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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Revealed: Trump reviewed draft order that authorized voting machines to be seized  —  Then president, during contentious December 2020 meeting, also agreed to appoint Sidney Powell as special counsel to investigate fraud  —  Weeks after the 2020 election, Donald Trump reviewed a draft executive order …
Discussion: Raw Story and National Zero
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
Michael Flynn Is Still at War  —  The general tried to persuade Donald Trump to use the military to overturn the 2020 election.  A year later, he and his followers are fighting the same battle by other means.  —  On Nov. 25, 2020, President Donald J. Trump announced via Twitter …
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Republicans rebuke Liz Cheney in unprecedented moves  —  Party leaders meeting in Salt Lake City move a censure resolution against the congresswoman from Wyoming and prepare to fund her primary opponent  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Republican leaders forged an agreement this week to potentially fund …
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NBC News:
At RNC gathering, rift emerges between Trump's interests and the party's
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Cyberattack on News Corp, Believed Linked to China, Targeted Emails of Journalists, Others  —  The attack, discovered on Jan. 20, affected publications including The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and the company's U.K. news operation  —  News Corp was the target of a hack that accessed emails …
Politico:
Why Stephanie Cutter says Dems need a new SCOTUS strategy  —  As Justice Stephen Breyer prepares to retire, the White House is racing to select his replacement.  Names of successors have been floated, the vetting-by-press has begun, members of Congress are already moving to push for their favored picks.
Discussion: Althouse
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Gorsuch to headline GOP lineup of speakers at Federalist Society; media barred from his speech
Discussion: Florida Politics
Marcia Coyle / LAW.com:   Ethics Scholars Urge Chief Justice Roberts to Adopt Code of Conduct for Supreme Court
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN staffers grill WarnerMedia boss over Jeff Zucker resignation  —  The sudden resignation of Jeff Zucker as president of CNN has shaken up the troops at the cable news network.  —  Jason Kilar, chief executive of the cable news channel's parent firm, WarnerMedia, heard it firsthand during …
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Christine Rosen / Commentary Magazine:
The Masking Regime Is Coming Apart  —  This week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit asking the courts to overturn Governor Glenn Youngkin's executive order rescinding the state's mask mandates in schools.  —  Youngkin's order does not prevent students from wearing masks.
Discussion: RedState, CNN and Washington Post
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Axios:
The making of a modern Republican  —  Paths to power and winning elections inside the GOP are changing rapidly and radically, spawning a new generation of kingmakers while diminishing the clout of many who lorded over the party for years.  —  Why it matters: Fourteen of the Republican Party's top consultants …
Discussion: Occidental Dissent
CNN:
Arizona Republican House speaker effectively dooms GOP bill to allow state legislature to reject election results  —  (CNN)A Republican bill that would have overhauled elections in Arizona — including giving the state legislature the power to reject election results — proved to be too much even for state GOP leaders this week.
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis' Supreme Court connection  —  Presented by Floridians for Affordable Rx  —  Good Friday morning.  —  A legal matter — Gov. Ron DeSantis, who went to Yale and Harvard Law School, has of course, lots of strong opinions about the law and what's constitutional, and what's not.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Payrolls show surprisingly powerful gain of 467,000 in January despite omicron surge  —  January jobs report exceeds estimates with nonfarm payrolls surging by 467,000  —  Payrolls rose far more than expected in January despite surging omicron cases that seemingly sent millions of workers to the sidelines …
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA details next stage of Trump probe  —  In an interview, Fani Willis discusses plans for special grand jury, recent threats  —  The Fulton County investigation examining former President Donald Trump's push to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election results is entering a new phase, District Attorney Fani Willis said.
Bloomberg:
Zuckerberg Tells Staff to Focus on Video Products as Meta's Stock Plunges  —  Mark Zuckerberg quipped that if he started to cry, it wasn't because of the day's news.  —  His red, teary eyes were the result of a scratched cornea, the Facebook founder said Thursday, attempting to lighten …
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Reeves Wiedeman / Vulture:
The Talented Mr. Bernardini … Filippo Bernardini was just a high-school student when he published his first novel.  It was 2008, and Bernardini, who lived in a small town an hour north of Rome, wrote it for an independent publishing house in Milan using a thinly veiled pseudonym …
HuffPost:
Pence To Rebut Trump's ‘Could Have Overturned The Election’ Lie In Orlando Speech  —  The former vice president is expected to respond to Trump's continued attacks at a Federalist Society conference in Florida.  —  By S.V. Date  —  ORLANDO, Fla. ― Former Vice President Mike Pence …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
American Greatness:
Was Hillary Clinton Paying Michael Avenatti?  —  As the creepy porn lawyer faces fines and jail time, questions about his operation—and who was financing it—linger.  —  Did Hillary Clinton or the Democratic National Committee ever pay Michael Avenatti?  —  The question isn't exactly new.
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Mail:Bag:3  —  There was a question about the Habsburg Empire in the mix that I wanted to answer but it just kept spinning out of control and I had to skip it.  Sorry!  But maybe on some rainy day we'll get a post about it holding together and “the martians” turning Austria-Hungary into the scientific superpower of the 20th century.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Paul promises investigation of Fauci if Republicans take Senate  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he plans to subpoena Anthony Fauci's records if Republicans retake the Senate in November's midterm elections and he becomes chairman of a committee.  —  Paul stands to become chairman …
John Nichols / The Nation:
We Need a 92 Percent Tax on Pandemic Profiteers  —  Let's tax billionaires—and übermillionaires— back to where they stood when Covid-19 hit.  —  Even before the Covid pandemic supercharged economic inequality, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced as a 2020 presidential candidate that “billionaires should not exist.”
Politico:
‘Ground up and spit out’: Inside the Hill staffer Instagram rebellion  —  Pay so low that aides survive on food stamps.  Office cultures that drive committed employees to seek mental health support.  Staffers of color feeling cut off from pursuing senior roles.
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Eric Holder's ‘Democracy’ Con  —  He campaigns against gerrymandering, then says not a word about New York's map.  —  To understand the political con that is the Democrats' “voting rights” push, look at the bait-and-switch that preceded it.  Eric Holder this week cemented his party's ruthless …
Ken Moritsugu / Associated Press:
Russia, China push back against US in pre-Olympics summit  —  BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of Russia and China pushed back against U.S. pressure on Friday, declaring their opposition to any expansion of NATO and affirming that the island of Taiwan is a part of China, as they met hours before the Winter Olympics kicked off in Beijing.
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
The Black woman sentenced to six years in prison over a voting error  —  Pamela Moses was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register despite a felony conviction but officials admitted making a series of mistakes  —  For the last few months, I've been following the case of Pamela Moses …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Gita Jackson / VICE:
Dystopic TikTok Trend Demands Amazon Workers Dance for Surveillance Cameras  —  TikTok users leave a note for their delivery drivers asking that they dance for the camera.  Then, they put it online for the enjoyment of strangers.  —  GJ  —  Amazon drivers have to endure many indignities on the job.
Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
On inflation, we can learn from the mistakes of the past — or repeat them  —  A year ago I warned that “there is a chance that macroeconomic stimulus on a scale closer to World War II levels than normal recession levels will set off inflation pressures of a kind we have not seen in a generation.”
Discussion: CNBC
New York Daily News:
NYC public school cafeterias going vegan on Fridays  —  Hold the meat — and the cheese.  —  New York City public school cafeterias are going vegan-only on Fridays under a new policy from famously health-conscious Mayor Adams, who has touted the benefits of a vegan diet.
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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Al Jazeera:
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi faces new charge amid fresh violence
Discussion: Associated Press
Szu Ping Chan / BBC:
Don't ask for a big pay rise, warns Bank of England boss
Discussion: Breitbart
Emily Anthes / New York Times:
In New York City Sewage, a Mysterious Coronavirus Signal
Discussion: Deseret News
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Covid-19 Commission Modeled on 9/11 Inquiry Draws Bipartisan Backing
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Islamic State's ‘ghost’ of a leader was plotting comeback when U.S. commandos cornered him
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Alejandro Ramirez / Nashville Scene:
They're Burning Books in Tennessee
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Defector
Politico:
Dr. Oz is running as a China hawk. It's a bit of a stretch.
Discussion: National Review
Politico:
It's not just the pandemic, stupid
Discussion: Meaning In History
Trisha Thadani / San Francisco Chronicle:
A disaster in plain sight
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Caroline Haskins / Insider:
The IRS is working with a startup called ID.me that stores the ‘inferred citizenship’ …
Shira Hanau / Jerusalem Post:
Florida Gov. DeSantis won't condemn Nazi rally in Orlando
Discussion: Universal Hub and Political Wire
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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