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Politico:
13 Legal Experts on How Breyer's Replacement Will Change the Court — The news that Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring from the Supreme Court galvanized the legal and political worlds this week. With so much riding on every SCOTUS seat, it's impossible to ignore how big the consequences might be.
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Supreme Court Risk — If he chooses a radical to replace Breyer, it will stimulate GOP turnout in November. — Given the alacrity with which the White House seized on Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement, the administration is clearly banking on a confirmation fight giving the Democratic Party a midterm lift.
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Mary Ziegler / Politico:
What Stephen Breyer's Replacement Won't Have
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New York Times, UPI, The Moderate Voice and Vanity Fair
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Breyer: I'm Retiring, But Only When My Successor Is Confirmed
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New York Times, Faster, Please! and The Daily Caller
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
New Georgetown Law Exec Deletes ‘Appalling’ Tweets About Biden SCOTUS Picks
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Newsmax host: Is Breyer's retirement the way Hillary ends up as president?
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Politico, Raw Story, National Review and Boston Herald
Politico:
Dems to Biden: Move fast on SCOTUS; a tragedy could ensue
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Roosevelt Room / The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on the Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
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Evie Magazine, NBC News, Supreme Court …, Raw Story, RedState, James's Newsletter and SCOTUSblog
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Pittsburgh bridge collapse injures 10 on day Biden to visit city to talk infrastructure — A Pittsburgh bridge collapsed early Friday, according to authorities, injuring 10 people just hours before President Biden was scheduled to visit the city to talk about infrastructure.
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Associated Press:
Human chain formed to help after Pittsburgh bridge collapse — PITTSBURGH (AP) — A two-lane bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, prompting rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet (46 meters) while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from a dangling bus.
Associated Press:
Key Pa. Dems to miss Biden visit, cite scheduling conflicts — HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden will appear in Pittsburgh on Friday as an opening step in a broader campaign to promote the White House's achievements in key states before the midterm elections.
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
‘America First’ MAGA Tough Guys Are Modern-Day Neville Chamberlains — MAGA elites are so obsessed with the culture war against the left that they're willing to turn a blind eye to a Russian invasion of a European democracy. … Donald Trump has conquered the GOP as a cult of personality …
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Raw Story, Commentary Magazine and New York Times
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Maura Judkis / Washington Post:
The Bidens finally have a White House cat. World, meet Willow. — She's a gray-and-white tabby that the first lady met on the campaign trail in 2020. She has ‘plenty of room to smell and explore’ in her new home. — The long-awaited White House cat has joined the Biden family — and her name is Willow.
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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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The Western Journal
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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CNN:
Ukrainian official tells CNN Biden's call with Ukrainian President ‘did not go well’ but White House disputes account — (CNN)A call between US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday “did not go well,” a senior Ukrainian official told CNN, amid disagreements over the …
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Richard Branson / Virgin.com:
My thoughts on Ukraine and Russia
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New York Post:
NYC teen rapper charged with shooting NYPD cop walking free on bond — A 16-year-old, up-and-coming rapper charged with shooting an NYPD cop in the Bronx walked free on bond Thursday — and cops are fuming over it. — Camrin Williams, who is also known by the rap name C Blu …
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The Daily Caller and National Review
Joanne Kenen / Politico:
The NYT's polarizing pandemic pundit — THE NIGHTLY READS ‘THE MORNING’ — With 5 million readers, David Leonhardt, the author of The New York Times “The Morning” newsletter, is arguably the most influential of the Covid influencers. — He has positioned himself as the pundit who punches holes …
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Kaivan K. Shroff / The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard's Lawyers Should Demand Kavanaugh's Recusal — “What goes around comes around.” — These were the words of now Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh during the opening statement at his confirmation hearing. In those unprecedentedly partisan and hostile remarks …
David M. Perry / CNN:
The real reason some people are so afraid of ‘Maus’ — ‘Maus’ author reacts to his book being banned — David M. Perry is a journalist and historian and co-author of “The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe.” He is a senior academic adviser in the history department of the University of Minnesota.
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Washington Post:
Books, speeches, hats for sale: Post-presidency, the Trumps try to make money the pre-presidency way — Donald Trump's advisers sent a “breaking” alert a few weeks before Christmas to his political supporters, informing them of a new opportunity to show their “loyalty” through a book of photographs.
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Insider
David K. Li / NBC News:
Stephanie Ruhle set to take ‘The 11th Hour’ slot, while ‘Morning Joe’ expanding — Veteran anchor and reporter Stephanie Ruhle will be the new host of MSNBC's “The 11th Hour” while the cable network's “Morning Joe” is set to expand to an additional fourth hour, the network's president announced Thursday.
Politico:
'The White House isn't supporting him': Biden's FDA pick left in limbo — President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration does not yet have the votes in the Senate needed to give the agency its first political leader in more than a year.
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HotAir
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Soros pours $125M into super PAC ahead of midterms — Billionaire mega-donor George Soros is seeding a super PAC with $125 million, an enormous investment that will aid Democratic groups and candidates for the 2022 election cycle and beyond. — The group, Democracy PAC …
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Stormy Daniels Cross-Examined By Her Former Attorney Michael Avenatti — She has accused the disgraced lawyer of stealing $300,000 of the advance she received from her book deal. — Stormy Daniels, the porn actor who was paid to keep silent about her alleged affair with former President Donald Trump …
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Neal Augenstein / WTOP News:
Judge reverses decision: Teen convicted of Loudoun Co. high school sexual assaults will not go on sex offender registry … The teenager convicted of two assaults at separate high schools in Loudoun County, Virginia, will not have to register as a sex offender after a juvenile court judge reconsidered her initial ruling.
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Taisha Walker / Click2Houston.com:
'I've never missed a vote': 95-year-old World War II Veteran says his mail-in ballot application has been denied twice due to new requirements — HOUSTON - A Harris County man fears new voting laws may prevent him from voting by absentee ballot for the first time in his lifetime.
Anneken Tappe / CNN:
The economy boomed in Biden's first year. His second will be harder — New York (CNN Business)The US economic recovery from the depths of the Covid pandemic continued through the end of last year. — But the strong finish to 2021 likely won't last into this year.
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Talmon Joseph Smith / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Grew 1.7% in 4th Quarter, Capping a Strong Year
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HotAir
Joseph Hippolito / Front Page Magazine:
Segregation Now, Segregation Forever? — Equal access for the unvaccinated is the civil rights issue of our time. — On Jan. 23, thousands of protesters appeared in Washington, D.C. to demand an end to vaccine mandates. The fact that the protest took place six days after the nation commemorated …
Angela Dewan / CNN:
Scientists slam Joe Rogan's podcast episode with Jordan Peterson as ‘absurd’ and ‘dangerous’ — (CNN)As podcaster Joe Rogan faces condemnation from medical scientists for spreading misinformation about vaccines and Covid-19, another interview by the controversial host this week has become …
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Axios:
3. Hungary's quiet Democratic lobby — The Hungarian government — known for its links to the Trump administration and conservative supporters — is quietly working with a powerhouse public affairs shop stacked with Democratic talent, Axios' Lachlan Markay has learned.
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