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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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Washington Examiner, Insider, Breitbart, Fox News and BuzzFeed News
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Politico:
Dems to Biden: Move fast on SCOTUS; a tragedy could ensue — Democrats are preparing a mad-dash confirmation for President Joe Biden's Supreme Court pick, fearful that with an evenly divided Senate, the door to act could close at any moment. — Now, they just need Biden …
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CNN, The American Spectator, The B|E note, WV MetroNews, WTOP News, Washington Post, NBC News, RedState, Townhall, YouTube and Vanity Fair
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
New Georgetown Law Exec Deletes ‘Appalling’ Tweets About Biden SCOTUS Picks — ‘LESSER BLACK WOMAN’ — Less than a week after being hired to head a high-profile research department at Georgetown Law School, the former head of a conservative D.C. think tank predicted that Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee …
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Outside the Beltway, LAW.com, Raw Story and Politico
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Newsmax host: Is Breyer's retirement the way Hillary ends up as president? — In fairness to Grant Stinchfield, this is only the second-craziest succession scheme I've seen in the past 24 hours. Take a bow, Nikki Haley: … Forced to choose between President Biden and President Pelosi, I'll stick with Sleepy Joe.
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Politico, Raw Story, National Review and Boston Herald
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
Mary Ziegler / Politico:
What Stephen Breyer's Replacement Won't Have
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New York Times, The Moderate Voice and Vanity Fair
Supreme Court of the United States:
STATEMENTS FROM THE SUPREME COURT REGARDING JUSTICE STEPHEN G. BREYER'S RETIREMENT
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Washington Post and Reason
Roosevelt Room / The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on the Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
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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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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Putin Can't Be Appeased — Vladimir Putin has deployed some 100,000 troops to Russia's border with Ukraine. He has moved fighter jets and antiaircraft defenses into neighboring Belarus. He has around 6,000 soldiers, as well as air and naval assets, in Crimea, the peninsula in south Ukraine that he annexed illegally eight years ago.
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, Politico and The Blue State Conservative
Richard Branson / Virgin.com:
My thoughts on Ukraine and Russia
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Friendly Fire Newsletter, Washington Post and The Hill
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
‘America First’ MAGA Tough Guys Are Modern-Day Neville Chamberlains
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Raw Story, Commentary Magazine and New York Times
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:
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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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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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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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
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 …
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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U.S. Bureau …, Kevin Drum, Forbes, Mercury News and CBS News
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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
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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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.
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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National Review
Simon Carswell / The Irish Times:
Russian embassy disputes claims of ‘absolute guarantee’ to Irish fishermen on naval exercise impact — Military exercises will be carried out 240km off Co Cork from February 3rd to 8th — about 18 hours ago Updated: about 10 hours ago — Russia's ambassador to Ireland has given Irish fishermen …
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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.
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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New York Post, Washington Post, The Daily Wire, Louder With Crowder, The Daily Caller, Redux and TheBlaze
Politico:
'The White House isn't supporting him': Biden's FDA pick left in limbo — Robert Califf's supporters fear his candidacy is on the brink — raising the threat of a setback for Biden and the health agency at the center of his pandemic response. — Robert Califf testifies before a Senate Committee on Health …
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HotAir
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
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Biden's curse — BIDEN'S CURSE. Start by noting that the world will not end because President Joe Biden called Fox News White House reporter Peter Doocy a “stupid son of a b****.” Doocy handled the situation gracefully and moved on. So there is no reason to clutch pearls or take to the fainting couch.
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A Conservative Cultural …, HotAir and Breitbart
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 …
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.
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Federal Court Revokes Oil and Gas Leases, Citing Climate Change — A judge ruled that the Interior Department must consider the climate impacts of oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico before awarding leases. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday canceled oil and gas leases …
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