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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Kill the Bill — Members of Congress have begun to say explicitly in the last couple days what I think has been clear for weeks and months. Kyrsten Sinema's multiple trips to the White House yesterday just confirms it. She's not negotiating about any of this in good faith.
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HotAir, Politico, Townhall, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Insider
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Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Why House Democrats May Be More United Than They Seem — Two factions of the Democratic Party in Congress are currently playing tug-of-war over the centerpieces of President Biden's legislative agenda. Moderate Democrats have balked at the proposed $3.5 trillion reconciliation budget bill …
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New York Times, USA Today, Washington Examiner, NBC News, Washington Post, Roll Call, The Guardian, No Labels and BizPac Review
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
If You Think Progressives Won't Compromise with Centrists, You Have It Backwards Liberals are begging to negotiate with centrists. — The impression has taken hold with many people who have moderate inclinations that the Democratic Party is split between moderate pragmatists and left-wing ideologues who refuse to compromise.
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HotAir, The Daily Caller, Salon and Politico
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kyrsten Sinema's latest moves pose a dire threat to Biden's agenda
Kyrsten Sinema's latest moves pose a dire threat to Biden's agenda
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HuffPost, Washington Examiner, HotAir and CNN
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republicans at Odds Over Infrastructure Bill as Vote Approaches
Republicans at Odds Over Infrastructure Bill as Vote Approaches
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The Hill, Financial Times, Daily Kos, Grist, NPR, Common Dreams, Politico, Bloomberg and Washington Times
Washington Post:
Biden, Pelosi embark on late scramble to save $1 trillion infrastructure bill
Biden, Pelosi embark on late scramble to save $1 trillion infrastructure bill
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The Hill, HuffPost, Jacobin, The Atlantic, NBC New York and CNN
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi leaves room to delay infrastructure vote
Pelosi leaves room to delay infrastructure vote
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CNN, Politico, USA Today, New York Times, Slate and Political Wire
Politico:
Manchin, Sinema leave Dems in lurch as Biden agenda teeters
Manchin, Sinema leave Dems in lurch as Biden agenda teeters
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump donor: Corey Lewandowski made unwanted sexual advances — A Donald Trump donor is accusing Corey Lewandowski, one of the former president's longtime top aides, of making unwanted sexual advances toward her at a Las Vegas charity event over the weekend.
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The Hill, Rolling Stone, Raw Story and Political Wire
American Greatness:
Kristi Noem Shows Why Republicans Can't Have Nice Things — Exclusive: Sources reveal the South Dakota governor and potential 2024 VP candidate is having an extramarital affair with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. — Multiple sources have informed American Greatness …
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Associated Press, Queerty and Ace of Spades HQ
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
South Dakota AG reviewing Noem's meeting with daughter
South Dakota AG reviewing Noem's meeting with daughter
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The Daily Beast, NPR, The Hill, Joe.My.God., BizPac Review and South Dakota
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
YouTube is banning prominent anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content — The Google-owned video site previously only banned misinformation about coronavirus vaccines. Facebook made the same change months ago. — SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube is taking …
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Declan Leary / The American Conservative:
The Most Dangerous Man in America — Gen. Mark Milley is ambitious, incompetent, progressive, and wildly self-assured. — Four-star General Mark A. Milley, 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and highest-ranking officer in the United States Armed Forces, is a walking answer to the unasked question …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Pentagon leaders blame State Department for chaotic Afghanistan evacuation of civilians
Pentagon leaders blame State Department for chaotic Afghanistan evacuation of civilians
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Insider, Washington Examiner, New York Post and Townhall
YouTube:
Dowd for Texas Announcement — Matthew Dowd announces his campaign for Texas Lt Governor and end the reign of the cruel and craven GOP incumbent. He says enough is enough and it is time t...
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James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
Matthew Dowd, former George W. Bush strategist, to run as Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor
Matthew Dowd, former George W. Bush strategist, to run as Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor
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Politico, USA Today, POLITICUSUSA, RedState, Joe.My.God. and Twitchy
Willy Staley / New York Times:
Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’? — The show's new audience is also seeing something different in it: a parable about a country in terminal decline. — To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
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Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:
In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason's Role in Human Progress … When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. — For someone who so frequently and serenely proclaims that he's right, Steven Pinker can get curiously defensive.
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Gawker, Althouse and The Guardian
Dr. Harry Wilson / Roanoke College:
Roanoke College Poll: Va. Governor's race, COVID-19 and more — Former Democrat Governor Terry McAuliffe maintains a 7-percentage point lead over Republican Glenn Youngkin (48%-41%) with 9% undecided in the race for Virginia governor, according to The Roanoke College Poll.
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Why Biden Is Patient as Democrats Panic — A faint but discernible note of alarm has been slipping into Democrats' chatter about the 2022 and 2024 elections. President Joe Biden's approval ratings have slumped to their lowest levels since his inauguration. His governing coalition is splintering over the Haitian migrant crisis.
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Washington Post, Ace of Spades HQ and CNN
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump plans to sue to keep White House records on Capitol attack secret — Legal strategy could delay and possibly stymie efforts by House select committee into Capitol attacks to see key documents — Donald Trump is preparing to sue to block the release of White House records …
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Joe.My.God., Politico, POLITICUSUSA, Lawfare and Raw Story
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin GOP lawmakers want superintendent, treasurer and secretary of state appointed, not elected — MADISON - Republican lawmakers are proposing to eliminate elections for the state superintendent, state treasurer and secretary of state and instead allow governors to appoint those positions.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Voodoo math: Media mostly fails to challenge Biden's ‘zero-dollar cost’ infrastructure — “My ‘Build Back Better’ agenda costs zero dollars. Instead of wasting money on tax breaks, loopholes and tax evasion for big corporations and the wealthy, we can make a once-in-a-generation investment in working America.”
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National Review, IJR, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
America Is Having a Violence Wave, Not a Crime Wave — A historic rise in homicides in 2020—and continued bloodshed in 2021—has incited fears that after years of plummeting crime rates, the U.S. could be headed back to the bad old days, when a crime wave gripped the country from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Friends from Ohio get 45 days in jail for Capitol riot — Two friends from Ohio have been sentenced to 45 days in jail for storming the U.S. Capitol together in January — COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Federal prosecutors assert that everybody who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 …
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Insider, Washington Post and Law & Crime
Kelsey Bradshaw / Austin American-Statesman:
Arson suspect sought after throwing ‘molotov cocktail’ into Travis County Democrats' Austin office — Austin arson officials are investigating after a man wearing a U.S. flag bandana threw an incendiary device and possibly a rock into the Travis County Democratic Party's East Sixth Street office early Wednesday.
Peter Greene / Forbes:
Critical Race Theory Bans Are Expanding To Cover Broad Collection Of Issues — The conservative cancel culture panic over “critical race theory” in schools is continuing to spread. But while some school districts are correctly pointing out that CRT is not taught in their system …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Kamala Harris' office frustrated with ‘The View’ after last week's Covid fiasco, sources say — New York (CNN Business)The office of Vice President Kamala Harris is vexed with “The View” after the false Covid-19 positive tests revealed just before Harris was to appear on the show last week sent …
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Democrats Fear 2022 ‘Bloodbath,’ Toy With Going for Broke Now on Infrastructure — Democrats are faced with a key moment on infrastructure. They can do the politically popular thing, or they can deliver on the policy they believe in. — As they struggle to muscle through their sweeping domestic agenda …
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Raw Story and The Federalist
Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
Ivory-billed woodpecker officially declared extinct, along with 22 other species — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's move underscores what scientists say is an accelerating rate of extinction worldwide, given climate change and habitat loss — The “Lord God Bird” is dead.
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Richard Haass / Foreign Affairs:
The Age of America First … Donald Trump was supposed to be an aberration—a U.S. president whose foreign policy marked a sharp but temporary break from an internationalism that had defined seven decades of U.S. interactions with the world. He saw little value in alliances and spurned multilateral institutions.