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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Parkland Parents: Marjorie Taylor Greene Won't Get Away With Lying About Our Son  —  Linda Beigel Schulman does not have the luxury of believing in conspiracy theories.  She knows that no amount of magical thinking can bring her son back.  She knows exactly how long he's been gone.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Inside the White House's new thinking on Covid relief  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  MCCARTHY TRIES TO MAKE NICE WITH TRUMP: House Minority Leader KEVIN MCCARTHY and former President DONALD TRUMP will meet around lunchtime at Mar-a-Lago — a face-to-face we're told McCarthy requested …
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims
U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez:
Congressman Jimmy Gomez to Introduce Resolution Expelling Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress
WRCB-TV:
Channel 3 crew threatened with arrest by deputy for questioning Marjorie Taylor Greene at Dalton town hall
Discussion: The Intellectualist
Chris Stirewalt / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: I called Arizona for Biden on Fox News.  Here's what I learned  —  The New York Evening Express was no great shakes as a newspaper.  But in 1886, when the New York Times ran the obituary of one of the Express' former owners, Erastus Brooks, it had to give credit where it was due.
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Alexis Goldstein / Markets Weekly:
What happened with GameStop?  —  It's not David vs Goliath.  It's Goliath vs. Goliath, with David as a fig leaf  —  This is a free post from Markets Weekly, a newsletter by former Wall Street professional Alexis Goldstein.  If you appreciated this post, please consider signing up here for premium access to all posts.
New York Times:
GameStop Stock Soars as Reddit Investors Take On Wall St.  —  GameStop shares have soared 1,700 percent as millions of small investors, egged on by social media, employ a classic Wall Street tactic to put the squeeze — on Wall Street.  —  A real estate salesman in Valparaiso, Ind. A former line cook from the Bronx.
Under the Hood:
Keeping Customers Informed Through Market Volatility  —  Our mission at Robinhood is to democratize finance for all.  We're proud to have created a platform that has helped everyday people, from all backgrounds, shape their financial futures and invest for the long term.
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says  —  The state attorney general, Letitia James, said the Cuomo administration likely omitted thousands of Covid-19 deaths of nursing home residents.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State attorney general accused …
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New York Times:
McConnell Was Done With Trump.  His Party Said Not So Fast.  —  After four years, the minority leader had finally had enough.  But with most Republicans rallying around Donald J. Trump, he sided with his colleagues trying to throw out the impeachment case.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
McCarthy to meet Trump after rift over his assertion that the former president ‘bears responsibility’ for the Capitol attack.
Discussion: NBC News
Arizona Republic:
Republicans demand audit of Kelli Ward's narrow win for Arizona GOP chair  —  Yvonne Wingett Sanchez Ronald J. HansenArizona Republic  —  After months of sounding the alarm on what she claimed was a stolen presidential election, Kelli Ward is facing questions about her own reelection Saturday as Arizona Republican Party chair.
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J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2022 Senate Races: Initial Ratings  —  On a potentially limited playing field, both parties look to expand past their current 50 seats  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Republicans will be defending more Senate seats than Democrats in 2022, but both sides have some potential pickup opportunities …
Discussion: CNN, USA Today and Ohio Capital Journal
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Betraying Your Church—And Your Party  —  The letter writer's message was clear: Representative Adam Kinzinger is doing the devil's work, and he is possessed by demons.  It's not hard to guess why Kinzinger would receive such a note.  He was one of 10 Republican members of Congress who defied …
Discussion: The Hill and HotAir
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Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Beto O'Rourke says he's thinking about running for governor  —  Gary Kubiak describes David Culley as ‘energy in the building’  —  Want to reduce inflammation?  Try the Mediterranean diet.  —  In climate push, Biden bets on cutting fossil fuels while protecting jobs
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:   O'Rourke mulling run for Texas governor
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Twitter's priceless gift to Biden  —  As he entered his first week in office, President Joe Biden was handed a priceless gift: the blissful sound of former President Donald Trump's Twitter silence.  —  Gone are the pre-dawn tirades, the all-caps declarations, the “Sleepy Joe” mocking …
Oversight Board:
Announcing the Oversight Board's first case decisions  —  Today, the Oversight Board is announcing its first decisions.  —  In the five case decisions published today, the Board overturned four of Facebook's decisions, upheld one and issued nine policy recommendations to the company.
Washington Post:
2020 was the worst year for economic growth since the Second World War  —  New federal data offers comprehensive snapshot of a year marred by staggering job losses, waves of small-business closures and mounting inequality  —  The U.S. economy shrank by 3.5 percent last year …
Discussion: Fox News, Reuters, Axios and The Week
Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
What happened when a beloved mom influencer donated to Trump  —  Taking Cara Babies taught her 1.3 million followers how to get their babies to sleep.  Then her political affiliations sparked a social media meltdown.  —  SHARE All sharing options  —  This story is part of a group of stories called
Discussion: Twitchy
New York Times:
Ease Up on the Executive Actions, Joe  —  President Biden is right to not let his agenda be held hostage, but legislating through Congress is a better path.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Biden starts rolling back Trump anti-abortion rules  —  President Joe Biden will sign executive orders on Thursday aimed at rolling back some of the Trump administration's most far-reaching abortion restrictions, including one denying U.S. aid to health groups abroad that provide information about the procedure.
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American Prospect:
Merrick Garland Wants Former Facebook Lawyer to Top Antitrust Division  —  Susan Davies has spent much of the last decade working on behalf of major mergers and fending off antitrust enforcement.  —  Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland is working behind the scenes to install longtime aide Susan Davies …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Biden Appoints New Cabinet Secretaries, Ousting Trump Loyalists  —  President Biden named nearly all of his cabinet secretaries and their immediate deputies before he took office, but his real grasp on the levers of power has come several layers down.  —  WASHINGTON — When President Biden swore …
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Insurrection aftermath: Staffers struggle with trauma, guilt and fear  —  They replay the day in their minds, hear threats when they pick up the phone, and try to keep doing their jobs.  Congressional staffers are still struggling in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …
Washington Post:
Self-styled militia members in three states began planning in November for recruits, weapons ahead of Capitol breach, U.S. alleges  —  Three self-styled militia members charged in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol began soliciting recruits for potential violence within days …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Zach Everson / 1100 Pennsylvania:
What was Tommy Tuberville doing in the Trump Hotel D.C.?  —  Despite his denials, photos appear to show Tuberville in the Trump Hotel D.C.'s lobby the night before the Capitol insurrection  —  Photos posted on social media appear to refute a U.S. Senator's claim that he was not at the Trump Hotel D.C …
Los Angeles Times:
Man arrested with explosives may have been targeting Gov. Newsom, authorities say  —  A suspected far-right extremist and radicalized supporter of former President Trump facing federal explosives charges may have been targeting California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the San Francisco Bay Area headquarters …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘What Democrat beats that guy?’:  Top Dems flinch from Rubio challenge  —  MIAMI — Few Republicans are more loathed by Democrats than Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.  Many have never looked at him the same since, after helping to draft the 2013 bipartisan immigration bill, he backed away under conservative pressure.
 
 
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Jim Jordan mulling Ohio Senate run after Portman's retirement
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Redistricting delays freeze 2022 House races
Saeed Shah / Wall Street Journal:
Pakistan's Supreme Court Orders Release of Man Convicted in Killing of WSJ Reporter Daniel Pearl
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Democrats Are Laying a Trap with Trump's Impeachment Trial
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Why a Trump Third Party Would Be a Boon for Democrats
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Roger Stone Did Something Wrong
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: Conservative group puts $700k behind Hawley
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