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9:21 AM ET, March 10, 2021

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Bari Weiss / City Journal:
The Miseducation of America's Elites  —  Affluent parents, terrified of running afoul of the new orthodoxy in their children's private schools, organize in secret.  —  Education  —  The Social Order  —  The dissidents use pseudonyms and turn off their videos when they meet for clandestine Zoom calls.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and HotAir
Associated Press:
GOP struggles to define Biden, turns to culture wars instead  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and the Democrats were on the brink of pushing through sprawling legislation with an eyepopping, $1.9 trillion price tag.  —  But many Republican politicians and conservative commentators had other priorities in recent days.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
For Schumer, a Dream Job Comes With Tall Orders
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Democrats Are Rapidly Evolving On The Filibuster
Discussion: ABC News
CNN:
Biden and his Covid-relief bill prove popular in new CNN poll  —  (CNN)The economic relief bill moving rapidly through Congress is broadly popular, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.  —  The popularity of the bill comes as President Joe Biden's approval rating tilts positive around 50 days after he took the oath of office.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Marc Thiessen / Washington Post:
Manchin promised to back his ‘Republican friends.’ Instead, he betrayed them.
Discussion: Detroit Metro Times and The Hill
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Piers Morgan's Meghan Markle Comments Being Investigated by U.K. Media Regulator Ofcom … U.K. media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation after more than 41,000 people wrote in to complain about ITV's “Good Morning Britain” host Piers Morgan's comments on Meghan Markle.
Brendan J. Lyons / Albany Times Union:
Cuomo faces new sexual harassment allegation, this time at Executive Mansion  —  Female aide claims governor touched her inappropriately; complaint reported to AG  —  ALBANY — A sixth woman has come forward and leveled allegations of sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo …
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Eric Lach / New Yorker:
Who Ordered a Smear Campaign Against Andrew Cuomo's First Accuser?  —  In early December, Lindsey Boylan responded to a prompt on Twitter for people to share the worst job they'd ever had.  “Most toxic team environment?” she tweeted.  “Working for @NYGovCuomo.”
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
Manhattan Prosecutors Advance Probe Into Trump's Seven Springs Estate  —  Subpoenas center on Trump Organization's failed efforts to develop the 213-acre property into a luxury subdivision  —  Manhattan prosecutors are intensifying their investigation into Donald Trump's businesses …
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Donald Trump is attempting a hostile takeover of the Republican Party
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
What has gotten into Ron Johnson?  —  What has gotten into Ron Johnson?  —  That is a question that mystifies some of those who counted themselves as enthusiastic supporters of Wisconsin's Republican senator back when he entered politics a little more than a decade ago.
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Charlie Cook / National Journal:
OFF TO THE RACES: A historic bill, but at what cost?
Ella Nilsen / Vox:
The House just passed a sweeping and bipartisan bill to boost unions  —  Its chances aren't looking good in the Senate, with the big hurdle of the filibuster.  —  The US House of Representatives has officially passed a sweeping, bipartisan labor bill, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.
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NBC News:
House passes 'Protect the ‘Right to Organize Act,’ 225-206, sends bill to Senate
Discussion: Associated Press, Townhall and Politico
Bloomberg:
Wall Street A-Listers Fled to Florida.  Many Are Eyeing a Return  — USPS data shows few New Yorkers moved to Miami, Palm Beach  — New Jersey, California and Connecticut were most popular moves  —  The “Upper East Side” cocktail at Sant Ambroeus is just the same as in Manhattan …
Daniel Drezner / Washington Post:
What is the point of Josh Hawley?  —  What to make of media interest in the junior senator from Missouri.  —  Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a regular contributor to PostEverything.
Politico:
Another Oath Keeper with links to Roger Stone charged in Capitol riot  —  A second member of the Oath Keepers militia who provided security to longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone has been charged with storming and breaching the Capitol.  —  Joshua James, who has been seen …
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
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Jane Harman / The Hill:
The new doctrine of Joe Biden  —  The interim national security strategy announced by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan sketches one exciting new doctrine for President Biden rooted in geopolitics, but also linked to transnational threats like pandemics, terrorism, and climate.
Batya Ungar-Sargon / Persuasion:
The Warped Vision of “Anti-Racism”  —  It's perfect for affluent whites who want to be heroes of a story about justice  —  What kind of monster doesn't support “anti-racism”?  Who would put themselves on the other side of “social justice”?  How could you be opposed to the notion of “racial equity”?
Wall Street Journal:
Latest Stimulus Package Could Jolt U.S. Growth, Revive Inflation in 2021  —  Economists surveyed by WSJ expect 5.95% GDP growth, fastest in nearly 40 years  —  WASHINGTON—The nearly $1.9 trillion relief package heading for House passage Wednesday is projected to help propel the U.S. economy …
Bill Baxley / Washington Post:
As a former Alabama attorney general, I do not say this lightly: An innocent man is on our death row  —  Opinion by Bill Baxley  —  Bill Baxley, attorney general of Alabama from 1971 to 1979, is a signatory to an amicus brief filed March 9 requesting the Jefferson County Circuit Court grant Toforest Johnson a new trial.
Discussion: Associated Press
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Biden Got the Vaccine Rollout Humming, With Trump's Help  —  Trump administration officials grumble that they laid the groundwork for surging vaccinations, but some hard work in the trenches has helped pick up the pace of production.  —  WASHINGTON — When President Biden pledged last week …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Newsbusters
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The Biden administration confirms some but not all of Trump's Wuhan lab claims  —  In its final days, President Donald Trump's State Department made a series of highly controversial claims about the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, and its possible connection to the covid-19 outbreak.
Discussion: Althouse and HotAir
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Dismantle the Filibuster and Protect Voting Rights  —  Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.  —  As Republicans in the Georgia state legislature passed a series …
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Allan McDonald Dies at 83; Tried to Stop the Challenger Launch  —  An engineer for the maker of the shuttle's booster rockets, he opposed letting it take off, worried that cold weather might affect them.  He was right.  —  Allan J. McDonald, an engineer who on a chilly January morning …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Democrats Are Anxious About 2022 — and 2024  —  The fretting starts with the party's declining share of the Hispanic vote, but it doesn't end there.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.
Discussion: Townhall
Jamie McIntyre / Washington Examiner:
Sounding the alarm on China: Top commander warns ‘our concerns are manifest’  —  SOUNDING THE ALARM ON CHINA: As Adm. Philip Davidson wraps up his time as head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific command, he has a singular focus on what he sees as “the greatest danger the United States and our allies face in the region …
Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
Craig Hickman easily holds Augusta-area Maine Senate seat for Democrats  —  AUGUSTA, Maine — Former state Rep. Craig Hickman kept a capital-area Maine Senate district in the Democratic column in a blowout special election victory on Tuesday over a Republican businessman.
Kimberly Wilson / Essence:
Exclusive: Goldman Sachs Invests $10 Billion In New ‘One Million Black Women’ Initiative  —  WITH THE LARGEST EVER INVESTMENT TO FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON BLACK WOMEN, THE FINANCIAL GIANT AIMS TO NARROW OPPORTUNITY GAPS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF RACIAL EQUITY
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
Bob Smietana / Religion News Service:
Bible teacher Beth Moore, splitting with Lifeway, says, ‘I am no longer a Southern Baptist’  —  Author and speaker Beth Moore speaks during a panel on sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 10, 2019.
Discussion: The Week and The Tennessean
 
 
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Twenty-eight states changed voting rules to boost mail-in ballots
Politico:
New York GOP's bet to take down Cuomo: Do nothing
Washington Post:
Maryland's Hogan lifts caps on dining, retail and religious establishments
Discussion: Washingtonian
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
More GOP Voters Heard ‘a Lot’ About Move to Pull Dr. Seuss Books Than COVID-19 Relief Bill Vote
Discussion: New Republic
Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg:
Russia Throttles Twitter Access After Dispute Over Protests
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Alicia Robinson / Orange County Register:
Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley appears set to win OC District 2 supervisor seat
 Earlier Items: 
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Quad nations meeting to announce financing to boost India vaccine output - U.S. official
Discussion: Foreign Policy
Doug Mainwaring / LifeSiteNews:
Activist Milo Yiannopoulos is now ‘Ex-Gay,’ consecrating his life to St. Joseph
Discussion: New York Post and The Daily Caller
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
BuzzFeed Announces Deep Cuts To HuffPost Staff After Acquisition