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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
North Carolina superintendent abruptly removes MLK-themed novel from 10th grade class  —  An acclaimed MLK-themed novel was removed from a 10th-grade English class in North Carolina.  Haywood County Superintendent Dr. Bill Nolte told Popular Information that he pulled the book …
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New York Times:
Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.  —  Challenges to books about sexual and racial identity are nothing new in American schools, but the tactics and politicization are.  —  In Wyoming, a county prosecutor's office considered charges against library employees for stocking books like “Sex Is a Funny Word” and “This Book Is Gay.”
Washington Post:
White House frustrations grow over health chief Becerra's handling of pandemic  —  Critics blame him for health officials' conflicting messages; defenders say administration gave him an unclear role  —  White House officials have grown so frustrated with top health official Xavier Becerra …
Discussion: HotAir
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Financial Times:
‘Pandemic of the unboosted’: low US Covid jab uptake piles pressure on hospitals … Almost half of the US Covid-19 hospitalisations this winter could have been averted if the country had matched the vaccination coverage of leading European countries, according to a Financial Times analysis …
Discussion: Eschaton
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Joe Rogan Apologizes, Spotify Publishes Content Policy in Response to Neil Young Outcry  —  Podcaster said he aims to be more balanced; Streaming giant creates Covid-19 information hub  —  Joe Rogan, responding to Neil Young's objections to his podcast and host Spotify, said his show has grown …
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Daniel Ek / Spotify:
Spotify's Platform Rules and Approach to COVID-19  —  A decade ago, we created Spotify to enable the work of creators around the world to be heard and enjoyed by listeners around the world.  To our very core, we believe that listening is everything.  Pick almost any issue and you will find people and opinions on either side of it.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump's Grip on G.O.P. Faces New Strains  —  Shifts in polls of Republicans, disagreements on endorsements and jeers over vaccines hint at daylight between the former president and the right-wing movement he spawned.  —  About halfway into his Texas rally on Saturday evening …
Discussion: Washington Post and Townhall
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Congress confronts a February deluge  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Lawmakers return from recess this week to a massive February to-do list before President JOE BIDEN's March 1 State of the Union address.  And the pressure is on: The White House and vulnerable House Democrats …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
Second GOP governor calls for Trump-less 2024 election
Discussion: The Hill and Insider
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
What Trump Is Pushing the GOP to Do About Jan. 6 if They Win the Midterms  —  Sure, the conspiracy theory that the FBI was behind the Trump-fueled Capitol riot is bogus.  But that's not stopping Trump from encouraging the faithful to investigate it.  —  Since last year, Republicans …
CNN:
Exclusive: Kamala Harris drove within several yards of pipe bomb at DNC headquarters during Capitol riot  —  (CNN)Then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris drove within several yards of a pipe bomb lying next to a bench outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters on January 6, 2021 …
BBC:
Sue Gray finds ‘failures of leadership’ in No 10  —  Sue Gray report update - watch BBC News for the latest reaction  —  Play video Sue Gray report update - watch BBC News for the latest reaction  —  Summary  — An initial version of Sue Gray's highly-anticipated report …
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Nick Cohen / Persuasion:
Boris Johnson's Nine Lives Are Up
Discussion: Politico
Neil Irwin / Axios:
White House braces for bad Omicron jobs numbers  —  Job growth numbers may be about to turn negative for the first time since President Biden took office, and the White House is seeking to get ahead of potential negative headlines.  —  The big picture: Vast numbers of Americans missed work …
Jane Kitchen / Common Sense:
Last Year, I Was a Bryn Mawr Girl.  Now I'm at Hillsdale.  —  Growing up in a conservative town, I always dreamed of attending college with liberals like me.  The pandemic changed everything.  —  My family is liberal and not at all religious.  Depending on where you grew up …
Politico:
The Jan. 6 panel's on a hot streak against Trump World.  Now what?  —  The Jan. 6 select committee is on a winning streak.  Now comes the hard part.  —  In the past few weeks, the panel has prevailed against Donald Trump at the Supreme Court, obtained pivotal documents related …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
New York lawmakers draw redistricting map that boosts Democrats  —  Democratic state legislators in New York released a congressional redistricting map Sunday that redrew House lines to give Democrats as many as three more seats at a time when the party's majority is in jeopardy.
Jack Posobiec / Newsweek:
This Year's Olympics Will Double as Xi Jinping's Coronation  —  “To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence.  Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”  So said General Sun Tzu around 500 BC.  —  Chinese Communist Party chairman …
George Packer / The Atlantic:
‘Zero Responsibility’  —  America's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan added moral injury to military failure.  But a group of soldiers, veterans, and ordinary citizens came together to try to save Afghan lives and salvage some American honor.  —  I.  —  THE END
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Critics say Ginni Thomas's activism is a Supreme Court conflict.  Under court rules, only her husband can decide if that's true.  —  Ginni Thomas's name stood out among the signatories of a December letter from conservative leaders, which blasted the work of the House committee investigating …
Discussion: Raw Story
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Rents are up 40 percent in some cities, forcing millions to find another place to live  —  Rising rents are expected to be a driving force in inflation this year and have been an ongoing policy challenge for the Biden administration  —  Kiara Age moved in less than a year ago and now it's …
Discussion: HotAir, Breitbart and Political Wire
The Harvard Crimson:
Potential SCOTUS Nominee, on Harvard Board of Overseers, Could Face Conflict of Interest Questions in Affirmative Action Case  —  When Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer announced his retirement last week, Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘92 immediately rose to the top of many court watchers’ short lists as a potential replacement.
David Eggert / Associated Press:
John James announces run for Michigan congressional seat  —  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan businessman, military veteran and two-time Republican Senate candidate John James announced Monday he will run for an open House seat in the Detroit area.  —  The 10th District, newly created through …
Discussion: Fox News
Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Amnesty International describes Israel as an apartheid state in new report  —  Amnesty International, a widely respected human rights group, plans to release a report on Tuesday accusing Israel of committing apartheid and describing its existence as a Jewish state as a deprivation of Palestinians' basic rights.
FOX 35 Orlando:
Deputies investigating fight involving demonstrators wearing Nazi symbols, yelling anti-Semitic slurs  —  ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - The Orange County Sheriff's Office said its deputies responded to a fight between a group of demonstrators wearing Nazi symbols and someone not affiliated with the group.
Discussion: Florida Politics and WKMG
Washington Examiner:
The Black Lives Matter scam  —  The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation did not raise a single penny for the first six years of its existence.  It couldn't.  —  The foundation wasn't even registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a charity.
Ashley Wong / New York Times:
N.Y.C. is offering free home delivery of Covid antiviral pills, though supply is limited.  —  New York City officials said Sunday that they were launching a program for residents to get antiviral Covid pills delivered directly to their homes for free, though supplies of the drugs remained limited.
Paul Solotaroff / Rolling Stone:
He Spent 25 Years Infiltrating Nazis, the Klan, and Biker Gangs  —  Scott was a top undercover agent for the FBI, putting himself in harm's way dozens of times.  Now, he's telling his story for the first time to sound the alarm about the threat of far-right extremists in America
 
 
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Dark money cash rivals national parties
Discussion: The Geyser, The Hill and Breitbart
Washington Post:
In Germany's east, far-right extremists find footholds in escalating anti-vaccine protests
Breitbart:
US Attorney Doc: IRS Issued Grand Jury Subpoena to JPMorgan for Hunter, James Biden Bank Records In Probe into Biden Family's China Connections
Discussion: New York Post
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
DMFI PAC announces first slate of House endorsements
Suzanne Lynch / Politico:
Brussels Playbook: McGuinness interview — Russia latest — Italian impasse averted
Discussion: Breitbart
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