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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Pandemic's Wrongest Man  —  The pandemic has made fools of many forecasters.  Just about all of the predictions whiffed.  Anthony Fauci was wrong about masks.  California was wrong about the outdoors.  New York was wrong about the subways.  I was wrong about the necessary cost of pandemic relief.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Gaetz investigation complicated by overture to his father about ex-FBI agent who went missing  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican known for his fierce allegiance to former president Donald Trump, had been under Justice Department investigation for months for a possible sex crime …
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The Daily Beast:
Republicans Have Been Waiting for a Matt Gaetz Scandal to Break  —  The Florida congressman's less-than-sterling reputation among his colleagues has many Republicans questioning the wisdom of jumping to his defense.  —  After Rep. Matt Gaetz accused a Florida lawyer of a $25 million extortion scheme …
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Matt Gaetz's claim that ‘travel records’ debunk the allegations against him  —  “It is a horrible allegation, and it is a lie.  The New York Times is running a story that I have traveled with a 17-year-old woman, and that is verifiably false.  People can look at my travel records and see that that is not the case.”
Thomas Moore / The Hill:
Fox has no interest in hiring Matt Gaetz
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP war on voting takes an ugly new turn  —  Opinion by  —  An extraordinary event took place in Georgia on Wednesday night.  Republicans sought to cancel a tax break for Delta Air Lines, the state's biggest employer, as punishment for the heresy of criticizing the new voter suppression law Republicans passed last week.
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:   Biden's Election-Reform Deception
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Georgia governor defends voting law amid corporate backlash
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: From Delta, a lesson for woke corporations
Discussion: The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and HuffPost
Brennan Center for Justice:
Voting Laws Roundup: March 2021
Washington Examiner:
Why all the lies about Georgia's new voting law?
Discussion: Politico, IJR and The Nation
Politico:
Inside the ‘Lord of the Flies’ factionalism now plaguing Trumpland  —  Just one month after Donald Trump left the White House, a top donor to his campaign received a call on his personal cellphone from a Republican candidate seeking financial support.  —  The call was unsolicited …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: There's a new honcho atop Trumpworld  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  It's been barely three months since he left office, but former President DONALD TRUMP is already reorganizing his nascent post-White House political operation, bringing in veteran political consultant SUSIE WILES to instill order.
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
SCOOP: Inside Dems' plans to take down Lauren Boebert  —  Ally Mutnick, Melanie Zanona, Marianne LeVine and Nicholas Wu contributed.  —  CASH COW — We're about to find out how Donald Trump's campaign to overturn the presidential election — which culminated in an insurrection …
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Five Thoughts About the Politics of Infrastructure  —  A few points on the politics of the Democrats' infrastructure initiative:  — President Joe Biden keeps trying to do popular things.  Government investment in infrastructure does extremely well in public opinion polls …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
40 Years After Reagan, a Bet Big Government Can Get Something Done
Associated Press:
New GOP-led voting restrictions move forward in Texas  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans advanced a slate of proposed new voting restrictions Thursday that would reduce options to cast ballots, limit polling hours and hand more power to partisan poll watchers.
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Texas Senate passes restrictive new voting bill
Maggie Fox / CNN:
Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine protection lasts at least six months, protects against variants  —  Take an exclusive look inside a busy Covid-19 vaccine facility  —  (CNN)The ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine confirms its protection lasts at least six months …
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Jesse Dougherty / Washington Post:
Mets-Nationals postponed in Washington as coronavirus issues disrupt Opening Day  —  The Opening Day matchup between the Washington Nationals and New York Mets on Thursday has been postponed because of coronavirus concerns, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
Discussion: Washingtonian
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Strange New Doctrine of the Republican Party  —  In 2002, the Weyerhaeuser paper mill in Valliant, Oklahoma, faced a drug problem.  Managers at the mill in the small town, just north of the Texas line, brought contraband-sniffing dogs into the parking lot to identify suspect cars.
Los Angeles Times:
4 killed, including child, in mass shooting at Orange office complex  —  Four people, including a child, were killed Wednesday evening and a fifth person was injured in a mass shooting at an Orange office complex.  —  It marks the third mass shooting in the United States in two weeks …
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
One of QAnon's most widely quoted critics reveals his real name.  Hint: It's not Travis View.  —  QAnon Anonymous co-host, riding a wave of newfound fame, acknowledges he was using a pseudonym all along  —  On a live stream of “QAnon Anonymous” last week, co-host Travis View did something …
Amelia Pollard / American Prospect:
The Right Curriculum?  How PragerU Infiltrates Schools.  —  The right-wing nonprofit, known for viral videos like ‘The Left Ruins Everything,’ launched a program specifically designed for teachers last fall.  But according to students, its content has been in public schools for years.
Washington Post:
New York authorities file hate-crime charges in attack on Asian American woman  —  NEW YORK — Local authorities said Wednesday they have filed three felony hate-crime charges against 38-year-old Brandon Elliot in the brutal stomping of an elderly Asian American woman …
Discussion: Althouse and Insider
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Texas officials circulated climate skeptic's talking points on power failures during storm  —  WASHINGTON — As millions of Texans went without power for days during February's devastating storm, Texas oil and gas regulators were circulating talking points from a noted climate skeptic blaming system failures …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Apple's Tim Cook says voting “ought to be easier than ever”  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook, an Alabama native with a lifelong interest in civil rights, joins condemnations of Georgia's new voting law, in a statement provided first to Axios.  —  What he's saying: “The right to vote is fundamental in a democracy.
New York Times:
As Cuomo Sought $4 Million Book Deal, Aides Hid Damaging Death Toll  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo boasted, “I am not a superhero,” in early versions of his book, drafted as his aides scrubbed a politically damaging Health Department report.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — As the coronavirus subsided in New York last year …
CBS News:
Capitol Police inspector general slams department's January 6 planning  —  Prior to the January 6 attack on the Capitol, officials from the U.S. Capitol Police failed to act on intelligence that suggested protesters coming to rally that day could be armed and planned to “target” Congress …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ian Duncan / Washington Post:
A woman called for a highway's removal in a Black neighborhood.  The White House singled it out in its infrastructure plan.  —  Since she moved back home to Tremé almost a decade ago, Amy Stelly has waged a campaign for the removal of a highway that cuts through her New Orleans neighborhood.
Discussion: Breitbart
Jonathan Shaw / Harvard Magazine:
The Fight for the Republic  —  IN 2021, THE UNITED STATES failed for the first time in its history to achieve a peaceful transfer of presidential power.  The events of January 6, observes conservative commentator William “Bill” Kristol '73, Ph.D. '79—and the enabling political rhetoric …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump's own statements in old lawsuit could haunt him in a future criminal case  —  New York (CNN)Donald Trump once said he calculated his net worth, to a degree, on his “feelings,” and that he put the “best spin” on some of the assets.  —  “I think everybody” exaggerates about the value of their properties.
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘My God’: Former White House lawyer says ‘Donald Trump is in serious trouble’ with new lawsuit  —  Former acting White House Solicitor General Neal Katyal explained to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that the new lawsuit in Washington, D.C. court saying former President Donald Trump is to blame …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
 
 
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Fox News has become a jobs program for some Trump family members and ex-staffers
Discussion: HuffPost
Bobby Burack / OutKick:
ESPN's Mark Jones Spread Lie on NBA Broadcast That Jacob Blake Was Unarmed
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:
Ocasio-Cortez hails Biden infrastructure bill as good start; pitches bigger investment
Discussion: Insider and The Hill
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Pompeo ‘regrets’ not making more progress with North Korea
Discussion: IJR
David Gilbert / VICE:
Facebook Helped Alex Jones Share ‘Prepare For War’ Posts Before the Capitol Riots
Liam Stack / New York Times:
The Push to Vaccinate 20,000 Holocaust Survivors in New York
 Earlier Items: 
Jesse Drucker / New York Times:
An Accidental Disclosure Exposes a $1 Billion Tax Fight With Bristol Myers
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Trimming Forces Sent to Mideast to Help Saudi Arabia
Discussion: Defense One
William Saletan / Slate:
The Bogus Rap on Deborah Birx
Discussion: HotAir
People.com:
Sarah Palin Reveals COVID Diagnosis and ‘Bizarre’ Symptoms, Urges Others to Continue Wearing Masks
 

 
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