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Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Open Everything — In March 2020, I wrote that America should “cancel everything” in response to the acute threat posed by COVID-19: Mass events should be postponed, companies should send employees home from the office, and schools should move classes online. — I remain convinced that this was the right thing to do.
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Politico:
CDC weighs updating messaging around transmission and masking — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering updating its guidelines on the metrics states should use when considering lifting public health measures such as mask mandates, according to four people familiar with the matter.
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Washington Examiner, ABC News, Reuters and Florida Phoenix
New York Times:
Dropping Indoor Mask Mandate, New York Joins Blue States Easing Covid Rules — After a scare in November, New Jersey's governor and other Democratic leaders held back-channel talks over lifting mandates and helping voters impatient with restrictions reclaim a sense of normalcy.
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Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
The seven blue states announcing ends to mask mandates
The seven blue states announcing ends to mask mandates
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The Western Journal, Wall Street Journal and Fox News
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
In the Post, Leana Wen Insists That She's the Last Reasonable Woman in the World
In the Post, Leana Wen Insists That She's the Last Reasonable Woman in the World
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The Daily Wire, HotAir and Townhall
Washington Post:
National Archives asks Justice Dept. to investigate Trump's handling of White House records — The request came amid revelations that officials recovered 15 boxes of materials from the former president's Mar-a-Lago residence that weren't handed back to the government as they should have been
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ABC News:
Former White House press aide appears before Jan. 6 committee — Sarah Matthews appeared Tuesday for an interview with the committee. — Sarah Matthews, a Trump White House press aide who resigned over the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, appeared Tuesday for an interview …
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Washington Examiner and CNN
Washington Post:
Giuliani asked Michigan prosecutor to give voting machines to Trump team — President's legal advisers helped twist clerical error by rural county into key tenet of false election-fraud claim — In the weeks after the 2020 election, Rudolph W. Giuliani and other legal advisers …
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CNBC, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Bipartisan Report, Alternet.org, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, Talking Points Memo, Political Wire and Washington Examiner
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Is this the beginning of the end for Trumpism or the Republican Party? — Watch Video: Cheney has to beat Trump's hold on the GOP to keep her seat in Wyoming — It was a Republican National Committee meeting that will live in infamy, and perhaps in history.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Where's Liz Cheney? The Wyoming Republican's Exile From Wyoming Republicans
Where's Liz Cheney? The Wyoming Republican's Exile From Wyoming Republicans
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Daily Kos, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Bipartisan Report, The Federalist, Raw Story, Rolling Stone and The Future, Now and Then
Eileen McClory / dayton-daily-news:
VIDEO: Yellow Springs votes no on housing plan after Chappelle, others speak up — Development can still move forward, but without affordable housing component — Oberer Homes can move forward with a new development in Yellow Springs, but without an affordable housing component initially promised …
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Rolling Stone, Consequence and Mediaite
Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber / Reuters:
Figure skating-Russian media say teen star tested positive for banned drug … Russian media reported on Wednesday that 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva had tested positive for a banned drug, after the ceremony to present her and her team mates with their Olympic gold medals was postponed for unexplained legal reasons.
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Newsweek, insidethegames.biz, National Review and One America News Network
Dan MacGuill / Snopes.com:
Did Biden Admin ‘Fund Crack Pipes’ To ‘Advance Racial Equity’? … Origin — In February 2022, right-leaning outlets reported breathlessly that the Biden administration had plans to fund the distribution of crack pipes in order to advance the cause of racial equity.
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News goes all-in promoting anti-vaccine-mandate Canadian truckers — The network has devoted roughly 8 hours to the “freedom fighters” — Fox News' effort to discourage its viewers from vaccinating themselves against COVID-19 has gone international. The network's stars …
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, Daily Camera and Salon
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Debunking false claims about the Canadian convoy protests
Fact check: Debunking false claims about the Canadian convoy protests
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Washington Post, Raw Story, ABC17NEWS, Grid News, Common Dreams and First Draft
Eric Garcia / The Independent:
Repeat STOCK Act violator Sen Tommy Tuberville calls trading ban for Congress ‘ridiculous’ — Exclusive: ‘They might as well start sending robots up here,’ senator tells The Independent — Congress Moves Closer to Barring Lawmakers From Trading on Stock Market
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Insider, Springfield News-Leader, Washington Post, Raw Story, NRCC and HotAir
James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
Joe Rogan Returns to Stand-Up Stage, Mocks His Controversies — Rogan addressed his recent headlines with a self-deprecating set: “If you want my advice, don't take my advice.” — Joe Rogan returned to the stand-up stage Tuesday night with a self-deprecating set that mocked and discussed his recent headlines.
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The Daily Wire, globalnews.ca, Variety, Louder With Crowder, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Rolling Stone
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis, 'Don't say gay,' and the new GOP ‘snitch culture’ — The GOP proposals sweeping the country that restrict the teaching of race have an obvious purpose: to make teachers feel perpetually on thin ice, so they shy away from difficult discussions about our national past rather …
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NBC News, Alternet.org, CNN, Daily Kos and Vanity Fair
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: Warren and Daines team up on bipartisan stock ban — Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) are teaming up to file a stock-ban bill, a bipartisan pairing that's part of a building movement to act on a potential conflict of interest.
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Approves Plan to Help Americans Leaving Ukraine if Russia Attacks — U.S. troops will set up checkpoints and tent camps inside Poland's border to help Americans who leave Ukraine — WASHINGTON—The White House has approved a Pentagon plan for U.S. troops in Poland to help thousands …
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CNN:
Pence rebuked Trump — and received an outpouring of GOP support in response — (CNN)Mike Pence did not initially intend to admonish former President Donald Trump during a long-planned speech last week. But a pair of statements from Trump criticizing Pence's actions on January 6, 2021 …
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Raw Story and New Republic
CNN:
A giant donut-shaped machine just proved a near-limitless clean power source is possible — (CNN)There's no silver bullet to the climate crisis, but nuclear fusion may be the closest thing to it. In the quest for a near-limitless, zero-carbon source of reliable power …
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The Daily Caller
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
‘Blue’ suburban moms are mobilizing to counter conservatives in fights over masks, book bans and diversity education — Dozens of suburban moms from around the country dialed into an Ohio-based Zoom training session last month with the same goal — to learn how to combat the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric …
Kyle Smith / National Review:
Leana Wen's 180-Degree Reversal on Masks — Three weeks ago, she called for tightening mask policy. Now she says it should be up to individuals. — s of January 14, one of the Democratic/media complex's favorite spokespeople, Dr. Leana Wen, was saying we needed to tighten our mask policy.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
States consider record wave of voting bills — State legislators who have begun or are preparing to start legislative sessions this year will consider more than 600 bills to expand or restrict the right to vote this year, a massive increase over recent years that were already noted for historic levels of action on elections procedures.
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Common Dreams and Election Law Blog
Gabrielle Bluestone / New York Magazine:
‘I More So Consider Myself a Con Artist Than Anything’ — What Danielle Miller learned at Horace Mann and Rikers. — Danielle Miller walked into Rikers Island at 3 a.m. in the dead of winter, shivering in a flimsy Missoni cover-up, Hervé Léger bathing suit, and Valentino Rockstud heels …
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Nikole Hannah-Jones Responds to Our 1619 and Slavery Issue — Nikole Hannah-Jones went on Twitter Monday night to respond to our issue looking at American slavery and the 1619 Project. Those familiar with how she typically responds to engagement with her work — engagement that typically appears …
Politico:
Left splits over Supreme Court pick pushed by top Biden ally — After Sherrod Brown caught wind of the progressive angst over judge Michelle Childs' possible ascension to the Supreme Court, the labor stalwart talked it through with her biggest Democratic backer — the House majority whip.
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Townhall, HotAir, The National, Althouse and CBS News
Jay Root / Houston Chronicle:
Texas GOP candidate Shelley Luther complains that students can't make fun of transgender children — BONHAM — Shelley Luther, the hair salon owner who was catapulted into political stardom after being jailed for defying a pandemic lockdown order, put transgender kids in the crosshairs …
Kansas City Star:
Congressional map splitting KCK passes over Kelly veto — The Kansas House overrode Gov. Laura Kelly's veto on Wednesday to enact a congressional map splitting Wyandotte County for the first time in 40 years. — It is all but certain to face a court challenge amid allegations …
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The Daily Caller
Caitlin Byrd / The State:
Trump planning trip to SC to boost congressional hopefuls — Former President Donald Trump is planning to hold a rally in South Carolina as early as this month or this spring, where he can champion two Republican congressional candidates while also making a visit to an early presidential …
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Washington Post
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
China completely ignored the trade deal they made with Trump — Back in January of 2020, shortly before the pandemic hit, Donald Trump concluded a series of negotiations with China and inked a deal in which the Chinese would purchase an extra $200 billion worth of United States exports over the coming two years.
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Washington Examiner, New York Times and Reason
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Some Trump allies want him to pull his endorsement of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ahead of GOP primary — Donald Trump's team has heard from allies who are trying to encourage the former president to withdraw his support for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, according to people familiar with the matter.
Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Supreme Court Is Even More Conservative Than You Think — How conservative is the Supreme Court? To some observers, it is unambiguously anchored on the right, eager to write its ideological vision of the Constitution into the fabric of American law. To others, there are glimmers of moderation …
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RedState
Lacey Christ / Fox News:
Missouri's crowded US Senate race: Snapshot of the Republican candidates — Senate GOP primary in Missouri seen partly as a test of loyalty to Trump — Fox News Flash top headlines for February 9 — The 2022 Missouri Senate GOP primary is heating up with the state's attorney general …
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Washington Examiner and The Mess We've Made
John Sexton / HotAir:
As Sarah Palin vs NY Times libel trial continues, central arguments come into focus — Former NY Times' editor James Bennet, the man who wrote the false claims about Sarah Palin's connection to the 2011 Tuscon shooting, has been testifying in the libel trial about his state of mind when writing the editorial.
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