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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Democrats Are Rapidly Evolving On The Filibuster  —  Key holdouts on nixing the 60-vote threshold include Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin.  But the party is definitely warming to an idea that is gaining momentum.  —  Democrats are quickly coming around to the idea of reforming the Senate's filibuster rules …
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
For Schumer, a Dream Job Comes With Tall Orders
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Covid-19 Latest Updates: Texas Opens for Business, No Masks Required  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  In Texas, the mask mandate ends and businesses reopen.  —  HOUSTON — Orders requiring masks and limiting the occupancy of restaurants and other businesses were lifted across Texas on Wednesday …
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NBC News:
Biden to announce deal for additional 100 million Johnson and Johnson Covid vaccine doses  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce plans Wednesday to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, giving the U.S. more than enough supply to vaccinate the entire U.S. population.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Forbes, MSNBC and NBC4 Washington
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Biden Got the Vaccine Rollout Humming, With Trump's Help
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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
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.
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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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Biden envoy says Iran elections not factor in timetable for nuclear talks  —  Iran's elections in June are not a factor in the Biden administration's decision-making for how to proceed with nuclear talks, State Department Iran envoy Rob Malley told me in his first interview since taking office.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The Biden administration confirms some but not all of Trump's Wuhan lab claims
Discussion: HotAir and Althouse
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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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
For Creators, Everything is for Sale  —  Digital stars are coming up with new ways to make money.  Yet fans still hold the power.  —  A rash of new start-ups are making it easier for digital creators to monetize every aspect of their life — down to what they eat, who they hang out with and who they respond to on TikTok.
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.
New York Times:
Trump, Hungry for Power, Tries to Wrestle Away G.O.P. Fund-Raising  —  Angry at his critics in the party and seeking to keep his options for raising money open, the former president is trying to take charge of the online fund-raising juggernaut he helped create.
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CNN:
Trump requests mail-in ballot ahead of local Florida election despite baseless fraud claims
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Forbes
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 …
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 …
Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
Arkansas Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban As Lawmakers Push For Supreme Court Case  —  Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law one of the country's most restrictive abortion bans, a measure supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its 1973 decision sanctioning the procedure.
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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.
Discussion: TheBlaze
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Somebody's Taking a Huge Risk on Biden's Bill.  It's Not Biden.  —  Try to imagine we are living in the following hypothetical world: A popular Republican president quickly passes emergency legislation that has the support of two-thirds of the country, while Democrats in Congress refuse to vote for it.
Discussion: Fox News, Washington Post, Bloomberg and UPI
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.
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 …
CNN:
House to take final vote on Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic plan  —  Senate sends Covid-19 relief bill back to the House for final vote  —  (CNN)The House of Representatives is slated to take a final vote Wednesday to approve President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan …
Maggie Miller / The Hill:
Senators introduce bill to fund election official cybersecurity training  —  Senate Rules Committee Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Wednesday reintroduced legislation to designate funding to provide cybersecurity training to election officials.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Kimberly Wilson / Essence:
Exclusive: Goldman Sachs Invests $10 Billion In New ‘One Million Black Women’ Initiative  —  In 1962, Malcolm X said, “The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.”  Now, almost 60 years later that statement unfortunately still rings true for millions of Black women across the country.
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
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
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 …
Associated Press:
US narrows in on organized extremists in Capitol siege probe  —  As members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary group shouldered their way through the mob and up the steps to the U.S. Capitol, their plans for Jan. 6 were clear, authorities say.  “Arrest this assembly, we have probable cause for acts of treason …
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Court Dismisses Trump Campaign's Defamation Suit Against New York Times  —  A New York State judge ruled that the opinion essay at the center of the suit was constitutionally protected speech.  —  A New York State court on Tuesday dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by the re-election campaign …
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
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”?
Joel Kotkin / RealClearEnergy:
Climate Policy: Covid on Steroids?  —  For most people around the world, the Covid-19 pandemic seems a great human tragedy, with deaths, bankruptcies, and fractured mental states.  Yet for some, especially among the green Twitterati and in some policy shops, the pandemic presents a grand opportunity …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
 
 
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Bob Smietana / Religion News Service:
Bible teacher Beth Moore, splitting with Lifeway, says, ‘I am no longer a Southern Baptist’
Discussion: The Week and The Tennessean