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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
‘Political Malpractice’: The Debate Commission Chief Thinks Trump Blew It  —  Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. lets loose on the potentially mortal wound to the Commission on Presidential Debates, and why Biden got the better of Trump.  —  Despite all the talk that Joe Biden killed the Commission …
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Washington Post:
Biden and Trump cut a deal on debates.  Then the fighting started.  —  Inside the ongoing feud over who came out on top when two candidates decided to upend the nation's presidential debate tradition.  —  Less than two hours after President Biden made his move Wednesday to upend …
NBC News:
‘No more games’: Biden rejects additional debates against Trump  —  Both campaigns agreed to two debates this week.  The Biden campaign said it wasn't interested in two additional face-offs that Trump has accepted.  —  President Joe Biden's campaign rejected two additional debates on Friday …
CNN:
Exclusive: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seen physically assaulting Cassie Ventura in 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN  —  A 2016 surveillance video obtained exclusively by CNN shows Sean “Diddy” Combs grab, shove, drag and kick his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura during an altercation …
The Daily Beast:
GOP, Dems Round on MTG After Outburst: ‘Her Brand Is Chaos’  —  ‘ABSOLUTELY A RACIST THING’  —  Rep. Jasmine Crockett said Greene mentioning her eyelashes was an attempt to make her look “ghetto,” while even Rep. Lauren Boebert said she was embarrassed by her GOP colleague.
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NBC News:
Body shaming, IQ insults and cross talk: House committee meeting devolves into chaos amid personal insults  —  The hearing was derailed when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., responded to a question from Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, by saying, “I think your fake eyelashes are messing up what you're reading.”
Cameron Manley / Business Insider:
House committee hearing disrupted as Marjorie Taylor Greene and AOC clash over ‘fake eyelashes’ jibe
Olga R. Rodriguez / Associated Press:
Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years  —  The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.
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Jon Michael Raasch / Daily Mail:
Glamorous GOP Rep. Beth Van Duyne breaks her silence on love affair with married Georgia Republican Rich McCormick  — McCormick was seen stroking Van Duyne's arm during the State of the Union  —  By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, POLITICAL REPORTER ON CAPITOL HILL, FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and MORGAN PHILLIPS, CONGRESS REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
MAGA Rage at Trump's Trial Just Got Darker and More Dangerous  —  In recent days, a parade of Republicans have shown up at the Manhattan courthouse where Donald Trump faces criminal charges related to the hush-money scheme he concocted to deceive American voters during the 2016 election.
Ryan Hernández / NOTUS:
Senior Mike Johnson Staffer Resigns Over Behavioral Complaints … A senior communications staffer in Speaker Mike Johnson's office abruptly resigned this week after he was presented with complaints about his behavior, sources confirmed to NOTUS.  —  Anang Mittal, who was Johnson's head of digital …
Discussion: Breitbart
Dana Liebelson / Politico:
'A Governor Who Doesn't Seem to Have Much Interest in Governing Arkansas'  —  Sarah Huckabee Sanders' increasing number of critics think she's too worried about her national profile.  —  Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders assumed a podium on a recent spring morning in Arkansas …
Discussion: ArkansasTimes and Raw Story
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Jack Ewing / New York Times:
UAW Loses Unionization Vote at Mercedes Factories in Alabama  —  The election, fiercely opposed by the state's political leaders, was seen as a test of the United Automobile Workers' ability to unionize factories in the South.  —  Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa …
NBC News:
Sen. Dick Durbin says Justice Alito should recuse in Trump cases because of upside-down flag  —  Durbin's statement came after a report said an upside-down American flag flew outside Alito's home days after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and before Biden's inauguration.
Media Matters for America:
Trump's corrupt offer to Big Oil executives almost entirely ignored in top local newspapers and TV markets in battleground states  —  Trump's promise to repeal climate action and solicitation of campaign donations from oil executives is vital information for voters
Discussion: Greensboro
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Why Is N.Y.U. Forcing Protesters to Write Apology Letters?  —  The university calls it a “restorative practice”; the students call it a coerced confession.  —  At one point during the demonstrations at Columbia University in 1968, protesters took the acting dean of the liberal arts college hostage.
Discussion: Associated Press and Althouse
 
 
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France riles allies by inviting Russia to D-Day commemoration
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Financial Times:
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Peter Tonguette / Washington Examiner:
The loony language of the Left: Newspeak intended to conceal rather than clarify or explain
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Wokeness Is Dying. We Might Miss It.
Discussion: Althouse
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Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
Obama World's Fingerprints Are All Over Campus Chaos
The Daily Beast:
SCOTUS Silently Grinds Democracy Into Powder as Trump Distracts America
Reuters:
Insight: Donald Trump wants to control the Justice Department and FBI. His allies have a plan
Discussion: New Republic, HotAir and Raw Story
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Julia Doubleday / The Gauntlet:
Biden, CDC silent as North Carolina lawmakers vote to ban masks