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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 …
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Lawrence Richard / Fox News:
Second GOP governor calls for Trump-less 2024 election — The stakes are simply too high to risk another Trump presidency, Hogan suggested — Trump says reports of rift with Ron DeSantis are ‘fake news’ — Donald Trump's presidency is one and done, according to a pair of Republican governors …
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 …
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National Review and HotAir
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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.”
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Washington Post, Reason, QuArt, CNN and Progressives Everywhere
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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Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
US has identified Russian elites who will be sanctioned if Putin invades Ukraine
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The Guardian, Just Security and The Western Journal
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
The Hard-Line Russian Advisers Who Have Putin's Ear
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Vox, Japan Times, The Daily Caller, Bloomberg, James Delingpole, Thoughts, Long Live Liberalism, Al Jazeera and Universum Think Tank
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Ghostface Trump Lives and Susan Collins Keeps Letting Him — The Good Republican won't rule out Trump 2024. — Donald Trump can't be killed because the rest of the Republican party is unwilling to take on the political pain required to kill him. — This has been the fundamental …
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Morning Shots, CNN, Raw Story, Political Flare, Mother Jones and Washington Times
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 …
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Insider, The Hill, Forbes, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, New York Post, Raw Story and Mediaite
Brittany Shepherd / ABC News:
DNC pulls record fundraising end-of-year hauls leading into critical midterm election year — Democrats praised the chair of the DNC, Jaime Harrison. — The Democratic National Committee announced it hit new fundraising highs, raking in $10.7 million in December and $157 million in 2021.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
DNC rakes in $10.7M in December, bringing 2021 total to more than $157 million
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Fox News and POLITICUSUSA
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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The Guardian, Politico, Insider, Bloomberg, Metro.co.uk and Raw Story
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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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The Verge, TechCrunch, NPR, CBS News, UPI, ABC7, Al Jazeera, WTOP News, The Racket News, The Guardian, Raw Story, The Daily Wire and One America News Network, more at Mediagazer »
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Daniel Ek / Spotify:
Spotify's Platform Rules and Approach to COVID-19
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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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Orlando Sentinel, WKMG and National Zero
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Fox News:
Two-time Republican Senate candidate John James launches bid for newly created House seat in Michigan — John James becomes most high-profile candidate in race for Michigan's newly created 10th Congressional District — John James announces run for Congress: ‘Freedom is on the ballot’
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Detroit News, Washington Examiner and Michigan Advance
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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 …
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CNN, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, BizPac Review, Raw Story, Yahoo News and CBS News
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.
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 …
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Washington Post and Raw Story
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 …
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New York Post
George Packer / The Atlantic:
‘Zero Responsibility’ — 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.
Sarah Fortinsky / CNN:
Trump says he wanted Pence to overturn the 2020 election and falsely claims it was vice president's ‘right’ — ‘He must be kidding’: Lawmaker reacts after Trump goes after Pence — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump in a statement Sunday said he wanted then-Vice President Mike Pence …
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The Hill, Mediaite, Democracy OTL, Insider, POLITICUSUSA, Rolling Stone, HuffPost and Washington Examiner
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 …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
We Need to Talk About Covid, Part 2: A Conversation with Dr. Fauci … Hosted by Michael BarbaroProduced by Eric Krupke, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Kaitlin Roberts and Stella TanEdited by Lisa Chow, Lisa Tobin and Paige CowettOriginal music by Dan Powell and Marion LozanoEngineered by Dan Powell
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
What we talk about when we talk about a return to normal — The Biden White House thinks they're doing it, but they're not — yet — Last week Joanne Kenen in Politico ran a hit piece on David Leonhardt on behalf of the public health community. This seems like a good opportunity to address …
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.
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