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11:30 AM ET, March 7, 2021

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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 and The Verge
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Here's How to Help Sell the American Rescue Plan  —  Passing the bill was the first step, we all can play a role in helping inform the public about this historic piece of legislation  —  Yesterday, the United States Senate passed President Biden's American Rescue Plan.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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
Donald Judd / CNN:
Biden to sign executive order expanding voting access  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order Sunday expanding voting access in what the White House calls “an initial step in this Administration's efforts to protect the right to vote and ensure all eligible citizens …
Discussion: The Guardian, CBS News, Fox News and NPR
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Reuters:
Biden marks Selma anniversary with order to expand voting access
Discussion: Bloomberg
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 …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
After Stimulus Victory in Senate, Reality Sinks in: Bipartisanship Is Dead  —  With Republicans poised to block Democrats' top priorities, the party-line vote on the $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package showed the gulf between the parties was too wide to be bridged.
Discussion: Politico and The Guardian
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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  —  The moderate Democrat largely steered debate around the coronavirus relief plan.  —  Senate passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill  —  President Joe Biden called the Senate vote “one more giant step” …
Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story and Fox News
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 …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Chuck Schumer Holds The Line
USA Today:
6 takeaways from the Senate's approval of Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill
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 …
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 …
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
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.
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Republican leaders can't rid the party of Trumpism — only voters can  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell riled up anti-Trump conservatives on Thursday by saying that he would “absolutely” support former President Donald Trump were he the 2024 Republican presidential nominee.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump vows to campaign against ‘disloyal’ Murkowski
Tory Newmyer / Washington Post:
The business winners in Biden's relief package: Restaurants, concert venues and airplane manufacturers  —  Restaurants, concert venues and airplane manufacturers all stand to benefit from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package the Senate just approved.
Jay Caspian Kang / New York Times:
We Need to Put a Name to This Violence  —  The recent attacks on Asian-Americans have unearthed the contradictions and questions beneath America's impoverished understanding of race.  To solve the problem, we must first learn how to talk about it.  —  In the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riots …
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
President Biden's approval on COVID-19 steady as country wary about reopening: POLL  —  More than two-thirds of Americans approve of Biden's approach to the pandemic.  —  Senate passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill  —  President Joe Biden called the Senate vote “one more giant step” …
 
 
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Reuters:
A day after forcing marathon bill reading, Johnson says ‘preference’ to leave Senate
New York Times:
'I've Never Seen Anything Like This': Chaos Strikes Global Shipping
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Aaron Gregg / Washington Post:
Chamber of Commerce declines to rebuke members of Congress who voted to overturn 2020 election
Discussion: CNN
Nicholas Kerr / Washington Examiner:
Enlightened thinking in Texas
Washington Post:
Harris caught between a restless base and a traditionalist Biden
Discussion: Power Line and Jacobin
 Earlier Items: 
Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
Conservative Donors Have Their Own Cancel Culture
Bloomberg:
Global Hack Breaches Thousands of Microsoft Business Accounts
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
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The fake anger of Neander-gate shows how desperate Republicans are to keep the base riled up
 

 
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