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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff — As the House investigation into the Jan. 6 attack heats up, some of the planners of the pro-Trump rallies that took place in Washington, D.C. …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Frances Haugen Became a Power Player in the Facebook Leaks — In a time of mega-leaks, journalists' sources have become power players. Frances Haugen, the former Facebook product manager who shared company documents, led a meticulous media rollout. — Frances Haugen first met Jeff Horwitz …
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UPI and CoinDesk, more at Mediagazer »
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The case against Mark Zuckerberg: Insiders say Facebook's CEO chose growth over safety … Late last year, Mark Zuckerberg faced a choice: Comply with demands from Vietnam's ruling Communist Party to censor anti-government dissidents or risk getting knocked offline in one of Facebook's most lucrative Asian markets.
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New York Times, Wired, Bloomberg, The Verge, Telegraph, TechCrunch and Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
Cristiano Lima / Washington Post:
A whistleblower's power: Key takeaways from the Facebook Papers … A personal decision by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leads to a crackdown on dissent in Vietnam. Measures to suppress hateful, deceptive content are lifted after the American presidential election in 2020 …
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The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Ellen Cushing / The Atlantic:
How Facebook Failed the World — Internal documents show the company routinely placing public-relations, profit, and regulatory concerns over user welfare. And if you think it's bad here, look beyond the U.S. — In the fall of 2019, Facebook launched a massive effort to combat the use of its platforms for human trafficking.
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
‘History Will Not Judge Us Kindly’ — Before I tell you what happened at exactly 2:28 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the White House—and how it elicited a very specific reaction, some 2,400 miles away, in Menlo Park, California—you need to remember the mayhem of that day …
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Politico, Financial Times and CNN, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's Internal Chat Boards Show Politics Often at Center of Decision Making
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Raw Story, Washington Times, New York Post, RedState, Power Line and Forbes, more at Mediagazer »
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Facebook shares under pressure following release of leaked whistleblower documents
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CNN, New York Post and Joe.My.God., more at Techmeme »
Eliza Mackintosh / CNN:
Facebook knew it was being used to incite violence in Ethiopia. It did little to stop the spread, documents show
Clare Duffy / CNN:
The Facebook Papers may be the biggest crisis in the company's history
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Wired, New York Times, Common Dreams, The Guardian and Financial Times, more at Techmeme »
Associated Press:
AP source: Manchin agreeable to wealth tax for Biden plan — WASHINGTON (AP) — Pivotal Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin appears to be on board with White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to help pay for President Joe Biden's scaled-back social services and climate change package.
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NBC News, HotAir, Insider, Reuters, New York Times, Joe.My.God., Associated Press, NBC Bay Area, WPTA21 and Bloomberg
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
What drives Sinema? A different view of politics
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Sacramento Bee and WTOP
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Ignoring Sanctions, Russia Renews Broad Cybersurveillance Operation — The new campaign came only months after President Biden imposed sanctions on Moscow in response to a series of spy operations it had conducted around the world. — SEA ISLAND, Ga. — Russia's premier intelligence agency …
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Forbes, Human Events, Raw Story and Joe.My.God., more at Techmeme »
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Katherine Huggins / Mediaite:
Trump Blasts Fox News For Supposedly Airing ‘Untruthful Anti-Trump Commercials’ — Former President Donald Trump blasted Fox News on Sunday, claiming the network “continually allow[s] horrible and untruthful anti-Trump commercials to be run.” — “What good is it if FOX News speaks …
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HotAir, BizPac Review and Joe.My.God.
ProPublica:
“The Liberty Way”: How Liberty University Discourages and Dismisses Students' Reports of Sexual Assaults — Note: This story includes descriptions of sexual violence and attempted suicide. — When Elizabeth Axley first told Liberty University officials she had been raped, she was confident they'd do the right thing.
Sarah Mucha / Axios:
McAuliffe pivots to schools — In the closing weeks of their closely watched Virginia gubernatorial race, Terry McAuliffe is going after Glenn Youngkin on unlikely ground — public education — as he tries to reverse the Republican's surprisingly strong challenge.
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HotAir, New Republic, ABC News, York News-Times, Washington Times and Washington Post
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Brent Buchanan / Cygnal:
Cygnal Poll: YOUNGKIN TIED; GENERIC REPUBLICAN +1
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The Hill, RedState, Breitbart and Political Wire
John Lucas / The Federalist:
How The Rachel Levine ‘Four-Star Admiral’ Photo-Op Will Damage U.S. Security — While maneuvering his Third Army to relieve Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, Gen. George Patton would have been outranked by ‘first transgender admiral’ Rachel Levine. — To great public fanfare …
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Twitter suspends Rep. Jim Banks for misgendering transgender four-star officer
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New York Post, HuffPost, NBC News, RedState, UPI, WPTA21 and New York Magazine
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Former Saudi official calls Mohammed bin Salman a “psychopath,” says Saudi crown prince fears what he knows — Saad Aljabri was number two in Saudi intelligence until, he says, Mohammed bin Salman forced him out. Now, MBS is Saudi Arabia's crown prince, and Aljabri is in exile.
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The Daily Beast, The Guardian, Insider and Bloomberg
Bryn Stole / Baltimore Sun:
U.S. Rep. Anthony G. Brown launching campaign for Maryland attorney general — U.S. Rep. Anthony G. Brown, a Prince George's County Democrat and former lieutenant governor, will run for attorney general of Maryland next year. — Brown, 59, is the first major Democratic candidate to jump …
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The Hill, The Daily Caller and Maryland Matters
BBC:
Sudan's military dissolves civilian government and arrests leaders — Sudan's military has dissolved civilian rule, arrested political leaders and declared a state of emergency. — Gen Abdel Fattah Burhan, who had been heading a joint council with civilian leaders, blamed political infighting.
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The Daily Beast, Washington Post, Reuters, CBS News, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Al Jazeera, GZERO, The Times of Israel, CNN, Financial Times, The Guardian, ABC30, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, Mediaite, The Times of Israel, Fox News, WTOP, One America News Network, Bloomberg, Forbes and WPTA21
New York Times:
How Amazon Mishandled Paying Dozens of Workers on Leave — A knot of problems with Amazon's system for handling paid and unpaid leaves has led to devastating consequences for workers. — A year ago, Tara Jones, an Amazon warehouse worker in Oklahoma, cradled her newborn …
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People's Policy Project
Jack Newman / Daily Mail:
Conservative pundit Candace Owens attacks Alec Baldwin over accidental shooting calling it ‘poetic justice’ for his previous criticism of Donald Trump — Owens said Baldwin spent four years painting Trump and his fans as ‘murderers’ — The actor portrayed the president on SNL and repeatedly slammed his politics
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The Daily Beast
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Biden administration to announce plan for accelerating authorization of at-home Covid tests — The Biden administration on Monday will announce several steps aimed at making rapid, at-home Covid testing more widely available while lowering costs, according to details shared with NBC News.
Washington Post:
Inside PhRMA's fight to kill Democrats' drug pricing plan — Good morning, Early Birds. Please share your suggestions for what Theo should make with the dozens and dozens of apples he picked the other weekend — and also your tips! And if you have to choose between sending a recipe …
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Politico and Common Dreams
Boris Epshteyn / Newsweek:
Biden Administration Plans to Kill America's Energy Sector — The progressive environmental Left, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and other Green New Deal radicals, seems poised to suffer a significant defeat at the hands of its own party. — According to recent reports …
Tami Luhby / CNN:
Lower premiums, more choices on Obamacare exchanges for 2022 as Democrats battle to extend generous subsidies — (CNN)Consumers shopping for health coverage on the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges can likely find lower premiums and more choices for 2022 — as well as generous government assistance …
Fatma Khaled / Newsweek:
Ron DeSantis Planning $5K Bonus for Unvaccinated Police to Relocate to Florida — Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Sunday that he is hoping to sign legislation that would give unvaccinated police officers a $5,000 bonus to relocate to his state.
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Washington Post, The Hill, The Guardian, Breitbart, Political Wire, The Expose, Rolling Stone, Discourse.net, HuffPost, Insider, Joe.My.God. and Forbes
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Disgraced former governor is recast as MAGA warrior in Senate bid — Missouri's open Senate race features a crowded cast of conservative characters. There's the self-described “farm girl,” the auctioneer on a bus tour, a state attorney general suing China, and the guy who stood on his lawn and pointed an AR-15 at protesters.
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Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Federal Judges Would Face Tougher Stock-Trading Rules Under Bipartisan Bill — House hearings set; planned actions follow Wall Street Journal reports on financial conflicts in the judiciary — Federal judges would be required to report stock trades over $1,000 within 45 days and post …
Axios:
1 big thing: Schlapps see '24 Trump run — The chairman of the American Conservative Union told Margaret Talev for “Axios on HBO” he accepts “Joe Biden is my president, and I want him to succeed,” but predicted Republicans retake the House and Senate in 2022 — and greater than 50% odds Donald Trump runs in 2024.
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The American Conservative
Albert Hunt / The Hill:
Republican spin on Biden is off the mark — The Republican spin about Joe Biden's presidency has taken hold: He ran as a centrist who'd promulgate bipartisan, moderate policies and appointments, but instead, they say, he's governing as a partisan left-winger, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) …
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Wall Street Journal and CNN
Jerry Zremski / Buffalo News:
Real? Absolutely. Resilient? You bet. But some wonder: Is India Walton ready? — In South Buffalo on a recent Saturday evening, India B. Walton, all 4 feet, 11 inches of her, filled a tent with her passion and her presence - and kept the first promise of her campaign slogan.
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