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House Republican Leader:
Leader McCarthy's Statement on Rep. Taylor Greene  —  Washington, D.C. - House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) released the following statement:
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Takeaways from a head-spinning night in Republican politics  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  If you're trying to figure out the direction of the Republican Party after Wednesday's circus of a five-hour (!) House GOP Conference meeting, good luck.
Josh Chafetz / The Dispatch:
The Morning Dispatch: Cheney Triumphs in Conference Vote
Discussion: NBC News, CNN and CBS News
Associated Press:
Defend or rebuke? House GOP faces difficult vote over Greene
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Keep Paying Attention to Marjorie Taylor Greene
Washington Post:
McCarthy moves to keep splintering GOP intact, with protection for both Cheney and Greene
Politico:
‘Vote-a-rama’ to give GOP a chance to inflict pain on Dems  —  The self-inflicted suffering has begun for Senate Democrats trying to muscle through President Joe Biden's pandemic aid plan without a single Republican vote.  —  The procedural trick that shrinks the vote hurdle from 60 to 51 …
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Sarah Binder / Washington Post:
Democrats might use ‘reconciliation’ to pass Biden's pandemic relief package. What's reconciliation?
Discussion: Reason and Business Insider
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders shakes up Senate staff
Discussion: Political Wire
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
CNN chief Jeff Zucker will stay with the network through 2021  —  CNN attracted its largest audiences in history in 2020 and has been riding high in the ratings since election day.  —  The news channel finished January as the most-watched network in all of cable according to Nielsen, surpassing MSNBC and Fox News.
Discussion: CNN
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New York Times:
Jeff Zucker, CNN's Longtime Leader, Says He Will Leave at Year's End  —  The executive shaped the look and feel of CNN since coming aboard in 2013.  The network hit record ratings in recent months, during which Mr. Zucker had tensions with his newly installed boss.
Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Americans open to Biden's approach to crises  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks into a new administration, a majority of Americans say they have at least some confidence in President Joe Biden and his ability to manage the myriad crises facing the nation, including the raging coronavirus pandemic.
NBC News:
Biden administration weighs plan to directly send masks to all Americans  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden White House is considering sending masks directly to American households, according to three people familiar with the discussions, an action the Trump administration explored but scrapped.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
In Biden's White House, surprise visits with staff replace late-night tweets  —  Since he moved in two weeks ago, Joe Biden has taken to strolling around the White House.  —  He's popped into the press offices.  He's walked to the East Wing to visit the military office …
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Hunter Biden's memoir ‘Beautiful Things’ out in April  —  Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for conservatives, has a memoir coming out April 6.  —  The book is called “Beautiful Things” and will center on the younger Biden's well publicized struggles with substance abuse …
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Mark Hemingway / RealClearInvestigations:
Hiding Biden: How Democrats Crafted the First Impeachment, Helping Defeat Trump in 2020 With Media Help  —  By the numbers, Joe Biden is president of the United States because he won the swing states of Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin by a combined total of some 43,000 votes.
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Parler CEO Says He Was Fired by Conservative Political Donor Rebekah Mercer  —  The moderation-light social media platform was forced offline by tech giants last month over how it policed its content  —  Parler, a moderation-light social media platform that was forced offline last month …
Discussion: The Week, USA Today and Raw Story
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Parler CEO Is Fired After ‘Constant Resistance’ Inside The Conservative-Friendly Site
Discussion: CBS News, HotAir and Al Jazeera
Brian Flood / Fox Business:
Parler CEO John Matze says he's been terminated by board: ‘I did not participate in this decision’
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Militia alliance in Georgia signals new phase for extremist paramilitaries  —  ‘We are going to see a lot of this coalition building with some pretty nasty actors,’ says one expert.  —  The leader of a private paramilitary group that provided security for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene …
Discussion: Political Wire
Nick Arama / RedState:
AOC Wasn't Even in the Capitol Building During Her ‘Near Death’ Experience  —  We've reported various aspects of the account of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) of what happened to her on Jan. 6 during the breach at the Capitol.  But there are some very critical facts that have been missing …
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
AOC faces backlash as critics point out she wasn't in Capitol building during riot
Discussion: Power Line, The Federalist and RedState
CNN:
Why it matters that Biden team restored regular press briefings  —  ‘A return to normalcy’: Former press secretaries weigh in on Psaki  —  Joe Lockhart is a CNN political analyst.  He was the White House press secretary from 1998 to 2000 in President Bill Clinton's administration.
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Politico:   Biden plunges fully into Covid relief talks
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
His polls are sinking.  Democrats are mobilizing.  The Newsom recall just got real.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn't want to talk about the recall.  But his allies can't ignore it.  —  The campaign to oust Newsom went from unlikely to unavoidable this week …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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Wall Street Journal:
McKinsey Agrees to $573 Million Settlement Over Opioid Advice  —  Consulting giant advised Purdue Pharma and other opioid manufacturers to aggressively market the painkillers  —  Consulting giant McKinsey & Co. has reached a $573 million settlement with states over its work advising OxyContin …
Discussion: STAT and Forbes
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Biden Ousts All 10 of Trump's Union Busters From Powerful Labor Panel  —  On Tuesday, Joe Biden demanded the resignations of all 10 of Donald Trump's appointees to the Federal Service Impasses Panel, a powerful labor relations board, in a major victory for federal unions.
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. mulls using law designed to prosecute Mafia against Capitol rioters  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is considering whether to charge members of far-right groups involved in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol under a federal law usually used …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Biden holds all the cards in coronavirus relief talks — and he knows it  —  President Biden told Republican senators in the Oval Office this week that he has “an open door and an open mind” on his $1.9 billion coronavirus rescue bill.  But he has the votes on the Hill and overwhelming support …
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Iowa's House speaker said he can't make lawmakers wear masks — but he did enforce a ban on jeans  —  Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley (R) has repeatedly pushed back against imposing a mask mandate inside the legislature, saying that he cannot force lawmakers to cover their faces …
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Democrats Actually Learned From the Failures of 2009 … On Wednesday, Sen. Joe Manchin appeared on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” to talk about the state of negotiations over President Joe Biden's Covid relief package.  The network posted the video with a misleading headline: “Sen. Manchin calls for bipartisanship on Covid relief plan.”
Discussion: MSNBC and HuffPost
Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Outline Foreign Policy Objectives During State Department Visit  —  President is expected to emphasize traditional alliances and human rights  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden, faced with a range of early foreign policy challenges, is expected to outline his vision for an expansion …
Discussion: CNN and The Independent
 
 
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USA Today:
Whatever legal or constitutional test you apply, Trump incited the violent Capitol attack
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Tampa Bay Times:
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