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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, Financial Times and CoinDesk, more at Mediagazer »
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Washington Post:
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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Wired, New York Times and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
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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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Inside Facebook's struggle to keep young people
Inside Facebook's struggle to keep young people
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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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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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Joe.My.God. and HuffPost
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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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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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
DeSantis eyes $5,000 bonus for unvaccinated police to relocate to Florida
DeSantis eyes $5,000 bonus for unvaccinated police to relocate to Florida
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Washington Post, Breitbart and Political Wire
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.
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
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, Insider, The Guardian and Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's Internal Chat Boards Show Politics Often at Center of Decision Making — Employees allege content rules aren't enforced for Breitbart and other right-wing publishers for fear of public blowback, and management expresses wariness of appearing biased, according to internal documents
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Raw Story, Washington Times, New York Post, RedState and Power Line, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
Brent Buchanan / Cygnal:
Cygnal Poll: YOUNGKIN TIED; GENERIC REPUBLICAN +1 — New Cygnal survey of 800+ likely voters shows steep declines for McAuliffe — WASHINGTON - The ground in Virginia has shifted. A new poll of 816 likely voters shows Glenn Youngkin and Terry McAuliffe dead even at 48% a piece, with one week to go until Election Day.
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The Hill, RedState, Breitbart and Political Wire
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Twitter suspends Rep. Jim Banks for misgendering transgender four-star officer — Twitter suspended the account of Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) Saturday after he intentionally misgendered Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender Senate-confirmed federal official, a spokesperson for the platform told Axios.
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Ben Kesslen / NBC News:
Rep. Jim Banks suspended from Twitter for misgendering trans government official Dr. Rachel Levine
Rep. Jim Banks suspended from Twitter for misgendering trans government official Dr. Rachel Levine
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New York Magazine and Insider
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.
Clare Duffy / CNN:
Facebook has known it has a human trafficking problem for years. It still hasn't fully fixed it — New York (CNN Business)Facebook has for years struggled to crack down on content related to what it calls domestic servitude: “a form of trafficking of people for the purpose …
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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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Common Dreams and Politico
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 …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Fauci fires back at Rand Paul for slam on tonight's “Axios on HBO” — Responding to charges by Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday's “Axios on HBO,” NIAID director Anthony Fauci told “ABC This Week” that it's “molecularly impossible” for U.S.-funded bat virus research in China to have produced COVID-19.
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Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:
Fauci says vaccines for kids between 5-11 likely available in November — Vaccines for kids between the ages of 5 and 11 will likely be available in the first half of November, top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Sunday, predicting a timetable that could see many kids …
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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.) …
Eliza Mackintosh / CNN:
Facebook knew it was being used to incite violence in Ethiopia. It did little to stop the spread, documents show — London (CNN)Facebook employees repeatedly sounded the alarm on the company's failure to curb the spread of posts inciting violence in “at risk” countries like Ethiopia …