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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
I'm disgusted by Joe Rogan's weak apology. My former colleague's death at 47 makes it worse. — People are dying because of covid misinformation that Spotify packages as glib podcast fodder. — Under fire for spreading covid misinformation on his hugely popular podcast …
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Youngkin campaign attacks high school student on Twitter — RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's campaign lashed out at a high school student as well as Democrat Ralph Northam on Twitter this weekend, tweeting out the teen's name and photo after the boy shared a news story about part …
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Ben Paviour / VPM.org:
Youngkin account deletes Tweet attacking 17-year-old, but won't apologize — A consultant working for Gov. Glenn Youngkin defended his official campaign account's attack on a 17-year-old high school student on Saturday night. — In a tweet that has since been deleted, the “Team Youngkin” …
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Virginia Political Newsletter
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Want to fight crime? Take on the gun lobby. — Who is really “soft on crime?” The gun lobby and all who coddle it, particularly those who serve in the U.S. Senate and on the Supreme Court. — If you want to talk about those blinding themselves to rising violence …
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New York Times:
California's Supreme Court Was Split. Leondra Kruger Found the Center.
California's Supreme Court Was Split. Leondra Kruger Found the Center.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Murkowski to Biden: Pick SCOTUS nominee who can get GOP votes
Murkowski to Biden: Pick SCOTUS nominee who can get GOP votes
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Insider and Washington Post
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Francesca Chambers / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Biden needs GOP support for Breyer replacement, Clyburn says
Biden needs GOP support for Breyer replacement, Clyburn says
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Outside the Beltway, Balloon Juice, Reason, Progress Pond and Washington Post
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
The Covid Policy That Really Mattered Wasn't a Policy — If the C.D.C. had recommended better masks from the beginning, how many people would have worn them and for how long? If the Biden administration had flooded stores with cheap rapid tests, would people have used them?
Alison Main / CNN:
Manchin and Murkowski endorse each other during joint interview — GOP senator: I'm not here to be a representative of the Republican party — (CNN)Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Sunday they would endorse one another in upcoming elections during a rare bipartisan interview on CNN.
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Democratic Sen. Manchin endorses Republican Sen. Murkowski for reelection
Democratic Sen. Manchin endorses Republican Sen. Murkowski for reelection
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Associated Press, Bloomberg and Townhall
Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
'It's not like we don't have enough jobs here in Wisconsin': Ron Johnson won't try to land Oshkosh Corp. postal vehicle work — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Saturday he won't try to persuade a Wisconsin manufacturer to place more than 1,000 new jobs in his hometown.
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Raw Story
Laura Kayali / Politico:
Macron vows ‘de-escalation,’ but hints at concessions to Putin — PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is optimistic he can secure a de-escalation over Ukraine when he travels to Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, but hinted that Western countries could have to make concessions to the Kremlin.
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Jim Watson / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 2-6-22: White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan & Rep. Michael McCaul
‘This Week’ Transcript 2-6-22: White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan & Rep. Michael McCaul
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Politico, The Daily Wire, The Daily Caller and Fox News
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US believes Russia plans nuclear exercise to warn west over Ukraine
US believes Russia plans nuclear exercise to warn west over Ukraine
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Al Jazeera and Muzzle Velocity
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Overhaul of Electoral Count Act ‘Absolutely’ Will Pass, Manchin Says — Senators working to overhaul the law said recent revelations about former President Donald J. Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election made their work even more crucial. — WASHINGTON — Key senators working …
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Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Beast and Bloomberg
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
2024 Watch: Trump-Pence chasm over Capitol attack widens amid fight for GOP future
2024 Watch: Trump-Pence chasm over Capitol attack widens amid fight for GOP future
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Morning Shots, The Hill and Politico
Natasha Anderson / Daily Mail:
California-born figure skater Beverly Zu, 19, is slammed on Chinese social media after finishing LAST on the ice having given up her US citizenship to compete for Communist Beijing in Winter Olympics — Figure skater Zhu Yi, 19, finished with the lowest score on day two of the women's short …
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CNN, The Western Journal, New York Post and Breitbart
Mike Allen / Axios:
McCain when he picked Palin: “F— it!” — At the moment the late Sen. John McCain green-lit Sarah Palin as his presidential running mate in 2008, he told top advisers: “F— it. Let's do it.” — The intrigue: McCain balled up a fist and shook it as if rolling dice …
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Raw Story, Rolling Stone, Insider, Mediaite and New York Times
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Climate Change Enters the Therapy Room — Ten years ago, psychologists proposed that a wide range of people would suffer anxiety and grief over climate. Skepticism about that idea is gone. — Ten years ago, when psychologists proposed that a wide range of people would suffer anxiety …
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Time For a Victory Lap* — *Some terms and conditions apply. Modern Monetary Theory, the buzziest economic idea in decades, got a pandemic tryout of sorts. Now inflation is testing its limits. — The sun was sinking low over Long Island Sound as Stephanie Kelton …
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Scowling Obama inspects his multi-million dollar Hawaii mansion — Obama, 60, had his arms crossed the entire time the group were discussing the next steps in building the massive compound
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David French / The Dispatch:
Our Nation Cannot Censor Its Way Back to Cultural Health — If we try, we'll violate the social compact and disrupt the founding logic of our republic. — I want to start with a story about cancel culture—the cancel culture that existed on a cold December night in 1860 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Military Reporters & Editors Assoc:
Military Reporters & Editors Association calls for the resumption of embeds — WASHINGTON, D.C.-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: The recent deployment of American forces to Europe provides an opportunity for the U.S. military to showcase how the men and women in uniform undertake the mission asked …
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
How the National Butterfly Center Became the Center of Online Lies — Becoming the focus of conspiracy theories about child sex trafficking has caused the National Butterfly Center to shut its doors for now. — MISSION, Texas — For nearly two decades, the National Butterfly Center …
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Daily Kos and Plastic Society