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Jon Queally / Common Dreams:
Texas GOP's Top Anti-Groomer Crusader Resigns Over Sexual Misconduct With Teenage Aide — Republican State Rep. Bryan Slaton of Texas resigned his seat Monday in order to avoid a public expulsion hearing after an investigation determined one of the party's loudest voices promoting the baseless threat of …
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James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
State Rep. Bryan Slaton resigns ahead of expulsion vote over inappropriate relationship with aide — Slaton faced the prospect of becoming the first Texas House member to be expelled since 1927. — Rep. Bryan Slaton resigned from the Texas House on Monday after an investigation determined …
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Rose Horowitch / NBC News:
Texas GOP legislator resigns ahead of expulsion vote over alleged sexual misconduct with aide
Texas GOP legislator resigns ahead of expulsion vote over alleged sexual misconduct with aide
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'It's a Republican issue': The View conservatives blame GOP lawmakers for mass shootings — Two conservative co-hosts on “The View” assigned blame for the wave of mass shootings on Republican elected officials. — A gunman killed eight people and wounded seven others Saturday in Allen …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Marge Greene, Worst of the Worst, Mass Shooting Edition — THE BACKCHANNEL — A small detail in the context of the latest mass shooting, this time in Allen, Texas. Eight people dead, including children. (The gunman was also shot to death a police office who happened to be at the mall for reasons unrelated to the shooting.)
The Texas Tribune:
In surprise move days after Allen mall shooting, Texas House panel OKs bill raising age to buy semi-automatic rifles
In surprise move days after Allen mall shooting, Texas House panel OKs bill raising age to buy semi-automatic rifles
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New York Times:
After Mass Killings in Texas, Frustration but No Action on Guns
After Mass Killings in Texas, Frustration but No Action on Guns
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden aides see major risks in circumventing Congress on debt ceiling — White House officials have discussed invoking the 14th Amendment to dodge the limit, but they see it as highly risky — Senior White House officials see enormous risks in trying to resolve the debt ceiling impasse without Congress …
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Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Mitch McConnell Warns He Has No ‘Secret Plan’ to Solve US Debt Impasse
Mitch McConnell Warns He Has No ‘Secret Plan’ to Solve US Debt Impasse
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Politico:
Why McConnell and McCarthy locked arms on the debt crisis
Why McConnell and McCarthy locked arms on the debt crisis
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Exclusive: McConnell details GOP efforts to not ‘screw this up’ in 2024 Senate battle — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell should be brimming with confidence. — Republicans are in the driver's seat to take the Senate majority: with 23 seats held by Democrats, compared to just 11 for Republicans.
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Quinn Owen / ABC News:
Former Navy reservist sentenced to additional 4 years for Jan. 6 riot — Prosecutors described Hatchet Speed as an avowed antisemite, — A former Navy reservist who the government said expressed admiration for Hitler, among other antisemitic views, was sentenced to four years in prison …
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NBC News:
Texas mall shooter shared extremist beliefs against Jews, women on apparent social media page — Mauricio Garcia, 33, maintained a profile on the Russian social networking platform OK.RU, which is part of a law enforcement investigation. — Extremist beliefs were shared on a social media page appearing …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
The food fight in the White House: Biden's diet — There's a delicious (surf and) turf battle inside the Biden White House — over the president's plate. — The food fight has pitted Joe Biden — who prefers carbs over greens — against First Lady Jill Biden, who has been pushing …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why non-White people might advocate white supremacy — Police have identified the man who shot and killed at least eight people at an outlet mall in Allen, Tex., over the weekend as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia. — Garcia was killed at the scene, meaning that efforts to determine the motivation for his actions are slower to emerge.
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CNBC:
Disney expands lawsuit against DeSantis after governor signs bill to void land deals — Walt Disney Co. expanded its federal lawsuit accusing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of orchestrating a political retribution campaign against the company. — DeSantis signed legislation voiding Disney's development deals in Orlando.
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Politico:
‘Really weak option’: Wall Street sours on DeSantis as Trump challenger — Ron DeSantis' gubernatorial reelection campaign is still loaded with cash, giving him big advantages over possible competitors. But many now say he no longer seems so formidable — at least on Wall Street.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Indoctrination Nation — Convinced schools are brainwashing kids to be left-wingers, conservatives are seizing control of the American classroom. — Republicans have begun saying things about American schools that not long ago would have struck them as peculiar, even insane.
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Katie Lobosco / CNN:
Exclusive: Nearly 610,000 public sector workers got student loan forgiveness after Biden loosened the rules — Nearly 610,000 student loan borrowers have received debt relief from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program since October 2021, when the Biden administration temporarily expanded eligibility.
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Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Robert Kennedy Jr. sees ‘overwhelming evidence’ CIA involved in JFK assassination — Robert Kennedy, Jr., the long-shot Democratic candidate for president, has backed a conspiracy theory that the CIA was involved in the killing of his uncle President John F. Kennedy, arguing evidence for such a claim is “overwhelming.”
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Matthew Brown / Washington Post:
Six months after midterm losses, election deniers mount new efforts — Candidates who denied the results of the 2020 election are considering runs for different offices and building political power ahead of 2024 — In the 2022 midterm elections, an unprecedented number of Republican candidates denied …
CBS News:
Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes asks for a sentence of time served after seditious conspiracy conviction — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is asking for a sentence of time served, after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors argued was a violent plan …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Government charges ‘Pink Beret’ Jan. 6 rioter IDed after an ex spotted her in a viral FBI tweet — An ex of Jennifer Inzunza Vargas Geller told NBC News that he recognized the woman in a tweet on his friend's phone while standing in line at a Joann Fabric and Crafts store.
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Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Simulation suggests 2020 census missed fifth of noncitizens — New results from a U.S. Census Bureau simulation suggests a significant number of noncitizens were missed in the 2020 census, a national head count during which the Trump administration tried but failed to prevent people in the country illegally from being tallied.
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Trenton Daniel / Associated Press:
Tanked Biden FCC pick shows influence of dark money on US politics — When President Joe Biden nominated Gigi Sohn to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, the longtime consumer advocate expected to face criticism over her desire to expand free internet access and improve competition among broadband providers.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
REVEALED: These ten books are considered pornography in Ron DeSantis' Florida — On March 8, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) conducted a press conference in which he purported to debunk the “book ban hoax.” During the event, DeSantis claimed that Florida schools, under his leadership, were not banning educational materials.
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Department of Transportation:
Airline Customer Service Dashboard — Secretary Buttigieg has called upon airlines to improve their customer service commitments to passengers, which all have done to varying degrees. The dashboards below provide information for air travelers on airlines' commitments to families flying …
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