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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
The New York Times Buys Wordle — The word game, released in October, has millions of daily users. — The sudden hit Wordle, in which once a day players get six chances to guess a five-letter word, has been acquired by The New York Times Company. — The purchase, announced by The Times on Monday …
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Wordle Is Joining The New York Times Games — Wordle, Josh Wardle's stimulating and wildly popular daily word game, is joining The New York Times's portfolio of original, engaging puzzle games that delight and challenge solvers everyday. — New York Times Games have captivated solvers since the launch of The Crossword in 1942.
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CNN:
Exclusive: Mike Pence's former chief of staff testifies in House January 6 investigation — (CNN)Marc Short, former Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, quietly testified before the House select committee investigating January 6 last week in response to a subpoena, sources tell CNN …
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Washington Post:
Some records sent to Jan. 6 committee were torn up, taped back together — mirroring a well-known Trump habit — The National Archives confirmed Trump's unusual habit of ripping up documents, which forced aides to attempt to piece them back together in order to comply with the Presidential Records Act.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump makes the coup-deniers look silly again — Key members of the Republican Party have spent the better part of six years pretending Donald Trump wasn't really doing that. This is often followed by Trump himself confirming that's precisely what he was doing.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Quiet part loud: Trump says Pence ‘could have overturned the election’
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump suggests Pence should have ‘overturned’ the election on Jan. 6
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump World adjusts to the growing influence of vaccine skeptics within its ranks — A few weeks ago, Donald Trump decried politicians who did not share their Covid-19 vaccine booster status as “gutless”—a seeming swipe at other Republicans with presidential ambitions, mainly Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump's Grip on G.O.P. Faces New Strains
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Power of Boosters — New C.D.C. data shows their effectiveness.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The question for the GOP: Trump or American democracy?
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Washington Post:
Russia responds in writing to U.S. proposal on Ukraine crisis — The Russian government has delivered a written response to a U.S. proposal aimed at de-escalating the Ukraine crisis, said a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic discussions.
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Washington Post:
U.S., Russia clash sharply over Ukraine at U.N. meeting
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Claire Atkinson / Insider:
Rachel Maddow to take a temporary break from her MSNBC show to work on movie and podcast projects — Rachel Maddow is taking a hiatus from her top-rated MSNBC show starting February 7. — The star anchor will work for a few weeks on new projects with her former boss Phil Griffin.
Baltimore Sun:
Sherrilyn Ifill should be Biden's Supreme Court pick; here's why — A Black woman has never served on the U.S. Supreme Court, but there is no shortage of well-qualified individuals available to break that shameful barrier. This was made clear enough last week with the announcement …
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Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner:
Gabbard compares Biden's future Supreme Court pick to ‘disaster’ Kamala Harris
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Time to Accept Covid and Move On? — Americans still concerned about virus, but lose faith in federal measures — West Long Branch, NJ - Americans continue to be concerned about the spread of Covid, but the vast majority say it is time to accept it as part of life.
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FIRE:
FIRE statement on Georgetown's suspension and investigation of Ilya Shapiro — FIRE strongly condemns Georgetown Law's suspension and investigation of Ilya Shapiro for tweets about potential replacements for Justice Breyer that some found offensive. In response to online outrage stoked …
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Nate Hochman / National Review:
Georgetown Law to Put Ilya Shapiro on Administrative Leave
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The Guardian:
US to target Putin's inner circle with sanctions in event of Ukraine invasion — Washington official says sanctions list will comprise oligarchs and their family members — Washington and its allies have prepared a list of Russian elites in or near Vladimir Putin's inner circle who would be hit …
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James Politi / Financial Times:
US plans sanctions against Vladimir Putin's inner circle if Russia moves on Ukraine — Measures would punish country's elite and come as UK warns of similar penalties — The US has drawn up sanctions targeting Vladimir Putin's inner circle and its ties to the west as Washington broadens …
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Julian Mark / Washington Post:
He's declining a coronavirus vaccine at the expense of a lifesaving transplant: 'I was born free, I'll die free' — For more than four years, Chad Carswell, 38, has suffered from severe kidney disease. In July 2020, he started on dialysis — but now his kidneys are functioning at just 4 percent.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A GOP proposal targeting ‘negative’ U.S. history is cause for renewed alarm — In recent weeks, it has become inescapably obvious: The mania for muzzling how teachers address race and other topics is only accelerating. — We're seeing dozens of GOP proposals to bar whole concepts from classrooms outright.
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News wanted viewers to hear an anti-vax trooper's story - until he died of COVID — Last week's toll of more than 16,000 recorded U.S. deaths from COVID-19 is made all the more heartbreaking because so many of the deceased had the opportunity to take vaccines that dramatically reduce the danger posed by the virus.
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump ally pushes Republican Party to expel Cheney, Kinzinger — The resolution, to be debated at the RNC annual meeting in Salt Lake City this week, would be an unusual and public rebuke from a political party against two of its incumbent members of Congress
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George Packer / The Atlantic:
The Betrayal — I. — The End — It took four presidencies for America to finish abandoning Afghanistan. George W. Bush's attention wandered off soon after American Special Forces rode horseback through the northern mountains and the first schoolgirls gathered in freezing classrooms.
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Scott Powers / Florida Politics:
Gov. Ron DeSantis' Press Secretary's tweet suggests denial of Nazi protest — The Press Secretary for Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared Sunday night to question whether a Nazi flag hung from an Orange County bridge was in fact the effort of Nazis. — In a tweet she posted Sunday night and later deleted …
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Andy Campbell / HuffPost:
Nazis Rally In Florida, DeSantis Spox Falsely Blames Dem ‘Stunt’
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Robby Soave / Reason:
Hispanic Students Were Forced To Learn Critical Race Theory. They Hated It. — During the 2020 fall semester, Kali Fontanilla—a high school English language teacher working in the Salinas, California, school district—noticed that many of her students were failing one of their other classes: ethnic studies.
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Chris Blattman:
Why I do not expect a civil war in America (and what does worry me) — It began a few years ago, when prominent democracy rating organizations started downgrading the United States, putting its institutions on par with Panama, Argentina, or Romania. — In retrospect, that seems like the good news.
Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
Rep. Liz Cheney breaks her campaign's quarterly fundraising record — Rep. Liz Cheney reported her highest fundraising quarter yet, raising $2.05 million in the fourth quarter of last year, according to figures first shared Monday with the Star-Tribune. — The haul exceeds amounts raised earlier in the year.
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Russ Bynum / Associated Press:
Ahmaud Arbery's parents object to DOJ's hate crime plea deal — BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have proposed a plea agreement that would avert a hate crimes trial for the son and father convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. His parents denounced the deal on Monday …
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Federal Judge Rejects a Hate-Crime Plea Deal in Ahmaud Arbery Killing
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