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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
West Virginia's coal miners just made Joe Manchin's life a lot harder — For months, Sen. Joe Manchin III has sold his opposition to the Build Back Better proposal as driven uniformly by a brave and hardheaded assessment of the national interest. He has warned that BBB will fuel inflation …
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Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone:
Manchin's Coal Corruption Is So Much Worse Than You Knew — The senator from West Virginia is bought and paid for by Big Coal. With his help the dying industry is pulling one final heist — and the entire planet may pay the price — One of the hardest things to grasp about the climate crisis is the connectedness of all things.
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
Bernie Sanders says Democrats are failing: ‘The party has turned its back on the working class’
Bernie Sanders says Democrats are failing: ‘The party has turned its back on the working class’
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday — WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks …
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Min Max / CMS:
Biden-Harris Administration Requires Insurance Companies and Group Health Plans to Cover the Cost of At-Home COVID-19 Tests, Increasing Access to Free Tests — As part of its ongoing efforts across many channels to expand Americans' access to free testing, the Biden-Harris Administration …
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
Mitch McConnell's Electoral Count Act offer is a poison pill for voting rights — Fate of voting rights legislation rests on pressure from ‘spotlight of history’ — The Electoral Count Act, the law governing how Congress certifies presidential elections, is filled with gaps and ambiguities.
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Houston Keene / Fox News:
RNC calls out Senate Democrats on filibuster hypocrisy in new memo
RNC calls out Senate Democrats on filibuster hypocrisy in new memo
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Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Issues Threat to Democrats on Filibuster Changes
McConnell Issues Threat to Democrats on Filibuster Changes
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The Hill and The Daily Wire
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Kevin McCarthy Plans to Strip Ilhan Omar off Foreign Affairs, Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff off Intelligence Committee — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News that as speaker of the House he would strip Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) …
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Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
McCarthy Again Threatens To Strip Dems Of Committee Seats If He Becomes Speaker
McCarthy Again Threatens To Strip Dems Of Committee Seats If He Becomes Speaker
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Teaganne Finn / NBC News:
McCarthy says if House speaker, he would strip some Democrats of committee assignments
McCarthy says if House speaker, he would strip some Democrats of committee assignments
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
So much for ‘nothing to hide’: Jim Jordan balks at Jan. 6 probe
So much for ‘nothing to hide’: Jim Jordan balks at Jan. 6 probe
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CNN:
Democrats scramble to sink Cruz's plan to impose sanctions over Nord Stream pipeline — Germany suspends approval of Nord Stream 2 pipeline — (CNN)Top Senate Democrats and the Biden administration are maneuvering behind the scenes to defeat a measure from GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas …
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Patrick Tucker / Defense One:
US ‘Unequivocal’ to Russia on Right of Ukraine, Others, to Join NATO
US ‘Unequivocal’ to Russia on Right of Ukraine, Others, to Join NATO
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Washington Post:
More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation. — The Washington Post has compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents
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Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Mocking anti-vaxxers' deaths is ghoulish, yes — but necessary — Among all the ways that COVID-19 affects our lives, the pandemic confronts us with a profound moral dilemma: — How should we react to the deaths of the unvaccinated? — On the one hand, a hallmark of civilized thought is the sense that every life is precious.
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
How do we know Trump's election fraud claims are bogus? Take a look at Pennsylvania. — Former president Donald Trump, like a tone-deaf musician, used the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot last week to once again allege, without evidence, that the 2020 election was rigged.
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Fed vice chair to resign over stock trading controversy — Richard Clarida is the third Federal Reserve official to quit over questionable behavior during the coronavirus pandemic — Richard Clarida, the Federal Reserve's vice chair, announced Monday that he will resign …
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Jerome Powell will tell senators that Fed policymakers see high inflation's toll.
Jerome Powell will tell senators that Fed policymakers see high inflation's toll.
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The Daily Caller, One America News Network and The Hill
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that's no joke — NEW YORK — Greg Gutfeld is picking through a long, narrow closet. He wrenches a painting from the depth of the clutter. A painting of himself. That familiar arched right eyebrow. That sideways grin.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Symone Sanders, a Top Strategist for Biden and Harris, Is Joining MSNBC — Ms. Sanders, 32, will host a weekend show on the cable network, one of the first big programming moves by MSNBC's president, Rashida Jones. — Symone D. Sanders, the former chief spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Robert Durst, Real Estate Scion Convicted as a Killer, Dies at 78 — He was a suspect in three lurid murders and became a fugitive. In September, he was found guilty in the fatal shooting of a confidante and sentenced to life in prison. — Robert A. Durst, the scion …
Jeff Asher / The Atlantic:
The Data Are Pointing to One Major Driver of America's Murder Spike — After murders in the United States soared to more than 21,000 in 2020, researchers began searching for a definitive explanation why. Many factors may have contributed, such as a pandemic-driven loss of social programs …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
I Spent Insurrection Week Listening to Steve Bannon — For three hours every day, the Republican coup plotters who inspired the domestic terror attack at the U.S. Capitol last year gather to discuss their next move. On their January 6th anniversary program, the Dead Cops Society beseeched …
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Vax Leader Urges Followers to Drink Their Own Urine to Fight COVID — ‘EVERYTHING WE NEED’ — Anti-COVID-19 “Vaccine Police” leader Christopher Key has a new quarter-baked conspiracy theory for his anti-vax followers to use to cure themselves of COVID-19: Drink their own urine.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox, MSNBC and CNN show differing directions with new hosts and shows — New York (CNN Business)On Monday morning CNN, MSNBC and Fox all made programming announcements that doubled as statements about each network's positioning in the news and talk marketplace.
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
An Indiana GOP state senator said teachers ‘need to be impartial’ during lessons about Nazism and fascism — On Wednesday, during an Indiana state Senate committee hearing about a proposed bill that would ban “divisive concepts” in school classrooms, Republican Sen. Scott Baldwin …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Lisa Murkowski Mocks Trump's ‘Very Bizarre’ Endorsement Of Alaska Governor — “The difference is my endorsement is not for sale,” the GOP senator said of the former president's ultimatum to Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy. — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Friday that former President …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rochelle Walensky is not good at this — We learned Friday that Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has sought the counsel of a prominent media consultant amid struggles to craft a coherent and consistent message on the coronavirus.
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
No, the CDC chief didn't say that 75% of all COVID deaths involved four comorbidities
No, the CDC chief didn't say that 75% of all COVID deaths involved four comorbidities
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Washington Examiner, Twitchy and Popular Rationalism
Sarah Zhang / The Atlantic:
Omicron Is Forcing Us to Rethink Mild COVID — When Delta swept across the United States last year, the extremely transmissible and deadlier variant threw us into pandemic limbo. The virus remained a danger mostly to unvaccinated people, but they largely wanted to move on.
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New York Times:
Mike Pence Seen as Key Witness in Jan. 6 Investigation — Getting the former vice president to answer questions under oath could be crucial as the House panel focuses on Donald Trump's responsibility for the Capitol riot. — As the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault …
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Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
North Carolina voters dispute Cawthorn candidacy over Jan. 6 — A group of North Carolina voters want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate — RALEIGH, N.C. — A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday they want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified …
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Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
Yale, Georgetown, Other Top Schools Illegally Collude to Limit Student Financial Aid, Lawsuit Alleges — A new federal suit adds to continuing efforts to change college admissions practices — Sixteen major U.S. universities, including Yale University, Georgetown University and Northwestern University …
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why More Americans Are Saying They're ‘Vaxxed and Done’ — Sign up for Derek's newsletter here. — To understand how ideologically scrambling the Omicron wave has been, consider this: Some 2022 Democrats are sounding like 2020 Republicans. In spring 2020, many Republicans …
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