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Robby Soave / Reason:
Georgetown Should Not Fire Ilya Shapiro for a Bad Tweet — Georgetown University's Black Law Students Association is demanding the firing of Ilya Shapiro, a director of constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, from his brand new position at the university.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Poor, Misunderstood Mark Joseph Stern — One has to feel sorry for Slate's Mark Joseph Stern, who is being criticized on Twitter and beyond for what was clearly just a big ol' misunderstanding. There he was on Twitter, minding his own business, when he came across some tweets he disliked …
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Timothy Johnson / Media Matters for America:
New York Times cites conservative legal pundit with history of smearing the competence of women jurists of color
Media Matters for America:
Biden pledged to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Right-wing media are rushing to dismiss the idea
Biden pledged to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Right-wing media are rushing to dismiss the idea
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The race-baiting response to Biden's Supreme Court pledge
The race-baiting response to Biden's Supreme Court pledge
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Let's Be Real: The Supreme Court Is Political and Always Has Been.
Let's Be Real: The Supreme Court Is Political and Always Has Been.
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Chris Geidner / Grid News:
Biden's Supreme Court pick won't change many votes, but she will change the court
Biden's Supreme Court pick won't change many votes, but she will change the court
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Fox News Abandons the GOP on Russia — Night after night, the host of the top-rated show on Fox News repeats Vladimir Putin's talking points justifying aggression against Ukraine and opposing U.S. aid to that threatened sovereign country. Tucker Carlson's influence is felt across right-wing social media …
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Politico:
Why ‘imminent’ pisses Zelenskyy off — With help from Paul McLeary, Nahal Toosi, David Herszenhorn, Oriana Pawlyk and Daniel Lippman — In November, Ukrainian President VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY couldn't ring alarm bells loudly enough. “There is a threat today that there will be war tomorrow.
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The Right Scoop and Washington Examiner
Sergei Kuznetsov / Politico:
Lukashenko warns Belarus will go to war if Russia is attacked — Russia has sent thousands of troops into Belarus, but the country's authoritarian leader said Friday there will only be war if “aggression is committed against Belarus” or “our ally Russia.” — “If our country faces an aggression …
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Exclusive: Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine, adding to U.S. concern
Exclusive: Russia moves blood supplies near Ukraine, adding to U.S. concern
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Select Committee to Investigate …:
Select Committee Subpoenas “Alternate Electors” from Seven States — Bolton, MS—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) today announced that, as part of its investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol and its causes, the Select Committee has issued subpoenas to 14 individuals …
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Washington Post:
Biden gives infrastructure speech after visiting Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed hours earlier — After an impromptu trip to a bridge that crumpled hours earlier, injuring 10 people, President Biden on Friday gave his scheduled speech about infrastructure in Pittsburgh …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
‘A boom, then a monster sound’: 10 hurt after bridge over Pittsburgh's Frick Park collapses — This story was updated at 11:10 a.m. on Friday, January 28, 2022. — Ten people were injured Friday morning when a bridge that carries Forbes Avenue over Frick Park in Pittsburgh collapsed …
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Pennsylvania court tosses state's mail voting law — A Pennsylvania court struck down the state's mail voting law on Friday morning, saying that voters must amend the state constitution before such legislation is legal. — “No-excuse mail-in voting makes the exercise of the franchise …
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Pennsylvania court declares state's mail-in voting law unconstitutional, in win for Republicans
Pennsylvania court declares state's mail-in voting law unconstitutional, in win for Republicans
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Pennsylvania Court Says State's Mail Voting Law Is Unconstitutional
Pennsylvania Court Says State's Mail Voting Law Is Unconstitutional
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Mother Jones:
We Uncovered How Many Georgians Were Disenfranchised by GOP Voting Restrictions. It's Staggering. — Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. — “States are not engaging in trying to suppress voters whatsoever …
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Lacie Pierson / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Justice touts achievements, tells haters to kiss Babydog's hiney in delayed State of the State address — NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED, QUALITY LOCAL JOURNALISM.. — Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday used his second State of the State address as a victory lap for economic development and tourism in West Virginia …
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The Hill:
Biden ‘hot mic’ with Fox's Doocy fuels speculation — Did President Biden have an accidental “hot mic” moment this week when he was heard insulting a Fox News reporter? Or did the president intend for his comments to be picked up? — A number of observers have speculated about the latter.
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
The Disillusionment of a Young Biden Official — Andrea Flores's efforts to roll back Trump's immigration policies faced opposition inside and outside the White House. — In the spring of 2019, Andrea Flores, then a thirty-one-year-old associate at a law firm in Washington, D.C. …
Steve Inskeep / NPR:
China's ambassador to the U.S. warns of ‘military conflict’ over Taiwan — China's ambassador to the United States issued a warning Thursday: The U.S. could face “military conflict” with China over the future status of Taiwan. — In his first one-on-one interview since assuming his post in Washington …
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Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
NATO Won't Put Troops In Ukraine, But Western Foreigners Are Volunteering To Join The Fight Against Russia — Fighters from the US and the European Union are signing up to fight in Ukraine against Russia. “Ukrainians are fighting for what America was fighting for — freedom.” — Reporting From
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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Republicans may prevent Broward's new Democratic lawmaker from participating in annual legislative session after all — Republicans who control most of state government aren't prepared to let Broward's newly elected Democratic state representative, Daryl Campbell, take office during the current legislative session.
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
‘Quick Reaction Forces’ And The Lingering Mysteries Of The Plot Against The Capitol — The Oath Keeper “QRFs” show how things could have been a lot worse, and how much more there is to learn. — The Comfort Inn location just off the interstate has three stars on Yelp …
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Melody Schreiber / New Republic:
The Big-Name Journalists Who Are Trying to “Both Sides” Covid — There is a movement afoot just as insidious as right-wingers refusing to wear masks and get vaccinated. It's progressives who are fully vaccinated but whose overcautious attitude toward Covid-19 is harming a generation …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Let Kids Take Their Masks Off After the Omicron Surge — Elissa Perkins, the director of infectious disease management in the emergency department of the Boston Medical Center, told me she spent most of 2020 “imploring everybody I could in every forum that I could to mask.”
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Victoria Bekiempis / New York Magazine:
Stormy Daniels Sees a Ghost — Michael Avenatti, her onetime sidekick, returns to grill her in court on the supernatural. — Just after 9 a.m. Friday, Michael Avenatti stood behind a plexiglass-enclosed lectern in a downtown courtroom and questioned Stormy Daniels about her encounters with the undead.
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Christopher Ingraham / The Why Axis:
New data shows Americans more miserable than we've been in half a century — The latest release from the General Social Survey shows the toll the pandemic has taken on our mental health — When I worked at the Pew Research Center back in the mid-2000s one of our pollsters …
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
This Wisconsin Lawmaker Is Ready to Quit the GOP Over Trump — “He is lying. He did not win Wisconsin. And he has provided no proof otherwise.” — CJ — Kathy Bernier has been a stolidly conservative voice in the Wisconsin Legislature for more than a decade.
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Claiming partisan fairness models are proprietary, Princeton Gerrymandering Project won't show their work — An algorithm used by the Princeton Gerrymandering Project to determine the partisan fairness of New Jersey congressional districts won't be made public because the group says their redistricting analysis formula is proprietary.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Salt Lake Tribune alerts police to threats to staffers after covid — The Salt Lake Tribune alerted police to threats that the newspaper received after publishing a Jan. 15 editorial that ripped state leaders for their response to covid-19, according to an email from executive editor Lauren Gustus to subscribers.
William Saletan / Slate:
What I Learned in 25 Years of Writing for Slate — In 1996, Michael Kinsley called me with an offer. He was starting a magazine and wanted somebody to write a column, “The Horse Race,” tracking the presidential campaign. The race was boring—Bob Dole never had a shot against Bill Clinton—but the magazine, Slate, was exciting.