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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Billionaires' World  —  The world's richest person didn't like Twitter.  So he's buying it.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Two years ago, the economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman published a statistic that you don't normally see.  It was the share of wealth owned by the richest 0.00001 percent of Americans.
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Politico:
Twitter's top lawyer reassures staff, cries during meeting about Musk takeover  —  Monday was an emotional day at Twitter — even for its executives.  —  Shortly after billionaire Elon Musk bought the powerful social media platform, top Twitter lawyer Vijaya Gadde called a virtual meeting …
Shira Ovide / New York Times:
Buying Twitter, Elon Musk Will Face Reality of His Free-Speech Talk  —  Tech's big shots have learned again and again that free speech isn't so simple.  What happens when Mr. Musk owns Twitter?  —  A decade ago, Twitter executives, including the chief executive, Dick Costolo …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Elon Musk Bought Twitter
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Buying Twitter Is Weird, Chaotic, and a Little Bit Awesome
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republicans to Trump: Stay away from Twitter
WSOC-TV:
Sources: Rep. Madison Cawthorn cited for having a gun at Charlotte Douglas  —  CHARLOTTE — Rep. Madison Cawthorn was cited for having a gun at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Tuesday morning, three sources tell Channel 9.  —  According to the TSA, a 9 millimeter handgun was discovered …
CBS News:
Biden tells Congressional Hispanic Caucus he's looking at forgiving most federal student loan debt  —  President Biden is looking at different options to forgive most, if not all, federal student loan debt - a move that would thrill some of his most loyal supporters and financially strapped students nationwide …
Discussion: Insider, POLITICUSUSA and Forbes
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Fears mount inside White House that Manchin won't agree to any deal  —  Biden aides have tried gauging the senator's interest in a potential agreement, but time is running out  —  President Biden last spring proposed spending more than $4 trillion to transform the American economy.
Discussion: HotAir, Bloomberg and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Biden signals he's open to canceling student loans
Discussion: The Nation
Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden's sanctions coordinator to take leave of absence from White House
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
CNN:
Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid
Washington Post:
Vice President Harris tests positive for the coronavirus
Discussion: HotAir, Fox News, NPR and Just The News
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Manchin and Schumer Discuss New Tax Hike, Deficit Cut Proposal
Discussion: Politico and Slow Boring
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Kemp has strong shot to knock out Perdue without a runoff  —  Gov. Brian Kemp has a chance of landing an outright victory against former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll that shows the Republican incumbent with a hefty advantage over his Donald Trump-backed challenger.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The not-so-neat trick GOP candidates play on the ‘stolen election’
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Jacob Schumer / Bloomberg Tax:
The Contractual Impossibility of Unwinding Disney's Reedy Creek  —  There's been a lot of talk about whether Florida lawmakers can legally dissolve Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District, but there's one basic reason why Florida can't dissolve it—it promised bond purchasers that it wouldn't …
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Sarah Rumpf / Law & Crime:
Florida's Contractual Obligations to Bond Holders Block Repeal of Disney's Special Taxing District, Says Reedy Creek in New Statement  —  Ever since Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed the bill repealing the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID), the special taxing district operating …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and The Duckpin
ProPublica:
Building the “Big Lie”: Inside the Creation of Trump's Stolen Election Myth  —  Co-published with FRONTLINE … By the time Leamsy Salazar sat down in front of a video recorder in a lawyer's office in Dallas, he had grown accustomed to divulging state secrets.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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New York Times:
New Details Underscore House G.O.P. Role in Jan. 6 Planning
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Most Americans have been infected with the coronavirus at least once, the C.D.C. says.  —  The common perception that nearly everyone in America seemed to have been infected with the Omicron variant last winter may not have been far from the truth.  By February 2022, nearly 60 percent …
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Washington Post:
Harvard leaders and staff enslaved more than 70 people, report finds  —  The university said it had benefited from slave-generated wealth and practiced racial discrimination  —  Harvard University leaders, faculty and staff enslaved more than 70 individuals during the 17th and 18th centuries …
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Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Harvard Creates Fund to Redress Its Ties to Slavery
Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News and Forbes
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Joe's missing millions!  Financial records reveal Biden had $5.2million in unexplained income - as emails show he paid Hunter's legal bills for one megabucks Chinese deal and was tapped as ‘big guy’ to get a 10% cut in another  — Emails from Hunter's laptop reveal Joe Biden agreed …
NBC News:
U.S. intel helped Ukraine protect air defenses, shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds of troops  —  As Russia launched its invasion, the U.S. gave Ukrainian forces detailed intelligence about exactly when and where Russian missiles and bombs were intended to strike …
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
ABC News Exclusive: Dr. Birx speaks to Trump disinfectant moment, says colleagues had resignation pact  —  White House COVID response coordinator reveals details before book release.  —  The coronavirus response coordinator for President Donald Trump's COVID task force, Dr. Deborah Birx …
Andrew Kerr / Washington Examiner:
Madison Cawthorn implicated in potential insider trading scheme, experts say  —  EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Madison Cawthorn may have violated federal insider trading laws as he hyped up an alleged pump-and-dump cryptocurrency scheme, multiple watchdog groups told the Washington Examiner.
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Libs of TikTok tweeted fake accusations about a school teaching second graders about furries  —  The school district was harassed by her followers as a result.  —  Second graders are learning about furries in school?  —  That's what the prominent right-wing Twitter account Libs of TikTok (@LibsofTikTok) said in a tweet on Monday.
Discussion: Raw Story, Current Revolt and Twitchy
Amber Coakley / One America News Network:
Rep. Biggs: Alleged Rep. McCarthy comments raise huge trust issue for me  —  Arizona congressman Andy Biggs says taped comments of Republican leader Kevin McCarthy about President Donald Trump are “a huge trust issue” for him.  One America's John Hines has more from Washington.
Christopher Hooks / Texas Monthly:
Cancel Culture Comes for Beto O'Rourke  —  The Democratic gubernatorial candidate says he wants to have a dialogue with Texans of all persuasions.  But in one rural community, Republicans worked to make sure he would have no place to talk or listen.  —  When Democratic candidates …
Discussion: Dallas Morning News
Techno Fog / The Reactionary:
Durham's latest: He has hundreds of e-mails between Fusion GPS and reporters  —  Special Counsel John Durham just filed this motion in response to the efforts of Hillary for America, Fusion GPS, et al. to keep secret (by use of the attorney-client and work product privileges) communications involving Fusion GPS.
Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Delta, facing a union drive, says it will start paying flight attendants during boarding  — Delta says it will start paying flight attendants during boarding, a first for a U.S. carrier.  — The announcement came amid a unionization drive.  — Delta is the only major U.S. airline whose flight attendants aren't unionized.
Discussion: Washington Examiner, UPI and The Hill
 
 
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Winners and losers in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis-driven Florida redistricting
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden grants three pardons, 75 commutations for individuals serving for nonviolent drug crimes
Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Post:
Russia appears to confuse ‘The Sims’ for SIM cards in possible staged assassination attempt
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Bloomberg:
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Evan Drellich / New York Times:
The MLB is planning national packages for streaming companies to bid on in 2028, when its national TV deals with ESPN, Fox, and Turner expire

 
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