdale are swaying as Roger Stone—dirty trickster, convicted felon—glides across the boulevard in short sleeves and a linen jacket, ready for his first cocktail of the day.
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Raw Story
Jim Abbott / Daytona Beach News-Journal Online:
WNDB official: Radio host Marc Bernier hospitalized with COVID-19 — Jim AbbottThe Daytona Beach News-Journal — DAYTONA BEACH — Longtime radio talk-show host Marc Bernier has been hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a top official at WNDB (1150 AM, 93.5 FM).
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BBC:
Facebook removes anti-vax influencer campaign — Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts which it says were involved in anti-vax disinformation campaigns operated from Russia. — The company said the network of accounts targeted India, Latin America and the US.
Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
‘Reign of Terror’ Brilliantly Traces the Course From 9/11 to President Trump … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. — Spencer Ackerman's barnburner of a new book, “Reign of Terror,” reminded me of that moment in 2015 …
Washington Post:
U.S. officials warn collapse of Afghan capital could come sooner than expected — The Biden administration is preparing for Afghanistan's capital to fall far sooner than feared only weeks ago, as a rapid disintegration of security has prompted the revision of an already stark intelligence …
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Political Wire
Cristiano Lima / Washington Post:
The Technology 202: Democrats urged Google to get itself vetted for racial biases. It hasn't budged. — Democratic lawmakers say Google has ignored calls for the tech giant to audit how its products and policies affect racial equity at the company, a tool civil rights advocates and their allies …
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Washington Post:
A man claiming to be a Mexican cartel leader threatened to kill a TV anchor. She returned to her nightly broadcast. — MEXICO CITY — Hours after receiving a death threat from a man claiming to be one of Mexico's most dangerous criminals, the news anchor took to the air again.
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Reporters Without Borders and CBS News
Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
Delta Is Bad News for Kids — Two and a half weeks ago, as the next school year approached, a pediatric cardiologist from Louisiana headed into the Georgia mountains with her husband, their three young children, and their extended family. It was, in many ways, a fairly pandemic-sanctioned vacation …
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Raw Story and New York Times
NK News:
North Korea refuses to answer inter-Korean hotline calls for second straight day — Seoul's unification, defense ministries confirm lack of response as top DPRK officials rail against joint US-ROK drills — North Korea has not responded to calls from South Korea via recently reconnected …