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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘Precipitous decline’: J.D. Vance pollster issues warning on Ohio Senate race — Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance “needs a course correction ASAP” — and that's according to the well-funded super PAC supporting him. — A 98-page PowerPoint presentation produced by Tony Fabrizio …
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New York Times:
Peter Thiel to Exit Meta's Board to Support Trump-Aligned Candidates — The tech billionaire, who has been on the board of the company formerly known as Facebook since 2005, is backing numerous politicians in the midterm elections. — Peter Thiel, one of the longest-serving board members of Meta …
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Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal:
Peter Thiel to Step Down From Facebook Parent Meta's Board
Peter Thiel to Step Down From Facebook Parent Meta's Board
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court, in 5-4 Vote, Restores Alabama's Congressional Voting Map — A special three-judge court had ordered lawmakers to redraw the lines, saying Black voters “have less opportunity” than other Alabamians to elect their favored candidates. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court lets GOP-drawn Alabama congressional map stay in place — (CNN)The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed a congressional map drawn by Alabama Republicans to remain in place Monday, freezing a lower court ruling that said the map likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court stops lower court order requiring Alabama to draw a new district voting map favorable to Black residents — A divided Supreme Court on Monday restored an Alabama congressional map that creates only one district favorable to a Black candidate, and put on hold a lower court's order …
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Slate, USA Today, Politico, Balls and Strikes, Occupy Democrats, Roll Call and Talking Points Memo
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
How Mike Pence just doomed his 2024 chances — (CNN)Mike Pence just crashed his political career into Donald Trump — and the former President's ongoing claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent and should have been overturned on January 6. — “President Trump is wrong,” Pence said in a speech to a conservative group in Florida.
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
DeSantis refuses to take sides in Trump-Pence clash as 2024 speculation grows — MIAMI — Eyeing a possible White House bid, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declined on Monday to weigh in on one of the most divisive issues in the GOP: Could then-Vice President Mike Pence have “overturned” the 2020 presidential election?
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Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Raw Story and HuffPost
Christine DeSanctis / FOX News Radio:
Chris Christie: ‘Inexperienced’ DeSantis Gets ‘Too Cute’ In Avoiding Questions on Trump, Vaccines
Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
What does Ivanka Trump know about Jan. 6? Congress is asking
What does Ivanka Trump know about Jan. 6? Congress is asking
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Bob Herman / Axios:
Chris Christie: Trump incited Jan. 6 riot to “intimidate Mike Pence”
Chris Christie: Trump incited Jan. 6 riot to “intimidate Mike Pence”
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Biden's top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigns amid reports of bullying — President Joe Biden's top science adviser, Eric Lander, resigned on Monday evening following reports of his bullying and mistreatment of subordinates. — The resignation came despite initial insistence …
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Biden's top science adviser bullied and demeaned subordinates, according to White House investigation
Biden's top science adviser bullied and demeaned subordinates, according to White House investigation
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Politico:
Senate GOP backlash smacks RNC after Cheney-Kinzinger censure — Senate Republicans are not happy with the Republican National Committee. — In interviews on Monday evening, GOP senators lashed out at their own national party's overwhelming vote to censure Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) …
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WordPress / Renew America Movement:
Statement of Republican Leaders and Former Officials on the RNC's Censure of Representatives Cheney and Kinzinger — Last week the Republican National Committee (RNC) made clear that it would rather be the “Big Lie” party than the “Big Tent” party by condemning two principled elected leaders …
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The Hill, Washington Post and POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
Trump Gives Documents Improperly Taken From White House to Archives — The incident raised more questions about the former president's adherence to the Presidential Records Act, which requires preservation of White House documents. — Former President Donald J. Trump last month handed …
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Washington Post:
National Archives had to retrieve Trump White House records from Mar-a-Lago
National Archives had to retrieve Trump White House records from Mar-a-Lago
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why it matters that Trump literally tore up White House documents
Why it matters that Trump literally tore up White House documents
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Politico, Mediaite and Washington Post
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Sidney Powell, ‘Kraken’ Lawyers Ask Appeals Court to Reverse ‘Intemperate’ Sanctions Order: We're Not ‘Overwrought, Dangerous Lunatics’ — Indignant about what they describe as their portrayals as “overwrought, dangerous lunatics,” attorney Sidney Powell and her fellow “Kraken” …
Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
We Have Kyrsten Sinema's Social Security Number — Last month, we filed a public records request for Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's divorce papers. The request came back with many enlightening insights, such as that the Congresswoman — who wrote the book Unite and Conquer …
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Mark S. Wrighton / Office of the President:
Message Regarding Posters Displayed on Campus — Dear Members of the George Washington University Community, — Last week, the university learned of posters on campus depicting images that alarmed some members of our community, and we began to receive a number of concerns through official …
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Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
U.S university reverses decision to remove Olympic protest posters
U.S university reverses decision to remove Olympic protest posters
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National Review, FIRE and The Daily Caller
Mike Catalini / Associated Press:
Governors in 4 states plan for end to school mask mandates — TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The governors of four states announced plans Monday to lift statewide mask requirements in schools by the end of February or March, citing the rapid easing of COVID-19′s omicron surge.
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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
N.J. Governor to End School Mask Mandate in Move to ‘Normalcy’
N.J. Governor to End School Mask Mandate in Move to ‘Normalcy’
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Financial Times:
France says Putin is moving towards de-escalating Ukraine crisis — Russia's president has agreed not to undertake new military initiatives in region, according to Paris — French officials said Vladimir Putin had moved towards de-escalating the Ukraine crisis by promising not to undertake any new …
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Kilar Comes Back for More... After a series of off-the-rails newsroom conversations last week to address Jeff Zucker's ouster, the likely outgoing WarnerMedia C.E.O. returned to the barrel today via an emotional virtual meeting with select high-level staff.
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Randall D. Eliason / Washington Post:
Yes or no on Mueller report criminal charges? Don't let Trump just run out the clock. — It's time for the Biden Justice Department to issue a report on the Mueller report. — There are multiple criminal investigations currently swirling around former president Donald Trump.
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Pro-mask Democrats keep getting caught maskless — Stacey Abrams' campaign accused critics of exploiting a Black History Month reading — Gingrich on Stacey Abrams, Canadian truckers: People are realizing it's all baloney — As Americans mask up during the coronavirus pandemic …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Two years into pandemic, politicians still getting tripped up over coronavirus restrictions
Two years into pandemic, politicians still getting tripped up over coronavirus restrictions
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Margaret Talbot / New Yorker:
Amy Coney Barrett's Long Game — The newest Supreme Court Justice isn't just another conservative—she's the product of a Christian legal movement that is intent on remaking America. … On December 1st, the Supreme Court had its day of oral argument in a landmark abortion case …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Abigail Shrier / City Journal:
Child Custody's Gender Gauntlet — Transgender ideology has already achieved a powerful hold on our court system—and parents and children are paying the price. — The Social Order — Politics and law — Before she decided to strip him of all custody over his son, Drew* …
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Joe Lonsdale / Wall Street Journal:
The Case for Splitting Amazon in Two — Cloud-computing division AWS subsidizes Prime, harming consumers in the long run. — If the price of a service seems too good to be true, it probably is. — Amazon's most recent earnings report sent the stock price soaring, up nearly 14% …
Tom Hays / Associated Press:
Banker gets gets 1 year in prison in Manafort loan scheme — NEW YORK (AP) — A Chicago banker was sentenced on Monday to a year in prison for his conviction in a scheme to make $16 million in loans to Paul Manafort to gain influence in the Trump administration.
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Associated Press:
Air Force ordered to pay more than $230M in church shooting — SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The U.S. Air Force must pay more than $230 million in damages to survivors and victims' families of a 2017 Texas church massacre for failing to flag a conviction that might have kept the gunman from legally buying …
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CNBC:
Trump SPAC stock Digital World Acquisition Corp. plunges after news spreads of delayed app launch — The stock price of the blank-check company that has partnered with ex-President Donald Trump's social media app firm plunged as news of the delay in the app's launch spread on Twitter.
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Raw Story
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Jonah Goldberg Joins CNN as a Contributor After Leaving Fox News … Jonah Goldberg, one of the two conservative political analysts who resigned from Fox News Channel in colorful fashion over its coverage, is joining CNN as a contributor, the WarnerMedia network confirmed Monday.
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
NRA Silent as Amir Locke Slain by Police for Having a Gun He Legally Owned … The first gun control organization in the United States was formed after the Civil War by white Southerners bothered by the fact that enslaved people were now free, entitled to vote, and arming themselves to defend that freedom.
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Sam Ray / DemCast:
How Psychiatry Is Failing America — Anyone who cares about facts, truth and reality understands knowledge is power, and any denial of knowledge usually results in a weakening of power. — Anyone who is always focused on themselves and their own power understands they must deny others the knowledge of their self-serving nature.