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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 — The pundit, Ed Whelan, was also responsible for smearing Christine Blasey Ford by promoting a conspiracy theory that she mistook Brett Kavanaugh for a doppleganger
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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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Twitchy and Instapundit
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
What can Stephen Breyer's successor accomplish? — Toward the end, you could hear it in Stephen Breyer's voice. His meandering questions in oral argument could often telegraph exasperation, the sort you get from a man convinced of the loftiness of his own intelligence, but lately that had given way to incredulity.
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New York Times and The Gateway Pundit
Lauren Lumpkin / Washington Post:
Incoming Georgetown Law administrator apologizes after tweets dean called ‘appalling’
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The Hill, Outside the Beltway, Reuters, Chris's Newsletter, WTOP News, TaxProf Blog and New York Post
Mary Ziegler / Politico:
Stephen Breyer's Unique Legacy on Abortion
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Margin of Error Blog, New York Times, UPI and The Moderate Voice
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Supreme Court Risk
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Bloomberg, Grid News, newsroom.co.nz, The American Spectator, Washington Examiner, Fox News, Cracked Bowl and CBS Detroit
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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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Sanctions Plan Targets Russian Banks, Companies and Imports If Ukraine Is Attacked — The plan, which is still being finalized, would prohibit a range of activities — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is narrowing its targets for a barrage of economic sanctions against Russia …
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Washington Times, The Right Scoop, The Daily Caller, Metro.co.uk and Тел …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Scoop: Ukraine gives U.S. senators 4 specific asks on Russia sanctions, military aid
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The Bulwark
CNN:
Ukrainian official tells CNN Biden's call with Ukrainian President ‘did not go well’ but White House disputes account
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Politico, The Guardian, New York Times, The Kyiv Independent, The Independent, Insider, Voice of America, Fox News, Breitbart, TheBlaze, HotAir, The Western Journal, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Daily Caller, New York Post, TASS, news.com.au and Bloomberg
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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Anya Kamenetz / NPR:
After 2 years, growing calls to take masks off children in school
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Washington Examiner
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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Insider, RedState, WV MetroNews, Politico and National Review
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Ted Cruz Is Fundraising Off a Debunked 1/6 Conspiracy Theory — Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. — In the spring of 2016, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) exploded when Donald Trump cited a baseless conspiracy theory …
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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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Raw Story and Florida Politics
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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Washington Post, Politico, CBS Pittsburgh, NBC10 Philadelphia and Spotlight PA
Ryan Randazzo / Arizona Republic:
Cyber Ninjas CEO participates in contentious deposition, says he's not ready to turn over audit records — Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan says he will not turn over records from the review of Maricopa County's 2020 election until he has a “clear” ruling he can appeal to the highest court.
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Raw Story
Rachel Bovard / The Federalist:
This Senate Rule Could Stop Democrats From Confirming Biden's SCOTUS Nominee — With the Senate split 50-50, the provision of Rule 26 that saved Lindsey Graham in 2020 could now doom a similar Democratic effort in 2022. — With Justice Stephen Breyer officially announcing his retirement on Thursday …
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Axios and Washington Post
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 …
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 …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
George Soros-founded group challenges Tucker Carlson documentary as ‘anti-American propaganda’ — The Fox News host lavishes praise on Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orban while claiming the liberal billionaire philanthropist is ‘waging a kind of war’ on the West
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The Hill, BizPac Review and YouTube
Brett Tingley / The Drive:
A Chinese Satellite Just Grappled Another And Pulled It Out Of Orbit — A Chinese satellite was observed grabbing another satellite and pulling it out of its normal geosynchronous orbit and into a “super-graveyard drift orbit.” The maneuver raises questions about the potential applications …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News Taps Conservative Political Analyst Stephen Hayes as Contributor … tephen Hayes, the conservative political analyst who raised eyebrows in November when he took to The New York Times to announce his breaking ties with Fox News Channel as a longtime contributor, is taking up with NBC News in advance of the midterm elections.
Josh Axelrod / The American Independent:
Under Biden, US economy surpasses goals set by Trump — The country is seeing faster job growth under President Joe Biden than under the last three Republican presidents combined, according to policy experts. — Not since “The Karate Kid” was playing in movie theaters and Wendy's introduced its …
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The White House and NPR
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
In J.D. Vance's primary, nonstop Trump-worship shows the perils of populism — Here's an unsettling thought: In GOP primaries, declaring unshakable fealty to the mythology that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump is becoming a bedrock condition of political survival.
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Raw Story
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
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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
VMI's first Black superintendent blasts White critics of diversity and equity reform — A scathing Facebook post from VMI leader Cedric T. Wins exposed the battle over the future of the nation's oldest state-supported military college — Retired Army Maj. Gen.Cedric T. Wins had a message he wanted to send.
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, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
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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Financial Times, Washington Examiner, fmprc.gov.cn, Responsible Statecraft and The National Interest
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.
Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
Virginia attorney general says public universities can't mandate COVID-19 vaccines — New Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said in a legal opinion that public universities in the commonwealth could not mandate that students receive coronavirus vaccines or booster shots in order to attend in-person classes.
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The Federalist, WFXRtv and WRIC-TV
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