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6:30 PM ET, March 1, 2021

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Wall Street Journal:
Gov. Cuomo's Administration Hires Criminal Defense Lawyer  —  New York governor retains veteran white-collar defense lawyer Elkan Abramowitz amid probes into harassment and Covid-19 nursing-home deaths  —  The administration of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has retained a prominent white-collar defense attorney …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Must Admit to His ‘Predatory Behavior,’ Accuser Says  —  “These are not the actions of someone who simply feels misunderstood; they are the actions of an individual who wields his power to avoid justice,” Charlotte Bennett said.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — A former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo …
Fox News:
Hillary Clinton says Cuomo's accusers deserve answers
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump received COVID vaccine at White House in January  —  Former President Trump and former first lady Melania Trump were both vaccinated at the White House in January, a Trump adviser tells Axios.  —  Why it matters: Trump declared at CPAC on Sunday that “everybody” should get the coronavirus vaccine …
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David Marcus / The Federalist:
CPAC Is Still Trump's, But Something Has Changed  —  It's still a Trump party, but it's more than that.  —  In February 2017, I attended my first Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).  Donald Trump was fresh off a stunning victory in the 2016 presidential election and it was very easy …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump and his wife received coronavirus vaccine before leaving the White House.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Donald G. McNeil Jr / Medium:
NYTimes Peru N-Word, Part Two: What Happened January 28?  —  At 11:17 A.M. on January 28, I got an email from the Daily Beast.  It was from Lachlan Cartwright, and said: … I was busy working on a Covid-19 story and didn't even notice it.  At the time, I was getting more than 500 emails a day …
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / Medium:
NYTimes Peru N-Word, Part Four: What Happened in Peru?
Discussion: Deadline
Washington Post:
Rewriting January 6th: Republicans push false and misleading accounts of Capitol riot  —  Instead of an attempt to overturn the election by radicalized Donald Trump supporters, it was a choreographed attack staged by antifa provocateurs.  Rather than an armed insurrection, it was a good-natured protest spoiled by a few troublemakers.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Natalie Winters / The National Pulse:
Trump Confirms He Called For 10,000 National Guard For Jan 6th... Pelosi Refused.
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Democratic voting bill would make biggest changes in decades
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The Republican revolt against democracy, explained in 13 charts
Fred Ryan / Washington Post:
Say it ain't so, Joe  —  Opinion by Fred Ryan  —  Fred Ryan is the publisher of The Washington Post.  —  President Biden is facing his first major test of a campaign promise and, it appears, he's about to fail it.  —  The world has waited for more than two years to see how the United States …
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Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Sidney Powell's Remaining ‘Kraken’ Cases Thrown Out By Supreme Court  —  The U.S. Supreme Court denied requests to review far-right attorney Sidney Powell's post-election cases in Arizona and Wisconsin Monday, the last of her cases to be rejected by the high court as the lawyer has continued …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Vox
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump unleashes new threat to American democracy
Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
The Republican civil war was over 5 years ago.  Trump and the winners have a new target: Us  —  Trump needed only tweets and cowardly Republicans to occupy the party.  Nothing has shaken their devotion.  The Capitol attack was just the opening act.  —  There is no “Civil War” brewing within the Republican Party.
Discussion: Rev, Vanity Fair and New Republic
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Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Why are no Republicans condemning Rep. Paul Gosar for cozying up to white nationalists?
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Warren Revives Wealth Tax, Citing Pandemic Inequalities  —  A tax on the net worth of America's wealthiest individuals remains popular with voters, but has yet to be embraced by President Biden.  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, plans to introduce legislation …
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts:
Warren, Jayapal, Boyle Introduce Ultra-Millionaire Tax on Fortunes Over $50 Million
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Biden won't release White House virtual visitor logs  —  Few bars have been set lower than the one Joe Biden has had to clear when it comes to bringing transparency back to the White House.  Donald Trump has been an easy act to follow.  —  But five weeks into office, Biden has fallen short …
Dallas Morning News:
Besieged chairwoman of Texas' top utility regulator resigns in wake of state power outages  —  A growing chorus of lawmakers, including Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, had sought PUC chair DeAnn Walker's resignation.  Patrick and others have also called for the ouster of ERCOT CEO Bill Magness.
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
Biden's Support for Unionizing Amazon Is a B.F.D.  —  My morning newspapers were so transfixed by Sunday night's vindictive speech by the president who lost reelection in November that they neglected to take note of Sunday night's historic remarks by the president who's running the country right now.
Heather Long / Washington Post:
‘It just sucks’: America's jobless owe thousands of dollars in taxes on their unemployment  —  Unemployment compensation is taxable.  Many are just figuring this out as they sit down to do their 2020 taxes, even though they remain out of work  —  Erika Rose was shocked this month when she sat …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The GOP is now just the party of white grievance  —  One of the poisonous legacies of Donald Trump's presidency has been to expand the boundaries of expressible prejudice.  Through the explicit practice of White-identity politics, Trump has obviated the need for code words and dog whistles.
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
House Freedom Caucus chair weighs Arizona Senate bid  —  Rep. Andy Biggs — one of former President Trump's most vocal supporters in Congress and chair of the House Freedom Caucus — is weighing a run for Senate in Arizona in 2022.  —  “I'm kicking the tires, we're looking at it …
Maureen Downey / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Why schools should rethink Dr. Seuss  —  Parent says racist imagery in Dr. Seuss books shouldn't be centerpiece of celebration of reading  —  Charis Granger-Mbugua graduated Cobb County Schools, where her young son is now a student.  In this guest column, Granger-Mbugua …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Trump Supporters at CPAC Are Not Ready to Forgive Fox News.  But They Like Tucker.  —  ORLANDO — Fox News is trying.  —  The cable news network has sought to regain its footing after bleeding viewers in the aftermath of the 2020 election, when President Donald Trump's loss and the network's decision …
Mr. Thomas J. Pritzker / ACU:
A Response to Hyatt Hotels: We Will Not Be Canceled  —  Dear Mr. Pritzker:  —  Contrary to Hyatt's own mission statement of inclusivity, your company just attacked its own customer by caving into the pressures of the politically motivated social media agitators who seek to destroy CPAC …
Stella Bugbee / The Cut:
Thank You, Dr. Zizmor The newest fashion trend in New York is — unironically, hyper-specifically — New York itself.  —  Photo-Illustration: Artwork by Joe Darrow for New York Magazine/dolgachov  —  A few months ago, I met up with a friend who works in fashion for a socially distanced walk through Prospect Park.
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Voting restrictions bill passes Georgia House over strong opposition  —  A bill to restrict ballot drop boxes, require more ID for absentee voting and limit weekend early voting days passed the Georgia House on Monday amid protests that the proposals would make it harder for voters to participate in democracy.
Mickey Edwards / The Bulwark:
Mugged by Reality  —  As the chairman of CPAC during the rise of Reagan, I should have seen the grotesque display at this year's CPAC coming.  I failed to do so.  —  Several years ago, I was mugged and robbed as I took an early-morning walk through Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans.
Julian Zelizer / Washington Post:
The sex scandal that reshaped Congress — and the warnings for today  —  We can't become numb to scandals; they are calls for newfound accountability and systemic reform  —  Julian Zelizer is a political historian at Princeton University.  He is author of “Burning Down the House …
 
 
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Jason Del Rey / Vox:
A Black Amazon manager is suing company executives in a discrimination and sexual harassment and assault case
Discussion: Breitbart
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Biden Rocks Republicans With Support For Bill To Kill Gerrymandering
Politico:
Prosecutors fill in details of Proud Boys assault on Capitol
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Biden's approval tops 60 percent in new poll
Discussion: IJR
Nicole Lampert / Haaretz:
Why Does a U.K. Academic Spewing Antisemitic Conspiracies Attract Eager Apologists on the U.S. Left?
Felix Salmon / Axios:
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Alex Samuels / FiveThirtyEight:
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Will Feuer / CNBC:
Florida Gov. DeSantis accused of favoritism in distributing Covid vaccine, Congress urged to investigate
Discussion: Yahoo News, Townhall and RedState
Joe Severino / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Manchin: 'There's a moment here' for bipartisanship, purpose
HuffPost:
Congress Is About To Send You A Pile Of Money
Discussion: New York Magazine, KNSD-TV and KRON4
Noemie Bisserbe / Wall Street Journal:
Former French President Sarkozy Convicted in Corruption Trial
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Johnson & Johnson vaccine deepens concerns over racial and geographic inequities
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money