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3:00 PM ET, March 28, 2021

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Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Dissension inside The Washington Post  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  It was supposed to be an upbeat town hall to rally the newsroom, as Washington Post leaders highlighted their moves to defend reporter SEUNG MIN KIM from internet trolls.  But sources tell us the March 16 Zoom meeting …
Politico:
'He's toast': GOP leaves Raffensperger twisting in the wind  —  The former president is obsessed with defeating him next year.  He's getting mauled by his own state party.  Last week alone, a Republican congressman announced he'd challenge in the primary and the state legislature voted to strip his office of some official powers.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   Our View: Marching backward into history
CNN:
Birx recalls ‘very difficult’ phone call from Trump following her Covid-19 warnings  —  (CNN)Dr. Deborah Birx revealed in a CNN documentary clip released Sunday that she received a “very uncomfortable” and “very difficult” phone call from Donald Trump after speaking publicly about the spread …
Discussion: USA Today, Talking Points Memo and KRDO
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Maeve Reston / CNN:
Birx shares her chilling conclusion as America arrives at a moment of introspection on the coronavirus
Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
Immigrants are crossing the U.S. Mexico border in large numbers  —  MISSION, Tex. — The question startled Hidalgo County Deputy Constable Roque Vela as he took a quick census of the group of roughly 30 migrants he encountered recently on a dusty road along the Rio Grande in South Texas.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Biden receives high marks on COVID-19, lags on immigration, guns: POLL  —  There are warning signs for Biden's “long-term” agenda, a new poll finds.  —  Pressure remains on what to do about crisis at the border  —  A delegation of Congressional Republicans, who visited a detention center …
Discussion: The Hill and New York Post
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Mallory Newall / Ipsos:
Three-quarters approve of Biden's coronavirus vaccine response
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Sidney Powell's ‘Just Kidding’ Defense Is Seriously, Literally Nuts  —  When people enter into the political arena, invent crazy conspiracy theories, and stoke violence and sedition, millions of Americans do take them seriously. … During the 2016 presidential campaign …
Kelly Mena / CNN:
Former Trump chief of staff calls ex-President's Capitol riot claims ‘manifestly false’  —  (CNN)The former chief of staff to ex-President Donald Trump on Saturday pushed back against his former boss' recent attempt to whitewash the history of the January 6 Capitol riot.
Discussion: Insider, HillReporter.com and The Hill
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
We need to stop overlooking one politically incorrect COVID-19 death factor  —  The United States has the 13th highest COVID-19 death rate relative to population.  Many different factors shaped death rates in the pandemic.  But there's one uncomfortable reason that the U.S. likely experienced …
Washington Post:
‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won't be easy  —  White House-led effort tries to corral more than a dozen initiatives  —  The Biden administration and private companies are working to develop a standard way of handling credentials — often referred to as …
TMZ.com:
Donald Trump Rails on Biden During Wedding Speech at Mar-a-Lago  —  DONALD TRUMP MAR-A-LAGO WEDDING SPEECH ... Enough About The Couple, Let's Talk About Me … It's been over 4 months since the November election, and Donald Trump is still acting like a sore loser — that, or a belligerent wedding guest.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court sits on potentially blockbuster abortion case  —  The Supreme Court is sitting on a petition in a Mississippi abortion case that could blow the lid off Roe v. Wade.  —  The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, has been before the court since September without a word from the justices.
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting  —  Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states are considering postponing their 2022 primaries or turning to other population estimates to start the once-a-decade task of redrawing voting districts used for U.S. House and state legislative elections.
Discussion: The Hill
Delta News Hub:
Delta statement on SB202  —  Delta issued the following statement from CEO Ed Bastian on Friday following passage of election bills by the Georgia General Assembly.  —  Delta believes that full and equal access to voting is a fundamental right for all citizens.
Megan Rapinoe / Washington Post:
Transgender kids should be allowed to play sports like all other children  —  Opinion by Megan Rapinoe … I remember how I felt when I played soccer for the first time.  Long before I was winning World Cup matches, I was trying to keep up with my brother.  Soccer has been a part of my life since I was 4 years old.
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
US waives FBI checks on caregivers at new migrant facilities  —  HOUSTON (AP) — The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers, alarming child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safety.
American Greatness:
Christopher Lasch vs. the Elites of Our Time  —  One of the most trenchant critics and historians of American culture died more than 25 years ago.  What do his writings tell us about the present crisis?  Turns out, quite a lot.  —  Several friends who have been reading the work …
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The scare-Crow tactics of Democrats  —  To Democrats and their media megaphones, Jim Crow has risen from history's grave and stalks our land again.  President Biden invoked the inflammatory racial imagery twice in his Thursday press conference, saying it described the Senate filibuster as well as GOP-led changes in state election laws.
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
FBI whiffs again on Colorado mass shooting suspect  —  So now it turns out that the FBI knew all about the accused Boulder shooter, but paid no attention to the obvious warning signs until police say the rabidly anti-American immigrant from Syria murdered 10 U.S. citizens in the supermarket.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump the X-factor in Virginia governor race  —  Former President Trump is already deeply involved in the 2022 midterm elections, headlining fundraisers and backing primary challengers, but he has yet to weigh in on one of this November's few races: the vote for Virginia's next governor.
Tara Reade / RT:
‘Enemy’ leader or dissident like me, Democrat media's playbook is the same - demonize, dehumanize, delegitimize  —  Whether you are an American citizen daring to oppose the leadership or the leader of a nation designated ‘adversarial’, the methods of character assassination Washington's PR machine hits you with are not much different.
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Swiss Billionaire Joins the Bidding for Tribune Publishing  —  The philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has teamed with the Maryland hotel executive Stewart Bainum in a bid to upend Alden Global Capital's plan to acquire the newspaper chain.  —  An octogenarian Swiss billionaire who makes …
Tony Czuczka / Bloomberg:
Nord Stream 2 Won't Change Close U.S.-German Ties, Blinken Says  — U.S. sanctions over Russian pipeline ‘will continue,’ he says  — Stopping completion is ‘up to those who are building’ the pipe  —  Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested U.S. options for stopping Nord Stream 2 …
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
The Movement to Exclude Trans Girls from Sports  —  The opposition is cast as one between cis-girl athletes on the one hand and a vast liberal conspiracy on the other.  —  A spectre is haunting girls' sports.  It is the spectre of transgender athletes.  About fifty different bills pending …
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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CBS News:
Transcript: Anthony Fauci on “Face the Nation,” March 28, 2021
Discussion: Mother Jones
Washington Post:
Former CDC chief Redfield urged to step aside as Hogan adviser after Wuhan lab comments
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
An Immigrant Family Caught Up in a Distinctly American Tragedy
Marlene Lenthang / ABC News:
Cuomo's top aide Melissa DeRosa reportedly subpoenaed in sexual misconduct probe
Chris Libonati / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Jack Schultz, longest serving DeWitt judge, local lawyer, dies at 93
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
'We're going to take care of you, okay?'  —  In Alabama, the scramble to get vaccines to the people in greatest need
Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
Blinken dodges questions on whether US will pursue repercussions on China's alleged role in pandemic
Discussion: New York Post and Twitchy
Meg Cunningham / ABC News:
Bipartisanship key to successful voting reform: GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan
Discussion: HillReporter.com and The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Leia Larsen / Salt Lake Tribune:
Republican women say they experienced a toxic environment in the Salt Lake County GOP
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
New Trade Representative Says U.S. Isn't Ready to Lift China Tariffs
Discussion: The Week
Brett T. / Twitchy:
US Special Operations Command welcomes aboard its new chief of diversity and inclusion (who compared Trump to Hitler)
Discussion: Instapundit
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Bombs That Never Went Off
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Rubén Rosario / WSVN-TV:
At least 114 killed in Myanmar in deadliest day since start of protests
Discussion: Reuters, Al Jazeera and KRDO
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
‘A Very Big Problem.’ Giant Ship in the Suez Remains Stuck.