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More Unreleased Stacey Abrams Maskless School Photos — Stacey Abrams' recent visit to an elementary school is more cringeworthy than we thought. — OutKick has obtained more photos from Abrams' visit to Glennwood Elementary School last week, showing how Abrams spent the entire day maskless while the children remained masked up.
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More Maskless Stacey Abrams School Photos Released
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Stacey Abrams wades into school mask debate after maskless photo with children
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Fox News, The Daily Caller, Louder With Crowder, Washington Times, pjmedia.com, The Hill and Twitchy


Male economists are freaking out over a NYT profile — A handful of prominent male economists, including former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, are freaking out — mostly on Twitter — about a weekend New York Times profile of economist Stephanie Kelton, known for her work on Modern Monetary Theory, or MMT.
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National Review and Stay-At-Home Macro


Republicans are frustrated by RNC move reopening party's January 6 divide ahead of midterms — Rep. Kinzinger says he fears a civil war, naive to think not possible — (CNN)Republicans felt they were finally united in their quest to take back the House and Senate — with the political winds …
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Stefanik says RNC has ‘every right’ to censure Cheney and Kinzinger
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ABC News, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Alternet.org, POLITICUSUSA and IJR

McConnell breaks with RNC: Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’
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NBC News, CNN, New York Times, Bloomberg, Insider, CBS News, National Review, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, IJR and Political Wire


Supreme Court's Alabama travesty and its worn-out ‘shadow docket’ defense — Supreme Court conservatives help Alabama GOP keep biased map for next election — Shortly after 5 p.m. on Monday, the Supreme Court put back into effect Alabama's proposed district maps for the 2022 congressional election cycle …
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UPI, New York Times and RedState
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Supreme Court Blocks Alabama Democrats' Gerrymandered Map
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Talking Points Memo


Why Didn't Vanity Fair Break the Jeffrey Epstein Story? — The former editor Graydon Carter and a journalist, Vicky Ward, give conflicting accounts of why the magazine didn't publish sexual-abuse allegations in 2003. — “Ghislaine Maxwell is arguably the most hated woman in the world.


Documents detail U.S. military's frustration with White House, diplomats over Afghanistan evacuation — Senior White House and State Department officials failed to grasp the Taliban's steady advance on Afghanistan's capital and resisted efforts by U.S. military leaders to prepare the evacuation …
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CBS News, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, New York Post and HotAir

Two Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Stolen Cryptocurrency — Government Seized $3.6 Billion in Stolen Cryptocurrency Directly Linked to 2016 Hack of Virtual Currency Exchange — Two individuals were arrested this morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy …
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DOJ announces arrests in alleged $4.5 billion cryptocurrency laundering scheme
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EXCLUSIVE FBI probes pre-Capitol riot meeting of far-right groups … The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a meeting in a downtown DC garage the day before the January 6 Capitol Hill riot between the then-leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, the now-indicted leader …
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Rolling Stone, Occupy Democrats and Raw Story


New York's Cafe Habana removes info about Che and Fidel from website — HOME THINGS TO DO FOOD CLUB + BARS MORE — A Mexican hangout where the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Che Guevara plotted the Cuban revolution is the inspiration behind a New York City restaurant opening a location soon in downtown Miami.
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Instapundit and The Daily Caller


Palin trial exposes the allure of ‘both sides’ journalism — When then-New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet revised the June 2017 editorial that prompted Sarah Palin's lawsuit now playing out in a Manhattan federal court, he had a specific goal in mind.
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Politico, The Daily Beast, HotAir and Law & Crime, more at Mediagazer »


AP source: GOP Maryland Gov. Hogan won't run for Senate — ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan plans to announce Tuesday that he will not run for the U.S. Senate, rebuffing an aggressive recruitment push from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans who saw …
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan closes door on Senate bid
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FBI arrests Trump supporter who stormed Capitol while on bail for attempted murder — WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 rioter who stormed the Capitol while he was out on bail for attempted first-degree murder was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday, more than 10 months after he was first identified by online sleuths.
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Insider and Law & Crime
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Prosecutors' witness list offers glimpse into Jan. 6 trial strategy
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Law & Crime and Raw Story


The New USPS Trucks Would Probably Be Illegal If They Weighed One Pound Less — Manufacturer Oshkosh Defense is exploiting a long-standing loophole that incentivizes bigger, heavier vehicles that can pollute more. — Aaron Gordon — The USPS has defended the purchase of up to 165,000 …
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UPI, Gizmodo and The Daily Caller


Jaw-dropping gender gap in jobs — The super tight labor market pushed lots of men back to work in January, but women were held back by Omicron. — Driving the news: More than 1 million men surged into the job market last month, coming off the sidelines and either looking for a job or getting a job …


We must do everything possible to avoid an enormously destructive war in Ukraine — I'm concerned when I hear familiar drumbeats in Washington demanding we ‘show strength’, when we're faced with what could be the worst European war in 75 years — ars have unintended consequences.
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Takes & Re-Takes


Erik Prince Helped Raise Money for Conservative Spy Venture — New details reveal the ambitions of an operation intended to infiltrate opponents of Donald Trump, including moderate Republicans as well as progressives and Democrats. — WASHINGTON — During the summer of 2018, as Richard Seddon …
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Washington Post, The Hill, Alternet.org and Raw Story


Chuck Schumer says he supports banning lawmakers from trading stocks: ‘I would like to see it done’ — Schumer made his support for banning lawmakers from trading stocks public, telling Insider “I would like to see it done.” — Insider reported on Friday that Schumer convened a group of senators to hammer out an agreement.
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‘Transparent hostage situation’: Chilling detail in photo of a smiling Peng Shuai 'is all you need to know about Peng Shuai's 'interviews" — Did you hear the news? Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who went missing for a while after accusing a ChiCom official of rape, has resurfaced at the Olympics …
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Florida Politics, spectatorworld.com and Insider


GOP candidates add a repulsive new twist to Trump's ‘big lie’ — It's hardly surprising to hear that Republican Senate candidates are campaigning on the “big lie” that the 2020 election was riddled with fraud. This has become so routine that it's no longer treated as newsworthy …
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Roll Call, Common Dreams, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Progress Pond


Emhoff whisked out of event following security concern — WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, was whisked out of an event Tuesday at a Washington high school by Secret Service agents following an apparent security concern.
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CNBC, Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller


Women, candidates of color lead GOP charge to flip the House — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and strategists from the top House Republican super PAC spent two elections trying to lure John James, an Army veteran and highly sought-after GOP recruit, to run for a Detroit-area congressional seat.
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HotAir and The Dispatch


Oregon GOP gubernatorial candidate admits he and wife belonged to swingers group — A top candidate in the Republican primary for Oregon governor has admitted that he and his wife had explored a swinging lifestyle before deciding that swapping partners wasn't for them, according to a report.
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Scottie's Playtime and Mediaite


Poll: Polis holds edge over generic Republican challenger in 2022 election — Gov. Jared Polis's electoral fortunes fare much better compared to other Colorado Democrats facing reelection this year, including U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, according to a poll of voters commissioned …


DeSantis insists narrative of Trump rivalry is ‘total bunk’: He's ‘a friend of mine’ — DeSantis says Democrats are trying to ‘drive dissension’ among Republicans by stoking a false storyline about his relationship with Trump — TALLAHASSE, Fla. - EXCLUSIVE: According to Republican Florida …
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The Hill, RedState, New York Post, The Daily Wire, Townhall, IJR, Washington Examiner, After all my years … and CNN


Don't Cry for Mark Meadows (Or Let Him Cry to You) — Quick tears and figurative knives may not be enough to save him this time. — Here is everything you need to know about Mark Meadows: In 2013, after he failed to oust Speaker John Boehner, he went to the speaker's office …
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Raw Story


Boss Babies: The Children Who Own Hundreds of Luxembourg Corporations — by Jonny Wrate, Daniela Castro, Luc Caregari (Reporter.lu), Maxime Vaudano (Le Monde), Lorenzo Bagnoli (IRPI) — When Luxembourg opened up its register of beneficial owners in 2019, the new data revealed a surprising fact …


Marjorie Taylor Greene Claims She's in ‘Facebook Jail,’ but That's Not Exactly True — The MAGA troll's public persona centers around her cries of being silenced by social-media platforms. Her latest claim is an exaggeration, to say the least. — Since Sunday evening …
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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Raw Story


Exclusive: The Daily Wire says it's a $100M a year business — The Daily Wire, a conservative media outlet best known for its popular podcast “The Ben Shapiro Show,” is a $100 million business, according to its CEO and co-founder Jeremy Boreing. — Why it matters: It's …
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The Daily Beast and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »


CNN medical expert: “The science has changed” on mandatory masking in schools — Dr. Leana Wen is getting pummeled for this clip on righty social media this morning, but for different reasons. Some scoff at her claim that it's the “science” that's changed recently rather than the politics …
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Twitchy, Commentary Magazine, ragnar_forseti's Newsletter and Fox News


Inspector General Opens Investigation Into U.S. Capitol Police Following Allegations Of Spying On Members Of Congress, Staff — The IG is trying to determine if the Capitol Police have been illegally spying on members of Congress, their staff, or visitors to their offices.
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Talking Points Memo, Fox News, The Texas Tribune, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, CNN, RedState, The Journal … and Page Array