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2:50 PM ET, March 6, 2021

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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Trump sends legal notice to GOP to stop using his name  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HAPPENING NOW ON THE SENATE FLOOR: The Senate is working its way through final GOP amendments to President JOE BIDEN's pandemic relief bill after pulling an all-nighter debating changes to the document.
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Politico:
'I have no idea what he's doing': Manchin perplexes with Covid aid power play  —  The Senate was more than two hours into a vote on Friday afternoon as Jon Tester and several fellow Democrats pleaded with Joe Manchin.  —  The voluble West Virginian was talking with his colleagues …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
To Juice the Economy, Biden Bets on the Poor  —  Mr. Biden's bottom-up $1.9 trillion aid package is a sharp reversal from the tax cut bill that was President Donald J. Trump's first big legislative victory.  —  WASHINGTON — To jump-start the ailing economy, President Biden is turning …
Discussion: Sputnik News and Vox
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Senate narrowly passes COVID relief bill after sleepless, tumultuous night  —  Senate has been in session since 9 a.m. Friday  —  Hagerty: More pork in COVID bill ‘than all the BBQ joints in Tennessee’  —  The Senate on Saturday narrowly passed President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senate passes $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, including $1,400 stimulus checks, with no Republican support  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Saturday, capping off a marathon overnight session after Democrats resolved internal clashes that threatened …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Divided Senate Passes Biden's Pandemic Aid Plan  —  The chamber approved the package after a grueling marathon of amendment votes and last-ditch negotiations.  The measure must now clear the House a second time.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's sweeping $1.9 trillion stimulus bill passed …
Discussion: The Week
Washington Post:
Senate passes Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill after voting overnight on amendments, sends measure back to House
Washington Post:
Seeking to flex new political muscle, centrist Senate Democrats push early changes to $1.9 trillion stimulus
Discussion: USA Today and CNN
Washington Post:
Senate Democrats announce deal on unemployment insurance, allowing Biden bill to move forward
Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
Pride, and publication, go before a fall: Twin Cuomo scandals are his own doing  —  “I'm beginning to wonder if the whole cover-up was mostly about that damn book,” Bill Hammond tweeted just after the Times and Journal broke the news about how Gov. Cuomo's political team had successfully browbeaten …
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Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Cuomo book sales see ‘precipitous drop’
Discussion: RedState, Bloomberg and Insider
New York Times:
F.B.I. Finds Contact Between Proud Boys Member and Trump Associate Before Riot  —  A leader of the far-right group separately said he had been in touch with Roger Stone, but an official said it was not the same contact investigators found through electronic communications records.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Never Trumpers Are Becoming Pro-Democracy Republicans  —  One of the most predictable developments of the post-Trump era was that the small band of anti-Trump conservative intellectuals and Republican officials would quickly melt away.  They had been repulsed by Donald Trump's combination …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. shelters received more than 7,000 migrant children in February, posing early border test for Biden
Discussion: The Hill and Sputnik News
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Vindication for Ron DeSantis  —  The media vilified him for rejecting harsh lockdowns.  But Florida's Covid-19 numbers are better than California's or New York's, and its economy thrives.  —  In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo imposed strict lockdown policies …
HuffPost:
Republicans Are Gaslighting The Country About The Capitol Riot  —  GOP lawmakers are desperately trying to deflect blame away from Donald Trump and themselves.  —  Sure, the attack on the Capitol was bad, but did you hear about the attack on the White House last year?
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric hold historic, symbolic meeting  —  PLAINS OF UR, Iraq (AP) — Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq's long-beleaguered Christian minority during …
Albany Times Union:
Resign, Mr. Cuomo  —  First Gov. Andrew Cuomo hid the truth about deaths of nursing home residents from the public.  Then his administration lied about why.  Then, pretending to come clean, it lied about why it lied.  —  Enough.  Mr. Cuomo has squandered the public's trust at a time when it's needed more than ever.
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Sinema Slammed For Exaggerated Thumbs-Down On $15 Minimum Wage  —  Hand gestures are commonplace in the Senate, but Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is getting flack for the way she voted against a $15 minimum wage.  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) faced criticism Friday afternoon for the way in which she chose …
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Sarah Gamard / delawareonline:
Why Carper, Coons just voted against Democrats' attempt to hike the minimum wage to $15
Discussion: Boston.com, HuffPost, Insider and Politico
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Fox News host Tucker Carlson calls QAnon followers ‘gentle’ patriots  —  Carlson says conspiracy theory believers - many of whom took part in Capitol attack - are ‘gentle people waving American flags’  —  Followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory are “gentle people waving American flags” …
Discussion: Insider, Fox News and Raw Story
New York Post:
De Blasio is serious about ‘longshot’ run against Gov. Cuomo, insiders say  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio has been talking to his inner circle and union allies about running for governor, and sources say he is growing increasingly confident he can win.  —  “I fell out of my chair laughing …
Discussion: National Review
Marisa Sarnoff / Mediaite:
Newsmax Loses More Than Half Its Audience Since Post-Election Ratings Surge  —  Following its post-election ratings surge, right-wing network Newsmax has seen its ratings drop, losing more than half of its total day audience, according to data from Nielsen.  —  In December, Newsmax …
Washington Post:
Ten years ago, 241 Texas power plants couldn't take the cold.  Dozens of them failed again this year.  —  The Washington Post compared last month's power failures to the last big freeze.  In both cases, some of the same companies failed to prepare.  —  The corporate and municipal owners …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Andy Levin on Amazon: ‘This Is the Biggest Union Election in This Century’  —  The Michigan congressman met with workers in Alabama who are organizing an Amazon warehouse.  —  Michael Foster of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union holds a sign outside the Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon facility, February 9, 2021.
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Kevin McCarthy's Dr. Seuss Stunt Leaves People Very, Very Puzzled  —  “So what's the point?  Forgive me if I am confused.”  —  It was storytime with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday when he released a five-minute video of himself reading a Dr. Seuss book.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Biden White House: message discipline, no news conference
Helaine Olen / Washington Post:
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans aren't fighting Democrats. They're fighting democracy.
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
CNN:
Democrats, keep your promise on the $15 minimum wage
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Democrats Want a Stronger Edge in the Senate. Ohio Could Be Crucial.
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Wall Street Journal:
Oh, No, the Labor Market Is Recovering
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James Arkin / Politico:
Former astronaut mulling Senate run in North Carolina
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Washington Post:
For top budget job, Biden hesitates at naming a candidate who has bipartisan support
Detroit Free Press:
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Discussion: The Hill
Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
Biden Moves to Fire EEOC Top Lawyer Who Wouldn't Resign