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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets  —  It's also planning a groups feature  —  Twitter announced a pair of big upcoming features today: the ability for users to charge their followers for access to additional content, and the ability to create and join groups based around specific interests.
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Peter Hall / Morning Call:
Pennsylvania man charged in Capitol insurrection after ex-girlfriend turns him in to FBI
Discussion: The Hill, NPR and Raw Story
CNN:
Trump's tax returns and related records turned over to Manhattan district attorney  —  (CNN)Tax records that former President Donald Trump tried to keep secret for years are now in the hands of the New York district attorney.  —  Prosecutors obtained the records on Monday, according to a source …
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Trump plots future — and revenge — from sunny Florida links  —  (CNN)In a South Florida war room, occupied most days by a party of one, a former President of the United States is plotting his return — and his revenge.  —  He typically spends mornings on his nearby golf course …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Biden's chief of staff at center of controversy over White House budget pick  —  White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain has adamantly defended Neera Tanden, both in public and internally  —  White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain is at the center of the controversy over President Biden's choice …
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John McCormack / National Review:
Sasse Blasts Becerra: ‘Hell of a Lot More Dangerous Than Tanden’
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
What terrible things did Neera Tanden tweet? The truth.
Discussion: Twitchy and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Chip Roy Is A Cowardly Goldfish  —  Butching up with MAGA by condemning people who hold the same position you did six weeks ago.  —  Here's a take on Donald Trump that sounds like something you might've read here in The Bulwark or heard on MSNBC: … Hard to argue with, right?
Discussion: Mediaite
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Andrew Kaczynski / Washington Post:
My baby daughter died of brain cancer.  Here's what we can do to save other kids.  —  Opinion by Andrew Kaczynski  —  Andrew Kaczynski is an investigative reporter and founder of CNN's KFile Team.  —  It was a beautiful September day that began with a long, relaxing walk across Brooklyn …
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Alina Selyukh / NPR:
Costco To Raise Minimum Wage To $16 An Hour: 'This Isn't Altruism'
Discussion: Vox
Liat Kaplan / New York Times:
My Year of Grief and Cancellation  —  What was I trying to accomplish with my anonymous Tumblr?  —  If you were on Tumblr in the early 2010s, you may remember a blog called Your Fave Is Problematic.  If not, its content should still sound familiar to you.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Capitol Police chief: Security will remain high due to State of the Union threat  —  The Capitol Police is keeping its security posture high in response to intelligence that indicates some extremists who joined the Jan. 6 insurrection have discussed plans to attack the building during the State of the Union …
New York Times:
Nursing Homes, Once Hotspots, Far Outpace U.S. in Covid Declines  —  20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% of weekly deaths compared with start of vaccinations July Sept. Nov. Jan. 2021 Feb. 7Vaccinationrollout begins  —  Deaths among nursing home residents have dropped significantly since vaccinations began.
Discussion: KYMA-TV, KFF and Forbes
NBC News:
New public report to blame Saudi crown prince for 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi  —  The Biden administration will release an intelligence report Thursday that concludes that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Rob Stutzman / San Francisco Chronicle:
The spectacular rise and fall of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project  —  The Lincoln Project's members' fall from their perch of anti-Trumpist fame to political grifters sidestepping sexual predation in their midst has had the velocity of a super collider.  —  The depth of the crater from the detonation …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
The Way to Fix the Lincoln Project: Shut It Down for Good
Discussion: Fox News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The GOP is not even trying to disguise its racism anymore  —  This week, Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.) played up White victim mentality during the confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee Merrick Garland.  Kennedy took issue with Garland's use of the term “implicit bias,” …
Discussion: Forbes, EXPOSEDbyCMD and NBC News
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
A single Trump judge is already sabotaging Biden's efforts to slow deportations  —  Biden is likely to spend his presidency fighting Republican judges who block his policies for legally dubious reasons.  —  Less than a week after President Joe Biden took office, a Trump-appointed judge handed …
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Laurence Tribe / The Hill:
Justice Thomas is out of order on 2020 election
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Assessing the Impact of Absentee Voting on Turnout and Democratic Vote Margin in 2020  —  Dear Readers: Tomorrow at noon, the McIntire School of Commerce will be hosting a virtual event featuring Sonja Hoel Perkins, a UVA alumna.  A preeminent venture capitalist and philanthropist …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Kennedy: I'm sorry for calling Tanden a ‘whack job’  —  GOP Sen. John Kennedy apologized on Thursday for calling President Joe Biden's embattled budget chief pick, Neera Tanden, a “whack job.”  —  Kennedy said he regretted the remark about Tanden.  The Louisianan explained that he was searching …
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted for attacking colleague's transgender daughter: ‘Sickening, pathetic, unimaginably cruel’  —  After a contentious debate on the Equality Act, which would extend civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community, Rep. Marie Newman (D-Ill.) on Wednesday raised …
Errol Louis / New York Daily News:
What my father taught me: Remembering Edward J. Louis  —  This week I lost my hero and best friend, Edward J. Louis.  Let me tell you about this extraordinary man.  —  My father, from as long back as I can remember, would load a gun and quietly leave the house to hunt down criminals.
NBC News:
Lawyers have found the parents of 105 separated migrant children in past month … WASHINGTON — The lawyers working to reunite immigrant parents and children separated by the Trump administration reported Wednesday that they have found the parents of 105 children in the past month.
Discussion: CNN, Daily Kos and The Hill
Daniel N. Gullotta / The Bulwark:
QAnon and the Satanic Panics of Yesteryear  —  What they can teach us about what to expect.  —  Many details concerning the beliefs of QAnon are bizarre and difficult to piece together.  Ambitious works of journalism, decent explainer articles, and even a vast and messy Wikipedia page …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alejandro N. Mayorkas / Washington Post:
How my DHS will combat domestic extremism  —  Opinion by Alejandro N. Mayorkas  —  Alejandro N. Mayorkas is secretary of homeland security.  —  Domestic violent extremism poses the most lethal and persistent terrorism-related threat to our country today.
Discussion: NBC News and Wall Street Journal
Marc Caputo / Politico:
The GOP's choice in 2024: Trump Ultra, Trump Lite or Trump Zero  —  At least eight 2024 hopefuls will speak at CPAC, the conservative movement's premier conference this weekend in Florida, giving Republicans their clearest look yet at who's competing in the traditional GOP presidential lanes.
Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story and Washington Post
Axios:
Senate confirms former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary  —  The Senate voted 64-35 on Thursday to confirm former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as secretary of the Department of Energy.  —  Why it matters: Granholm, only the second woman to head the department …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Some journalists are debating when it's okay to use the n-word.  But this one should be easy.  —  A lot of problems facing the media industry have no easy solutions: Rampant disinformation.  The hemorrhaging of ad revenue that is destroying local newspapers.  Cable news shows that offer little more than fodder for outrage.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Why Biden Prefers Politicians Over Experts  —  Cabinet secretaries need political skills far more than subject-matter expertise.  —  Senator Ted Cruz (AWOL-Cancun) is on a roll, criticizing Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services …
Viola Zhou / VICE:
China Gave US Diplomats Anal COVID Tests ‘In Error,’ American Officials Say  —  The U.S. State Department says it is committed to preserving the “dignity” of American diplomats.  —  VZ  —  The Chinese government has promised to stop using anal swabs on American diplomats to test for COVID-19 …
Thomas Black / Bloomberg:
UPS Expects 40% Jump in Vaccine Doses Next Week, Peak in May  — Courier and rival FedEx now reach 100,000 distribution points  — Delivery networks prepare for third vaccine as J&J nears nod  —  United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. are ramping up vaccine distribution …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Mehdi Hasan joins MSNBC weekend lineup with new opinion program  —  MSNBC is giving former Al Jazeera journalist and author Mehdi Hasan a spot in its prime-time lineup as the cable news network expands its opinion programming.  —  Hasan, 42, is currently a political analyst on MSNBC and hosts …
Discussion: The Hill and Variety
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Cuomo expected to join governors meeting with Biden amid scandals, as ex-aide defends nursing home order  —  Cuomo to lead Thursday's meeting, where President Biden is expected to participate  —  Federal probe looking into Cuomo's handling of nursing home data
Discussion: Washington Examiner
James Arkin / Politico:
Early crowd of candidates pack Democratic Senate primaries  —  Democratic candidates are already leaping into the top Senate races that will be on the ballot next year, heralding a year of expensive, competitive primaries about the future direction of the party.
 
 
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Maura Judkis / Washington Post:
The joy of vax: The people giving the shots are seeing hope, and it's contagious
PR Newswire:
The Ad Council and COVID Collaborative Reveal 'It's Up To You' Campaigns to Educate Millions of Americans about COVID-19 Vaccines
Discussion: The Hill and HotAir
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The GOP might oppose one of the most popular bills in decades. How risky is that?
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran's nuclear program and regional behavior should be dealt with separately, Israel tells U.S.
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Tom LoBianco / Insider:
Here's what GOP insiders are saying about the 2024 presidential field: It's still Trump's party, but it's Ron DeSantis' moment
Issues & Insights:
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The Daily Beast:
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Robert Evans / bellingcat:
Woman Accused of Stealing Nancy Pelosi's Laptop Appears in Video Making Nazi Salute
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