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1:20 PM ET, March 7, 2021

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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Biden marking ‘Bloody Sunday’ by signing voting rights order  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps to promote voting access, a move that comes as congressional Democrats press for a sweeping voting and elections bill …
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The Guardian:
Top House Democrat Jim Clyburn: 'No way we'd let filibuster deny voting rights'  —  In an interview with the Guardian, the House majority whip calls for a way around the legislative roadblock  —  One of the most powerful Democrats in Washington has issued a frank warning to members of his own party …
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
The White House:
Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  The right to vote is the foundation of American democracy.
Discussion: Fox News, Townhall and Bloomberg
Donald Judd / CNN:
Biden signs executive order expanding voting access  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sunday expanding voting access in what the White House calls “an initial step” in its efforts to “protect the right to vote and ensure all eligible citizens can freely participate in the electoral process.”
Discussion: NPR, CBS News, Washington Times and The Week
The White House:
Pre-Taped Remarks by President Biden as Prepared for Delivery at the Martin & Coretta Scott King Unity Breakfast
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   In honor of Selma's ‘Bloody Sunday,’ Biden announces new voting rights initiatives
Reuters:
Biden marks Selma anniversary with order to expand voting access
Discussion: Insider
New York Times:
In Georgia, Republicans Take Aim at Role of Black Churches in Elections
Discussion: TheGrio
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
A Mexican restaurant in Texas kept its mask rule.  People threatened to call ICE on the staff.  —  When the coronavirus pandemic hit and restaurant owners faced difficult decisions, the Richards family that owns Picos, a Mexican restaurant in Houston, quickly adapted to continue sharing …
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
I get the indignation.  But where are the ideas, Republicans?  —  It happened again last: Blue America unleashed a storm of media attention and righteous fury when Texas and Mississippi announced they were lifting all their covid-19 restrictions, including their mask mandates …
Wall Street Journal:
Third Former Andrew Cuomo Aide Describes Inappropriate Workplace Treatment  —  Ana Liss says the New York governor asked if she had a boyfriend, called her sweetheart and kissed her hand  —  ROCHESTER, N.Y.—A former aide of Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he asked her if she had a boyfriend …
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Washington Post:
Cuomo's behavior created ‘hostile, toxic’ workplace culture for decades, former aides say  —  A former press aide of Andrew M. Cuomo says he summoned her to his dimly lit hotel room and embraced her after a work event in 2000, when Cuomo led the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and she was a consultant for the agency.
Wall Street Journal:
Russian Disinformation Campaign Aims to Undermine Confidence in Pfizer, Other Covid-19 Vaccines, U.S. Officials Say  —  Websites linked to Russian intelligence services publish false information questioning vaccines' safety, efficacy  —  WASHINGTON—Russian intelligence agencies have mounted …
Discussion: Insider, The Verge and New York Post
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
How the GOP blew its chance at a 2022 working-class coalition in just 10 hours, 43 minutes |  Will Bunch  —  It was less than two weeks ago that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a past and future presidential hopeful for the Republican Party, stood before an annual confab of conservative fanatics …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
‘We need the government’: Biden's $1.9 trillion relief plan reflects seismic shifts in U.S. politics  —  The pandemic has deflated the deficit politics that dominated the Obama era.  —  A new Democratic administration facing down a massive economic crisis pushes a $800 billion stimulus package.
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Manchin says he still supports filibuster, but may back more party-line votes on key bills … WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a crucial swing-vote in the Senate Democrats' slim majority, said Sunday that he won't bend in his support for the filibuster, a Senate rule that forces …
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Meg Cunningham / ABC News:
Delay in Senate on relief bill was an attempt at more bipartisan support: Sen. Joe Manchin
Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story and Fox News
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Do Liberals Care if Books Disappear?  —  The Dr. Seuss cancellation illustrates all the problems that they used to have with censorship.  —  From the idealistic liberalism of my high school English teachers, I learned that to try to get rid of offensive literature is the great sin of easily triggered rubes.
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American Greatness:
Peak Cancel Culture? Don't Bet on It
Discussion: Instapundit
NBC News:
The GOP is having a change of heart on economics.  It could have implications for policymaking.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican Party is showing signs of softening its trademark fiscal conservative brand in favor of a new populist approach, a potentially seminal shift as the party becomes …
Mara Gay / New York Times:
Face Time With Eight Mayoral Candidates  —  Here's what you need to know.  —  Ms. Gay is a member of the editorial board.  —  Running for mayor of New York City once involved, well, some running — from shaking hands on the Staten Island Ferry to schmoozing with donors at fund-raisers …
Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
How Republican Politics (And Twitter) Created Ali Alexander, The Man Behind ‘Stop The Steal’  —  A HuffPost investigation reveals many links, past and present, between the far-right extremist and the GOP establishment.  —  High above Constitution Avenue, on a rooftop terrace, “Stop the Steal” …
Charles Gaba / ACA Signups:
Weekly Update: Which COUNTIES have the highest per capita rates of #COVID19 cases and deaths?  —  I've made some more changes:  — Every county except those in Alaska lists the 2020 Biden/Trump partisan lean; Alaska still uses the 2016 Clinton/Trump results.
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
How Democrats miscalculated Manchin and later won him back  —  Axelrod breaks down Manchin's surprising move  —  (CNN)It was Friday afternoon, and President Joe Biden was on the phone with Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative West Virginia Democrat who felt blindsided by his party leaders …
Bob Brody / New York Daily News:
The Marvelous Mortimer Matz  —  At age 96, Mortimer Matz, known to all as Morty, is almost certainly the oldest person on the planet who still practices public relations every day.  He's done it since 1955.  He might well be the last living “press agent,” a true old-school throwback.
Ronen Zvulun / Reuters:
We're almost done with COVID curbs, Netanyahu says as Israel reopens restaurants  —  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has almost emerged from its COVID-19 closures, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on the campaign trail, said on Sunday as restaurants reopened under an exit plan fuelled by fast-paced vaccinations.
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Biden is rolling back the culture war.  The country should thank him.  —  One of President Biden's early achievements does not get enough attention: He is rolling back the politics of culture wars.  This is good news for his electoral and governing projects, but also for our country.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media plays a crucial role in battling vaccine misinformation.  But here's what not to do.  —  There are all sorts of ways to counter reluctance to get the coronavirus vaccine.  There's leading by example.  There's guilt.  And there's pure charm.  —  Dolly Parton went the latter route …
 
 
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Tory Newmyer / Washington Post:
The business winners in Biden's relief package: Restaurants, concert venues and airplane manufacturers
New York Times:
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 Earlier Items: 
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Washington Post:
Harris caught between a restless base and a traditionalist Biden
Discussion: Power Line and Jacobin
Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
Conservative Donors Have Their Own Cancel Culture
Bloomberg:
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Rory Appleton / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Whitmer picked to lead Nevada Democrats in major power shift
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Daily News:
Trump returning to New York for first time since leaving White House
Discussion: The Guardian and Gothamist
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